National carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has cancelled several flights to and from New York as a winter storm descended on the city and neighbouring regions.According to the US Weather Prediction Center, heavy snow is expected to start falling in New York City and across Long Island from the afternoon of Dec 26 to 27, with as much as 20cm piling up before the storm winds down.An advisory posted on SIA's website on Thursday (Dec 25) afternoon, and updated again at 11pm, indicated that the following flights have been cancelled:SQ26 departing New York's John F. Kennedy airport (JFK) at 8.35am on Dec 26SQ24 departing Singapore for JFK at 12.10pm on Dec 26SQ25 departing JFK for Frankfurt at 8.15pm on Dec 26SQ23 departing JFK for Singapore at 10.05pm on Dec 26SQ22 departing Singapore for New York's Newark at 5.30am on Dec 27SQ21 departing Newark for Singapore at 5.45pm on Dec 27SIA also said that the situation remains fluid and that other SIA flights may also be affected. Affected customers will be contacted by SIA.

A SMRT bus captain was recorded on dashcam footage confronting a car driver for purportedly hogging a lane on Wednesday (Dec 24). The incident occurred along Woodlands Ave 1 at about 2.55pm, according to Facebook page SGRV. In the footage obtained from the vehicle between the bus and car, the bus is seen inching forward and trying to manoeuvre into a bus bay but is unable to do so. The bus captain then alights and approaches the car in front of the dashcam vehicle. He animatedly gestures towards the road in front of the car which is seemingly empty and raises one arm in apparent exasperation. The said car subsequently moves forward as the traffic light ahead turns green. Netizens are divided over whether the bus driver should have confronted the car driver. «I feel the bus driver could have told the driver more nicely first. If driver still does not wanna move, then bus driver can raise his request in a stricter tone (sic),» opined a Facebook user. Another raised the possibility that the car might not have had enough space to drive forward.

Singapore's manufacturing output recorded a 14.3 per cent jump in November, year-on-year, led by strong performance in biomedical manufacturing, the Economic Development Board said on Friday (Dec 26).The factory output numbers showed moderation from October's high of 28.9 per cent.Excluding the volatile biomedical manufacturing sector, manufacturing output rose by 4.6 per cent year-on-year, compared to October's revised 15.5 per cent growth.According to data provided, all clusters, except for general manufacturing, recorded growth in November.Biomedical engineering surged by 79.3 per cent year-on-year in November, driven by growth in pharmaceuticals and medical technology.Pharmaceutical output grew by 124.3 per cent in particular, due to increased production of active pharmaceutical ingredients.The second best performing cluster was transport engineering, up 24.2 per cent year-on-year. The aerospace segment in particular expanded by 33.8 per cent, bolstered by higher production of aircraft parts and sustained maintenance, repair and overhaul jobs from commercial airlines.

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