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Fare increase is the highest percentage jump since 1998, caused by increasing energy costs. [15] 26 December 2021 2.2% The increase is driven by soaring energy costs and a drop in ridership due to COVID-19 pandemic. [16] [17] 26 December 2022 2.6%
The whole establishment of the post office in the 1830s consisted of one European clerk, one local writer and a peon. To cope with the increasing volume of mail, the Post Office, then known as the Singapore Post Office, later General Post Office, was moved in 1854 to its own building near the Town Hall by the side of the Singapore River.
Construction on the project began on the Malaysian side on 22 November 2020, [19] [51] with construction beginning on the Singapore side on 22 January 2021. [20] As of January 2024, the RTS is planned to begin operations by the end of 2026. [52] In March 2023, it was announced that Singapore's side of the project was 45% completed. [53]
The Act provided for a drawing on the Past Reserves of a sum not exceeding S$28,312,615,600 [17] (S$49,312,215,600 in total after including the "Resilience" and "Solidarity" Budgets) to alleviate the adverse economic effects caused by the 2020-21 Singapore circuit breaker measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. On 16 March 2021 ...
Singapore had relatively little COVID-19 cases before the emergence of the Delta and Omicron variants from 8 May 2021 to 29 March 2022. [ 2 ] With its relative success in curbing the early spread of the virus in Singapore, the term "circuit breaker" and its measures was subsequently adopted by other countries, particularly in Canada and the ...
The North–South Line (NSL) is a high-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore, operated by SMRT Corporation.Coloured red on the Singapore rail map, the line is 45 kilometres (28 mi) long and serves 27 stations, [2] 11 of which, between the Bishan and Marina South Pier stations, are underground.
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
In 1962, the post office began issuing a new standard series of stamps depicting orchids, fish and birds native to Singapore, without the portrait of the Queen. [ 9 ] A total of 73 postage stamps were issued in colonial and self-governing Singapore between 1948 and 1963, first "Singapore", and from 1959 "State of Singapore", with English ...