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On August 4, The Gardens by the Bay and Mediacorp National Day Concert will make its fifth appearance. The complimentary event will become held at&nbsp, The Meadow at Gardens by the Bay and will have achievements from Singaporean performer- actress&nbsp, Olivia Ong, singer Yung Raja, Taufik Batisah, Benjamin Kheng and more.

Kheng did likewise be&nbsp, performing the theme music of this year’s National Day Parade, No Only, live for the first time.

The music, which is hosted by well-known television hosts Avery Yeo and Hazelle Teo, also features President Tharman Shanmugaratnam as a guest of honor for the first time. As members of the Singapore Association for the Deaf follow the crowd in sign language, he and his wife, Ms. Jane Ittogi, will begin by introducing themselves in mark language, before reciting the commitment at the conclusion.

In contrast, performing groups in the community such as Diverse Abilities Dance Collective, did mark their first look at the music, as they perform along with regional artistes. &nbsp,

Visitors can also anticipate a variety of pre-concert activities, including go-kart races and era-remembering carnival games. There’ll even be kiosks giving out free mild sticks, temporary tattoo posters and potted plants.

Those who ca n’t physically attend the concert need not worry as&nbsp, it will also air on mewatch, Channel 5 and Mediacorp Entertainment on YouTube on Aug 17 from 7: 30pm to 9pm.

For more details, visit https ://www.mediacorp.sg/ndc.

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On July 11 at 12 p.m., LAMC members may have a tickets program. To get in on this, followers may register via LAMC’s site. General profits will therefore take place from 12pm on Jul 12&nbsp, via Sistic.

Tickets may be released at a later time.

Ash was formed in 1992 and officially debuted in 1996 with the album&nbsp, 1977 which apparently sold &nbsp, 165, 000 copies in its first week. American pop culture shop Metro after named 1977 as one of the&nbsp, 500 greatest albums of all time.

Kung Fu, Lady From Mars, and Walking Bare are some well-known songs by the group.

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KEEPING MONITOR LIZARDS AS PETS ILLEGAL, DANGEROUS

Mr Kannan Raja, chairman of the Herpetological Society of Singapore, said Rock Monitors are normally big animals.  
 
“Being a Rock Monitor, which is obviously not native, this creature would not have ended up here by itself, ” he said.  
 
This likely constitutes the unlawful pet trade, so. Therefore, it might have been an abandoned or escaped animal. As a result, it is familiar with persons, which is probably why it was so pleasant living in a home or close to people.
 
It initially began to move a tiny when folks got too close to it. So it ’s used to individuals, hence it was quite relaxed. ”
 
Mr Kannan, whose society is involved in the study and conservation of reptiles and amphibians, said even though the monitor lizard can climb, “you would n’t see a monitor lizard climbing straight up 11 storeys ” from the ground.  
 
“Even if meal was current, they might hike for short distances, ” he noted.  
 
He added that keeping track reptiles as dogs is not only illegal, it can also be harmful.
 
These reptiles “kind of eat what they can get their mouths around, ” as opposed to common pets like cats or dogs. Perhaps some species can bring venom.
 
“They have very good defence mechanisms, ” said Mr Kannan. You could also get a poor bite or scratch if you stress them or get too close. ”
 
Non-native animals may also damage Singapore’s diversity.
 
When our local reptiles are smaller, smaller, or feeling threatened, they may start battling for food and mates, according to Mr. Kannan, who predicts that this non-native animal may start to be more in demand as compared to our local reptiles.  
 
It has already happened in other nations, where local reptiles can sometimes become dead due to the presence and stress of this non-native animal. ”

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SINGAPORE: S Iswaran, a former transport minister, turned up at the High Court on Friday ( Jul 5 ) to request that the prosecution turn over all of the witness statements it intends to call at the trial. His criminal trial for accepting gifts is looming.

The attorneys for Iswaran, led by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, had previously attempted to rebuttal one time during a hearing held in June that was not common, but they made a second try in a legal revision on Friday.

A group of lawyers, led by Deputy Attorney- General Tai Wei Shyong, objected clearly to Mr Singh’s event, saying the military has been changing its place.

Iswaran, a 62- year- ancient Singaporean, faces a full of 35 charges comprising 32 counts of obtaining valuables as a common slave, two counts of bribery and one of obstructing justice.
 
These involve his connections with home magnate Ong Beng Seng and managing director of Singapore-listed Lum Chang Holdings, Mr. Lum Kok Seng.

Instead of two separate trials, Iswaran’s attorneys, Mr. Singh, Mr. Navin Thevar, Mr. Rajvinder Singh, Ms. Sumedha Madhusudhanan, and Sheiffa Safi Shirbeeni, fought to have each of them heard in one test.

The professionals for Davinder Singh Chambers had formerly testified to the High Court that Iswaran had been dealing with “very, really dear and near friends” between the two people and that they had not been aware that the presents were “veiled pleasure.”
 
When Iswaran was first officially charged in January, he had already stated his intention to demand test from the get-go and enter a not-guilty plea.

MY Customer IS SINGLED OUT, WHY?

Mr. Singh spent time trying to persuade Justice Vincent Hoong to give his obtain and require the trial to release all witness claims.

Mr. Singh argued that his client was entitled to the prosecution’s facts and evidence supporting the allegations, as well as the statements he made, and that the prosecution did not have the authority to decide what to share. He cited Section 214 ( 1 )( d ) from the Criminal Procedure Code.

Based on the inconsequential information the trial provided, Mr. Singh questioned how he would proceed with the defense situation.

The prosecutor said,” The whole point of pre-trial discovery is to react in a way that your honor knows what the problems are in the case.”

” And then your honor can determine whether or not you do bring an undesirable assumption under what circumstances.” But you ca n’t even do that, if they do n’t give us the statements. In other words, they can on their own avert an undesirable assumption, and prevent my ability to object to their evidence”, said Mr Singh.

” Why is the trial doing this”? he asked. Why is my customer being ignored? And so that he would face discrimination because he would be denied what everyone else gets”?

Mr. Singh claimed that nothing about this problem has” travel up in a vacuum.” He claimed that Iswaran was first accused of crimes against Mr. Ong when both sides were arguing about timelines, but the trial “decided to reverse the way they were going to sue this case” by reversing Mr. Ong’s position and focusing on Mr. Lum in the end.

You’ll recall that at the hearing, we complained that the way they were conducting the trial suggested they wanted it to proceed in a manner that would lead to Ong Beng Seng’s case being heard, whether it be acquitted or found guilty, or both, while Ong Beng Seng’s case is still unsettled, said Mr. Singh. We even drew your attention to his health issues, and you have acknowledged that as a potential prejudicence to us.

The defense claimed that the trial was prepared to give the defense conditional statements when they wanted to start Mr. Lum’s case second. &nbsp,

However, the prosecution asserted for the first time that they were not required to give conditioned statements after the defense’s request for all charges to be heard up in a single trial.

Which implies that they would not actually give us the evidence against David Lum, the attorney said. ” But clearly, they did n’t want to share the evidence with us for all other witnesses, including Ong Beng Seng. This implies that if they were going to lead dental data for 55 witnesses, this test will go on for weeks, months, weeks, and weeks into the following season, and in my humble opinion, I’m not even sure it will be done the first year.

According to Mr. Singh, the inference that can be drawn is that the prosecution developed the concept of not disclosing contingent statements because it was unable to “pushing the Ong Beng Seng charges away away from some indeterminate date.”

PROSECUTION TO RESPOND

Responding on behalf of the team of prosecutors, Chief Prosecutor Tan Kiat Pheng, Mr. Christopher Ong, Mr. Jiang Ke-Yue, Mr. Kelvin Chong, and Sarah Siaw, Senior Counsel Tai, Mr. Singh allegedly put words in the mouth of the prosecution during his more than two hours of testimony.

” This is unfair… I do n’t agree with more than half of what he said. He has been paraphrasing or completely mischaracterizing what we said, Mr. Tai said, requesting time to review the evidence before responding at 3 p.m.

On Friday at 3 p.m., Justice Hoong decided to end the case.

Iswaran resigned from his government positions two days before he was charged for the first time in court. Prior to the investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau ( CPIB ), he had been given a leave of absence.
 
If convicted of obtaining a valuable thing as a public servant, Iswaran can be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
 
He faces sentences of up to seven years in prison, a fine of up to S$ 100, 000, or both if found guilty of corruptly obtaining gratification under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
 
If convicted of obstructing justice, he can be jailed for up to seven years, fined, or both.

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