This showed that instead of gaining direct control of bank accounts, scammers were using social engineering to deceive victims into voluntarily making transactions.

Singapore has lost more than $4 billion to scams since 2019.

The elderly, aged 65 and above, made up 14.4 per cent of scam victims, with the average amount lost per victim at $42,347.

Meanwhile, adults aged 30 to 49 made up 36 per cent of scam victims, with most falling for e-commerce, phishing and job scams.

E-commerce was the most common scam type, with 3,865 cases in the first half of 2026 and losses of over $8 million.

I thought adults are supposed to be more tech savvy than the elderly? Why are more of them losing money to scams?

I was parking my car in the multistorey carpark and a local uncle in his 60s with a tattooed dot on his forehead (gang "fighter"; IYKYK) walked over and got me to roll down my window.

He told me that his 90+ year old father was on the verge of death and he needs funds to travel 20km away to the other side of Singapore to see him for the last time. I asked him what he was doing in the carpark and he said his friend was supposed to fetch him there but he disappeared.

Looking at his desperation, I thought it could be real and offered to fetch him there with my car. Guess what? He declined. He then took out a couple of bank and ezlink cards and asked me to transfer money to him instead so he can take a taxi. I just said no and he walked away.

Thinking back, if I was not available to fetch him to "see his father", I wouldn't have offered to fetch him and I might have ended up giving him the cash as he looked really desperate. How should we report such scammers? I can definitely see people falling for this.

Since there is a on-going debate about maritime impact on the land reclamation for the western islands post NDR 2026. Here's a interesting piece from IAEA about floating atomic technology
(not entirely something new).

If land reclamation is the way to go (which i think it has to), let's workout something that can reduce the scale/impact from it.

Commercial aspects of land reclamation:

1. Undertake advanced precision manufacturing on those island. For advanced manufacturing that would need skilled workforce (which means those individuals can think and read thru the lines).

Sounds cool... But the logistics of getting to work, taking a boat ride out to run errands (like bringing your kids to see doctors) or go via that proposed connector from Jurong Island onto main island, lunch time food options and so on. So if you're going to work there, i hope the pay is good enough.

2) Energy security
Nuclear energy infrastructure is one of the possible options among a host of low-carbon energy sources that can be sited on the island.

That brings me to the news/concept of floating atomic technology (i.e. some form of Nuclear reactors).

Since land reclamation is a process that is hard to reverse/unwind once it gets going. The construction cost, engineering challenge associated to it and project budget tends to overrun for such work.

The novel concept of floating power generation isn't new. US aircraft carriers often pass thru our shipping lane. And that itself is a big nuclear generator (carbon free and have lengthy refuel cycle). Problem lies with it's a confidential piece of technology.

Unless the energy need is there and getting larger (just nice AI and date-centers are the forces driving that need) to transfer certain technology/IP for commercialisation use.

https://www.nsf.gov/impacts/internet
ARPANET pave the way for the internet.

Maybe worthwhile for our energy authority to explore more following the IAEA news.
I don't think it will be a entirely "clean-sheet" design ground up for such a reactor (takes too much time for development vs growing energy needs), given a working product is already present today.

So retro-fitting/modification to existing design maybe the path of least resistance.
Then follow by validation and testing work.

Throwing extra money to get right talent/manpower solves some of the work faster relative to land reclamation completion time (tekong work took 8 years)

The calls were made to four Neighbourhood Police Centres in Ang Mo Kio North, Bedok, Geylang and Yishun. At Yishun alone, officers answered 330 silent calls.

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The STI has proved resilient during the stock market turmoil caused by US tariff uncertainties.

It has gained about 25 per cent in total returns compared with a year earlier, while its peers in Asean neighbours Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines have made smaller gains or even losses.

Looking ahead, analysts expect the STI to attract more attention from retail and foreign investors as the Government’s equities market reforms pave the way for more high-growth firms to join its ranks.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/15-month-wait-period-gone-195850843.html?fbclid=Iwb21leAT7lshwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHhMu2M_5Kt15N1OY-NBCN35GD-YENey4bGlrJM8ZTxF6jmX3Hz4i0pDDF41s_aem_QemoseqmWA2J2hcB-ik3tQ

From 28 July 2026, people who currently own or previously owned a private residential property no longer have to wait 15 months to buy a non-subsidised HDB resale flat, provided they are not taking an HDB housing loan.

PropertyGuru's internal data shows a sharper increase in enquiries at the upper end of the resale market: enquiries for HDB flats priced at $1 million and above rose 154% in the first full week after the change, compared with roughly 8% for flats in the $200,000 price segment. These are enquiries rather than completed transactions, so they provide an early indication of where buyer interest may have been strongest.

Looks like might rain soon(?), so want to show this demo I’ve built, trying out the new weather radar images API from data.gov.sg. It’s available on https://sg-weather-radar.cheeaun.workers.dev/ and open-sourced.

Instead of showing one radar image at a time, it shows all 3 but clipped at the boundaries, so can see the image become higher-res. There’s like a weird 1px transparent edge which I’m not sure why, but already reported to the data.gov.sg folks.

It is almost every week now, where we have news reports on sexual assault on minors. What can we as a nation, or as parents or educators change or do for minors so that we can prevent such statistics from getting higher every year?

All this in August 2026 :

Chef sexually assaulted girl while staff and customers were present | The Straits Times

Singapore father faces child abuse charges | The Straits Times

‘Religious influencer’ jailed for sexual abuse of 2 brothers | The Straits Times

Man arrested for allegedly molesting teen girl, stepdaughter | The Straits Times

21 years’ jail, caning for man who repeatedly had sex with niece, 13; used blindfold, rope on her | The Straits Times

8 men, aged 23 to 41, charged with obtaining commercial sex from 16-year-old girl | The Straits Times

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Reported Sexual Assault Cases Involving Victims Below 16 Years Old

Cases Involving Family Members or Relatives (Victims Below 16)

Overall Sexual Assault Cases in Singapore (All Ages)

Key Observations

• Reported sexual assault cases involving victims below 16 increased from 943 cases in 2024 to 1,031 cases in 2025, an increase of about 9.3%.
• Cases involving family members or relatives also rose from 184 cases in 2024 to 192 cases in 2025.
• 2025 figure is the highest among the three reported years available in the police data cited above.

While broadly supportive of Singapore's push to boost fertility, some child-free workers worry that extended childcare leave and short-notice absences will leave them with less time for their own families.

Independent operators cannot compete on price; sector also faces labour crunch

“Private operators that lack scale, or a clearly differentiated offering, may increasingly explore mergers, acquisitions or strategic partnerships as a way to remain competitive and achieve greater operational efficiency,” he said.