Year 2010
A380 Airplane Parts Fell Off After Take-off
Thursday, 4th November 2010
Minutes after Qantas A380 left Changi Airport, one of its four Rolls-Royce engine caught fire and exploded. Its engine casing rained down on Batam, a nearby Indonesian town, and the superjumbo Airbus A380 with 466 people on board dumped fuel before returning to Singapore. After the plane landed, a second engine, next to the one that exploded, would not shut down.
Sports School Down With Mass Food Poisoning
Monday, 1st November 2010
One Hundred and Six Students at the Singapore Sports School were down with diarrhoea or stomach pain after eating at the school's canteen. Those affected experienced the illness between have since recovered. The canteen operator, ISS Catering Services Pte Ltd, at the Singapore Sports School is under investigation by The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Environment Agency (NEA).
Methodist Heritage Day
Sunday, 31st October 2010
The Methodist Heritage Day was held at the Old School which was the former Methodist Girls’ School site at Mt Sophia. It was official opened by PM Lee Hsien Loong and Bishop Dr. Robert M. Solomon which incorporated a main Heritage Exhibition and a Heritage Fair, and a Heritage Trail by Bus. The Methodist Church's is celebrating its 125th anniversary in Singapore.
Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College
Wednesday, 27th October 2010
The "Singapore Command and Staff College" will be renamed the "Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College" in honour of the late Dr Goh Keng Swee. The College offer the Command and Staff Course which is attended by selected officers from the three services of the SAF, and International Officers from other countries. It trains, educates and prepares these officers for their roles as mid-level military leaders.
10K People In Nike City 10K Run
Sunday, 24th October 2010
10,000 people took part in the Nike City 10K Run early this morning. This year's event was titled "SG vs KL Nike City 10K 24.10.2010". The SG vs KL Challenge where the city with the most kilometres recorded will win a US$30,000 donation from Nike for their respective charities. Runners in Singapore will raise funds for the Singapore Children's Society, while runners in Kuala Lumpur will run to earn a donation for Hope Worldwide Kuala Lumpur.
CEO Jailed For Cooking The Books
Friday, 22nd October 2010
The 52-year-old Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of JEL Corporation (Holdings) Limited, a public listed company, was sentenced to 12 months jail and fined S$280,000 for his creativity. Mr Eric Tan Boon Yong, who founded the firm, has pleaded guilty to conspired with two of his colleagues to falsify (cook) the company's accounts (books) and inflated its profits by more than S$4.2 million.
Orchard Road Rasied
Thursday, 21st October 2010
A 1.4 kilometre low-lying stretch in Orchard Road from Orchard Parade Hotel to The Heeren were raised by 1 foot to protect it against flash floods. Recently it was hit by one of the worst floods in recent history when the Stamford Canal, designed to discharge excess water to the sea (now a fresh water reservoir), could not cope with two successive bursts of intense rainfall, causing rainwater to overflow onto the roads.
Navy Launches RSS Swordsman Submarine
Wednesday, 20th October 2010
Republic of Singapore Navy’s (RSN) launched its second Archer-class submarine, RSS Swordsman, at the Kockums Shipyard in Karlskrona, Sweden. RSS Swordsman is one of two ex-Vaastergotland-class submarines acquired by Singapore in 2005. The other, RSS Archer, was launched in 2009. The two vessels have been retrofitted with the latest state-of-the-art Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system, which allows them to last six weeks underwater. The submarines will be based at Changi Naval Base (CNB).
234 Couples Got Married Today
Wednesday, 20th October 2010
To some, the date (20-10-2010) is such an easy to remember date. Wives hope that their hushand will remember the date in year to come. This is 300% more than what the Registry usually solemnises for a weekday. The other nice date for the year was 10-10-10.
Engine Failure Caused Apache To Crash Land
Monday, 18th October 2010
The Defence Minister, Teo Chee Hean, said that it was a defective component in an Apache helicopter from Squadron 120 that caused the pilot to do an emergency crash landing in an open field in Woodlands. The defective component was an Anti-Ice Start Bleed Valve (AISBV) that had led to a sudden loss of power and eventually shut-down of both engines during flight. The defect was caused by corrosion in the valve which occurred over time and there was no evidence that there were manufacturing defects in those valves.
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