MND create new sinking fund, demand higher SNCC and taxes from residents
An anonymous* spokesperson representing the Ministry of National Development (MND) announced today (Jan 23) that a new lift replacement fund will be created from 1 April 2017 onwards, which will...
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State media feature funeral visit to shore up Lee Hsien Loong‘s popularity
Singapore’s state-controlled media Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) reached a new low featuring a funeral visit to shore up Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s declining popularity. Photos of the funeral...
View ArticleTrack fault right after Minister Khaw Boon Wan declare speed increase
Barely 3 days after Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan declared that the speed of trains along the East-West Line (EWL) will be increased, the EWL saw a paralysing track fault between Clementi station...
View ArticlePAP MP Lee Bee Wah claim credit for designated smoking point “idea”
PAP MP for Nee Soon, Lee Bee Wah, claimed credit for installing 50 designated smoking points in Nee Soon South. The “idea” by PAP MP Lee Bee Wah has materialised at 50 HDB blocks, that encourages...
View ArticleMinister Ong Ye Kung: Democracy would ruin Singapore, success formula is PAP
Speaking at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) conference, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung warned that democracy would ruin Singapore, and claimed that his ruling party is Singapore’s success...
View ArticleTommy Koh points finger at United States for detention of Terrex vehicles
At the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) forum yesterday (Jan 23), Singapore’s ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh blamed United States for the detention of Singapore’s Terrex vehicles by China. The...
View ArticleWorkers’ Party: Ministry of Law sidestepped question on harassment
Singapore’s only elected opposition, the Workers’ Party (WP), wrote in a press release yesterday (Jan 23) saying that the Ministry of Law sidestepped their question on the harassment act. The series...
View ArticleSingapore become cheaper for rich renters
According to the latest accommodation survey by ECA International, Singapore’s ranking for high-end rental has fallen to 7th place in Asia this year, three places from 4th in 2016. The survey compared...
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Hong Kong promise to return Terrex without a date, prosecuting Singapore
According to Singapore’s Foreign Ministry, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying wrote a response letter to Lee Hsien Loong that they will return the detained Terrex vehicles. However, no date...
View ArticleSingapore lawyer and professor call for ban of online sites, allow government...
Singapore Management University’s law don, Eugene Tan, called for the government to ban online sites like theonlinecitizen and States Times Review claiming that the sites pass off falsehoods as...
View ArticleGIC spend S$1.5 billion on New York tower
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund company managing CPF retirement funds and the country’s national reserves today (Jan 25) announced that it has spent S$1.5 billion to purchase 95% ownership of a...
View ArticleMinister Ong Ye Kung: Alogorithms and mechanisms…achieve quantum leaps, do...
Speaking at a roundtable organised by Lee Kuan Yew’s Centre for Innovative Cities, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung regurgitated the secondary school text book telling Singaporeans to “do more with...
View ArticleSingapore Permanent Resident jailed for life in China
A Singapore Permanent Resident who was an official in China was sentenced to life in jail for embezzling S$19.4 million in China. The former local finance officer in Jiang Xi province, Li Hua Bo, was...
View ArticleMOM: Employment growth slowest since 2003, income growth shrinking
In the latest employment statistics by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), employment growth in Singapore was the slowest since 2003 at 0.4% in 2016. Median real income growth also shrank to 3.3% in 2016...
View ArticleSingaporeans complain about China prostitutes at Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre
Singaporeans who frequent the restaurants of Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre took to the Chinese papers, Shin Ming Daily, to complain about the emergence of China prostitutes soliciting in the...
View ArticleSMRT Taxi allow per-hour rental out of desperation
After seeing record vacancy in its taxi vehicles, SMRT Taxi today (Jan 26) commenced a new scheme allowing taxi drivers to rent on an hourly-basis. The new move is the second latest profit-slashing...
View ArticleTemasek Holdings-owned Keppel Corp cut 10,600 jobs in 2016
Temasek Holdings-owned Keppel Corporation revealed that it cut 10,600 jobs in 2016 due to the declining business in oil and gas exploration and falling oil prices. The bulk of the headcounts were in...
View ArticleLee Hsien Loong: Singaporeans need to work hard and upgrade to restructure...
At his Chinese New Year message delivered yesterday (Jan 26), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reminded Singaporeans the need to work hard and upgrade themselves to restructure the economy. “Economic...
View ArticleNo formal reason for Terrex detention, Singapore accepts return anyway
According to the Hong Kong media, the 9 detained Terrex vehicles in Hong Kong has been relocated to a container in Kwai Chung yesterday (Jan 26), and is ready to be shipped back to Singapore. Media...
View ArticleTaxi driver made a mistake on reverse gear, crashes into HDB pillar
A taxi driver made a wrong move accelerating while on reverse gear and crashed into a pillar at a HDB block in Serangoon yesterday (Jan 27) at around 4.20pm. The impact knocked off a huge chunk of...
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