The jail sentence meted out to Iswaran was longer than the prosecution had requested. His lead lawyer Davinder Singh had argued for no more than eight weeks’ jail, while Deputy Attorney-General Tai Wei Shyong pushed for a jail term of six to seven months.

Singapore singles can apply for new 2-room HDB Flexi flats in any location; rollout in October 2024

Earlier, singles were only allowed to buy new 2-room Flexi flats (of 99-year lease) in non-mature estates. Now, the categories of “mature” or “non-mature” HDB housing estates are being replaced with the following categories: Standard, Plus, or Prime, based on the location and features of the new flats.

Former Singapore minister Iswaran gets 12-month jail term; property tycoon Ong Beng Seng charged next

Lead counsel for defence Davinder Singh requested the court to give Iswaran time till 4pm on Monday, October 7, to surrender at the State Courts and begin his jail term. Iswaran is out on present on a bail bond of SGD 800,000.

Singapore Smart Nation 2.0: New agency to tackle online harm, plus SGD 120 million to boost ‘AI for Science’

The new Singapore government agency could become a “trusted source of support”, acting on behalf of victims and directing “perpetrators and service providers to put a stop to the [online] harms”, said PM Wong. It will be introduced jointly by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and the Ministry of Law.

Wishes pour in from President Tharman, PM Wong as Communist China turns 75

Singapore enjoys a friendly relationship with China. Next year, the two countries will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. During the greeting, President Tharman also invited Jinping to visit the city-state, while stating that he wishes to see a more robust China-Singapore bond.

Enhanced subsidies to benefit 1.1 million Singapore residents from October 1

Since February 2024, MOH has increased the daily MediShield Life claim limits for inpatient hospice palliative care service from SGD 250 to SGD 460 for general inpatient palliative care and from SGD 350 to SGD 500 for specialised inpatient palliative care and removed the MediSave SGD 2,500 lifetime withdrawal limit for all home palliative care and day hospice patients who use their own MediSave.

Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan urges “return to basics” for UN system amid “deficit of global leadership”

Balakrishnan delivered Singapore’s national statement at the General Debate of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York on 28 September 2024. In this speech, he reiterated several times that Singapore was a “small state” and, as such, saw a rules-based world as an absolute necessity, not an optional luxury.

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