SINGAPORE — About 3,000 PAP cadres, activists and guests — including several who featured in a video sharing personal stories and interactions with him — paid tribute to Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Nov 23. People's Action Party chairman Heng Swee Keat lauded the outgoing party chief for his contributions in a speech on the first day of the biennial PAP Awards and Conference. SM Lee has been secretary-general of the PAP since 2004, and has served the party and its Teck Ghee branch since 1984. Heng, who is Deputy Prime Minister, noted that the party had successfully completed the third handover of the premiership since Singapore's independence, with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong taking office in May. PM Wong is currently the PAP's deputy secretary-general. «Thank you, secretary-general, for four decades of guidance, wisdom and foresight,» he said. As prime minister, SM Lee led the country through the global financial crisis of the late 2000s, and through the more recent Covid-19 pandemic.

A Singaporean man was arrested on Friday (Nov 22) for making a false bomb threat at Bangkok's Don Mueng International Airport. The man, identified as Ho, made the hoax call targeting an AirAsia flight taxiing for takeoff at 2.47pm on Thursday (Nov 21), according to Khaosod English. The aircraft, flight FD 3114, was bound for Hat Yai in Songkhla province and carried 162 passengers and six crew members, reported The Nation. As a result of the threat, takeoff for flight FD 3114 was immediately halted and passengers evacuated. The plane was then brought back to the bay for an inspection. Officials called off the emergency situation at 7.30pm, after confirming that no suspicious object was found on the plane or among passengers, The Nation reported. Ho arrested at airport terminal At a press conference on Nov 23, Police Lieutenant General Choengron RimPadee, Commander of Immigration Division 2 and spokesman for the Immigration Bureau, said that Ho was arrested at around 7pm on Nov 22.

The recent spate of heavy rain has not only disrupted outdoor plans but also impacted businesses as well. Some hawkers at East Coast Lagoon Food Village, located along East Coast Park, in particular, have reportedly borne the brunt of the recent wet weather. According to 8world, several hawkers at the beachside food centre have shared that footfall, along with their takings, have halved in the past two weeks. As a result, some of them said they will be extending their operating hours on the weekends to make up for the shortfall. The Meteorological Service Singapore had stated in its fortnightly forecast on Nov 15 that moderate to heavy thundery showers will be expected in many parts of the island on most days in the second half of November as north-east monsoon conditions set in. Business affected Hawkers interviewed by 8world stated that as seating at the food centre are mostly outdoors, businesses would invariably be impacted by rain. One hawker stated that they would try to open for longer when the weather is good.

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