Year 2012
Helicopter Training Facility Opened In Seletar
Friday, 20th April 2012
Eurocopter, a French helicopter manufacturer, opened its new helicopter simulator complex inside Seletar Aerospace Park. The high-tech Eurocopter simulator was the first to be built outside of France is used for trainer pilots at executing different helicopter manoeuvres. An average of 50 of its pilots train with it annually.
Big Brother Is Watching
Thursday, 19th April 2012
The Singapore Government has installed high resolution video camera at 300 public housing blocks and multi-storey carparks as part of S$160 million Community Policing System. This is to help the Police Department better prevent, deter and detect crime at Bukit Merah, Bishan, Clementi, Punggol, Sengkang, Tampines and Woodlands. The master plan is to cover 10,000 public housing blocks and multi-storey carparks islandwide with the cameras by 2016.
A soldier Died While Training At Murai
Tuesday, 17th April 2012
A 21-year old soldier from 3rd Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment died while participating in a platoon exercise at Murai Urban Training Facility at Lim Chu Kang involving the use of smoke grenades. He experienced breathing difficulties at 12.30pm and lost consciousness minutes later. He was evacuated to Sungei Gedong Medical Centre, 3.5 kilometers away (a ten minutes drive), shortly after. He was then sent to National University Hospital (NUH), another 24 kilometers away (a thirty minutes drive), while an SAF doctor continued to resuscitate him in the ambulance en route to the hospital. He was pronounced dead at NUH about an hour and the half after he had fainted.
High COE Prices As Explained By The Minister
Tuesday, 17th April 2012
Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said that the certificate of entitlement (COE) prices are soaring because the economy is doing well and not because the Government is further slowing the growth in the vehicle population. He was responding to a steady stream of complaints about COE prices - now at their highest in more than a decade.
Two Million Dollars For A Small Apartment In Bishan
Sunday, 15th April 2012
Even with the SGD $2 Million price tag for a small 3-bedroom apartment, about 70% of the 180 units of the private housing development located in Bishan were snapped up over the weekend. And according to the developer, eight in ten buyers are Singaporeans. It is to be the most expensive suburban condominium ever to be sold in Singapore. The in Bishan Central home was sold for about S$1,750 per square foot (psf).
RSAF G550 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Operational
Friday, 13th April 2012
Singapore's newly acquired Gulfstream 550 Airborne Early Warning (G550-AEW) aircraft became fully operational. The G550 aircraft uses one of the world's most advanced radar and communications systems to detect aerial threats. It has a detection range of more than 200 nautical miles. Today also see the commended the work of the 111 Squadron (RSAF Sqn 111), also known as the Jaegers, which operates the G550-AEW aircraft.
Defence Minister Visited RSAF Detachment In USA
Sunday, 8th April 2012
Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen visited the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Peace Carvin V (PC Five) F-15SG Fighter Detachment at the Mountain Home Air Force Base (MHAFB) in Idaho yesterday in his introductory visit to the United States. The PC V detachment is home to about 180 RSAF personnel comprising pilots, weapons systems officers and ground crew. The RSAF F-15SG detachment was inaugurated in 2009.
Last Call For SIA Boeing 747
Friday, 6th April 2012
After four decades of service, Singapore Airlines bids farewell to the last of its Boeing 747 fleet on Good Friday. Singapore Airlines (SIA) held special return flights from Singapore to Hong Kong to commemorate the aircraft's retirement. In 1973, SIA received delivery of the first two Boeing 747s. In 2003 at its peak, it had 51 Boeing 747 aircrafts. The worst time for SIA 747 was when SQ006 crashed in Taipei in 2000.
New HDB Flats Over Subscribed
Wednesday, 4th April 2012
There are over 26,000 applications for 8,000 new HDB Build-To-Order (BTO) flats. Many of the applicants made use of the priority schemes which enable married children and parents to stay close to each other. There is one in three chance that these applicants would get the dream homes.
Prices Of HDB Homes Gone Up
Monday, 2nd April 2012
Resale prices of HDB flats rose in the first quarter of 2012. Numbers from HDB showed that public housing flats from HDB saw and increase of slightly more than half a percentage point (up 0.5%). The price increase was also lower than the 1.7% increase registered in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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