Malaysian Government to prohibit some fish and shrimp exports to ensure local supplies.

fish and shrimp exports

The Malaysian Government will prohibit the exports of four species of fish and shrimp. “Kembung” (mackerel), “selar” (trevally), “pelaling” (Indian mackerel) and “bawal” (pomfret) fish, as well as shrimp, will be prohibited from export from Jan 1 to Feb 28, 2019” Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub said on 17 Dec. He further explained […]

Fire at a single-storey furniture warehouse, 31 Sungei Kadut Street 2.

furniture warehouse

A single-story furniture warehouse at Sungei Kadut Street 2 caught fire on 17 December 2018. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to the fire at around 3am. A total of 25 emergency vehicles and about 90 firefighters were deployed to combat the fire. 12 water jets were used to bring the fire under control. […]

Polytechnic graduates applying to NUS and NTU from 2020 will no longer have their O-Level grades be considered for admission.

polytechnic

Ministry of Education (MOE) is removing a current requirement for applicant’s O-Level results to comprise 20% of his University Admissions Score (UAS). This means that Polytechnic graduates applying to the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from 2020 will no longer have their O-Level grades be considered for admission, except […]

$9 million worth of transport vouchers will be available to 300,000 low income households.

$9 million worth of transport vouchers will be available to 300,000 low income households. This is to help these households cope with the latest fare increases by the Public Transport Council. This is the largest Public Transport Vouchers assistance since 2010. S$7.5 million and S$4 million worth of Transport Vouchers were made available in 2014/2015 […]

Singaporean shares his experience of how he was almost robbed in Malaysia

singaporean almost got robbed in malaysia

Tony Lau, a Facebook user, shares his experience of how he was almost robbed with a knife pointed at him in Malaysia recently. In case you are unable to view the screenshot above, here’s a summary of what happened, according to Tony’s account: Tony was at the Tuas Checkpoint at 4am in the morning He […]

Hawker Centre was an idea by Ang Moh Governor Franklin Charles Gimson!

As Singaporean, we are proud of our hawker centre culture, but how many of us know that the idea of hawker centre was the result of a The Hawkers Inquiry Commission which was set up in 1950 by Governor Franklin Charles Gimson. The inaugural public meeting of the Singapore Hawker Inquiry Commission, chaired by T. […]