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Nation building is also about people bonding
Saturday, 18th September 2010
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said in People's Association's 50th anniversary celebrations that nation building is not just about building the infrastructure. Nation building is also about community bonding.
Jailed For Asking Others To Take Rap
Friday, 17th September 2010
A 51-year-old man, Charlie Lim Chau Lee, was jailed for six months for asking another person to take the rap (blame) for his traffic offence. Charlie was caught speeding by a speed trap camera along Lornie Road at 4pm on 18 August 2008. He received a summons from the Traffic Police, informing him of a fine of S$150 and six demerit points. Charlie Lim then approached 39-year-old woman, Lim Ah Hwa, to take the blame.
Police Officer Jailed For Dishonesty
Friday, 17th September 2010
A twenty-seven-year-old police officer, Mohamed Hanafi Mohamed Riza, who kept S$70 from a wallet handed over to him by a good samaritan, Mr Ronnie Woo, who had earlier found the wallet. However Hanafi kept the money and discard the wallet on 4 August 2009, when he was manning the Jurong West Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC). District Judge Jasvender Kaur sentenced Hanafi to four months' jail and said that sentence was appropriate as the public expected the highest integrity from police officers. For misappropriation, Hanafi could have been jailed up to seven years and a fined.
Million Locals Visited The Two Casinos
Thursday, 16th September 2010
Government announced that more one million locals (Singapore Citizen and Permanent Resident) visited the two Casinos (Sands and Resort World) since it opened seven months ago. As every locals that visited needs to pay a $100 entrance fee, which meant that the government gross one hundred million dollars during this period. Even this good money for the government, they did raise some social concerns. Recently the government stop the two casinos from operating free shuttle bus services which ply the heartlands.
Racial quotas reached in some neighbourhoods
Monday, 13th September 2010
Parliamentary Secretary for National Development Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman announced at 14 per cent of 162 Housing Development Board (HDB) neighbourhoods reached ethnic quota. The Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP), which began in 1989, stipulates ethnic quotas in HDB estates to prevent the creation of ethnic enclaves. Dr Maliki was responding to public concern that for flat owners who said they had sold their property below market valuation because the buyer had to be from a particular ethnic group. The problem was especially acute for flat owners from minority ethnicities and feel that they are disadvantaged as a result of their ethnic minority status.
First Female SAFOS
Thursday, 5th August 2010
Officer Cadet Sharon Tan Xin Hui, 19-year-old, is the first Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS) female recipient in the award's 39-year history. She was from Raffles Institution (RJC) and will be reading Earth Sciences and Political Science at Stanford University. She will leave for her study in August and will return after four-years to serve six-year bonds with the SAF. The SAF Overseas Scholarship is one of the most prestigious in Singapore, second only to the President's Scholarship. Since 1971, there have been 276 recipients, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Hotel 81 Prostitution Link
Tuesday, 3rd August 2010
41-year-old Chu Poh Yong, licensee of Hotel 81, was charged with five counts of allowing his rooms to be used for prostitution activities. It was believed that he have committed the offences at two of its branches, Hotel 81 Cosy at Jiak Chuan Road in the Chinatown area and Hotel 81 Mayo at Jalan Besar, between 27 April and 19 June 2010.
No Subsidised Petrol For Singapore Cars In Malaysia
Sunday, 1st August 2010
Singapore registered cars are not allowed to purchase subsidised RON 95 (95 Octane) petrol while in Malaysia. According to Malaysia Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail said that petrol station licences would be revoked if they are caught selling RON 95 to Singapore registered vehicles. RON 95 now costs RM1.85 (S$0.79) a litre, while RON 97, whose price is regulated by a float system, costs around RM2.10 (S$0.90), which still cheaper than the S$1.75 in Singapore
Team Singapore Won World Sailing Championship
Saturday, 31st July 2010
National sailors Justin Liu (Age 19) and Sherman Cheng (Age 18) took the men's 420 crown at the International 420 (Class Dinghy) World Sailing Championship in Haifa, Israel. The Team Manager, Miss. Serena Wong, said: "Everyone in the team is very happy for their result because they are the first Asians to win this world championship, so it's kind of a historic win for Asia as well as Singapore, and we're all very proud of them."
Sunshine Empire's Owner Goes To Jail
Friday, 30th July 2010
In what is believed to be the biggest Ponzi-like scheme in Singapore, 49-year old James Phang Wah, the head of the now-defunct Sunshine Empire, has been sentenced to nine years' jail and fined $60,000. He was convicted on the charge of fraudulent trading under fraudulent trading under the Companies Act and all the charges involving criminal breach of trust as an agent and falsification of Sunshine Empire’s accounts under the Penal Code.
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