News, Articles
& Reports
2005
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HDB & URA outsource car park enforcement services
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NKF - Investigations into allegations
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New NKF Board appointed
Policy changes affecting the property market |
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increase the
housing financing limit to 90% of the property value |
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lower the cash
payment for private residential properties from 10% to 5% |
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allow CPF members
to use their CPF savings to purchase private residential
properties with remaining leases of 30 to 60 years |
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allow non-related singles to
use their CPF savings to jointly purchase private residential
properties |
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phase out the
Non-Residential Properties Scheme (NRPS) by 1 Jul 2006 |
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allow foreigners
to purchase apartments in non-condominium developments of less
than 6 levels without the need to obtain prior approval |
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Deaths of SAF
Servicemen Due to Sudden Cardiac Arrest |
Sudden cardiac death or SCD results from
sudden cardiac arrest in a person who is
usually in a state of normal health. In
other words, the person may not exhibit any
warning symptoms or signs prior to the
attack. |
In the SAF, over the period from 1996 to
2005, for these nine years, there were 19
cases of sudden cardiac deaths, that is
about 2.1 cases a year. |
Of these, five had collapsed during
training; the others were not during
training. There is no comparative data for
the Singapore male population. However, the
National Heart Centre study showed that
there were 261 cases of sudden cardiac
deaths among the Singapore male population
aged 18 to 45 over the period 2001 to 2003,
that is over a three year period, or an
average of 87 cases per year. |
To put the issue in perspective, allow me to
share some pertinent information on the
chances of surviving a sudden cardiac
arrest. |
Dr Lim Swee Han, Senior Consultant and Head
of the Singapore General Hospital Accident
and Emergency Department, reported in a
January 2005 paper that there was a 4.1%
survival rate in 968 non-trauma cardiac
arrest cases in a five year period, from
1994 to 1999. |
Dr Marcus Eng Ong Hock, in a cardiac arrest
and resuscitation epidemiology study in 2003
reported that from a total of 548
out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in
Singapore, only 2.0% survived to discharge. |
Even among patients who suffered cardiac
arrest in tertiary hospitals, that is while
they were already in hospital where the best
care is available, the survival rate to
discharge ranged from 18 to 32%, according
to studies from various countries.
Unfortunately, death as a consequence of
cardiac arrest is the most common outcome
even with optimal management. |
Statement by
Minister for Defence Mr Teo Chee Hean in
Response to Parliamentary Question on Deaths
of SAF Servicemen Due to Sudden Cardiac
Arrest - An Excerpt |
Full Text of Statement |
Source:
www.mindef.gov.sg News Release 18 Jul 2005 |
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- Police
advisory on NKF suit
- New Board and
CEO for National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Vandalism At NKF Building, Kim Keat Road |
On 13 Jul 2005
at 5.20am, Police received a call from the
building manager of the National Kidney
Foundation (NKF) Headquarters located at No
81 Kim Keat Road. She reported that the
external perimeter walls facing Kim Keat
Road have been sprayed with writings. The
graffiti, which were in red spray paint,
were in English and Mandarin. |
The case has
been classified as vandalism and
investigations are ongoing. |
Members of the
public who have information on this case are
requested to contact the Police Hotline at
1800-2550000. |
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
13
July 2005 @
8.30
pm |
Source:
www.spf.gov.sg Media Release 13 Jul 2005 |
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NKF - Win
back donors' Trust |
"...Judging by
the hundreds of e-mail messages, letters and phone calls
that have flooded The Straits Times since Monday, donors are
upset by the size of Mr Durai's salary and bonuses and his
travel perks... |
"What many
ordinary people know of the NKF are its heart-rending
fliers, the plaintive pleas by its telemarketers and
watching sick children on television. |
"They remember
digging into their pockets to give. |
"Now, they are
asking: Giving to whom? |
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KKH to serve all healthcare needs of women |
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"...Unlike the past when practically every
Singaporean was born in a public hospital, Medisave made it affordable
for many mothers to deliver their babies in private hospitals. |
"The combined effects of
these two structural trends have resulted in the new KKH being under-utilised. Bed
occupancy is about 65%, below average. Number of babies born is
one-third what it used to do... |
"As a government, we should be pleased that
Singaporeans are finding private obstetric care affordable.
Then our limited resources can be re-deployed to serve more
pressing needs, like oncology and geriatrics, where patients
may not be able to afford private hospital care. Time to
Change.." |
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