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The Open Electricity Market (OEM) will be extended to all consumers across Singapore by zones starting from 1 November 2018. In a press release on Friday (21 September), Energy Market Authority (EMA) stated that about 1.4 million household and business accounts, comprising about 1.3 million household accounts and 67,000 business accounts, will have the option of buying electricity from a …

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) warned on Tuesday, that a fraudulent website has been soliciting investments in Bitcoins using fabricated comments attributed to MAS Chairman and Deputy Prime Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. It stated that the website’s article on Bitcoins is highly deceptive and misleading. MAS stressed that the statements attributed to DPM Tharman are completely false, apart from his observation …

In a post published on the Factually website, the Singapore government seeks to address two "falsehoods", one being the Prime Minister gets $4.5 million in annual salary and it is not upfront about how ministerial salaries are calculated. The post on Factually is correct on both counts to say that the government is upfront with how the ministerial salaries are calculated …

Starting today (14 Sep), only religious groups with an active contribution to the community and have sustainable means of funding are allowed to bid for Place of Worship (PW) land under the Ministry of National Development (MND)'s new tender framework. Under the new framework, tenderers will be firstly "be assessed on a set of pre-qualification criteria," and only those who …

The Committee of Inquiry (COI) invites members of the public to submit written representations regarding cybersecurity attacks following the recent SingHealth data breach and those who are interested will be able to do so from now until 31 October at 5 pm. The committee convened to inquire into the events and contributing factors leading to the cyber attack on patient database …

Singapore government advised Singaporeans to defer non-essential travel to Osaka during the period of Typhoon 21 "Jebi". Jebi, Japan's most powerful storm in 25 years, has caused a major international airport in western Japan to be closed with thousands of people evacuated. The incident has killed at least 10 people. All flights have been cancelled since 5 September and there is still no confirmation …

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has announced on Wednesday (5 September) that Mr Keith Tan Kean Loong, currently the Deputy Secretary (Policy) of the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), will be appointed as Chief Executive (CE) of STB with effect from 29 October 2018. As Deputy Secretary (Policy) of MINDEF, Mr Tan is responsible for defence policy, strategic communications, …

Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean is making a working visit to Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, and Kota Kinabalu from 4 to 9 September 2018. Prime Minister Office (PMO) shared on Tuesday that DPM Teo will call on Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Women, Family …

Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee stated that Singapore has not received any proposal from the Malaysian government for a third link to Singapore via Pulau Ubin. This was in response to questions on the sidelines of a meeting with the Friends of Ubin Network (FUN) following reports about the possibility of a third link between the two countries. In …

In a press release on Friday (31 August), Land Transport Authority (LTA) stated that private vehicle journeys declined for the first time since 1997, even as total travel demand increased by 5 percent from HITS 2012 to 15.4 million journeys. A record 6.1 million bus and rail journeys were made daily, based on the latest Household Interview Travel Survey conducted between …