Singapore News - Singapore took another step towards boosting its water security in the face of climate change by opening its fourth desalination plant - the only one capable of treating sea and reservoir water. Speaking at the official opening of the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant. Read more at www.tnp.sg
The Straits Times
S pore s fourth desalination plant, which can treat both sea and reservoir water, officially opens
PM Lee Hsien Loong being shown around the new Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant on Feb 4, 2021.ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
The new plant can treat about 30 million gallons a day, or up to 7 per cent of Singapore s daily water needs.ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
The Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant is about twice the size of a football field.PHOTO: PUB
PublishedFeb 4, 2021, 4:43 pm SGT
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The autonomous buses deployed in the trial were developed by ST Engineering, while the mapping programme used to guide the vehicles was built by GPS Lands. Public transport companies SBS Transit and SMRT will operate the service routes in Jurong Island and Science Park 2, respectively.
The AfA said in statement Monday that the pilot was expected to end April 30 and it would assess the findings before deciding on the next steps. In order to gain more data and insights that will be valuable to the development of future urban mobility services, the two routes differ in physical conditions, commuter and partner mix, service and vehicle type, as well as operation concepts, it added.
The New Paper
Driverless bus trials attract curious passengers
Japanese housewife Satoko Nemoto boarding a driverless bus at Haw Par Villa last Wednesday. The Haw Par Villa round-trip route is one of two trials here. TNP PHOTO: NATALIE TAN
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Ms Satoko Nemoto, a 43-year-old Japanese housewife who has been in Singapore for three months, travelled by MRT all the way from her home in Pasir Ris to Haw Par Villa just to ride on the driverless bus operated by SMRT.
She said the ride was quiet and smooth, and she especially liked that the bus was fully electric and thus eco-friendly.
SINGAPORE - Singapore is now able to produce its own high-quality mask filters, at a rate such that everyone here can have two filters each week, should the Covid-19 pandemic worsen and global stocks once again run low.
The country will therefore have a sustainable supply at hand in the event that the crisis requires Singaporeans to switch to using higher-grade, surgical-quality masks, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing on Thursday (Jan 28).
As these filters are designed to be used with reusable masks, Singapore will also be less reliant on the raw materials required for manufacturing traditional surgical masks, he noted.