Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges at four areas will increase by S$1 from November 1. The increase is part of the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) quarterly review of ERP-priced roads and expressways. Motorists will have to pay S$4 from 8.30am to 9am at the gantries at the East Coast Parkway (ECP) at Fort Road and the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway slip road.
Heavy rain over various parts of Singapore in the late afternoon yesterday saw the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) dropping to below 50, which is in the good range. And if the showers continue today, Singaporeans can experience a respite from the haze. A spokesman from the National Environment Agency told The Sunday Times the hazy conditions would likely continue today, but showers are expected and it could bring more relief.
Loyalty, or the lack of it, has a funny way of biting you back in the behind. Back in 2004, when Manchester United fans – me included – were celebrating the arrival of wonderkid Wayne Rooney, a Liverpool-supporter friend of mine made a remark that, at the time, seemed a little cryptic and tinged with jealousy. “He wore a T-shirt that said ‘Once a Blue, always a Blue’, and yet he still left Everton,” he said. Now, I have no […]
The current burst in social-media use seems to address a fundamental human need: the need to interact with other people. While it may seem that sitting online leads to less human interaction, consumers actually feel they are more connected to people than they were before they joined social networks. New data from the Harris Poll finds that 54 percent of consumers have had less face-to-face contact with friends recently, but 57 percent feel more connected than they did before. An […]
By Ion Danker – October 19th, 2010 The National Environment Agency (NEA) says the prevailing southwesterly winds have brought in some smoke haze to Singapore from the fires in Sumatra. A statement from the NEA said that the 24-hour PSI at 4pm was 56, in the ‘moderate’ range, but rose to 84 at 8pm. The 24-hr PSI is a measure of the air quality over a period of 24 hours. It is updated at 4pm daily while the 3-hr PSI […]
By yahoosingapore – October 16th, 2010 Soh Wee Kian, 20, in restraints, has been charged with murder. (Shin Min Daily News) Full-time national serviceman, Soh Wee Kian, 20, has been charged with the murder of a Malaysian woman last month in Woodlands. The slim-built man sporting close-cropped hair showed little emotion as he was charged in court on Saturday morning for stabbing Madam Hoe Hong Lin, 32, at a basketball court near Woodlands Drive 50 at about 1035pm on September […]
By Ion Danker Singapore’s men paddlers won their first gold medal in the history of its participation in the Commonwealth Games after defeating England 3-1 on Saturday. Victory, however, did not come easy for Singapore’s Gao Ning, Yang Zi, Cai Xiaoli, Pang Xuejie and Ma Liang at the Yamuna Sports Complex. In the first game, Gao Ning lost to Liam Pichford 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-13, before Yang Zi defeated Paul Drinkhall 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-1 in the second game […]
Caldecott Queen Zoe Tay gave birth to her third son at about noon on Wednesday. Channel News Asia reports that Tay, 42, who has two sons — Brayden, five, and Ashton, three — experienced bleeding at 9am earlier in the day due to a blood clot. Tay’s husband and Republic of Singapore Air Force pilot, Philip Chionh, rushed his wife to hospital and made the decision to send her into the operating theatre to undergo a Caesarean operation for the […]
A 1,668 sq ft HUDC unit at Block 315 in Shunfu Road has been sold to a Singaporean buyer for around $1.1 million, in a transaction that was approved in July before the implementation of the property cooling measures. The unusually high price tag, which translates to around $659 psf is a record for this type of project, which has already been phased-out. “The buyer was willing to pay a premium for this unit because it’s in very good condition, […]