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SINGAPORE: Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin has called on employers to work with insurance companies to ensure that the medical needs of those re-employed under the Retirement and Re-employment Act are met.

SINGAPORE: The Manpower Ministry has received 14 dispute cases relating to re-employment of older workers since the law on re-hiring older workers kicked in this year.

SINGAPORE : The government will look into introducing measures to regulate pawn shop advertisements.

SINGAPORE: Parliament has authorised the Ministry of Finance to borrow a further S$170 billion, through the issuance of government securities.

SINGAPORE : Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean has said a more complex security environment means there are no dominant risks, but interconnected ones which could come together in a major event.

SINGAPORE: It was a dampened opening weekend for JCube shopping mall in Jurong.

SINGAPORE : Education Minister Heng Swee Keat has said that on average, more than eight in 10 scholars from ASEAN, India and China fulfil their service obligations to work in Singapore after graduation.

SINGAPORE: Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Sim Ann, replied to questions in Parliament on Monday about whether questions set in the Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) favour students in the Gifted Education Programme (GEP).

SINGAPORE: The Parliament has made amendments to the International Arbitration Bill to further strengthen the country's position as a hub for international arbitration.

SINGAPORE: President Tony Tan Keng Yam hosted tea for Bangladesh President Mohammad Zillur Rahman at the Istana on Monday.

SINGAPORE : An elderly man who was found dead in his flat at 117 Ho Ching Road on Monday afternoon is believed to have been murdered.

SINGAPORE: A nine-year-old boy was injured after he was knocked down by an SMRT bus on Monday.

SINGAPORE : About six per cent of students from the 2004 to 2006 cohorts withdrew from the Integrated Programme (IP) before reaching their second year in junior college.

SINGAPORE: In Parliament on Monday, Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin said the CPF Board has allowed people, on a case-by-case basis, some flexibility in instances where they have found difficulty in servicing housing loans after reaching their maximum valuation limit.

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