This Week in the News is your weekly roundup of the top headlines in Singapore. If you have to read only one thing today to keep from being clueless, this is it. This breakdown has been arranged in chronological order, starting from Monday.
Local travel agency Five Stars Tours was handed a notice of revocation by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) following its sudden closure on Jan. 8. The company has until Jan. 31 to provide good reason for its shutdown.
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A woman blocked the exit of Lot One’s carpark for over an hour, causing a line of cars to form all the way to Basement Two just because of problems with her comp ticket.
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For the first time in Singapore’s history, a flat in Bishan was sold for over a million dollars.
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Bus and train fares are set to increase 4 — 6 cents from April, after the Public Transport Council (PTC) granted an overall fare adjustment of 3.2 percent.
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