The ongoing review of parking rates at all public car parks here is to avoid a scenario where non-car owners are subsidising parking costs for car owners, said Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong. While price adjustments would help drive the…
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Car park pricing review to ‘help keep pace with inflation’
Online legal-drafting services on the rise in S’pore
SINGAPORE – Firms offering fuss-free contract-drafting services have been sprouting here over the past couple of years, many of which target start-ups that value high speed with small price tags.
Dragon Law, LawCanvas and Vanilla Law are among the online…
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Ex-cadet says trainees learnt to ‘sleep and walk at the same time’
SINGAPORE – Plans for a Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute (Safti) started from the day Singapore separated from Malaysia, said Brigadier-General (Retired) Kirpa Ram Vij, 81, who was seconded from the Ministry of Finance to become the institute’s first…
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Football competition for youths sees girls taking part for the first time
SINGAPORE – Sixteen girls’ football teams took part in the 11th edition of Delta League, which ended yesterday – the first time girls’ teams have joined in since the programme was launched in 2011.
Organised by the Singapore Police Force and the National…
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National Youth Council aims to be enabler for causes of the young
SINGAPORE – For years, the National Youth Council (NYC) – Singapore’s national body for youth affairs – was seen by many as an entity that mostly organised feel-good activities and programmes for youths here.
But this is an image that the NYC is seeking to…
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PM lauds Safti’s key role in keeping S’pore secure
SINGAPORE – By upholding quality in the standards of discipline, training, dedication and leadership, the Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute (Safti) has played a key role in keeping Singapore safe and secure, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong…
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75 nabbed in raids at massage parlours, entertainment outlets
SINGAPORE – Police arrested 75 people for various criminal and employment-related offences in a series of raids from last Thursday to yesterday, at unlicensed massage parlours and public entertainment outlets. They also took action against some of these…
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A month of fun, dance, film and doing good
Kicking off Youth Month this Friday will be the three-day Shine Festival, featuring not only youth performances but also more than 60 pop-up stalls and various fringe-activities along Orchard Road.
These include activities such as silk-screening,…
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TODAY’s brief, Monday, June 27
John Kerry in Europe
United States Secretary of State John Kerry will meet European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels and British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond in London today to assure them of continued US engagement with the EU and…
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Traffic police car wrecked in high-speed chase near Geylang Serai
SINGAPORE – The lights were flashing along Haig Road, but it wasn’t the festive lights from the Geylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar.
Next to a crowded bus stop stood a wrecked traffic police patrol vehicle with debris strewn on the roads – the aftermath of a high-speed chase.
Photos sent to citizen journalism website Stomp showed a mangled BMW car rear-ended by the police car, with the latter’s bonnet heavily damaged and air bags deployed.
The accident is believed to have occurred at 8.50pm today (June 26).
Traffic police car collides into BMW in high-speed chase near Geylang Serai
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Stomp reported that before the collision, the police car’s sirens were blaring as it chased a vehicle.
The police car later collided into a BMW near a crowded bus stop, ChannelNews Asia reported. The driver that the police was chasing managed to flee.
Photos from Stomp showed a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) ambulance at the scene.
Police told Stomp investigations are ongoing.
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Traffic police crashes in chase, but gets up and chases suspect on foot
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