SINGAPORE - The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) quota for August 2016 to October 2016 will be 25,843, The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a statement on Tuesday (July 12).The quota for small cars in category A will be...
He knew he could ride his power-assisted bicycle, also known as an e-bike, only on the roads.But on April 18 last year, coffeeshop helper Tan Heng Huat rode his e-bike on footpaths near his 10th-storey home at Block 121,...
The fall from the 11th-storey window should have ended his life.But a clothes rack on the eighth storey gave him a chance for a fresh start.The 68-year-old man's clothes were snagged by the rack and rescuers saved him as...
The two men came out of the Jalan Besar KTV lounge last night, quarrelling loudly.The argument got so intense, they had to be separated by a friend.Things then turned bloody as one man allegedly stabbed the other in the...
SINGAPORE - An elderly man was rescued after hanging precariously from a clothes rack on the eighth floor at a HDB block in Tampines.The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to a rescue call at 3.35pm on Monday (July...
Amid concerns about the security at banks here following a bank robbery in Holland Village last week, local banks say they have security staff at most branches that handle cash transactions.A DBS Bank spokesman said about 80 DBS and...
SINGAPORE - Wanted: A masterplan to turn Jurong Lake District into a car-lite, innovative and inclusive urban space, where people can live, work and play amid lush greenery and waterways.This ambitious order comes from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA),...
Those who run afoul of contempt of court laws may face serious criminal sanctions, such as jail.This is a key reason why these existing laws are being codified, said Law Minister K. Shanmugam, so people are clearer about what...
SINGAPORE - 246 dengue cases were reported last week, 13 more than the previous week, according to latest figures from the National Environment Agency (NEA).NEA added that the upward trend was a result of a steady increase of the...
A MAN who knocked down an elderly woman while riding his motorised bicycle on a pavement in a housing estate was jailed for five weeks yesterday.Former coffee-shop helper Tan Heng Huat, 40, had admitted to grievously hurting housewife Heng...
