Singapore, The Cleanest City in the World

You can be fined or arrested for spitting, littering, or selling chewing gum in one of the cleanest places in the world, Singapore. The Christian Broadcasting Network See more from CBN News at ht...
You can be fined or arrested for spitting, littering, or selling chewing gum in one of the cleanest places in the world, Singapore.

British colony of Singapore in 1938

A tour of the British colony of Singapore in 1938.Footage from this film is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com

Mas Selamat outfit

Mas Selamat was last seen wearing this...

On Day 7 of the manhunt for fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari, police revealed that he was last seen in a greenish grey baju kurong.

While the former leader of the Singapore network of Jemaah Islamiah could have changed his clothing or appearance after being on the run for almost a week, the authorities hope that images of the clothes will nudge the public to keep their eyes and ears open and report to the cops if they chance upon any such discarded clothes.

Mas Selamat can hold out indefinitely: experts

By Teh Joo Lin

A Gurkha traverses the dense vegetation at the Bukit Timah nature reserve. The most verdant spots for a prolonged hideout include places like Mandai, Yishun, Lim Chu Kang and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (above), say experts. -- ST PHOTO: EDWIN KOO IF FUGITIVE Mas Selamat Kastari is holed up in one of Singapore's sprawling forests, chances are he can hold out almost indefinitely, according to survival experts. They say the country's most wanted man could dine on an array of fruits, plant shoots and small animals while he hides from authorities' waging the biggest manhunt in Singapore history. The comments come as police and special forces scour jungles across the island in search of Mas Selamat. The reputed head of a local Jemaah Islamiah terror cell broke out of a detention centre on Whitley Road last Wednesday and authorities believe he is still on the island. The most verdant spots for a prolonged hideout include places like Mandai, Yishun, Lim Chu Kang and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, say experts. Retired trainer of the Singapore Armed Forces commando soldiers, Mr Tamiselvam, 57, said there are wild fruit, coconut and palm tree shoots, and tropical plants in Mandai. Small animals, like iguana, snakes and flying squirrels could also be caught for meat, said Mr Tami. Yishun is rife with coastal food like sea shells, he added. As well, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is rich in edible plants and fish, said a former chairman at the Nature Society (Singapore), Mr Sutari Supari, 57. 'All the fern shoots, like bird's nest ferns, and all the freshwater fish in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve are edible,' he said. 'Whatever you see the hornbills, monkeys and squirrels eating, it's safe to eat,' he said. The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve was the site of day six of the massive search for Mas Selamat. Tuesday saw the security forces trekking up Singapore's highest peak - the 164-metre Bukit Timah hill. At 8am, joggers and students on a hike were greeted by the sight of about 300 officers from the Special Operations Command (SOC) and over 200 Nepalese Gurkhas searching the undergrowth and tunnels of the reserve. Passing vehicles, including school buses, were also checked. The manhunt started on Hindhede Road and ended at Dairy Farm Road, but turned up nothing. Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times. Check if hides at seletar island, pulau ubin, nearby Singapore island

Singapore Zoo is to keep its male polar bear

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Zoo is to keep its male polar bear, despite criticism from an animal rights group that the Arctic animal should not stay in a tropical climate, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Straits Times said managers had reversed a decision, taken last year, to move 16-year-old polar bear Inuka to a zoo in a temperate climate when his mother, Sheba, dies.

Executive director Fanny Lai told the paper the zoo was advised to keep Inuka by its Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee, which said moving him after the death of his mother would cause further stress.

Sheba is now 30, past the average life span of 25 years for polar bears in captivity.

"He's a Singapore boy and is well-adjusted to the conditions here," Tommy Koh, a former chairman of the committee, was quoted as saying.

Animal Concerns Research and Education Society, a local animal rights group, has said living conditions in Singapore -- just 140 km (85 miles) north of the Equator -- were not suitable for polar bears, citing the hot climate and a small enclosure at the zoo.

According to the Straits Times, 67 percent of more than 5,300 people polled in Singapore did not want Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, to leave the city-state.

Singapore Zoo has said that it will not bring any more polar bears into the country.

We live in Singapore Song - Mr. Brown Show

We live in Singapore song - Mr.Brown show
Hossan Leong singing in the old parliament building

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