SINGAPORE - A special panel was convened on Wednesday (Nov 2) to look into the reasons why Mr Edwin Seah, the executive director of the Singapore Environment Council (SEC), was suspended from his role in the charity last month. Mr...
SINGAPORE - Supermarket chain Cold Storage has apologised for a price promotion on beef at one of its outlets during Deepavali, acknowledging that it was "insensitive" to Hindus. A photo of the promotion, which advertised a 38 per cent discount...
Singapore's economy is running slow, but the country is not in a crisis, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday night. And what is needed now is not an emergency package, but a longer-term strategy for growth, he told 300...
An 85-year-old engineer is believed to have drowned after falling into the sea off Pandan River while at work. Mr Lim Meng Hoe was to have done maintenance work at a shipyard in Pandan Road, off the West Coast Highway,...
Stallholders at the revamped Chong Boon Market in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 will be given more space to hawk their wares following feedback that their new stalls were too narrow, said Mr Kwar Ser Seng, chairman of the...
The town councillors of Aljunied- Hougang Town Council (AHTC) may be liable for serious offences under the Penal Code, such as criminal breach of trust and abetment, independent auditor KPMG said in a report released yesterday . The reason is...
The managing agent of Aljunied- Hougang Town Council (AHTC) was paid more than $600,000 in project management fees for services that should have been covered by its managing agent fees, said independent auditor KPMG in a report yesterday. These were...
Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) could have avoided paying $2.8 million if it had worked with lower-priced consultants, instead of engaging the pricier option without any reasonable justification, auditor KPMG said in its latest report. Such actions could be a breach...
Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) acknowledged lapses in finance management, but denied there was a "significant lack of oversight" over its managing agent. Responding to an earlier version of independent auditor KPMG's report, released yesterday, AHTC disagreed that its town councillors...
The High Court has ruled that the executors of the estate of Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the Government bear their own costs in the legal suit over an interview agreement Mr Lee had made with the Government. Dr Lee...
