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The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has suspended training with smoke grenades, pending completion of the Committee Of Inquiry into a full-time national serviceman

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That is good news!!!! -------------- It's Tourism Minister says the cabinet agreed to the suspension for the duration of Visit Malaysia Year 2007 Apr 24, 2007 AsiaOne KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has suspended plans to impose a RM20 levy on foreign-registered vehicles entering the country from Singapore and Thailand.. Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor told The Straits Times that the Cabinet agreed to the suspension of the levy for the duration of Visit Malaysia Year 2007. "As Minister of Tourism, I have been pressing for this as we want more Singaporeans to come to Malaysia. The Minister of Transport agreed with us," he said. The matter was discussed two weeks ago in Cabinet, which decided to suspend the levy to avoid hurting the tourism industry during this promotional campaign, according a report in The Straits Times Interactive. The decision would be reviewed at the end of the year, said Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan, who added that he hoped the levy would not be implemented as it would affect tourism. The levy, which is meant to defray the fuel subsidies that have kept Malaysian pump prices among the lowest in the region, was announced in April last year and was slated to be implemented on Sept 1, 2006. Singaporeans make up about 60 per cent of tourist arrivals in Malaysia. About 114,000 vehicles including lorries and motorcycles enter Malaysia from Singapore daily, of which about 40,000 are estimated to be Singapore-registered cars. Malaysia hopes to attract some 20.1 million visitors to its shores this year, with about half expected to come from Singapore. It has already recorded a healthy 4.4% growth of tourist arrivals from Singapore in January and February, as compared to the same period last year. source: http://news.asiaone.com.sg/a1news/20070424_story25_1.html