What is a National Monument? Who gazettes them? How many national monuments are there in Singapore? To date, the Preservation of Sites and Monuments, a division of National Heritage Board, has identified and gazetted 75 buildings, structures and sites of national significance as an integral part of Singapore's built heritage. And we're here to tell you all about them -.
Singapore News - A swimming coach sexually abused a student for four years, carrying out sexual acts on the victim in public shower cubicles and inside his van from the time the boy was nine. The man also invited the victim to his home to play computer games, and gave the boy alcohol before. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Batam's district court has sentenced an Indonesian captain of a Singapore-owned vessel to seven years in jail for transporting containers of hazardous and toxic liquid waste into Indonesia, breaching both environment and shipping laws.