Year 2008
Honorary Citizen Award on Mr Tata and Tan Sri Tsao
Friday, 29th August 2008
Singapore honored Mr Ratan N. Tata (Chairman of Tata Sons Ltd, India) and Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-King (Chairman of IMC Group, China) with the 2007 Honorary Citizen Award for their valuable contributions to the country. This is the fifth year Singapore is conferring the Honorary Citizen Award. President S R Nathan will confer the Honorary Citizen Award on the two recipients at a ceremony to be held at the Istana on 29 August 2008.
New Fairprice logo launched
Friday, 29th August 2008
Mr. Lee Kuan Yew launched the hip new logo of the NTUC FairPrice supermarket chain at its historic first outlet in Toa Payoh Central. He had opened it 35 years ago in the days when profiteering was rampant and food prices were painfully high. But he was all smiles when he hit a button to launch the logo and a vibrant red 'U' logo flashed on screens. Two climate-controlled trucks rolled past on cue, honking festively. Mr Lee later toured the supermarket, and lingered at a Heritage Wall of pictures and milestones. Included were black-and-white pictures of him and the Toa Payoh branch. The new-look logo mirrors that of NTUC, which carries a hallmark 'U' that puns on 'you'. So the revamped FairPrice identity 'reflects a deep-rooted relationship with the labour movement' and the promise to 'moderate the cost of living in Singapore'.
Inauguration of the RSAF's Air Combat Command
Thursday, 28th August 2008
The restructuring of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) was completed with the inauguration of the Air Combat Command. Under the restructured RSAF, the five mission-oriented functional commands are: the Air Combat Command (ACC), the and the Air Power Generation Command (APGC), the Air Defence and Operations Command (ADOC), the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Command (UC), and the Participation Command (PC). The ACC is responsible for the planning, control and execution of the air battle in operations. It brings together all fighter and transport squadrons that will carry out these tasks under a single command which will be responsible for training the pilots and aircrew to think and operate in a fully integrated way.
Money No Enough 2
Thursday, 31st July 2008
Jack Neo's movie, Money Not Enough II, was launch in major cinema around Singapore. This movie is done 10 years after the first "Money No Enough". The story is about the common man’s life in Singapore where the pursuit of money is a never ending passion. Through the ups and downs faced by the "three Yang brothers", help us to reflect at our own priorities while giving us a chance to laugh at ourselves.
Permanent Green To Symbolise Religious Harmony
Saturday, 19th July 2008
To symbolise the harmony of different religions with nature, with one another and with the larger Singaporean community, Senior Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong the Guest of Honour at a tree-planting ceremony together with Singapore’s religious leaders at Stamford Green. Senior religious leaders from various religions in Singapore including the Baha’i Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, De Jiao, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Sikhism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism were present. Stamford Green is the gateway to Fort Canning Park and is situated right next to the National Museum of Singapore. The trees that will be planted will form a permanent landscape at Stamford Green as an enduring symbol of our history and peaceful co-existence, and a tribute to our legacy of religious harmony.
Ren Ci’s founder Charged
Tuesday, 15th July 2008
Ren Ci’s founder and ex-honorary chief executive, Venerable Ming Yi, is facing ten charges, including two counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of forgery for the purpose of cheating. THE long-time head of Ren Ci Hospital the other charges includes misappropriation of funds and conspiracy to give false information to the Commissioner of Charities. Venerable Ming Yi birth name is Goh Kah Heng, aged 46, was charged, along with his personal assistant Raymond Yeung Chi Hang, 33, who faces two counts, and Phua Seow Hwa, 47, who faces one charge. Venerable Ming Yi is also a prominent television daredevil stunt man - where he abseiled 45 storeys live from Suntec City in 2003, in 2004 when he immersed himself in a tank of ice for about 23 minutes. Ming Yi other stunts over the years includes balancing on top of a five-storey structure for 2 hours, walking across parallel beams 66 storeys high and pulling himself up 23 storeys using rope and pulley.
New Pilatus PC-21 Aircraft Trainers
Sunday, 13th July 2008
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has entered into service twelve new Pilatus PC-21 aircraft trainers at its flying training school running the Basic Wing Course (BWC) in Pearce, Australia. The latest aircraft trainer will replace the SIAI-Marchetti S.211 which has been the RSAF's basic trainer for the last 24 years. The new aircraft trainer allows pilot trainees to build a strong foundation in flying fundamentals and makes it easier for the RSAF to better evaluate their performance. It also helps the RSAF identify those with fighter flying aptitude early.
SAF Declared 3 Day Time-Out
Thursday, 12th June 2008
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) impose a three-day time-out when two servicemen died. On 11 June 2008, a RSAF Cadet Pilot Trainee collapsed during jungle orientation training (JOT) and died of heat stroke in Brunei. And on 10 June 2008, a recruit collapsed at the halfway mark of his 2km training walk at BMT Pulau Tekong.
TT Durai Jailed
Tuesday, 10th June 2008
Former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief TT Durai will begin his three-month jail sentence after the High Court threw out his appeal on 30 May 2008. Durai had been found guilty June 2007 of using a false invoice to deceive the NKF into paying S$20,000 to his interior designer friend, David Tan.
First Angry Bird Spotted In Singapore
Monday, 2nd June 2008
Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds. Photo Credit: Flickr.
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