Changi Airport Terminal Buildings, Jewel closed to public for 14 days
As the Changi Airport cluster continues to grow, Changi Airport Terminal Buildings and Jewel will be closed to the public for 14 days starting today (13 May) while a special testing operation takes place to test all workers in Terminals 1 and 3. All airport workers and staff working in Jewel are also urged to […]
Extremely important to maintain trust in the media: Shanmugam
Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday (May 8) that it is extremely important to maintain trust in the media. Trust is of vital importance not just for the media but for governments and institutions, Mr Shanmugam said. “In Singapore, we take great pains — if you look at the Government — […]
Over 2,200 to be swabbed after VJC student tested positive for COVID
MOE announced in a press statement that a student from VJC tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, 7 May. This is the second case in a week of students who tested positive for COVID-19. It is currently an unlinked case. The student was last in school on Wednesday, 5 May. She developed Acute Respiratory Infection […]
Taking umbrage at umbrage: what some netizens have to say
“Umbrage” is the word on social media in recent days. It’s a noun that means ‘offence’ or ‘annoyance’. To take umbrage is to take offence. Many, it seems, are taking umbrage at CEO of SPH Ng Yat Chung for taking umbrage at a reporter’s question. Most, it seems, are simply taking umbrage at the word […]
In Perspective: the failing newspaper model, a unique Singapore problem?
SPH’s recent plight and subsequent restructuring has been suggested to be a management issue, symptomatic of the uniquely Singaporean way of placing overpaid, under-qualified elites at the top. But is SPH’s plight really a problem unique to Singapore? A business model disrupted and broken by the internet Take a look beyond our shores. The newspaper […]
Temasek responds to critical shortage of oxygen, essential supplies in India
In response to the critical shortage of oxygen in India, Temasek has been working alongside their portfolio company SATS and the High Commission of India in Singapore to help transport four cryogenic oxygen cylinders. In a Facebook post, Temasek said that it is partnering with Air India and Amazon India News to airlift oxygen concentrators, […]
We were prepared to initiate legal proceedings to protect our position: Edwin Tong
“Our national songs hold a special place in the hearts of Singaporeans. MCCY takes any challenge to our proprietary rights and interests in our national songs and symbols very seriously, and we will take the necessary steps to protect them,” Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong said in […]
Mufti Nazirudin welcomes updates on tudung; exchanges letters with PM Lee
The Mufti of Singapore welcomes updates from the government on a likely shift in allowing Muslim nurses to wear the tudung at the workplace. In a letter to PM Lee that is dated 27 March, the Mufti Dr Nazirudin Mohd Nasir expressed Muis’ deep appreciation of the opportunity to ‘continuously provide feedback and inputs on many […]
Tudung: change has to evolve gradually; Singapore cannot take precipitous changes
SIX MONTHS AGO in August last year, Law and Home Affairs Minister Shanmugam met with Muslim religious leaders in a closed-door dialogue and told them that the government was considering allowing nurses to wear the tudung at work. But the closed-door dialogues and discussions on the tudung did not start six months ago. It started […]
Joey Mendoza makes u-turn on the song, apologises for the confusion
In a u-turn, Mr Joey Mendoza admits that he is not the composer of ‘We Can Achieve’ and apologises for the confusion caused. This follows the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth‘s correspondence with him. The saga unfolded when Mr Mendoza claimed that he wrote “We Can Achieve”, a song that is practically identical to […]