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2009
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Mystery of the Battle Box |
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Jing Yang, his classmate Angelina and his cousin Tim team
up to solve a mystery about hidden treasure in an underground
bunker which was built during World War Two.
A history dropout from a local university has been searching
for the treasure for many years. The teenagers must find the
treasure first – before he does. They stumble into a secret
tunnel beneath the bunker with help from two spirits haunting
the bunker since World War Two.
Just when they lay eyes on the gold bars hidden in the secret
tunnel, who else but the history dropout should turn up behind
them, startling them... |
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Now on Sale |
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2008
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New CEPAS-compliant ez-link card |
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The Land Transport Authority’s (LTA)
next-generation e-payment system for public transit, Symphony for
e-Payment (SeP), is ready for implementation... |
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With SeP, commuters will be able to use
cards issued by any card issuer for transit purposes as long as the
card complies with the CEPAS standard and includes the transit
application. Commuters can eventually use CEPAS-compliant cards for
Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) payments in vehicles fitted with the
new generation In-vehicle Unit (IU), Electronic Parking System (EPS)
carparks and other electronic payment systems that support the CEPAS
standard... |
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Increase in HIV testing In Singapore |
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In the first 10 months of 2008
(January-October), there were a total of 382 reported new HIV cases
among Singapore residents. In comparison, there were 423 HIV cases
notified for the whole of 2007. It can be expected that the total
number of notified HIV cases in 2008 will exceed that of last year. |
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There has been an increase in the number
of HIV tests done in Singapore in 2008, compared to 2007. The total
number of HIV tests carried out for Singapore residents by local
laboratories from January through September 2008 was 124,559,
compared to 102,490 over the same time period in 2007. This
represents a 22% increase this year... |
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MOH replies to questions in Parliament on abortion |
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The Termination of Pregnancy Act was enacted
in 1974, to provide for the safe termination of
unwanted pregnancies by trained persons in
appropriately equipped facilities. |
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It is to safeguard the health and well-being
of the woman who has, for various reasons, decided to
terminate her pregnancy. This is intended to ensure
that all children born in Singapore are wanted
children, who will be properly cared for, and will
have opportunities to develop to their full
potential... |
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More clinics to offer anonymous HIV testing |
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The Ministry of Health will increase the
number of anonymous HIV test sites in Singapore from the current three -
Anteh Dispensary, Cambridge Clinic, and the Action for AIDS Anonymous
HIV Testing and Counseling Clinic - to seven, with
effect from 1 November 2008... |
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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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Home for children and the elderly under one roof opens |
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"The
4-storey purpose-built facility comprising 2 homes,
Sunbeam Place and Evergreen Place, was completed in
May 06 and commenced operations a month later. |
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"Sunbeam Place is a group home for children
and young persons run by Singapore Children's Society. Evergreen Place
is a home for the aged run by Singapore Amalgamated Services
Co-operative Senior Citizens Home..." |
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EDB on
closure of UNSW Asia |
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The University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia has taken the decision to discontinue the operation of its
Asia campus in Singapore with effect from 28 June 2007. UNSW has taken
this difficult decision on business grounds after careful thought and
due consideration. |
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Mr Ko Kheng Hwa, Managing Director, EDB
said, “We regret that UNSW has decided to close the Singapore campus.
EDB has been fully committed and has worked closely with UNSW from day
one towards the establishment of its Singapore campus.”... |
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920 persons arrested for drink driving in 1st quarter
2007 |
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"For the first quarter of 2007, SPF arrested
920 persons for drink driving, an increase of 22% over the same period
in 2006. Slight injury accidents related to drink driving increased from
about 200 cases in 2004 to 260 cases in 2006. |
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"Fatal and serious injury accidents related
to drink driving have remained stable over the past 3 years, registering
38 cases, 28 cases and 32 cases in 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively..." |
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Direct School Admission Exercise 2007 for admission to polytechnic |
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"The first Direct Polytechnic Admission (DPA)
Exercise will commence on 11 July 2007, for admission into polytechnics
in 2008... |
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"The five polytechnics – Nanyang Polytechnic,
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and
Temasek Polytechnic – will each admit up to 2.5% of their Academic Year
2008 intake through DPA, or about 100 students per polytechnic on
average..." |
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Direct School Admission Exercise 2007 for admission to JC1 |
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"The Direct School Admission Exercise 2007
for admission to JC1 and its equivalent level (DSA-JC) will be held from
Monday, 25 June 2007, to Friday, 5 October 2007... |
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"Similar to last year’s exercise, Government
and Government-aided junior colleges (JCs) 1 will be
admitting up to 10% of their 2008 JC1 intake using schoolbased criteria
under the DSA-JC Exercise..." |
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Pilot project allowing cycling on all footways in Tampines |
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"Land Transport Authority (LTA), Traffic
Police (TP) and the Tampines Grassroots Organisations (GROs) will be
conducting a study in the Tampines Town to assess the feasibility of
allowing cycling on footways with effect from 27 May 2007. |
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"The study will last for one year and end on
30 May 2008... |
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"Currently, under Rule 28 of the Road Traffic
Rules, enacted in 1981, cycling on footways is prohibited. Like any
other vehicles, bicycles are to be ridden on the roads and cyclists are
required to abide by all relevant traffic rules and regulations..." |
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Two SAF servicemen die in incident in Taiwan |
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"At 9:25 am this morning, a Taiwan Air Force
F5F aircraft crashed into a storeroom located within a Taiwanese
military facility, resulting in a fire at the storeroom... |
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"Two SAF servicemen are injured and are being
treated in hospital. Seven others have minor injuries. Two bodies have
been found and their identities are being verified. The next of kin of
the affected servicemen have been informed. The rest of the SAF
personnel in Taiwan are safe and accounted for...." |
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Employment situation in 1st quarter 2007 |
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"Preliminary estimates show that total
employment grew by 48,000 in the first quarter 2007. This is higher than
the gains of 45,000 in the same period a year ago, but seasonally lower
than 51,500 in the fourth quarter of 2006. |
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"All major sectors added workers, led by
services with gains of 33,400 workers. Manufacturing posted increases in
employment of 9,500..." |
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Singapore
Public Holidays 2008
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Spam Control Bill 2007 passed |
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"Part I of
the Bill defines spam. A message is “spam” when it is
an unsolicited commercial electronic message sent more
than 100 times, with the same or similar
subject-matter, during a 24-hour period, or more than
1,000 times during a 30-day period, or more than
10,000 times during a one-year period... |
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"An opt-out approach
is adopted under the Bill as it balances the need of companies and
marketers to send unsolicited messages for business reasons... |
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"In order to balance
between consumer interests and industry needs the Bill will
require that each message contains a valid unsubscribe facility,
an ‘<ADV>’ label to mark it out as an advertisement,
accurate header information or subject titles and functional
contact details of the sender... |
|
"The unsubscribe
process has been structured to be consumer-friendly so that even
individuals who receive small volumes of spam have a means of
recourse, without resorting to legal action. The Bill makes it
mandatory for senders to allow recipients to unsubscribe via the
same medium through which the spam was received. This ensures that
unsubscribing from spam can be done easily and conveniently by
replying to an email or SMS..." |
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Man to be charged for importing pellet guns |
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"When asked, the man did not declare any
items. Subsequent screening revealed images that appeared to be guns
within his baggage. A physical check of his check-in carton revealed 20
sets of pellet guns and 5 bottles of pellets. He was subsequently
detained for investigation. |
|
"Police investigated a total of 38 cases
involving airsoft guns in 2006. Since the beginning of this year (2007),
Police have investigated 21 such cases. Most of these airsoft guns were
detected at the airport and other checkpoints, as well as the Singapore
Post Centre..." |
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More..... |
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Pay rise for ministers and civil servants |
|
"The resignation rate of the Management
Executive Scheme (which employs graduate officers across the
ministries) was 10.6%, up from 7.4% in 2005. At some of our entry
grades, the situation is quite serious, with resignation rates as
high as 25%. |
|
"Members of the House would also have
read from the newspapers[4] that for our Home Team, there has been
a 40% increase in the resignation of junior officers in January
and February this year, compared to the same period last year. |
|
"We need to act before the situation
becomes more serious. The Government, as an employer, has to
respond quickly and decisively to stay competitive and close the
wage gaps. Otherwise, we will deplete the Service of the able
people we need, and the service level to the public will be
affected..." |
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The Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on
Society formed |
|
"A new Council, The Advisory Council on the
Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS), will be formed on 1 April 2007 by
the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), to
study the far-reaching social, ethical, legal and regulatory
implications of a rapidly growing Interactive and Digital Media (IDM)
sector..." |
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More..... |
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Singapore first country to host Toon Boom Animation Festival |
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"Singapore will be the first country to
host the inaugural Toon Boom Animation Festival, which kicks off
on 2 April 2007... |
|
"Free workshops will be conducted by
ITE to train students who are not familiar with the Toon Boom
software. Said Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO, ITE..." |
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140 Foreign Medical Schools recognised in Singapore
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Changes to Bus Lane Scheme from 1 April 2007 |
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ADJUSTMENTS
TO
BUS LANE
HOURS
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Days
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Existing
Operation Hours
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New
Operation Hours
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Mondays to
Fridays
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7.30am to
9.30am
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7.30am to
9.30am
(No Change)
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4.30pm to
7.00pm
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5.00pm to
8.00pm
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Saturdays
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7.30am to
9.30am
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No Longer
Applicable
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11.30am to
2.00pm
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Indicated
by a continuous yellow line
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National Piano & Violin Competition 2007 |
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"Organised by the National
Arts Council (NAC), the competition serves as a
valuable platform to nurture and showcase young
musicians in Singapore. NAC is now inviting
participation in the prestigious event to be held from
5 to 15 December 2007... |
|
"Registration for the
Competition is now open. Applications close on 6pm, 31
August 2007..." |
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More..... |
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Paying our public servants competitive salaries |
|
 |
|
"We know from head-hunters
that the entire top managements of some of our
agencies are being targeted. The Middle Eastern
countries are particularly interested. They have
studied Singapore’s success story. They want to tap
our people to join them and replicate the miracle, and
money is no object... |
|
"This is an urgent
problem. We have experienced on previous occasions the
painful consequences of responding too slowly when the
private sector surged ahead. |
|
"For example in the early
1990s, the Administrative Service lost entire cohorts
of good officers. This showed up in the age profile of
the Service – broad at the young and older age groups,
but narrow at the mid- to late-30s range. We took many
years to recover from the loss. This must not happen
again..." |
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NAFA School of Visual Arts (SVA) Degree Graduation Show 2007
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Singapore Labour Market 2006 |
| "Total
employment creation for the whole of 2006 rose to an
all-time high of 176,000, surpassing the previous
year’s gains of 113,300. This brought the total number
employed to 2,495,900 persons as at December 06... |
| "On
average, 67,500 residents were unemployed in 2006,
down from 74,900 in 2005 and the high of 91,200 in
2003..." |
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More..... |
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Beware of snatch thieves in streets and common areas |
|
"Since the beginning of the year, there have
been 124 cases of snatch theft reported. Of these cases, 67 cases
involved the stealing of handphones... |
|
"More recently on 6 Mar at about
6.45am, a teenaged male victim lost his handphone to a snatch
thief when he was hit on the back of the head whilst walking near
Tampines St 41. The culprit picked up the $100 mobile phone that
the victim dropped and fled with it..." |
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Singapore Crime Situation 2006 |
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"Theft and related offences 2,
which accounted for more than half (61%) of overall crime
reported, fell by 2,192 cases from 22,711 to 20,519 cases in 2006. |
|
"The overall decrease was largely due
to fewer cases of shop theft, theft from person and
other theft3 . In addition,
handphone crimes4 also dropped from 4,825 to 4,594
cases... |
|
"Youths made up 19% of total persons
arrested in 2006, compared to 23% last year..." |
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Gearing up Singapore for its 2020 healthcare needs |
|
"MediShield coverage among active
workers is not bad, at 90%. But 390,000 Singaporeans below 20
years of age are not insured. The premium at their age is
inexpensive, only $30 per year. |
| "And
young parents can use their Baby Bonus to pay the
premium. So cost is not the issue... |
|
"We will introduce an
opt-out scheme for infants to be automatically covered
under MediShield from the time their births are
registered. |
|
"Premiums can be deducted
from their fathers' Medisave or alternatively their
mothers'. Parents who do not want such coverage can
opt out any time by informing the CPF Board. We will
get this done later this year..." |
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Number of traffic summonses for speeding going down" |
|
In 2005, as part of Police’s overall
enforcement strategy, more resources were diverted to ensure greater
police presence on our roads to deter motorists from flouting traffic
rules. |
|
"The public had by then become more aware of the PSLC
deployment through Traffic Police’s website and radio. |
|
"This contributed to the number of
summonses issued for speeding falling 37% to 51,800 in 2005 as
compared to 2004. In 2006, the number of summonses issued for
speeding decreased 13% to 45,130 compared to the 51,800 summonses
issued in 2005..." |
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Report on labour force in Singapore in 2006 |
|
"76% of the
resident population aged 25 to 64 were employed, the highest since the
data was first compiled in 1991, up from 73% in 1996... |
|
"12% or
172,000 of resident employees were engaged on term contracts in
June 2006 while the remaining 88% were permanent employees3. On
average, employees on term contract drew lower pay than those on
permanent appointments... |
|
"The share
of degree holders almost doubled to 23% from 12% a decade ago..." |
|
More..... |
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Proposed changes to rules for unsecured credit |
|
"A measured step of lowering the minimum
annual income threshold for unsecured credit facilities from $30,000 to
$20,000. A more conservative maximum credit limit of twice the
borrower's monthly income will be set for individuals in this $20,000 to
$30,000 income group, with no access to credit cards... |
|
"Create appropriate modifications to
the moneylenders regime. For instance, for unsecured loans of
$3,000 and below, no minimum income requirement would be imposed
but such loans would be subject to an interest rate cap..." |
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More..... |
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Employment situation in 4th quarter 2006 |
|
"Preliminary estimates show that total
employment grew by 48,800 in the fourth quarter of 2006, considerably
higher than the gains of 35,300 in the same period a year ago, and up
from 43,000 in the third quarter of 2006... |
|
"Total retrenchment for the whole of
2006 was 12,200. Although this is higher than 10,294 in 2005, it
is only about half the number retrenched in 2001 (25,838).
Manufacturing formed the bulk of retrenchments (8,800), followed
by services (3,000) and construction (400) in 2006..." |
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More..... |
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Road Traffic Situation 2006 |
|
"The number of persons killed increased from
173 to 190 in 2006. The number of persons injured increased from 8,226
to 9,706 in 2006, of which 104 suffered serious injuries... |
|
"There was an overall increase in the
number of speed-related accidents, from 1,445 to 1,657 cases in
2006, with the number of speed-related fatal accidents increasing
by 15 cases, from 51 to 66. More than 1 in 3 of all fatal
accidents were speed related..." |
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Commissioner of Charities completes inquiry on Youth
Challenge |
|
"The COC found that the Executive
President's total annual remuneration for the financial year ended
31 January 2006 was $248,867. Of this amount, only $53,836 was
disclosed as the Executive President's salaries in the Income and
Expenditure Statement. |
|
"Another $164,475 was disclosed in Note
3 to the audited financial statements as salaries apportioned to
various projects/events... |
|
"The Executive President's total
remuneration of $248,867 amounted to 56% of the total donation and
other income of $442,287 raised for the same period..." |
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MOE to develop 15 FutureSchools@Singapore schools by 2015
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2006 survey finds almost nine in ten children aged
10 - 14 years are infocomm users |
|
"Almost nine in ten children (aged 10 to 14 years)
use the computer and Internet for communications,
learning and play... |
|
"The second highest proportion of
Infocomm users are our youth and adults (aged 15 to 59 years),
with about seven in ten using the computer and Internet
extensively for communications and leisure activities. |
|
"The
elderly (aged 60 and above) are also Infocomm users. Three in ten use the
computer, while two in ten have accessed the Internet in the past
year..." |
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More..... |
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Study on returns to higher education in Singapore
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SMU starts School of Law |
|
"The Third Committee on the Supply of Lawyers estimated that an
additional 140-150 legal professionals will be required each year
from 2010 until 2015 to meet the needs of Singapore’s legal
industry. |
|
"To meet this number, the SMU School of Law will take in 90
students in AY2007, reaching a steady-state intake of 120 from
AY2008 onwards. |
|
"The NUS Faculty of Law will also increase its intake from the
current 220 to 240 beginning in AY2007..." |
|
More..... |
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2006
Higher school fees for PRs and foreign students |
|
"From January 2007, PR in Government
and Government-aided schools, junior colleges (JCs) and the
centralised institute (CI) will pay about 20% more for school
fees. They currently pay the same fees as citizens at the
secondary and pre-university levels. |
|
"FS, whose fees are already higher than
those for citizens and PR, will have their fees increased by about
30%. The new fees for FS will take effect two years from now (2009
), to give time for them to decide if they wish to apply to become
permanent residents..." |
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Police arrest 12 people in island-wide anti-piracy raids
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Three years of free Wi-Fi for Singapore from 1 Dec 2006
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Health Ministry forms national committee to combat HIV/AIDS
|
Police nab Internet trickster selling car parts and
accessories |
|
"The culprit lured unsuspecting car
enthusiasts in an online motoring forum into parting with their money by
claiming that he was able to get bulk discounts on car parts and
accessories. |
|
"The victims would place orders with the
culprit and make payment electronically. However, the victims never
received their goods. When the victims discovered that they had been
cheated, the culprit taunted them to catch him if they could..." |
|
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Accreditation scheme for local dating industry in mid-2007
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Inaugural Singapore Education Awards 2007
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One-stop NS
portal launched
-
Proposed amendments to the Penal Code
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34 people to be charged in court for assisting loansharks
Singapore eases admission criteria for new lawyers |
|
"Government announced on 17 August 2006, its
in-principle acceptance of the recommendation of the Third Committee on
the Supply of Lawyers chaired by the former Attorney-General, to allow
Singaporean citizens or Permanent Residents ("PRs") who graduated from
Overseas Scheduled Universities with Second Class (Lower Division)
Honours to practise law in Singapore, provided they possessed certain
relevant work experience or qualifications..." |
|
More..... |
|
Two Years of Free Wi-Fi for Singapore |
|
"Come 2007, Singaporeans will be ushering the
new year with at least 24 months, or two years, of free (basic tier)
wireless connectivity at up to 512 kbps speeds almost everywhere -
thanks to IDA's 'Wireless@SG' programme... |
|
"The three operators are extending this
two-year free offering with unlimited usage to all residents and
visitors in Singapore, including tourists and business travellers.
The sign-up details will be made known from December 2006 by the
operators..." |
|
More..... |
|
Recent outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis in two schools |
|
"There has been an increase in the number of
persons attending the polyclinics for acute diarrhoea over the past
three weeks... |
|
"However, in view of the recent outbreaks of
norovirus gastroenteritis in two schools affecting a large number of
school children, the Ministry would like to advise the public to be
vigilant about diarrhoeal illnesses..." |
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|
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AVA to implement grading scheme for pet shops
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Death of
Serviceman
Mediacorp Subaru WRX Challenge 2006 |
|
 |
|
"To participate, you have to undergo two
qualifying rounds. For the First Qualifying Round, you have to call in
during the qualifying period (18 September 2006 – 20 October 2006) to
any of the three radio stations when you hear the ‘invitation to call’..." |
|
More..... |
|
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Update On Subutex Voluntary Rehabilitation Programme
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MOE unveils S$250m plan to boost teaching profession |
|
"...an Enhanced PDL will allow a teacher who
has had at least 12 years of experience to take up to 2˝
months (1 school term) of full-pay leave... |
|
"MOE will introduce a new Learning &
Development Scheme. In the scheme, teachers will be entitled to claim up
to $400 or $700 per year, for any learning-related expenses that they
choose... |
| "MOE is increasing the
starting salaries of Pass/ Pass (Merit) Degree and Diploma
recruits by 1 increment (which is equivalent to an increase of
5-8%) with effect from 1 Sep 06. The current starting salaries
of trainee teachers holding other qualifications remain
competitive..." |
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More..... |
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New "R18"
rating for cabaret shows
Singapore needs 60,000 babies yearly but gets 35,500 only |
|
 |
|
"Our own population is ageing - current
projections show that one-in-five Singaporeans will be over the
age of 65 by 2030... |
|
"It has been two
years since we introduced the parenthood package. |
|
"Overall, we have
seen some positive results - there were about 240 more births
from January to June 2006 compared to the same period in 2005,
and about 400 more births in 2005 compared to 2004. This is a
positive reversal which comes after four consecutive years of
decline..." |
|
More..... |
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Subutex a Class A Controlled Drug from 14 Aug 2006 |
|
"From 14 August 2006, doctors will not be permitted to
prescribe and dispense any take-home dosages for existing
patients. |
| "All patients
who require Subutex will have to consume their
medication under direct visual observation of the pharmacist, doctor
and/or his treatment team on a daily basis1 ..." |
|
More..... |
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Subutex to be classified as a controlled drug |
|
 |
|
"While some heroin addicts appeared to have
benefited from Subutex, many others seem to have merely shifted their
addiction from heroin to Subutex. |
|
"In addition, many more who have never tried
drugs before have become new addicts. Within 4 years of introduction, we
now have at least 3800 Subutex users, 45% of them Malay, 43% Chinese and
10% Indian...." |
|
More..... |
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Of young Singaporeans then and now |
|
 |
|
"As for assembly
talks, we had guest speakers but unlike your
'interactive' talks; they did all the talking, we
did all the listening and no one thought that we
might want to ask them some questions. |
|
"My teachers were
more concerned that we did not fall asleep during
the session. This I am told is one of those things
that have resisted change as this generation of
students is also similarly afflicted..." |
|
More..... |
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Number of recognised foreign medical schools increased to 120
Exit permit rules relaxed for National Servicemen from 1 Aug
2006 |
|
"Full-time National Servicemen (NSFs) will
henceforth be exempted from applying for exit permits for short overseas
trips of less than 3 months... |
|
"NSmen who have completed their
Operationally-Ready National Service Training Cycle and have been
phased into the MINDEF Reserve (MR) will no longer be required to
notify the MNC of their overseas trips of more than 24 hours and
less than 6 months..." |
|
More..... |
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Singapore Crime Situation - First half 2006 |
|
"Crimes involving
handphones being stolen, which was one of the key concerns in
2005, decreased significantly, from 2,423 to 1,962 cases, in
the first half of 2006... |
|
"The drop in
handphone crimes, despite the continued high mobile phone
penetration rate in Singapore3 , may be in part due
to enhanced public education on such crimes as well as tighter
enforcement against errant second-hand handphone dealers..." |
|
More..... |
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Entrapment: A Necessary Enforcement Tool |
|
When Yeo was asked if he had any drugs, Yeo volunteered to bring
drugs to the hotel where he was subsequently arrested with
Ecstasy, ‘Ice’, and Ketamine. |
|
Adrian Yeo was, therefore, not a law-abiding person enticed into
committing an offence by CNB. |
|
In omitting to
highlight the fact that Yeo was a habitual drug abuser, the ST report has misled
readers into thinking that CNB had acted unethically when the
circumstances of the case clearly show the contrary and that CNB
had acted professionally... |
|
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Hawker centres, coffeeshops and cafes prepare for smoking ban |
|
Smoking ban will be extended to hawker
centres, coffeeshops and cafes come 1st July. |
|
To protect patrons from second-hand smoke, foodshop operators can set up smoking corners for
those who want to light up. To date, close to half of the affected
outlets have decided to set up smoking corners in their outdoor
refreshment areas... |
|
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|
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Apply for your National Day Parade 2006 Tickets Now!
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New Website lets ex-offenders check own 'spent' criminal records
The Challenge Posed by HIV/ AIDS to Singapore Businesses |
|
In Singapore, the number of HIV-positive
people has climbed steadily from the first case detected here in 1985 to
2,641 by December 2005. Three out of four (74.77%) who are infected are
actively employed... |
|
In 2005, out of the 255 new cases reported,
a great majority (87%) comprised the age group of 20 - 59 years old,
with those aged 20 - 49 years accounting for as much as 70% of all new
cases... |
|
More..... |
|
Easier for returning Singaporean children to re-enter local
schools |
|
First, at the primary school
level, MOE will do away with the need for placement tests for
returning Singaporean children seeking placement... |
|
Instead MOE will identify a primary
school nearest to their home with vacancies and offer a place
to the child. We will implement this by the middle of this
year. |
|
Second, at the secondary school level,
MOE will also do away with the need for returning Singaporean
children to sit for multiple school-based tests. |
|
Instead, MOE will develop a Centralised
Placement Test (CPT) to provide a common yardstick... |
|
More..... |
|
Amended Enlistment Act requires males 13 years & older to
get exit permits |
|
 |
|
MINDEF will require
pre-enlistees aged 13 to 16½ to apply for Exit Permits if they
intend to be away from Singapore for 3 months or more... |
|
Those who require Exit Permits of 2
years or more will be required to furnish a bond... |
|
The penalty regime for Exit Permit
offences for those aged 13 to 16˝ will be only a fine of up
to $2,000, with no custodial sentences... |
|
We will thus be introducing a new
offence in the Enlistment Act under which parents and guardians can
be made liable for the Exit Permit offences of their children or
wards of ages 13 to 16½ so that the penalty can be imposed on their
parents or guardians when the circumstances warrant it. The penalty
regime for the offence will also be a fine of up to $2,000. |
|
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Survey shows more Singaporeans active in sports
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Law against Singaporeans who sexually exploit minors overseas
|
2nd Defence Minister speaks on NS deferment & disruption |
|
|
|
Therefore, MINDEF will only grant
deferment for pre-enlistees to gain their basic educational
qualifications of ‘A’ levels, polytechnic diploma, or below. |
|
This is reasonable as most of our 18
year old NS enlistees would either have completed their basic
qualification programme or are about to complete it. |
| As university degrees are
considered higher educational qualifications, deferments for
university studies will no longer be allowed.
This new policy for deferments has been in place from the end of
last year. |
|
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New NorthLight School to offer vocational programmes in 2007
|
Home Affairs Minister tackles MPs' questions on crime
situation |
|
|
|
"As for snatch theft, where a person’s
belongings are forcibly snatched away from him, cases involving
handphones have increased from 160 cases in 2004 to 280 cases in
2005 and accounted for 45 per cent of the total number of snatch
theft cases in 2005. |
|
"Of particular concern are the cases
specifically targeting the handphones of young victims, which has
increased from 50 cases in 2004 to 93 cases in 2005. |
|
"Robbery and theft cases involving
handphones remain a key area of concern for the Police. The number
of such cases increased significantly by 42 per cent to 4,830 cases
in 2005. |
|
"This is due to the higher mobile phone
penetration rate in Singapore, thereby giving rise to a larger pool
of potential victims. There are 4.3 million handphone subscribers in
Singapore..." |
|
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Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'A' Level Exams 2005 Results
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Survey on Infocomm Usage in households & by individuals 2005 |
|
The
proportion of households with access to a computer at home was 74%. This proportion has remained unchanged since 2003. |
|
The proportion of households with two or more computers was
28%. |
|
Nine in ten households
in private housing had access to a computer at home; compared
to seven in ten households in public housing. |
|
About
two-thirds of the Singapore’s resident population aged 15
years and above were computer users. |
|
More..... |
|
More financial help for students from lower-income families |
|
First, the income ceiling will be raised so as to
allow the lowest 20% of households to qualify. |
|
The income limits under the FAS
for Government and Government-Aided Schools will be increased from the current
$900 (Gross Monthly Household Income) to $1,500 for families with 1 or 2
children; and from $1,050 to $1,800 for families with 3 or more children. |
| Second, the benefits granted
to FAS recipients
will also be expanded. They will receive a full waiver of the standard
miscellaneous fees, compared to the 50% waiver under the current FAS. FAS
recipients will also get a 75% subsidy on national examination fees. |
|
More..... |
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Spike in contact lens related fungal corneal infections
|
Singapore Crime Situation 2005 |
|
Robbery
and theft cases involving handphones taken remain a key area of
concern for the Police. The number of such cases increased
significantly by 1,414 cases, from 3,411 to 4,825 cases in 2005. |
|
Handphone crimes increased most notably for theft in dwelling
(excluding shop theft) from 832 to 1,119 cases (+287 cases), and for
other thefts (from 1,096 to 1,837 cases in 2005). |
|
Robbery (from 344 to 488 cases), snatch thefts (from 162 to
283 cases) and cheating and related offences (from 275 to 343
cases) also saw notable increases. |
|
The increase in handphone crime may be due to the rise in
mobile phone penetration rate in Singapore indicating a
larger pool of potential victims...
|
|
More..... |
|
Casino Control Bill 2006 |
|
To discourage locals from developing into problem gamblers,
Section 116 of the Bill shall require the casino operators to
collect an entry levy from Singapore Citizens and Permanent
Residents for every consecutive 24 hours in the casinos or
$2,000 for an annual membership. |
| This levy
will also underscore the message that gambling is an expense
and not a means to get rich... |
| Section 108
of the Bill shall prohibit casino and junket operators from
extending credit to Singapore Citizens and Permanent
Residents, unless they maintain a credit balance of at least
$100,000 with the casino operator at the start of their gaming
which would qualify them as premium players. |
| Automated
Teller Machines or ATMs shall be prohibited within the casinos
under Section 109 of the Bill so that patrons will not have
easy access to their savings accounts to gamble continuously. |
| Minors are
also another potentially vulnerable group who may fall prey to
the glamour of the casino, without realising the possible
dangers of gambling. Sections 130 to 137 of the Bill will
prohibit persons below the age of 21 years from entering the
casinos... |
|
More..... |
|
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Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'O' Level Exams 2005 Results
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Release of 2005 GCE 'O' Level Exam Results
Survey on Singapore Youth & Their Portable Gadgets |
|
by Second Year Media and Communication
students in Singapore Polytechnic’s School of Business |
|
"Out of the 795
respondents who owned handphones, Nokia had the highest share at 56% while Samsung and
Sony-Ericsson tied for second place at 16% each... |
| "Respondents were asked to
choose one item that they would not be able to live without
from a list that included the handphone, PC, TV, portable music device, PDA, portable
game console and digital camera. 78% of all the 800 respondents
indicated that they could not live without their handphone." |
|
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700,000 serving and ex-NSmen may get 40th NS anniversary bonus
MINDEF to press for jail sentence in serious cases of NS
defaulters |
|
 |
|
"Since the appeal case in the High Court in 1993,
besides Melvyn Tan there have been 13 other cases of convicted defaulters who
were sentenced only to a fine and who were not subsequently enlisted because
they were already over 40 or almost 40. |
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"This is something that we need to look into more
closely, especially as there may now be more defaulters who are 40 or older
coming before the courts with the passing of time... |
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"MINDEF will be proposing to the House to increase
the maximum fine provided for in the Enlistment Act from the current $5,000 to
$10,000... |
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"...from now on, MINDEF will ask the
prosecutor to press for a jail sentence in serious cases of NS defaulters, and
explain why we consider a jail sentence appropriate in a particular case... " |
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Single January intake for JCs and centralised institute from 2009 -
Christmas & new year revellers molested in Orchard Road -
TAF & Mindef Physical Fitness Performance Awards for Schools 2005
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Defence Minister comments on death of Special Operations
Force soldier |
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I am very grateful that there are people
like 2SG Ong, men like that in the unit, who come forward to take on
this demanding task. |
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They know that at any moment, they may be
called, and their lives are on the line. So they take training very
seriously and they look after each other very seriously. If there are
any shortcomings, if there are any persons who have failed to perform
their duty properly, then of course, we will rectify this shortcoming.
And the persons who have not performed their duties properly, they will
have to be called to task. |
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2005
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Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'N' Level Exams 2005 Results -
NTU launches inaugural Nanyang Alumni Awards
Impact of HIV epidemic on men, women & children in
Singapore |
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"Previously, some wives were not aware of
their spouse's HIV status and so they were at risk of the HIV infection.
Since July this year, we have informed the wife when the infected
husband had not informed her of his positive HIV status. |
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"Over the last 5 months, 41 women have been
informed by hand-delivered letters that their partner is infected and
that they should go to CDC for testing..." |
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More..... |
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Significant trends in the Singapore labour market |
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"Today, services make up seven out of every
ten jobs, compared to six out of ten jobs in 1990. In particular,
employment within the financial and business services sector has more
than doubled since 1990... |
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"But there is also a third, important trend,
and that is that people will have to change jobs more often in their
lifetimes..." |
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More..... |
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198 Singaporeans infected with HIV in first 10 months of
2005 |
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"This brings the total number of HIV infected
Singaporeans including 25 children to 2584 as of Oct 2005. Of
these, 999 are asymptomatic carriers, 631 have full-blown AIDS and 954
have died. |
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"Heterosexual transmission has been the most
common mode of HIV transmission among Singaporeans since 1991.
Most of these cases contracted the infection through casual sex and sex
with prostitutes in Singapore and overseas..." |
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More..... |
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National Service Dues: Did pianist Melvyn Tan get off too lightly?
Law amended to impose heavier penalties on loansharks |
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"But the number of unlicensed moneylending
and related harassment cases continues to rise: from some 1,500 cases in
1995 to almost 6,000 cases in 2004. |
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"In some instances, parties who did not
borrow money were also harassed; for example, new occupants of dwellings
that were formerly occupied by debtors and people who had lost or
misplaced their identity cards. |
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"In addition, the number of arrests made in
harassment cases more than doubled from 123 arrests in 2003 to 284
arrests in 2004..." |
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More..... |
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Prevention of child abuse and neglect in Singapore |
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"Over the last 5 years, my Ministry
investigated an average of 188 complaints of alleged child abuse each
year. Only in 40% of cases did our investigations reveal real evidence
of abuse. |
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"Granted, the number of cases with evidence
of abuse increased by about one and a half times from 61 in 2000 to 90
in 2004. This is due largely to greater awareness among those who have
regular contact with children and who reported the incidents to the
authorities for intervention..." |
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More..... |
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Singapore Tourism Board launches 'Unique2Me' Photo Contest
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Emergence of
New Poor a worrying trend -
51 new
school principals for 2006
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New Drama Centre
opens -
Press
Freedom and Good Governance -
Singapore household debt and credit card bankruptcies
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Compulsory registration for pre-paid SIM card holders |
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"From 1 November, mobile service providers,
such as the Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte Ltd, StarHub Mobile Pte Ltd and
MobileOne Ltd, will be required to ensure compliance in recording the
personal details of all customers who buy prepaid SIM cards... |
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"...all existing prepaid SIM card users are
required to re-register at retail outlets which sell prepaid SIM
cards sold by their respective mobile service providers. |
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"Customers must be at least 15 years old
before being eligible to purchase a prepaid SIM card..." |
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More..... |
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2nd reading of Public Transport Council (Amendment) Bill 2005 |
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"The 2 PTOs estimate
that fare evasion on buses occurs on about 1.8% of passenger trips. Even though this figure may appear to be low, we should not condone
fare evasion. Otherwise, the majority of commuters who pay the
correct fares will be subsidizing the small minority who abuse
concession passes, avoid paying or intentionally underpay fares.
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"Hence, to provide
greater deterrence against fare evasion, the PTC will be
introducing a penalty fee of $20 for the underpayment and
non-payment of fares; and $50 for the abuse of fare
concessions..." |
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More..... |
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Bicycle thefts in Singapore |
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"The number of
cases of bicycle theft averaged around 400 cases a year from
2000 to 2004. In the first half of this year, 435 cases were
reported... |
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"In 2004, 9 out of
10 bicycles stolen in public places were not secured at
designated bicycle bays. Instead, the vast majority of those
stolen were secured to lamp posts, railings and pipes..." |
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More..... |
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MOE opens more gates for secondary students
- School
Achievements in 2005
(replaces ranking of top schools & junior colleges)
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Biometric passports likely to debut in later half of 2006
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Police raid company using pirated software -
Singapore Labour Market - 2nd Quarter 2005 -
Educational Performance by Ethnic Group 1995 - 2004
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Prepaid Phone Cards To Be Controlled |
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"I had previously
raised the issue of prepaid phone cards as an area of security
concern. The exploitation of the anonymity given by prepaid
cards to avoid detection is not new. Criminals have exploited
this. And terrorist groups like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) have done so too... |
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"The Homefront
Security Division in MHA has been working closely with the IDA
and the commercial service providers to work out a practical
regulatory regime. |
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"These regulatory
controls are likely to be implemented from early November.
Details will be announced next month..." |
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More..... |
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Is Singapore a literate society? |
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"...But if you define “literate” as meaning a
well-read society, your answer would probably be “no” and you would be
quite right. |
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"A Population Survey on the Arts by the
National Arts Council in 2002 found that only 40 per cent of 1,527
people surveyed had read a novel that year. |
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"In 2003, a nation-wide survey of 1,500
Singapore residents by the National Library Board revealed that the
strongest motivation to read was neither for leisure nor for literary
appreciation. Rather, it was for career development..." |
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More..... |
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Man arrested for using counterfeit credit cards in Sim Lim Square
Rising number of HIV positive young people |
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"Young people are vulnerable to AIDS. Locally, 1 teenager under
19 years was tested positive for HIV in first 6 months of 2005
bringing the total number of young people in the 10-19 age group
who are HIV-positive to 19 as of June 2005. In addition, there are
also 458 young people in the 20-29 age group who are infected.
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"The increasing numbers of HIV positive young people are a
worrying trend. It is tragic for a young life, so full of
potential, to be limited by a positive diagnosis of HIV. It is
even more tragic when the infected person unknowingly spreads HIV
to other young people, like himself or herself, by engaging in
casual sex or sex with multiple partners. However, we believe no
one can help young people more than themselves. Young people have
the ability and courage to take difficult issues head-on and come
up with bold and innovative solutions..."
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More..... |
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Police act against unlicensed second-hand handphone dealers
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Three arrested for illegally distributing copyrighted songs
online |
| "A pre-dawn raid on 3
locations by the Police on 17 August 2005 saw the arrest of 3
male subjects aged between 16 and
22 years old for distributing infringing copies of copyrighted music on
the Internet. |
| "The 16 year-old student, 21 year-old
unemployed man and 22 year-old factory operator were arrested in their
respective residences..." |
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More..... |
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Number of youths arrested
for rioting |
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"Youths
arrested for rioting have been predominantly male. In
2004, the percentage was 84%. The majority are aged
between 14 to 17 years. In 2004, 43% of youths arrested
for rioting were students below the year of 16 with
secondary school education. The next largest group of
youths arrested for rioting are unemployed youths,
accounting for 17% of arrests in 2004. Half of the youths
arrested for rioting are Chinese, with Malays, Indians and
youths of other races accounting for the other half. Seven
out of ten youths arrested for rioting are first time
offenders..." |
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First National Interschool Blogging Championship -
IMH upgrades inpatient children psychiatric ward -
Book
a barbecue (BBQ) pit at any AXS station
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Noise Singapore Festival 2005 |
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30 Sep - 30
Oct 2005 |
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Using everyday communication tools, the Internet
and mass media, Noise Singapore provides a chance for anyone below the age of
25 to become an artist, designer, photographer, film maker, composer,
musician, animator or poet. |
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More..... |
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Count on our children to take care of us in our old age? |
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"...I see many
youngsters engaged in animated conversation over who has the
latest mobile phone and I think - at this age, they have yet
to earn money and they are already bowing to peer pressure and
thinking of spending more than pocket change. When they come
into the mainstream of society, will they wise up and live
prudently or will their parents still have to support them
then..." |
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More..... |
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Smoking ban to cover more public places from 1 Oct 2005
- Parent
complains about 'taupok' game in JC
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Monday with the Editor: Pet Island - Singapore Pets Online
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Monday with the Editor: Still envy our children? |
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School starts today for more than 500,000 children
across the island this new year. As these children stream back to their
schools and begin looking around in their new classrooms, some of them may
notice a classmate or schoolmate missing. |
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And they may realise that the
tsunami which took place far from our shores over the holidays has something
to do with that student's absence from school... |
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More..... |
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on Divorces 2003
- Statistics
on Marriages 2003
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