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Year 2012

Prices Of Private Homes Fell Slightly

Monday, 2nd April 2012

The first quarter of 2012 prices of private residential property fell for the first time since 2009. An estimate provided by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) showed that the price index for private homes retreated by a mere 0.1% in the first quarter of 2012, compared to a 0.2% increase in Q4 2011. However, the number of new private homes sold in the first quarter of this year crossed the 6,600 mark, an all time high. Most predicted that 2012 is set to outperform last year's sales of 16,000 units.

Singapore's First Olympic-Size Ice Skating Rink

Monday, 2nd April 2012

The ice rink measures 60 by 30 metres is located at JCube Mall in Jurong East, previously known as Jurong Entertainment Center. One unique feature of the rink is that it offers Singapore's first rink side dining experience. The skating rink also comes with a 460-seat gallery and is managed by CapitaLand Retail Management. Singapore's plans to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics with the opening of the Olympic-size skating rink.

Boating Accident Claimed Two Lives

Sunday, 1st April 2012

Two boats collided in waters off Penjuru Terminal at the mouth of Jurong River. After the collision, a pleasure craft carrying 10 men, sunk killing two men. These men were all on a weekend fishing trip to southern islands of Singapore.

Public Monitoring Of Flood Prone Area

Friday, 30th March 2012

Public Utilities Board (PUB) has implemented an island-wide Closed-circuit television (CCTV) system at 24 locations that is available for public viewing. These areas which are inclined to floods, or have recently experienced flash floods.

Profitable Plots Shamed

Tuesday, 27th March 2012

Two Britons, Timothy Nicholas Goldring (58-year-old) and John Andrew Nordmann (53-year-old) along with his Singaporean wife (44-year-old) were directors of investment firm Profitable Plots Pte Ltd (UEN:200502453D) of Prince Edward Road. They were charged with conspiring to cheat investors of US$2.4 million.

SIA A380 Flight Aborted

Tuesday, 27th March 2012

A Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A380 superjumbo flight SQ26 heading for Frankfurt had to turn back to Singapore due to a problem with one of its four engines. According to SIA, passengers' safety was not compromised by the shutdown of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine as the A380 was capable of flying safely on three engines.

Bishan Park Re-opened

Saturday, 17th March 2012

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially re-opening of Bishan Park. At the same time, he announced that Admiralty Park, East Coast Park and Jurong Lake Park will be developed into large regional parks, offering recreational with new features not usually found in public parks. It will be called Destination Parks.

Singapore Guards Boss Replaced

Friday, 16th March 2012

Colonel Nelson Yau, 44-year-old Chief Guards Officer, was asked to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) for personal reasons. In his place former MINDEF public affairs director, Colonel Desmond Tan, 41, took over Colonel Nelson Yau. The hand over parade was held at Bedok Camp.

MRT North East Line Down

Thursday, 15th March 2012

The busiest stretch of the North East Line (NEL) was crippled for 12 hours, the longest disruption of the MRT network here to date. As a result, five NEL stations were closed and 90,000 commuters were affected. This is the second major disruption for the 10-year-old NEL. The last time in 2006 the line was down for seven-hour.

Hougang Constituency By-Election

Saturday, 10th March 2012

A By-Election for Hougang Constituency will be called as the Member of Parliament (MP) seat was left vacant after the Workers' Party (WP) expelled Mr Yaw Shin Leong, following reports of Mr Yaw's personal indiscretions.

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