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New expressway sparks big land acquisition
| SINGAPORE: The government has announced the full alignment for the 21.5-kilometre-long North-South Expressway (NSE), with the southern segment unveiled on Tuesday.
The final 5.6-kilometre stretch of the expressway will be an underground tunnel beginning from Toa Payoh Rise and ending at East Coast Parkway.
It will pass along Thomson Road, Bukit Timah Road and Ophir Road before leading to the East Coast Parkway Expressway. (Source: CNA) | Local media | 16 Nov 2011 | View |
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Long-term plan for flood control needed
| SINGAPORE - The PUB is studying the possibility of a new diversion canal off the Stamford Canal in Orchard Road, which saw flooding in recent years.
The water agency is also assessing the need for a retention pond in the area, Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in a media interview yesterday.
The PUB study, which began in August, will be completed in May next year. (Source: TODAYonline) | Local media | 16 Nov 2011 | View |
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An entire nation held hostage by the property market
| Singapore is one of the few countries, if not the only country in the world whose government explicitly states that property does not simply provide shelter, but is also an investment, a nest egg, a retirement plan, and an asset that is meant to grow appreciably in value over (Source; sgpolitics.net) | Local media | 16 Nov 2011 | View |
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Towards a safer neighbourhood
| SINGAPORE - A greater police presence and more "eyes" on the ground - in the form of CCTV cameras - to deter crime are what residents can look forward to in the coming years. And more than just increasing the number of police officers on patrol, the quality of engagement with the community will also be improved. (Source: TODAYonline) | Local media | 15 Nov 2011 | View |
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HDB lifts ban on keeping stray dogs, cats in pilot project
| Both stray dogs and cats in Singapore will soon find roofs over their heads in Housing Board flats.
While the mutts will be rehomed under a nationwide pilot project, their feline counterparts will be starting small - in Chong Pang. (Source: straitstimes.com) | Local media | 14 Nov 2011 | View |
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Police have nightmare about boobs
| Because this is a global thing, it is very sensitive, the police officer told an organiser of SlutWalk Singapore, scheduled for 4 December 2011. His boss wanted to know more about the nature of the event, he added. He would "help" the organisers, he assured them, and provide "advice". Perhaps that advice might be to cancel the whole thing, give up and crawl back into our timid, patriarchal shells? (Source: yawningbread) | Blogs | 14 Nov 2011 | View |
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A family of six, living on S$1,900 a month
| The first thing you notice when you enter Madam Anna's (not her real name) flat is that the handles of the metal grille gate have broken off, with two wooden blocks crudely fastened in their place.
Her boys had been kicking a football around and damaged the gate, and to save money, the housewife and her husband decided to repair it themselves with pieces of wood someone had discarded at the void deck of their block in Choa Chu Kang. (Source: TODAYonline) | Local media | 14 Nov 2011 | View |
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Singapore workers happier than two years ago: survey
| SINGAPORE: Singapore workers are happier than they were compared to previous years.
The overall average Work Happiness Indicator score was 57.4 out of 100, the highest since the survey was started two years ago. (Source: CNA) | Local media | 10 Nov 2011 | View |
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Discrimination Pervasive in Singapore Rental Market
| SINGAPORE - A three-bedroom condominium for rent in Singapore's cosmopolitan Claymore Hill area in the central part of the island boasts a pool, a gymnasium, and proximity to the Orchard Road shopping district. It would be a great catch for any high income family - unless you happen to be Indian. (blogs.wsj.com) | Blogs | 10 Nov 2011 | View |
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London cab licences to be extended for 1 more year
| he London cab service here will be extended for one more year following feedback from wheelchair users and their associations, Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing announced on Thursday. (Source: straitstimes.com) | Local media | 10 Nov 2011 | View |
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Scoot to take off by middle of next year
| SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines (SIA) is hoping to muscle in on Asia's burgeoning no-frills travel market with a new long-haul budget carrier it is calling Scoot.
The low-cost airline will begin operating by June next year with four Boeing 777-200 jets flying by the end of that year, chief executive Campbell Wilson said at a press conference yesterday.
According to Mr Wilson, Scoot will offer two classes of cabin, with economy tickets priced at up to 40 per cent less than those of full-service carriers. (Source: TODAYonline) | Events | 02 Nov 2011 | View |
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Regulation on Pay TV contracts
| The MDA has now decided that they have to step in and regulate the Pay TV contracts as follows:
The contract should not exceed 2 years
There should be pro-rata refund on cancellation of contract.
This move, which is taken after a long time of free market practices, recognizes the weakness of the free market system. The businesses make things complicated and opaque and imposes unfair charges to boost their profits and take advantage of consumers. (Source: TKL's Blog) | Blogs | 02 Nov 2011 | View |
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What is Happiness?
| By Dr Wong Wee Nam
01 November 2011
What is happiness?
To a Buddhist monk, the cause of suffering is ignorant craving. To Aristotle, it is something more tangible. According to him, "The masses take it to be something plain and tangible, like pleasure or money or social standing. Some maintain that it is one of these, some that it is another, and the same man will change his opinion about it more than once. When he has caught an illness he will say that it is health, and when he is hard up, he will say that it is money." (Source: sgpolitics.net) | Local media | 02 Nov 2011 | View |
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Discriminatory practices have no place in S'pore: Tan Chuan-Jin
| SINGAPORE: Minister of State for Manpower and National Development, Tan Chuan-Jin said discriminatory practices have no place in Singapore.
Speaking at the Singapore Tripartism Forum on Monday, he said tripartite partners are aware that many Singaporeans have expressed anxieties of discriminatory practices at their work place, including allegations of foreign managers hiring their own kind. (Source: CNA) | Local media | 31 Oct 2011 | View |
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Feedback sought on scope of Do-Not-Call Registry
| SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) is seeking public feedback on the proposed scope and implementation of a national Do-Not-Call (DNC) Registry.
This follows strong support for such a registry after views were sought in a public consultation exercise conducted from September 13 to October 25. (Source: CNA) | Local media | 31 Oct 2011 | View |
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S'pore considering importing electricity
| SINGAPORE: Singapore is seriously considering the option of importing electricity as an alternative source of energy supply.
By the end of this year, the Energy Market Authority will commence a public consultation exercise on the regulatory framework to govern such imports to Singapore. (Source: CNA) | Local media | 31 Oct 2011 | View |
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In the name of security
| In the name of security, we do many unnecessary things and cause a lot of hassle to the ordinary people. This makes life stressful.
Look at the excessive security in the airport. I do not mind the necessary security, but the excessive security does not make sense. I shall talk about some of these excessive measures. (Source: TKL's Blog) | Local media | 28 Oct 2011 | View |
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Aspirin slashes cancer rate for those with hereditary risk
| PARIS: Long-term, daily doses of aspirin led to a fall of some 60 percent in cases of colorectal cancer among people with an inherited risk of this disease, the journal The Lancet reported on Friday.
The trial - considered to be broad in sample and long in duration - confirms evidence elsewhere that aspirin has a protective effect against cancer of the colon and rectum, it said.
(Source: CNA) | Local media | 28 Oct 2011 | View |
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CDC councillors to help cover gaps
| THERE are national policies in place to help the needy but they can cover their needs only to a certain extent, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday.
He said the economy is still "clouded" and that prices of necessities have risen, causing much hardship, especially for the socially disadvantaged. (Source: asiaone.com) | Local media | 28 Oct 2011 | View |
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Private housing prices moderate
| SINGAPORE: Prices of private residential properties increased by 1.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2011, lower than the 2.0 per cent rise in the previous quarter.
This was the eighth consecutive quarter in which the rate of increase in overall private housing prices had moderated, according to real estate statistics released on Friday by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). (Source: CNA) | Local media | 28 Oct 2011 | View |
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iPhone 4S debuts in Singapore
| SINGAPORE: The iPhone crowds are back.
Thousands turned up at the Suntec Convention Centre where SingTel held its launch of the iPhone 4S with the voice of Siri, the latest feature of the new iPhone which announced the release of the device at the stroke of midnight. (Source: CNA) | Local media | 28 Oct 2011 | View |
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2012 could be a big year for NFC in Singapore
| Singapore may become one of the first nations in the world to see widespread adoption of near-field communication as a payment mode, if this report by Channel NewsAsia is accurate.
Up to 20,000 retail points and taxis may be NFC-enabled by middle of 2012, the result of a S$40 million (US$31 million) investment by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and seven other companies. (Source: sgentrepreneurs.com) | Local media | 27 Oct 2011 | View |
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IDA will give you tax deductions to implement cloud computing
| ompanies who want to implement cloud computing can now receive a boost from the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore.
It comes in the form of tax deductions of up to 400 percent on up to S$400,000 (US$316,000) of qualifying expenditure incurred per year on each of six qualifying activities, which are: (Source sgentrepreneurs.com) | Local media | 27 Oct 2011 | View |
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Back-office jobs under threat at Singapore investment banks
| We heard about redundancies in Hong Kong some time ago, but news of layoffs in Singapore's financial sector have only hit the headlines recently.
The Business Times reported that Bank of American Merrill Lynch (BoAML) and UBS have both fired i-bank staff. And other firms like HSBC have confirmed the restructuring of their Singapore business. Although Asian redundancies haven't been large-scale so far, staff are certainly getting the jitters. (Source efinancialcareers.sg) | Local media | 25 Oct 2011 | View |
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Affected Bukit Brown graves to be documented
| SINGAPORE - The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) have partnered the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, Peranakan Association Singapore and Singapore Heritage Society to document graves that will be affected by the new road to be built at Bukit Brown cemetery. (Source: TODAYonline) | Local media | 25 Oct 2011 | View |
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Inflation eases to 5.5 per cent
| SINGAPORE - Inflation eased to 5.5 per cent last month - down from 5.7 per cent in August - as some economists expressed hope that inflation had gone past its peak.
According to the Department of Statistics, the decline was mainly attributed to relatively lower costs of private road transport - due to the drop in Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums - clothing and footwear as well as cheaper holiday travel. (Source: TODAYonline) | Local media | 25 Oct 2011 | View |
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Electronic Health Records - advantages
| There are advantages for consumers in storing their medical records online. There are some concerns about privacy, but these concerns can be overcome when consumers understand how the system works. The best way to to give it a try and experience the benefits. (Source TKL's Blog) | Blogs | 24 Oct 2011 | View |
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Sers flats not exempted from window retrofitting: HDB
| We refer to Ms Goh Jen Loong's letter "More flexibility in retrofitting windows, please" (Oct 13), which asked about the need to retrofit the windows at her parents' flat after it was identified for the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme. (Source: TODAYonline) | Local media | 24 Oct 2011 | View |
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Law protects employees from working excessive hours: MOM
| The Ministry of Manpower shares Madam Nur Hidayah Zulkifli's concerns raised in her letter "Prolonged work without rest should not be industry norm" (Oct 18) on the employment conditions at her brothers' workplaces.
We have contacted Mdm Hidayah through Today, to understand her concerns and advise her on the avenues available should her brothers wish to lodge complaints about their employment-related concerns. They may email mom_lrwd@mom.gov.sg or call the MOM hotline at 6438-5122. (Source: TODAYonline) | Local media | 24 Oct 2011 | View |
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Why queue after booking appointments at hospitals?
| I am seeing a few doctors - namely, endocrinologist, gastroentorologist, urologist and cardiologist - at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Every time I go for an appointment, I am given a queue number, where it is printed on the slip that "your queue number will not be called in sequence" in spite of my appointment time. (Source: TODAYonline) | Local media | 24 Oct 2011 | View |