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.
Haunts & Handmade brings 35 local brands, craft workshops and trick-or-treat rounds to Changi Experience Studio at Jewel on 31 October and 1 November, with bundles from S$19.90.
ECDA's list has seven new preschools opening in the last quarter of 2026 and 20 in 2027. All of this year's centres and five of next year's are open for registration through LifeSG.
National and school-based exams remain proctored with no AI. Where coursework allows AI, students must state how they used it, and universities and polytechnics ban AI where independent mastery is tested.
Bedok Mall's Step into More returns from 15 October to 6 November: S$10 in eCapitaVouchers for S$120 at shops, S$5 for S$80 at restaurants, with daily caps and no supermarket spends.
The Rose Veranda's An Afternoon in Japan mini buffet runs 15 October to 15 November at S$58++, with tempura and a noodle station. Origin Grill's dry-aged beef table is one night only, 15 October, at S$98++ a head.
The 2025 National Population Health Survey found 87.3 per cent of residents get enough exercise, but just 37.6 per cent do enough muscle-strengthening, unchanged since 2020. ActiveSG and HPB run strength courses for adults, over-40s and seniors.
Air New Zealand's Christchurch to Singapore non-stop starts on 28 October on the Boeing 787, three times a week, with Economy returns from S$1,529. Singapore passport holders need an NZeTA from NZD 17.
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.
The Xperia 10 VIII is on sale in Singapore at S$799 in Frozen White, Frosted Grey and Misty Lilac. Buyers until 4 November get a free case and LinkBuds Clip earbuds, and a Hello Kitty set is on pre-order at S$919.
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.
