Decisions to consider building homes on greenery or heritage sites not made lightly: Indranee
With the demand for more flats, the authorities have to find more sites to build on, she said.
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Police arrest driver, passenger who fled from Tampines crash that killed motorcyclist, pregnant wife
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Singaporean-Dutch woman torn over which passport to give up, seeks advice online: ‘What would you choose and why?’
SINGAPORE: A woman holding both Singaporean and Dutch citizenship is struggling to choose which passport to surrender, with each country offering something she is reluctant to lose. In a post on the r/askSingapore forum, she asked fellow Redditors for their two cents, saying: “I ...
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LNG traded by Singapore-based firms usually does not physically pass through Singapore, says METI
The Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry was responding to claims by Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia that some LNG shipped from Indonesia to Singapore was subsequently resold to other countries....
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RTS Link: Singapore and Malaysia simulate cross-border emergency ahead of February launch
SINGAPORE/MALAYSIA: Singapore and Malaysia have carried out a joint field training exercise at the Johor Bahru–Singapore RTS Link to test how agencies from both countries would coordinate during an emergency, as preparations continue for the line’s opening in February 2027. The R...
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‘Better late than never,’ says Balakrishnan on first Pakistan visit by S’pore leader in two decades
The last high-level visits to Pakistan were by former PM Goh Chok Tong in 2004 and then foreign minister George Yeo in 2005.
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Grab driver allegedly tells woman he can't go to Yishun destination as roads closed, takes her to Mandai on hour-long journey
A woman took a Grab ride after midnight in Singapore and was supposed to reach her destination in Yishun in about 26 minutes. However, the driver allegedly drove her to Yio Chu Kang and Mandai in a journey that lasted about an hour, asked her to pay more, and even suggested she a...
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Private-hire car loan curbs unlikely to bring down COE prices immediately: Motor dealers
Extending loan curb to private-hire car buyers is seen as a move to cool COE demand.
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Chinese executive from Singapore-based company targeted Nvidia head Jensen Huang, report says
SINGAPORE: Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, was allegedly targeted by an executive at Singapore-based data centre Megaspeed who was spying for Beijing, say intelligence agencies in the United States. According to an Oct 29 report from The New York Times , the executive, Alice Hua...