What's happening around Kaki Bukit Avenue 5 Singapore
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Tower Transit seeks four commuters who helped unresponsive bus driver in Hougang
A Tower Transit bus driver became unresponsive behind the wheel while approaching a bus stop in Hougang Avenue 3 on Sept 14. Four commuters and an SBS Transit driver helped stop the double-decker bus and call for an ambulance; the driver is in stable condition at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Tower Transit is now trying to find the helpers to thank them.
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Uzbek mother and son arrested over S$5,000 thefts at Changi Airport shops
A 39-year-old woman and her 16-year-old son from Uzbekistan were arrested for allegedly stealing about S$5,000 worth of items from shops in Changi Airport's transit area. The teenager faces six theft charges, while his mother faces one theft charge and one for receiving stolen property; both will be charged in court on Wednesday.
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SIA flight SQ24 to New York turns back to Changi after pilot falls ill mid-air
A Singapore Airlines flight bound for New York returned to Changi Airport on Sep. 14, about four hours after take-off, following an in-flight medical emergency involving the pilot. The Airbus A350-900 landed at about 9:11pm with all 144 passengers and 17 crew disembarking normally, and later departed Singapore again at 11:58pm.
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Thailand, Cambodia take maritime border dispute to Singapore arbitration hearing
Thailand and Cambodia presented their cases before a five-member panel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore on Tuesday over overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand. Bangkok accused Phnom Penh of playing the victim, while Cambodia said it sought a peaceful resolution after Thailand withdrew from a 2001 bilateral framework agreement.
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Kopitiam founder sues contractor over unfinished Whitley Road houses
Lim Bee Huat, founder of the Kopitiam foodcourt chain, is suing contractor Tiandi ACMV Engineering over allegedly abandoned and defective building works on two adjacent houses in Whitley Road, Singapore. He seeks about $456,000 to complete and rectify the works plus damages for loss of use, while Tiandi denies liability and counterclaims $1.14 million under the $3.5 million contract. The High Court trial began on Sept 14 and is set to run until Oct 15.
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Thailand, Cambodia open UNCLOS maritime conciliation at PCA office in Singapore
Thailand and Cambodia began compulsory conciliation over overlapping maritime claims at the Permanent Court of Arbitration's Singapore office on Sept 15, with Thailand's foreign minister accusing Cambodia of hypocrisy and self-serving claims. The dispute covers about 26,000 sq km of sea believed to hold gas and oil worth roughly US$300 billion, and the process could take up to a year.
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NetLink Trust: fibre outage in Bishan and Thomson to be fixed by Wednesday morning
About 2,000 Singtel, StarHub and M1 broadband users in parts of Bishan and Thomson lost fibre service after a third-party contractor damaged multiple NetLink Trust cables. NetLink Trust says restoration is under way and should be complete by Wednesday morning.
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Fibre cut disrupts Singtel, StarHub and M1 internet services
A fibre connection cut on Tuesday (Sept 15) caused temporary internet disruption for customers of Singtel, StarHub and M1 in Singapore. NetLink Trust said about 1,200 users in Bishan and Thomson may have been affected, and it is working with telcos to restore service.
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Go-Ahead Singapore boosts driver training after Tampines bus wait complaints
Go-Ahead Singapore is stepping up training and operational support for bus captains after commuters in Tampines complained of longer and less predictable waits since the operator took over 29 services on July 19. The operator says it is deploying more staff at interchanges and key stops, and Tampines GRC MP Baey Yam Keng says most transition issues have been resolved.
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Grab and ComfortDelGro AV safety drivers in Punggol say the job is no easy ride
Safety drivers behind the wheel of autonomous vehicles in Punggol say their role is far more demanding than passengers assume, requiring constant alertness and the ability to take over at any moment. Both Grab-WeRide and ComfortDelGro-Pony.ai run public AV shuttle trials in Punggol, with Grab planning to grow its fleet from 10 to 50 vehicles and a Bill tabled in parliament to extend the AV regulatory sandbox to end-2028.
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Safety operators keep watch as driverless shuttles run in Punggol
In Punggol, 24-year-old Sherman Seng works as a safety operator for Zig Driverless, a ComfortDelGro unit, monitoring autonomous shuttle rides that began in April. He and 12 other operators watch for vehicle errors, take manual control when needed and feed problems back to engineers. Seng trained three weeks in Guangzhou before operating the shuttles.
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Cyclist injured in East Coast Park duathlon collision; police report lodged
A woman competing in the TriFactor Duathlon at East Coast Park on Sep 13, 2026 was injured when another cyclist allegedly collided with her and rode off. She was taken to Changi General Hospital and has lodged a police report; the race organiser says its safety protocols were followed.
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Singaporeans live about nine years longer than they stay healthy, summit hears
Singapore residents can expect roughly nine years of poor health at the end of their lives, a gap between lifespan and health span that the AIA Healthcare Summit 2026 discussed on Aug 12 at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore. The summit brought over 700 government, academic and healthcare figures together under the theme Purposeful Longevity. MOH Permanent Secretary Lai Wei Lin called for public-private collaboration on coverage, sustainability and preventive health as the number of Singaporeans aged 80 and above grows.
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'Ali' robot trialled at Little India MRT station
A 1.27-metre robot named 'Ali' was trialled by the Land Transport Authority at Little India MRT station on the Downtown Line from Aug 31 to Sept 11. Tamil Murasu asked commuters for their views; some said it was useful for children and tourists but questioned its value for the elderly and general public.
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Inter fight back to beat Udinese 5-3, stay level with Roma
Inter Milan came from two goals down to beat Udinese 5-3 in Serie A, staying joint top with Roma on 12 points. Roma won 2-0 at Torino, while Como are third on 10 points after beating Parma 2-1.
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Job matching session on Sep 17 for ex-staff of True Fitness and True Yoga
A job matching session will be held on Sep 17 for former employees of True Fitness and True Yoga, which ceased operations across all outlets on Sep 10. The session, organised by NTUC's e2i, SMMWU and NICA, will offer job matching, career coaching and skills upgrading advice. Customers have reported losses of over S$609,000 in unutilised memberships, with 241 complaints filed with CASE.
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Man jailed 13 weeks for driving while suspended, showing police another person's licence
A 31-year-old Singaporean man, Cheong Melvin, was sentenced to 13 weeks' jail, fined S$3,400 and disqualified from driving for five years after driving while suspended and showing police a screenshot of a former employee's driving licence. He had reversed into another car at Cardiff Grove in Serangoon Garden on Jan 26, 2025, and also abandoned a vehicle on an expressway after a separate crash.
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Indranee: Greenery, heritage sites only considered for housing when no other land available
Second Minister for National Development Indranee Rajah said on Sept 14 that building homes on greenery or heritage sites is a last resort, used only when no suitable brownfield sites exist. Speaking at *Scape Ground Theatre ahead of a closed-door housing dialogue, she cited shrinking household sizes and rising demand for flats, and noted over 400ha of golf course land will be reclaimed by 2030.
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Grab to grow AV fleet to 50 vehicles, expand beyond Punggol
Grab will expand its autonomous vehicle fleet from 10 to 50 over the next six months and is preparing an on-demand point-to-point service in Punggol, with plans to extend to other parts of Singapore subject to regulatory approval. The company says its AVs have travelled over 110,000km and served more than 12,000 riders, and it is working with LTA on a depot and new AV roles.
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Tampines bus delays under Go-Ahead Singapore raise commuter complaints, MP Baey Yam Keng says
Commuters in Tampines have complained of longer waits and poorer reliability since Go-Ahead Singapore took over the area's bus services. Tampines GRC MP Baey Yam Keng said in a Facebook post on Sunday (Sept 13) that service quality has declined since the SBS Transit era, and Go-Ahead Singapore said about 40 per cent of its drivers are new and need time to learn the routes.
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Ng Chee Meng launches community umbrella racks at two Jalan Kayu bus stops
Community umbrella racks have been set up at two bus stops along Jalan Kayu Road in Singapore, letting residents borrow an umbrella and return it later. Jalan Kayu MP Ng Chee Meng announced the pay-it-forward initiative, which drew both praise and scepticism online after similar schemes elsewhere ended when umbrellas were not returned.
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Dick Lee and JJ Lin win at Singapore songwriters' awards
At the 29th Singapore Lyricists and Composers Association awards held at the Sands Grand Ballroom in Marina Bay Sands on Sunday, Singaporean singers and songwriters Dick Lee and JJ Lin were the top winners. Both received the new Hall of Fame award for the first time.
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Bangladeshi worker jailed 13 months, 2 weeks for Geylang fight and false robbery report
A 41-year-old Bangladeshi national was sentenced to 13 months and two weeks' jail after fighting an acquaintance near Lorong 14 Geylang and then falsely telling police he had been robbed of S$256 and his work permit. Bhuyan Md Ozzjal pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt and providing false information, with other charges taken into consideration. He had worked in Singapore for 16 years and hopes to keep working here.
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BigHit Music to hold auditions in Singapore for new male trainees on Oct 24
BigHit Music, the agency behind BTS, will hold auditions for new male trainees in Singapore on Oct 24, 2026, at Metropolitan YMCA. The auditions are open to any male born in or after 2008, regardless of nationality, and similar on-site auditions will be held across Asia, North America and Australia. Online auditions are also open until Dec 5.