85-year-old in Bukit Batok care home did not get help after fall due to ‘technical issues’ with alert button
A preliminary review with the call button's vendor has been carried out, says Vanguard Healthcare.
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Govt reviewing property purchases by rail planning officers between 2007 and 2011 after working paper allegations
The statistical patterns are concerning, but do not by themselves establish whether officers had access to non-public information about MRT stations or if it influenced property purchases, says the Public Service Division....
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Govt reviewing property purchases made between 2007 and 2011 by officers involved in rail planning
The review will identify purchases near sites later announced as MRT stations.