To mark the festival, there will be a grand streetlight for 1 month, starting from 10 January, 2025 to 10 February 2025 (31 Days) along the streets of Serangoon Road (From Bukit Timah Junction to off Perumal Temple). The lights will be on from 7 PM to 12 AM (daily).
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ASC, partnering banks use RPA technology to prevent SGD 73 million loss from nearly 1,500 scams in Singapore
The participating banks, who took part in the two-month operation, from 1 November 2024 to 31 December 2024, were DBS Bank, UOB Bank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC Bank, and GXS Bank.
Singapore’s Racial Harmony Bill: New powers to address race-based offenses and protect social unity
The new harmony bill takes close reference from existing legislation, i.e. the MRHA and Penal Code. The scope of unacceptable conduct regarding race relations will remain substantively the same as today.
Singapore MRT to get 3 new stations connecting Downtown Line to North-South Line by 2035
“Together with other rail network expansions over the next decade, DTL2e will bring us one step closer to our Land Transport Master Plan 2040 target of having 8 in 10 households within a 10-minute walk to a train station by the 2030s,” said the Singapore Government agency LTA.
CDC vouchers worth SGD 300 brighten up the New Year for Singapore households, ahead of Budget 2025
The CDC website has provided a “Step-by-Step Video and Guide for Residents” for help with claiming and using the CDC vouchers. These vouchers can be claimed digitally using Singpass. Flexibility has been ensured by allowing anyone with the CDC voucher link to redeem a voucher; this enables family members to share the vouchers.
Singapore condemns New Orleans terrorist attack that killed 15; MFA says no Singaporeans hurt
The attack, carried out by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, also left several people injured. Jabbar, who was shot dead by law enforcement authorities following the attack, was a resident of Texas.
Over 950,000 Singaporean HDB households to benefit from various schemes in January 2025
These rebates help to provide support for GST and cost-of-living expenses for lower- to middle-income households, and are disbursed in April, July, October, and January each year. This will be the fourth quarterly disbursement for Financial Year (FY) 2024.
Port of Singapore handles record-breaking 40 million shipping containers in 2024
In the current year, PSA Singapore, the country’s largest transhipment hub, reported handling over 40 million TEUs.
Indian mission in Singapore to open condolence book for residents to pay tribute to Manmohan Singh
Singh, who was India’s prime minister for 10 years from 2004 to 2014, died in New Delhi on Thursday night. He was 92.
Syria’s instability poses terrorism threat to Southeast Asia, warns Singapore’s security agency
Instability in Syria following former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall may have spillover effects on Southeast Asia and Singapore, the city-state’s Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Monday, December 23.
