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Tuesday #sgroundup: Singapore in 3D ready by 2017

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Look At Singapore From A Fresh Perspective, Singapore’s 3D Digital Platform To Be Ready By 2017

3d Singapore
3d Singapore



Singaporeans will soon be able to enjoy the 3D digital platform that enables them to create new innovations that benefits the communities through knowledge sharing and community collaboration.

This project, aka Virtual Singapore, was initiated by Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) and comes under the Smart Nation vision revealed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last week. The SGD73 million project comprises a 3D city model and collaborative data platform which includes 3D maps.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/look-singapore-fresh-perspective-singapore-023000908.html

Australia probes report of nine-year-old bride

Yemeni former child bride Nujud Mohammed Ali protests in support of a child marriage ban outside the parliament in Sanaa on March 23, 2010. Yemen's rights minister said Saturday that she will press for the minimum age of marriage to be raised to 18, after the reported death of a young girl on her wedding night
Yemeni former child bride Nujud Mohammed Ali protests in support of a child marriage ban outside the parliament in Sanaa on March 23, 2010. Yemen's rights minister said Saturday that she will press for the minimum age of marriage to be raised to 18, after the reported death of a young girl on her wedding night



The Australian government is investigating claims a nine-year-old girl from Sydney has been taken out of the country to be married in the Middle East, officials said Tuesday.

The Immigrant Women's Health Service said it received a tip-off about the case, adding that the issue of child brides was going largely unreported.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/australia-probes-report-nine-old-bride-042145635.html

Mentality and system fault present challenges for FAS in developing youths

'Match-fixing is cancer on the game' - FAS General Secretary
'Match-fixing is cancer on the game' - FAS General Secretary



The Football Association of Singapore’s General Manager of Youth Development (JCOE) S. Varapha Rajan says that players’ mentalities, as well as the education system in Singapore are obstacles for the development of youths.

Rajan, was speaking at Meridian Junior College on Monday morning, where a discussion of youth development in Singapore football was held along with the Courts and Liverpool Academy representatives.

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/mentality-system-fault-present-challenges-fas-developing-youths-174200638--spt.html

Not that funny: doctor's bomb joke costs him $90,000

A TSA inspector and sniffer dog screen passengers at Miami International Airport in Florida
A TSA inspector and sniffer dog screen passengers at Miami International Airport in Florida



A doctor thought it might be funny to crack a joke about a bomb in his luggage. Instead, he partly forced the evacuation of Miami International airport, and earned an almost $90,000 fine.

Manuel Alvarado, 60, will pay out $89,172 for his "momentary lapse of reason in making these statements," which prompted costly evacuations and delays for airlines, and brought out a police bomb squad, said his lawyer Brian Bieber.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/not-funny-doctors-bomb-joke-costs-him-90-030652070.html

Singapore's GIC to buy US industrial landlord IndCor for $8.1 bn

The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) building, pictured on October 30, 2008
The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) building, pictured on October 30, 2008



Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC will buy IndCor Properties, one of the biggest industrial landlords in the United States, from parent firm Blackstone for a whopping $8.1 billion, the companies said Tuesday.

Blackstone said in a statement posted on its website that the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of next year.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapores-gic-buy-us-industrial-054409580.html