SINGAPORE – Local produce could potentially be aggregated and supplied to hawkers to help create more “predictable and consistent” demand for farmers, said Mr Melvin Yong (Radin Mas) in Parliament on Aug 7.
SINGAPORE - A task force has been set up to look into new ways to enhance Singapore’s tech resilience in the wake of July’s global tech outage caused by cyber-security firm CrowdStrike.
SINGAPORE - Singapore is gravely concerned that escalating tensions in the Middle East have put at risk efforts to secure a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, and reiterates its call for all sides to comply with international law, said Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Aug 7.
SINGAPORE - A free shuttle bus service for residents in Marine Parade GRC, MacPherson and Mountbatten costs about $1 million a year to operate, with the South East Community Development Council (CDC) providing a one-off $200,000 seed grant to support the pilot scheme.
SINGAPORE – The clean-up operations of all affected beaches from the oil spill will likely be completed in the next one month or so, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said in Parliament on August 7.
SINGAPORE - The majority of resale flats remain within reach of Singaporeans, National Development Minister Desmond Lee said on Aug 6 as he addressed concerns about the affordability of public housing.
SINGAPORE - Cabbies, private-hire car drivers and delivery riders who rely on online matching platforms such as Grab and foodpanda for work are a step closer to gaining employee-like protections, after a new Bill was tabled in Parliament on Aug 6 to spell out these safeguards.
SINGAPORE – There are no plans for the Government to replicate or scale up a pilot which gave 75 low-income households between $300 and $550 a month for 18 months.
SINGAPORE – The authorities are reviewing the use of formaldehyde in products such as furniture and adhesives, even as five MPs raised parliamentary questions calling for greater action on the issue.