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2007
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Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat launches $25 million
fund for education |
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The Fund will provide for three programmes:
training opportunities to strengthen English language teaching in the
region, opportunities for needy students in our polytechnics and the
Institute of Technical Education to gain overseas exposure, and
scholarships for deserving students from Singapore and China to pursue
their undergraduate studies in Singapore universities. |
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The Ministry of Education will administer
the fund... |
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No reported cases of medical complications related to
body art tattoo |
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Tattooing procedures carry the risk of
transmitting infectious diseases, like HIV, hepatitis B and C. However,
if sterilised or disposable needles are used and proper infection
control measures are followed, the risk of infection is very small... |
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In the past 30 years, there have been no
reports of infectious disease transmission or serious complications from
a body tattooing procedure in Singapore. There is no compelling need to
regulate the industry... |
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Police advise festive revellers to remain vigilant
against crime |
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Police would also like to advise revellers
and shoppers to be vigilant against opportunists who might commit molest
in crowds. Most of these molest cases happen in crowded areas where the
suspect would touch the victim and move away. In some, the suspect would
spray foam onto the victim and commit molest in the process... |
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Singapore Labour Market 3rd quarter 2007 |
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Total employment expanded by 58,600 in Q3
07, up substantially from the increase of 43,000 in Q3 06, making it the
second highest quarterly increase after the 64,400 recorded in Q2 07... |
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1,827 workers were retrenched in Q3 07, an
improvement from 2,472 in Q3 06 and 1,918 in Q2 07[2]. This brings the
total number retrenched in the first nine months of 2007 to 5,709, much
lower than 9,388 in the same period last year... |
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Singapore Workforce 2007 |
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The continued tightening of the labour
market this year has also led to significant gains in income and a
reduction in the number and share of low wage workers... |
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Excluding the
extreme age bands, the employment rate for those aged 25 to 64 edged up
to a new record of 76.5% from 75.5% a year ago. Supported by efforts to
improve employability of older workers, the employment rate of older
residents aged 55 to 64 rose by 2.5%-points over the year to 56.2% in
June 2007.. |
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HIV cases on the rise in 2007 |
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Out of the164
Singaporeans detected to be HIV infected in the first six months, about
93% of the new cases detected this year were males and 7% were females. |
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Sexual transmission remains the main mode of HIV
transmission among Singaporeans. Of the 164 cases reported in the first
6 months of 2007, 155 cases acquired the infection through the sexual
route, with heterosexual transmission accounting for 67% of infections,
homosexual transmission 24% and bisexual transmission 3%. Intravenous
drug use (4 cases) accounted for 2%... |
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Singapore to start video games classification system
in 2008 |
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The Board of Film Censors (BFC) will be
launching a video games classification system next year to provide more
choice for adults while protecting the young. |
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In the interim period, the BFC has decided
to selectively use games rating to enable highly anticipated games to be
launched in Singapore... |
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Regulation of cyber gaming cafes in HDB estates |
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Computer gaming establishments are only
allowed to be set up at shopping, recreational or commercial centres.
This includes HDB Town Centres, which are part commercial and part
residential. |
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In addition, licensees of computer gaming
centres are required not to admit persons below 16 years of age before
6.30 pm on a school day. |
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Further, the licensee has to ensure that
students wearing school uniforms are not admitted into the establishment
at any time, and is not allowed to provide a change of clothes to
students... |
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3378 drivers caught speeding on new KPE |
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Since the opening of Phase 1 of the
Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) on 26 October 2007, the speed
cameras installed in the KPE tunnel have captured a total of 3,378
vehicles speeding above the prescribed road speed limit of 70km/h in the
first six days. |
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Singapore population in 1990, 2000 and 2006 |
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Total Population by
Residential Status for 1990, 2000 and 2006 (Mid-Year Estimates)[1]
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Year
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1990
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2000
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2006
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Total Population
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3,047,100
(100.0%)
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4,027,900
(100.0%)
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4,483,900
(100.0%)
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Singapore Citizens
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2,623,700 (86.1%)
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2,985,900 (74.1%)
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3,145,800 (70.2%)
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Permanent Residents
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112,100 (3.7%)
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287,500 (7.1%)
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462,700 (10.3%)
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Non-Residents[2]
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311,300 (10.2%)
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754,500 (18.7%)
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875,500 (19.5%)
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New governance structure for NUH and NUS School of
Medicine |
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MOE and MOH have jointly agreed for NUS and
NHG to establish a new governance structure for the NUS School of
Medicine (NUS-SoM) and the National University Hospital (NUH)... |
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Under the new governance structure, NUH and
NUS-SoM will be repositioned as a joint operating entity. This new
NUH-SoM entity will be governed by one Governing Board which will
include senior members from NHG, NUS, MOH and MOE... |
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The Penal Code (Amendment) Bill passed |
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The new section 376C (Commercial sex
with minor under 18 outside Singapore) will have extra-territorial
effect so that it would be an offence for Singapore citizens and
Permanent Residents to solicit or engage in commercial sex with
minors under 18 in other countries...
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Feedback received highlighted concerns over
female sexual abuse of male minors. On further consideration, we accept
that these younger male children could be exploited by older women.
Consequently, we have decided to make it an offence for a woman to
engage in penile penetrative sexual acts with a male minor under 16 and
to have commercial sex with a male minor under 18... |
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Whilst prostitution per se is not an
offence, new section 376B (Commercial sex with minor under 18)
will make it an offence for a person to solicit, communicate or
obtain sexual services from a minor under 18 years of age... |
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6406 cases of voluntarily causing hurt reported in
2006 |
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In 2006, out of the 6,406 VCH cases, Police
initiated action on behalf of the victims in 468 cases, which accounted
for 7.3 % of the VCH cases reported... |
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Police will initiate prosecution into VCH
cases where there is harm to the public interest and safety, and when it
is assessed that the assailant is a bully who is taking advantage of the
weak and vulnerable - especially young children, senior citizens and
physically or mentally-disabled persons... |
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Tricksters impersonating Supreme Court staff and
police officers |
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Police would like to alert the public of a
phone scam where callers impersonate themselves as police officers or
staff from the Supreme Court... |
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Over the past 3 weeks, Police have received
35 reports by victims who have received such calls, of which a victim
have parted with about S$10,000... |
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Secondhand Goods Dealers Act effective from 1 Dec 2007 |
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Under the new Act, only dealers who deal in
secondhand goods that are listed in the Schedule will be regulated. This
will be regardless of whether such dealings take place at a shopfront,
via a makeshift stall or over the Internet. |
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The list of items was drawn up based on
crime data of commonly stolen items. While the existing Act has a wider
list of items, the new regulatory regime has a reduced list which
comprises commonly stolen items. This allows a sharper regulatory focus
in preventing fencing1. |
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Dealers who deal in items which are not in
the new list will not be regulated. The list of items may also be
revised according to crime trends... |
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NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia opens Singapore
campus |
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Tisch School of the Arts Asia is the
first-ever branch campus of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and it is
also the first American art school to set up residence in Singapore. |
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Tisch Asia’s inaugural class of 33 graduate
film students began their studies in September. More than half the
students in this first group are from the United States, while the
others come from Australia, Europe, Asia, and Central America. |
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In 2008, Tisch Asia will also begin offering
MFA degrees in animation and dramatic writing... |
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Proposed amendments to the Infectious Diseases Act |
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Therefore, we propose to amend the IDA to
empower the Director of Medical Services (DMS) to obtain left-over
samples, and send them for the tests and examinations for the purpose of
monitoring the infectious disease situation in Singapore... |
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The Ministry proposes to expand the IDA to
empower DMS to close any premises as non-food establishments may also be
the source of an outbreak... |
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We propose to amend the IDA so that when
required, the DMS may require medical practitioners as well as other
categories of health care workers (e.g. TCM practitioners, dentists,
pharmacists, etc.) to obtain disease related information from their
patients... |
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MOH proposes to expand the IDA to
address the situation where an individual who, although unaware
that he is HIV-positive, has reason to believe that he has been
exposed to the risk of contracting HIV or AIDS (e.g. by having
unprotected casual sex with multiple partners)... |
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159 Foreign Medical Schools recognised in Singapore |
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The Ministry of Health and the Singapore
Medical Council (SMC) will be including an additional 19 leading
international medical schools to the Schedule of the Medical
Registration Act with effect from 1st October 2007... |
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Included are 6 medical schools from China, 4
from India, 4 from Japan, 2 from Taiwan and 1 from South Korea. 2 more
medical schools from Europe have also been added... |
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Singaporeans graduating from any of the 159
international medical schools can also come back to Singapore, to
supplement the number graduating from our own medical schools... |
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Summary of key amendments to the Penal Code |
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It will
be made an offence to engage in penetrative acts
such as oral and anal sex with a minor under the age
of 16, with or without the consent of the minor; |
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It will
be made an offence to obtain commercial sex from a
minor under the age of 18, or communicate with any
person for such a purpose; and |
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A new
offence of sexual grooming of minors under the age
of 16 will be introduced... |
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MediaCorp Radio Subaru Impreza Challenge 2007 |
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The event is slotted to
start at 7.00 am on Saturday, 3 Nov 2007 at Ngee Ann
City's Civic Plaza. |
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To get a chance to register for the
Challenge, tune in during the qualifying period (24 September 2007
– 26 October 2007) to any three of the following radio stations:
Gold 90.5FM, Class 95FM and
987FM. |
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Wait for the DJ's ‘invitation to
call’. Call in. The first male and female callers of each call-in
segment will enter the Second Qualifying Round... |
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Defence Minister speaks on Cpl Dave Teo in Parliament |
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CPL Teo was assigned patrolling duties
on the night of the incident. Procedures require patrolling duties
to be conducted on 2 hour shifts and in pairs, to ensure mutual
support and responsibility while on duty. Guards on patrol duties
are also required to make situational reports to the Guard Room at
half hourly intervals. |
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These procedures were not carried out
properly on the night that CPL Teo was on duty. If they had been
properly enforced, it would have been extremely difficult for him
to have left camp undetected, and even if he had managed to slip
out, his absence would probably have been detected and reported
earlier... |
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No plans to change minimum annual income requirement
for credit cards |
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"First, let me clarify that the minimum
annual income requirement to qualify for a credit card has not been
relaxed, and remains at $30,000. |
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"There are no plans to change this. When Mr
Palmer mentioned the relaxation in the minimum annual income for credit
cards, I presume he was referring directly to payment instruments with a
maximum credit limit of $500. |
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"MAS has exempted payment instruments with a
credit limit of less than $500 from MAS' rules to provide some leeway to
the market to innovate and develop convenient payment instruments..." |
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Drug addiction situation in Singapore |
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"The drug addiction situation in Singapore
is under control, even though 999 drug abusers were arrested in the
first half of this year, compared to 446 over the same period last year. |
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"Of the total number of abusers arrested,
Buprenorphine abusers formed the majority, at 41%, with heroin abusers
at 30% and synthetic drug abusers at 25%. |
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"One reason for the increase of 553 abusers
is that the Central Narcotics Bureau gazetted Buprenorphine as a
controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act in August last year..." |
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Police seek two teenagers in bomb hoax case |
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"Police are investigating a false call of a
bomb threat that was made on 17 August 2007 at about 11.16 pm from a
public telephone at the Concourse Area of Outram Park MRT Interchange
(East West Line). |
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"Police seek information on the identities
and whereabouts of the two persons shown in the photographs attached who
can assist Police in investigations..." |
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Singapore to have fourth university |
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The Ministry of Education (MOE) is
increasing the number of publicly-funded university places to cater to
30% of each cohort of Singaporeans by 2015... |
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The increase to 30% of cohort translates to
about 2,400 additional university places per year for Singaporeans. |
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PACE releases report on English TV and Radio
programmes |
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"In recommending the areas for further
improvement, PACE noted that vacant timeslots left when a
programme series ends are still repeatedly filled with the same
type of slapstick programming like Mr Bean and Just for Laughs... |
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"The Committee applauded MediaCorp TV
for working with schools to involve youths in the revamped debate
programme The Arena. However, the Committee noted that there is
still a lack of quality programmes that address the issues which
youths face, and those that cater to children aged eight to 12
years old... |
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"Recommendations from the Committee
included a clear distinction between 'live talk' on air and
advertisements, as well as longer stretches of music play with
interruptions only for informative commentaries..." |
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Lottery Scam Alert - A Crime Prevention Advisory |
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"From January to July 2007, Police
have received 23 such reports, of which 31 victims have parted
with amounts ranging from $32 to $52,800. |
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"The fraudsters would typically call
the victims on the pretext of conducting surveys or inviting the
victims to attend overseas events, by claiming to be staff of
overseas companies.'' |
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"To claim their prizes, the victims
were requested to make up-front payments as administrative or
processing fees via remittance companies to China. In some
instances, local accounts were also used..." |
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Police seek three men in unlicensing moneylending and harassment cases
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Employment situation in 2nd Quarter 2007 |
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"Preliminary estimates show that total employment grew
by a record quarterly high of 61,900 in the second
quarter of 2007, as the economy continued its strong
growth... |
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"Employment grew in all
the major sectors, led by services which added 33,600
workers. Manufacturing posted gains of 16,600, higher
than earlier quarters..." |
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Inaugural study on work-life harmony in Singapore |
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"The study, which involved 1,601 respondents,
was conducted in partnership with the Family Studies Centre of Brigham
Young University in the United States1... |
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"This inaugural study revealed that the
benchmark work-life harmony score for Singapore for 2006 is 64,
with 0 indicating “no harmony” and 100 indicating "total harmony"..." |
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Rehabilitation regime for first and second-time
abusers of cannabis and cocaine |
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"The aim
of the treatment and rehabilitation regime is to give
first and second time abusers a chance at
rehabilitation without the stigmatisation of a
criminal record... |
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"Recalcitrant abusers with two previous records for
consumption of cannabis or cocaine or that of opiates,
synthetic drugs or buprenorphine who are arrested
again for the consumption of any of these drugs would
be liable for long term imprisonment under the Long
Term (LT) Imprisonment Regime, if convicted..." |
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library@orchard ends stay at Ngee Ann City on 30 Nov
2007 |
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"The
National Library Board (NLB) announced today that
after eight eventful years at Ngee Ann City, the
library@orchard will be moving out from its current
premises at Ngee Ann City on 30 November 2007... |
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"The
library@orchard will re-open in 2010 at a new location
– *scape the youth community space, and possibly
another redeveloped site along Orchard Road..." |
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Key indicators on marriages and divorces 2001 - 2006
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Compensation for dead and injured SAF servicemen |
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"MINDEF
applies similar principles and practices used by the
civil courts or the Workmen's Compensation Act (WCA)
to determine compensation for deaths and injuries due
to service... |
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"MINDEF
does not buy insurance for its servicemen because
MINDEF itself takes on the liability of paying
compensation its servicemen for deaths and injuries
arising from service through MINDEF's compensation
framework..." |
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Minister answers questions on Internet-related sexual
crimes |
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"There
were 124 reported cases of females becoming victims of
sex crimes as a result of them knowing the offenders
through the Internet between 2001 and 2006... |
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"Of these
reported cases, 80 cases (or about two-thirds)
involved victims who were below 16 years of age. Of
these 124 cases, two of them also involved the
victims’ property being stolen..." |
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Local university places offered to UNSW Asia students |
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students who had been affected by the closure of the
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Asia have been
offered places by the three local universities,
National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore
Management University (SMU). |
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Higher starting pay for those joining Mindef and SAF
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Shell LiveWIRE Awards 2007 launched |
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"Jointly organised by Shell Companies in
Singapore, the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), the ITE Alumni
Association and the Singapore Press Holdings Chinese Newspapers
Division, the prestigious Shell LiveWIRE Awards 2007 aims to groom,
recognise and reward promising young entrepreneurs and promote the
spirit of enterprise... |
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"To qualify for the Awards, applicants should
be 35 years or below and have been in business from three to 36 months.
The Top Award is $10,000. There will also be four Merit Awards of $2,000
each. The Closing Date of the Awards is 31 July 2007..." |
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Funding and mentorship for Casual Games development |
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"Game studios and independent developer teams
are invited to submit their concept proposals from 16 June to 10 August
2007, and successful applicants will be eligible for up to S$35,000 in
prototype development funding. |
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"Each of the 10 project teams that receive
funding under INVIGORATE will be expected to produce a playable PC demo
by 25 January 2008..." |
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Singapore
Art Show 2007 |
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"Held at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) from
2 August to 3 September, SAE comprises an Open section and a Curated
section. Singaporeans and residents can be a part of SAS2007 by
submitting their works for the Open section. |
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"To ensure the wide-ranging and inclusive
nature of the Open section, the public can submit any form of visual
artworks. |
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"These include works of painting,
calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, batik, photography, printmaking, mixed
media, installation and new media art..." |
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