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The memorial bench at Tampines Tree Park dedicated to Heng Nine SCDF officers who were involved in the search and rescue efforts were awarded the Pingat Keberanian (Medal of Valour). SCDF Commissioner James Tan, who was in charge of the rescue team, was awarded the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam – Emas (Public Administration Medal – Gold) and 18 ...
On 25 September 2024, train services on the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) East–West line (EWL) were disrupted when an axle box of a Kawasaki C151 train dislodged, damaging the track and equipment along the stretch between the Clementi and Dover stations.
2 May 1999: At a coffeeshop in Singapore's Geylang, 56-year-old rag-and-bone man S. Salim Ahmad was brutally battered to death by Seah Kok Meng, whose girlfriend was allegedly harassed by Salim. Seah fled to Malaysia after murdering Salim, but he was arrested and extradited back to Singapore in May 2000 and charged with murder.
Killed in a hit-and-run accident while on his way to work at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and Tampines Avenue 10. [82] The traffic lights was in his favour when a lorry collided into his motorcycle. [83] 1999-10-09: SC/Cpl: Johaan Kwah Choon Khiat: 23: Jurong: Succumbed to his injuries in hospital after meeting with a traffic accident on 4 ...
The assailants fled Singapore after killing Leong but one, 36-year-old Robson Tay Teik Chai, was found in France serving a two-year sentence for drug offences. He was sent back to Singapore in 2003, where he was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for culpable homicide.
About 300 personnel including representatives from LTA, SBST, SMRT, the Singapore Police Force's Transport Command (TransCom), Traffic Police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) participated in the exercise. [239] Security concerns were brought up by the public when two incidents of vandalism at train depots occurred within two years. [240]
Tampines Expressway from Exit 9, Punggol Road heading towards Exit 7 and 7A. The expressway was constructed alongside the development of Tampines New Town in the 1980s. [1] On 22 February 1986, tenders were called for the first section of the expressway. Work began on 5 August 1986 to widen the existing portions of Tampines Road.
A construction accident occurred at approximately 3:30 pm on 20 April 2004 in Singapore when a Circle Line tunnel being constructed near Nicoll Highway station collapsed. The supporting structure for the deep excavation work failed, resulting in a 30-metre (100 ft) deep cave-in that spread across six lanes of Nicoll Highway.