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The Singapore Police Force's Web site: Police
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Matters Police Station/NPP Locations
List of roads where police speed laser camera
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Online
search for outstanding traffic offences
Online database of IMEI numbers of stolen handphones
Common Driving Offences & Prescribed
Punishments
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Summary of key amendments to the Penal Code
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Singapore Crime
Situation 2006
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Singapore Crime Situation - First half 2006
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New Website lets ex-offenders check own 'spent' criminal records
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Law against Singaporeans who sexually exploit minors overseas
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Singapore Crime Situation 2005
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LTA to administer bus lane offences from 1 Feb 2006
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New speed limits for 65 roads in Western Singapore
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New speed limits for 55 roads in southern Singapore from 1 Nov 2005
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New speed limits for 43 roads from 1 Apr 2005 -
Armed police patrols on MRT trains from 15 Aug 2005
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CCTVs to be used in parts of Geylang to combat vice
- Singapore
Crime Situation 2004
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Government corporatising statutory board CISCO
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Enhanced
safety requirements for motorised bicycles & riders
- Home
Detention Scheme to be expanded
- 24-hr
Entertainment - A Reality!
- Crime
Situation - First half 2003
- Police
install CCTV in Boat Quay, Little India & Newton Food Centre
- Stop Shop Theft: Senior Minister of State Ho Peng
Kee
- Singapore
Crime Situation 2002
- Not
illegal for security guards to hold NRIC
- Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim
Park opens on 1 Sep 2000
- Mediation
Centres & Ad-hoc Venues (for disputes)
NEWS SNIPPETS
2008
2007
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Police advise festive revellers to remain vigilant
against crime |
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Police would also like to advise revellers
and shoppers to be vigilant against opportunists who might commit molest
in crowds. Most of these molest cases happen in crowded areas where the
suspect would touch the victim and move away. In some, the suspect would
spray foam onto the victim and commit molest in the process... |
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More reported cases of tricksters impersonating
government officers |
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Confidence tricksters continue to use the
"Kidnap Hoax Scam" with 9 cases reported between 1 and 29 November 07
and 19 cases reported between 1 and 6 Dec 07... |
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Another ruse used by the cheats is to
impersonate themselves as police officers or staff from the Supreme
Court... |
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This method of cheating surfaced in
September 07 which prompted police to alert members of public. As of 6
December 07, a total of 224 reports were received. The culprits were
unsuccessful in 195 cases, but in 29 cases the victims were cheated of
more than S$275,500 cash... |
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Guidance Programme has helped 6,000 young offenders
since 1997 |
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In his Opening Address, Dr Vivian
Balakrishnan announced the increase of up to 25 per cent in funding for
the 17 social service agencies that are running the Guidance Programme
(GP) - a six-month programme for first-time young offenders to divert
them away from being charged in Court... |
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Towards the end of the 6-month
programme, the social worker will assess the youth’s overall
progress and make an appropriate recommendation to the Police
Investigation Officer. |
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Depending on the risks and needs of the
youth, the programme may be extended for up to
six months. The youth, if he completes the programme successfully,
may be let off with a stern Police warning in lieu of prosecution... |
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Chee Siok Chin and John Tan removed from ASEAN Summit
Protected Area |
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At about 6.00 pm today, Chee Siok Chin and
John Tan had walked into Orange Grove Road, which is an area gazetted as
a Protected Area. |
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Police officers deployed along the
stretch of road first engaged the pair at the junction of Orange
Grove Road and Orchard Rd and advised them that they were about to
enter the protected area and that they should not do so... |
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They were warned repeatedly that they had
entered the protected area, and should they refuse to leave, they would
be removed. When they ignored the repeated warnings, and still refused
to leave and continued to move forward, police officers led them into a
police vehicle to bring them out of the protected area... |
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Road closures for ASEAN Summit meetings |
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Apart from the meetings held in
Shangri-La Hotel, there will be several other key events, which
the Leaders and delegates will attend as part of the official
programme. They include the following: |
a Gala Dinner at Raffles City
Convention Centre on Tuesday, 20 Nov 2007 .
b Reception at the Asian Civilisations Museum on Wednesday, 21 Nov
2007.
c Dinner at Istana on Wednesday, 21 Nov 2007... |
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As part of the security and traffic
arrangements, Police will deploy resources to conduct roadblocks and
security checks at and around all the event venues. |
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Police bust illegal Internet cafes in Geylang |
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Police raided 3 internet cafes at in Geylang
on 9 November 07, which resulted in the arrest of 15 men and 3 women
aged between 18 and 47 years old. |
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Acting on information received, Police
quickly established that three Internet cafes along Geylang Lorong 17
and 18 were involved in the provision of illegal online gambling
games... |
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Lottery scam targets Singaporeans |
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The number of people falling prey to lottery
scam fraudsters remains a concern to Police. In the past month, on
average, 1 Singaporean falls victim to it daily. So far this year, more
than 210 victims have been cheated of over S$2 million... |
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3378 drivers caught speeding on new KPE |
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Since the opening of Phase 1 of the
Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) on 26 October 2007, the speed
cameras installed in the KPE tunnel have captured a total of 3,378
vehicles speeding above the prescribed road speed limit of 70km/h in the
first six days. |
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The Penal Code (Amendment) Bill passed |
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The new section 376C (Commercial sex
with minor under 18 outside Singapore) will have extra-territorial
effect so that it would be an offence for Singapore citizens and
Permanent Residents to solicit or engage in commercial sex with
minors under 18 in other countries...
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Feedback received highlighted concerns over
female sexual abuse of male minors. On further consideration, we accept
that these younger male children could be exploited by older women.
Consequently, we have decided to make it an offence for a woman to
engage in penile penetrative sexual acts with a male minor under 16 and
to have commercial sex with a male minor under 18... |
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Whilst prostitution per se is not an
offence, new section 376B (Commercial sex with minor under 18)
will make it an offence for a person to solicit, communicate or
obtain sexual services from a minor under 18 years of age... |
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6406 cases of voluntarily causing hurt reported in
2006 |
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In 2006, out of the 6,406 VCH cases, Police
initiated action on behalf of the victims in 468 cases, which accounted
for 7.3 % of the VCH cases reported... |
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Police will initiate prosecution into VCH
cases where there is harm to the public interest and safety, and when it
is assessed that the assailant is a bully who is taking advantage of the
weak and vulnerable - especially young children, senior citizens and
physically or mentally-disabled persons... |
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Tricksters impersonating Supreme Court staff and
police officers |
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Police would like to alert the public of a
phone scam where callers impersonate themselves as police officers or
staff from the Supreme Court... |
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Over the past 3 weeks, Police have received
35 reports by victims who have received such calls, of which a victim
have parted with about S$10,000... |
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Secondhand Goods Dealers Act effective from 1 Dec 2007 |
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Under the new Act, only dealers who deal in
secondhand goods that are listed in the Schedule will be regulated. This
will be regardless of whether such dealings take place at a shopfront,
via a makeshift stall or over the Internet. |
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The list of items was drawn up based on
crime data of commonly stolen items. While the existing Act has a wider
list of items, the new regulatory regime has a reduced list which
comprises commonly stolen items. This allows a sharper regulatory focus
in preventing fencing1. |
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Dealers who deal in items which are not in
the new list will not be regulated. The list of items may also be
revised according to crime trends... |
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Chee Soon Juan's demonstration outside Istana |
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Upon arrival at the Istana, Police officers
observed that Chee Soon Juan and some of his SDP supporters were staging
a demonstration with various placards at the Istana Park. |
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Police issued repeated warnings against Chee
Soon Juan and four persons who were part of his demonstration group, as
they have contravened the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and
Nuisance) (Prohibition of Assemblies and Processions - Istana) Order... |
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Despite repeated warnings to disperse, Chee
Soon Juan and the others refused to comply and persisted with his
unlawful demonstration. The Police seized the placards and arrested Chee
Soon Juan and others... |
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Grading exercise for licensed security agencies |
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About 52% of the agencies which took part
this year attained a Grade B and above as compared to the 24% in 2006.
This is a marked improvement and a good testimony to the rising
standards of the security agencies... |
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Of the 270 agencies in Singapore , 86
did not participate in the grading exercise. Of these 86, 8
agencies were newly licensed in the period of assessment and
therefore could not be graded... |
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Summary of key amendments to the Penal Code |
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It will be made an offence to engage
in penetrative acts such as oral and anal sex with a minor under
the age of 16, with or without the consent of the minor;
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It will be made an offence to obtain
commercial sex from a minor under the age of 18, or communicate
with any person for such a purpose; and
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A new offence of sexual grooming of
minors under the age of 16 will be introduced... |
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The Private Security Industry Bill 2007 passed |
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"Should a private investigator or security
officer be charged with or convicted of a prescribed offence which makes
his continued employment as a private investigator or security officer
undesirable, his licence can be suspended with immediate effect. This
power is provided in Clause 24(5) of the Bill. |
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"With the introduction of the licensing
schemes for security officers and private investigators, more than 500
private investigators and 30,000 security officers will need to apply
for a licence..." |
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Drug addiction situation in Singapore |
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"The drug addiction situation in Singapore
is under control, even though 999 drug abusers were arrested in the
first half of this year, compared to 446 over the same period last year. |
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"Of the total number of abusers arrested,
Buprenorphine abusers formed the majority, at 41%, with heroin abusers
at 30% and synthetic drug abusers at 25%. |
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"One reason for the increase of 553 abusers
is that the Central Narcotics Bureau gazetted Buprenorphine as a
controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act in August last year..." |
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Beware of
kidnap scam calls |
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"Police want to alert the public about a
cheating ruse employed to induce people to part with money by alleging
their next-of-kin had been kidnapped... |
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"The allegations were untrue and no one had
been kidnapped. Unfortunately, one person was cheated of nearly $50,000
before realising it was a ruse... |
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"Another five kidnap scam calls were
reported today, bringing the total number of cases to over ten reported
since last Saturday..." |
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Police seek two teenagers in bomb hoax case |
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"Police are investigating a false call of a
bomb threat that was made on 17 August 2007 at about 11.16 pm from a
public telephone at the Concourse Area of Outram Park MRT Interchange
(East West Line). |
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"Police seek information on the identities
and whereabouts of the two persons shown in the photographs attached who
can assist Police in investigations..." |
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Sleight Of hand culprit nabbed |
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On 19 August 2007 at about 3.15pm, an
Iranian man was arrested for an offence of theft by sleight of hand. The
man had earlier managed to steal money from foreigners by asking to see
their foreign currency. |
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Singapore Crime Situation for first half 2007 |
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"While the figures for outraging of modesty
and cheating and related offences were not significantly different,
index crimes that were significantly higher in Jan-Jun 2007 from the
same period in 2006 were rape, motor vehicle theft, robbery and snatch
theft. |
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"However, there is no cause for alarm. For
rape, which saw the greatest percentage increase of 32%, the vast
majority of cases (90%) involved offenders who are known to their
victims..." |
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Licence for public forum with foreign speaker
cancelled |
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"Police has cancelled a licence under the
Public Entertainments and Meetings Act to organise a public forum on 7
Aug 2007 at 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road on gay issues by a foreign
participant. |
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"A Singaporean, Mr Au Wai Pang, had applied
for the licence. He had separately applied to ICA for a professional
visit pass for the foreign national to speak at the forum..." |
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Lottery Scam Alert - A Crime Prevention Advisory |
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"From January to July 2007, Police
have received 23 such reports, of which 31 victims have parted
with amounts ranging from $32 to $52,800. |
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"The fraudsters would typically call
the victims on the pretext of conducting surveys or inviting the
victims to attend overseas events, by claiming to be staff of
overseas companies.'' |
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"To claim their prizes, the victims
were requested to make up-front payments as administrative or
processing fees via remittance companies to China. In some
instances, local accounts were also used..." |
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Lottery Scam Alert - A Crime Prevention Advisory
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Rehabilitation regime for first and second-time
abusers of cannabis and cocaine |
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"The aim
of the treatment and rehabilitation regime is to give
first and second time abusers a chance at
rehabilitation without the stigmatisation of a
criminal record... |
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"Recalcitrant abusers with two previous records for
consumption of cannabis or cocaine or that of opiates,
synthetic drugs or buprenorphine who are arrested
again for the consumption of any of these drugs would
be liable for long term imprisonment under the Long
Term (LT) Imprisonment Regime, if convicted..." |
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Minister answers questions on Internet-related sexual
crimes |
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"There
were 124 reported cases of females becoming victims of
sex crimes as a result of them knowing the offenders
through the Internet between 2001 and 2006... |
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"Of these
reported cases, 80 cases (or about two-thirds)
involved victims who were below 16 years of age. Of
these 124 cases, two of them also involved the
victims’ property being stolen..." |
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Five Vietnamese nationals arrested for stealing spree |
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"Police arrested two men and three women,
aged 22 - 37 at the airport yesterday after they were found with nine
pieces of luggage containing more than 350 pieces of new garments... |
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"Preliminary investigations revealed that
about 30 of the items in their possession were found
to be stolen from shops in the Orchard area..." |
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Licence needed for 15 chemicals (explosive
precursors) in Singapore
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Thieving cabby nabbed by police
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Apple
Scam Cheats Nabbed
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Company using pirated software raided by police
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Apple scam cheats nabbed by police
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Statistics on number of persons jailed for
unlawful assembly
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Further detentions and releases under the Internal Security Act |
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"In Feb 2007, ISD arrested and subsequently
detained one self-radicalised Singaporean under the Internal Security
Act (ISA) – Abdul Basheer s/o Abdul Kader (Abdul Basheer), aged 28... |
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"At the time of his arrest, he had purchased
an air ticket to Pakistan, where he intended to make contact with a
militant group – the Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) - that could help him train
for ‘militant jihad’ and to cross over into Afghanistan to fight
alongside the Taliban..." |
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Man
arrested for making bomb hoax calls |
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"At about noon on 2 June 07, the culprit, a
freelance web page designer, called the SCDF control room to inform that
there was a bomb at Raffles Place. SCDF immediately reported the call to
the Police... |
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"Subsequently, around 2.30pm, the same
caller made a second call to the SCDF control room informing that
someone had planted bombs at Orchard Road and the Tanjong Pagar area..." |
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920 persons arrested for drink driving in 1st quarter
2007 |
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"For the first quarter of 2007, SPF arrested
920 persons for drink driving, an increase of 22% over the same period
in 2006. Slight injury accidents related to drink driving increased from
about 200 cases in 2004 to 260 cases in 2006. |
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"Fatal and serious injury accidents related
to drink driving have remained stable over the past 3 years, registering
38 cases, 28 cases and 32 cases in 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively..." |
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Pilot project allowing cycling on all footways in Tampines |
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"Land Transport Authority (LTA), Traffic
Police (TP) and the Tampines Grassroots Organisations (GROs) will be
conducting a study in the Tampines Town to assess the feasibility of
allowing cycling on footways with effect from 27 May 2007. |
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"The study will last for one year and end on
30 May 2008... |
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"Currently, under Rule 28 of the Road Traffic
Rules, enacted in 1981, cycling on footways is prohibited. Like any
other vehicles, bicycles are to be ridden on the roads and cyclists are
required to abide by all relevant traffic rules and regulations..." |
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Rise in
number of metal theft cases in 2007 |
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"Jan-Mar
2007 recorded 294 reports of metal thefts, which is
110 cases more than the same period in 2006. |
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"Just
recently on 22 April 07, 50 copper covers from fire
risers were stolen from a block of flats in New Upper
Changi Road..." |
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Public forum on democracy organised by the Singapore Democratic Party
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Two policemen die in boat collision while pursuing
illegal immigrants |
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"Two Police Coast Guard (PCG) officers had
been killed and an unknown number of illegal immigrants gone missing
after the boats which the PCG officers and the illegal immigrants were
in respectively collided at the sea off Tuas last night... |
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"Two other fellow crew mates on board the
same PCG boat had been rescued. Three illegal immigrants had also been
rescued, together with the recovery of a body of a fourth illegal
immigrant..." |
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Police bust unlicensed moneylending syndicate |
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"Seventeen Chinese men aged between 17 to 38
years old believed to be members of an unlicensed moneylending (UML)
syndicate were arrested in an island-wide operation conducted on 12
April 07. More than $130,000 in cash was seized... |
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"Fifteen premises in Woodlands, Sengkang, Ang
Mo Kio, Toa Payoh, Hougang, Yishun, Sembawang, Serangoon and Changi were
raided during the operation, which lasted from 8pm on 12 April 07 to 1am
on 13 April 07..." |
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Man to be charged for importing pellet guns |
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"When asked, the man did not declare any
items. Subsequent screening revealed images that appeared to be guns
within his baggage. A physical check of his check-in carton revealed 20
sets of pellet guns and 5 bottles of pellets. He was subsequently
detained for investigation. |
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"Police investigated a total of 38 cases
involving airsoft guns in 2006. Since the beginning of this year (2007),
Police have investigated 21 such cases. Most of these airsoft guns were
detected at the airport and other checkpoints, as well as the Singapore
Post Centre..." |
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Changes to Bus Lane Scheme from 1 April 2007 |
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ADJUSTMENTS
TO
BUS LANE
HOURS
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Days
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Existing
Operation Hours
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New
Operation Hours
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Mondays to
Fridays
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7.30am to
9.30am
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7.30am to
9.30am
(No Change)
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4.30pm to
7.00pm
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5.00pm to
8.00pm
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Saturdays
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7.30am to
9.30am
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No Longer
Applicable
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11.30am to
2.00pm
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