Aljunied takes center-stage as opposition rep takes over

August 1, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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The Aljunied district is set to hog the limelight as the opposition party, WP (Workers’ Party) takes over the running and the operations of the Ajunied Town Council formally. The opposition party won the recent elections for this district and will be running the council from PAP (People’s Action Party) starting August. Many are anticipating how it will change with the merger of Aljunied with Hougang which is also won by WP which the party claim to take advantage of economies of scale. The combined town council is chaired by Sylvia Lim, the WP Chairman and the MP of Aljunied GRC. Read more

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Foreign student expelled for making racist video

August 1, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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Wang Peng Fei, a 24 year old China student in a local Singaporean school was propelled into the spotlight recently when he made fun of Singaporeans through a video he uploaded on the internet. He was studying in his final year at the East Asia institute of Management and his expression of creativity caused him to be expelled from the school where he is enrolled in the hospitality course there. Read more

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Nurture in students a love for art and culture: Minister

July 29, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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It seems that the Education Ministry of Singapore is looking to nurture more students for the love of art and culture apart from preparing them for the workforce. According to Heng Swee Keat, the Minister of Education, they are putting in efforts to groom students to become more creative, expressive and imaginative with their new initiative in launching the Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the Arts or known in short as STAR. The education system of Singapore is known to be highly competitive and students usually are trained and taught a wide range of skills and academic knowledge but the need for more creative thinkers and innovative knowledge have become more important in recent years.
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300 market vendors of Sungei Road fighting for business space

July 29, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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In the past, the market vendors along Sungei Road were able to sell their products in a bigger space than the 1 square meter allocated to them. This regulations has been in practice since 1982 but as they previously have more space to work with, they could enjoy the luxury of having more things to sell. But this is no longer the case after the flea market area’s land has been ‘taken back’ to make way for a construction of a new MRT station there. Read more

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Unusual sight as flash floods hit Orchard Road

July 12, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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An unusual sight reported recently when heavy and intense rain in central and eastern Singapore last Sunday caused flash floods in certain place. But it was the flooding in Orchard Road, the premier shopping spot that caused much concern. According to PUB, the national water agency of Singapore, the rain that fell measured up to 65mm in 30 minutes which was way more intense than June last year when floods also occurred. Last June 16, 2 hours of rain recorded 100mm. Read more

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Singapore HeritageFest 2011 at Singapore

July 8, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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One of the most anticipated events of the year in Singapore is the Singapore HeritageFest which set sot bring about a congregation of many events to promote and educate the public about the multi cultural settings of Singapore. Read more

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The Singapore School Sports Awards

July 8, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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One of the major newspapers in Singapore, The New Paper is set to hold the first School Sports Star Award where it is meant to recognize sports boys and girls around the country for their remarkable achievements in their various competitions. Read more

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Korean Music Wave 2011

July 8, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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Everyone gets buzzing and take notice when K-Pop is mentioned as they cannot give up the chance to watch great music, electric moves and Barbie doll beauty from the boys and girls of Korea. Read more

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Sim Lian Group cuts property price by S$102,000

July 7, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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Sim Lian Group recently announced that they are reducing the prices of their flats under their Design, Build and Sell Scheme project. They announced that the prices of their 5 room Centrale 8 flats would be reduced by S$102,000 which caused many to questioned if the company are over-profiteering from the project. Read more

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Bye-Bye Tanjong Pagar train station

July 7, 2011 by james · Leave a Comment
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The Tanjong Pagar train station in Singapore recently ceased operations after many years of service connecting passengers from Malaysia to Singapore and vice-versa. After serving millions of passengers, it is time to call it a day for the station. Mohd Ayub Embong, the station operations manager was almost like a ‘celebrity’ on June 30 around 12 midnight when he was finalizing the documentation of the last train that left the station forever. Read more

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