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Singapore retailers cut drink prices up to 50% ahead of Oct 1 deposit logo rule
With the Beverage Container Return Scheme's transition period ending Sept 30, some Singapore retailers and distributors are discounting drinks whose containers lack the 10-cent Return Right deposit mark by up to 50 per cent. From Oct 1, supplying regulated beverages without the mark and barcode becomes an offence under the Resource Sustainability Act, with fines up to $10,000 and/or three months' jail. Don Don Donki and K-Market are among those clearing non-labelled stock.
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Trevor Noah adds Nov 4 Singapore show at The Star Theatre
Trevor Noah has added a second Singapore performance on Nov 4 at The Star Theatre, following his previously announced Nov 3 show, as part of the Just For Laughs Singapore comedy festival. Organiser Bohm Presents said tickets for the new date are on sale via Sistic at S$128 to S$268, and Noah will also play extra shows in Hong Kong and Malaysia.
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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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Malcolm Todd to play first Singapore show at The Star Theatre on Nov 30
American singer-songwriter Malcolm Todd will perform in Singapore for the first time on Nov 30 at The Star Theatre, as part of his Do That Again World Tour. The Singapore date was announced on Monday, with tickets going on sale in phases from Sep 21. The Asia leg also includes Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul, Tokyo and Taipei.
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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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Woodlands North RTS station finished, cross-border service set for 2027
Singapore's Land Transport Authority said on Sept 4 that the Woodlands North station on the Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link is complete, keeping the line on track to start passenger service in 2027. The 4km link will join Bukit Chagar in Johor Bahru to Woodlands North, where travellers can transfer to the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line, with capacity for 10,000 passengers an hour each way. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Malaysian-side station and rail infrastructure is finished and integration testing between the two countries has begun.
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Exists to hold 'Back to School' concert in Singapore in January 2027
Malaysian pop-rock band Exists will perform 'Back To School Live In Singapore' on 15 January 2027 at The Star Theatre, The Star Performing Arts Centre. Tickets go on sale on 15 September in six price categories.
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Binjai Crest resident loses bid to remove security barrier, ordered to pay S$8,000
A resident of Binjai Crest, a strata landed estate in Bukit Timah, Singapore, failed to get the Strata Titles Board to order the removal of a security barrier installed at the main entrance. The board ruled the management corporation was managing common property and did not need a special resolution, and ordered Tay Jia Sheng to pay S$8,000 in legal costs.
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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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77 students take White Coat pledge at Duke-NUS Medical School
At Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, 77 students took the medical pledge at the White Coat Ceremony on August 14. This year saw more women enrol, with 38 of the 49 female students having switched to medicine from other fields. Among them is Aparna Giri Shankar, who came from public health.
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King Albert Park bungalow robbery: six jailed
Six men were jailed on Monday over an armed robbery at a luxury bungalow in Singapore's King Albert Park area in 2024, in which $4.9 million in assets were stolen. The gang fled Singapore immediately and moved the loot to Malaysia. A seventh suspect is still at large and is believed to be in Thailand.
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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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Six Malaysian men jailed in Singapore over S$4.9m GCB poker-game robbery
Six Malaysian men were sentenced to jail in Singapore on Sep. 14 for an armed gang robbery at a Good Class Bungalow in the King Albert Park area. The group, armed with machetes and baseball bats, tied up 11 people and stole about S$4.9 million from a high-stakes poker game on Apr. 18, 2024. A seventh man remains at large and is believed to have left Malaysia for Thailand.
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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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Man filmed putting community cat into car boot at Joo Seng Road; NParks says he was taking it to vet
At Joo Seng Road in Singapore, a man was filmed picking up a community cat and attempting to place it into a carrier in a car boot. NParks investigated and said he is a community cat caregiver who was trying to bring an injured cat to a veterinary clinic; the cat later escaped and was seen back in the neighbourhood.
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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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Noraniza Idris and dikir barat liven up Rahila Rashun's wedding in Newton
Local singer Rahila Rashun's wedding to Ahmad Syafiq Moklas at The Landmark Ballrooms in Newton on 13 September featured a surprise performance by Malaysian singer Noraniza Idris with dikir barat group Andika Kencana. Rahila said the performance was unplanned and that she was moved because Noraniza is her aunt.
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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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GFM Services wins extra RM37.4m Pengerang turnaround contract
GFM Services Bhd has received an additional RM37.4 million release order for major turnaround works at the Pengerang Integrated Complex in Johor, lifting the contract value to RM104.16 million. The work was awarded to its 60%-owned subsidiary Shapadu CR Asia by Pengerang Refining Company and is expected to start in March 2027.