The Straits Times' News In A Minute: Dec 6, 2017

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Today's top news headlines: Number of old people will match number of young next year, 688 arrests at public transport stations between January and October, and one dead after Singapore bus collides with lorries near Perak.

In today's The Straits Times News In A Minute video, we look at:

*The number of people aged 65 years and older will match those younger than 15 for the first time in 2018, according to an economist at United Overseas Bank.

*688 arrests were made between January and October this year at public transport stations, according to the Public Transport Security Command.

*One person was killed and 13 others injured after a double-decker bus, believed to have been travelling from Singapore to Ipoh, rammed into the back of a trailer on Malaysia's North-South Expressway near Gopeng, Perak.

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