The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) stated that they had found another 16 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection as of 12 pm on 5 September, bringing the number to 258 cases. 11 out of 16 cases were linked to the Aljunied Crescent/ Sims Drive/ Kallang Way/ Paya Lebar Way cluster. One case …
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Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam raises awareness about the importance of the mangrove forests in Singapore to members of the public via his Facebook page. Mr Tharman noted that there are only eleven mangrove forest left in Singapore. Eight of which are located on the mainland, and another three on Semakau, Tekong and Ubin. He said that the Government is holding the …
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Indonesia's counter-terrorism force, Densus 88, has been going on a search for another terrorist in Batam. The Head of Public Information Bureau Agus Rianto confirmed through a text message to local news media that another suspect of a terrorist who plotted to attack Marina Bay Sands was arrested in at a shop, "Maxis computer rental" of Fanindo Housing Complex, Batu Aji, Batam, Kepulauan …
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Hardly anyone online seems to agree with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's view that there is a need to ensure a minority President is to be elected in the upcoming or future Presidential Election. PM Lee stated in a TV interview broadcast by MediaCorp on Sunday (4 September) night that the qualifying criteria for the candidates in the Presidential election needs to …
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The Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced primary and secondary schools' next year term, which will be started on 3 January and end on 17 November 2017. School Calendar 2017 * The last day of the final school term for schools which will be used as venues for the GCE O Level written examinations will be Friday 27 October 2017. …
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shared his thoughts about the proposed changes in the Elected Presidency in a Mediacorp broadcast on Sunday (4 September), citing heavily on the joint survey conducted by Channel News Asia (CNA) and Institue of Policy Studies (IPS) that one's race does matter in an election for President. Mr Lee said that for most people, they …
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that as of 12 pm, 4 September, it had confirmed another 27 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, bringing the number to 242 cases. The statement said that out of these cases, 25 of them were linked to Aljunied Crescent/ Sims Drive/ Kallang Way/ Paya Lebar Way cluster. It also said that …
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