Monday #sgroundup: Singapore Medical Council suspends surgeon Dr Woffles Wu for four months
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Singapore Medical Council suspends surgeon Dr Woffles Wu for four months
Singapore plastic surgeon Dr Woffles Wu has been suspended from practice for four months, according to a statement released by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) on Monday.
The SMC, which regulates the professional conduct and ethics of medical practitioners here, imposed the suspension penalty after Wu was found guilty in 2012 for getting an employee to take the rap for him for two speeding tickets.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-medical-council-suspends-surgeon-dr-woffles-wu-for-four-months-072632348.html
COMMENT: MDA registration — censorship or making legitimate?
The Media Development Authority (MDA) did what any other governing body would do: tick the checklist and invite the Mothership team to register under the same class license that The Independent Singapore did and Breakfast Network did not.
After a trying year in which skeptics launched a #FreeMyInternet campaign to challenge a seeming government clampdown on the online news sphere and editor-turned-blogger Bertha Henson shut down her popular opinion website, one may be too quick to jump the gun and cry foul over MDA's latest call.
But, is registering really as bad as the activists claim?
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/comment--mda-registration----censorship-or-legitimism-030102609.html
Australia says signals detected consistent with missing Malaysian plane
Australian officials said on Monday signals picked up by a black box detector attached to an Australian ship searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean were consistent with aircraft flight recorders.
"Clearly, this is a most promising lead," Angus Houston, head of the Australian agency coordinating the search, told a news conference in Perth in western Australia.
Houston, a retired air chief marshal, said two signals had been detected off Australia's northwest coast.
The first detection held for 2.5 hours before the ship lost contact. After turning around, the ship picked up the signal for around 13 minutes, he said.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/australia-says-signals-detected-consistent-missing-malaysian-plane-050814781--sector.html
India voters kick off world's biggest election
Indians began voting in the world's biggest election on Monday which is set to sweep the Hindu nationalist opposition to power at a time of low growth, anger about corruption and warnings about religious unrest.
India's 814-million-strong electorate are forecast to inflict a heavy defeat on the ruling Congress party, in power for 10 years,
and elect hardliner Narendra Modi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/india-voters-kick-off-worlds-biggest-election-025908833.html
Wild weather for baby Prince George's first tour
Britain's baby Prince George embarked Monday on his first official tour visiting New Zealand with parents William and Kate, but the eight-month-old missed the famed Maori welcome after being whisked indoors amid wild weather.
Strong winds, rain and poor visibility greeted the royals in Wellington at the start of a three-week visit to New Zealand and Australia that marks the beginning of a lifetime of regal duties for the pint-sized prince.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/baby-prince-george-lands-zealand-first-tour-003702655.html