SINGAPORE – More than $95 million has been set aside to upgrade and rejuvenate 23 neighbourhoods islandwide under the next edition of the Housing Board’s Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP), which is expected to benefit more than 15,600 homes. HDB blocks selected for the facelift include those in Hougang Central, Clementi and Pasir Ris. The amenities and upgrades will be based on residents’ feedback on the features they hope to see in their neighbourhoods. These could include residents’ corners and seating areas, fitness corners with jogging tracks, and covered linkways. The 15th round of the NRP was announced by National Development Minister Desmond Lee at a community event in Clementi Town Centre on June 1. The NRP was introduced in 2007 and as at April, a total of 120 projects – comprising about 172,000 flats – have been upgraded. More than $1.5 billion was allocated for the past 14 editions of the NRP. Mr Lee said: “As a society that is rapidly ageing, we are in fact making a bigger push and more concerted effort to address our seniors’ needs in the built environment.”
Feras Nasrallah is director-general of business enablement and studies at Saudi Export-Import Bank. He began his tenure at Saudi Exim in January 2021 as a member of the founding team, contributing to the bank’s establishment and operational setup. As a senior executive adviser, he played a crucial part in forming strategic partnerships, developing governance frameworks, and launching financial products and services that aligned with market demands and the bank’s strategic goals.
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Dr. Abdullah bin Khalid Tawlah received Roberto Arbitrio, chief of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s terrorism prevention branch, in Vienna recently. During the meeting the two men discussed the possibilities of future cooperation between the Kingdom and the UNODC. Tawlah also met with Doaa Hassan Mirah, the general manager of training and tourism programs at the Saudi Ministry of Tourism, during her visit to Austria.
The final phase of the 2024 general election concluded with a 62% turnout across 57 parliamentary constituencies and 42 assembly seats in Odisha. The overall turnout for the first six phases was 66%, with the final nationwide percentage pending Form 17C data for Phase 7.
Prem Lal and his team of booth-level officers faced challenges in Tashigang, the highest polling station in the world, serving 62 voters in Lahaul-Spiti district.
PM Modi expressed gratitude to Election Commission, security forces, and voters for their role in upholding democracy and ensuring a smooth electoral process. PM Modi also took a dig at the “opportunistic” INDI Alliance and said the “casteist, communal and corrupt” combine of dynastic parties had been rejected by people, while thanking women and youth in particular for keeping faith in BJP.
The counting of votes for the General Election as well as the State Legislative Assembly of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh will start at 6 am on Sunday, it added. Chief Election Commission Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu had reviewed the counting day preparations with all Chief Electoral Officers (CEO) and Returning Officers (RO).
A brief break during Wednesday's city council meeting in Saskatoon nearly cost the city dearly.
Vancouver was well represented at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Ottawa this week.
He won the bout with Malik Zinad from Libya by a technical knockout in the sixth round
That is what he wrote on the X social network, commenting on a photograph of Callisto, one of four largest moons of the gas giant.
The spacecraft is designed to gather lunar samples
Participants of the 77th World Health Assembly also agreed to introduce amendments to the International Health Regulations
Bivol defended earlier the light heavyweight champion title of the World Boxing Association and the champion title of the International Boxing Organization
SINGAPORE – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Singapore on June 1, as he seeks to rally a broader swathe of support for his country, which faces a renewed assault two years after Russian forces invaded. Forum organisers confirmed that Mr Zelenskiy is slated to speak at the Shangri-La Dialogue’s seventh plenary session on June 2 titled “Re-Imagining Solutions for Global Peace and Regional Stability”. Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin will also be speaking at the same session. A well-positioned source told The Straits Times that the Ukrainian delegation hopes to meet the Chinese delegation led by Defence Minister Dong Jun in Singapore. “He meets the Americans and Europeans all the time, so he would want to use this forum to reach out to the Asian community,” the source said. Asked if Admiral Dong would agree to meet Mr Zelenskiy, Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said: “I do not answer hypothetical questions.”
The ruling National Democratic Alliance is projected to have a comfortable majority over the opposition in India’s election Read Full Article at RT.com
A disruptive cyberattack by a state actor could result in a military response from NATO, Admiral Rob Bauer has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Pyongyang dropped around 90 loads of waste over the South Korean capital and its surrounding region on Saturday Read Full Article at RT.com
Renowned Soviet and Russian explorer Artur Chilingarov has passed at the age of 84 Read Full Article at RT.com
A large “peace march” was held in Budapest on Saturday, where PM Orban vowed not to drag his country into a potential war with Russia Read Full Article at RT.com
Survivors of a colossal landslide in Papua New Guinea's highlands have spoken about the warning signs they noticed hours before it flattened a village, killing upwards of 160 people.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made history with a legal case that federal prosecutors opted not to bring against former president Donald Trump.
Allahabad HC reopens Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah case for June 4 hearing via video-conferencing. Counsel arguments concluded with reserved order pending. Justice Mayank Kumar Jain fixed the hearing for June 4, through video-conferencing. On Friday, appearing on behalf of the mosque management committee, the defendant-respondent in the original suits, Tasneem Ahmadi concluded her arguments.
Y avait-il en 2009, un homme politique dont l'impopularité avait atteint les sommets de l'Himalaya autant que André Mba Obame, Ministre d'État à l'Intérieur jusqu'au décès d'Omar Bongo ? Au lendemain de la mort du Président en juin, le pouvoir de Transition, sous la dictée de son frère Ali Bongo, s'est employé à persécuter AMO, comme on l'appelait affectueusement et le débarqua de son poste. S'en est suivi l'appel de Barcelone, la rupture, le pardon demandé aux Gabonais. 2 mois après, AMO (...) - LIBRE PROPOS / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON
According to the mediators, these principles comprise a roadmap for achievement of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and settlement of the crisis
The first Games of the Future took place between February 21 and March 3 in Kazan, they included phygital disciplines, which united cyber and classical sports
Spain’s Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund from Germany 2-0 in the Champions League final
«We cannot stop expressing our outrage over the indiscriminate and completely disproportionate actions of the Israeli Army against innocent civilians, especially Palestinian women and children,» Chilean President Gabriel Boric said
The meeting was postponed to June 2 with the change to the videoconference format
Brockville Police says a pedestrian has died following a collision with a train that was heading to Toronto.