First-time BTO applicants who give up chance to select flat will lose priority status
2023-03-02
About 40 per cent of HDB BTO applicants do not book a flat when invited to do so.Continue Reading
All 12,500 free Cathay Pacific tickets to Hong Kong snapped up amid complaints about website delays
2023-03-02
“ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE” When CNA visited the campaign’s website at 12.15pm, more than 85,000 users were already in the queue ahead, and the estimated waiting time was more than an hour. Cathay Pacific said it was “very encouraged by the enthusiastic response” from its members. “Our website functioned well during theContinue Reading
Singapore has to seize opportunities and strengthen workforce amid global uncertainties: Tan See Leng
2023-03-02
One focus would be to ensure that local workers can learn valuable expertise from highly-skilled foreign employees.Continue Reading
Nithyananda’s Kailasa: UN to ignore remarks of fugitive India guru’s fictional country
2023-03-02
People claiming to represent the United States of Kailasa had participated in two UN committee meetings.Continue Reading
Crane company director jailed for giving S$492,000 in ‘commissions’ to get jobs with Keppel FELS
2023-03-02
The 61-year-old agreed to the corrupt conspiracy as he felt his company might not have a chance of getting jobs from Keppel FELS otherwise.Continue Reading
Aboriginal spears taken by Captain James Cook to be returned to Australia
2023-03-02
The spears – seized by British explorer James Cook – will be handed back to their traditional owners.Continue Reading
G20 foreign ministers meeting: Ukraine to take centre stage at Delhi talks
2023-03-02
The war in Ukraine is expected to overshadow talks as the world’s biggest economies meet on Thursday.Continue Reading
Food deliveryman gets jail for harassing debtors after borrowing from loan sharks to pay for friends’ meals
2023-03-02
The offender also threw items, including a TV, from height and the judge said this was an example of short-term thinking without realising the long-term consequences.Continue Reading
Kranji water reclamation plant, NEWater factory to be redeveloped to raise treatment capacities
2023-03-02
The redevelopment will cater to an expected increase in used water from upcoming developments in the north, such as Tengah and Sungei Kadut.Continue Reading
Higher investment quantum among changes to scheme that grants PR status to eligible investors
2023-03-02
The changes to the Global Investor Programme (GIP) will help to strengthen support for local start-ups and create more jobs, said the Economic Development Board.Continue Reading