SINGAPORE - Some SMRT bus services will be diverted due to a temporary road closure along Orchard Road for the Samsung Fashion Steps Out event held on Saturday (March 26).According to an SMRT statement issued on Thursday (March 24),...
Newly minted Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will deliver his first Budget today in Parliament at 3.30pm.His speech is widely expected to focus on the economy given the ongoing slowdown, and likely to contain short-term measures to help firms....
SINGAPURA mengekalkan kedudukannya sebagai destinasi paling popular dalam pasaran pelancongan Muslim.Menurut kajian terkini Indeks Pelancongan Muslim MasterCard-CrescentRating (GMTI) 2016, yang meliputi 130 destinasi, Singapura menduduki tempat paling atas dalam senarai destinasi Bukan Negara Pertubuhan Kerjasama Islam (OIC), dengan Thailand,...
MASYARAKAT Melayu/Islam Singapura kehilangan sebutir lagi permata persuratan dengan pemergian Pendeta Dr Haji Muhammad Ariff Ahmad.Dikenali dengan panggilan mesra Cikgu Ariff, Allahyarham menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya pada 9 pagi semalam di Hospital Khoo Teck Puat.Allahyarham meninggal dunia pada usia 91...
Gripes about noise fall; NEA to raise cap for Quieter Construction Fund, extend it to 2018The number of complaints about noise dropped from 16,600 in 2013 to 14,900 last year, new figures from the National Environment Agency (NEA) reveal.One...
Complaints against misleading online ads and those that are offensive doubled last yearThe number of complaints and queries about online advertisements doubled last year, as did the figure for adverts that consumers found derogatory.The Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore...
Security has been beefed up at Changi Airport and other Singapore checkpoints, following Tuesday's blasts at Brussels Airport and a city metro station that killed 31 people and wounded 270.The authorities here have also stepped up checks and patrols...
Complaints about noise dropped from 16,600 in 2013 to 14,900 last year, new figures from the National Environment Agency (NEA) reveal.One of the reasons for the fall, according to NEA, is the Quieter Construction Fund (QCF) which will be...
The Government's weekly Cabinet meeting began on an unusual note yesterday, to mark the first anniversary of the death of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.The first 10 minutes of the usually closed-door meeting were streamed live on the...
Layoffs in Singapore have hit their highest levels since the global financial crisis, highlighting the adverse impact of sustained low oil prices on the city-state.A big chunk of the losses have come in marine and offshore industries, areas where...