SINGAPORE: Renewable energy sources can generate up to 10 per cent of Singapore's power demand by 2020, compared to less than 1 per cent today.
According to a white paper released by the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), this potential can be achieved without government subsidies but requires an estimated S$4 billion investment from the private sector over the next 12 years.
The association currently has more than 160 members and represents the interests of companies in the sustainable energy industry and other related stakeholders.
Solar energy, biomass and biogas are key renewable energy sources identified as sustainable alternatives to Singapore's growing energy needs.
SINGAPORE: Singapore has upgraded its economic growth forecast for the year, boosted by growth in the services and manufacturing sectors.
The economy is now expected to grow between 3.5 and 4 per cent, up from an earlier forecast of 2.5 to 3.5 per cent.
Singapore's economic growth picked up pace between July and September.
Third quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 5.8 per cent on-year. This is compared to the 4.4 per cent growth in the previous quarter, and higher than advance estimates of a 5.1 per cent growth.
SINGAPORE: For the first time, a new bilateral component codenamed Exercise Trident has been introduced at Exercise Wallaby, currently ongoing at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) in Queensland, Australia.
Singapore's Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen and Australia's Assistant Minister for Defence Stuart Robert visited Singapore Armed Forces troops participating in the exercise on Tuesday.
The delegation included Member of Parliament and the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs Alex Yam.
This year's Exercise Wallaby is conducted from 3 Oct to 30 November 2013.
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Army is looking into expanding its pool of career soldiers by 15 per cent to allow such regular servicemen to play a bigger role in the training of conscript soldiers.
A high-level committee tasked to recommend measures to strengthen National Service has suggested this could enhance the effectiveness of such training, and allow more full-time National Servicemen to take on operational roles.
Members of the committee also suggested that tertiary institutes team up with the uniformed services to help students transition more smoothly into national service.
The Singapore Army currently employs both career and conscripted soldiers as instructors.
Singaporeans may be known to be all work and seriousness, but a shift in taste for sports seems to prove otherwise. Although normal marathons, triathlons, and even ultra-marathons have long been all the rage with the fitness-obsessed crowd here, a recent spate of unconventional ‘fun runs’ are becoming talk of the town.
One run that has made a comeback this year after a successful debut in 2012 is Brooks Run Happy. The night run saw thousands of participants don coloured lightsticks and pounding the pavement along Marina Bay Sands on 16 November. The run was to provide a welcoming environment for people of different ages and running abilities to interact - and of course, experience a happy run.
“The run was amazing… lots of people, good music,” said a giggly Katie Hasson who completed the run with her husband Mark Hasson.
With two new schemes launched on the 12 of November, Team Singapore athletes will have a comprehensive support system as they pursue excellence in their respective sporting fields.
The Sporting Excellence Education Scheme and Sporting Excellence Career Scheme, launched by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), is starting off with more than 1,000 athletes being involved.
Both schemes will help them handle both competitive sport and either their careers or studies.
Usually, when we think about tennis, the first players that run through our heads will be the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and the great Roger Federer. In the little island of Singapore however, a storm is rising as a new era of tennis players are beginning to emerge from the Republic.
Boosted by the emergence of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) bringing down one of their marquee events annually in Singapore starting from next year, Singapore has seen a new wave of youth players opting to spend more time playing tennis, training full time and taking up online schooling to further pursue their passion.
