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    Board games, miniature war games: How Singapore’s tabletop community keeps offline gaming alive

    Read a summary of this article on FAST. FAST For most people, the word gaming is usually associated with video games played in front of a computer monitor or TV, or even with a phone. But at the recent TableCon Quest 2025 held in Singapore in August, a modest crowd of over 9,000 attendees...
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    IN FOCUS: Time stands still in Singapore’s last fishing village, as occupants face an uncertain future

    SINGAPORE: Carrying a bucket of freshly caught prawns, Toh Eng Loo makes his way down a long jetty, boots thumping against the wooden planks with every step. Stepping into a zinc-roofed shed to get some respite from the afternoon sun, he meets one of his regulars, who promptly asks in Teochew...
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    Train fault causes 25-minute delay between Woodlands and Yishun stations on North-South Line

    SINGAPORE: A train fault on the North-South Line resulted in a 25-minute delay for passengers between Woodlands and Yishun stations on Tuesday (Sep 2) night. The incident took place at around 8.05pm, when a train-borne signalling fault occurred between the two stations in the direction of...
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    Hyflux trial: Banks concerned about cashflow from electricity side of Tuaspring Project, says witness

    The prosecution's case is that the company allegedly hid the fact that it would fund the sale of water at a very low price to national water agency PUB with sales of electricity from a power plant it would build - its first foray into this business. When the project ran into financial problems...
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    ‘White flats’ to be offered at first Mount Pleasant BTO project up for sale in October

    SINGAPORE: The first Build-to-Order (BTO) project in the future Mount Pleasant housing estate will offer home seekers the option of “white flats”, a new type of Housing Board flat without partitions and beams. It will be the second BTO project to offer such an open-concept layout, after...
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    17 students, one staff member hit by gastroenteritis symptoms at Punggol preschool

    SINGAPORE: Authorities said on Tuesday (Sep 2) that they are investigating suspected cases of gastroenteritis reported at Mulberry Learning, a preschool in Punggol. As of Friday (Aug 29), 17 students and one staff member were reported to have developed gastroenteritis symptoms since Wednesday...
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    Cost of living was top voter concern in GE2025, IPS post-election survey shows

    SINGAPORE: The cost of living was the top issue on voters’ minds in this year’s General Election, followed by the need for efficient governance and the affordability of homes, a post-election study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) think tank has found. The issue also saw the largest...
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    Man charged with slapping toddler, leaving 2-year-old girl outside unit without milk

    SINGAPORE: A 34-year-old man was charged in court on Tuesday (Sep 2) with multiple counts of ill-treating children, including leaving a two-year-old girl outside a unit and depriving her of milk. CNA is not naming the man as the case is classified as domestic violence, and a gag order has been...
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    Digital platforms of traditional media most relied upon during GE2025: IPS study

    SINGAPORE: Voters in this year's General Election turned primarily to the digital platforms of Singapore’s traditional mass media for information, a study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) has found. Conducted in collaboration with the National University of Singapore's (NUS)...
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    Singapore appoints UK firm Mott MacDonald to study nuclear energy technologies

    Mott MacDonald has more than 60 years of experience in the nuclear energy industry. It provides technical, regulatory and policy advisory services to technology developers and government agencies in the areas of advanced nuclear energy technologies and nuclear safety analysis. The company last...
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    Comedy festival Just For Laughs to launch in Singapore with shows by Jimmy O Yang, John Bishop and an 'all-star' gala

    The crown jewel of the festival is the gala event on Nov 26. Held at Esplanade Theatre, the event will feature sets from Jason Cheny, Jamie Wang, Brian Tseng, Jason Leong, Douglas Lim, Norah Yang and Vivek Mahbubani. A presale session for this gala event will be held from 10am on Sep 3 to...
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    Israel's actions in Gaza have gone too far and will probably be judged harshly by history: Shanmugam

    SINGAPORE: History will likely be harsh in its judgment of Israel's actions in Gaza, said Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam on Tuesday (Sep 2). "Looking at it today, I think there seems to be, at least at where the levers of power are in Israel, a desire to take actions...
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    K-pop superstar Rain to headline inaugural Singland Festival on New Year's Eve, more acts to be revealed soon

    Rain's show will be at Sands Grand Ballroom on Dec 31 from 9.30pm to 11pm, with ticket prices ranging between S$198 and S$328. According to Singland Festival's website, the second artiste will perform on Jan 2, 2026 while the third and fourth acts will both perform on Jan 3, 2026. Pre-sales...
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    Immediate recognition of a Palestinian state may not help the Palestinian cause: Shanmugam

    SINGAPORE: The immediate recognition of a Palestinian state would not change “the facts on the ground” in favour of the Palestinians, and could likely harm them instead, said Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam on Tuesday (Sep 2). His remarks came amid recent plans by...
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    Singapore's GovTech joins global initiative to disrupt scams by exchanging real-time data

    SCAMS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA On Tuesday, Mr Tan also announced that Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, will be providing US$5 million (S$6.4 million) in funding to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foundation to expand online scam prevention resources to 3 million people across...
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    Radio DJ Jean Danker and actress Vanessa Vanderstraaten wore same dress to award show, ended up 'screaming'

    Both stars donned an eye-catching body-hugging emerald green tube dress from fashion brand Rentadella, which is owned by Singaporean singer-songwriter Ming Bridges. While you'd expect them to be mortified by the outfit clash, they were surprisingly more than chill, and even gamely posed for a...
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    Thai host Utt had strange encounter at Changi while filming new Incredible Tales project

    There are two things Singaporeans know Thai-American host Greg Uttsada Panichkul (also known simply as Utt) for. As one of MTV Asia’s most popular VJs in the 1990s and 2000s, he hosted Mediacorp’s cult-favourite horror docuseries, Incredible Tales, for eight seasons from 2004 to 2017. The...
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    Singapore authorities in discussions about app-based bookings for cross-border taxi services

    SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities recently discussed partnering with platform companies to allow app-based bookings for cross-border taxi services, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Tuesday (Sep 2). They also discussed allowing higher quotas and larger capacity vehicles as part of...
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    Lawrence Wong to make first visit to India as PM, meet Modi in New Delhi

    This time, Mr Wong will call on Indian President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi and meet with Mr Modi, who will also host him to a banquet lunch. Mr Wong, who is also finance minister, will meet other Indian ministers and visit the Raj Ghat memorial to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of...
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    Illegal cross-border private hire driver from Malaysia fined and banned from driving in Singapore

    SINGAPORE: A Malaysian man who was stopped by Singapore Customs at Woodlands Checkpoint was later found to be ferrying five passengers to Singapore illegally, as well as importing contraband cigarettes. For the cigarette offence involving more than S$42,000 (US$32,700) of unpaid excise duty...
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