en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-01-31 Singapore Business

Update household details for MediShield Life
AsiaOne
The start date for MediShield Life has not been announced but already, the Government is urging those who will be covered under the universal health insurance scheme to update their household information. Subsidies for individuals will be decided using ...

Singapore launches universal health insurance   The Guardian Nigeria
Singapore parliament launches universal health insurance   Khaleej Times
Singapore parliament passes universal health insurance bill   Malay Mail Online

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TODAYonline

Unemployment at 2% last year
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE – Employment growth remained strong last year amid a tight labour market but the number of workers laid off was higher than that in 2013, a Ministry of Manpower's Employment Situation report showed today (Jan 30). A total of 129,000 found ...

Unemployment low at 1.9%; more locals employed in December   Channel News Asia
More find jobs but number of workers laid off up slightly, Manpower Ministry ...   The Straits Times
More hiring of Singaporeans has kept unemployment low   Human Resources Online
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The Straits Times

Sengkang columbarium: 5 things about the tender of government land for ...
The Straits Times
The case of Eternal Pure Land winning the bid for a temple site in Sengkang (pictured above) has raised questions on land-use models and the tender process. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN. SINGAPORE - The case of Eternal Pure Land, a commercial entity, ...

From SARs to Fernvale – reasons offered by MOH & MND   The Online Citizen
Khaw says no to commercial columbarium   AsiaOne
No commercial columbarium at temple site in Sengkang   TODAYonline
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Channel News Asia

Man arrested for allegedly using old address to obtain illegal loans
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: Police arrested a 54-year-old man on Thursday (Jan 29) for allegedly using his old residential address to obtain illegal loans from loansharks. As a result, the current occupants of that property were harassed by loansharks, police said. Officers ...

Man arrested for using old address for illegal loans   AsiaOne
Man arrested for allegedly using his old address to take illegal loans   TODAYonline

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AsiaOne

New bus depot in Seletar in 2017
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - A new bus depot will be built off Yio Chu Kang Road, beside the Seletar Expressway (SLE) and Sungei Seletar Simpang Kiri river, by the third quarter of 2017, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a statement today. This is to ...

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THE BUSINESS TIMES

Maritime Port Authority of Singapore board gets four new members
THE BUSINESS TIMES
THE Ministry of Transport (MOT) on Friday said that Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew has appointed four new members to the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) board. PHOTO: ZAOBAO. Comments. Share. 30 Jan11:31 AM. THE Ministry of Transport ...

Lucien Wong appointed MPA chairman   SeaShip News

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MIS Asia

Local start-up 99.co secures S$2.7 million of seed funding
MIS Asia
Singapore-based online property search portal 99.co - which was officially launched yesterday - announced that it has received new investments from Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, and venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, bringing its total funding to ...

New property search portal 99.co launches   Marketing Interactive
Singapore's 99.co bags $1.6m funding from Facebook Co-founder & Sequoia ...   DEALSTREETASIA

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Beef up anti-littering enforcement at big events
The Straits Times
I WAS saddened to read of the littering at Gardens by the Bay during the Laneway music festival ("PM reacts to meadow of trash that music fans left behind"; Thursday). So far, the authorities have tackled littering through public education and enforcement ...

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