Deliveroo SG ranks top 3 national dishes as part of National Day stunt Details 03 August 2021
In commemoration of Singapore s National Day, food delivery service Deliveroo dug into its data from last year s stay home National Day celebrations to answer the age-old question: What is Singapore s national dish? . Seafood dishes topped last year s list, with chilli crab in particular dominating the scene . According to Deliveroo, one of the largest food orders during last year’s National Day was a chilli crab order worth over SG$400.
Coming in at a close second and third are comfort food, such as fried chicken as well as local delights, including
Fewer marriages in Singapore in 2020 due to COVID-19 disruptions; lowest number of divorces since 2006 Toggle share menu
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SINGAPORE: Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic meant fewer couples in Singapore got married last year, said the Department of Statistics Singapore on Wednesday (Jul 7).
Last year also saw the lowest number of marital dissolutions since 2006. The pandemic, including measures taken during the circuit breaker period, may have contributed to fewer divorces being filed, the department added.
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A total of 22,651 marriages were registered last year, down 10.9 per cent from 2019, when 25,434 marriages were registered.
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SINGAPORE - Current satellite technology such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) that can track the whereabouts of dementia patients or special needs individuals are often imprecise with a margin of error of up to 10m, meaning the person one is looking for could be on the opposite side of the road or in a different building.
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is now trying to plug the distance gap with a competition dubbed the GNSS Innovation Challenge, which will be launched on Thursday (Feb 25).
Working together with private space-technology company Singapore Space and Technology Limited (SSTL), SLA wants tertiary students to develop a small enough device, worn on the wrist, that can more accurately pinpoint where the wearer is, with a margin of error of less than a metre.
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.