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In land-scarce and densely populated Singapore, the Government will have to continue balancing the needs of development and conservation as part of its long-term planning processes, said National Development Minister Desmond Lee. Illustration by Anam
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SINGAPORE, Jan 30 Over the past decade, Mr Jimmy Tan has seen lush greenery in Singapore being taken down one by one.
In 2012, Bidadari cemetery, a safe haven for endangered birds, was cleared for a new Housing and Development Board (HDB) town.In 2016, the HDB announced plans to build a “forest town” in Tengah which, according to the Nature Society, would eliminate over 90 per cent of the original forest there.The same year, the verdant 30-hectare Lentor Forest near Yio Chu Kang was razed for private housing.The “final straw” for Mr Tan, a 48-year-old Bukit Batok resident, was when he found out in July l
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PropertyGuru s brand and consumer marketing lead exits, new director of brand role created Details 26 January 2021
PropertyGuru Group s director, brand and consumer marketing, Meenakshi Shunmugham, is stepping down from her role after close to eight years. She (pictured above) first joined in 2016 as head, brand and corporate communications for the group and took on the role of head, brand and consumer marketing before being promoted to her current role, overseeing Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Among her list of achievements at PropertyGuru include spearheading its first-ever brand refresh in 2018, conceptualising and rolling out the Own Your Home programme in Malaysia, and leading a region-wide initiative #LoveHome early last year, her LinkedIn said. She also conceptualised and launched a branding campaign for PropertyGuru Finance in late 2020, with the theme perfectly matched, under one roof . Before heading over to PropertyGuru
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Panopto Opens New Office in Singapore
January 26, 2021 GMT
SEATTLE (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 25, 2021
Panopto, the leading video management system provider for higher education and large enterprises, has opened a commercial office in Singapore in response to significant growth in demand in Asia. This increased presence complements the company’s existing office in Hong Kong and builds upon Panopto’s Singapore-based data centre, which hosts Panopto’s Asia-Pacific Cloud.
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Panopto has been a trusted partner for prominent enterprises such as SK Telecom and higher education institutions such as Singapore University of Social Sciences, as well as Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Senior family lawyers reviewing their 2020 caseloads saw a rise in divorce applications, maintenance payment issues and personal protection cases against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic year.
Other noticeable family law concerns included access to children, and cross-border-related issues that arose from domestic and international Covid-19 restrictions. While we do not yet have the exact figures from the Department of Statistics Singapore, it would not be surprising if the number of divorce cases increased last year, said family law lecturer Tricia Ho Wei Jing from the Singapore University of Social Sciences. Conditions created by Covid-19 exacerbate family tensions, especially with the circuit breaker period confining the family unit in the same space for weeks, she said.