$10m
Amount behind new initiative, Quieter Construction Fund, launched to encourage construction firms to take up noise-limiting equipment.
19%
Rise in rental prices of office spaces in prime locations in 2013 according to Cushman and Wakefield in its latest Office Spaces Across the World report.
6.36 million
Average number of trips on public transport a day in 2013 according to the Land Transport Authority.
10 years
Jail time meted out to former CPIB assistant director, Edwin Yeo for 21 offences including misappropriating funds to fuel his gambling habit.
S$24 billion
cost of Facebook’s acquisition of Whatsapp.
20
number of gold jewelers found to adopt unfair practices such as not weighing the pieces until they were prompted to do so according to an undercover survey by Consumers Association of Singapore.
