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Football: Minister expresses confidence in new Lions coach
SINGAPORE: Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong has expressed confidence in the Lions’ new coach, Bernd Stange.The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) picked the 65-year-old German as a replacement for Raddy Avramovic, w...

900 turn up for football reality TV show trials
SINGAPORE: More than 900 people turned up for the First XI trials at Bishan Stadium on Saturday morning.MediaCorp Channel 5's football reality series is back for a second season.Football hopefuls lined the streets outside the stadium as early as 7.30...

MUIS launches Central Mosque Cluster to help needy families
SINGAPORE: 620 needy Malay-Muslim families in the central part of Singapore are getting help from a newly-formed Central Mosque Cluster.The group of nearly 30 mosques is the fifth and final cluster formed by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore...

37 individuals, 67 companies receive May Day Model Partnership Award
SINGAPORE: 37 individuals and 67 companies have received this year's May Day Model Partnership Award.It recognises the collaborative efforts among individuals, companies and unions in providing better jobs for workers.The awards were presented for th...

Football programme launched to support underprivileged & at-risk youths
SINGAPORE: Underprivileged and at-risk youths will get more support through a new football programme.Called Saturday Night Lights, the initiative sees boys aged between 12 and 20 come together to play the sport from 7 to 11pm.The youths are given coa...

Grassroots leaders are "voice of silent majority": Lim Swee Say
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Swee Say said grassroots leaders are the "voice of the silent majority", helping to strengthen ties between the ground and the government.Mr Lim, who is also deputy chairman of the Pe...

Archbishop William Goh appointed head of Catholic Church in Singapore
SINGAPORE: The Catholic Church in Singapore has a new archbishop, and he is Archbishop William Goh.In a statement, the Archdiocese in Singapore said Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Chia at noon in Rome on Saturday, or 6pm...

Big firms to mentor social enterprises in PCSEA
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s president, Tony Tan Keng Yam, said he is pleased to see more corporations helping social enterprises become viable.Dr Tan was speaking at the launch of the second President's Challenge Social Enterprise Award (PCSEA) on Saturda...

Dengue cases in S'pore reach 7,000 mark
SINGAPORE: The total number of dengue cases in Singapore reached the 7,000 mark as of 3pm on Friday.This is higher than the total number of cases reported for the whole of 2012 and in 2011. There were 4,632 cases reported in 2012 and 5,330 reported i...

Dr Balakrishnan to attend 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Thailand
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will attend the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from May 19 to 20, 2013.The summit will bring together leaders, stakeholders and interna...

More new immigrants to serve as grassroots leaders
SINGAPORE: Expect to see more new immigrants to Singapore as community leaders in the future -- the People's Association is planning to induct more of them into the ranks of grassroots leadership.Currently, some 3,000 new immigrants are grassroots le...

MUIS, MOH issue health advisory on coronavirus to pilgrims
SINGAPORE: The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS), working with the Health Ministry, has issued a health advisory on the novel coronavirus, now known as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).The advisory follows repor...

More museums offering free admission to S'poreans, PRs
SINGAPORE: More museums have come on board to offer free entry to Singaporeans and permanent residents.Acting Culture, Community and Youth Minister Lawrence Wong revealed this on Saturday -- the first day of free entry to national museums and heritag...