Mr Terrence Tang, 26, was in a van and waiting for a traffic light to turn green when he heard branches falling and a police officer yelling: "Get out." He stepped on his accelerator and his van lurched forward. A moment...
PRISCILLA GOY, THE STRAITS TIMES Road safety features for the elderly will be installed at 10 more locations by 2019, under the award-winning Silver Zone road safety scheme. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday it has identified these new sites,...
Minister: 17,000 flats to be launched next year Young couples will get to move earlier into their build-to-order (BTO) flats launched from 2018. In a blog post yesterday, Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong said that he has asked the Housing...
SINGAPORE - Olympic champ Joseph Schooling is Singaporeans' most searched person and athlete on Google this year, the search engine said today (Dec 14) as it revealed its hottest searches for 2016. Schooling took home Singapore's first-ever Olympic gold medal for the 100m...
SINGAPORE - Singapore's telecommunications regulator said a unit of Australia's TPG Telecom made the winning bid of $105 million in an airwaves auction that would make it the city-state's fourth telecoms operator. TPG's unit will be provisionally allocated 60 MHz of...
Commercial drone services here have taken to the skies and are becoming a full-fledged industry of their own, with a growing number of firms offering professional services like aerial photography, videography and surveying for clients. Drones have become cheaper over...
SINGAPORE - Secondary One posting results will be released next Wednesday, Dec 21 at 9am, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said in a statement today (Dec 14). Parents will receive posting results via SMS if they had previously provided their mobile numbers...
Parlours to remain for at least another year till demolition of complex: NEA The funeral parlours at Mount Vernon Columbarium will remain for at least another year, before they are demolished to make way for a new housing estate. The authorities...
Competitive bids are expected when tenders are called for the high-speed rail systems between Singapore and Malaysia, and the best one will be chosen, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Speaking at a press conference after the annual Leaders'...
Doctors who pay a third-party agent (TPA) a percentage of the fee they get from patients will be infringing the new medical code of ethics which goes into force next month, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said yesterday. The new...
