Khatib Central News Today

The recent euthanasia of a wild boar in Yishun has once again raised this issue of whether or not wild animals should be culled. On March 9, a wild boar wreaked havoc in Khatib Central, injuring three women before disappearing into Yishun Park. The animal was caught 12 days later on March 20 and the National Parks Board (NParks) said...

The wild boar that had eluded captors since March 9 has finally been caught in Yishun Park on Sunday (March 20), much to the relief of residents in that area. This comes after a massive 12-day hunt that had involved agencies including the National Parks Board (NParks), Nee Soon Town Council, the police and the People's Association. Minister of State...

Over the past 10 days, homemaker Koh has been feeling a little restless. You see, this 61-year-old used to frequent Yishun Park a few times a week to exercise and to use it as a shortcut to get to Yishun Park Hawker Centre. But all that came to a halt when a rogue wild boar entered the park after colliding...

The woman who was knocked unconscious by a rogue wild boar in Yishun has since been discharged from hospital on Thursday (March 10) evening, a day after the incident. In an interview with AsiaOne on Friday, her husband Kelvin Ng told us that his wife Eva Then, 46, is currently recuperating at home after spending a night at Khoo Teck...

A massive hunt involving the National Parks Board (NParks), Nee Soon Town Council and the police is currently underway for the rogue wild boar that ran into a pedestrian at Khatib Central yesterday evening (March 9). The search around the vicinity, which started last night, saw at least 30 NParks officers involved in the hunt. An AsiaOne reader who was...

Towards the run-up to the Feb 2022 HDB BTO launch, we weren’t just anticipating the site plans, prices and names (will it contain “Parc” or “Residences”?) of the BTO projects. We were also looking forward to the locations of the next BTO launch in May 2022. And now that HDB has released the locations of these May 2022 BTO projects,...

When Eason and his wife, Yvonne (both 41 and having worked for 15+ years each), saw an HDB resale flat (which MOPed recently) within a 5-minute walk to their son’s primary school in Yishun, they were almost going to exercise the option-to-purchase ( OTP ) and commit to a huge lifelong investment. For the 4-room resale flat, the asking price...