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Singapore’s Terrex vehicles no longer seen at HK customs warehouse

The nine Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICV) that were impounded by the Hong Kong Customs & Excise Department are no longer seen at the open air warehouse, reports Hongkong media, Apple Daily....

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Singapore economy grew by 1.8 per cent on a year-on-year basis in fourth...

Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has announced that based on advance estimates, the Singapore economy grew by 1.8 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the fourth quarter of 2016, faster than the 1.2...

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Murat Özyeğin appointed as Singapore’s Honorary Consul-General in Istanbul,...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has announced that the Government of the Republic of Singapore, with the agreement of the Government of Turkey, has appointed Mr Murat Özyeğin as Singapore’s Honorary...

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Private residential property index fell 0.6 point in 4th quarter of 2016

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has released the flash estimate of the price index for private residential property for 4th Quarter 2016 today, saying that the private residential property...

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Charge for driver of AYE fatal accident upgraded to culpable homicide not...

The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has stated that the charge against the man who drove against traffic on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) last month has been upgraded to one of culpable homicide...

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$6.2million two storey complex to replace burnt market at Jurong West Blk 493

The Temporary Market at Jurong West Street 41 was officially opened on Sunday (1 January) by DPM Tharman accompanied by SMS Desmond and MP of Jurong GRC Ang Wei Neng. The original market was burnt down...

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Cambodian NGO engages local law firm to look into complicity of Singaporean...

Mother Nature Cambodia, a NGO that is "fighting to put an end to the systematic destruction of Cambodia's precious natural resources" has engaged Singaporean law firm, Eugene Thuraisingam LLP ('ET...

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Loy York Jiun appointed as new CASE Executive Director

The Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) has appointed Mr Loy York Jiun to be the new Executive Director to take over from Mr Seah Seng Choon with effect from 1 January. Mr Loy was earlier...

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HK customs: Missing Singapore Terrex vehicles moved indoors

The missing Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) confiscated armoured vehicles in Hong Kong were moved indoors last month, the Hong Kong’s Customs and Excise Department said on 3 Jan. A spokesman of the...

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Raffles Country Club, second country club to be acquired for HSR

The Singapore Government has announced on Wednesday (4 January) that facilities for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR), the Cross Island Line (CRL)’s western depot and other transport...

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MPA: Collision between Singapore and Gibraltar registered container vessels...

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has announced that it was notified by the Johor Port Authority (JPA) of a collision between Singapore-registered container vessel WAN HAI 301 and a...

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Contributions by foreign workers should be thanked with concrete actions and...

Jolovan Wham, a human right activist, wrote a response to the post written by Prime Minister Lee Hsein Loong, saying that the posts about migrant workers that PM Lee has been written for so many times...

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Road closure in light of the Chinatown CNY Celebration 2017

Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the closure of several parts of the road in light of the Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebration 2017. It said that Kreta Ayer Community Club will be...

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Tour guide voices concern on the future of his profession

Logan Munusamy, a tour guide in Singapore, posted his concern on the Facebook post made by Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC, Desmond Choo on 4 January. Choo stated his concern about but the...

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$50 million programme to drive innovation of Changi Airport over the next...

Changi Airport has announced that its operations will be set to change for the future, with a new S$50 million programme to drive innovation over the next five years. In partnership with the Singapore...

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Traffic accident along AYE injures 11 people

A collision took place at Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), where the vehicles were heading towards Tuas after the Jurong Town Hall Road exit, on Thursday (5 January) during morning peak hour, injuring 11...

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PAP 34th CEC appoints 4 additional members

People's Action Party (PAP) has announced that following the election of the People’s Action Party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) during the Party Conference on 4 December 2016, the 34th Executive...

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Young suspect to be accompanied by Appropriate Adults under new scheme

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced that young suspect below 16 years old interviewed will be accompanied by an independent volunteer starting from April 2017 under a new Appropriate Adult...

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Public should not jump into conclusion on corruption investigation of PAP...

Workers' Party has issued a statement, calling for the public not to jump into conclusion in regards to the AMKTC corruption case and the AHTC governance issue. Just a while ago, the Minister of Home...

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Chee Soon Juan: the quality of life has deteriorated for the average Singaporean

Dr Chee Soon Juan, the Secretary-General of Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), wrote an article about how the quality of life has deteriorated for the average Singaporean. He wrote, "If we insist on...

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