Thursday #sgroundup: Volunteer corps, more cash for IPPT among changes recommended for NS

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Volunteer corps, more cash for IPPT among changes recommended for NS
 MP Lim Wee Kiak, Minister of State for Defence Maliki Osman, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and Second Defence Minister …
The establishment of a military volunteer corps, relaxing of IPPT windows and increase in cash incentives for IPPT are among a slew of 30 recommendations unveiled by the Committee to Strengthen National Service (CSNS) on Thursday.

The volunteer corps, which the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will model after the police force and civil defence force, will consist of willing women, first-generation PRs and new citizens.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/volunteer-corps--more-cash-for-ippt-among-changes-recommended-for-ns-074718601.html

Singapore Airlines plane veers off Yangon runway, no injuries
 A Singapore Airlines plane is seen landing at Changi International airport in Singapore, on May 8, 2014
A Singapore Airlines plane skidded off the runway on touching down during heavy rain at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, but no injuries were reported, the carrier said.

The Airbus A330 plane "encountered heavy rain and veered slightly off the runway on landing" at 10:05 am Yangon time (0335 GMT) Wednesday, before it was steered safely back, the airline said.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-airlines-plane-veers-off-yangon-runway-no-052926748.html

EBay asks users to change password after breach
 Massive breach at eBay, which urges password change
E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their passwords after a cyberattack compromised a company database containing customers' names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.

The company said Wednesday that there is no evidence that any financial or credit card information was stolen and no sign that the breach has resulted in unauthorized activity for its 145 million active users.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/ebay-asks-users-change-password-134830494.html

31 killed in attack in China's Xinjiang region
 People look on at a street cordoned off by police after a blast in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region May …
Thirty-one people were killed and more than 90 injured in an attack Thursday on a busy street market in the capital of China's volatile northwestern region of Xinjiang, the local government said, the bloodiest in a series of violent incidents blamed on radical separatist Muslims.

The Xinjiang regional government said in a statement that the early morning attack in the city of Urumqi was "a serious violent terrorist incident of a particularly vile nature."
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/31-killed-attack-chinas-xinjiang-region-060428595.html

Vietnam PM says considering legal action against China over disputed waters
 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung walks past members of an honor guard shortly upon arrival at the Philippine …
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said his government was considering various "defence options" against China, including legal action, following the deployment of a Chinese oil rig to disputed waters in the South China Sea.

Dung's comments, given in a written response to questions from Reuters, are the first time he has suggested Vietnam would take legal measures, a threat that is likely to infuriate Beijing.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-vietnam-pm-says-considering-legal-action-against-234752624--finance.html

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