Current Affairs

Embattled water treatment company Hyflux has been saved by Indonesia's Salim Group and Medco Group. Under the deal, Hyflux is set to receive a S$530 million investment from the 2 Indonesian groups comprising S$400 million for the 60 per cent equity and a shareholder loan of S$130 million. In addition, Hyflux will also get a S$30 million loan as interim …

According to the 2018 Global Wealth Report published by Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI) yesterday (18 Oct), Singapore is now ranked ninth in the world in terms of household wealth per adult, giving it the highest rank in Asia. It is now even higher than Hong Kong, which was ranked above Singapore in 2000. Wealth per adult in Hong Kong …

Orchard Road is in line for a revamp, says Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Trade & Industry Chee Hong Tat at ITB Asia 2018 on 17th October. As part of the latest strategies to attract tourist to Singapore, Mr Chee said that plans are being made to transform Singapore’s famed Orchard Road into more than just a shopping …

A coroner's inquiry into the death of a 15-year-old boy had found that the faulty wiring done by unlicensed workers following a Housing Board upgrading programme led to the boy's electrocution while he was showering. The wiring involved the connection of a water heater to a three-pin plug. Findings from the inquiry also revealed that the flat's circuit breaker – which …

In a press release today (19 Oct), the Founders’ Memorial committee has declared that a five-hectare site at Bay East Garden will be allocated for the "home of the Founders’ Memorial". The memorial is to commemorate the values and ideals of Singapore’s pioneering PAP leaders. The site will include a garden, within which an indoor gallery will be built including …

The operator for Jurong West Hawker Centre, Hawker Management said in a statement that customers will be charged a deposit for using trays. This follows the call-out by KF Seetoh on Facebook on the policy of hawkers paying their customers 20 cents for returning food trays. The management had also received several complaints for stallholders about the tray-return programme that …

Foreign-born children will have to submit documentation of diphtheria and measles vaccination as a prerequisite for the application of long-term immigration passes in Singapore with effect from 1 February 2019, announced the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday(18 October). In a press release, MOH stressed that vaccination confers a person protection against infectious diseases, and is especially important for children as they …

The SMRT Feedback Facebook page has had a wild ride this week. After deleting two of their previous posts on the topic of social enterprise managing hawker centres and KF Seetoh, SMRT Feedback by The Vigilanteh has published a relatively measured post highlighting the contract between the Our Tampines Hub (OTH) and their hawkers, calling the agreement ‘legal gangsterism’ and …

The fact that the ministers in the Peoples' Action Party (PAP) run government get high salaries while there are reports of people living in dumpsters and old people working as cleaners are a common sight in Singapore can certainly be considered proof that there is truth in what the Oxfam index on the tackling of income inequality says in its …

A Singaporean man in Bukit Timah-Holland Group Representative Constituency (GRC) was discovered to have been living in a rubbish disposal centre for nearly two years after receiving no response regarding his application for a rental flat from the Housing and Development Board (HDB). Social-media platform, All Singapore Stuff shared a video of the man living at the disposal centre at …