“Even though electric cars produce no tailpipe emissions, the process of generating the electricity they consume emits carbon,” says the Transport Minister.
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Antonio Conte becomes Chelsea FC manager on 3-year deal
LONDON- Italy coach Antonio Conte was named as Chelsea’s new manager on Monday after the reigning Premier League champions announced he had signed a three-year contract that will start following Euro 2016.
“I am happy we have made the announcement now so everything is clear and we can end the speculation,” said Conte, first tipped as a successor to interim manager Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge last month, in a statement on Chelsea’s website.
The 46-year-old former Juventus boss took over the Italian national team in August 2014 and secured their qualification for the European Championship finals in France, which start in June.
“I will continue to focus on my job with the Italian national team and will reserve speaking about Chelsea again until after the Euros,” added Conte, who guided Juventus to three straight Serie A titles from 2012-14 before taking charge of Italy.
He added: “I am very excited about the prospect of working at Chelsea Football Club.
“I am proud to be the coach of the national team of my country and only a role as attractive as manager of Chelsea could follow that.
“I am looking forward to meeting everyone at the club and the day-to-day challenge of competing in the Premier League.
“Chelsea and English football are watched wherever you go, the fans are passionate and my ambition is to have more success to follow the victories I enjoyed in Italy.” Chelsea have been without a permanent manager since the London club ended Jose Mourinho’s second spell at Stamford Bridge in December after they lost nine out of the first 16 games of their Premier League title defence.
Under Dutch coach Hiddink, they have mounted something of a recovery and last weekend’s 4-0 win away to bottom of the table Aston Villa left Chelsea tenth in the 20-team Premier League.
Nevertheless they will now end the season without a trophy and won’t qualify for the elite Champions League, with even a place in Europe’s second-tier Europa League now looking beyond them.
Conte becomes the fifth Italian manager of Chelsea following Gianluca Vialli, Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto di Matteo.
His appointment will also make him the eighth full-time Chelsea manager during Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s 13 years as owner of the Blues.
One major item in Conte’s Chelsea in-tray will be the future of veteran club captain John Terry.
The 35-year-old former England central defender, who has spent his entire senior professional career with Chelsea, announced in January he would be leaving at the end of the season only for the club to respond by saying he could yet be offered a new contract.
Several other players may have been considering their future at Chelsea, given the lack of Champions League football next term, but the fact the Blues have signed a manager with Conte’s track record could persuade them to stay put.
Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia, welcoming Conte’s appointment, said: “We are very pleased to have recruited one of the most highly regarded managers in world football and we are equally pleased to do so before the end of the current season. This aids our future planning.
“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Guus Hiddink, who has done a great job since he joined us in December.”
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Man jailed for daring cop to shoot him in Geylang
AN AGGRESSIVE crowd of up to 100 people forced a policeman to point his service revolver at them for his own safety in a Geylang back lane, a court heard yesterday.
But a 52-year-old man challenged the officer to shoot him instead.
Yesterday, Ho Wee Kee, was jailed for eight months after he pleaded guilty to a count of disorderly behaviour and to a separate charge of causing grievous hurt. Another count of causing hurt was taken into consideration.
A district court heard that at about 9.45pm on July 24 last year, five officers from Geylang Neighbourhood Police Centre saw an 18-year-old promoting a game at a makeshift gaming table in the back lane between Lorong 14 and Lorong 16 Geylang. Suspecting that he was involved in illegal gambling, they had to use force to handcuff the teenager, as he had tried to flee.
A crowd of about 80 to 100 people gathered and shouted at the officers to release the teenager, gesticulating aggressively.
Fearing for their safety, a sergeant drew his revolver and pointed it at the crowd.
That was when Ho confronted the officer.
On Nov 20, 2014, Ho also assaulted two men at a coffee shop in Lorong 18 Geylang.
District Judge Michelle Yap sentenced Ho to six months’ jail on his charge of causing grievous hurt, and two months on his count of disorderly behaviour, with both sentences to run consecutively.
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Keeping traditions alive at Bukit Brown for Qing Ming
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She couldn't cope with dad's death
In August 2009, Ms Jen Tan’s father was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer.
The following month, he died – but not because he had succumbed to the disease.
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Man made 90 police reports in 5 years
The man accused of hurting three madrasah girls last Friday had made 90 police reports in just five years, said the prosecution yesterday.
This was because he thought he was being targeted by others.
Single mum raises 4 kids, pays $900 rent on $1,500 salary
She was working as a receptionist at a hotel in Tanjung Pinang on Bintan Island, Indonesia, where she eventually fell for its Singaporean manager….
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Crane topples, driver injured
This lorry crane toppled over in Hougang at around 10am yesterday, dropping its load of steel plates on the road.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said it was informed of the accident at the Ken-Pal (S) worksite on Hougang…
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