Singapore Local News, 2013-03-11

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ESM Goh Chok Tong to visit Tokyo, to call on PM Shinzo Abe Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) and Senior Advisor to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Goh Chok Tong will visit Tokyo from 12 to 15 March......     Singapore looks to Myanmar as potential food source Singaporeans can expect to see more vegetables and seafood from Myanmar...... President Tony Tan sends condolences on Venezuelan President's passing President Tony Tan Keng Yam has written a condolence letter following the passing of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...... Shanmugam to meet US Secretary of State Kerry in Washington DC SINGAPORE : Singapore's Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam will be in Washington DC on Tuesday for a four-day visit...... MTI announces measures to help SMEs improve their productivity The Trade and Industry Ministry (MTI) on Monday announced a series of measures to enhance support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to restructure and achieve quality growth...... New medical school to focus on team-based approach & mobile e-learning Singapore's newest medical school will focus on a team-based approach plus mobile e-learning......

Households, businesses to benefit from energy plans Households and businesses will stand to benefit from more advanced energy management systems and dynamic pricing plans that will help reduce their energy costs......     Tourism receipts, visitor arrivals expected to rise: Iswaran Singapore's tourism receipts for this year are projected to increase to about S$24.5 billion...... MTI expects 3-4% economic growth in S'pore for rest of the decade Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang pointed out that Singapore's economy is expected to grow at an average of three to four per cent for the rest of the decade and for a country that has enjoyed twice that rate of growth since 2003, the slowdow..... Not true that new housing scheme only appeals to small group: Khaw National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has rebutted claims that the new scheme, which allows singles to buy new flats directly from the government, appeals to only a small group of people...... S'pore & Brunei navies conduct bilateral exercise The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) are conducting a bilateral naval exercise, code named Exercise Pelican...... Judgement reserved in Thai teenager's lawsuit against SMRT, LTA Judicial Commissioner Vinodh Coomaraswamy has reserved judgment on the issue of liability in the lawsuit filed by a Thai teenager against rail operator SMRT and the Land Transport Authority (LTA)...... Government to increase supply of rental flats by 20% to 60,000 The government will ramp up the supply of rental flats to 60,000, a 20 per cent increase from the 50,000 last year...... Govt seeks to retain one-tenth of land for nature reserves: Tan Chuan-Jin The Singapore government said it is committed to retain about a tenth of land for nature reserves and parks...... New measures to raise productivity in construction sector Senior Minister of State for National Development Lee Yi Shyan has said the next three years will be a crucial transition period for the construction sector...... Doctor fined for false declaration to Singapore Medical Council An aesthetics doctor has been fined S$4,000 for fraudulently declaring to the Singapore Medical Council that he was not practicing, when in fact he did...... Another group of households to be surveyed on expenditure About 11,000 households will be involved in a year-long survey on household expenditure by the Department of Statistics (DOS)......