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 Local
News
2004
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MediaCorp Radio launches Lush 99.5FM
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Social Safeguards for Integrated Resort with Casino Gaming
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Update following earthquake and tsunami
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Singapore introduces International PSLE
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Police reject Snowball.04 application |
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...The Police recognise that there are some
Singaporeans with gay tendencies. While Police do not discriminate against
them on this basis, the Police also recognise that Singapore is still, by and
large, a conservative and traditional society. |
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Hence, the Police cannot approve any application
for an event which goes against the moral values of a large
majority of Singaporeans... |
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Changes to Vehicle Entry Permit scheme for visitors from 6
Dec 2004 |
| Reduction in VEP fees from S$30 to S$20 a
day for foreign motorists driving foreign-registered cars into Singapore. |
| Reduction in the VEP operating hours on
weekdays for the 6 December to 31 December 2004 period. The VEP will end at
12.00 noon instead of 7.00 pm. |
| Reduction in the fixed priced ERP charges
from S$10 to S$5 a day, for visiting motorists who choose to use ERP-priced
roads during ERP operating hours but do not have In-Vehicle Units (IUs) in
their cars. |
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The normal toll charges for foreign-registered
cars will still apply. |
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Foreigners can
get PR status with S$5 million investment |
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Foreigners can secure Permanent Resident
(PR) status when they put in at least S$5
million with MAS-registered financial
institutions for a continuous period of five
years in a new scheme which comes into
effect immediately. |
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Source:
Straits Times 1 Dec 2004 (3) |
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Government launches Unclaimed Monies Web site
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Amendments
to the Immigration Act |
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"..in
2003, ICA repatriated
more than 11,800 foreigners who had either entered Singapore
illegally or violated the conditions set out in their immigration
passes. |
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To enable swifter repatriation of
these undesirable foreigners, clause 16 will empower the Controller
to seize monies found in possession of any prohibited immigrant to
cover any expenses incurred by the Government in connection with his
or his dependents' detention, maintenance, medical treatment and
removal from Singapore. |
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More..... |
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Armed police patrols in public places since 1 Nov 2004
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Singapore facing an alarming AIDS epidemic |
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"According to WHO, there are about four thousand
people in Singapore with HIV. We have only diagnosed less than half of them. |
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"If we do not act, by 2010, we may have more than
15,000 HIV persons in Singapore. Then, sometime in the next
decade, Tan Tock Seng may very well
become the AIDS hospital..." |
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Dr Balaji
Sidasivan |
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More..... |
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30-ft
Dancing Christmas Trees in Orchard Road
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Singapore
Employment Situation - 3rd Quarter 2004
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Singapore
dazzles with Christmas in the Tropics
- Update
on cholera cases in Singapore
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Mobile
phone use and acoustic reuroma, a benign tumour
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Changi
Airport - IT shopping haven for travellers
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Enhanced
safety requirements for motorised bicycles & riders
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Resumption
of poultry & egg imports from Malacca & Johor
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New
cases of HIV infection reported in first half 2004
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Student
Protection Scheme for international students
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Safety
at MRT and LRT stations |
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"Despite
the various safety measures in place, there have been
more than 220 cases, where commuters were found
trespassing on the tracks at above-ground MRT and LRT
stations, between 1991 and 15 September 2004. |
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"Eighty-seven
percent of such cases were non-accidental acts, which
involved commuters jumping onto the tracks to retrieve
personal items, walking, running or taking short cuts to
another platform, and acts of suicide....." |
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More |
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Singapore
voted No. 1 city in the world |
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Readers of
Conde Nast Traveller, an award-winning US-based travel
magazine, have voted Singapore as the world's best city
in its latest annual survey. |
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Source:
Straits Times 21 Sep 2004 (3) |
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Singapore
Labour Market report - 2nd Quarter 2004
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Q
& A on immigration policies: Minister
Wong Kan Seng |
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"We will continue to treat foreigners living and working in Singapore well. |
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"But we should make some calibrations such that Singaporeans have more privileges than
PRs, who will in turn have more privileges than other foreigners. |
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"This is fair to our citizens and will also provide more incentives for suitable immigrants to take up PR and then
citizenship..." |
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Suspension
of poultry imports from Malaysia |
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AVA has
concurrently imposed a suspension on imports of poultry and
poultry products from Malaysia with immediate effect (18 Aug
2004). |
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AVA would like to
assure the public that poultry and poultry products in Singapore
are safe for consumption. |
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More expatriates
returning to Singapore for work |
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The weak US dollar,
cheaper housing and the lower cost of cars here are the reasons
behind more expatriates from the United States, Britain,
Australia and Asia seeking jobs in Singapore. Many are looking
for jobs in the IT and banking sectors. There is a fair mix of
people who have worked here before and first-timers. |
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Source: Straits
Times 21 Jun 2004 (6) |
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ICA
introduces new disembarkation/embarkation cards
- 'Sex and the City' coming to Singapore
in July 2004
- Online search for outstanding traffic offences
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Cessation of temperature checks at border
checkpoints from 9 Jun 2004
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Singapore
Airlines to fly non-stop to New York from 28 Jun 2004
- SARS situation in
China; precautionary measures in Singapore
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