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The Big Read: Rising prices, building delays young couples face perfect storm in quest for home sweet home The delays couldn’t have come at a worse time for young couples eager to set up their very first marital home, newly-weds say.
In pre-pandemic days, prospective homeowners were waiting for about three to four years following a new launch for a flat under the BTO scheme. Now, they will have to add between six and nine months, or even a year in some cases, to the waiting game. (Photo: TODAY/Ili Nadhirah Mansor)
SINGAPORE - A pilot integrated aged care facility with video-based technology to monitor elderly residents in a non-invasive manner has opened in Kebun Baru.
The Integrated Dementia Assisted Living (Ideal) facility, which began operations on Monday (March 1) in a Housing Board unit, caters to vulnerable elderly who live alone in the constituency. It currently provides free daytime care to this group.
The facility has two cameras and a sound sensor that monitor the elderly, while using privacy-masking solutions to ensure their personal privacy is respected.
The system also comes with artificial intelligence (AI) and sound analytics software capable of detecting falls and distress.
SINGAPORE - Parliament will sit for eight days starting from Wednesday (Feb 24) to debate the Budget 2021 statement for the new financial year, as Singapore continues to deal with the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Government s proposed extension of various aid schemes, which will taper off as Singapore recovers, and its plans for stepping up sustainability and innovation initiatives will be among the topics for discussion and scrutiny during the annual marathon debate.
The first three days of the sitting will focus on the Budget statement, which sets out the Government s financial priorities and policies for the new financial year that starts on April 1.
SINGAPORE - The Republic may be small, but it can still punch above its weight on the climate change front by helping countries in the region and beyond cut their carbon emissions, said Mr Henry Kwek (Kebun Baru SMC) in Parliament on Monday (Feb 1). Singapore can offer well-run, trusted carbon offset solutions that are based throughout the world, he said during the debate on the private member s motion calling for bolder climate action in the country. And at the same time, our government-linked companies and even our government, can buy these offsets, so that we can go beyond our reduction target, Mr Kwek added.
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MPs back carbon tax hike to fight climate change
There was broad agreement on raising the carbon tax, among the 18 MPs who spoke on the topic in Parliament on Feb 1, 2021.PHOTO: ST FILE
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