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Need for KL-Singapore bullet-train link questioned


KUALA LUMPUR - A PROPOSAL for a bullet train service between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore is stirring up controversy, with some questioning its need and viability given other financial challenges facing the country.
Supporters say the high-speed link will be a boon to the business community, as it will cut down the travel time between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore from about five hours now to 90 minutes.

But opinion is divided over the RM8 billion (S$3 billion) link proposed by construction and energy group YTL Corp.

The plan was first floated in 1998 and again in 2006. But for various reasons, YTL's proposal ran into delays while awaiting an official go-ahead.

It was recently the subject of a protest by railway workers, prompting comments from politicians over the past few days.
Rail service provider KTM managing director Mohd Salleh Abdullah has described the project as unnecessary for now, arguing that the state-owned rail company can provide the same service if more infrastructure projects are developed.

Meanwhile, the government has so far kept a neutral stance.

'The government has not made any formal decision yet,' Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday when asked if the bullet train route should end at the Iskandar Malaysia project in Johor, and not in Singapore.

The government, he said, will have to assess the viability of the project and determine its socio-economic benefits before it decides.

But he also noted that the government had other areas requiring its attention and funding, and added that the private sector should drive the project.

'It has got to be a private sector initiative,' he said.

'It cannot be a project that has strong government funding. The risk has got to be carried by the private sector.'

However, some observers countered that the proposed bullet train project would need the government's support for matters such as soft loans, subsidies or compulsory acquisition of land for the track - a likely thorny issue.

'There is an element of risk when you take into account the depreciation and financing cost,' said OSK Research analyst Chris Eng.

However, like many, he noted that there is likely to be strong demand for the bullet train service, especially from business travellers who want an alternative to the long waiting times and clearance procedures required for air travel between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

'The project can still be profitable if you are to look into its daily operational basis,' he said.

BERNAMA

fatz2

Originally posted by skgerl at 15-4-2008 09:10 AM

Haaa kan sekarang dah menyesal...rugi btol.... poor kid

tu la...umo 30 blom tentu boleh keluar lagi...

fatz2

Originally posted by sutera_abadi at 15-4-2008 10:03 AM
a'ah laa... mahal nyeee....
takde diskaun ke for local....

pakai nampak kena tunggu la sampai jadi senoir citizen....pasal kalau solek tua pun,,nanti dorang nak tengok IC...

miezarra_27

TIBA-TIBA 'DAPAT' $1J DALAM KAD PRABAYAR Oleh
Saini Salleh

ENCIK Malik Bajuri mungkin satu-satunya pengguna telefon bimbit yang menggunakan kad prabayar bernilai $1 juta. Tetapi, bukan beliau yang menokok nilai itu ke dalam kad prabayarnya.

Sebaliknya, ia dilakukan oleh syarikat penyedia telekomunikasi StarHub. Tokokan 'durian runtuh' itu berlaku sejurus setelah Encik Malik membeli kad prabayar itu, dengan nilai $18, dan menggunakannya pada 10 April lalu.

Encik Malik, 58 tahun, membeli dan menggunakannya pada hari sama beliau membeli sebuah telefon bimbit baru kerana yang lama telah rosak.

'Saya sedang berbual menerusi telefon bimbit itu apabila tiba-tiba dapat isyarat ada mesej pesanan ringkas (SMS) masuk. Selepas panggilan ke Pulau Pinang itu saya buka SMS daripada talian StarHub 7001.

'Alangkah terperanjatnya saya apabila mesej itu menyatakan baki nilai kad prabayar saya ialah $1,000,000.00. Saya naik takut dan serba salah. Saya sangka mesej ini main-main atau mungkin saya menang cabutan bertuah. Tapi tak dengar pula ada cabutan bertuah,' katanya.

Akibat terlalu teruja bercampur terperanjat, Encik Malik, seorang pereka, tidak menggunakan telefon bimbitnya dua hari. Beliau kemudian membuat pertanyaan ke talian Customer Care 1633 dan diberitahu kad prabayarnya hanya mempunyai nilai $22, termasuk $4 daripada baki kad lama.

Beliau kembali menggunakan telefon bimbitnya itu dengan membuat beberapa panggilan, tetapi bertambah terperanjat apabila mendapati baki kad prabayarnya ialah $999,998.69.

'Saya tak tahu apa nak buat. Saya boleh buat bodoh dan banyak buat panggilan luar negara. Tetapi, saya tak berani cuba kerana nilai sebenar kad saya cuma $22,' kata Encik Malik.

StarHub telah menghubungi Encik Malik malam tadi dan memberitahu duduk perkara sebenar - nilai $1 juta itu disebabkan kerosakan teknikal.

cet... !!!! bengang nyer STARHUB....:@

[ Last edited by  miezarra_27 at 16-4-2008 04:52 PM ]

fatz2

bukan kata starhub jer mie...fatz pun penah jumpa kad mrt...bila check kat mesen jumlah kat dlm dia $ 17 ribu lebih....bila dable check kat counter (eksen kad rosak) pun sama jugak sampai budak kat counter tu terperanjat....
las2 bila TO dia sendiri check, kat dlm cuma $9 lebih jer...

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Malay music event Anugerah Planet Muzik to beam to 160m viewers
By Heather Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 April 2008 0024 hrs

SINGAPORE : Anugerah Planet Muzik (APM) Awards, a mega event in the Malay music calendar, will be held in Malaysia this year after a five-year hiatus.

The regional extravaganza will be beamed to more than 160 million viewers across four countries, marking a milestone for APM, which is currently into its eighth year.

APM is organised by MediaCorp's Malay radio stations, Ria 89.7FM and Warna 94.2FM.

The event is hailed as the region's answer to the Grammy Awards as it honours the region's best performers in the Malay music industry.

This year's performers include Malaysia's Siti Nurhaliza, Anuar Zain, Mawi and Faizal Tahir, Indonesia's Kris Dayanti and Bunga Citra Lestari, and Singapore Idols, Taufik Batisah and Hady Mirza.

Astro Ria will be broadcasting the awards "live" in Malaysia and Brunei on April 20. Global TV will also carry the programme "live" in Indonesia, while Suria TV will carry a delayed telecast in Singapore on April 26 at 9pm.

Radio stations Ria 89.7FM, Warna 94.2FM and Malaysian Radio Era will be broadcasting the event "live". - CNA /ls

fatz2

"Smart Shelf System" helps library users locate books faster
By Heather Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 16 April 2008 2103 hrs



SINGAPORE : The National Library Board (NLB) has introduced a "Smart Shelf System" to help library users locate books faster.

The system is on a trial run until September at the Social Sciences and Applied Sciences reference sections at Lee Kong Chian Reference Library in the National Library.

Aside from locating books, the system is also designed to track readership patterns. It can even help librarians conduct inventory checks.

The system can track some 46,000 books on 275 shelves. It is jointly developed by the NLB, A*STAR's Institute for Infocomm Research and Exploit Technologies.

"So far, the feedback that we've got from users is that they find it easy to locate books on the shelves. For staff, they... can now find the misplaced items easily and shelve it back to the right location," said George Yeo, assistant project manager at the National Library Board. - CNA /ls

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PENJAJA GEYLANG SERAI TURUT NAIKKAN HARGA

Oleh
Azahar Mohd

HARGA barang-barang runcit yang melambung tinggi telah memaksa beberapa penjaja di pasar sementara Geylang Serai menaikkan harga jualan mereka.

Pemeriksaan Berita Harian di pasar itu semalam mendapati beberapa penjaja menaikkan harga antara 20 sen dengan $1 sejak beberapa minggu lalu.

Pemilik gerai Kurnia Nasi Ayam Penyek, Cik Maimun Abdul Rahman, berkata beliau terpaksa menaikkan harga hidangannya itu daripada $3.50 kepada $4 kerana kos yang lebih tinggi.

'Kalau boleh mak cik nak kekalkan harga makanan, lebih-lebih lagi kasihan melihat pelanggan yang mempunyai ramai anak. Tapi susah sebab belanja dapur dah naik tinggi,' kata beliau.

Cik Maimun memberi contoh harga minyak masak dalam tin seberat 16 kilogram telah meningkat daripada $17 kepada $35, sementara harga beras 50 kilogram pula naik $30 kepada $80.

Harga rempah ratus juga semakin naik, tambah beliau.

Seorang penjual nasi ayam, Encik Husin A. Kader, 43 tahun, pula berkata beliau telah menampal notis mengenai kenaikan harga nasi ayam sambalnya.

'Saya terpaksa naikkan harga awal tahun ini kerana bahan-bahan masakan semakin mahal. Dulu bila eksport ayam dari Malaysia digantung dan kita terpaksa menggunakan ayam beku, kosnya tak begitu tinggi seperti sekarang,' ujarnya.

Namun, tidak semua penjaja yang ditemui di pasar itu telah menaikkan harga.

Pemilik Warong Solo, Cik Yati Solo, 44 tahun, berkata beliau mengekalkan harga $2 bagi pelbagai hidangannya, laksa, bubur ayam, mi soto dan mi siam.

'Harga jualan tak naik, mungkin darah saya yang naik melihat harga barang-barang terus melambung. Seberapa boleh kita cuba kekalkan harga.

'Tapi kalau harga terus naik, kakak mungkin tak ada pilihan dan terpaksa naikkan juga harga,' ujarnya.

fatz

April 17, 2008         
1m hoax '999' calls: Warning posters from cops
20% of calls from kids - a key group targeted by police
By Teh Joo Lin


NO MORE OF THIS: Posters like these, printed in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, will be put up in primary schools and preschools and displayed at grassroots events as a warning to pranksters. -- PHOTOS SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

THE police have had enough of prank calls.

They are putting up posters to warn the public not to indulge in nuisance calls to the 999 hotline and are investigating more of such calls now.

Prank calls - which number about two every minute - are a perennial problem which the police want to stamp out.

The posters - printed in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil - will be put up in primary schools and preschools and displayed at grassroots events.

One design, pitched at children, shows a boy who is dialling the hotline for fun being warned against it by a friend.

Another design, targeted at the wider public, has this message on a mobile phone screen: 'Making nuisance calls to 999 is an offence!'

Last year, about 1.05 million of the 1.62 million calls made to 999 were hoaxes. Based on 2004 and 2005 figures, one in five of such calls were made by children, though the proportion has since improved.

Last year, a 12-year-old boy called the police and said an explosion was going to take place in Singapore.

The boy, who used his mother's mobile phone, hung up quickly but the police managed to trace the call. The boy was given a stern warning and the phone was confiscated.

The police are also investigating more such cases. They hauled up 45 people for investigations last year, more than double the 19 in 2004. In 2006, 43 were investigated.

In the past four years, 47 people have been prosecuted, and some of them jailed. The others got warnings from the police.

Those who call emergency numbers with the intention to harass can face up to a year's jail or a fine, or both.

The United Nations (Anti-Terrorism) Regulations, put in place in Singapore after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001, dole out a stiffer maximum penalty of five years' jail and a $100,000 fine. This applies to the spreading of false threats of terrorist acts.

The police also want the public to be more aware of when they should call them. Some people mistakenly call for matters unrelated to police work, such as noise pollution from construction work.

Information on when to call the police can be found at www.spf.gov.sg/999

[email protected]

fatz

April 17, 2008         
5 traffickers nabbed in CNB sting operation

A CLEANER was nabbed after she sold heroin to an undercover officer in a sting operation carried out by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on Wednesday.

The arrest of the 53-year-old trafficker swiftly led to four others - her associate, supplier and two traffickers - being caught on the same night.

Also seized were 252 grams of heroin, 2.2 grams of Ice and one Subutex tablet with a total street value of more than $47,800, as well as cash amounting to $9,340.

The cleaner was caught around 5.20 pm on Wednesday near Block 26, Chai Chee Avenue shortly after she had sold heroin to an undercover agent. A white plastic bag which contained 1.5 grams of heroin was found on her.

The woman had previous drug and criminal records.

In a follow-up operation, CNB officers arrested the supplier and his wife at the carpark of Block 22 Chai Chee Road at about 7.25 pm.

About 40 grams of heroin and $3,840 in case were seized from the man. Another 1.6 grams of heroin was found in the couple's flat.

The supplier is aged 51 with drug records. His 39-year-old wife too has drug and criminal records. Both are jobless.

CNB officers also nabbed a 50-year-old man - the cleaner's associate - near Block 25 Chai Chee Road during the sting operation.

He works as a contractor.

The fifth trafficker to be netted was a 43-year-old man, who was caught at about 9.30 pm on Wednesday night in Lorong 30 Geylang Road. Found on him were 40 grams of heroin.

Further searches by CNB officers recovered various drugs and drug paraphernalia which were cunningly concealed in different parts of the man's home.

These included 24.8 grams of heroin which were found in the battery compartment of a mini portable DVD player and 51.5 grams of heroin on the parapet outside the window.

Another 168 grams of heroin, 2.2 grams of 'Ice', one Subutex tablet, various drug paraphernalia as well as cash, suspected to be drug proceeds amounting to $5,500, were also seized.

If convicted, the suspects each face at least five years of jail time.

fatz

April 17, 2008         
Ex-PKMS officer jailed for pocketing party funds

A FORMER council member of the opposition Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) was jailed six months on Thursday for misappropriating party funds.

Former PKMS vice-president Azhar Ali, 42, admitted to pocketing $15,300 from the party between May and June last year.

Azhar, who was expelled from his party post late last year, has repaid only $600 so far.

He could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined for the offence.

parti melayu

fatz

April 17, 2008         
Stowaways caught in car's hidden trunk
By Ian Lim


ICA officers stopped a silver Malaysian-registered Honda car for a detailed search and found a hidden compartment beneath the rear seat. -- PHOTOS: ICA

THREE Chinese women, barred from Singapore for overstaying, wanted so badly to come back here to work, that they were willing to risk a hot and stuffy ride across the Causeway.

They were well-hidden in secret compartments of two Malaysian cars, but their attempts were foiled by alert Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers at the Woodlands Checkpoint.

On Wednesday evening, ICA officers stopped a silver Malaysia-registered Honda car for a detailed search at 6pm.

They found a hidden compartment beneath the rear seat, where two Chinese women were hiding.

Preliminary investigations showed that the duo, aged 31 and 33 years old, had previous arrest records for overstaying.

They claimed that they each paid about 13,000 yuan (S$2,500) to a man - a fellow Chinese national - to smuggle them into Singapore for work.

The 25 year-old Malaysian driver claimed he did not know about the women in the car and said he had borrowed his friend's car to enter Singapore for shopping.

And two hours after the first incident, officers stopped a Malaysia-registered MPV - a Mitsubishi Spacewagon - at the checkpoint for further checks.

The officers noticed that the male driver was nervous and tense.

They also heard some sounds coming out from beneath the rear seats and found that the floorboard attachment screws were new.

They quickly unscrewed the floorboard and found a Chinese woman hiding inside the modified compartment.

The 32 year-old Chinese national claimed that she had also paid $13,000 yuan to a Chinese national to arrange for her illegal entry into Singapore.

Like the earlier pair, the woman was also previously arrested for overstaying.

The Malaysian MPV driver, 23, told officers that he needed money and was promised RM$300 (S$130) for the job.

ICA is investigating all the five persons for immigration offences and impounded both cars.

Offenders face up to six months in jail and a minimum of three strokes of the cane if they are convicted of overstaying or illegal entry.

holmes

ada gak yg sanggup ekk...

kalo kat Brunei org smuggle minyak petrol out to Limbang

miezarra_27

Channel NewsAsia - Thursday, April 17


SINGAPORE : Anugerah Planet Muzik (APM) Awards, a mega event in the Malay music calendar, will be held in Malaysia this year after a five梱ear hiatus.

The regional extravaganza will be beamed to more than 160 million viewers across four countries, marking a milestone for APM, which is currently into its eighth year.

APM is organised by MediaCorp抯 Malay radio stations, Ria 89.7FM and Warna 94.2FM.

The event is hailed as the region抯 answer to the Grammy Awards as it honours the region抯 best performers in the Malay music industry.

This year抯 performers include Malaysia抯 Siti Nurhaliza, Anuar Zain, Mawi and Faizal Tahir, Indonesia抯 Kris Dayanti and Bunga Citra Lestari, and Singapore Idols, Taufik Batisah and Hady Mirza.

Astro Ria will be broadcasting the awards "live" in Malaysia and Brunei on April 20. Global TV will also carry the programme "live" in Indonesia, while Suria TV will carry a delayed telecast in Singapore on April 26 at 9pm.

Radio stations Ria 89.7FM, Warna 94.2FM and Malaysian Radio Era will be broadcasting the event "live".

chicsee

Wooo hooooo!!!! Kak Mie....see u there babaayyyyy....

fatz2

April 18, 2008         
Rush for $7 CashCard


Now, consumers only pay a refundable $2 deposit on each $5 card. Since the cards were technically 'free', the deposit is to encourage consumers to return the cards - which have a five-year life span. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF NETS

THE rush is on for the cheaper $7 Nets CashCard while stocks last.

Petrol kiosks and convenience stores island-wide report brisk sales of the blue butterfly-designed CashCard in the last three weeks, with some outlets running out of supplies.

This comes on the heels of the electronic payment provider's announcement in late March that it would start charging consumers a non-refundable $5 for its new orange laser-designed CashCards from May 1, bringing the total price to $10 per card, inclusive of $5 in stored value.

Now, consumers only pay a refundable $2 deposit on each $5 card. Since the cards were technically 'free', the deposit is to encourage consumers to return the cards - which have a five-year life span.

Twenty of the 25 stores contacted by The Straits Times reported a rise in blue CashCard sales, some by as many as seven times more. At least four stores had run out of the cards completely.

fatz2

April 18, 2008         
Halal certified premises in S'pore increase four-fold


Some people think no pork, no lard' is equivalent to halal. That is not so. Food or other products must meet halal requirements for the Muslim community to accept them. -- ST PHOTO: TUKIMAN WARJI

THE number of halal-certified premises in Singapore has increased nearly fourfold since 2000, with well-travelled and well-heeled Muslims pushing the demand for a wider range of halal foods and other
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Singaporean Muslims, having travelled frequently and having developed a cosmopolitan taste reflecting their international lifestyle, are no longer content with halal Muslim cuisine, according to the head of halal certification of Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS), Dewi Hartaty Suratty.

'Muslim consumers now demand for halal Korean, Italian, Japanese and Chinese food and they also have a penchant for a host of other products including halal traditional Chinese medicine, health supplements, carbonated drinks and even ice,' she said.

The increasing demand accounted largely for the jump in halal premises from 533 in year 2000 to 2,012 in 2007, she said in a statement released by Singapore Exhibition Services (SES), the organiser of the coming international halal exhibition and forum here next week.

'There is an increasing demand for a variety of halal cuisine, not just Malay or Muslim cuisine but Korean, Japanese, Italian and Chinese cuisine. They want to have them but want them to be halal,' she said.

The rising demand for more halal food and other products is one of the reasons for a fourfold increase in halal certified premises from 2000 to 2007, she said.

These premises include restaurants, snack bars, food stalls, manufacturers, caterers, poultry abattoirs and storage facilities, and companies also want to have a slice of the pie of the growing international halal market, Ms Dewi said.

'Halal certification means these businesses have a competitive advantage over those that are not halal-certified. Also, companies are seeing the economic potential of the halal market internationally,' said Ms Dewi, adding that the market value of the halal market worldwide is US$2.1 trillion (S$2.83 trillion) and for food products, US$560 billion.

'One out of four persons in the world is Muslim. Increasingly, businesses want to leverage on halal foods and products to extend their market reach,' she said.

She said halal certification was a trade entry requirement for companies to export to majority Muslim countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Middle East.

For example, she said, companies that want to export to Brunei were required by the authorities there to ensure products were halal, including the carbon dioxide used in carbonated drinks.

'Muslims now also want halal traditional Chinese medicine and with the increasing health-consciousness, health supplements too. There is even a demand for halal ice.'

'Some people think no pork, no lard' is equivalent to halal. That is not so. Food or other products must meet halal requirements for the Muslim community to accept them,' she said.

The organisers said the growing demand for halal food and products was also reflected in a significant increase in the size of the Halal Pavilion at FHA2008 (Food & Hotel Asia 2008), the largest international food and hospitality trade show in Asia, to be held at Singapore Expo from April 22-25.

The Halal Pavilion, inaugurated at the last show, FHA2006, took up 233 sq metres then and it would occupy 450 sq metres, according to Malaysian-based Glohex Consultancy Group, co-organiser of the Halal Pavilion and Halal Trade Forum at the show.

SES, the organisers of FHA2008, will also organise a two-day halal trade forum on April 23-24.

The pavilion and the forum will be a highlight in view of the growing global interest in halal foods and products. -- BERNAMA

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Only 1% of Muslims opted out of revised HOTA since March
By Ahmad Dhafeer, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 18 April 2008 2336 hrs


An organ being harvested for transplant        

SINGAPORE: Only about one per cent of Muslims have opted out of the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) since an information booklet was distributed last month, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).

The ministry said the low opt-out rate shows that the Muslim community understands the importance of the Act.

Muslims will be included under HOTA starting August, reversing an exception for the community. Those who do not want to be included need to opt out.

Under HOTA, an individual allows his/her kidneys, liver, heart and corneas to be recovered in the event of death from any cause for the purpose of transplantation.

MOH is working closely with the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) to ensure that the revised Act will be implemented smoothly in August.

In Islam, a dead body must be buried as early as possible. So some Muslims fear that organ transfer may take up too much time.

To address this concern, MOH and MUIS plan to provide an avenue to allow bodies to undergo Muslim purification rites while they are still in hospital.

Both parties are also stepping up their public education efforts. For MUIS, this means raising the HOTA issue during Friday sermons.

The ministry will also carry out an education programme for its frontline staff who would need to handle questions by family members of the donor. - CNA/ac

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More likely to go to M'sia for medical care if Medisave changes approved
By Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 20 April 2008 0006 hrs

SINGAPORE : The Ministry of Health (MOH) is looking at allowing Singaporeans to use their Medisave for treatment overseas. This is to help them take advantage of cheaper medical services in the region.

One Singapore company with hospitals in Malaysia expects to see many more people cross the causeway for medical care if the plan goes ahead.

The Regency Specialist Hospital in Johor Bahru, run by Singapore company Health Management International (HMI), will open its doors in June this year.

HMI said it expects about a tenth of its patients to come from Singapore. It added that if the MOH allows Medisave to be used overseas, the number will rise.

"We expect many Singaporeans to do their elective surgeries in Malaysia, for example, total hip replacement and knee surgery. (It) would be very easy for Singaporeans, to travel an hour across the causeway and get these (surgeries) done," said Dr Gan See Khem, Group Executive Chairman of Health Management International.

Dr Gan also expects more patients with chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension to visit the hospital because branded drugs cost less in Malaysia than Singapore. This is one reason why medical bills in Malaysia are generally half of those in Singapore. Other factors are cheaper land & building costs, and lower wages of medical staff.

HMI currently runs the Mahkota Medical Centre in Malacca, where only about 2 percent of patients are from Singapore. Most go for health screening or for emergency care.

Singaporean Chua Joon Eng is a typical case. The 71-year-old had a heart attack while on holiday in Malacca two and a half years ago and was treated at the medical centre.

While he has no plans to seek medical treatment overseas if the use of Medisave is approved, he does see some cost savings.

"If you can afford to pay, then I'm not too sure whether you would bother too much about the costs because the differential may not be that great. But for somebody who is retired or does not have much income, then I think that is definitely an option," said Chua

Hospitals across the causeway are licensed by the Malaysian Ministry of Health. And Channel NewsAsia understands that all doctors and hospitals in Malaysia should have insurance for malpractice.

But having medical treatment in Malaysia also means Singaporeans would have to go through the Malaysian legal system, if they need to sue a doctor for malpractice.

ParkwayHealth, which runs Gleneagles and Mount Elizabeth hospitals in Singapore, also has hospitals in Malaysia.

A spokesman for the company said the group of people who are expected to benefit from the Medisave changes are the Singapore expatriates. The proposed changes will allow them to use their Medisave when seeking treatment in the country where they live in. - CNA /ls

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Police arrest 53-year-old conman involved in more than 50 scams
By Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 April 2008 2021 hrs

SINGAPORE: Officers from the Jurong Police Division have arrested a 53-year-old conman, believed to be involved in more than 50 scams island-wide.

Police caught him red-handed at Woodlands Avenue 6 on 19 April after weeks of investigations and intelligence-gathering.

The accused cheated elderly women of jewellery amounting to more than S$50,000 by pretending to be their neighbour and persuading victims to part with their jewellery in exchange for jewellery of higher value.

He would then abscond with the loot.

The accused will be charged in court on 21 April for cheating. If convicted, he could be jailed for up to 10 years. - CNA/vm

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Originally posted by fatz2 at 20-4-2008 07:59 AM
More likely to go to M'sia for medical care if Medisave changes approved
By Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 20 April 2008 0006 hrs

SINGAPORE : The Ministry of Health (MOH) is looki ...

ni yg dekat dgn jusco tu eh?..