5 S’pore News That You Should Know About That Were Reported Yesterday (1 March 2020)

Let’s face it: in this social media world, exciting and viral news like a cat feeding a baby bear would often appear in your Facebook news feed, while important news like the GDP growth of Singapore this year wouldn’t get the same reach.

It’s understandable since social media platforms would prioritise engaging and viral contents to keep users in their platform.

In order to ensure that you’d still know about important news instead just social news, below are the top five Singapore news that was reported yesterday which you should know, simplified for you in a bite-sized format:

Changi Airport’s Iconic Flip Board Will Be Part Of National Collection

The Changi Airport Terminal 2’s iconic analogue flight information display flip board has been de-installed over the past two weeks. The pieces are currently being cleaned and packaged at the Global Specialised Services Warehouse.

Once done, the pieces will get sent over to a part of the National Heritage Board called the HCC to join Singapore’s National Collection.

For more info, tap here.

Self-Checking Kiosks On Trial At Toa Payoh Transport Hub & Chong Pang CC

One can now have their temperatures taken at self-checking kiosks located at Toa Payoh MRT Station, Toa Payoh Bus Interchange, and Chong Pang Community Club.

These kiosks are currently on trial and are an initiative by a few government agencies and local companies to urge more people to have their temperatures taken regularly just to be safe.

The kiosk has a sensor which will detect the temperature of the person standing in front of it. If one has a temperature that exceeds a certain threshold and is at risk of having a fever, the kiosk will indicate it with a yellow light or a notification. If one’s temperature is normal, the kiosk will indicate it with a green light or a notification.

For more info, tap here.

Bigger Dogs Can Now Live In HDB Flats Due To Revisions In Size Criteria

It has been announced that bigger dogs can now live in HDB flats due to revisions in the size criteria for rehoming local mixed-breed canines.

This comes under a government scheme called Project Adore, and dogs up to 55cm tall with no weight limit can live in HDB flats.

Project Adore allows large dogs to be kept in HDB flats with proper documentation and measures implemented, unlike before where only dogs under 50cm and up to 15kg can live in HDB flats.

For more info, tap here.

RI Resumes Classes On Monday Because Student Infected With COVID-19 Has Been Resting At Home Since He Was Unwell

Raffles Institution will resume classes on Monday, 2 March, since it has been confirmed that there is no cluster of COVID-19 infections in the school. The 12-year-old student who has been infected with COVID-19 has been staying at home since he was first discovered to be unwell.

However, for those staff members and students who had close contact with the infected student, they have been quarantined or placed on leave of absence for the time being just in case.

The last time the infected student was in school was six days before he tested positive for COVID-19.

For more info, tap here.

COVID-19: 4 New Cases In Singapore, 3 Linked To Wizlearn Technologies Cluster

The Ministry of Health has reported four more new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, bringing the national total up to 106.

Three of the new cases are linked to the Wizlearn Technologies cluster, raising the number of cases linked to it to 11 now.

Two of the new cases are Singaporeans, while one is a Myanmar national and the other is Japanese. The first three have not been to China, or Daegu City and Cheongdo county in South Korea. Contact tracing is being done for the Japanese patient to determine if the patient has any links to previous cases or affected areas.

Two more patients have also been discharged, bringing the number of recovered patients to 74.

For more info, tap here.

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