REACH (Telegram) 172 -  What are your views on the investigations into Megaspeed and the Government’s approach to preventing fraudulent business practices?

(SK)

13 Nov 2026 (10am - 7pm)

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[13/11/2026 10:01 am] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced that that the Singapore Police Force (SPF) had found insufficient evidence to establish that former Megaspeed executive Alice Huang had committed offences relating to suspected inaccurate declarations involving server purchases. However, Huang was issued a stern warning and barred from re-entering Singapore after providing inaccurate information to police about her role in Megaspeed. Investigations into Megaspeed and six other individuals remain ongoing. MHA reaffirmed Singapore’s commitment to conducting independent investigations, upholding its laws and safeguarding its reputation as a trusted and reliable business hub.

💬 What are your views on the investigations into Megaspeed and the Government’s approach to preventing fraudulent business practices?

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) highlighted that:

(1) The Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Singapore Customs began independent investigations in February 2025 into several companies, including Megaspeed, over suspected false declarations involving server purchases. The investigations were not initiated at the request of any foreign government, and Huang was not investigated for espionage.

(2) Following consultations with the Attorney-General’s Chambers, SPF concluded in February 2026 that there was insufficient evidence to establish Huang’s involvement in the suspected offences. However, she was issued a stern warning and barred from re-entering Singapore for knowingly providing inaccurate information to downplay her role in Megaspeed.

(3) Singapore sought assistance from US authorities and other jurisdictions to verify whether servers exported through Singapore to Malaysia had subsequently been diverted elsewhere. Despite repeated requests, Singapore received limited information or assistance concerning US-based server supplier Supermicro, while investigations into Megaspeed and six other individuals remain ongoing.

(4) Singapore does not enforce unilateral export controls imposed by other countries, but will not tolerate companies using Singapore to circumvent such controls through fraud or dishonest practices. The authorities will continue to investigate independently, cooperate with foreign counterparts where appropriate, and take firm enforcement action when warranted by evidence.

🔗 https://www.mha.gov.sg/media-room/newsroom/singapore-investigations-into-alice-huang-huang-le-and-megaspeed-international-pte-ltd/

🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/police-probe-into-alice-huang-found-insufficient-evidence-of-offences-relating-to-megaspeed-mha

🔗 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/alice-huang-megaspeed-mha-offences-probe-6544206

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[13/11/2026 11:18 am] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

1. This incident unfortunately is a geopolitical tussling between 2 Superpowers. 

But we are caught in between - whereby companies in Singapore conduct its business.

[13/11/2026 11:24 am] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

2. Setting up a company for cloud hosting implies selling GPU, processes, storage and computing for customers - be it local or foreign countries.

3. The catch is, companies must honestly declare who the customers are without hiding information.

[13/11/2026 11:28 am] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

4. Likewise when a company export goods and services to another country, export information must be properly recorded and make known without hiding the destination country or countries.

5. Only then, we are trusted as a reliable trading and business hub. Only then foreign investors will be willing to put their money in Singapore to invest.

6. Even though we don't enforce other countries export control, we expect companies doing trading to observe export control for those products and services they carry to do so.

[13/11/2026 11:32 am] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

7. So what MHA is doing is appropriate.

[13/11/2026 11:37 am] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

8. Having say so, the next decades or so, as geopolitical tussling intensifies, business, trading will get more and more difficult, more and more intricate - and we need to find niches that we can trade without infringement to the big powers tussling to survive - which is not easy and we need to do a good fine balancing act no matter how difficult it is.

[13/11/2026 11:55 am] REACH Singapore:

Forwarded from REACH Singapore

[ Poll : 1. I am concerned about the investigations into Alice Huang and Megaspeed and their impact on Singapore. ]

- Strongly Agree

- ⁠Agree

- ⁠Neutral

- ⁠Disagree

- ⁠Strongly Disagree

[13/11/2026 11:55 am] REACH Singapore:

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[ Poll : 2. The Government has taken appropriate action in handling the investigations into Alice Huang and Megaspeed. ]

- Strongly Agree

- Agree

- Neutral

- Disagree

- Strongly Disagree

[13/11/2026 11:56 am] Jun Ming: For most people this is a very distance issue for us

[13/11/2026 11:57 am] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

But it will have a big impact on us to attract investment into our shores and create jobs for us.

It will also impact us as a big trading export and import hub as well as transhipment hub.

As our survivor is hinge on :-

1. Investment to create jobs for us.

2. Trading export and import to grow our economy.

Hence what we do here must send a signal to the world - that we are a trusted and reliable hub.

But we don't take sides in the geopolitical tussling.

[13/11/2026 12:00 pm] Andy: Don't care about this. I think it's a calculated, targeted move for US to bring down the chinese CEO Jensen Huang. New York times started the whole fiasco, I think there's more to it than what we see on the new

[13/11/2026 12:01 pm] Jun Ming in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨But it will have a big impact on us to attract investment into...

Just act according to the law. The lower class people do not care

[13/11/2026 12:02 pm] Andy: The allegations just exploded one after another... US is concerned about whoever's chinese!

[13/11/2026 12:05 pm] RY in reply to Andy:

> ‎⁨Don't care about this. I think it's a calculated,...

I concur 

How would a spy be so high profile, with so many public/media appearance, including with the presence of Jensen Huang daughter during intl event ? Doesnt make sense ...

[13/11/2026 12:07 pm] Jun Ming: But hor the news say he got another mistress

[13/11/2026 12:07 pm] Jun Ming: And Elon mas say he wants to hire him

[13/11/2026 12:08 pm] Jun Ming: Aiya not our business lah whoever he works for the product will eventually comes to Singapore

[13/11/2026 12:08 pm] Adam: Im surprised there needs to be a Reach discussion for this

[13/11/2026 12:09 pm] Jun Ming: Just that with tarrif or not lor

[13/11/2026 12:09 pm] Andy: These high value CEOs always have mistress here and there one.. everyone's trying to get into their pants and dig their gold 😂 jeff bezos, elon, bill gates, etc

[13/11/2026 12:09 pm] Adam: I dont really see why this is a big deal

[13/11/2026 12:10 pm] Adam: UHNW people do weird stuff

[13/11/2026 12:10 pm] Andy: whats UHNW?

[13/11/2026 12:10 pm] RY in reply to Jun Ming:

> ‎⁨And Elon mas say he wants to hire him⁩

Jensen Huang (taiwan origin) is a super smart guy same as Alibaba Ma Yun (china) 

If I am Elon, I would hire him also

[13/11/2026 12:10 pm] Adam in reply to Andy:

> ‎⁨whats UHNW?⁩

Ultra high net worth

[13/11/2026 12:11 pm] Adam: The govt does not really make stuff like adultery illegal too

[13/11/2026 12:11 pm] Andy: Anyway Jensen is rich enough to retire and get all the girls he wants!

[13/11/2026 12:12 pm] Adam: Sure its morally wrong but among the scummy stuff people do...

[13/11/2026 12:12 pm] Jun Ming: Ya so nothing really much to discuss

[13/11/2026 12:12 pm] Adam: Theres worse CEOs out there

[13/11/2026 12:13 pm] Jun Ming: But ya maybe because our leaders are high class people hence they care

[13/11/2026 12:14 pm] Adam: Id expect our whiter than white politicians to be peak. Because they are the type to bring down other people on that basis

[13/11/2026 12:15 pm] RY in reply to REACH Singapore:

> 📢 Topic 📢  The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced that...

US Trump Administration always like to "accuse" other countries without legit evidence 

Eg SG forced labour https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-forced-labour-us-probe-mti-6058006

[13/11/2026 12:16 pm] Jun Ming: If the topic today is the money that will be giving on dec I think it's much more worth to discuss

[13/11/2026 12:17 pm] Adam: The money doesnt feel like much anymore

[13/11/2026 12:17 pm] Adam: Inflation hit like a truck

[13/11/2026 12:17 pm] RY in reply to RY:

> ‎⁨Jensen Huang (taiwan origin) is a super smart guy same as...

Jessen is smart and ultra-rich but morally he is 👎

[13/11/2026 1:02 pm] Khai Mun L.: I believe there might be more companies which are setup in sg that are used for illegal or grey areas. Would need more investigation resources or AI logic to catch these cases..

Kind of like bank accounts or sim cards opened by random people, and then used to do illegal stuff.

[13/11/2026 1:04 pm] REACH Singapore: Dear Contributors,

Please take a moment to participate in our polls and share your opinion. The poll questions are pinned for easy reference and your vote is anonymous. 

We look forward to hearing your thoughts on today’s topic!

💬 What are your views on the investigations into Megaspeed and the Government’s approach to preventing fraudulent business practices?

Thank you.

Megan

[13/11/2026 1:28 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

"Man handed 41 charges in relation to Nvidia chips case".

Getting very complicated.

 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-handed-41-charges-in-relation-to-nvidia-chips-case#:~:text=Man%20handed%2041%20charges%20in%20relation%20to%20Nvidia%20chips%20case

[13/11/2026 1:59 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

"Miti said Malaysia would conduct its own independent checks based on available evidence and in accordance with domestic laws, while working with authorities in Singapore and the United States to strengthen safeguards."

Malaysia also investigating Megaspeed export of AI chips.

 https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/11/13/miti-says-it-never-cleared-megaspeed-speedmatrix-as-malaysia-probes-possible-chip-re-exports/243065#:~:text=Miti%20said%20Malaysia%20would%20conduct%20its%20own%20independent%20checks%20based%20on%20available%20evidence%20and%20in%20accordance%20with%20domestic%20laws%2C%20while%20working%20with%20authorities%20in%20Singapore%20and%20the%20United%20States%20to%20strengthen%20safeguards.

[13/11/2026 2:01 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨"Miti said Malaysia would conduct its own independent checks...

It added that although Malaysia did not enforce export controls imposed unilaterally by other countries, companies operating locally were expected to take such restrictions into account when conducting international business.

The ministry also reminded companies against misrepresenting their dealings with government agencies.

“Malaysia welcomes investment in data centres and technology, but will not allow itself to be used to get around export controls,” it said, adding that stern action would be taken against any company found to have violated Malaysian law.

[13/11/2026 2:01 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨It added that although Malaysia did not enforce export...

Malaysia authority in synch with our MHA.

[13/11/2026 2:03 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢

[13/11/2026 2:11 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-megaspeed-financing-link-traced-singapore-malaysia-units-amid-nvidia-chip-scrutiny

Alibaba-Megaspeed financing link traced via Singapore, Malaysia units amid Nvidia chip scrutiny.

Megaspeed owns seven subsidiaries across five overseas markets, according to its financial statements for 2024.

[13/11/2026 2:12 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-...

Complicated links.

Alibaba ---> Apex ----> Megaspeed.

[13/11/2026 2:19 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

Singapore Says U.S. Not Helpful on Investigation Into Suspected Spy’s Company.

In a statement, Singapore said it held Alice Huang’s passport months after President Trump was briefed that she was a spy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/12/business/nvidia-megaspeed-alice-huang.html

[13/11/2026 3:25 pm] REACH Singapore: Dear Contributors,

We want to HEAR MORE from you!

💬 What are your views on the investigations into Megaspeed and the Government’s approach to preventing fraudulent business practices?

We have had good feedback from this group, and we hope that we can keep the discussion robust and active! 

Do also share your opinion by participating in our polls! The poll questions are pinned for easy reference, and your vote is anonymous.

Thank you!

Megan 😊

[13/11/2026 3:26 pm] Jun Ming in reply to REACH Singapore:

> ‎⁨Dear Contributors,  We want to HEAR MORE from you!...

This only affects the upper class level. Just dealt and investigate according to the law to protect our neutral position

[13/11/2026 4:03 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢

[13/11/2026 5:49 pm] RY in reply to REACH Singapore:

> 📢 Topic 📢  The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced that...

I think US govt wants Jessen to step down Nvidia and hence create this "fiasco " 

FBI/Trump already aware of Jessen marital affairs mths ago, why wait until now then release the investigation ?

No spy (Alice Huang) would be so "stupid" to be so high profile in public eye .... 

US next "target" maybe Elon Musk .... 

Trump also has many marital affairs/bankruptcy/insider trading/legal cases and etc, why didnt he step down as President ?

[13/11/2026 6:02 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢

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[13/11/2026 7:00 pm] REACH Singapore: Dear Contributors

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Migrant activist wage pressure group in breach of work permit

 https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSpf3j56S/

Migrant activist.

@Babe:1. Migrant workers are issue with work permit based on all the conditions and agreed salary signed by migrant workers before they can work in Singapore.
2. The conditions include the migrant workers must not take part in activist activities that breach their terms and conditions that will revoke their work permit.
3. Specifically, in Singapore,
Work Permit regulations and employment laws place strict limits on foreign workers engaging in political advocacy, organizing pressure groups, or unilaterally demanding salaries beyond their agreed terms.
4. Ripon and this person in the video eliciting people to sign petition is in fact breaching the terms and the conditions of the work permit.
5. Government is right to revoke the work permit of Ripon including this chap that make the video.
6. Government should also track down any migrant workers that sign the petition and terminate their work permit for engaging in the pressure group in breach of the work permit.

@Babe:1. Government should also diversify our migrant labor source from other countries that willing to work at a competitive salary instead of getting migrant labors from one source.

2. Government should encourage business and bosses to adopt AI and more automation so as to reduce the number of migrant workers required for our projects. Then we can be more selective by offering work permit to those migrant workers that do more and talk less and stop giving work permit to those that partake activism and organize pressure group to press our government and businesses for higher pay.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSpaD4vwB/

@Babe:I think we should stop him from working in Singapore.

he outlive Singapore Kindness to him.

Illegal to rummage in bins for bcrs. Unhygienic.

 [10/11, 2:08 pm]  https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSpywHdJs/

Ilegal to rummage in bins for bcrs.

Unhygienic.

[10/11, 2:21 pm] 

@Babe:1. Rummaging through bin is unhygienic because it contain viruses, bacteria, pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria from decomposing food residue, which can cause severe gastrointestinal illness.

2. Also people throw face masks, tissues etc that can contact COVID, flu, or other infectious diseases.

3. Pests such as rats that spread hantavirus (deadly virus), cockroaches etc that spread diseases.

4. Accidental cuts that can cause diseases to spread through cut skin.

5. The whole city suddenly expose to more vulnerabilities to epidemic.

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WP Jamus lim against tax transfer and urge tax marksmanship

 [08/11, 7:33 pm] : https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSpSJnbKX/

WP Jamus lim against tax transfer.

[08/11, 9:24 pm]  @Babe:1. A good and responsible Government will need to put sustainable diversified tax structure in place in running a Country to ensure sustainable financing of yearly Government spendings to benefit the population.

2. A good and responsible Government must always ensure financial prudence and maintain a budget surplus (in view of contingency) so that budget can be balanced if crisis arises - without resorting to unsustainable borrowings, loan or debts to finance yearly running fiscal budget and tackle crisis spendings.

3. Consumption tax (GST) is a fair broadbase tax, where anyone in the Country consume any economic goods or services, they also pay a small percentage of tax to share the tax burden. Unlike tax such as income tax, corporate tax that are paid by a smaller segment of the population base. It penalise and discourage people who are working and earning income that contribute to the Economy and putting heavier burden on the working people.

4. And your theory of tax markmanship cannot stand water in the long run, because you measure the budget surplus based on 1 or 2 year - but not the long term whereby it is not possible to predict and project what government spendings are needed - without first putting a sustainable tax structure (in this case, GST as one variable) in place. This is financial prudence and not wait for crisis to hit before scrambling to implement the GST.

5. Tax transfer and grants (in the form of vouchers) - is a way to redistribute the National Income earned through budget surplus strongly contributed disproportionately by the very rich and foreigners to the middle and lower class. This has ensure Singapore have a low GINI coefficiency 0.379 - indicating low income inequality.

Your suggestion to remove the vouchers means wanting the Government to discard tax transfer and grants - effectively stopping National Income redistribution from the very rich and foreigners to the middle income and poor - in effect will exacerbate income inequality and social class status in Singapore - and mess up Government effort to share the economic pies with all the population.

6. In conclusion, we support PAP economic, financial, tax and most of the governance policies.

WP policies are populist, opportunist, playing to the gallery to win votes - and not a serious party that can run Singapore.

@Babe:What are the positive outcomes of including the GST into our tax structure instead of shooting for fiscal marksmanship - in which government revenue and spendings become unpredictable in the short, medium and long term?

1. Able to improve the tax revenue, achieve financial prudence, increase the ability to achieve yearly balance budget, achieve fiscal surplus with sufficient dry powder to tackle crisis when it arises without the need to rely on the burden of public debt to finance the recurrent fiscal budget that we have seen in many countries.

2. Middle and lower income receive tax transfer and grants through vouchers - under the armbit of national income redistribution - and hence lower the effect of income inequality in our society that plague many countries and we achieve a respectable low Gini coefficient.

3. Very rich and foreigners are in effect inheriting the higher tax burden through the consumption tax - as their higher spending power, big ticket item purchase are translated into higher GST revenue collected - that are use to finance the recurrent spendings but also use as tax transfer to many Singaporeans.

Hence there are no reasons why WP strongly object to the GST tax, GST and CDC vouchers that benefit most Singaporeans - unless WP view it as a threat to WP political position and hence want to abolish GST and craft "fiscal marksmanship" as a smokescreen to fool Singaporeans voters that benefit everyone here at WP's expense.

@Babe:The GST and CDC vouchers are tools to share in the trickle-down benefits of the country’s economic expansion from the very rich and foreigners to the rest of Singaporeans.

WP is incessantly stopping and working against the trickle-down benefits of GST in which most Singaporeans will gain - but instead jostling for fiscal marksmanship that propagate income inequality.

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@Babe:07/10, 1:34 am]  @Babe:Jamus Lim and WP also attribute the 2% increase on GST is the cause of inflation.

But worldwide, where countries didn't raise GST, inflation are still rising due to energy crisis, tariffs war and geopolitical development.

@Babe:Many Countries which didn't raise their GST are experiencing higher inflation than Singapore which has raised GST.

The economic theory you expound cannot stand water.

@Babe:US inflation is 3.4%.

Singapore inflation is 2.3% despite increasing GST by 2%.

Your economic explanation cannot stand water.

@Babe:ASEAN inflation is 3.7%.

@Babe:EU inflation is 3.8%.

@Babe:Asia Pacific inflation is 4.2%.

@Babe:Jamus Lim also fail to understand that CDC vouchers will generate business for neighborhood - that bring about a multiplier effects of our domestic economy through circular flow of income without leading to leakage to external economy - boosting domestic business and creating jobs for SMEs.

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@Babe:We are not beggars that every year extend our hands to the Government for coupons or handouts.

We are shareholders, investors who pay GST for every consumption, every spendings - and if economy do well expect to collect dividends in the form of GST and CDC vouchers.

Your labeling of Singaporeans as coupon beggars belittle all Singaporeans.

Do you belittle shareholders expecting companies from paying dividends when companies make profit?

@Babe:@Babe:Also every Singaporeans and foreigners who consume and spend in Singapore contribute to the GST.

Rich contributes the most, foreigners who work, travel and study here but don't receive CDC and GST vouchers also contribute benefiting Singaporeans.

So when Singapore economy are doing well year after year, why you discourage Government from dishing out GST and CDC vouchers as dividends to all Singaporeans that contribute to the Singapore fiscal budget?

Just like any companies that do well every year with profit that return the benefits to shareholders as dividends.

Why are you stopping our Government for paying Singaporeans (shareholders) as dividends?

@Babe:@Babe:With more local f&b and retail coming under pressure - CDC vouchers and GST vouchers will be an impetus for Singaporeans to consume and spend within Singapore and make our local f&b and retail vibrant.

So that less Singaporeans will go across the causeway to shop and dine leading to monetary leakage.

Why Jamus Lim and WP want to cannibalize our local f&b and retails?

@Babe:In Singapore Budget 2025, total special transfers to households and businesses reached $23.37 billion (revised FY2025) or roughly $23.3 billion, alongside $97.3 billion in total tax revenue collected by IRAS in FY2025/26.

WP is against the government transfer to Singaporeans household as dividends?

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REACH (Telegram) 171 -  What are your views on the cessation of the haze mitigation measures? Has the Government’s response strengthened Singapore’s ability to respond to future haze situations?

(SK)

06 Nov 2026 (10am - 7pm)

REACH (Telegram)

[6/11/2026 9:58 am] REACH Singapore: Dear contributors,

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4. No need to repeat your comment or in different forms (including caps) - we heard you loud and clear the first time. 

5. Let's protect each other's privacy and keep contact details in this group what it should always be - confidential. 

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Please be assured that the points made by participants during the chat are aggregated and shared with relevant agencies. 

The topic will be posted shortly. 

Thank you. 

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[6/11/2026 10:00 am] REACH Singapore:

Forwarded from REACH Singapore

📢 Topic 📢

Singapore will cease its haze mitigation measures from Saturday (Nov 7), including ending the distribution of N95 masks to vulnerable Singaporeans and daily advisories, amid improving air quality.

📌 End of Haze Mitigation Measures 

Mask collection will conclude on Saturday, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Thursday.

Air-conditioned rooms at Community Clubs and selected Residents’ Committee and Residents’ Network Centres designated as haze shelters will also close at the same time. The inter-agency Haze Task Force will also be stood down.

📌 Deactivation of Healthcare Support Schemes

The Ministry of Health will deactivate both the Public Health Preparedness Clinic (PHPC) Scheme and the Haze Subsidy Scheme from Nov 12.

The Haze Subsidy Scheme provides eligible Singaporeans with subsidised outpatient treatment for haze-related conditions at all polyclinics and participating PHPCs.

💬 What are your views on the cessation of the haze mitigation measures? Has the Government’s response strengthened Singapore’s ability to respond to future haze situations?

📌 Resumption of Normal Outdoor Work 

The Ministry of Manpower will stand down its haze-related measures for outdoor workers from Nov 7, allowing employers to resume outdoor work without additional haze-related precautions.

📌 N95 Mask Distribution and Public Health Advice

The distribution of N95 masks to vulnerable Singaporeans started on Oct 14, after 1-hour PM2.5 readings climbed into the very high range.

The masks were distributed in two rounds, with the second round expanding eligibility to Singaporeans aged 60 and above, down from 67, following public feedback. Pregnant women, children aged seven to 16 and holders of Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) Orange and Blue cards were also eligible.

Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said that close to 30 per cent of eligible Singaporeans had collected their masks as of Oct 29.

Ms Fu added that N95 masks are generally not required for short periods outdoors, and that reducing prolonged or strenuous outdoor activities remains the most important first response to haze.

📌 Amendments to the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA)

Following Singapore’s worst haze episode in more than a decade, Parliament passed amendments to the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act on Nov 4 to strengthen the Government’s ability to investigate and hold companies responsible for transboundary haze accountable. The amendments raise the maximum fine for companies found guilty of causing or contributing to haze from S$2 million to S$20 million, introduce new civil penalties of up to S$10 million, and give authorities greater enforcement powers, including the ability to restrict business dealings with errant entities. The changes also allow earlier intervention against activities that pose a risk of haze pollution, even before the haze reaches Singapore.

📌 Improving Haze Conditions

The haze situation in Singapore has improved following the onset of inter-monsoon conditions and increased rainfall. The number of hotspots and the haze situation in the surrounding region have also improved, said NEA.

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[6/11/2026 10:52 am] Jun Ming: Understood

[6/11/2026 10:54 am] Jun Ming: No more haze so no need continue measure. The haze shelters should continue to support other usage such as study room and station desk for people who wfh and preparing for exam

[6/11/2026 11:04 am] REACH Singapore: [ Poll : The Government has  managed the haze situation well. ]

- Strongly agree

- Agree

- Neutral

- Disagree

- Strongly Disagree

[6/11/2026 11:04 am] REACH Singapore: The Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) strengthens Singapore’s powers to investigate and holds companies responsible for transboundary haze accountable.

[ Poll : I am confident that the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) will help prevent future haze situations. ]

- Strongly agree

- Agree

- Neutral

- Disagree

- Strongly disagree

[6/11/2026 11:24 am] RY in reply to REACH Singapore:

> ‎⁨📢 Topic 📢  Singapore will cease its haze mitigation measures...

This round of haze crisis, SG govt has taken much stringent measures to penalise those errant companies by passing amendments to THPA bill with more enforcement power,, and ability to investigate and hold the errant entity responsible and accountability 

Haze has caused much health hazard to the general public over the regions(malaysia/singapore/indonesia), and affected the country economy sametime 

I do appreciate govt efforts for setting up the inter-agency task force, giving the medical subsidy, distributing masks to the needy, protecting the outdoor workers (haze related precaution eg shelters), work/study fm home if nec, updating the public the haze condition, and aircon rooms at CC/RC for those required

Hope indo govt will play a more vital role to deter such haze crisis, as not only affecting own country, but also nearby countries eg SG/Msia 

SG govt may have to work closely with Indo govt, and hope the haze (man-made disaster) crisis may not recur again in future 

Also hope indo govt dont use "threatening" strategy eg reducing gas supply to SG ... 

Hope Msia govt also pass similar THPA bill like SG, so as to put more pressure on Indo govt 

The main focus shd be to manage/minimise the effect and stop the recurrence of the haze crisis going forward

[6/11/2026 12:02 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

For 1 or more weeks, no more haze.

It is a good time to stand down, save the resources and return to normal lives.

[6/11/2026 12:04 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

And indeed, need the heaven to open up, to dispense rain, wind here and at the source to put out the fire and the haze.

[6/11/2026 12:14 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

The Government position has strengthened the position to deal with the errant haze link firms and encourage firms not to source from those firms that burn and cause haze.

Hopefully able to prosecute those that cause the haze.

And hopefully, the subsequent years, haze link firms will stop producing haze.

[6/11/2026 12:15 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

Having say so, it also depends very much on whether the source government is relentless and persistent to keep those firms there in check and provide a long term solutions to control or stop burning.

[6/11/2026 1:09 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

But the measures to provide relief such as PSI readings, Aircon shelter, N95 masks distribution to help the vulnerables, outpatient subsidies for haze related illness etc do help during the thick of the haze.

Hopefully next year and subsequent years, the region could collaborate to ensure source country have conscience and stop producing haze hereon.

[6/11/2026 1:40 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

My close friend comments:-

It's a perennial issue, over 2 decades already. 

Just how severe it would be, as wind direction can work in our our favour or against us. 

Save these measures in our play book bank. 

Responsiveness is key. 

I was thinking if vending  machines for n95 equivalent masks (for purchase) could be made available on a rationing basis.

[6/11/2026 2:04 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢

[6/11/2026 3:09 pm] REACH Singapore: The Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) strengthens Singapore’s powers to investigate and holds companies responsible for transboundary haze accountable.

[6/11/2026 5:00 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢

[6/11/2026 6:20 pm] G: Terrible AV near miss

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/grab-autonomous-vehicle-traffic-incident-6530421

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Grab AV car didn't stop at green pedestrian light - almost hit a school girl in Punggol.

 [06/11, 4:10 pm] :- https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSp62ma3j/

Grab AV car didn't stop at green pedestrian light - almost hit a school girl in Punggol.

[06/11, 4:15 pm] @Babe:AV with sensors and Lidar (radar) should have detected :-

1. the pedestrian light is green - by computer vision 

2. a human crossing - by Lidar sensor

That means AV sensors and Lidar fail to detect the green light and the human.

The AV fail the test on the roads.

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@Babe:Any AV robots will be able to do that.

But this AV car fail this simple test.

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@Babe:Grab uses the WeRide GXR (a 5-seater vehicle built on Farizon's SuperVAN platform) and the WeRide Robobus (an 8-seater shuttle) for its Ai.R autonomous vehicle service in Singapore.

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@Babe:Lidar is a 3D vision that uses infrared laser beam to bounce back signals towards sensor receiver - to detect pedestrian and other obstacles - and will apply brake, or accelerate.

This AV evidently fail in this test.

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@Babe:

:WeRide uses LiDAR sensors from Hesai Group and RoboSense as part of its multi-sensor autonomous driving suites (such as Sensor Suite 8.0). 

How LiDAR is Used by WeRide

360-Degree Perception: WeRide vehicles (including Robotaxis, Robobuses, and Robosweepers) deploy multiple high-line and solid-state LiDAR units combined with cameras, radar, and GNSS/IMU for centimeter-level localization and obstacle detection up to 200–600 meters away. 

Key Hardware Suppliers:

Hesai Technology: Powers long-range LiDAR sensors across WeRide’s international fleets, including robotaxis deployed on platforms like Uber in Dubai and general robotaxi networks.

RoboSense: Provides thousand-beam digital LiDAR (such as the EM4 master LiDAR and E1 solid-state blind-spot LiDAR) for WeRide's GXR Robotaxi platform. 

Local Operations: In Singapore, WeRide's deployments (such as services via Grab's Ai.R autonomous service in Punggol and autonomous shuttles at Resorts World Sentosa) rely on this 360-degree LiDAR and camera vision suite to navigate public roads.

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@Babe:Lidar sensors is 360 degrees - where got blindspots?

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@Babe:Even if Lidar fail to detect the walking girl, computer vision will have pick up the flickering pedestrian green light and activate the AV AI to apply brake to stop the car.

Evidently, both Lidar and Computer Vision have failed in this AV car.

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@Babe:1. Looking at how the AV car switch from left to right lane when it seems to detect a human body walking towards it, instead of stopping at the junction, the AI algorithms seems to learn from its training dataset that it is traveling along a road when detected obstacle, switch lane when the right lane has no obstacle. There seems to be a collision avoidance being triggered by the AV AI - but react illegally by not stopping at a traffic junction to give way to the girl with the right of way.

2. This AV car Lidar and sensors fail to visualize and pick from its dataset that it is coming to a junction with pedestrian crossing, pedestrian green light flicking - to stop and let the pedestrian walk past first.

3. Authority need to ascertain the Grab WeRide AV car is safe to be on the road or it requires more stringent sandbox testing before allowing on the road to prevent an accident.

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https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSphmpJNS/

If no one capture this, will it be flagged?

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https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSpSkg7dp/

This time, Comfort Delgro AV vehicle nearly bang into a car during U-turn almost without stopping in time.

@Babe:Comfort Delgro use pony.ai - China made in US Silicon valley AV vehicle.

That girl nearly hit Grab AV is WeRide - China.

Both technologies also look like not ready.

@Babe:Look like pony.ai both Lidar and Computer Vision are not working properly.

@St’Eve:I just saw history 101 on netflix. China has 35 GPS satelite and USA has 24. We cannot just depend of USA or China satelite right? If they flip the switch, thats it. Or scramble the civilian GPS accuracy to 100 feet then thats it liao. How to use 100% autonomous vehicle driving

@Babe:Object sensing to prevent collision use Lidar and Computer Vision.

Collision avoidance don't use GPS satellite.

This is not navigation.

@Babe:LiDAR Integration: Uses a multi-layered arrangement of roof-mounted solid-state LiDARs, long-range and mid-range units, and blind-spot detection LiDARs (partnering with providers like Luminar and RoboSense).

Computer Vision (Cameras): Deploys 11 to 14 high-resolution cameras combined with machine-vision processors to read traffic lights, recognize lane markings, and detect pedestrians.

Multi-Sensor Fusion: Combines LiDAR, cameras, and millimeter-wave or 4D imaging radar upstream through a synchronized processing pipeline to maintain real-time localization (down to centimeter-level accuracy) and object tracking.

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https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSpSUQoht/

Waymo AV car lose control in US.

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REACH (Telegram) 170 -  What are your thoughts on the issues to be discussed in Parliament today? Which topic interests you the most?

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[4/11/2026 9:59 am] REACH Singapore: 📢Topic📢

Parliament will sit today (4 November) at 10.30am. Amendments to the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act will be introduced, and issues linked to child protection, transport, employment, and healthcare and social support are expected to be discussed, alongside the continued debate on proposed changes to Muslim law.

💬 What are your thoughts on the issues to be discussed in Parliament today? Which topic interests you the most?

📌 Changes to the Haze Law 

The Government will introduce amendments to the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) to strengthen enforcement against companies linked to the fires behind the haze. In its announcement on 28 October, the Government said the changes would require such firms to give appointed investigators full access to information, corporate documents and business premises. MPs have also asked about the four outstanding investigations from the 2015 haze.

📌 Child Protection and Family Support 

Several questions follow up on the September 2024 death of an infant after prolonged abuse, including how cross-agency alerts for children at risk can be strengthened. MPs are also seeking updates on the Childminding Pilot for Infants, such as waiting lists, supply gaps and oversight, as well as support for young caregivers and student care capacity.

📌 Transport Issues 

Questions have been filed on public transport affordability ahead of the fare increase in December, including how fares account for falling energy costs and whether Public Transport Vouchers can be more needs-based. MPs are also seeking details on the halted autonomous bus trials for services 400 and 191 and the delay to the Johor Bahru–Singapore RTS Link.

📌 Employment and Workforce Issues 

MPs have raised questions on non-resident employment growth, how foreign firms groom local successors for senior roles, resignation notice periods exceeding three months, PMETs working on rest days without compensation, no-reason dismissals, and income outcomes for retrenched workers.

📌 Healthcare, Caregiving, and Social Support 

Questions have been filed on mental health support through mindline 1771, whether clinical psychologists should be allowed to prescribe medication, subsidies for GLP-1 weight-loss medicines, the 13 October healthcare IT disruption, support for caregivers who do not qualify for the Home Caregiving Grant, and financial abuse of the elderly.

📌 Proposed Changes to Muslim Law 

Parliament will resume the Second Reading debate on the Administration of Muslim Law (Amendment) Bill, which began on 3 November.

📌 Other Issues 

Other topics include cybersecurity and AI safety, the disclosure of SG Youth Forum participants’ NRIC numbers, CDC voucher payouts, tenants using shell companies to avoid paying rent, scam payment safeguards, the Beverage Container Return Scheme, and the PSLE scoring system. A motion for adjournment will also be raised on “National Digital Identity Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence Agents”.

🔗 https://www.parliament.gov.sg/api/media/bb1e4889-c320-4d74-8e22-996d648649e6/Order-Paper—4Nov2026.pdf

🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parliament-to-discuss-haze-law-changes-mps-ask-about-impact-on-outdoor-workers-vulnerable-groups

🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/govt-to-propose-changes-to-haze-law-in-parliament-firms-linked-to-fires-must-give-up-access-to-info

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[4/11/2026 11:50 am] Jun Ming: I just hope for 1 thing don't increase fare every year

[4/11/2026 11:52 am] Jun Ming: For public transport would gov build additional track for cargo to move around the country so lesser truck will be use on expressway

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[ Poll : Which issue(s) are you most interested in for today's Parliament sitting? Share your reasons in the chat! (You may choose more than one option.) ]

- Proposed changes to the haze law

- Child protection and family support

- Transport issues (e.g., fares, RTS Link delay)

- Employment and workforce issues (e.g., fair employment practices, outcomes after retrenchment)

- Healthcare, caregiving and social support (e.g., mental health, elderly financial abuse)

- Proposed changes to Muslim law

- Other issues (Please share your views in the chat below)

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[4/11/2026 2:00 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢Topic📢

[4/11/2026 2:09 pm] RY in reply to REACH Singapore:

> 📢Topic📢 Parliament will sit today (4 November) at 10.30am....

Quite many topics covering today at Parliament ...

[4/11/2026 2:17 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

For employment and workforce issues, I hope we have a similar programmes like GRIT (internship for fresh graduates) for nature workers that have been retrenched.

So that in case they got displaced, they got an internship programme for participating organizations to catch them, retrain them and then provide them full time jobs after their internship.

[4/11/2026 2:29 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

1. Many people feel anxious about the AI disruptors and other tech disruptors that continue to disrupt business and disrupt jobs.

2. Hence if we have an internship programme similar to GRIT for mature workers, to ensure workers disrupted by AI or tech or business transformation :-

a. There is an internship programme as catchment pool to hold retrenched workers and train them on the job training with participating organisations.

i. This will provide them internship income (not no income at all after retrenchment). 

- This will dispense with the needs for retrenchment insurance -- which give a sense of false security and make people dependent, lazy or more difficult to get back to the workforce (relying on retrenchment benefits to get by, and causing our laborforce to be depleted and does not provide motivation and urgency of retrenched workforce to go for re-employment).

- This will also dispense with the needs for Government to set aside retrenchment grants to support retrenched workers.

b. This internship programme should also include conversion course and training programme (funded by Skillsfuture) to retrain in new jobs and upon completion of the course, be put into the (Senior-GRIT) programme for internship.

c. Upon internship completion, offer full time jobs for therse interns that have good potentials.. Else can help some of these interns to get jobs from outside the Senior-GRIT programme if participating organisations cannot absorb all the interns.

[4/11/2026 2:47 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

The motivation of the Senior-GRIT programme are to:-

1. Ensure continuous career employment - throughout every workers' lifetimes amidst AI and tech disruptors as well as business transformation.

This is the primary root cause of every worker anxious about continuous employment and break in income if retrenched.

As a result, people :-

a. Refused to start a family, get hitched, married and bear children.

b. Stay single

c. Impact our TFR

2. Solve the job disruption anxiety for mature workers, fresh graduates unable to get jobs due to AI.

3. Provide the stop-gap training for mature workers (like fresh graduates) to step up above what AI has take over the functions to operate at a senior level for a human role that cannot be replaced by AI.

4. As every workers got jobs, got income, 

a. there will be less resistance and more support for workers to support Organisations adopting AI - as workers got no fear of AI replacing their jobs and displace their income.

b. Organisations will be able to sell their products and services to people with income - as companies will not face with a situation whereby AI greatly improve productivity, produce more goods and services - but unable to sell to the market as more people lose jobs with no incomes to buy their products or services.

Hence these will be the main motivation to get organisations to participate in the GRIT and Senior-GRIT programme - because it will eventually benefit them - by helping to produce skill-relevant workers to join their organisations and future customers with income to buy their products and services.

Sell this concept to organisations to participate in GRIT and Senior-GRIT programme - and Government can offer those organisations with tangible incentives to participate.

5. Participating organisations for GRIT and Senior-GRIT can come from :-

a. Public and Civil Service

b. GLCs linked organisation

c. MNCs.

d. SMEs.

6. Preferably, such Senior-GRIT can be organised by the respective professional societies - as each respective professional societies are the best to understand how AI, tech disruptors lead to the evolution of new or transformed jobs that are suitable for the workers in each respective professional fields and can help to shape the internships relevant to their new transformed jobs.

[4/11/2026 2:57 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

1. Thinking aloud, initially we can start with a pilot programme to entice all the various categories of organisation to start a GRIT and Senior-GRIT programme as :-

a. Voluntary basis - marketing the benefits of these concepts to all the organisations - Public & Civil Service, GLCs, MNCs, SMEs. And entice them to participate.

b. Legislate - if successful, that is mandate all Companies with 50 employees and above to run the GRIT and Senior-GRIT programme

[4/11/2026 3:13 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨1. Thinking aloud, initially we can start with a pilot...

This will have solve the vexation of AI replace jobs worldwide with no solutions that have trigger Gen Z unrest in :-

1. India - cockroach party 

2. China - 躺平 and low domestic consumption 

3. Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Albania, Portugal, Germany etc) - Gen Z revolution 

4. US tsunami Blue Wave tsunami retake of 2 Houses (other than AI, also cost of living).

[4/11/2026 3:22 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

Regarding mental healthcare :

1. I notice that some mental patients have been doing well in medication, but then fail to continue with their doctor consultation and medication after their mental conditions improved.

2. As a result, read in one news that a mental patient suffer a relapse, hear voice to kill someone and commit suicide - in which the mental patient carry a knife and a hammer injuring a young lady at Kallang Wave  and nearly committed suicide.

3. Will like to urge for mental patients that require lifelong doctor consultation and medication - to be effectively track to ensure that their doctor consultation and medication must not stopped.

4. If the patients stop consultation and medication, there must be a legal means to track down the patients (like covid tracking) - to ensure the patients continue with doctor consultation and medication under supervision.

5. This will help to protect the mental patients from relapse and protect the safety of the Society at large.

[4/11/2026 3:25 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

Tenants using shell companies to scam rental

- should deport and debar these unscrupulous tenants from entering as they exploit legal loopholes upon serving their sentence - so that our people will not be scam by them.

[4/11/2026 3:26 pm] Jun Ming in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨The motivation of the Senior-GRIT programme are to:- 1....

Maybe for unemployed people gov can provide job matching services. Rather than grit. I heard that gov have a human resource bank

[4/11/2026 3:28 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to Jun Ming:

> ‎⁨Maybe for unemployed people gov can provide job matching...

Government got job matching services.

But if a person skill is not relevant, the workers need to attend course and on the job training to acquire the skills and yet got income while on training.

[4/11/2026 3:28 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

Else he can't secure a job despite job matching.

[4/11/2026 3:28 pm] Jun Ming in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨Government got job matching services....

Then maybe bonding rather than low pay internship will be better isn't it

[4/11/2026 3:29 pm] Jun Ming: Let say company train you but you need to serve the company for 3 years

[4/11/2026 3:29 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to Jun Ming:

> ‎⁨Then maybe bonding rather than low pay internship will be...

Sorry, how does bonding work?

I thought it only apply to scholarship.

[4/11/2026 3:30 pm] Jun Ming: But you can make it into job application. 3 years contract with free training

[4/11/2026 3:30 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to Jun Ming:

> ‎⁨Let say company train you but you need to serve the company...

Provided the workers are a talents that the organization want.

It usually apply to scholars.

[4/11/2026 3:31 pm] Jun Ming: It should not limit to scholar

[4/11/2026 3:31 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to Jun Ming:

> ‎⁨But you can make it into job application....

Provided organizations want to participate in such scheme as this involve cost to organizations and overhead - as it is a burden to them doing social service.

Even for GRIT internship - very difficult to get organizations to participate even though the overhead cost is much lower.

[4/11/2026 3:32 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to Jun Ming:

> ‎⁨It should not limit to scholar⁩

Whether any companies want to participate is an issue.

[4/11/2026 3:33 pm] Jun Ming: Depends what company wants actually. Because I noticed a lot of contact work and not full time roles

[4/11/2026 3:35 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to Jun Ming:

> ‎⁨Depends what company wants actually....

For talents, organizations are willing to sign up scholarships or even multiple scholarships and few 3 years bonds or 6 years bonds. And each scholarships are 6 figures at least - because scholars will earn big money for the organizations upon graduation.

For internships, you need to entice companies to participate.

And hard to come by, because they view it is a burden to them.

[4/11/2026 4:00 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢Topic📢

[4/11/2026 4:10 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

For RTS link,

1. I realise Singaporeans workers also have benefitted from the Singapore-Johor Economic zone.

2. For eg. Singapore has reached saturation point in building DCs for AI and cloud.

3. As a result of Singapore-Johor Economic zones, Singapore companies and Singaporeans workers are able to go across the zone (in future with RTS will be convenient) - to help building the DCs - offering alot of business and jobs for Singaporeans.

4. I know of Singaporeans going across to Johor to work in planning, designing and building DCs in the Economic Zone, staying and working there for 5 days - and then weekends and public holidays come across the Causeway back to Singapore to spend their time with their familites in Singapore - earning good salaries in S$. (In future, when RTS link open, our Singaporeans can easily commute through RTS and dispense with the hustle for crossing the causeway and squeexe into buses).

5. If we don't have the Economic Zone, our companies will not have so many business creating jobs for Singaporeans.

So indeed there are win-win and mutual benefits in the JV economic zones.

[4/11/2026 4:13 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

But having say so, I hope our retailers and f&b in woodlands have ramp up themselves to attract business from across the causeway as Singaporeans could possibly take RTS to shop and eat and snatch away their business.

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In case you missed it, here are some updates from the parliamentary proceedings so far:

- Errant firms face $20m fine, blocked financial services under proposed changes to S’pore haze law

🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/errant-firms-face-20m-fine-blocked-financial-services-under-proposed-changes-to-spore-haze-law

- Police investigating case of man who used shell companies to rent landed homes

🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/police-investigating-cases-where-man-used-shell-companies-to-rent-landed-homes

👉 You may keep up to date with the parliamentary proceedings through this live blog: https://www.straitstimes.com/live-singapore-parliament-november-2026

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[4/11/2026 5:27 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

"Rena Lee elected to International Court of Justice, becoming first Singaporean judge.

Ms Lee, 57, secured the highest number of votes in the UN General Assembly with 151 out of 191 votes, and the joint-highest number in the Security Council with 13 out of 15 votes."

新加坡面子很大。

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/rena-lee-icj-singapore-judge-international-court-justice-6516371#:~:text=Rena%20Lee%20elected,of%2015%20votes.

[4/11/2026 5:27 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨"Rena Lee elected to International Court of Justice,...

Congratulations!

Singapore has very strong reputation in the eyes of UN and the World.

[4/11/2026 5:52 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP): 

Indeed, our power - soft power is based on our thoughts, speeches and conduct.

Our true moral ethics.

Not how big our country is, not how rich our country is, not how powerful our army is.

以德服人。

1st time try, yet still get the highest votes.

[4/11/2026 6:00 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢Topic📢

[4/11/2026 6:10 pm] Jun Ming: Singapore in the right track

[4/11/2026 6:11 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to Jun Ming:

> ‎⁨Singapore in the right track⁩

Good Government Leadership very important.

And Singapore gets all the right ingredients.

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[4/11/2026 6:58 pm] LCL Danny 心 (1st HP) in reply to LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):

> ‎⁨Look like the backup DNS server is in place in another DC....

Local DNS server security update - backup DNS server will work - as URL and IP address associations are control locally.

Global DNS server security changes are in the upstream.

URL associate to IP address changes are control by foreign countries - hence backup DNS server won't work.

Both primary and secondary DNS servers need to update at the same time to work.

[4/11/2026 7:01 pm] REACH Telegram Administrator:

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