Monday #sgroundup: Mini-sub deployed to scour ocean depths in MH370 hunt

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Mini-sub deployed to scour ocean depths in MH370 hunt

Australia's HMAS Perth during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight on 13 April 2014. (AFP photo)

Australia is deploying an autonomous underwater vehicle to scour the seabed of the Indian Ocean for the still-missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, now that its black box signals have gone silent.

At the same time, Joint Agency Coordination Centre head Angus Houston announced that two litres were taken from an oil slick that was found about 5,500m downwind from the search area for testing. The sample will take several days to reach shore, though.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/mini-sub-deploy-soon-possible-mh370-search-041913050.html

Separately, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said his country had given its full commitment to the search and rescue efforts throughout.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/given-search-mh370-says-najib-080321009.html

Man arrested for trying to tailgate through Woodlands Checkpoint

Singapore's Woodlands Checkpoint. (Yahoo file photo)

A man was arrested at the Woodlands Checkpoint on Sunday afternoon when he tried to evade security by tailgating another car.

This is the third time this year that a breach was attempted, although police and immigration officers were able to arrest him before he drove his car out of the Arrival zone. He was also found without travel documents.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/man-arrested-for-trying-to-tailgate-through-woodlands-checkpoint-072812530.html

Malaysia opposition slams 'bid to extend Anwar sentence'

Supporters of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim shout slogans outside the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya …

Malaysia's opposition on Monday denounced what it called a government bid to increase the prison term of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in his long-standing controversial sodomy case.

In a statement Monday, N. Surendran, a vice president of Anwar's People's Justice Party, called the case "a frontal assault" on democracy, denouncing the bid for a increased sentence as "selective, vicious and politically motivated".

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-opposition-slams-bid-extend-anwar-sentence-063855541.html

2015 SEA Games will cost less than YOG: Singapore sports chief

Team Singapore athletes marking the beginning of the 28th SEA Games at an official launch party (Yahoo Photo)

The organisers for Singapore's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games promised on Monday that the 2015 meet will not cost as much as the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

While the final budget was not specified, Sports Singapore CEO Lim Teck Yin said the upcoming Games will be "cost-effective".

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/2015-sea-games-will-cost-less-than-yog--singapore-sports-chief-101712323.html

COMMENT: We should live our 'narratives', not just write them

Singaporeans gather to listen to speakers during a rally at the speakers corner in Singapore on October 5, 2013. …

In response to Kishore Mahbubani's commentary expounding the merits of writing narratives of Singapore's success and harmony in order to develop a Singapore "spirit", contributor Kirsten Han shares her view that Singaporeans should be living the stories we tell instead of writing them.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/live-narratives-not-just-write-them-075524217.html

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