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Lightning struck somewhere around Kranji MRT station this morning (29 Sep), affecting the electrical system and stalling a train. In a Facebook posting [Link], SMRT said the affected train stalled at Woodlands MRT at 6.40am, causing a 35-minute delay and affecting about 3,500 passengers: [Media Statement] A south bound train... 

Last month, a TRE reader wrote in to inform that the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre might be using taxpayers' money to fund a Pinoy call centre start-up ('Why is SG taxpayers’ money funding a Pinoy call centre start-up?'). In the letter, the reader highlighted the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre's Youth Social Entrepreneurship Programme... 

On the 'Ask the PM' TV show, PM Lee said individuals have to pay higher premiums under the new compulsory MediShield Life scheme. Straits Times health correspondent Salma Khalik warned today ('Curb rising cost of health insurance, allow switch', 28 Sep) that unless the Ministry of Health (MOH) regulates health insurance...