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(Singapore closes in on Hong Kong’s population, tops 6 million for first time)
This increase in S'pore’s population was largely driven by non-residents, including foreign workers and international students. The total population rose 2% from a year ago to touch 6.04 mil as of June, mainly to 5% growth in number of non-residents to 1.86 million – a group includes foreign workers’ dependents and international students, according report released on Tuesday.
Citizen numbers increased 0.7% to 3.64 mil, & permanent residents climbed 1.2% or, 0.54 mil.
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(25-09-2024, 10:47 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Live: Updated 24 min ago
Yahoo News Singapore - Singapore population tops 6 million amid non-resident surge: S,'pore
Live news. S'pore has reached a significant demographic milestone, its population reach to 6.04 million as of June 2024, driven by a notable increase in non-residents, which now number 1.86 million. This growth contrasts with slower rise in resident populations, citizen numbers have only increased by 0.7% and permanent residents by 1.2%. City-state is facing a historic low in its total fertility rate, has dropped to 0.97, signalling a worrying trend in citizen births. Despite PAP govt initiatives to encourage family growth, including financial support & enhanced parental leave, this 
decline in births continues. In tandem, S'pore's ageing demographic poses added challenges, it projections indicating that 
by 2030, (1 in four residents). Will be aged 65 or older.
What lies ahead for S'pore as its population exceeds 6mil?. 
Like this mrt...
Incident that caused MRT service disruption was a rare case, say experts. Under normal circumstances, the axle box - the component that fell off a train - does not normally become dislodged, said one expert.
Experts told CNA train fault can caused MRT disruption stretching across nine stations, now expected to last several days was a rare case.
On Wed (Sep 25), a component fell off a first-generation train, resulting in what authorities described as "extensive damage" to the train track & equipment between Clementi and Dover stations. This, in turn, caused a power trip that led to the disruption on the East-West Line, one of the two original lines built back in the eighties.
"Just like cars, (trains) have axle boxes; it’s very rare for (them) to drop. It’s very unfortunate and a very rare case,” said electrical engineering expert Teo Chor Kok.
Mr Teo said this was the first time he had heard of an axle box dropping off after becoming dislodged. Routine inspections of the train would have included the undercarriage area and the axle boxes, he added. The axle box, which houses the bearings that allow the train's wheels to rotate smoothly, is designed for heavy-duty use, said another expert.
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East-West Line disruption: No train services from Jurong East to Buona Vista on Sep 30, new cracks found along tracks. Authorities had previously said they were working towards full restoration of train services on Monday (Sep 30).
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(29-09-2024, 08:01 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: East-West Line disruption: No train services from Jurong East to Buona Vista on Sep 30, new cracks found along tracks. Authorities had previously said they were working towards full restoration of train services on Monday (Sep 30).
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...ta-4642326
More than 300 engineers, technicians working to repair 'extensive' damage on East-West Line, says Chee Hong Tat
"As the damage is very extensive, they have to do this carefully and it requires a lot of time," says the transport minister.
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No GST till 2030, but then govt feel money no enough, must want to INCREASE Anything they like to Increase.
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2030 come then say,,, now ww3 gg to start..better go enjoy yr life..
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(30-09-2024, 08:57 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:
No GST till 2030, but then govt feel money no enough, must want to INCREASE Anything they like to Increase.
Then alamak
– A train fault caused a delay on @Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) on Oct 1, with trains moving slower from (
Woodlands North station towards
Lentor station).
Local media post 5.05pm, SMRT said train fault would lead to an additional 10 minutes of travel time....
In a subsequent post at 5.13pm, the operator said a shuttle train service was available between Woodlands North and Woodlands South, as well as between Woodlands South and Lentor.
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(03-10-2024, 10:16 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: World is turning to new forms of electricity to try to slow the overheating of the planet, and one U.S. company is marking another first in the nuclear power industry.
Westinghouse, the behemoth that helped industrialize America, has cleared a preliminary hurdle to have a 5-megawatt microreactor tested in 2-years, Interesting Engineering reported.
The front-end engineering and experiment design phase has been completed, and the machine is one of three that could be evaluated at the world's first microreactor test bed, per a Department of Energy news release
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/u-firm-makes-...41979.html
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(03-10-2024, 12:12 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Yes this company are very right...Good that is found out early☺️ this is a good KARMA now for world a chance to be back to nomal. Big Grin 
Good that is found out early☺️ 
World is turning to new forms of electricity to try to slow the overheating of earth, one (1) U.S. company first in nuclear power industry.
(Westinghouse 
Good Karma
, this can helped industrialize U.S., has cleared a preliminary hurdle to have a (5-megawatt micro reactor) test in 2-years, Interesting E⁴ngineering reported. The front-end engineering experiment design phase has been completed, the machine is one of three (3) could be evaluated @world's first microreactor test bed, per a Dept of Energy news release
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M'sian billionaire charged in S'pore, accused of RM1.3m gifts to minister
Singapore charged a Malaysian billionaire Ong Beng Seng with abetting jailed former Singapore transport minister S Iswaran and with obstruction of justice. According to Channel News Asia, Ong, 78, the owner of Hotel Properties Ltd and the rights holder of the Singapore Grand Prix Formula One race, was charged with graft.
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(30-09-2024, 08:57 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: No GST till 2030, but then govt feel money no enough, must want to INCREASE Anything they like to Increase.
SINGAPORE – Most parents want to do the best for their children, but a couple here are enduring retirement with money woes after splashing out around $600,000 on their children’s overseas education.
Their plight is a stark reminder that parents must make plans for themselves first before overindulging their offspring.
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PM Wong to visit Laos for ASEAN summits, bilateral meeting Oct 9. Summits will be Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s first multilateral meetings with leaders of other countries since he took office in May.
VIENTIANE: PM Lawrence Wong will visit Laotian capital of Vientiane from Wednesday (Oct 9) to Sat to attend this year’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits & other related summits. A first multilateral meetings, after summits end on Friday, he will meet with his Laotian counterpart Sonexay Siphandone, who will host him to an official dinner.
NEW GROWTH AREAS
Mr Wong, who also Minister for Finance, will lead S'pore delegation to 44th & 45th ASEAN summits & related summits. Southeast Asian leaders will review bloc’s community-building efforts discuss & to create opportunities for ASEAN businesses,
especially in new growth areas such as digital & green economies, PM's Office (PMO) said in a statement on Tuesday will look to strengthen ASEAN’s role in forging open plan & stable regional architecture, it added.
“Laos’ chairmanship theme ‘Enhancing Connectivity & Resilience’ underlines the region’s substantive forward-looking agenda to enhance ASEAN's unity & resilience in face of geopolitical & economic headwinds,” said PMO.
Mr Wong and his counterparts will also discuss ways to expand the bloc’s engagement with various world leaders at the 27th ASEAN Plus Three Summit, the 19th East Asia Summit and summits with Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Nations and the United States.
This year’s ASEAN-Japan Summit is first under Singapore’s 3-year term as country in charge of coordinating dialogue between the two sides.
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Singapore leaders pay tribute to Lee Wei Ling
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sent his condolences to the Lee family, and described Dr Lee, who died aged 69, as "unswerving in her focus on patient welfare and medical ethics".
She was the daughter of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. Dr Lee, the second of three children, is survived by her brothers, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Mr Lee Hsien Yang.
PM Lawrence Wong, currently in Laos for ASEAN Summit, paid tribute to Dr Lee’s devotion to her medical profession. “I did not know Dr Lee personally. But I do know she devoted her life to medicine, a paediatric neurologist, epileptologist, & head of Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s neuroscience dept,” he said in a Facebook post. “She helped to establish National Neuroscience Institute & later served as its Director for 11 years. Throughout her career, she was unswerving in her focus on patient welfare and medical ethics.
Dr Lee was also a regular contributor to The Sunday Times, & her columns were later compiled into a book, A Hakka Woman's Singapore Stories: My life as a daughter, doctor and diehard Singaporean.
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(06-10-2024, 04:03 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: SINGAPORE – Most parents want to do the best for their children, but a couple here are enduring retirement with money woes after splashing out around $600,000 on their children’s overseas education. Their plight is a stark reminder that parents must make plans for themselves first before overindulging their offspring.
SINGAPORE: With M'sian ringgit going strong, the S'pore dollar, which had much more purchasing power earlier this year, will not stretch as much when Singaporeans go shopping, dining, or vacationing in Johor Bahru. In February, the exchange rate was at S$1 = MYR3.5725. Today, it’s at S$1 = MYR3.28
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(25-09-2024, 10:47 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Live: Updated 24 min ago
Yahoo News Singapore - Singapore population tops 6 million amid non-resident surge: S,'pore
Live news. S'pore has reached a significant demographic milestone, its population reach to 6.04 million as of June 2024, driven by a notable increase in non-residents, which now number 1.86 million. This growth contrasts with slower rise in resident populations, citizen numbers have only increased by 0.7% and permanent residents by 1.2%. City-state is facing a historic low in its total fertility rate, has dropped to 0.97, signalling a worrying trend in citizen births. Despite PAP govt initiatives to encourage family growth, including financial support & enhanced parental leave, this decline in births continues. In tandem, S'pore's ageing demographic poses added challenges, it projections indicating that by 2030, (1 in four residents). Will be aged 65 or older.
What lies ahead for S'pore as its population exceeds 6mil?.
Headache arhh ....
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(29-09-2024, 08:01 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: East-West Line disruption: No train services from Jurong East to Buona Vista on Sep 30, new cracks found along tracks. Authorities had previously said they were working towards full restoration of train services on Monday (Sep 30).
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...ta-4642326
Will there be more check on mrt train track?.
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(11-10-2024, 05:14 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Headache arhh ....
As coming already said. LKY is a very angry old man.
He turn No-38 Property upside down. :omg
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(06-05-2024, 12:12 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: This Tiktok.com has a short video about old Singapore, have a walk back to those old days...
PM Wong’s not a air pailate lehh, he is a PM lehh. Is ok to buy a flight homecoming by Scoot, that makes headlines,
for election reason.
SircarLee!, old man want to talk to him, how?.
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(13-10-2024, 11:34 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: PM Wong’s not a air pailate lehh, he is a PM lehh. Is ok to buy a flight homecoming by Scoot, that makes headlines, for election reason.
SircarLee!, old man want to talk to him, how?.
SirCarLee old man said since govt from PAP (PayAndPay) wanted to keep, to keep no-38 property, he (LKY) sure think then, the next future Lee generation can take over?. With this in mind, about 10 - 20 years later.
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CPF Special Accounts for those 55 and above to be closed from January after Bill passes
More than 99 per cent of CPF members aged 55 and above would be able to transfer all their Special Account savings to their Retirement Account, if they wish to do so.
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Allianz-Income deal off in its current form, but Govt open to new arrangement: Edwin Tong.
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Singapore Q3 GDP up 4.1% y/y, preliminary data shows...something good...
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(14-10-2024, 10:05 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Allianz-Income deal off in its current form, but Govt open to new arrangement: Edwin Tong.
The German financial services giant announced its plans to buy a majority stake in Income for around US$1.6 billion in July. NTUC Enterprise said at the time that it would remain a "substantial" shareholder if the sale went through.
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(21-06-2024, 10:43 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Done expanding rail network. PM Wong opened Thomson-East Coast Line Stage 4, the 7 new stations on Stage 4 of the line will officially open for passenger service on Sunday (Jun 23) more is coming, said PM Lawrence Wong. “Over next decade, we will be opening over 50 new MRT stations, including new Jurong Region, Line can Cross Island Line – our 7th & 8th MRT lines,” Mr Wong said @opening ceremony of TEL4 on Friday morning (Jun 21). Ceremony was held at Marine Parade station, 10of 7 new stations along TEL4. Other stn: Tanjong Rhu, Katong Park, Tanjong Katong, Marine Terrace, Siglap and Bayshore.
7 new stations opened to public for a preview from noon to 9pm on Friday, b4 passenger service officially starts on Sunday. Mr Wong, who is also Finance Minister, recounted his days growing up in Marine Parade in the 1980s. “Back then, I wished there was an MRT station near my home in Marine Terrace, then I could have taken the train directly,” he said. He added that while he no longer lives in the area, he is glad residents can enjoy faster public transport that is affordable. Students will also benefit, with more 10 schools within walking distance.
TEL4 station will also bring East Coast closer to Singaporeans from other parts of the island, noted Mr Wong, adding that popular food options in areas such as Joo Chiat and Katong would also be more accessible. He thanked residents along the TEL4 stretch for their patience while construction works were underway. Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat was also at opening ceremony, along with Members of Parliament for constituencies which TEL4 passes through.
They included Deputy PM Heng Swee Keat of East Coast GRC, Manpower Minister Tan See Leng and Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng of Marine Parade GRC, as well as Mr Lim Biow Chuan of Mountbatten SMC.
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From swamp to industrial powerhouse. There are some sceptics scoffed at the pair’s plan — few could see rural Jurong’s potential. Isit in LKY team. He is also DPM. Dr Goh's Folly?.
Project seemed too costly. Reclamation, infrastructural work and many others.
Those are the day when Jurong is filled with mosquitoes, crocodile-infested swamp and fewer takers for life in the “wild, wild west”. Starting with only two investors: NatSteel and Pelican Textiles, while there was a smattering of factories in Jurong, including one which produced canned kaya & curries. (To those specially yoyo) younger folks & young Childers arhh. Who are not born yet. 
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Younger folks must find more info about old Singapore old leaders to teach to younger children in school...lehh.
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Pictures of Super Papaya frown on big pots.
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(17-10-2024, 11:06 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:
Pictures of Super Papaya frow on big pots.
A picture of a grow up papaya fat plant.
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(14-10-2024, 10:03 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: CPF Special Accounts for those 55 and above to be closed from January after Bill passes
More than 99 per cent of CPF members aged 55 and above would be able to transfer all their Special Account savings to their Retirement Account, if they wish to do so.
"if they wish to do so?." Mean...what?, next for those who don't want lehh...???.
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