Singapore News - Over the last five years, the Housing Board (HDB) did not increase rent for 97 per cent of the 374 coffee shops it owns when their tenancies were due for renewal. But the other 402 privately owned coffee shop operators, as well as the stallholders that rent from them, must. Read more at www.tnp.sg
SINGAPORE - The traffic situation outside some schools in Bukit Timah has improved slightly, a few years after measures were introduced in 2020 to keep peak hour congestion manageable. These include staggering reporting times of schools in the area, and converting Hillcrest Road, where Raffles Girls' Primary School (RGPS) is located, into a one-way street from 1pm to 2pm during.
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Management University (SMU) on Jan 17 launched a new Urban Institute that will carry out research on Asian cities, to address challenges such as climate change and ageing infrastructure. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Several Tampines residents have been troubled by the relentless screams and yells of one woman, who has been heard shrieking out of her window almost every day since November 2023. Shen, who lives at Block 405, Tampines Street 41, told 8world that the first scream would be heard in the morning, but the woman would start screaming incessantly again at.