SINGAPORE – A minibus driver and his passenger were taken to hospital after a five-vehicle accident occurred on Wednesday (Nov 27) in Bukit Batok.
The police said they were alerted to the accident at 7.41am on Wednesday at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 towards Brickland Road.
The accident involved two lorries, two cars and a minibus.
Pictures of the aftermath of the accident show the front of a white car rammed under the back of a lorry. A white minibus is parked at the back of the white car.
The driver of the minibus, a 57-year-old man, and his passenger, a 67-year-old man, were taken conscious to Ng Teng Fong Hospital after the accident, police said.
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SINGAPORE: British technology firm Dyson will be moving its headquarters to St James Power Station, according to reports and sources.
This comes more than 10 months after the privately-owned firm announced it was relocating its corporate head office to Singapore to “reflect the increasing importance of Asia” to its business.
The company is best known for its hair dryers, bladeless fans and bagless vacuum cleaners.
Its new home will be at the site of what was Singapore’s first coal-fired power station, sources said.
Chief executive Jim Rowan told The Straits Times that the company had agreed terms with landlord Mapletree for the waterfront site.
“We have agreed that Dyson will take that whole power station as its global headquarters,” Mr Rowan is cited as saying.
“It’s an indication that we are serious about laying down some very deep roots within Singapore.”
According to a project signboard at the site along Sentosa Gateway, the four-storey development is undergoing proposed additions and alteration works and will be completed by the third quarter of 2020.
The former power station, built between 1924 and 1927, was decommissioned in 1976 and served as a warehouse for PSAfrom 1980 to 1992.
In 2006, it was turned into one of the country’s largest entertainment and nightlife complexes. Three years later, it was gazetted as a National Monument.
It was also awarded the URA Architectural Heritage Award in 2010.
When the lease for the nightlife hub expired at the end of August 2018, the property was returned to landlord Mapletree.
Technology company Dyson has secured a new global headquarters building in Singapore at the historic St James Power Station, as it seeks to expand its presence in the city-state after pulling the plug on its electric car project.
Chief executive Jim Rowan told The Straits Times that the company had “very recently” agreed on terms with landlord Mapletree for the waterfront site at 3 Sentosa Gateway, which has been vacant since September last year.
“We have agreed that Dyson will take that whole power station as its global headquarters,” he said.
“It’s an indication that we are serious about laying down some very deep roots within Singapore.”
Dyson declined to disclose the investment sum. ST understands a lease agreement has been signed for the power station, which has a gross floor area of 110,000 sq ft. It was formerly one of the biggest nightlife hubs in Singapore and was gazetted as a national monument in 2009.
The Great Christmas Village is back again for the third year and this time, it’s bigger than ever with not one, not two, but three villages dedicated to spreading the holiday cheer from now till Dec 26.
It’s not just your average run-off-the-mill pop-up event too. Think food trucks meet live stage performances meet full-blown carnivals — yes, you read that right. Everyone’s beloved Uncle Ringo is bringing classic carnival games and amusement rides to you too.
Here’s what to look out for.
It’s a child’s haven over at *Scape’s Playspace, so it goes without saying the young ones won’t want to leave this place, ever.
From the moment you enter the ring, you’re greeted with the sight of a giant looming swing with kids strapped in and squealing in delight as they’re spun around.
Singapore showed off two critically endangered eagles on Wednesday that were loaned from the Philippines as part of a breeding programme to reverse the dwindling numbers of the feathered giants.
Destruction of tropical rainforest and relentless hunting have decimated the population of the Philippine Eagle – one of the world’s biggest and most powerful birds with wingspans that can reach two metres – with only around 800 believed left in the wild, conservationists say.
The birds, Geothermica and Sambisig, are the first breeding pair ever to be sent outside the Philippines and arrived in Singapore in June on a 10-year loan from Manila.
The creatures are being cared for at the city state’s main aviary and were shown to the media on Wednesday, as part of events marking 50 years of diplomatic relations between the countries.
“Any future offspring of the eagles will be returned to the Philippines to contribute to the sustainability of the species’ population,” said Wildlife Reserves Singapore, which runs the aviary.
The various data security incidents that occurred in the last few years prompted the Government to set up the high-level Public Sector Data Security Review Committee (PSDSRC), which on Wednesday (Nov 27) announced a host of recommendations to bolster data security.
The Government has accepted these recommendations and will implement them across most of its systems by the end of 2021, with the rest adopting the measures by the end of 2023.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said that had these measures been in place, the impact of the past breaches of government data would have been minimised – and the breaches themselves could even have been prevented.
Here is a look at how some of these incidents could have been prevented with these new recommendations:
SINGAPORE – The person who runs the Facebook page of alternative news site States Times Review was directed on Thursday (Nov 28) under the Republic’s fake news law to correct false statements in a post on the page.
This is the second time the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) has been invoked after it was used on Monday in relation to a separate Facebook post by opposition party member Brad Bowyer.
The Pofma Office said on Thursday that it was instructed by Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam to issue a correction direction to Mr Alex Tan Zhi Xiang over a post on the States Times Review Facebook page on Nov 23.
The post was over a People’s Action Party (PAP) member and a Nussu-NUS Students United Facebook post.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement that the States Times Review Facebook page was required to carry a correction notice stating that its article contains falsehoods.
On Nov 23, the Facebook page put up a post in relation to a post by the Nussu-NUS Students United Facebook page, which is one of several pages parodying the NUS Students’ Union or Nussu.
SINGAPORE: Workers in Singapore received a bump of 2.2 per cent in their income, bringing monthly wages up to S$4,563 in 2019, according to the Labour Force in Singapore Advance Release report released on Thursday (Nov 28).
The real median income of Singapore residents on full-time employment increased this year from the S$4,437 recorded in 2018, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) report said.
This year’s 2.2 per cent growth is lower than the growth of 4.4 per cent in 2018.
Resident employment rate by age (in per cent).
From 2014 to 2019, real median income increased by 3.8 per cent annually – “significantly higher” than the 1.9 per cent annual growth in the preceding five years.
The findings were based on the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey conducted in mid-2019 by the ministry’s research and statistics department.
Low-wage workers – those at the 20th percentile – experienced 4.4 per cent annual growth in median income from 2014 to 2019, higher than the 3.8 per cent growth for those at the 50th percentile and significantly higher than in the preceding five years.
The employment rate for residents aged 25 to 64 inched up to 80.8 per cent in June 2019 from 80.3 per cent in June 2018.
Among those aged 65 and above, employment rate “rose firmly” to 27.6 per cent from 26.8 per cent last year.
Resident employment rate by age (in per cent).
Resident employment continued to grow this year despite “increasing economic headwinds”, said MOM.
“However, the unemployment situation is uneven, affecting non-PMETs more than PMETs,” it added.
Employed residents by occupation. (Graphics: MOM)
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NON-PMETS RISES
Unemployment among non-PMETs increased to 4.7 in June 2019 from 4.0 per cent a year prior, due to cyclical effects such as the US-China trade conflict which affected manufacturing output and retail trade.
But the increase in their long-term unemployment rate was “slight” – from 0.7 per cent to 0.8 per cent.
The ministry said it is closely monitoring the labour market with Workforce Singapore, and will support Singaporeans’ employment through the Adapt and Grow initiative.
“We also encourage jobseekers to be open to opportunities in other sectors and occupations beyond what they are familiar with,” it added.
SINGAPORE – The family of an elderly woman, who is in a vegetative state following surgery in June 2014 to remove a brain tumour, has lost a negligence suit against the National University Hospital (NUH) and its head neurosurgeon.
The family of Madam Goh Guan Sin was also ordered to pay her hospital bills, which amounted to $397,478.78 as of July 26 this year and continues to be incurred.
Madam Goh, 70, has been hospitalised at NUH since her operation and her family has repeatedly rejected the hospital’s suggestion to move her to a step-down care facility.
The lawsuit, filed in 2017 on her behalf by one of her daughters, initially alleged that Dr Yeo Tseng Tsai and NUH were negligent before, during and after her operation.
When the trial started in April this year, the claims of negligence during the operation were dropped. At the end of the 32-day trial in October, the claims of negligence before the operation were also abandoned.
A teenage e-scooter rider has been taken to court after allegedly knocking down a 12-year-old boy who later lost a tooth.
Brendon Lim Chun Hsien, 19, was charged yesterday with one count of causing hurt by a rash act.
He was allegedly riding at a high speed of about 20kmh in a basketball court near Block 838 Yishun Street 81 on March 28, last year, at around 6pm.
Court documents said Lim was unable to slow down in time when the victim came into his path. The boy suffered injuries to his right cheek and bleeding around a tooth that had to be removed.
On Tuesday evening, a police release said the suspect was arrested after officers from the Ang Mo Kio Division identified him through investigations.
E-scooters have been banned from common areas such as void decks, playgrounds and courts since Sept 1, and have also been banned from footpaths since Nov 5.
Lim is expected to be back in court on Dec 18. If convicted of causing hurt by a rash act, he can be jailed for up to a year, or fined up to $5,000, or both.
