A worm was found in water at Block 472, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. A resident told Shin Min Daily News that her maid had seen a worm in the water that came out of the tap when she was washing a child’s milk bottle earlier this month on 6th December. The maid then told the Chinese newspaper that she thought …

The Malaysia government has announced that they will be seizing the export of four species of wild-caught fish and shrimp in order to cater for the inevitable shortage in the local market during the monsoon and festive seasons. Malaysian Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub said on Monday at that mackerel (kembung), trevally (selar), Indian mackerel (pelaling), and pomfret …

Speaking on the sidelines of an event about the upgrading of the North East Line (NEL), Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that public transport has had a good year in 2018. Particularly, he noted that train reliability has improved significant, due in part to the new SMRT CEO Neo Kian Hong who Mr Khaw describes as a ‘good leader’. …

Speaking on the sidelines of an event about the upgrading of the North East Line (NEL), Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that public transport has had a good year in 2018. Particularly, he noted that train reliability has improved significant, due in part to the new SMRT CEO Neo Kian Hong who Mr Khaw describes as a ‘good leader’. …

The Sarawak Report published an article on 15 December that questions the heavy handed action by Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's legal team in taking a citizen to civil court for sharing an erroneous report even after he removed it and apologised. In early November, local blogger and financial consultant Leong Sze Hian shared an article on his Facebook …

There’s been plenty of debate these past couple of weeks about the airspace issue between Singapore and Malaysia. Singapore’s Seletar Airport started using the Instrument Landing System (ILS) for plans approaching from the north over Malaysian airspace. Since Singapore’s Selatar Airport is only about 2km from Malaysia’s Pasir Gudang, the systems strict height restrictions within the flight path area – …

Last weekend, a traffic nightmare came to life for travellers heading out of Singapore at both the Tuas and Woodlands Checkpoints on Friday evening and Saturday, 14th and 15th December. Several people complained to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) of a terrible jam and long queues and to get across to Johor that lasted for hours. One passenger told …

The Infocomm and Media Development Authority (IMDA) has blocked independent news site, Singapore Herald, for failing to comply with their order to remove several ‘objectionable’ articles. According to an article on Singapore Herald, the IMDA had issued the ban on the site for failing to remove 8 articles that ‘contain serious and egregious misrepresentations of Singapore’s position in the ongoing …

According to latest Ministry of Manpower (MOM) report on the labour market in Singapore, residents in Singapore clocked in 44.9 hours of paid work (standard work hours and paid overtime) per week on average compared to 46.2 hours in 2010. In terms of overtime, workers in Singapore logged 2.9 hours per week this year compared to 3.7 in 2010. Now, …

Early last week, a resident of the Nee Soon GRC shared a story about how he was snubbed by his MP, Er Dr Lee Bee Wah at a Meet the People (MPS) session at Yishun when he tried to pass her a Ready4Repeal petition filled with over 800 signatures of people in her constituency who supported the repeal of Section …