The Straits Times

2 days ago | straitstimes.com | Tan Hsueh Yun

SINGAPORE – Say “buffet” and my eyes glaze over. Say brunch with craft cocktails and please sign me up, immediately. Post Covid-19, Manhattan bar’s adults-only, booze-soaked, three-hour-long Sunday brunch is back with a vengeance. It is priced at $168++ a person, with free flow of cocktails, wine and beer. Add $50++ a person for bubbles. I do not, because there is a lot to drink and eat. The food stations are set up in cosy corners throughout the 98-seat bar. Please go with a strategy.

2 days ago | straitstimes.com | Grace Leong

SINGAPORE - The state tender for a plot of residential land at Lakeside Drive near the Jurong Lake District closed on June 3 with six bids, in what analysts say is a vote of confidence by developers in private housing demand, especially at sites in established housing estates and near MRT stations. The Government Land Sales (GLS) site, which is expected to offer 575 units and 1,000 sq m of commercial space, drew a top bid of $608 million from two subsidiaries of City Developments.

2 days ago | straitstimes.com | Tan Hsueh Yun

SINGAPORE – There have been many times when I work up a big appetite for prawn noodles and head to Da Dong in Joo Chiat Road, only to find that the stall has sold out for the day. Cue teeth gnashing. If only I had known earlier that just a few steps away is East Treasure Specialty Prawn Noodle, part of the Astons group of restaurants.

2 days ago | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng

SINGAPORE –Rail operator SMRT will be handed a $3 million fine for a major six-day disruption on the East-West Line (EWL) in September 2024, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on June 3. LTA said the penalty was “proportionate” to the circumstances of the incident, which crippled MRT services between Jurong East and Buona Vista stations. It said it considered the cost SMRT had borne from repairs, as well as from providing free bus services and shuttle train services at the affected stations.

3 days ago | straitstimes.com | Shaffiq Alkhatib

SINGAPORE – A man convicted of molestation in late 2024 went on to outrage the modesty of a 72-year-old woman in April following his release from jail. On June 3, repeat offender Cheng Sang Tai, 66, pleaded guilty to a molestation charge and was sentenced to seven weeks’ jail. Three other similar charges were considered during his sentencing. Without revealing details, Deputy Public Prosecutor Xu Sijia said Cheng was in November 2024 convicted of molestation and sentenced to a week behind bars.