By now, all would have heard how People's Action Party's likely candidate for Bukit Batok SMC, Mr Murali Pillai has announced improvement programmes for the SMC. In his announcement, he said that a three-generational park would be built for the precinct at Blocks 140 to 149, Bukit Batok West Ave 4, "The three-generational park (will) allow our grandparents to bring their …

Vital safety protection measure was not applied in the case of the fatal accident on 22 March, allowing the train to enter the tracks in its automated mode where the SMRT staff were. Train operator, SMRT has completed its investigations into the fatal accident near Pasir Ris MRT Station on 22 March 2016 that killed two of its staff, Nasrulhudin and …

The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), in cooperation with Bloomberg, recently organised an insightful panel discussion on the dynamics of successfully navigating the evolving media landscape, as part of its Media Insiders Series in Hong Kong. Entitled "Effectively navigating the changing media landscape: Insights from the publishing and PR industries," the event featured a panel of renowned journalists and …

On 20 April, Member of Parliament for Nee Soon GRC, Mr Lous Ng posted a series of photos, showing him to be in police uniform and joining two police officers on their patrol. Mr Ng was joining the officers from the Yishun North NPC Community Policing Unit to learn more about their work, experience it first-hand and to personally show …

By Margaret Yang, CMC Markets More USD/JPY volatility is ahead of us. According to Bloomberg news last Friday, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will consider introducing negative lending rates on some loans in order to stimulate the economy in the upcoming BOJ meeting this week. USD/JPY rallied over 1% to 110.50 after this news was released. Other expectations, including a …

The National Taxi Association (NTA) was reported to have criticised the recent price cuts by Grab and Uber, saying the two companies have not only hit their drivers' earnings and could also hurt the taxi industry and, ultimately, commuters if left unchecked. In response to the price cut by two app-based booking companies, NTA executive adviser Ang Hin Kee who is …