One person was taken to hospital after an electric mahjong table caught fire in a Tampines HDB flat on Saturday (Aug 8) night.The incident happened at about 9.30pm at Block 449 Tampines Street 42.A livestream posted by TikTok user M.K Collector shows black soot on the external facade wall outside the bedroom and toilet of a ninth-floor unit. Some residents are seen waiting at the void deck of the block, while Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedics attended to a person seated within a police cordon.During his livestream, the TikTok user claimed that the fire started due to a candle placed on a mahjong table.In response to AsiaOne's queries, SCDF stated that the fire involved an electric mahjong table in a ninth-floor unit. SCDF added that members of the public used buckets of water to help put out the fire prior to firefighters' arrival.According to the Singapore Police Force, an 86-year-old man was conveyed conscious to the hospital, tallying with SCDF's statement that they had sent one person to the Singapore General Hospital. 

As the nation prepares to celebrate National Day in Kallang, the Government stands ready should haze conditions worsen, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Sunday (Aug 9).As of 1pm, the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) stood at 81, in the moderate range, in Singapore's Central region.Recent dry conditions have led to an escalation in hotspot activity, with hotspots and smoke plumes observed over parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan, NEA said.Under prevailing southeasterly winds, smoke haze could be transported towards Singapore, particularly from hotspots in southern Sumatra. Dry conditions are expected to persist over the coming week, increasing the risk of haze if the fires continue.Singapore's Haze Task Force (HTF), comprising 28 public agencies, is ready to take action should air quality deteriorate and the 24-hour PSI reading exceed 100, which would prompt NEA to issue daily haze advisories.The advisory will include the 24-hour PSI forecast, which will aid the public in planning their activities and events for the following day.

Their work may take them to many places around the world, but there's only one country they call home.The stewards and stewardesses of Singapore Airlines (SIA) have put together a performance for all Singaporeans in a video shared on SIA's Instagram page on Friday (Aug 9) — our country's 61st birthday.The video begins with a flight steward, Kelvin, playing a violin, while stewardess Lei Hoi plays a guzheng.Leading steward Jasper, dressed in a short-sleeved batik shirt, then eases into the first song of the performance: Semoga Bahagia, composed by Zubir Said.Zubir Said also composed Singapore's national anthem, Majulah Singapura.

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