Neighbours

Neighbour disputes: What if you, in fact, are the nuisance?

ST20250923_202596400993 Kua Chee Siong/ pixgeneric/ Generic pix of HDB housing in Toa Payoh on Sep 23, 2025, for the Parliament debate on lease decay for ageing HDB flats. The Government will focus its efforts on the Voluntary Early Redevelopment Scheme (Vers), with the aim of rolling it out to a few sites in the first half of the 2030s. Vers will let home owners of selected precincts that are aged about 70 and up choose if they want their homes to be acquired by the Government for redevelopment before their leases run out. Can be used for stories on HDB, resale housing, housing market, property prices, property cooling measures, electricity tariff rates, power usage, utilities, u-save rebates.

Jail for man who smeared luncheon meat near neighbour’s Woodlands flat because of her noisy kids

Vikneswaran V Moganaval was sentenced to 14 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one count of wounding the religious feelings of others.

Man scuffled with neighbour in parking dispute, hurled rocks at his car outside landed house

Seah was arrested on May 6, 2025, and he has since forked out more than $3,000 for the damages caused.

Budget 2026 should make it easier to book void deck spaces and rebuild social capital

Today, void decks are managed by town councils, community club halls by the People’s Association, and some open spaces by the National Parks Board or HDB, says the writer.

Commentary

Neighbour disputes: Why it feels like no one can stop the noise next door

A perception of helplessness arises because neighbour disputes occupy an inherently difficult space between private life and public intervention, says the writer.

MP Shawn Loh aware of neighbour dispute in Boon Keng, monitoring issue with agencies

Jalan Besar GRC MP Shawn Loh said he is aware of an ongoing dispute between neighbours at 22 Boon Keng Road

Alarm clock sounds disrupt Tiong Bahru residents up to 8 times a day for over a month

Residents believe the noise came from a unit in Block 55 Tiong Bahru Road that has been unoccupied since early December.

Orban's giveaways still not turning election tide in Hungary

Elderly women talk in a pensioners club in Budapest, Hungary, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Fresh round of Afghanistan-Pakistan talks fails to reach a deal, officials say

FILE PHOTO: People inspect houses and vehicles destroyed during an airstrike, following a temporary ceasefire, amid the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/ File Photo

Leaders Roma host champions Napoli in Serie A summit showdown

Soccer Football - Serie A - Cremonese v AS Roma - Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona, Italy - November 23, 2025 AS Roma's Matias Soule celebrates scoring their first goal with Manu Kone and Tommaso Baldanzi REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

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