Author: Ashraf Jamal

To create awareness among the public to remain alert during fire in sky rocketing buildings, Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) conducted a high-rise fire exercise at One Marina Boulevard.

Singapore enjoys good relations with its neighbours and continue to further deepen its co-operation, said Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister during a Chinese New Year dinner for residents in Teck Ghee. He spoke on the relations of Singapore with China, US, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries.

To promote religious harmony, a new agreement has been signed between S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and six religious institutions in Singapore recently.

Showing concern over cases of lift accidents, Singapore government has decided for increasing funding for town councils to maintain and replace lifts in public housing blocks through two new grants announced recently.

Medical experts of Singapore have joined hands to find a new way of treating liver cancer by combining two existing treatments and have sought patients to undergo the clinical trial.

To reduce waiting time for customers and solve the labour problem, supermarket chains are increasingly switching over to self-checkout counters to scan-and-go systems in Singapore.

In a significant development, Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) programme has exceeded S$1 billion in outstanding amount with more than 37,000 investors. Of these, 55 per cent bonds have been purchased by small savers, announced Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Perturbed over wet weather during January, Singaporeans might expect some relief as there is prediction of a drier and warmer fortnight in February, said the Meteorological Service Singapore.

Singapore has lowered the application filing fees for Intellectual Property Protection. From April 1, 2017 businesses and entrepreneurs will enjoy substantial cost savings when they file for patent and trade mark protection with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) through lowered ap