Singapore News

SINGAPORE: The Hougang by-election on May 26 will be a straight fight between Mr Png Eng Huat of the Workers' Party (WP) and Mr Desmond Choo of the People's Action Party (PAP).

SINGAPORE: The Hougang Single Member Constituency was formed in 1988 - the result of boundaries being re-drawn with the introduction of Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) the same year.

SINGAPORE: Former Hougang MP Yaw Shin Leong was expelled from the Workers' Party in February, just nine months after he was elected.

SINGAPORE: The last time Singaporeans went to the polls in a by-election was in 1992.

SINGAPORE: Supporters and party members have arrived at the Nomination Centre at Serangoon Junior College on Nomination Day for the by-election in the single-seat constituency of Hougang.

SINGAPORE: The application for tickets to National Day Parade (NDP) 2012 will end on May 20.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's first development with public housing, commercial facilities and a bus interchange built together in one complex has won a prestigious international award.

SINGAPORE: Issues affecting all Singaporeans - such as the cost of living and the influx of foreigners - are weighing on the minds of Hougang residents as they prepare to head to the ballot box in less than two weeks, at least going by a majority of those Today spoke to.

SINGAPORE: It is Nomination Day for the Hougang by-election. Candidates will be able to file their nomination papers at Serangoon Junior College from 11am on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 44-year-old man for alleged armed robbery of taxi drivers in Marsiling housing estate.

SINGAPORE: Help will be rendered to the family of the taxi driver killed in an accident involving his taxi, a Ferrari and a motorcycle along Rochor Road on May 12.

YEOSU, South Korea: Singapore's environmental conservation efforts are on show at the Yeosu Expo 2012 in South Korea.

SINGAPORE: President Tony Tan Keng Yam hosted his first annual diplomatic reception at the Istana on Tuesday evening.