SINGAPORE: Minister for National Development Desmond Lee will lead the People’s Action Party (PAP) team in West Coast-Jurong West GRC in the upcoming General Election. The five-member slate includes two first-time candidates: orthopaedic surgeon Hamid Razak, 39, and lawyer Cassandra Lee, 33, the party announced on Tuesday (Apr 15). TheyContinue Reading
MND and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will continue to identify more sites for AACs in private housing and HDB estates. A new AAC by Montfort Care at the Marine Parade MRT incidental space in Joo Chiat will be set up, while current examples include a “mobile AAC” concept byContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Fifty monkeys in Punggol were trapped by the National Parks Board (NParks) in 2024 and most of those caught were sterilised as part of efforts to manage the monkey population in the area. Minister for National Development Desmond Lee said in a written parliamentary answer on Tuesday (Mar 4) that NParks hadContinue Reading
CHANGES TO CBDI, SDI SCHEMES The CBDI and SDI schemes will be refined in two ways. First, developments in the Anson and Cecil areas will now have greater flexibility to retain their commercial use under the CBDI scheme, provided they include long-stay serviced apartments, Mr Lee said. Unlike typical servicedContinue Reading
