Singapore News

SINGAPORE: The more popular primary schools may have fewer Permanent Resident (PR) children from now on, said observers.

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower will extend the maximum Period of Employment (POE) for unskilled Work Permit Holders from Non-Traditional Sources -- Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand -- and China.

SINGAPORE: Kapap, a martial art originating from Israel in the 1930s, is growing steadily in Asia.

SINGAPORE: Changi General Hospital will have a new CEO from May.

SINGAPORE: Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam will make an introductory visit to Laos on Tuesday at the invitation of Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith.

SINGAPORE: The Elections Department of Singapore will be updating the registers of electors based on their latest NRIC address as of 19 March 2012.

SINGAPORE: The former managers of private school Cambridge Business School have been warned by the Council for Private Education for failing to keep proper student records.

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of National Development (MND) may include two new indicators in its Town Council Management Report.

SINGAPORE: Ministers and other political appointment holders, from Parliamentary Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister, will get a pro-rated National Bonus of 1.618 months in March.

SINGAPORE: Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, will visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from March 26 to 30.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Nanyang Polytechnic International has trained 160 Sri Lankans to lead the country's technical and vocational education and training (TVET) reform.