Singapore Local News, 2013-03-21

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S'pore leaders send condolences to Bangladesh over death of president SINGAPORE : The leaders of Singapore have sent condolences to Bangladesh on the death of its president, Mohammad Zillur Rahman......     Judge rules ex-SCDF chief Peter Lim has case to answer The former chief of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Peter Lim, will take the stand in his corruption trial on Monday, after District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim ruled there is a case for him to answer...... US, S'pore officials hold discussions on Shane Todd's death The US embassy in Singapore said law enforcement officials from the US and Singapore held productive and forthright discussions on the case of Dr Shane Todd, an American researcher who died in Singapore last June...... Four weeks' jail for workers who staged sit-in atop tower cranes Two construction workers from China who staged a sit-in atop tower cranes over a wage dispute last December have been sentenced to four weeks' jail each......

New national standard to get non-domestic users to save water Singapore will have a new national standard to get non-domestic users to save water and use water more efficiently......     Workplace fatality rate falls to nine-year low Workplaces in Singapore were safer, with the workplace fatality rate falling to a nine-year low in 2012...... National Heart Centre redesigns queue & patient admission system The National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) is streamlining its queue system and redesigning its patient admission system, ahead of the opening of its new S$266m building next March...... 4 BTO projects launched, offering 3,898 new flats The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched four Build-To-Order (BTO) projects, offering 3,898 new flats......