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Desmond Lee Keeps Schools Open as PSI Forecast Holds Below 300

Education Minister Desmond Lee said campuses will operate on Monday after NEA’s overnight forecast kept the 24-hour PSI out of the hazardous band that would trigger closures.

Sarah Teo

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Ong Ye Kung Outlines IMH Expansion and 2027 Rename in Parliament Message

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said the Institute of Mental Health will become the National Centre for Mental Health Singapore in 2027 and grow at Buangkok through 2040 as psychiatric demand rises.

Sarah Teo

Interior aisle between rows of server cabinets in a Singapore data hall, cool fluorescent light on brushed metal doors, cable trays overhead, no people, no logos or readable text

IMDA Can Fine Data Centre Operators Up to S$1 Million Under Digital Infrastructure Act

Parliament passed the Digital Infrastructure Bill on 7 October, putting licensing, cyber reporting and fines of up to S$1 million on large data centres that host Singapore’s digital backbone.

Sarah Teo

Singapore and Brunei military personnel in dress uniforms standing in formation on a naval base parade ground at dusk, brass band instruments at rest, tropical humidity haze, no logos or readable text

Gan Kim Yong Acts as PM as Wong Leaves for Brunei Defence Jubilee

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong takes the acting helm while Lawrence Wong marks 50 years of Singapore–Brunei defence ties at Muara Naval Base.

Sarah Teo

Morning traffic jam on a Singapore expressway with emergency lights and smoke in the distance near an exit gantry

Nine Hospitalized After TPE Crash Sets Motorcycle Ablaze Near Punggol Exit

A lorry, a car and two motorcycles collided on the expressway toward the PIE at dawn, jamming traffic before the morning rush.

Sarah Teo

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