The National Museum of Singapore marks its 139th birthday with Stories of Everyday, nine days of festivities from 10 to 18 October featuring the renewed Singapore History Gallery, a living archive market and new mascot Stoney.
Beginner AI courses come to community clubs from November 2026 at S$10 a session, or S$7 with a 30 per cent discount until October 2027. A onePA voice booking assistant follows by early 2027, and a robot concierge pilot starts at Punggol North CC.
Preschool places will not be allocated by home distance, MSF said on 8 October, as families choose centres near home, relatives or work. Operators run first-come, first-served lists and may weigh siblings and distance.
Over the past three years, 60 per cent of ASD-ID pupils started SPED school by June and 85 per cent by the end of Primary 1. SPED places will rise from 9,000 to 12,000 by the early 2030s.
Motorcyclists and pillion riders leaving Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint can use selected car lanes for automated facial recognition clearance from 15 October 2026, shaving two seconds off each motorcycle.
From 16 to 31 October 2026, Town Restaurant at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore adds typhoon shelter prawns, claypot rice and egg waffles to its seafood dinner buffet, still S$98++ on weekdays and S$118++ on Friday and Saturday.
Singapore's Under-16 girls meet Indonesia at Bishan Stadium at 8pm on Sunday 11 October, both on six points, with the Group B winner going to the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup finals in China in 2027. Entry is free for FAS Instagram followers.
From 1 November 2026, visitors to Japan pay tax-inclusive prices at tax-free shops and claim the consumption tax back after a customs check in the departure lobby, before bag drop and within 90 days of purchase.
The National Museum of Singapore marks its 139th birthday with Stories of Everyday, nine days of festivities from 10 to 18 October featuring the renewed Singapore History Gallery, a living archive market and new mascot Stoney.
At SAGE 2026, SCWO released new research on women returning to work and launched a new counselling service for workplace discrimination and harassment.
Apple's foldable iPhone Duo opens for pre-order in Singapore at 8pm on 16 October and goes on sale on 23 October. Prices run from S$3,099 for 256GB to S$4,899 for 2TB, it is eSIM only, and the 60W charger is sold separately.
Selling non-compliant PMDs online, fitting non-compatible batteries and sharing illegal ride-hail adverts become offences under the Land Transport (No. 2) Bill read in Parliament on 7 October 2026. Device rules start Q2 2027.
NUS launched the National Centre for Engineering Biology on 5 October 2026 with a near-S$50 million NRF grant. The centre uses AI and an automated biofoundry to design microbes for specialty chemicals.
