Fitness enthusiasts who frequent Clementi Stadium will have to find a new exercise spot soon.In social media posts uploaded on Monday (June 1), Minister for Education Desmond Lee announced that the 43-year-old stadium will be closed from July 7 until 2030 for redevelopment works.The redevelopment was previously mentioned by Lee in 2024, when he was then Minister for National Development. In his posts, Lee, who is MP for West Coast-Jurong West GRC, said the repurposed stadium will feature a new running track, a softball field, a multipurpose field for baseball or football, as well as sheltered courts. 

Five people were taken to hospital after a taxi and a car collided at a junction near Gardens by the Bay on Monday (June 1) afternoon.The accident, involving a Comfort Delgro taxi and a Lexus LBX hybrid car, happened at about 2.30pm along Marina Gardens Drive outside the entrance to Gardens by the Bay South. Map showing where the accident between the Comfort Delgro taxi and Lexus hybrid car took place on Monday (June 1) afternoon. GRAPHIC: Google Maps, AsiaOne When AsiaOne arrived at the scene at 2.35pm, both the taxi and car were stopped near the middle of  the junction.The curtain airbags of both vehicles were deployed.

The Union of Security Employees (USE) is standing in solidarity with the two female security officers who were involved in an altercation with a Hong Kong school principal last week.In a Facebook post on Saturday (May 30), the union said it visited Safra Jurong «to show our support» to the officers. «During the interaction, the women officers shared how challenging the situation was.»Their singular focus was to stop the children from alighting in an unsafe zone along a busy main road at evening peak hour," said the union.  

A total of eight drivers, aged between 25 and 51, will be charged in court on Tuesday (June 2) for speeding offences involving heavy vehicles not fitted with speed limiters.The police said in a news release on Monday that the alleged offences were committed between April 2025 and February this year.Six cases involved bus drivers who exceed their vehicles' imposed speed limit of 60kmh. Of these, five allegedly drove along the Pan Island Expressway or the Bukit Timah Expressway between 74kmh to 77kmh, while a 51-year-old male driver purportedly drove along Sheares Avenue towards Central Boulevard at 81kmh.The remaining two cases involved the drivers of a cement mixer and a prime mover, which have an imposed speed limit of 40kmh and 50kmh, respectively. The first driver allegedly drove along Sheares Avenue towards Central Boulevard at 55kmh, while the second driver purportedly drove along the same stretch of road at 67kmh.If found guilty of speeding, the drivers could be fined up to $1,000, jailed for up to three months, or both.

The Traffic Police have continued their crack down on owners of heavy vehicles who failed to install speed limiters on their vehicles by the statutory Jan 1 deadline.Earlier in January, police said 141 of 2,434 heavy vehicles had failed to do so by the deadline. These lorries were registered before January 1, 2018, and have a maximum laden weight of between 5,001kg and 12,000kgA speed limiter is designed to limit a vehicle's maximum speed.In an update on Monday (June 1), the police said they have taken enforcement action against 67 heavy vehicle owners for speed limiter-related offences. Police investigations revealed that the owners had failed to fit their vehicles with an approved speed limiter and also failed to produce their vehicles for inspection.Those who fail to ensure a speed limiter is fitted can be fined up to $1,000 or jailed up to three years. The offence of failing to produce a vehicle for inspection carries a penalty of three months jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.

Barely a month after SGFR Store opened its ninth outlet in Jurong Point, the popular snack and candy retailer opened its 10th outlet at Lot One Shoppers' Mall in Choa Chu Kang on Sunday (May 31), once again drawing a huge young crowd.Videos posted on the brand's TikTok and by those who attended the opening show a mostly young crowd gathered outside the fourth-floor store. They grooved to music while making the juggling hand gesture tied to the viral «6-7» meme. Co-founder Luqmaan Haakim said in a video post on Saturday that the first five people in the queue will each receive a Samsung Galaxy A07 phone, and also be gifted popular snacks such as crunchy gummies, twister gummies, mochi meltz, spicy fries and Dubai chewy cookies. There were also gifts for the sixth to 20th person in the queue. And there were indeed those who were willing to queue.TikTok user Xinxiang posted a video taken at about 2.50am on Sunday showing some ten youths seated in an open area on the ground floor near MacDonalds, waiting for the mall to open at 10am.

Singapore badminton star Loh Kean Yew lost to Frenchman Alex Lanier in the men's singles final of the Singapore Badminton Open on Sunday (May 31).Loh claimed the opening game 21-17 against Lanier, drawing cheers from the crowd, before losing the second set 15-21.Loh then conceded the last set 14-21.The US$1 million (S$1.3 million) KFF Singapore Badminton Open was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Loh will earn US$34,000 from this tournament.During the prize presentation, the 28-year-old briefly stepped onto the top rung of the podium as his name was announced, before quickly realising his mistake.The crowd then burst into laughter, along with Loh, who also apologised with a laugh.Ranked 14th, Loh had booked his place in the championship match with a hard-fought semi-final victory over Japan's Koki Watanabe on Saturday (May 30).The last Singaporean men's singles winner in this tournament was Wee Choon Seng in 1962.Loh is set to feature next in the June 2 to 7 Indonesia Open, a Super 1000 event, in Jakarta.[[nid:737034]]

Four persons were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat in Choa Chu Kang on Sunday (May 31).The incident happened at about 1.20pm in the living room of a 14th floor unit at Block 439 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4. At least three Singapore Civil Defence Force fire engines and a light fire attack vehicle were at the scene. PHOTO: AsiaOne/Nuriyah Fatin When AsiaOne reached the scene at about 1.40pm, at least three Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) fire engines and a light fire attack vehicle were present. Police officers who were at the scene set up a cordon at the ground floor area beneath the affected unit as there were glass shards and debris on the ground.

A 22-year-old man was arrested by the police on Saturday (May 30) for his alleged involvement in a home break-in in Yishun.Police said in a statement on Sunday that they were alerted to a case of housebreaking at Block 225 Yishun Street 21 at about 9.50am on Saturday.The victim purportedly lost cash amounting to $520, bank cards, identity cards and a EZ-Link card.Officers from Woodlands Police Division and the Police Operations Command Centre identified and arrested the suspect at Block 744 Yishun Street 72 within four hours of the report being made.Except for the cash, all other items which were purportedly stolen, were recovered and seized as case exhibits.He will be charged in court on June 1 with the offence of housebreaking, an offence which carries a penalty of up to ten years imprisonment and a fine.Police advised homeowners to always secure all doors, roller shutters, windows and other openings with good quality grills and closed-shackle padlocks before leaving their premises, even if for a short while.Those who observe any suspicious persons or activity can call the police at 999.[[nid:736891]]

The first of 44 six-car trains for the Cross Island Line (CRL) has arrived in Singapore.In a social media post on Sunday (May 31), the Land Transport Authority showed the first trainset being unloaded from Jurong Port — where new MRT trains are typically unloaded at.Earlier in April, Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow had given the public a preview of the CR151 trains when he visited Qingdao rail depot.Similar to the trains for the Thomson-East Coast Line, each car on the new train will have five doors on each side.They will also have wider gangways — flexible connections between two train cars — for smoother passenger movement and a more comfortable journey, LTA said. 

Two accidents happened, almost simultaneously, along both sides of a stretch of the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) near Mount Pleasant Flyover on Saturday (May 30) morning.Police told AsiaOne that the accident along PIE towards Tuas, involving five cars and a motorcycle, happened at about 8.20am.  Map showing where the two accidents happened on Saturday (May 30) morning. GRAPHIC: Google Maps, Social media A 41-year-old male motorcyclist and an eight-year-old male car passenger were taken conscious to the National University Hospital and KK Women's and Children's Hospital by Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) ambulances, respectively.Videos of the accident posted on social media show emergency vehicles at the two rightmost lanes of the three-lane expressway. 

As conflicts evolve, there is a need for more networks of flexible and issue-based arrangements to complement multilateral co-operation, said Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing.In his address at a Shangri-La Dialogue plenary session on May 31, Chan said that while multilateral institutions are the pillars of international co-operation, countries cannot be «held hostage by the lowest common denominator» as new domains evolve rapidly.Instead, nations should develop flexible partnerships with like-minded countries, forming «coalitions of the able and willing».«These serve as the connecting beams of our cooperative lattice - to bridge gaps, test ideas and path-find in new and uncharted territories,» he said.Chan said that with these networks, countries can work to build trust in domains such as cyber and artificial intelligence.He highlighted how Singapore has worked with the Netherlands and South Korea to start global discussions on military AI governance.