Singapore Local News, 2013-01-05

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HPB launches bus to drive healthy lifestyles The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has introduced a new promotional bus called Health on Wheels, catering specifically to children and their parents. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is also Member of Parliament (MP)........     Minister's lawyers want damages from SDP's Wijeysingha Opposition politician Dr Vincent Wijeysingha today apologised to Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin for making defamatory comments about him, but the question of damages to be paid remains. In a letter of demand dated Dec 22, 2012, Mr Tan's...... Taking aim at AIM misses fundamental point: Grace Fu Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu has commented on the saga surrounding the People's Action Party town councils' sale of their computer software to PAP-owned company Action Information Management (AIM). The issue started when AHTC Chai..... SDP's Wijeysingha apologises to Tan Chuan-Jin for defamatory comments Opposition politician Dr Vincent Wijeysingha has apologised to Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin for defamatory comments about him in an article on the illegal strike by SMRT bus drivers from China. Here is his apology in full:..... Question of how PAP town councils acted in public interest not answered: Sylvia Lim The Aljunied Hougang Town Council (AHTC) has issued a statement, attaching a copy of the termination notice served by Action Information Management (AIM), in response to Coordinating Chairman for the 14 PAP Town Councils Dr Teo Ho Pin's earlier state.....

Two new Senior Counsel appointed Second Solicitor-General Lionel Yee and veteran litigator Narayanan Sreenivasan were appointed Senior Counsel yesterday - the highest professional accolade in the legal profession - bringing the total number of such top ranked lawyers on our shores t.....     Edusave Award recipients discuss S'pore's future About 200 secondary one to three students from the Tanglin-Cairnhill Constituency engaged in a conversation about Singapore's future on Saturday...... President Tony Tan honours Lions for AFF win Singapore President Tony Tan has honoured the national football team for their recent AFF Suzuki Cup win, with a pleasant surprise for former coach Raddy Avramovic...... HPB introduces bus for promoting healthy lifestyles Singapore's Health Promotion Board (HPB) has introduced a new promotional bus called Health on Wheels, catering specifically to children and their parents...... Town council management is key point: Grace Fu Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu said a fundamental point in the discussions on Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) and Action Information Management Pte Ltd (AIM) revolves around the management of the town council...... AHTC unable to verify accuracy of reasons for software sale Chairman of Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) Sylvia Lim has responded to the recent statement by Dr Teo Ho Pin - on the sale of the software formerly owned by the town councils managed by the People's Action Party (PAP) to Action Information Mana..... Blogger apologises to PM Lee for alleged defamation Blogger Alex Au has apologised to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for comments deemed as defamatory about the sale of computer systems used by town councils in his article, "PAP mis-AIMed, faces blowback"...... SDP's Wijeysingha apologises for alleged defamation Opposition politician Dr Vincent Wijeysingha has apologised to Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin for comments deemed as defamatory about him in an article on the illegal strike by SMRT bus drivers from China...... StarHub sports price hike leaves many upset StarHub's decision to increase the subscription fee for its sports channels has left many up in arms...... Singapore, Turkey reaffirm excellent bilateral ties ANKARA: The foreign ministers of Singapore and Turkey reaffirmed the excellent state of relations between their countries during talks in the Turkish capital, Ankara on January 4......