Singaporeans can expect new policies to tackle acts that deprecate other races or religions, preach intolerance, or sow religious friction. The government states that there are worrying trends of sentiments preached by some Muslim groups in Singapore, which if become widespread, can cause a Muslim community that grows apart from the mainstream. Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam warned …

A media personality, Petrina Kow, posted on her Facebook page a story when her 13-year-old daughter came home full of tears on Monday (16 January) after a talk on crime prevention by a member of the Singapore Police Force (SPF). Ms Petrina said that somewhere between warning them about sexual predators and taking precautions, came a very disturbing statements about …

Chee Soon Juan, the leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), wrote an article about how education system in Singapore has changed worryingly. He noted that Singapore is in a crisis, yet, the People’s Action partty (PAP) shows only little indication that the party gets it. Pupils, as early as Primary 3, students in selected ‘elite’ schools are subjected to a series …

On 18 January,  a car was caught on video, trying to turn at high speed along a sharp bend at the Bukit Timah Expressway to PIE Jurong. The car was unable to make the turn as it skidded and crashed into the road divider  as could be seen on the video. The video was taken by the car behind the …

Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced that the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) quota for February 2017 to April 2017 will be 26,391. LTA noted that bidding under this quota will start with the first COE bidding exercise in February 2017. LTA said that the vehicle growth rate from Feb 2015 onwards has been set at 0.25% per annum. It also …

By Philip Ang Surbana Jurong, a government-owned company, has drawn flak for terminating dozens of employees to avoid paying retrenchment benefits. In what seems to be an attempt to rip off more than tens of thousands of dollars per terminated employee, CEO Wong Heang Fine has now resorted to explaining in an email the reasons for the disguised retrenchment. Likening …

Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the traffic arrangements for Chingay Parade Singapore 2017 which will be held on Saturday, 21 January 2017 (NE Show), Friday, 10 February 2017 (Parade 1) and Saturday, 11 February 2017 (Parade 2). SPF stated that to facilitate the event, the following roads will be closed to vehicular traffic during the stipulated period. SPF said that …

Giving extremely long maternity and childcare leave to women, as part of family-friendly policies, is not the answer to boost fertility rates, said Professor Mary Brinton, Professor of Sociology of Reischauer Institute from the university’s Department of Sociology. It will only strengthen the ‘gendered division’ of labor in the household, where women stay at home to do housework and take …

A fatal accident which took place at the junction of Jalan Sultan and Victoria Street on Wednesday (18 January) night claimed a life of a 53-year-old woman. The accident involved a van and the pedestrian, in which the woman was pinned under the van and had to be extricated using hydraulic rescue equipment. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the …

One taxi from ComfortDelGro was seen to be stuck on a parapet of a walkway of a carpark in Jurong West Street 81 between blocks 816 and 817 on early Thursday (19 January) morning. A resident told The Straits Times that the walkway was popular during the weekends with bird-lovers showing off their song birds. Fortunately, no one was injured due to the incident. …