The_King

He say 1) many mediacorp actors now sibei pampered cos working conditions so much better now 2) many of the actors think they sibei big but when he go overseas act everyone was 100 times better than the best mediacorp actors. He ask the mediacorp actors go China to prove and improve their acting skills. 3) production standards overseas especially China is a lot more professional cos got bigger budget 4) last time mediacorp say he not suitable to do period dramas cos he don't have suitable look.

Switzerland has reiterated its desire to strengthen defence capabilities at a time when the European Union, under pressure, is investing to re-arm. This agreement will enable the two countries to deepen their collaboration, particularly in the area of arms procurement, the government said in a press release. In the medium and long term, this strengthening of existing relations will benefit both Switzerland’s defence capability and its industry, it adds. The two countries collaborate in particular on drones, robotics, technological forecasting and anticipation. The Federal Council wants to strengthen its defence capability by deepening its relations with its international partners, it adds. All the while respecting its “obligations under the law of neutrality”. This announcement comes against a tense backdrop in Europe. In recent weeks, Europe has been working hard to find a way of re-arming itself in order to compensate for American disengagement and confront the Russian threat. Earlier this month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an €800 billion plan to re-arm Europe https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/switzerland-joins-forces-with-singapore-for-its-weapons/89010069

my question is always, it they can bring in this illegal so easily. what about those even more dangerous stuff? like sarin gas, c4, etc....

SINGAPORE - A mother of three young children was among 76 suspected drug offenders arrested in a five-day island-wide operation, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said. Two of her children, aged 12 and 14, were present when the 31-year-old was arrested at her residential unit. Ice, also known as methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia were recovered from her bedroom, which her children had access to, said CNB in a Facebook post on March 15, adding that the children have since been placed in the care of their next of kin. According to an earlier report, checks by The Straits Times on reported cases in 2024 showed CNB officers rescued at least 10 children during drug raids at residential units that year. In 2023, four children were rescued during such raids. In a March 15 press release on the operation that took place from March 10 to 14, CNB said a total of about 462g of heroin, 357g of Ice, 58g of cannabis, 11g of ketamine, 46g of Ecstasy and 76 Erimin-5 tablets were seized. The items seized were estimated to be worth more than $97,800, said the bureau. Some of the areas covered include Bukit Merah, Chai Chee, Tiong Bahru, Jurong and Yishun. On the morning of March 11, CNB officers arrested a 30-year-old Singaporean man in the vicinity of Tampines Street 82 for suspected drug trafficking offences. About 10g of Ice was recovered from him. After escorting him to his residential unit nearby, they conducted a search of the place and found 160g of Ice and 42g of Ecstasy. On the same morning, CNB officers raided another residential unit in Bishan Street 12 and arrested a 28-year-old Singaporean man and a 41-year-old Singaporean woman on suspicion of drug trafficking offences. A search of the unit recovered about 430g of heroin, 28g of ice, 14g of cannabis and 46 Erimin-5 tablets. Investigations into all arrested suspects are ongoing. A suspected drug offender being arrested by CNB officers in an island-wide drug operation from March 10 to 14.PHOTO: CNB In its annual statistics report released on Feb 12, CNB said that the number of new drug abusers totalled 966 in 2024, more than the 952 arrested in 2023. New abusers below the age of 30 made up more than half of all new cases for the second year in a row, according to the report. It is an offence to traffic or offer to traffic a controlled drug for oneself or on behalf of another person, whether or not that other person is in Singapore, as is preparing to traffic a controlled drug or offering to do so, the bureau said. Anyone found guilty of trafficking more than 15g of pure heroin (diamorphine), 250g of Ice or 500g of cannabis may face the mandatory death penalty.

SINGAPORE – The Land Transport Authority (LTA) called a tender for 660 new electric buses, comprising 360 three-door single-deck buses and 300 three-door double-deckers, on March 14. The authority expects these new buses to be delivered progressively by the end of 2027. Once these new electric buses join the fleet, the total number of buses running on batteries here will go up to 1,140. In December 2024, there were around 5,800 public buses in all. The new tender comes after the authority purchased 360 new electric single-deck buses for $166.4 million in November 2023, in contracts awarded to Chinese automaker BYD and Cycle & Carriage Automotive. And in October 2024, LTA said it had purchased another 60 more electric buses from BYD. According to tender documents published on government procurement portal GeBiz, contractors have to equip the buses with an automatic fire suppression system that can detect and put out fires in specific areas. If a fire is detected on the bus, the system will be activated to produce an audio and visual alarm on the driver’s dashboard, in addition to reducing the speed of the bus to a speed that allows it to move to the side of the road, noted LTA. In April 2024, the authority called for proposals on how to quickly remove a burnt electric bus from a multi-storey depot and submerge it in a water tank to prevent a fire from reigniting, in the event of such an incident. Besides the fire suppression system, these new buses also need to be fitted with on-board surveillance systems to improve passenger and staff safety. LTA said these surveillance systems should have collision detection and warning capabilities, so that other vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists in close proximity all around the bus can be spotted. Alerts will also be sounded to the driver. These new buses will also be equipped with information display systems that can provide commuters with visual and audio information on their journeys. The on-board information display systems must be able to show ad hoc announcements and information on rail replacement services or bridging bus services, among others. The tender for these new buses will close at 4pm on May 22. LTA said in a Facebook post that this tender supports its goal of a public bus fleet running on cleaner energy by 2040. It added that it will be procuring more than 2,000 electric buses over the next five years. The Straits Times previously reported that the Government plans to refresh Singapore’s public bus fleet so that half of them will run on batteries by 2030. Correction note: An earlier version of this story stated that there will be 1,080 electric buses once the latest set of buses joins the fleet. This is incorrect. There will be 1,140 electric buses.

SINGAPORE – A shared cooling system connecting seven buildings in Tampines began operations in early March, and talks are under way to bring more neighbouring buildings into the network. Tampines is Singapore’s first town centre to be retrofitted with this system. The project is the first of its kind to be built on already developed land. In this distributed district cooling network, which will slash the environmental cost of air-conditioning, some buildings in the town centre have taken over the cooling load for others. Such a shared system will help to cut carbon emissions, save energy and enhance efficiency through economies of scale, said SP Group, which built and operates the system, on March 14. Mr S. Harsha, managing director for sustainable energy solutions at SP Group, said: “For years, we have understood the crucial role air-conditioning plays in our tropical climate, but traditional in-building air-conditioning systems, especially the ones in older buildings, are usually less efficient and designed with standby capacity. “These buildings consume vast amounts of energy for cooling, and many of them will be around for years to come. As we strive to reduce our carbon footprint and build a greener Singapore, we need to implement a more sustainable cooling solution that can be adapted for existing buildings.” In district cooling technology, water is chilled in a centralised location and then sent through a network to multiple buildings. In conventional cooling systems, individual buildings have their own chillers. This cooling network will help the town centre cut its carbon emissions by 1,000 tonnes a year, equivalent to removing 910 cars from the roads. It will also achieve energy savings of more than 2.3 million kilowatt-hours a year, enough to power over 710 three-room Housing Board households for a year. About 25,000 sq ft of space previously used by the several chiller plants can also be repurposed, SP Group said. In addition, those buildings will save on the cost of maintaining the equipment. The seven buildings connected to the network are Century Square, CPF Tampines Building, Income at Tampines Junction, OCBC Tampines Centre 2, Our Tampines Hub, Tampines Mall and Tampines 1. Instead of constructing a new centralised cooling plant, the network uses the existing chiller plants of Century Square, Our Tampines Hub and Tampines 1. These were selected to be the chilled water supply nodes as evaluations showed they had excess cooling capacity and superior energy efficiency. They supply the chilled water through an underground pipe about 1.3km long to the other buildings in the network. Construction began in March 2023 to retrofit the buildings and install infrastructure such as chilled water pipes. Mr Harsha said the Tampines town centre is a densely built environment, lacking the space to build a district cooling plant. “What we have done here today is not just launch the Tampines distributed district cooling network; we have also developed a blueprint or reference architecture that can be used to implement a similar concept in other precincts or districts and other areas where it’s fairly built up,” he said. But given the density of the area, it was challenging to build the network while minimising inconvenience and disruption to residents, he added. To tackle this, SP Group regularly engaged with building owners, residents and the public to mitigate the inconvenience to the community over the two years of construction. Tampines is the first town centre retrofitted with the shared cooling system.ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI Mr David Chua, chief investment officer at Income Insurance, which owns one of the buildings receiving the chilled water, said the network allows the building to better optimise energy efficiency. “As a building owner, the implementation of the network will free up space with the removal of air-conditioning equipment which is no longer needed, and we can potentially consider other sustainable practices such as solar renewable energy in the future.” For the next phase, SP Group is in discussions to add seven more buildings in the vicinity to the network, further enhancing Tampines’ ambitions to be an eco-town. The launch of the network is a key milestone in the Tampines eco-town masterplan, which serves as a blueprint for how cities can be built and lived in sustainably, said Tampines GRC MP Masagos Zulkifli at the launch event on March 14. The brownfield project is one of the efforts in the masterplan – which was created in line with the Singapore Green Plan 2030, a national blueprint for sustainability targets. “We are not just constructing green infrastructure, we are enabling every resident to live the green life,” said Mr Masagos, who is also Minister for Social and Family Development.

SINGAPORE: A man was sentenced to 15 months' jail on Friday (Mar 14) for molesting a male patient while taking his blood pressure. Danisha Nur Delisa Dewa, 36, was a basic care assistant at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital attending to the victim at the time of his offence. He had been found guilty of a single charge of molest following a trial. On Jan 27, 2023, the victim - who cannot be named due to a gag order - was at the hospital's ambulatory ward for a right shoulder surgery. He was seated on a recliner chair dressed in a hospital gown. Danisha approached the victim at about 2.30pm to 3pm, under the pretext of checking his vital signs, according to the prosecution, represented by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ethan Lee. Danisha then drew the curtain around the chair, lifted the victim's hospital gown and asked if he was wearing underwear. He did so to test the victim's reaction to an intrusive action, Mr Lee said. After Danisha placed a blood pressure band around the victim's right arm and started the blood pressure machine, he pressed the victim's private parts three times while asking if the victim felt any pain. The victim initially thought this was part of the medical procedure. But he later realised that it was not, as other nurses had not done so. He also asked other staff in order to find out if the contact was normal. Ng Teng Fong General Hospital previously said that Danisha left his post on Jun 23, 2023 after completing his employment contract. Mr Lee argued that Danisha had drawn the curtain to hide his actions, and that his queries to the victim were to disguise the molest as part of normal medical procedure. Danisha's defence was a bare denial of the offences. He said that he approached the victim to take his vital signs, but denied drawing the curtain fully, lifting the patient's hospital gown or pressing on his private parts. He suggested that the victim made up the allegations as he was "homophobic" and Danisha was "a LGBTQ" (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer). The prosecution sought 15 to 18 months' jail, citing several aggravating factors. Danisha had abused his position of trust and used deception to commit the offence, Mr Lee said. "The victim stated that the offence was 'shocking' and 'unexpected' to him, and that he felt 'ashamed to talk about it', 'uncomfortable' and 'uneasy', Mr Lee added. For molest, Danisha could have been jailed up to three years, fined, caned, or punished with any combination of the penalties. Source: CNA/wt(gr)

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Proof that goes that give grant don't know the ground

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Pofma is itself is not fair as it not cause only Ministers can issues pofma as quote Potential online falsehoods should be reported directly to the relevant Ministry as they would be best-placed to assess if a statement is a falsehood and whether it is in the public’s interest to act. Ministers may instruct the POFMA Office to issue a direction if there is an online falsehood and it is in the public interest to do so. POFMA Office will only issue POFMA directions upon instruction from a Minister Gerrymandering, all can see. I mean 60% cant

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/elderly-man-dies-after-losing-his-balance-on-sbs-transit-bus SINGAPORE – An elderly man died after he lost his balance and fell in an SBS Transit bus on the evening of March 12. The 80-year-old had stood up from his seat and was preparing to alight when he fell before he could grab a pole, said SBS Transit spokeswoman Grace Wu in response to queries. The bus, which was plying the service 262 route, was making a right turn at a junction in Ang Mo Kio when the incident occurred. The driver provided first aid to the man and called an ambulance, added Mrs Wu. When contacted, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the incident, at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 and Bishan Road, at about 8pm. The man was conscious when taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he subsequently died. Mrs Wu said: “We are in touch with his family and are saddened to learn of his passing. We would like to extend our deepest condolences to them during this difficult time of loss.” The man’s family has tapped social media to appeal for eyewitnesses. Facebook user Sharlene Lee, who identified herself as his granddaughter, posted on the SG Road Vigilante Facebook page that he hit his head. He boarded the bus at AMK Hub, she added. “We are looking for any possible eyewitnesses who saw what happened or heard from anybody about the accident,” she wrote. Police investigations are ongoing.

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Most people know the theory that an asteroid smashed into Earth — hitting what is now the Yucatán Peninsula — and killed off many of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. But that was not the only mass extinction for the planet — just the most well-known. Scientists believe at least five mass extinctions have occurred in the past 500 million years, and not all of them were caused by menacing space rocks. Perhaps two of them, one 372 million years ago and another 445 million years ago, were ice ages. A new study, based on a census of stars in the Milky Way, suggests those periods of severely cold climates may have begun with stars dying light-years away. "If a massive star were to explode as a supernova close to the Earth, the results would be devastating for life on Earth," said Nick Wright, an astrophysicist at Keele University in the United Kingdom, in a statement. "This research suggests that this may have already happened." SEE ALSO: Hubble sees mini galaxies surrounding Andromeda are pretty wild a brachiopod fossil A fossil of a type of brachiopod, Floweria chemungensis, went extinct in the late Devonian period. Credit: Andrew Bush / National Science Foundation Previous research has yet to determine the cause for either the late Devonian or Ordovician mass extinctions, which occurred 372 and 445 million years ago, respectively. The Ordovician extinction is thought to have killed off about 60 percent of the invertebrate sea creatures at a time when most of Earth's species lived in the ocean; the late Devonian event eliminated 70 percent of all creatures and influenced sweeping changes in the kinds of fish that survived. Scientists have suspected these ice ages followed damage to the ozone layer. Crucially, the team working on the census says supernovas could have triggered the catastrophic changes in Earth's protective atmosphere. The rate of supernovas near Earth is consistent with the timing of both mass extinctions. The team's findings appear in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest, brightest, and most violent type of explosion scientists have observed in the universe. These cosmic blasts are element factories, NASA says: They create carbon, for instance, the same chemical on which humans and much of life on Earth are based. They spread calcium and iron, the same stuff found in bones and blood, across interstellar space. This dispersal seeds new generations of stars and planets. This is what astronomer Carl Sagan meant when he said we're made of "star stuff." The same substances composing our bodies were literally forged within the cores of stars, then flung through the cosmos when they died. It's a great paradox then that supernovas could be both creators and destroyers of life, the authors observed. "Supernova explosions bring heavy chemical elements into the interstellar medium, which are then used to form new stars and planets," said Alexis Quintana, lead author, in a statement. "But if a planet, including the Earth, is located too close to this kind of event, this can have devastating effects." A nearby supernova's blast of various forms of radiation could strip away the ozone layer. By "near," the experts mean within 65 light-years or so. Without the ozone, Earth would be exposed to harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun and acid rain. Betelgeuse in the sky Betelgeuse, about 650 light-years away from Earth, is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. Credit: Alan Dyer / VWPics / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Using models that estimate how stars evolve and emit light at different wavelengths, the team analyzed data from large sky surveys, including data from the European Space Agency's recently retired Gaia mission. The census involved nearly 25,000 so-called "OB stars" — very hot, massive stars — within 1,000 parsecs, or roughly 3,260 light-years, of the sun. These stars are so hot, they're at least double the sun's surface temperature. This census allowed the scientists to calculate the rate of supernovas in the local region of the galaxy and throughout the Milky Way as a whole. According to the team's calculations, about one supernova happens every 400 million years within close enough vicinity to Earth that its radiation could impact the atmosphere. The nearest stars that could blow within the next million years are thought to be Antares and Betelgeuse. If that gives you chills, don't worry: Both stars are more than 500 light-years away — far enough that their blasts wouldn't likely trigger an ice age.

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...mrt-screen-door-to-retrieve-phone-from-tracks SINGAPORE – A man was detained by transport operator SMRT after climbing over platform screen doors at Boon Lay MRT station to retrieve a phone that had fallen on the train tracks. In a Facebook post on March 14, SMRT said the incident occurred at around 8.15am on March 13. When the man climbed over the 1.5m-tall half-height screen doors, another commuter activated the Emergency Stop Plunger (ESP) on the west-bound platform. ESPs are located on walls or pillars near the platform screen doors. Passengers may press the ESP in case of emergencies, such as when they see someone stuck at platform gaps or doors. When the ESP is activated, trains will come to a safe stop and station staff will attend to the situation. “Thanks to the timely activation of the ESP, the incoming train was halted in time, and the individual was unharmed. Our staff immediately intervened, detained the trespasser and alerted the police,” said Mr Lam Sheau Kai, president of SMRT Trains. SMRT said it takes a serious view of this incident as the trespasser could have been hit by a train or electrocuted by the high-voltage traction power from the third rail. When emergency brakes are applied, there is a risk of injury to passengers on the train. “Such reckless actions not only endanger lives but can also cause service disruptions, affecting many commuters,” Mr Lam added. Commuters should always stay clear of the tracks. If an item falls on the tracks, they should seek help from SMRT staff. Item retrieval can be carried out only at the end of the day due to safety reasons. In 2021, a man admitted to stopping an MRT train at the Buona Vista station in trying to retrieve a phone that fell on the tracks. He also assaulted a security officer. He was fined $5,600.

KNN this type make alternative party look bad. Do i agree? my answer is: the enemy of my enemy is my friend so i vote

SINGAPORE – Two incidents similar to the one that disrupted the Meet-the-People session of Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam took place at Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo’s meeting with residents. In a Facebook post on March 14, Mrs Teo, who is an MP for Jalan Besar GRC, said she did not want to bring up the matter publicly, but decided to do so after he posted a video of his exchange with two women on Facebook. The People’s Action Party identified the women as being part of activist group Monday of Palestine Solidarity. In Jalan Besar GRC, Mrs Teo said both occasions were at her Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng branch office, with the first in November 2024. At that time, Mrs Teo, who is Second Minister for Home Affairs, said two women attended her Meet-the-People Session to voice their concerns about the Republic’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war. Although such sessions prioritise residents, who have urgent matters that need to be addressed, she added that she was prepared to meet the women after attending to her duties. “For nearly an hour, I listened to their concerns. “I also offered to write to the relevant ministries on their behalf, so that the authorities could hear their feedback.” A few weeks later, an online article appeared about their exchange, despite interactions during Meet-the-People Session being confidential and MPs typically not publicly disclosing what was discussed, she said. “Although the article acknowledged that I had engaged the two women empathetically, it was difficult to see any reason for publishing the piece other than to spread the word that they had successfully made a move at my MPS (Meet-the-People Session),” added Mrs Teo. More recently, in January, a resident who had attended previous Meet-the-People Sessions was accompanied by a “daughter”, purportedly seeking financial help, she said. When it was their turn to meet Mrs Teo, however, the younger woman passed the older one a document to read out, with the contents unrelated to the financial help they said they were seeking. This second incident was carried out by a different activist group. Noting that it was clear they were not mother and daughter, she added that volunteers had been supporting the older woman for some time by providing monthly groceries and weekly food rations. Mrs Teo said: “To respect her privacy, we did not question how there was suddenly a ‘daughter’ accompanying her to (the) Meet-the-People Session.” She and her volunteers continue to help the older woman to this day, Mrs Teo added. The PAP said the Monday of Palestine Solidarity group carried out its activities at more than 10 Meet-the-People Sessions. The group would typically create a ruckus in the waiting area and disrupt the queue system, while also filming and raising their voices, affecting residents. Volunteers would also be heckled by members of the group, added the PAP. Mrs Teo added: “It goes without saying that my volunteers were perturbed and saddened by such incidents – especially when they respond to help-seekers with sincere intent, never expecting to be led to an ‘ambush’.” She said these incidents make it difficult for her and her team of volunteers to let their guard down, since they do not know if they might face hostility, or be secretly recorded and featured in articles that paint them in a bad light. While she expressed her appreciation that residents are willing to raise concerns beyond immediate ones, she added that she is saddened that the tone of Meet-the-People Sessions seems to have shifted in her nearly two decades as an MP. “My hope is for Meet-the-People Sessions to return to their truest purpose – they are not protest platforms, but a channel for MPs to engage their residents openly and attend to their most acute needs.” In a separate Facebook post on the same day, Mr Sharael Taha, an MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, said the actions of the women who disrupted Mr Shanmugam’s Meet-the-People Session were not representative of the Malay/Muslim community’s values. He added that representatives from Monday of Palestine Solidarity visited a Meet-the-People Session at the Pasir Ris East constituency that he represents. “However, their actions – including being rude to the volunteers and making hurtful comments about family – show they were never truly interested in meaningful, constructive dialogue that could genuinely help the cause.” On March 12, two women showed up at Mr Shanmugam’s Chong Pang branch office, requesting to speak to him about Singapore’s fake news law, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act. During a tense exchange, one of the women was seen pointing her middle finger towards onlookers, with the pair – joined by a man – shouting at the minister as he walked away to return to his duties.

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