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11 foreign workers charged with rioting at Choa Chu Kang construction site

In the second case to occur here in two weeks, 11 workers were charged on Tuesday with rioting, this time at a construction site in Choa Chu Kang.

According to local media, the workers – four Chinese and seven Bangladeshi nationals – are alleged to have been involved in a fight on Sunday afternoon at the construction site for Rainforest Condominium off Choa Chu Kang Avenue 3.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/11-foreign-workers-charged-with-rioting-at-choa-chu-kang-construction-site-101115452.html
MOM releases list of Singapore public holidays for 2015, shows bounty of long weekends

There will be 7 three-day weekends next year. That’s based on the list of 11 public holidays for 2015 released by the Ministry of Manpower on Tuesday.

Next year, the Chinese New Year public holidays will fall on 19 and 20 February, which is a Thursday and Friday, respectively.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/mom-releases-list-of-singapore-public-holidays-for-2015--shows-bounty-of-long-weekends-021536065.html

Nearly 8 out of 10 in Singapore wish to die at home: survey

According to a recent “Death Attitudes Survey” commissioned by Lien Foundation, 77 per cent of people in Singapore wish to die at home.

However, according to government statistics, only 27 per cent of deaths in the city-state last January to December took place at home.

The findings of the survey, which was conducted by Blackbox Research in the last two months of last year, were released on Tuesday.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/nearly-8-out-of-10-in-singapore-wish-to-die-at-home--survey-082351454.html

Pistorius gives evidence

Star Paralympian Oscar Pistorius returned to the witness box to testify in his murder trial Tuesday, after an emotional first day that saw him issue a tearful apology to the victim's family.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pistorius-gives-evidence-live-report-070749247.html
Philippine top court approves controversial birth control law

The Philippines' highest court approved Tuesday a controversial birth control law that supporters said would transform the lives of millions of poor Filipinos, in a stunning defeat for the powerful Catholic Church.

The law requires government health centres to hand out free condoms and birth control pills, as well as mandates that sex education be taught in schools.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/philippine-supreme-court-approves-birth-control-law-062820263.html

HD: Tuesday #sgroundup: MOM releases list of Singapore public holidays for 2015, shows bounty of long weekends

Here are today’s top trending stories in case you missed them.

MOM releases list of Singapore public holidays for 2015, shows bounty of long weekends

There will be 7 three-day weekends next year. That’s based on the list of 11 public holidays for 2015 released by the Ministry of Manpower on Tuesday.

Next year, the Chinese New Year public holidays will fall on 19 and 20 February, which is a Thursday and Friday, respectively.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/mom-releases-list-of-singapore-public-holidays-for-2015--shows-bounty-of-long-weekends-021536065.html

Nearly 8 out of 10 in Singapore wish to die at home: survey

According to a recent “Death Attitudes Survey” commissioned by Lien Foundation, 77 per cent of people in Singapore wish to die at home.

However, according to government statistics, only 27 per cent of deaths in the city-state last January to December took place at home.

The findings of the survey, which was conducted by Blackbox Research in the last two months of last year, were released on Tuesday.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/nearly-8-out-of-10-in-singapore-wish-to-die-at-home--survey-082351454.html

Pistorius gives evidence

Star Paralympian Oscar Pistorius returned to the witness box to testify in his murder trial Tuesday, after an emotional first day that saw him issue a tearful apology to the victim's family.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pistorius-gives-evidence-live-report-070749247.html

Philippine top court approves controversial birth control law

The Philippines' highest court approved Tuesday a controversial birth control law that supporters said would transform the lives of millions of poor Filipinos, in a stunning defeat for the powerful Catholic Church.

The law requires government health centres to hand out free condoms and birth control pills, as well as mandates that sex education be taught in schools.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/philippine-supreme-court-approves-birth-control-law-062820263.html