The amendments to the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act, which were passed in Parliament on 6 Feb 2018, will take effect on 1 Jan 2019, announced the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a press release on Tuesday (11 December). The ministry stated that the Act provides for the maintenance of public safety, peace and good order through the detention …

The Secondary 1 (S1) posting results will be released on Wednesday (19 December) at 9.00am, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced in a press release on Wednesday (12 December). Students will be able to see the results through Short Message Service (SMS) via a local mobile number (if provided by the applicant during the application process, S1-Internet System, and at the …

Travellers are advised to plan their journey if they are travelling via Woodlands Checkpoint on Thursday (13 December) from 12 am to 1 am. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a press release on Tuesday (11 December) it is aware that the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) & Johor Bahru (JB) Sentral will be conducting an exercise at BSI CIQ Complex …

Six firms have been selected to pilot new business models for moneylending, as part of an initiative to better protect borrowers through business-led improvements, which include more comprehensive use of data to assess creditworthiness, using digitalised processes to lower cost and giving better terms to those who repay their loans early or on time. The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) said …

The replacement tender of the Tampines Expressway (TPE)-Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) Changi Viaduct has been awarded to Hwa Seng Builder Pte Ltd at a contract sum of $95.6 million. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) stated in a press release on Monday (10 December) that works are expected to commence in first quarter of 2019 and the indicative completion date for this project …

Seven cases of liver injury have been reported following the consumption of mahogany seeds or ‘Sky Fruit’, said The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in a press release on Tuesday (11 December). The authority said that mahogany seeds are also known as Swietenia macrophylla seeds. The fruit of the mahogany seeds is commonly known as “Sky fruit”, “Buah Tunjuk Langit” (in …

Three men will be charged in court for cheating victims in timeshare recovery scam, which involved 20 persons paying a total of S$200,000 to the company to engage its services between 2012 and 2013. The Singapore Police Force said that its Commercial Affairs Department investigated a company which offered to help members of a specific timeshare scheme terminate or recover …

About 15,000 new flats of BTO (Build-to-Order) will be launched in 2019, fewer than 15,800 flats launched this year, the Housing and Development Board (HDB announced in a press release on Friday (7 December). HDB stated that the 2019 BTO flat supply includes about 2,000 flats with shorter waiting time in the new Tengah town. Home buyers can expect to …

The Ministry of National Development (MND) on Thursday (6 Dec), said it has decided to moderate the total supply of private residential units for the first half of 2019 Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme as the the demand of private housing units has started to moderate. it stated that the Government will continue to monitor the property market closely and adjust …

A 27-year-old woman was fined $2,000 for pet abandonment and $2,500 for failure in duty of care, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) announced in a press release on Wednesday (5 December). In May 2018, the authority was alerted to a case where a male ginger cat was found abandoned at the void deck of Block 815C Choa …