Singapore Local News, 2013-02-04

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Amendments to legal aid means test to benefit 300,000 more Amendments to the Legal Aid and Advice Bill have been passed to enable more people to be covered by the general means test for legal aid......     Four Bills introduced in Parliament Four Bills were introduced in Parliament on Monday...... NTUC FairPrice feeling manpower crunch: Seah Kian Peng Members of Parliament (MPs) began the debate on the government's White Paper on Population on Monday...... MP calls for constructive debate on White Paper Nearly 60 Members of Parliament have given notice to take part in the week-long debate on the White Paper on Population...... MOM mulls body for workers' non-statutory concerns Singapore's Manpower Ministry is looking into the possibility of setting up a body to deal with workers' non-statutory concerns, like disputes over bonus payments or work benefits, like when to start a sabbatical, and whether the employee can go on f..... Population White Paper for benefit of all Singaporeans: DPM Teo Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has presented in Parliament the White Paper on Population, a roadmap to address Singapore's demographic challenges...... Syariah law legal clinic available for needy women The Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) is providing legal advice on matters pertaining to Syariah or Islamic law...... Changes in Chief of Defence Force and Chief of Air Force Major-General (MG) Ng Chee Meng, currently Chief of Air Force, will take over from Lieutenant-General (LG) Neo Kian Hong as Chief of Defence Force on 27 March......

Processes in place for cost-efficient projects: Josephine Teo Minister of State for Finance Josephine Teo said the government has put in place processes to optimise cost efficiency for large infrastructure projects......     Stand on controversial issues should be better highlighted: Pritam Singh Member of Parliament (MP) Pritam Singh has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to better highlight Singapore's stand on controversial issues...... S'pore third most expensive city in Asia to live in: survey Singapore has been ranked the third most expensive city to live in Asia and the sixth in the world...... Let remuneration be set according to market principles, says Tan Chuan-Jin Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin has said the government's basic philosophy is to let remuneration be set according to market principles...... Man sentenced to 20 weeks' jail for taking upskirt photos A dishwasher who took upskirt photographs of women has been sentenced to 20 weeks' jail for insulting the modesty of women...... Prostitution-related activities not prevalent in heartlands: Masagos Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs, Masagos Zulkifli, has given his assurance that prostitution-related activities are not prevalent in the heartlands...... More bus drivers from China sign up as union members NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say said there has been an increase in the number of bus drivers from China working with SMRT signing up to become union members...... KKH baby mix-up the only reported incident in last 10 years: health minister Health Minister Gan Kim Yong told Parliament the recent baby mix-up at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) is the only reported incident in the last ten years...... Construction of SEA Games Village in Myanmar on schedule: Lawrence Wong Construction of the Southeast Asian Games Village in Myanmar is on schedule for completion. Myanmar is hosting the games in December 2013 for the first time...... Medisave does not cover purchase of hearing aids, says health minister About 8,600 elderly Singaporeans suffered from hearing impairment and sought treatment in 2012, compared to 6,800 cases attended to by hospitals in 2010...... Review committee appointed for disciplinary proceedings involving doctors The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has appointed a committee to review existing legislative and administrative frameworks for disciplinary proceedings involving doctors...... WP's Lee Li Lian sworn in as MP for Punggol East Ms Lee Li Lian of the Workers' Party (WP) was sworn in as the Member of Parliament for Punggol East on Monday...... Football: Interim national coach Sundram to tackle Asian Cup qualifiers Interim national football coach V Sundramoorthy's first task will be the Asian Cup qualifiers. The Lions will play Jordan away in their opening encounter on Wednesday...... Former private banker gets 20 weeks' jail for forgery A former private banker has been sentenced to 20 weeks' jail for forgery, involving losses of about S$2 million...... More drug abusers arrested, S$18m worth of drugs seized in 2012 Anti-drug officers arrested more drug abusers and seized more drugs in 2012, due to intensified enforcement efforts. The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said on Monday that the number of people arrested for drug abuse rose by five per cent to 3,481, c.....