All the duty-unpaid cigarettes as well as the van, prime mover and bowser were seized by Customs. The total duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) evaded amounted to about SGD 319,914. Court proceedings are ongoing.
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Singapore’s PM-designate Lawrence Wong shares guitar journey for International Guitar Month
As per the PM designate, he has been playing the guitar for over 40 years now. The affair started after his father presented him with a guitar on his birthday.
Singapore minister Vivian Balakrishnan among several MPs to get fake image and threat letter
Since March 2024 up until now, Singapore Police have received some 70 complaints of people being harassed by such images and letters.
Indian culture in Singapore: SIFAS Festival of Arts 2024 has highlight events on April 21, 27, and 28
Themed ‘Virasata: Celebrating a Timeless Legacy of Arts’, this year’s festival also serves as a curtain-raiser to SIFAS’ 75th-year anniversary celebrations that will extend throughout the year.
Artist Robert Zhao Renhui’s Seeing Forest represents Singapore at 60th Venice Biennale
Artist Robert Zhao Renhui’s exhibition Seeing Forest is representing Singapore at this year’s Venice Biennale. As visitors enter Seeing Forest, they step into a mysterious, forested zone that exists both in the imagination and in Singapore. In this in-between space called the secondary forest — a threshold between old-growth or primary forest and developed areas, […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Singapore, as company unveils USD 250 million plan for Ang Mo Kio campus
The online news room on the Apple website published digital rendering of the expanded Ang Mo Kio campus. Its press release was headlined: ‘Apple builds on 40 years in Singapore with expanded campus’.
Singapore Police work with Hong Kong and Korean agencies to nab 272 in child sexual offence rackets
The arrests were made between February 26 and March 29, and those arrested were aged between 12 and 73 years, according to an SPF media release issued in April.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong to hand over charge to DPM Lawrence Wong on May 15; urges “full support” for “4G team”
DPM Wong, who is very active on social media, put out an Instagram post following the announcement on X by PM Lee.
Singapore to welcome Pope Francis in September during pontiff’s South-East Asia journey
Singapore Minister Edwin Tong posted on Instagram that he had met Pope Francis in January 2022 and they had discussed a papal visit to the island nation.
Singapore named Asia’s smartest city, Zurich leads global chart
As per the IMD website, 142 cities were accessed based on five key areas: Health and safety, Mobility, Activities, Opportunities, and Governance.