With the National League for Democracy (NLD) winning a clear mandate from the voters, the next five years is an opportunity to alter its current Burmanizing...
Workers’ Party (WP) politician and former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Yee Jenn Jong is set to release a memoir chronicling his life as a politician...
Continuing to question various development projects in Bukit Batok, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)’s Chee Soon Juan highlighted on Thursday (26 November) the clearing of the Bukit...
A middle-aged woman who went ahead with court proceedings to sue national water agency PUB for S$5 million in damages after falling into a manhole five...
As of Friday noon (27 Nov), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 infection. This brings the total number of infection...
Singapore-based Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Esports team defeated Brazilian team INTZ to claim the 2020 Brawl Stars World Championship earlier on Sunday (22 Nov). Eight teams from...
Lawyer Lim Tean is set to cross-examine Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in court again as the latter’s defamation suit against TOC chief editor Terry...
Lawyers for detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou have accused Canadian police of trying to “cover up” the illegal sharing of data from her electronic devices with...
Spying charges, calls for a probe into the origins of Covid-19, and now anti-dumping measures on wine — tensions between Australia and its biggest trade partner...
位于武吉巴督2道和5道之间的一片丛林(Bukit Batok Hillside Park),可能将被清空以作为发展住宅区用途,担忧生态多样性和物种栖息地遭破坏,一名当地居民Jimmy Tan发起联署,呼吁当局对这片树林高抬贵手。 民主党秘书长徐顺全,也偕同Jimmy Tan走进树林探访,他关注清空树林可能带来的损失,以及随发展化对人口、生活环境和生态的影响,更喊话武吉巴督议员穆仁理,应联署赞同保住树林。 截至今晚(27日)9时许,联署人数已经突破5千人。 据了解,建屋发展局今年较早时发布环境评估报告,武吉巴督森林区共有多达81个物种,包括五种受威胁的鸟类,包括:凤头鹰雕以及锈胸杜鹃,也可能有马来穿山甲或猫猴。 另外,有74种植物,其中10种属于濒危。 这片面积达17公顷的森林,目前已有一半被清除,以建造West Scape @ Bukit Batok的预售组屋项目;至于武吉巴督森林对面的登加森林,已有大部分的树丛被清除,以建造面积与碧山相仿(700公顷)的登加新镇。 徐顺全认为,国人都关心一再清空树林带来的影响,包括一味的发展,只会让一个地区的人口越发拥挤、对于居民身心灵都会有影响。再者,如果树林消失了,就行同武吉巴督居民失去了”宝藏“,只有更多的钢筋水泥和停车场。 无可否认树林具有调解温度、改善空气的功能,例如Jimmy Tan举例,高楼林立和植被较少的新加坡中南部,比起武吉巴督城郊,温度至少高了摄氏1.5度。 更高的温度,意味着对于冷气机的依赖需求更高,只会加剧暖化效应。 徐顺全认为,国人有必要扪心自问,他们希望生活在怎样的居住环境? Several weeks ago, a BB resident,...
China on Friday said it would impose anti-dumping measures on Australian wine, in a further ramping up of tensions between Beijing and Canberra. China — Australia’s...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia continues to speed up the development of cleaner energy, with the downstream coal sector being one of the options targeted at reducing...
On Wednesday (25 Nov), a half page advertisement was put up on Straits Times to announce that Dr Lam Pin Min has become the CEO of...
Singapore’s manufacturing output dropped 0.9 per cent year-on-year in October after seeing a 25.6 per cent jump in September and 16.4 per cent increase in August,...
To gain greater insight into a Mayor’s role in Singapore, CNA documented a day in the life of South West District Mayor Low Yen Ling, as...