Good morning! Here are our top stories to kickstart your Saturday, Feb 3.
Nets disruption triggers system resilience worries
A nearly two-hour-long outage yesterday, that disrupted critical cashless services provided by Nets, is raising questions about the resilience of such systems amid a nationwide e-payment push.
Prices rise but parents still prefer familiar milk brands
Parents remained loyal to their chosen brands of milk powder even as the average price of formula continued to tick upwards, nearly a year after concerns about affordability prompted the formation of a government task force and a flurry of new products to appear on shelves.
Security spending set to increase at Budget 2018 amid heightened terror threat: Heng Swee Keat
Singapore will boost its security spending to tackle the terror threat, which is at its highest level in recent years. Already, there are plans to introduce a facial recognition system to quickly identify suspects, and install 11,000 more cameras in public areas such as hawker centres and bus interchanges.
Malaysia election: New electoral maps set to favour ruling coalition
Malaysia's electoral authorities are rushing through new maps that critics say will further tilt the bias in favour of the long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) at a general election expected within the next few months.
Flash floods may occur on Saturday as high tide may worsen drain levels in heavy rain: PUB
Should there be heavy rain at the same time as the high tide, flash floods may occur in low-lying coastal areas such as Jalan Seaview, Meyer Road, Fort Road and Tanjong Rhu.
Prices rise for fish, abalone and scallops this Chinese New Year
Retailers and wholesalers singled out bad weather as the main culprit responsible for pushing down supply, and driving up prices as a result.
commentary: With McFarland withdrawal, more delay in appointing a US ambassador to Singapore
Ms K.T. McFarland, a former deputy national security adviser, has asked for her nomination as Ambassador to Singapore to be withdrawn. Ms McFarland’s nomination ran into controversy last year when it emerged that she had not revealed all she knew about her former boss Michael Flynn’s contacts with Russia’s former Ambassador to Washington Sergey Kislyak.
video: Donald Trump approves release of secret memo in fight over Russia probe
The US Congress released a Republican memo on Friday alleging abuse of power in investigations of Donald Trump’s election campaign, after the president accused his own Justice Department and FBI of bias against him.
Gillian Chung explains her engagement after a 6-month courtship: 'He's willing to tolerate my bad habits'
A tired-looking Gillian Chung attended actress Kara Hui's birthday banquet, hours after the Cantopop star announced her engagement to Taiwanese doctor Michael Lai on social media. He had proposed to her on her 37th birthday on Jan 21.
Singapore-based companies are going big on tiny houses
In crowded cities where space is a premium, shoebox apartments are a reality for many people. But what about going further and living in a house that is barely larger than the size of a bedroom?
