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  • Unemployment Rate of Degree Holders Remained Low, Relatively Stable

    Unemployment Rate of Degree Holders Remained Low, Relatively Stable

    SINGAPORE: On an annual basis from 2008 to 2013, the unemployment rate of resident degree holders has remained low and relatively stable at an average of 2.9 per cent, amongst the lowest across all educational groups in this period, Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said in a Parliamentary written reply on Tuesday (Oct 7).

    He was responding to a question by Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Yee Jenn Jong.

    Mr Tan said the unemployment rate for such degree holders fluctuates from quarter to quarter. It is typically higher in June each year due to seasonal factors such as the new graduating cohort entering the labour force. This trend is reflected in the recent increase from 2.5 per cent in March 2014 to 3.9 per cent in June 2014.

    He added that over the last decade, the proportion of degree holders in the resident population has increased substantially – from 14.4 per cent in 2003 to 23.9 per cent in 2013.

    But the proportion of degree holders who are economically inactive only increased marginally – from 10.5 per cent in June 2003 to 11.9 per cent in June 2013. This is significantly lower than the 33.3 per cent of economically inactives in the overall resident population.

    The proportion of resident degree holders under the age of 30 who were economically inactive in 2013 is the lowest across all educational groups, at 10.6 per cent. For this group, further education and training as well as childcare were the most commonly cited reasons for being out of the workforce.

    Mr Tan said: “MOM (Ministry of Manpower) will continue to monitor the economic activity status of degree holders closely. We will continue in our efforts with tripartite partners to ensure that all residents, including degree holders, have good access to quality jobs, career development and progression pathways.”

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/unemployment-rate-of/1402952.html

  • Aussie Chef Kills and Then Cooks Body Parts of Transvestite Wife

    Aussie Chef Kills and Then Cooks Body Parts of Transvestite Wife

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    An Australian chef killed his Indonesian wife, cooked her body parts over the stove and then slit his own throat in a grisly murder-suicide in Brisbane, Australia on Oct 5.

    It was previously reported that authorities went to the home in an upmarket area of Brisbane after neighbours had complained of a terrible smell.

    When they arrived, police found some parts of Ms Mayang Prasetyo’s body cooked up on a stove, with other parts strewn across the apartment and in garbage bins outside, The Straits Times reported.

    Her husband, Marcus Volke, reportedly fled the unit when officers arrived, before taking his own life.

    According to reports, the couple had met on an international cruise ship where they were both working as chefs, got married in Aug 2013 and had only recently moved into the apartment.

    Australian news website news.com.au reported that Ms Mayang was a transsexual “high class” prostitute and was charging up to A$500 (S$558) an hour for her services.

    She had also worked at Melbourne’s transgender cabaret show Le Femme Garcon before settling in Brisbane with her husband, according to The Straits Times.

    Ms Mayang’s mother Nining Sukarni, speaking to Brisbane’s Courier-Mail from her home in Lampung, Indonesia, mourned the loss of her eldest child, and said that she had been the family’s breadwinner and had sent money home to put her two sisters, aged 18 and 15, through school.

    She referred to Ms Mayang as her son, Febri, and had described Volke as “quiet and submissive”.

    However, it was also reported that friends had concerns that Volke was difficult to get to know and extremely cold.

    The Courier-Mail also reported that Volke’s mother, Dorothy, did not suspect that anything was amiss and that everything seemed ‘normal’.

    According to The New Paper, Ms Mayang’s friends had taken to social media to pay tribute to her, with one user, Brett Spark, writing: “RIP beautiful, the world will not be the same without you.”

    Video tributes to Ms Mayang have also been posted on her Facebook timeline.

    Source: http://news.asiaone.com/news/crime/australian-chef-kills-wife-cooks-parts-her-body#xtor=CS1-2

  • SMRT Extends Train and Bus Service Hours for Eve of Hari Raya Haji 2014

    SMRT Extends Train and Bus Service Hours for Eve of Hari Raya Haji 2014

    SMRT train services (North-South, East-West, Circle Lines and Bukit Panjang LRT) and selected bus services will be extended for the eve of Hari Raya Haji on 4 October 2014, Saturday.

    North-South East-West Lines

    The last trains toward Jurong East, Marina Bay, Pasir Ris and Joo Koon stations will depart City Hall at 12.30am.

    Circle Line

    The last train towards HarbourFront MRT station will depart Dhoby Ghaut MRT station at 11.55pm. The last train towards Dhoby Ghaut MRT station will depart HarbourFront MRT station at 11.30pm.

    Bukit Panjang LRT

    Passengers on the last northbound train can connect to the last Bukit Panjang LRT train at 1.31am.

    Last bus timings

    The following bus feeder services will depart from the interchanges at the timings below:

    Interchange Feeder bus service Last bus timings
    Bukit Batok 173, 189, 941, 945, 947 1.40am
    Choa Chu Kang 300, 302, 307 1.35am
    Sembawang 859 1.30am
    Woodlands 901, 911, 912, 913 1.20am
    Yishun 804, 812 1.30am

    Passengers may contact SMRT Customer Relations Centre at 1800-336-8900 from 7.30am to 6.30pm on weekdays or visit www.smrt.com.sg for more information.

  • 113 Arrested in Island-wide Anti-loansharking Operation

    113 Arrested in Island-wide Anti-loansharking Operation

    Police have arrested a total of 113 suspects, aged between 15 and 72, in an anti-loansharking operation which took place from 23 to 26 September 2014. These 80 men and 33 women were suspected to be involved in loansharking activities.

    During the island-wide operation, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the six Police land divisions conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations in Singapore resulting in the arrests. Preliminary investigations revealed that nine suspects were believed to be involved in loansharking activities as runners who had assisted the loansharks in their businesses by carrying out Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transfers, verifying the debtors’ particulars and checking debtors’ units to confirm that harassment acts had been carried out by other harassers. Another nine suspects were believed to be harassers who had carried out acts of loanshark-harassment by splashing paint and scrawling loanshark-related graffiti on walls. Police have also arrested one suspect, believed to be a debtor who had given false contact information when obtaining loans from loansharks. Investigations under the National Registration Act will be carried out against the same suspect for failing to report the change of address.

    The remaining 94 suspects were believed to be bank account holders and preliminary investigations indicated that these suspects had opened bank accounts and given away their Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards and Personal Identification Number (PIN) to the loansharks to facilitate the loansharking activities. Investigations against all the suspects are ongoing.

    Under the Moneylenders’ Act (Revised Edition 2010), when a bank account or ATM card of any person is used to facilitate moneylending by an unlicensed moneylender, that person is presumed to have assisted in the carrying on the business of unlicensed moneylending.

    • First-time offenders found guilty of assisting in the business of unlicensed moneylending may be fined between $30,000 and $300,000, be imprisoned for a term of up to four years and shall also be liable to be punished with caning of up to six strokes.
    • First-time offenders found guilty of acting on behalf of an unlicensed moneylender, committing or attempting to commit any acts of harassment shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of up to 5 years, a fine of between $5,000 and $50,000, and shall also be liable to caning of between 3 and 6 strokes.
    • Any person who is guilty of providing false contact information to obtain loans from loansharks shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term of up to 12 months. Under the National Registration Act, any person who is guilty of an offence of failing to report a change of address shall be liable on conviction to a fine of up to $5,000, or to imprisonment for a term of up to 5 years, or to both.

    Police will continue to take tough enforcement action against those involved in the loansharking business, regardless of their roles, so that they will face the full brunt of the law. This would include taking action against those who open or give away their bank account/s to aid unlicensed moneylenders.

    Members of public are advised to stay away from loansharks and not to work with or assist the loansharks in any way. The public can call the Police at ‘999’ or the X-Ah Long hotline at 1800 924 5664 if they suspect or know of anyone who could be involved in illegal loansharking activities.

    PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
    SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
    26 SEP 2014 @ 3.25PM

  • Aliff Aziz Nafi Curi Telefon Bimbit

    Aliff Aziz Nafi Curi Telefon Bimbit

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    KUALA LUMPUR, 30 SEPT 2014: Penyanyi kelahiran Singapura, Aliff Aziz menafikan yang dia telah mencuri telefon bimbit seperti mana laporan daripada keratan akhbar di sana.

    Menurutnya ketika kejadian, dia dan rakannya lain mengunjungi rumah kenalan yang lain sekadar lepak biasa dan berbual kosong.

    Bagaimanapun, rakan Aliff Aziz yang sebenarnya telah mencuri telefon itu tanpa dia sedari.

    Tindakan rakannya itu menyebabkan Aliff berasa sangat kecewa dengan sikap rakannya itu sehingga dia diheret sekali dalam kes ini.

    “Saya bayar SGD2000 adalah untuk “clearkan” kes ini agar memudahkan saya membuat urusan kerja saya di Malaysia. Undang undang di sini, sama ada saya mencuri atau pun tidak, saya juga dikenakan denda kerana disyaki subahat. Namun hakikatnya, saya tidak mencuri,” katanya yang dihubungi Murai bagi menjelaskan isu ini.

    Aliff juga memberitahu rakannya itu telah disumbatkan ke dalam penjara dan telah dijatuhkan hukuman.

    Tiada sebab Aliff untuk mencuri kerana dia mampu membelinya sendiri dengan hasil kerjayanya sebagai penyanyi dan pelakon.

    “Saya harap penjelasan saya dapat memulihkan semula imej saya yang tercalar. Saya teraniaya dengan sikap biadap rakan saya itu. Saya harap dia akan berubah,” ujarnya.

    Aliff Aziz akan adakan sidang media dalam masa terdekat selewat-lewatnya minggu hadapan.

    Sumber: http://www.murai.com.my/berita/tempatan/article/articleid/615868/aliff-aziz-bukan-saya-yang-curi-telefon-itu/ms/1#.VCpjK3J3b5I.facebook