Current Affairs

MINDEF issued a media release yesterday (30 Jan) defending its safety record for its 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer (SSPH) as well as its standard operating procedures required to operate the howitzer. It stated that in the last 15 years of operating the howitzer, there "has not been any reported injury of servicemen due to the gun lowering for maintenance or operating …

Chinese paper Shin Min Daily News recently reported that a female teacher from Nanyang Girls’ High School (NYGH), believed to be the Secondary 4 year head, had unbuttoned students’ uniforms to check the colour of their bra straps during an attire check on Tuesday (22 January). The paper reported that NYGH students are allowed to wear only white or beige …

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the Singapore Bicentennial celebration at the Asian Civilisation Museum on Mon (28 Jan). Straits Times reported it as 1819 marked the start of a modern and multicultural Singapore ('1819 marked start of modern, multicultural Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong', 28 Jan). Although a thriving seaport existed in Singapore as early as the 14th Century, it …

As part of the Government’s wider plans to rejuvenate the well-known shopping belt in Singapore, a stretch of Orchard Road near Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station may be pedestrianised in the future, which could be used as an open play area or an ad-hoc event venue for festivals and fashion shows. The move of closing the stretch of road between Buyong …

While the Singapore Government is adamant on keeping the identity of the SingHealth cyberattacker a secret from the public, several experts and foreign publications have pinpointed China as the perpetrator of what has been deemed as Singapore's largest cybersecurity breach to date. Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Monday (28 Jan) that the decision to keep the identities of the …

An Infringement Decision (“ID”) against the owners or operators of Capri by Fraser Changi City Singapore, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Hotel, Village Hotel Changi, and Village Hotel Katong, was issued for infringing section 34 of the Competition Act (Cap. 50B) by exchanging commercially sensitive information in connection with the provision of hotel room accommodation in Singapore to corporate customers. The hotels were …

Following the debacle resulting from SingPost's failure to carry out a flyer printing and distributing service worth $7,000 for a business owner and a netizen's discovery of unopened letters in public dustbins, the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced on Tuesday (29 Jan) that "firm action" will be taken against SingPost for any lapses in meeting public postal licence requirements …

Former deputy editor of The Straits Times, Alan John wonders why the culprit behind the recent HIV data leak fiasco wasn’t charged under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for committing such a serious offence, whereas other less serious offenders were charged in this Act. Mr John wrote, “I’ve been stuck at the fact that there was this massive breach of …

Vocal activist Sangeetha Thanapal has been given a stern warning by the police over a Facebook post that they say promotes feelings of ill will and hostility between the races. Ms Thanapal, originally from Singapore, now lives in Melbourne where she works as a researcher. The police confirmed to the Straits Times (ST) that they investigated her earlier this month …

Major-General William Farquhar did more for the success of Singapore than Sir Stamford Raffles, said Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh at the launch of the book, 200 Years of Singapore and the United Kingdom, held at the National Museum of Singapore. The book, published by Straits Times, features a collection of essays by scholars, historians and subject specialists from Singapore and the …