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.
Changi Airport's Children's Day promotion runs at 12 outlets in the Terminal 1 to 4 public areas until 31 October: S$1 banchan buffets at Korea Culture, 50 per cent off kids' meals at NamNam and Saboten, S$6 Griddy Grid sessions and more.
From 1 January 2027, families earning up to S$6,500 a month qualify for Student Care Fee Assistance, up from S$4,500. MSF is reviewing how to keep fees affordable.
Forty-nine schools will have new principals in 2027, including Nanyang Junior College, Tao Nan School and CHIJ Katong Convent. Thirteen are first-time principals. The full school-by-school list.
From 12 October, COVID-19 vaccination is part of Singapore's national childhood and adult immunisation schedules, and updated XFG Moderna and Pfizer vaccines roll out at more than 600 GP clinics, polyclinics and mobile teams.
Petra, a Mediterranean-Levantine restaurant at 40C Harding Road, opens at Dempsey Hill on 24 October. Former Aniba executive chef Anas Shami and ex-Ottolenghi head chef Dawid Nowosadzki lead the kitchen.
Kimi Antonelli leads George Russell by 84 points as Marina Bay hosts its first F1 Sprint weekend, 9 to 11 October. Russell starts Sunday's race from the back after an engine penalty. Padang acts, gate times and haze conditions.
From 15 October, SIA and Air India flights between Singapore and eight Indian cities can be booked on their own through either airline, across 126 weekly flights. Extra KrisFlyer and Maharaja Club perks follow from the second quarter of 2027.
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.
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.
ARC Night puts pilot-controlled humanoid robots in the ring at *SCAPE Ground Theatre on 7 October 2026, 6pm to 9pm, with EngineAI's T800 and Unitree's G1.
