The Straits Times' News In A Minute: June 3, 2016

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Today's top news headlines: National Reading Movement kicks off, Singaporean in fatal NZ crash gets home detention and fine, and first non-stop flight between Singapore and San Francisco.

In The Straits Times' News In A Minute today, we look at:

* The National Library Board has set out a five-year initiative to nuture a love for reading.

* Singaporean Lew Wei Kiong, who was involved in an accident that killed a motorcyclist in New Zealand last November, has been sentenced to four months of home detention and 200 hours of community work.

* The first non-stop flight between Singapore and San Francisco, offered by United Airlines, took off from Changi Airport on Friday (June 3).

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