Current Affairs

It was reported that scholars from India under scholarships administered by MOE would be arriving in Singapore this month and next month. They are essentially scholarship holders of A*STAR Youth Scholarship and SIA Youth Scholarship. Some would be going to Sec 3 while others to pre-university 1. On social media, many are wondering why the Singapore government keeps giving scholarships …

A student of the Nanyang Technology University (NTU) has been expelled after he allegedly took a video of a woman showering on campus using his mobile phone. Chinese national Han Shiyu, 17, is accused of insulting a 20-year-old woman’s modesty when he committed the offence on 12 August this year at around 9.20pm. The Straits Times (ST) reported that the …

Activist and founder of Transitioning.org (a support site for the unemployed) Gilbert Goh was called in for questioning by the police earlier today (6 Dec) for alleged breach of the Public Order Act transpired during a rally that he organised recently which saw the attendance and participation of a foreigner. On 3 November, Mr Goh organised a gathering at Hong …

The Progress Singapore Party (PSP)’s Talks Series returns with its second installment, this time featuring a talk by veteran architect Tay Kheng Soon. The talk, titled “Politics & Planning – The Future of Singapore”, will be held on Mon (16 Dec) from 7.30 pm. to 9.30 pm at Village Hotel Katong, 25 Marine Parade Road. Members of the public keen …

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) took to its Facebook page today (6 December) to edit its earlier post where it stated that a personal mobility device (PMD) that was left charging caused a fire at Clementi HDB flat. SCDF made the correction after netizens spotted the error and highlighted it in the comment section of the post. It all …

Sport Singapore CEO apologised to the public in his letter to ST Forum today (‘Forum: Lessons from StanChart marathon will be incorporated into future races‘, 6 Dec). His apology came following public complaints over the massive traffic jams built-up in the city area during the marathon race last Saturday evening (30 Nov). The annual Singapore Marathon was sponsored by a …

On Thursday (5 December), political activist Brad Bowyer took to his Facebook to share his thoughts on how the People’s Action Party (PAP) is building more “legal walls to defend itself”. In his post, Mr Bowyer who is currently a Progress Singapore Party member shared an article that was originally published in the Straits Times (ST) 7 years ago when …

Every national anthem “deserves to be sacred”, and should not be “meddled with” or “experimented with” at “the whims of someone else’s musical inclinations”, opined the daughter of the late Zubir Said, the latter of whom is the revered composer of Singapore’s national anthem “Majulah Singapura”. Dr Rohana Zubir, in an open letter on Wed (4 Nov), penned a critique …

In a video released on 30 November (Saturday), popular vlogger Nas Daily was all praise for South Korea as he highlighted that the country has a “World-Class healthcare”. “I have just arrived at a country that’s one of the best at medicine and everyone should know about it. This is South Korea,” he told. He believes the country’s healthcare is …

The Ministry of Transport has announced yesterday that it will run Cross Island Line (CRL) under Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR) instead of skirting round the nature reserve to prevent possible damage to the existing ecology. The CRL was announced back in 2013 as a new 50km long train line that to “improve the connectivity, accessibility and coverage for the …