Let’s face it: in this social media world, exciting and viral news like a cat feeding a baby beer 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 bite-sized format:
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Mosquito Traps Planted by NEA Destroying More Mosquito Breeding Habitats
If you’ve seen a mini black rubbish bin lying around your HDB estate, don’t kick it or feed it to your cat: they’re Gravitraps used to attract and trap the female Aedes mosquitoes that are looking to lay their eggs.
Since 2017, about 50,000 Gravitraps have been deployed in HDB estates islandwide, and it’s working: the NEA said yesterday that the traps detected and destroyed 21% more breeding habitats in 2018 compared to 2017.
And soon, another 14,000 will be in landed estates and new HDBs.
For more info, tap here.
Singaporean’s Husband Killed After Fight with Tourist Due to Loud Singing in Phuket Resort
On 21 August 2019, a Singaporean and her husband, together with their kid, was in a Phuket resort at night when their neighbour started to sing loudly at about 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. The husband went to confront the singer, and a fight occurred.
The singer killed the husband with a choke hold and claimed that he didn’t have the intention to kill, but merely to stop him from moving.
For more info, tap here.
Former Food Junction Manager Jailed for Pocketing $34,600
Between September 2018 to May 2019, 42-year-old Neo Say Lam, a branch manager in the Food Junction at Century Square, pocketed S$34,637.79 to pay off his gambling debt.
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His responsibility was to take the sales revenue from the tenants daily and deposit them, but he pocketed $100 to $200 each time. Yesterday, Neo was sentenced to 10 months’ jail.
For more info, tap here.
Singapore Core Inflation Dropped to a 3-Year-Low for July 2019
First of all, core inflation is different from the normal inflation: it excludes volatile prices like your girlfriend’s mood housing or private road transport, but it still contributes a lot to the overall inflation.
For July 2019, the year-on-year growth dropped to 0.8%—the lowest since April 2016. There is a larger decline in electricity and gas costs. The entire year’s core inflation would be about 1% to 2%.
From a layman’s point of view, it means that our money might not be getting much stronger—not that it’s something we’ve not expected. We don’t have much of them anyways.
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For more info, tap here.
Yeo Jia Min Advances to BWF World Championships Quarterfinals After Her Win Over World No. 1
A few days back, badminton player Yeo Jia Min became a household name after winning World No 1 Akane Yamaguchi. She continues her winning streak as she defeated Vietnam’s Vu Thi Trang in three sets on Thursday (22 August 2019) and advanced to the quarterfinals, making her the first Singapore’s women’s singles player to reach that stage.
At the time of writing, she is going to face Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in Switzerland (maybe she’s doing her warm-up now), and by the time you read this, the results should just be just out and we’ll know if we’re seeing another Joseph Schooling in the making.
For more info…wait for updates lah, since chances are the results are just out when you’re reading this, unless you work night shift.
(Update on 24 August 2019, 8:00 a.m.: Jia Min lost…but we still love her!)
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