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Western island timeline still blank, 259 mule suspects probed, and Orchard F1 season opens Oct 2
Friday's Singapore Daily Update — ten stories on reclamation politics, Jurong land scarcity, November BTO HFE deadline, a S$5.2M scam sweep, F1 heartland events, STI and SGX retail reforms, haze and dengue, Padang concerts, and an editorial on mule laws.
PoliticsWestern Reclamation Timeline Still Blank as Chee Hong Tat Fields Reef Queries
Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat told Parliament the western island’s reclamation timeline and profile remain undecided as MPs press reef and Orang Laut concerns after Lawrence Wong’s National Day Rally merge plan.
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Security259 Suspects in Account-Mule Sweep After S$5.2M Losses Flagged
Credit CardsHDB Locks HFE Submissions 25 Sep for 7,960-Flat November Ballot
StocksDBS Trio Drags STI Down 0.5% to 5,683 Ahead of COE Exercise
TechnologySGX Ten-Share Board Lots Begin 5 Oct for DBS, OCBC and UOB
LifestyleOrchard Road Paddock Opens Oct 2 as F1 Season Kicks Off in Heartland
HealthNEA Haze Band Holds as Lentor Dengue Cluster Hits 258 Cases
EntertainmentPadang Concert Lineup Locks JJ Lin, Killers and Lana Del Rey for Sprint Race Weekend
OpinionEditorial: Mule Jail Terms Need Faster Bank and Platform Freezes
BusinessMTI Says Jurong Petrochems Leave Under a Third of Land for New Plants
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MTI Says Jurong Petrochems Leave Under a Third of Land for New Plants
MTI told Parliament less than a third of Jurong Island’s roughly 3,000 hectares remains developable for specialty chemicals and low-carbon data centres, explaining why National Day Rally western-island reclamation is not a simple land swap.
Editorial: Mule Jail Terms Need Faster Bank and Platform Freezes
Tougher mule sentences mean little if banks and platforms freeze accounts too slowly—Parliament’s new disabling orders need tighter clocks and clearer appeals so victims keep cash and innocent holders keep salaries.