CABINET ministers, appointment holders and top civil servants will not be getting a pay increase for the second year running, in view of the uncertain economic recovery.
Salaries were to have gone up in January as part of salary revisions that follow from benchmarking to the private sector. But the move was deferred at that time as Singapore had slipped into recession.
NEARLY two-thirds of Punggol flats launched in the last decade have been completed so far, as the Government focuses its efforts on building up Singapore's north-east neighbourhood.
There have been 27,000 Punggol flats launched since 1998, out of which 17,300 have been completed.
NEIGHBOURHOOD schools have trumped their more storied counterparts in producing top students in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).
Seven of the 13 best students this year came from schools in the heartland: Qi Fa in West Coast, South View in Choa Chu Kang, Greenridge in Bukit Panjang, Rulang in Jurong West and Gongshang in Tampines.
SINGAPORE art patrons continued to give to the arts despite the challenging economic climate last year, parting with a total of $30.5 million in cash and in kind.
Support for the arts poured in from big companies like transport service providers SMRT Corporation Ltd to individual donors like businessman Mr Henry Wee, 53.
