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Special COVID-19 testing operations under way at Redhill and Tiong Bahru
SINGAPORE: Special testing operations began on Friday (Jun 18) for all employees and tenants at several shops in Redhill and Tiong Bahru, as authorities race to detect potential community transmission in the area. → Read More
'Make your username obscure': Telegram chat groups circulating obscene material re-emerge
SINGAPORE: "Don't show your face in your display picture," says one message. Similar ones include: "Change your username to something very obscure" and "Make sure your online identity is different from your real-life persona". → Read More
Singapore’s foray into space: Boldly going where no little red dot has gone before
The efforts of the country’s budding space industry are giving the Republic a larger stake in the space race than many people may think. The programme Why It Matters looks at the opportunities and obstacles. → Read More
Wakes allowed, measures to handle COVID-19 bodies in place: NEA
SINGAPORE: Wakes for COVID-19 victims will be permitted as long as there is no contact with the body, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Saturday (Mar 21). → Read More
New ASEAN committee to implement norms for countries’ behaviour in cyberspace
SINGAPORE: ASEAN is one step closer to implementing norms that form the basis for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, as countries in the regional grouping agreed to set up a working-level committee on the matter. → Read More
'You don’t know our pain': Helping the homeless find their way home
Since May 2018, government officers have been walking the streets in Toa Payoh and Kreta Ayer with community groups to reach out to the homeless. CNA was recently given an exclusive invite to one of their night walks. → Read More
Social service sector gets S$20m boost to adopt technology, tackle manpower crunch
The social service sector is getting a S$20 million boost to tackle a manpower crunch through two initiatives that will offer subsidies to social service agencies to take up technology and undergo job redesign. → Read More
23 roadshows to be held to engage Merdeka Generation seniors on benefits
SINGAPORE: From June, a total of 23 community roadshows will be held to engage seniors on the benefits of the Merdeka Generation Package, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the inaugural Merdeka Generation Roadshow held at ITE College Central on Sunday (Jun 2). → Read More
‘Hard choices’ need to be made to keep healthcare spending sustainable: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: Hard choices will have to be made as the Government considers ways to fund future healthcare spending, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday (Mar 23). → Read More
Singapore’s multi-religious harmony is 'exception rather than norm': ESM Goh
SINGAPORE: The Christchurch mosque shootings are a reminder that peace is both precious and fragile, said Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on Monday (Mar 18), as he urged Singaporeans to guard against religious extremism and segregationist practices. → Read More
Bill on deliberate online falsehoods could be tabled by first half of 2019: Edwin Tong
SINGAPORE: The first indication of the kind of new laws Singapore could enact to stem the spread of online misinformation could be clearer by the ... → Read More
New initiatives launched to help companies adopt emerging technologies
Call centres of the future may be able to predict the reason for a customer’s call, and banks could prompt clients to up their credit limit ahead ... → Read More
Nearly 600 patients with chronic conditions benefit from Yishun Polyclinic pilot scheme
SINGAPORE: Nearly 600 patients from Yishun Polyclinic with chronic conditions have benefited from a pilot scheme that allows them to earn rebates ... → Read More
Maid on trial for committing sexual acts on 11-year-old boy
SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old foreign domestic worker is on trial for allegedly committing sexual acts on her employer’s son. The alleged offences ... → Read More
Shooting tasers and martial arts techniques: How the police make arrests
SINGAPORE: Arresting subjects is a part and parcel of police work – but the men in blue don’t have it easy. In a video that went viral last year, ... → Read More
EU-Singapore FTA on track to come into force by 2019: Iswaran
The European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) is on track to come into force by 2019, said Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations S ... → Read More
Private-hire car service RydeX to launch on May 2
SINGAPORE: Commuters looking to book private-hire car services can turn to a new platform, RydeX, from May 2. Homegrown company Ryde announced this on Thursday (Apr 26), about two weeks after it said it was moving into the private-hire car service space as part of its expansion strategy. Ryde started off with the launch of carpooling services in 2015. CEO of Ryde Technologies Terence Zou said… → Read More
Prosecutors seek 12 years' jail for mastermind behind Keppel Club membership scam
Setho Oi Lin has agreed to pay the club S$3.65m in settlement. → Read More
NParks launches new online portal with 500,000 trees mapped
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans will soon be able to find out more about trees in their neighbourhood with a newly launched online portal, Trees.sg. The National Parks Board (NParks) has plotted more than 500,000 urban trees on an interactive map, making it one of the most extensive tree maps in Asia. The new portal was announced on Saturday (Mar 17) as part of a slew of initiatives to celebrate… → Read More
Family justice committee aim to provide more upstream support services
SINGAPORE: The recently formed inter-agency Review and Enhance Reforms (RERF) committee will work to make support services available earlier for couples whose marriages are on the rocks, before they file for divorce in court. This was announced by Justice Debbie Ong, Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts (FJC) on Wednesday (Feb 28) at the FJC Workplan 2018 seminar. “We will work to… → Read More