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Lui: Max allowed transport fare increase is 2.8% next yr

Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew In a recent interview with the media, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew acknowledged that there will be increase in public transport fares next year. However, he said that the "the maximum that is allowed for this particular fare increase will be 2.8%". As a consolation, he said that the increase...

PAP’s Victor Lye given 1.5 years leave to do ‘grassroots work’

CNA reported yesterday (16 Dec) that PAP activists in opposition wards are gearing up for the coming general election. In the article, CNA said that 52-year-old Victor Lye was chosen to lead PAP activists at Bedok Reservoir-Punggol ward in WP-controlled Aljunied GRC. Mr Lye has apparently been working the ground there for the...

While Desmond ‘fixes’ AHPETC, rats party in his GRC

While Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee is busy trying to "fix" opposition town council AHPETC, his own Jurong Town Council appears to be helpless in stopping rats running wild in his GRC. A Facebook user uploaded videos and photos yesterday (16 Dec) of what appeared to be rats scurrying around a grass patch: Video:...