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PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency, commonly known as PUB, an acronym for Public Utilities Board, is a statutory board under the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment of the Government of Singapore responsible for ensuring a sustainable and efficient water supply in Singapore. PUB regulates and oversees the country's entire water ...
Senoko Power was originally formed in 1977 [1] as a power generation arm of the Public Utilities Board (PUB) in Singapore. [2] In the 1990s, it converted the Power Station from an open-cycle gas turbine power plant to Singapore's first combined cycle plant. [3] It also began piping in natural gas from Malaysia to generate electricity in 1992. [4]
The PUB Building was completed in 1977; construction cost S$32 million. [3] It was renamed as the Singapore Power Building, after PUB's electricity and gas operations were corporatised to Singapore Power on 1 October 1995. [4] The Singapore Power Building was renovated in 2006, when Singapore Power chose not to redevelop its corporate headquarters.
Netrust was established in July 1997 as the first Certificate authority in Southeast Asia. [1] Netrust provides individuals, businesses and government organisations with online identification and security infrastructure for secure electronic transactions via the Internet and other wireless media.
111 Somerset is a high-rise commercial building and shopping mall in Orchard, Singapore. The building was first known as Public Utilities Board Building (PUB Building) until 1995, and was later known as Singapore Power Building until 2008 when acquired by YTL Corporation Pacific Star.
In 2018, Goh was appointed to be a board member of Housing Development Board (HDB), with the term lasting till 30 September 2020. [3]On 1 April 2021, Goh was appointed to be a board member of the Public Utilities Board (PUB). [4]
According to The Washington Post, "Zaobao's combined print and digital circulation in Singapore fell from 187,900 in 2015 to 144,000 in 2020, according to company filings." [4] According to a 2021 study from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, the paper has a weekly offline reach of 8% and online reach of 7% in Singapore. [10]
The water resources of Singapore are especially precious given the small amount of densely settled land. Singapore receives an average of 2,400 mm of rainfall annually, well above the global average of 1,050 mm. The constraint is the limited land area to catch and store the rainfall, and the absence of natural aquifers and lakes. [11]