Pasir Ris beach reopened to the public after the quality of its water was upgraded from Fair to Good by the National Environment Agency. Read the rest of this entry »

Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) commissioner Peter Benedict Lim Sin Pang, age 51, was suspended following allegations of “serious personal misconduct”. Mr Lim was placed on leave from his duty and interdicted from their duties with immediate effect pending disciplinary proceedings. Read the rest of this entry »

Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) Mr Ng Boon Gay, 45 years old, was removed from his position. Boon Gay was appointed as Director CNB on 18 February 2011. He joined the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in 1991 as a Local Merit Scholar with First Class Honours in Mathematics and was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Police the following year. Read the rest of this entry »

Noraizam Abdullah, 40-year-old, admitted to stealing stealing S$32 from a donation box in a mosque to buy food for his family. He took the donation box at the entrance of the Darussalam Mosque at Commonwealth Avenue West. Noraizam, who has a string of previous theft offences, pleaded for leniency. The court also heard that Noraizam, who has a handicapped mother, stole the money to feed his family. He was sentenced to one year in jail. Read the rest of this entry »

Japanese gaint Sony opened a leadership training centre in Singapore - its first outside of Japan. The Global Uni Campus is located in International Business Park in Jurong. The entire campus covered a 3,400 square feet facility is setup to train middle and senior executives from their Asia-Pacific operations.

Parliament has accepted the proposals made by the Committee to Review Ministerial Salaries after a three-day debate. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also Minister-in-charge of civil service, said both sides of the House (PAP and two opposition parties) have moved much closer together. 30 MPs took part in the debate. The new salary structure will be backdated to 21 May 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Police have arrested and charged two Malaysians, aged 27 and 39, for possessing ATM skimming equipment. Police said the two men were involved in the card skimming cases involving DBS ATM in Bugis Street. They were arrested during an island-wide operation by officers from the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) to arrest members of a transnational ATM skimming syndicate.

Transport Minister, Mr Lui Tuck Yew, commission the new control tower at the Seletar Aerospace Park, which is part of Phases 1 and 2 development. Seletar Aerospace ParkSeletar Aerospace Park development was planned to help position Singapore as a regional aviation hub. By 2014, after the completion of third and final phase, it will be equipped with an Instrument Landing System that will enable all weather flight and night operations.

Public Utilities Board (PUB) often use the word “ponding” as a friendly public relation term to describe flooding in Singapore. Environment Minister Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan said “PUB should not have used the word, “ponding“. He noted that any form of flooding needs to be addressed. Dr Balakrishnan said: “The technical difference between a flood, a flash flood and a pond - let me just say that as far as I’m concerned.” He continued “As far as I’m concerned, I call a spade a spade, a flood is a flood.

Ms Saw Phaik Hwa, CEO, has resigned from SMRT to “to pursue personal interests”. Her resignation comes after two big breakdowns in SMRT-operated train services. Read the rest of this entry »

Long queue at POSB and DBS ATM, not to withdraw money but to check its account. POSB and DBS Customers have been checking their bank accounts following reports of unauthorised withdrawals of about a Million Singapore Dollars affecting about 700 customers. The bank confirmed that was some fraudulent transactions made in Malaysia. Read the rest of this entry »

A perennial favourite new year’s eve celebration for romantics is watching the ships anchored off the East Coast set off their flares and blasting their horns at the stroke of midnight. Read the rest of this entry »

The 1992 three-quarter tank rule was previously exempted to compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles and petrol-CNG vehicles. Now the rule applies to all petrol and CNG fuel supply tanks of Singapore-registered motor vehicles leaving Singapore. The Singapore Customs said the extension is because CNG becomes a dutiable fuel. The Minister for Finance said the excise duty of S$0.20 per kg will be imposed on CNG. Also the CNG pump prices will also include duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST). Read the rest of this entry »

About 800,000 HDB (Housing Development Board flats) households to receive SGD $40 Million of U-Save rebates. The U-Save rebates in January 2012 are the final batch of the five years of rebates that were granted as part of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Offset Package beginning in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Singapore Shares went down 17% in year of wild swings and near panic sell-off. Almost SGD $130 Billion was wiped out from the SG share market. The market will enter 2012 with a valuation at about SGD $700 Billion. The blue-chip Straits Times Index (STI) close at 2,646.35 points. At the start of 2011, the STI it was at a high of 3,190.04. Read the rest of this entry »