21+ hour, 14+ min ago   (357+ words) SINGAPORE – Two people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in the bedroom of a Pasir Ris HDB flat on the morning of Sept 13. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to…...

13+ hour, 22+ min ago   (977+ words) SINGAPORE – A Bukit Panjang condominium's developer and others involved in its construction have been sued over alleged construction defects after a piece of concrete detached from a balcony and fell 20m. The incident led to the discovery that 60 per cent of…...

23+ hour, 24+ min ago   (486+ words) SINGAPORE – A 35-year-old worker died after he was struck by a hose connected to a compressed air pump at a construction site in Jurong Port Road on Sept 11. The worker was carrying foundation works at 37 Jurong Port Road at about…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (529+ words) SINGAPORE – With hundreds of gym-goers left in the lurch following the abrupt closure of True Fitness and True Yoga, rival operators across Singapore are wrestling to capture a slice of the pie. Over the weekend, competing fitness brands have announced…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (385+ words) (Bloomberg) — Gym chains True Fitness Pte. and True Yoga Pte have shut all their clubs in Singapore after being placed under provisional liquidation, adding to a string of fitness closures in the city-state in recent years. The latest shutdowns underscore…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (796+ words) SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he will consider disclosing more information on the distribution of salaries and performance bonuses among ministers beyond what is already shared, given the interest in this topic. But he also cautioned against turning ministerial…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1076+ words) SINGAPORE – There will be no immediate increase from $1.1 million to $1.8 million for an MR4 minister, and most at that entry-level grade are expected to be paid about $1.35 million by the end of the current term, Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (630+ words) SINGAPORE – When Prime Minister Lawrence Wong decided to resign from the civil service to run in the 2011 General Election, no one had told him what position or what pay package he would get if elected. "At that point, I did…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1309+ words) SINGAPORE - The one-off adjustment to political pay addresses a gap that has built up over the years, but does so progressively and with restraint, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Sept 10. At the parliamentary debate on changes to political salaries,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (875+ words) SINGAPORE – If entering public service comes at too high a personal cost, the pool from which Singapore can draw its leaders will narrow over time, and this would be a far greater cost for the country than any debate over…...