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HDB resale prices fall due to ‘new PR’ buying curb

HDB has released the flash estimate of the HDB Resale Price Index (RPI) for the Q4 2013. The flash estimate of the Q4 2013 Resale Price Index (RPI) is 202.1, a decline of 1.3% over Q3 2013. The actual housing data will be released on 24 January 2014, HDB said. This is the second drop in a row. It follows a 0.9% fall in resale...

Body of jobless, depressed man found in S’pore River

Mr Lee Eng Hock's body was pulled out of Singapore River by SCDF personnel. The body of Lee Eng Hock, 59, was identified yesterday (3 Jan) by members of his family. His body was pulled out of the Singapore River near Upper Circular Road on Thursday afternoon (2 Jan). He was said to be jobless and suffered from depression,...

SMRT: Drunk and half-naked men not inside the station

Following multiple reports by Stomp and social media on 6 half-naked men supposedly sleeping at Bugis MRT Station, SMRT has surfaced to clarify that these foreign workers were in fact sleeping outside the MRT station, not within. A netizen had written to Stomp complaining that foreign workers were sprawled at an MRT station...