Evening Update: Today’s headlines from The Straits Times on Sept 27, 2023

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S’pore water price to rise by 50 cents per cubic m by 2025; lower-, middle-income families to get help

The upcoming 50-cent rise will bring the cost of one cubic metre of water to $3.24. This is an 18 per cent increase.

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S’poreans eating too much salt, more than one in three now has high blood pressure

People here are also eating more and moving less, adding to their health risks.

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S’pore to study regulatory measures to reduce sodium in food: Ong Ye Kung

The Government will draw lessons from countries such as Chile and Finland.

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Buildings near bomb site structurally safe, some damage might be from pre-existing conditions: BCA

The damaged areas in Hazel Park condo have been cordoned off as a safety precaution.

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Weekly dengue cases in Singapore exceed 300 for the first time this year

The latest cases bring the total number of dengue cases in 2023 to more than 7,000.

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Kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder wins S’pore’s first gold at Asian Games; sailor Ryan Lo adds second gold

The duo won their respective events after races were cancelled owing to wind conditions.

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Woman loses over $110,000 after downloading third-party app to buy durian tour ticket

The scammers had raised her transaction limit and transferred the money out of two DBS savings accounts to five different bank accounts.

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RWS fined $95,000 for failing to perform customer due diligence measures

It had breached casino control regulations by not doing proper checks on its customers.

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Jokowi’s son Kaesang becomes youth party chief, laying ground for political dynasty

The Indonesia Solidarity Party offers a new political vehicle for the Widodo family, say analysts.

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3 injured after Tower Transit bus rams into back of McDonald’s delivery rider; bus driver suspended

The rider was sent flying off his motorcycle and into the rear windscreen of a car ahead of him.

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