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Monday #sgroundup: MND looks to better protect public funds held by town councils

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MND looks to better protect public funds held by town councils

Results of the MND's Town Council Management Report ending March 2013. (Screengrab from MND's Town Council report website)
Results of the MND's Town Council Management Report ending March 2013. (Screengrab from MND's Town Council report website)

The Ministry of National Development is looking for ways to better protect public funds held by town councils, its minister Khaw Boon Wan said on Monday.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/mnd-looks-to-better-protect-public-funds-held-by-town-councils-095620966.html

Ukraine mobilises after Putin's 'declaration of war'

People march during a procession in central Moscow, March 2, 2014. People gathered on Sunday to support the people of Crimea and Ukraine, including Russian speakers, and to protest against the policies conducted by Ukraine's new authorities recently elected in Kiev, according to organisers. (Reuters photo)
People march during a procession in central Moscow, March 2, 2014. People gathered on Sunday to support the people of Crimea and Ukraine, including Russian speakers, and to protest against the policies conducted by Ukraine's new authorities recently elected in Kiev, according to organisers. (Reuters photo)

Ukraine mobilised for war on Sunday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbour in Moscow's biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/putin-ready-invade-ukraine-kiev-warns-war-011938871--finance.html

China vows to punish deadly station rampage, blames separatists

A police investigator inspects the scene of a mass stabbing at the railway station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 2, 2014. (AFP photo)
A police investigator inspects the scene of a mass stabbing at the railway station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 2, 2014. (AFP photo)

China Sunday promised tough punishment for knife-wielding attackers who killed 29 people in an unprecedented train station rampage, blaming separatists from Xinjiang, as witnesses described a city in shock.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/deadly-china-rail-station-stabbings-terrorist-attack-state-184637938.html

'12 Years A Slave', 'Gravity' win big at Oscars

Chiwetel Ejiofor in '12 Years a Slave' (Fox Searchlight photo)
Chiwetel Ejiofor in '12 Years a Slave' (Fox Searchlight photo)

Harrowing historical drama "12 Years a Slave" won the coveted best picture Oscar, while 3D space thriller "Gravity" was the top prize winner at a politically tinged Academy Awards with seven. See the full list here:

http://sg.movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/2014-oscars--complete-list-of-nominees-and-winners-201452624.html

Singaporean racecar prodigy hopes for NS deferment to pursue F1 dream

Andrew Tang wants to be Singapore's first-ever Formula One driver (Photo courtesy of Bruce Jenkins)
Andrew Tang wants to be Singapore's first-ever Formula One driver (Photo courtesy of Bruce Jenkins)

He could be Singapore’s first-ever Formula One (F1) driver – but for the looming obstacle of a National Service (NS) enlistment date in May.

http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/singaporean-racecar-prodigy-hopes-for-ns-deferment-to-pursue-f1-dream-094026950.html