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Monday, 16 January 2017 SINGAPORE – The Land Transport Authority said Monday that all foreign-registered cars will have to pay a Reciprocal Road Charge (RRC) of $6.40 per entry when they enter Singapore via the Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint from 15 February. The new charge mirrors Malaysia’s Road Charge of …

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 SINGAPORE: Singapore demanded the immediate return of nine armoured troop carriers impounded by Hong Kong while in transit from Taiwan, calling the seizure illegal under international law. The November seizure of the Terrex vehicles by Hong Kong customs has triggered a row also involving China, which …

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 SINGAPORE: Singapore will match the RM20 road charge that Malaysia imposed on Nov 1 last year, said Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan in Parliament. Khaw also revealed that Singapore-registered vehicles entering Malaysia via Woodlands and Tuas have paid an estimated RM13.9mil (S$4.48mil) in road charges between …

Thursday, 5 January 2017 SINGAPORE: The Raffles Country Club site in Tuas will be acquired by the Government for the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail (HSR) and the new Cross Island Line’s western depot. The club required to hand over the 143ha site to the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) by July …

Singaporean animal lover Chandran V R witnessed a “very unsettling” sight at the start of his new year. On the morning of 1 January, he discovered a dead and endangered sea turtle which looked like it had been “sliced into half”, apparently by boat propellers. “It was the start of …

Friday, 23 December 2016 SINGAPORE – After 24 straight months of sliding readings, the Singapore consumer price index, the main measure of inflation, was flat in November compared with the same month a year ago. Lower oil prices, and falling car prices and accommodation costs, partly due to the soft property …

In the past two weeks alone, internet stars such as King Bach, Amanda Cerny, Lele Pons, Dan “King of Instagram” Bilzerian, Christian Collins, Logan Paul, Jerry Purpdrank, Sommer Ray and others have all been ostensibly posting from Singapore, when in fact most never left Los Angeles and none have been …

Singaporean singer-actor Taufik Batisah, 35, sent a video clip of himself to his actress friend Syirah Jusni, where he gushed about being a huge fan of her TV drama Tanglin. In the message, he added that his parents-in-law also watch the show regularly, and that he would love to be …

Korean fashion, or K-fashion, is taking root in Singapore, with industry watchers predicting the trend as more than a flash in the pan. Riding on its popularity, retailers – from big-name department stores to online shops – have started to offer more South Korean brands, with local businesses springing up …

International experts in the field of disability sports will be conducting courses in Singapore to impart their knowledge to local coaches, under a partnership between the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Sport Singapore (SportSG). Courses will be conducted several times a year, targeted at those who train para athletes, as …