The temporary suspension of mobile communication services will affect commuters only while they are travelling in the underground tunnels along Kent Ridge, Haw Par Villa, Pasir Panjang and Labrador Park and on the stations’ underground platforms while waiting for train arrivals.
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Mobile signals at four Circle Line stations switched off to probe signalling issues
Private hospitals, elderly centres step up efforts to protect patients from Zika
SINGAPORE – There were 38 new cases of the locally-transmitted Zika virus as of noon on Friday (Sept 2), bringing the total number of cases to 189, as some private hospitals and elderly centres stepped up efforts to protect patients, including buying mosquito…
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FairPrice deploys officers at Jurong Point outlets over missing trolleys
SINGAPORE – Every day, the two NTUC FairPrice outlets at Jurong Point mall lose 150 to 200 shopping trolleys, which is the highest number among all its outlets.
The trolleys are usually found abandoned at the void decks and grassy areas of the public housing…
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Low risk of Zika-related birth defects, say doctors
SINGAPORE – The links between Zika infection and birth defects in babies could be blown out of proportion, some doctors suggest, stressing that no scientific association has been drawn between the mosquito-borne virus and microcephaly, a condition where a…
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Singapore firms eye growth opportunities in Chongqing
They say their investments into the western Chinese city can also help to open doors for other Singapore businesses to venture into the region.
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Uniqlo targets Singapore for regional flagship

Singapore a ‘role model’ in handling Zika outbreak: WHO
SINGAPORE – The Republic’s handling of the Zika outbreak “represents in many cases a role model”, said a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on Friday (Sept 2).
Singapore has confirmed 189 cases, as of 12pm Friday, since news of the first locally…
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A closer look at microcephaly
Besides the Zika virus, the congenital condition associated with incomplete brain development can also be caused by genetics, chromosomal abnormalities and infections during pregnancy.
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Duo arrested for robbing man of S$10,000 in Hougang
The 62-year-old victim also had a handphone and a gold chain taken from him.
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Man admits to abusing girlfriend’s one-year-old child
Franklie Tan Guang Wei abused the boy over five months, from November 2014 until March 2015, when the semi-conscious baby was rushed to hospital after Tan pushed him off the bed.
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