Singapore Local News, 2013-02-07

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WP's call to freeze foreign manpower growth will hurt S'poreans: Tan Chuan-Jin Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin has said that the opposition Workers' Party's proposal for a zero-foreign manpower growth in this decade, when put in practice, will hurt Singaporeans......     New historical trail in Kranji area launched Sarimbun Beach, in the north west of Singapore, was the site where allied forces battled the Japanese army when it invaded Singapore in the early hours of 8 February 1942...... Minister S Iswaran criticises WP's proposal Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Trade and Industry S Iswaran has criticised the Worker's Party's proposal to immediately stop the growth of the foreign workforce until 2020 and capping it at current levels - as being &..... National Youth Council inks new partnerships Efforts to engage youth in a more meaningful way got a leg-up on Thursday, with the National Youth Council inking partnerships with four youth-oriented organisations - Heartware Network, SYINC, Gone Adventurin' and Voluntarius (Singapore)...... SP, SGX Academy to launch programme for stockbrokers and dealers Stockbrokers and dealers will have an opportunity to enhance their skills in a training programme to be offered by Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and Singapore Exchange's (SGX) own school SGX Academy...... Extend reemployment age limit from 65 to 67: Heng Chee How NTUC's Deputy Secretary General and Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Heng Chee How, has put forth several proposals to grow the older worker segment of the workforce...... New lease of life for old army uniforms in S'pore Old army uniforms in Singapore have been given a new lease of life, thanks to a local social enterprise......

More young consuming sweet drinks: survey A national nutrition survey by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) shows more young Singaporeans, mostly between the ages of 18 and 29, are consuming an average of one sweetened beverage a day......     Emergency calls to SCDF up 9% The total number of calls to the Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) Emergency Ambulance Service rose by over 8 per cent - from 131,806 cases in 2011 to 142,549 cases in 2012...... Exhibition on SARS to mark outbreak's 10th anniversary in S'pore The National Heritage Board (NHB) will hold a travelling exhibition in March to mark the 10th anniversary of the SARS outbreak in Singapore...... Lim Swee Say highlights "peaks" S'poreans will face in future Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and NTUC Secretary-General, Lim Swee Say highlighted three peaks which Singaporeans will have to face...... MP Low Thia Khiang questions White Paper on Population Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang said the government's road map on population is wrong...... S$19m paid out under Community Engagement Masterplan An estimated S$19 million has been paid out under the Community Engagement Masterplan, as at 31 December last year...... SAM right to focus on local content: Lawrence Wong A stronger focus on local development and content rather than international "blockbusters" may have contributed to the decline in visitorship at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM)...... New drop-in programme for disabled: Chan Chun Sing The Social and Family Development Ministry will pilot a new drop-in disability programme at existing community facilities...... 301 divorcees on assistance scheme for lower-income families There are 301 divorced mothers on the Home Ownership Plus Education (HOPE) Scheme, an assistance programme for lower-income families who choose to keep their families small...... MediShield extension will not cover "pre-existing" congenital illnesses Those with congenital illnesses diagnosed before 1 March will not be covered under the recent MediShield extension...... Singapore calls for "concrete evidence" in game-fixing probe Singapore police said on Thursday they needed hard evidence to crack down on match-fixing cartels, after coming under pressure to arrest suspected ringleaders of networks which targeted hundreds of football games in Europe and beyond......