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Three IT giants bid for PAP town councils’ IT contract

Dr Teo Ho Pin, coordinating chairman of 14 PAP TCs Three IT companies with a sizeable presence in the local IT industry have bid for a contract: NEC Asia Pacific HCL Singapore NCS, a wholly owned subsidiary of the SingTel Group The contract is for developing and maintaining the computer system for 14 PAP Town Councils. The...

Active aging programme for Singaporean seniors

ESM Goh Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Heng Chee How told Parliament today (14 Mar) that the Wellness Programme, introduced in 2008 to encourage active aging among elderly Singaporeans is on track to reach one in two citizens above the age of 50 by 2015. Active aging is a key government strategy to...

COEs for big cars drop 37% but hold for small cars

Minister Lui: Govt will not be making major changes to the COE market in the near term. COE premiums for big cars (Cat B - 1,601cc and above) plunged $34,577 (37.3%) to $58,090 after the latest bidding exercise closed today (13 Mar). The next highest drop was in the Open category, which dropped $26,909 (29.3%) to $65,001. It...