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2019 In Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 2019 in the Republic of Singapore. Incumbents *President: Halimah Yacob *Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong Events January * 1 January **The National Environment Agency starts enforcing a smoking ban in Orchard Road. At the same time, the smoking age increases to 19. **Jurong Central Plaza is officially opened after the previous Hawker Centre located at the same precinct in Jurong West was on fire in 2016. * 2 January **The digital switchover is completed and the transmission of analogue television ceases. The signals are shut on 6 January. **The registration of e-scooters has started. **In response to the new instrument landing system procedures at Seletar Airport, a permanently restricted area in the delegated airspace over Pasir Gudang by Malaysia becomes operational. It would have impacted normal, existing air traffic in the airspace above Johor and Singapore. The restricted airspace and ILS procedures are suspended on 8 Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019
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Thomson–East Coast MRT Line
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Bukit Panjang LRT Line
The Bukit Panjang LRT line (BPLRT) is a automated guideway transit line in Bukit Panjang, Singapore. The BPLRT is the only LRT line operated by SMRT Trains. As the name suggests, it serves 13 stations in the neighbourhood of Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang. The line is the first LRT line in Singapore and was opened on 6 November 1999 by Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan. It is a fully elevated and automated people mover system. The line uses Innovia APM 100 C801 and C801A rolling stock supplied by Bombardier, running in a two-car formation. The line is infamous for its frequent breakdowns and plans have been made to overhaul the system. History The idea of Bukit Panjang LRT was first pitched in 1991 before the government announced in 1994 that it would pilot the system there. Two years later, construction began for the Bukit Panjang LRT, along which a few changes were distinguished from the MRT lines: *It became the first line in Singapore with a fully automated train with no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheng Siong
Sheng Siong Group Ltd. (Chinese: 昇菘集团) is the parent company of Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd, commonly known as Sheng Siong, the third largest chain of supermarkets in Singapore. The supermarket chain also airs its own television variety programmes named "The Sheng Siong Show". History Sheng Siong is a chain of supermarkets in Singapore founded by Mr Lim Hock Chee and his two brothers, Mr Lim Hock Eng and Mr Lim Hock Leng. Mr Lim Hock Chee is also the current CEO of Sheng Siong. The Lim family moved to another farm in Punggol in the 1970s. Years later, the farm experienced an excess supply of pigs, thus Lim Hock Chee and his wife rented a small section within a Savewell provision store in Ang Mo Kio to sell the chilled pork from their pig farm in 1984. In 1985, following the move to phase out pig farming by the Singapore Government, the Lim brothers ventured into the retail business by launching Sheng Siong's foremost operation in a single shophouse unit, (in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 8 (Singapore)
Channel 8 ( zh, 8頻道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel, airing in Mandarin Chinese. It was created by Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that year. The channel's logo is a yellow number 8 on top of a red disc. History Channel 8 began its test transmissions on Saturday, 31 August 1963, Malaysia's national day. Its first day consisted of a Hokkien film, repeats of India's participation in the South East Asian Cultural Festival and Singapore Celebrates. A second test transmission took place between 16 and 20 September of that year and devoted much of its time to the week-long celebrations, to coincide with the historic Proclamation of Malaysia, and the political campaigns leading up to the 1963 General Election. Channel 8 officially began broadcasting on 23 November 1963 at 7:40 p.m. as "Saluran 8 Televisyen Singapura" and aired at first in Chinese (including Mandarin, dialects of Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VivoCity
VivoCity is a shopping mall located in the HarbourFront precinct of Bukit Merah, Singapore. It is the largest shopping mall in Singapore, with of net lettable area and of gross floor area spread over a three-storey shopping complex and two basement levels. It was designed by the Japanese architect Toyo Ito, and its name is derived from the word '' vivacity''. In December 2016, VivoCity was recognized by Forbes as one of the top shopping malls in Singapore. History VivoCity was built on the site of the Expo Gateway and Harbour Pavilion exhibition halls of the former World Trade Centre (now the HarbourFront Centre) in June 2003. Since its opening in 2006, it is currently the largest shopping mall in Singapore, spanning of gross floor area and of retail space, larger than Suntec City and Ngee Ann City (the former of which was the largest before VivoCity's opening). It was designed by the renowned Japanese architect Toyo Ito. Mapletree Investments, a subsidiary of Temasek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukit Merah
Bukit Merah, also known as Redhill, is a planning area and new town situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. the planning area borders Tanglin to the north, Queenstown to the west and the Downtown Core, Outram and Singapore River planning areas of the Central Area to the east. Bukit Merah shares a maritime boundary with the Southern Islands planning area located beyond its southernmost point. It is the most populated planning area in the Central Region, and the 12th most populated planning area in the country overall, being home to more than 150,000 residents. Etymology ''Bukit Merah'' translates to “red hill” in Malay, and is a reference to the red-coloured lateritic soil found on the hill. According to the ''Sejarah Melayu'', Singapore used to be plagued by swordfish attacking the people living in the coastal regions. A young boy named Hang Nadim proposed an ingenious solution, to build a wall of banana stems along the coast at the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library@harbourfront
library@harbourfront, formerly known as Bukit Merah Public Library, is a public library located at VivoCity, Singapore. It is the largest shopping mall public library in Singapore. History Originally called Bukit Merah Branch Library, it serves the residents of Tanjong Pagar, Bukit Merah, Tiong Bahru and Telok Blangah. The library, which was situated at 3779 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 159462, was officially opened on 28 December 1982 by the then Minister-without-Portfolio and Member of Parliament for Bukit Merah Mr Lim Chee Onn. On 29 December 1982, the library was open to public. It is the first branch library to have an audiovisual (AV) section. The library closed for renovation from 28 December 2004 to 25 February 2005. It was officially reopened by the then Parliamentary Secretary, MINDEF and Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC and Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee on that same day. On 1 December 2018, the library ceased operations a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go-Jek
PT Gojek Indonesia (stylized in all lower case and stylized ''j'' as goȷek, formerly styled as GO-JEK) is an Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group based in Jakarta. Gojek was first established in Indonesia in 2009 as a call center to connect consumers to courier delivery and two-wheeled ride-hailing services. Gojek launched its application in 2015 with only four services: GoRide, GoSend, GoShop, and GoFood. Valued at US$10 billion today, Gojek has transformed into a super app, providing more than 20 services. Gojek operates in 5 countries; Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, and Philippines (through the acquisition of ''Coins.ph''). Gojek is the first Indonesian unicorn company, as well as the country's first "decacorn" company. It is the only company in Southeast Asia that is included in Fortune's ''50 Companies That Changed the World'' in 2017 and 2019, ranked at 17 and 11, respectively. As of June 2020, it has about 170 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Eastern Life
Great Eastern Life Assurance Co. Ltd, often known as Great Eastern Life or Great Eastern, is a Singaporean multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in various countries and jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region. Headquartered at Pickering Street in Raffles Place, it is a subsidiary of OCBC Bank, and it is the largest and oldest life insurance company in Singapore. At 2006, the company had assets in excess of S$8 billion, 2.6 million policies in force served by 24 branch offices and a service network of more than 17,000 agents nationwide. In August 2007, it had S$45 billion in assets and 3 million policyholders. In 2020, the company's website stated that it has over S$90 billion in assets and over 8 million policyholders, including 5 million from government schemes. It has three distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm, Great Eastern Financial Advisers. It is the only life insurance company to be liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTUC Income
} Income Insurance Limited, commonly known as Income, is one of the leading composite insurers in Singapore, offering life, health and general insurance. Established in Singapore in 1970 to plug a social need for insurance, Income continues to serve the protection, savings and investment needs of individuals, families and businesses today to empower better financial well-being for all. Formerly known as NTUC Income Insurance Co-operative Limited ("NTUC Income"), the company now operates as Income Insurance Limited, a public non-listed company limited by shares. This follows the successful transfer of the insurance business of the co-operative, NTUC Income Insurance Co-operative Limited ("NTUC Income") to Income Insurance Limited, as part of its corporatisation exercise from 1 September 2022. Income has extended its footprint beyond Singapore intro the region and introduced new insurance business models including Insurance-as-a-Service, micro-insurance and investment, usage-based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
