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News 2006
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Use the National Flag during National Day Celebrations 2006
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Singapore and MIT to start SMART research center here in 2007
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Police arrest three Singaporeans involved in Malaysia kidnap case
Singapore sees growth in debt capital market |
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Mr Ong
Chong Tee, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary
Authority of Singapore |
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"...First, real estate investment trusts or
REITs. These have seen explosive growth, particularly in Singapore and
Hong Kong over the last 3 years... |
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"In Singapore, the market capitalization
weighted-average returns since IPO have been exceptional at over 30%.
The market has also moved beyond traditional REITs to other products
like shipping trusts and hotels... |
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"Singapore is also a fertile ground for
CMBS development due to its stable economic environment (sovereign
credit rating AAA/Stable/A-1+) and robust legal and land title
system which have enabled structured finance issuers to raise
highly rated debt...." |
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Police arrest 77 foreigners illegally working as masseuses
Entrapment: A Necessary Enforcement Tool |
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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. |
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Adrian Yeo was, therefore, not a law-abiding person enticed into
committing an offence by CNB. |
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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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Report on
Wages in Singapore 2005
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Smoking ban in eating places starts today (1 Jul
2006) |
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Food outlets such as hawker centres,
coffeeshops, cafes and fast food restaurants will be smoke-free from 1st
July. To protect patrons from second-hand smoke, smokers are reminded to
light up only at designated smoking corners. |
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Under this new regulation, smoking is banned
within the indoor refreshment areas (IRA) of all foodshops (Eg.
Coffeeshops, Cafes, Restaurants). They can designate up to 20% of the
floor area in their outdoor refreshment areas (ORA) as a smoking corner
upon NEA’s approval.... |
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Singapore as A Leading Wealth Management Hub |
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Mr Ong
Chong Tee, Deputy Managing Director, MAS |
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"Rising wealth in Asia, and the focus
on Asian growth prospects have seen total assets under management
in Singapore's fund management industry grow from about S$280
billion in 2000 to much more than S$600 billion now. |
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"Growth in private banking assets under
management has also been strong, with anecdotal feedback suggesting
Singapore private banking AUM averaging 20% per annum over the past
few years to about US$200 billion currently... |
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"Our reputation for high standards of
regulation and supervision and a robust legal and judicial
framework, is trusted by financial intermediaries and clients alike
to conduct wealth management activities..." |
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Exhibition of
Non-Voters' List
Changes To Conditions For Massage Establishments |
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Under
the new requirements, establishments administering
foot-reflexology, physiotherapy, traditional massage
or curative massage must ensure that the massage
services are conducted in full view of the public
and satisfy the following new requirements before
they are exempted from the provisions of the Act... |
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health and safety, masseuses, therapists and
reflexologists who are working or will be working in
licensed massage establishments may be required to
undergo and pass a medical health screening before
they can be allowed to work for any licensed
establishment for massage... |
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MAS sets up payment systems for liberalised stored-value card market
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Registration exercise for admission to Primary One in 2007
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Inmate Dies in Prison |
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Jun 06 at about 11.15am, an inmate of Queenstown
Remand Prison, 59-year-old, Chan Bing Chaw, was
found hanging inside the cell with a T-shirt around
his neck. The T-shirt was secured to a ventilation
grille located on the wall above the cell door. |
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He was pronounced dead
at about 11.45am. |
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Police are investigating
into the case of unnatural death. |
PUBLIC
AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
21 June 2006 @ 7.00 pm |
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Source:
www.spf.gov.sg Media Release 21 Jun 2006 |
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Robber who fired gun faces death penalty if convicted |
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Commando officer dies during training in swimming pool
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MAS
conducts first mystery shopping survey on financial advisory practices
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Chinese national found murdered in Ang Mo Kio salon
Hawker centres, coffeeshops and cafes prepare for
smoking ban |
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Smoking ban will be extended to hawker
centres, coffeeshops and cafes come 1st July. |
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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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Age limit for taxi drivers to be raised to 73 years
Employment grew strongly by 45,000 in first quarter
2006 |
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All the major sectors registered increases
in employment. The bulk of the employment gains continued to come from
the services sector (28,000)... |
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Some 10,100 residents or 18% of the
unemployed residents have been looking for work for
at least 25 weeks in Mar 06, about half the 20,200
or 30% a year ago... |
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Chief Justice expresses shock about lawyer's alleged
misappropriation of clients' moneys
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Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices formed
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Singapore and United States navies participate in annual CARAT
exercise
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Police nab eight suspects involved in $1.5 million handphone
heist
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High Definition Television trials start in June 2006
Landmark design of Changi Airport's Terminal 3
unveiled |
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Terminal 3 will also employ
state-of-the-art technologies to create a seamless environment for
passengers transferring between the three terminals at Changi
Airport. |
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These include a new People Mover System
with a total of seven train stations located at
various points within the three terminals, and a
high-speed baggage system to facilitate quick
transfers of bags between terminals... |
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Use of MyKad & cancellation of Malaysian restricted passports
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Las Vegas Sands awarded Integrated Resort Project at Marina Bay
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Apply for your National Day Parade 2006 Tickets Now!
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Appointment of
New Cabinet
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Direct Admission Exercise for JC in 2007
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Singapore's insurance and re-insurance industry - next phase
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Government accepts NWC's wage recommendations for 2006/2007
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47 schools in Direct Admission Exercise for Sec 1 in 2007
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Six foreigners arrested for theft from ATMs; S$370,000 cash seized
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Q & A on lewd photos posted by bloggers on blogs
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MAS launches SGS electronic bond trading platform
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Man armed with chopper attacks police officers; shot fired
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Singapore delivers games to Asia's $14billion video game market
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New Website lets ex-offenders check own 'spent' criminal records
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Committee formed to steer Medisave use for chronic disease
management
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Polling Day Voters Turnout
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Inaugural Changi Airline Awards
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Counting of ballot papers & announcement of election results
The Challenge Posed by HIV/ AIDS to Singapore
Businesses |
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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... |
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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... |
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300,000 Singaporeans awarded $137M of Workfare Bonus
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Polling Day 6 May 2006 is a public holiday
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Decline in Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases
Retrenchment & re-employment 2005 |
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Amid
favourable economic conditions, the incidence of
retrenchment dropped to a twelve-year low in 2005... |
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The incidence of retrenchment for
professionals, managers, executives & technicians (PMETs) dropped to an
eight-year low of 8.0 per 1,000 and a thirteen-year low of 4.8 per 1,000
for clerical, sales & service workers... |
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In 2005, on average 61% of local2
retrenched workers found re-employment within 6 months of their
retrenchment, slightly higher than 59% in 2004. The improvement was more
pronounced for the better educated workers... |
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General Election 2006 - Polling Day is 6 May 2006
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Singapore Police & NYPD formalise training exchange programme
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Medisave for outpatient treatment of four chronic diseases by end 2006
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Gradual and modest appreciation of Singapore dollar expected
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Advance GDP Estimates for First Quarter 2006
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2-day Flu Pandemic Exercise to take place in July 2006
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General Election: Podpasting for campaigning not allowed
Easier for returning Singaporean children to
re-enter local schools |
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First, at the primary school
level, MOE will do away with the need for placement tests for
returning Singaporean children seeking placement... |
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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. |
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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. |
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Instead, MOE will develop a Centralised
Placement Test (CPT) to provide a common yardstick... |
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Amended Enlistment Act requires males 13 years &
older to get exit permits |
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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... |
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Those who require Exit Permits of 2
years or more will be required to furnish a bond... |
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The penalty regime for Exit Permit
offences for those aged 13 to 16½ will be only a
fine of up to $2,000, with no custodial sentences...
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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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203 buildings in Syed Alwi Road area to be conserved
Deposit Insurance Scheme launched in Singapore |
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"From 1 April, the deposit insurance scheme
will compensate individuals and charities for the first $20,000 of their
Singapore dollar deposits in standard savings, current and fixed deposit
accounts, net of liabilities, in the event that their bank or finance
company fails...." |
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13 more
schools to be upgraded by 2009
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Singapore to recognise more foreign medical degrees
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Survey shows more Singaporeans active in sports
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Singapore Public Holidays in 2007 gazetted
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Law against Singaporeans who sexually exploit minors overseas
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Police arrest kidnappers of two Indonesian men
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Singapore Labour Market 2005
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ICA raid in 2 HDB blocks nets 33 immigration offenders
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Defence Minister Teo speaks on training deaths in 2005
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2nd Defence Minister speaks on NS deferment &
disruption |
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Therefore, MINDEF will only grant
deferment for pre-enlistees to gain their basic educational
qualifications of ‘A’ levels, polytechnic diploma, or below. |
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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. |
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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
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Singapore to Have Next Generation Broadband Networks
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Body of missing toddler found under Aljunied flyover
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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 |
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The
proportion of households with access to a computer at home was 74%. This proportion has remained unchanged since 2003. |
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The proportion of households with two or more
computers was 28%. |
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Nine in ten households
in private housing had access to a computer at home;
compared to seven in ten households in public
housing. |
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About
two-thirds of the Singapore’s resident population
aged 15 years and above were computer users. |
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Workplace Safety and Health Act replaces Factories Act
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Suspected gunman in Serangoon Ave murder arrested in KL
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Expatriate fined for verbally abusing immigration officers
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Spike in contact lens related fungal corneal infections
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Budget 2006 - Sharing the
Fruits of Growth with all Singaporeans
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Budget 2006
Speech
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Performance of Singapore economy in 2005
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Singapore Crime Situation 2005 |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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...
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Businessman shot dead in Serangoon Ave flat
Casino Control Bill 2006 |
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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. |
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This levy will also underscore the message that
gambling is an expense and not a means to get
rich... |
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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.
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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. |
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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... |
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Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'O' Level Exams 2005 Results
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Robber who fired gun faces death penalty if convicted
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Report on the Ageing Singapore Population
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Police officer found dead at home with gunshot wound
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Release of 2005 GCE 'O' Level Exam Results
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Food items individual travellers may bring into Singapore
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Five illegal immigrants nabbed entering Singapore by sea
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Singapore Employment Situation in 4th Quarter 2005
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Prime Minister's Chinese New Year Message 2006
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Foreign Affairs Ministry comments on NST 'Scenic
Bridge' article
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Importance of corporate governance for insurance companies
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Exhibition of the Registers of Electors
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LTA to administer bus lane offences from 1 Feb 2006
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700,000 serving and ex-NSmen may get 40th NS anniversary bonus
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MAS liberalises multi-function stored-value card market
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Is Class B2/C Hospitalisation Affordable? |
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"As a result of direct Government subsidies,
the average Class B2/C bills are relatively modest.
In 2004, the average bill size for Class B2 and C
wards were around $1,050 and $800 respectively... |
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"As at end-December 2004, the average
Medisave balance for all active accounts was $17,321. This is enough
to cover more than 20 times the average Class C hospital bill or 10
times the 90th percentile Class C bill..." |
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Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) ups fines for errant soldiers
MINDEF to press for jail sentence in serious cases
of NS defaulters |
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"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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Singapore and US begin testing of e-Passports
Proposed Workfare Bonus Scheme to help low-wage
workers |
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"The scheme primarily targets those within
the lowest 20% of income earners who earn $1,200 per month or less... |
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"The Committee recommends that those in
the lowest 10% should be given more help. If surpluses allow, we
recommend for this group earning $900 or less a month, a Workfare
bonus capped at the equivalent of one month’s salary. |
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"Correspondingly, those earning more than
$900 to $1200 (lowest 20% of income earners) per month could receive
a bonus capped at half a month’s salary..." |
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Singapore carries out
first large-scale anti-terror drill |
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"Ever
since September 11 and the arrest of the Jemaah
Islamiyah members in Singapore, we have stepped up
our security measures... |
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"Exercise Northstar V is the largest scale
exercise we have conducted so far. We simulated a scenario with multiple
bomb explosions and a chemical agent release in 4 MRT stations and 1 bus
interchange, to stretch ourselves and test our capabilities..." |
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$45-million Budget Terminal for low-cost carriers completed
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TAF & Mindef Physical Fitness Performance Awards for Schools
2005
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New speed limits for 65 roads in Western Singapore
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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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Manpower Ministry revokes maid employment agency's
licence |
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"The EA had failed to provide acceptable
housing for FDWs under its charge by housing them in the kitchen and
backyard of a house. |
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"In a separate incident, the EA also withheld
the passports of FDWs placed by them. Finally, the EA had failed to
repatriate an FDW upon the revocation of the in-principle approval of
her work permit within the Ministry’s stipulated deadline of 14 days..." |
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