Seniors responsible for half of all illegal bird-feeding cases – what can be done?
CNA
On average, there were nearly 320 cases of illegal bird-feeding a year between 2023 and 2025, and around half of them involved seniors.
SINGAPORE: After years as law-abiding citizens, some seniors become first-time criminals in old age when they start feeding pigeons.
On average, the National Parks Board (NParks) received reports of nearly 320 cases of illegal bird-feeding a year between 2023 and 2025.
Around half of those cases involved seniors aged 65 and above, NParks’ group director for wildlife management How Choon Peng told CNA.
Social service agency Lions Befrienders estimated that of the 13,000 seniors it engages, about 0.5 to 1 per cent of them are involved in problematic feeding of wild animals.
More than 200 Singaporeans and their dependents arrived at Changi Airport on Wednesday morning.
One passenger paid just over US$30,000 for a one-way flight for two people and four cats from Singapore to Hong Kong.
The 59-year-old will also be charged with defamation and attempting to promote ill will between racial groups.
Police were alerted to a fight involving the two men along Lorong 16 Geylang at about 8.15am on Monday.
Unrelated trades are not allowed at these spaces as they are meant as an extension of the existing shops’ operations.
As a small and open economy, Singapore is exposed to global energy price shocks, analysts said.
A second repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia is being planned for Mar 12.
From a high of RM3.55 to RM3.10 against the Singapore dollar, the ringgit's rally has been swift – and analysts say it may not be done.
Man behind Quran-stepping video likely convicted for similar acts, may be mentally unwell: Shanmugam
The man is overseas now and the police will interview him when he returns, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam says.
Youths are getting radicalised faster and subscribing to a more diverse range of extremist ideologies, the Internal Security Department said.
More than 150 Singaporeans and their dependents touched down on Saturday night (Mar 7) on the first repatriation flight from Muscat, Oman.
The flight is expected to take place between Mar 10 and Mar 12.
University enrolment in Singapore has always closely followed the country's economic priorities, but rapid technological change and an increasingly complex economic landscape have made admissions planning more challenging.