Key submissions by those who spoke
Mr S Dhanabalan, former Cabinet minister
– Limit corporate officer’s eligibility to that of chief executive officer, who has had responsibility and experience of day-to-day management of the corporation
– Using paid-up…
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SINGAPORE – In the final public hearing conducted by the Constitutional Commission to review the Office of the President, impassioned calls were made to abolish the Elected Presidency and return to the previous system of nomination by the Government, even as…
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The 19-year-old of Singaporean-Korean parentage grinds out a decision victory over Japanese veteran Mei Yamaguchi to bag the inaugural One Championship atomweight belt.
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SINGAPORE – In an office at Lengkok Bahru, four employees of mailing and printing solutions company DataPost churn out huge amounts of data day in, day out. Their eye for detail and ability to concentrate for long hours have drawn praise from their boss….
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NOL’s group president and CEO, Ng Yat Chung says worsening overcapacity of shipping tonnage has hit the industry, while freight rates are expected to remain weak.
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They are believed to have carried out acts of harassment at various housing estates, says the Singapore Police Force.
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A 61-year-old stall owner in Tampines did not hesitate to go to the police after finding $2,000 in cash on Friday (May 6).
According to Shin Min Daily News, Mr Huang Yong Cai found a dark-coloured pouch when he opened his stall in the morning at 6am at Block 478 Street 44 in Tampines.
When Mr Huang’s maid opened the pouch, the pair discovered that it contained a pile of $50 notes.
He said: “We counted the amount and there were 40 pieces of $50 notes, which is a total of $2,000. We also found a red packet containing a few hundred dollars and a small purse with some money.”
Mr Huang said that since the amount of money in the pouch wasn’t small, he didn’t want to leave it in the original spot where it was found. Instead, he brought it to the nearest police station at about 10am that morning.
“I was afraid that the owner of the pouch had an urgent use for the money in it and I let the police handle the matter,” he said in the report.
Inside the pouch, Mr Huang said that there was also an NRIC and other cards, Shin Min Daily News reported.
From the NRIC, it was established that the owner of the pouch was a regular customer of a nearby coffee shop at Street 45 whom Mr Huang recognised.
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Three people – including a suspected drug courier and suspected drug trafficker – were arrested after a CNB operation on Friday (May 6).
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CWT’s shares were up by almost 6 per cent on Friday, after news that Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is in talks to buy a controlling stake in the Singapore logistics firm.
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NEW DELHI – Anyone distributing a map the Indian government deems to be “wrong” could be liable for a billion-rupee (S$20.4 million) fine and jail time under a new draft bill published this week.
Maps are a highly sensitive issue in India, which has long-running border disputes with several of its neighbours, most famously over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The bill, which is up for public consultation, was published on the home ministry’s website on Wednesday and lists penalties, including a prison term of up to seven years and a fine of one billion rupees.
“No person shall depict, disseminate, publish or distribute any wrong or false topographic information of India including international boundaries through Internet platforms or online services or in any electronic or physical form,” the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill says.
New Delhi already imposes tight restrictions on maps but if it becomes law, the bill would impose specific penalties for the first time.
Last year, the government took the Al Jazeera news channel off air for nearly a week, saying it had repeatedly shown incorrect maps of Kashmir.
The region is divided between India and Pakistan but both countries claim it in full and they have gone to war twice over its control since partition in 1947.
In 2011 it ordered The Economist magazine to cover up a map of disputed borders in Kashmir. The news weekly placed white stickers over a diagram of the borders in 28,000 copies on sale in India.
Google has also run into problems with Indian authorities over maps.
In 2014, the national surveying agency filed a complaint against the company for displaying varying maps of India on its different country webpages.
The new bill also states that a licence will be needed to “acquire, disseminate, publish or distribute” maps, meaning services like Google Maps and Apple Maps could have to apply for permits.
Anyone wanting to use India’s geospatial image outside the country will also have to secure permission.
The government has invited comments and suggestions from the public on the new draft, which will likely be tabled in the next session of parliament in July.
