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Questions on lift upgrading, SEA Games in Parliament today
Parliament sits again this afternoon, with MPs asking questions about lift upgrading, illegal moneylending, problem gambling, as well as the impact of the recently held 28th SEA Games. MPs will also debate amendments to the Bankruptcy Act and to the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Act, to rename ISEAS the Yusof Ishak Institute.
Sentosa gets new cable car line
Vistors to Sentosa will now be able to travel within the island in cable cars. The new Sentosa line of the cable car network - which links the existing Sentosa station to attractions such as the Merlion, luge and Siloso Beach - will be officially launched today. The new line, run by Mount Faber Leisure Group, is an extension of the Mount Faber line, which connects Mount Faber to Harbourfront and Sentosa. - JESSICA LIM
Q2 growth estimates to be released
The Ministry of Trade and Industry will release its advance estimates of Singapore's second quarter economic growth today. Economists expect the figures, which will take into account data from the first two months of the quarter, to be tepid, owing to struggling manufacturing, flagging world trade and sluggish tourist arrivals. - CHIA YAN MIN
Up, close and personal with Pluto
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft is poised to make its closest approach to Pluto, offering the first close look at the distant dwarf planet. At 7.49 pm Singapore time, the piano-sized spacecraft, which has been travelling towards Pluto for more than nine years, is expected to come as close as 12,500 km from the dwarf planet. The space craft is expected to produce never before seen clear, colour images of the icy planet. New Horizons has so far been running on auto-pilot to gather as much scientific information as possible leading up to its historic flyby of Pluto and its entourage of five known moons.