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Jan 28, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Claudia ChongKenneth Lim |Calvin Yang
Singapore Experts told CNA that this is mostly driven by niche brands and specialty businesses moving into these more gentrified areas with better connectivity, instead of shopping malls. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: In recent years, Kampong Gelam, an area steeped in heritage and history, has been cultivating a more modern and unique identity.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Claudia ChongKenneth Lim |Calvin Yang
SINGAPORE: Hoarding cases, which typically stem from complex and deep-seated causes, can be challenging for social service agencies that offer help, observers said. This comes as Singapore has seen a jump in hoarding cases in recent years, with observers warning that the numbers may rise even further due to Singapore's ageing population. There are 627 severe hoarding cases that are being monitored. Of these, 357 - or more than half - are still unresolved, involving uncooperative hoarders.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Claudia ChongKenneth Lim
Ten more areas across Singapore will see new pedestrian-friendly features next year. These include traffic lights, road humps and barrier-free crossings, to make walking and cycling easier for all. It is part of the Land Transport Authority’s Friendly Streets initiative and adds to five towns under its pilot. Claudia Lim reports.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Claudia ChongKenneth Lim
Some stalls at Chinatown's Chinese New Year festive fair say their revenue dropped by nearly 80 per cent in the past two days because of the heavy rain. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for retailers at Singapore's signature Chinese New Year fair. Claudia Lim finds out what's been done to give their businesses a boost.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
bitemagazine.com.au | Claudia ChongKenneth Lim
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesThe CS 1500 is an intraoral camera that takes and displays high-quality images. On several occasions, patients have no idea picturing what a fracture line looks like or the extent of a cavity.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board |Claudia ChongKenneth Lim
There has been a final push for a deal in the last few hours of the COP29 summit. Delegates in Baku, Azerbaijan are proposing a new text that proposes developed nations provide US$250 billion annually by 2035. Jack Board and Claudia Lim report.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Claudia ChongKenneth Lim
Cutting-edge rainforest conservation technology is coming to researchers in Southeast Asia. These can remotely access and survey a forest, speeding up biodiversity assessments and gaining more in-depth insights. The Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at the National University of Singapore will develop up to three solutions mooted by the XPRIZE Rainforest competition. The focus is to see how best they can be used in the region's rainforests. Claudia Lim reports.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Claudia ChongKenneth Lim
The Singapore Pavilion at this year's UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan saw more than 9,000 visitors over 10 days. Foreign dignitaries, businesses and youths form the number, which is also 50 per cent more than visitor numbers last year. The pavilion brought together more than 100 partners to host over 40 programmes. It saw several key announcements, such as the central bank's S$500 million pledge to support Asia's transition to net zero.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board |Claudia ChongKenneth Lim
BAKU, Azerbaijan: Southeast Asian governments will need to press on with ambitious climate change actions with or without the United States, the region’s top environment officials told CNA at the ongoing United Nations (UN) climate talks in Baku.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Claudia ChongKenneth Lim
Singapore's Sustainability and the Environment Minister said a lot of progress has been made on how to implement Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which will facilitate the trading of carbon credits across borders. Ms Fu is a co-facilitator of negotiations at the 29th UN Climate Change Conference. She said she has seen commitment from all parties at the negotiating table, even as finances are tight for many after the COVID-19 pandemic.
