HDB
Stats
Top 5 Biggest Winners and Losers 1
ABSD
Decoupling is not longer a property hack to avoid Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD).1
GovTech
GovTech Singapore joins the Global Signal Exchange, a network sharing scam intelligence to combat scams globally. 2
Scam
Scam victims in Singapore lost S456.4 million lost between January and June 2025 was a drop from the 1.1 billion, a record high in a single year.3
In 79 per cent of the cases, scammers did not gain control of the victims’ accounts but manipulated the victims into transferring money. 1
Figure: Top 10 scams in Singapore (Source: ST)3
Additionally, checkout out Scam page as well.
Causeway
As of 2025, about 300,000 people cross the Causeway daily by vehicle, train or foot 4. Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said in January last year that more than 400,000 people are expected to use the Causeway daily by 2050.
Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS)
A 4 km (2.5 mi) long, twin-track rapid transit system crossing the Strait of Johor between Malaysia and Singapore. It will link Johor Bahru, Malaysia, at Bukit Chagar station, with the Singapore MRT at Woodlands North station in Woodlands. The line is planned to open in December 2026. 5
Footnotes
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https://stackedhomes.com/decoupling-is-no-longer-a-property-hack-what-the-courts-and-iras-have-made-clear/#sh.t3xxfr ↩ ↩2
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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/spores-govtech-becomes-first-govt-agency-worldwide-to-join-global-scam-intelligence-network?utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_campaign=stwa ↩
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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/scam-victims-in-spore-lost-456m-in-first-half-of-2025-with-almost-20000-cases-reported ↩ ↩2
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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-singapore-johor-cross-border-ride-hailing-5316606 ↩
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johor_Bahru%E2%80%93Singapore_Rapid_Transit_System ↩