Daily roundup: Jurong desalination plant producing up to 30m gallons of water daily can be operated by just 2 people — and other top stories today, World News

Daily roundup: Jurong desalination plant producing up to 30m gallons of water daily can be operated by just 2 people — and other top stories today, World News

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1. Jurong desalination plant producing up to 30m gallons of water daily can be operated by just 2 people

Opened in 2013, the complex supplies electricity to the national grid as well as steam, industrial and demineralised water, and wastewater treatment services to customers on Jurong Island… » READ MORE

2. Woman in ICU after being hit by ‘flying wheel chock’ while waiting for bus at Jalan Boon LayPHOTO: Screengrab from Shin Min Daily News

She was waiting for the bus to go home from work, but the next moment, the 34-year-old laid injured and unconscious on the ground… » READ MORE

3. ‘Be happy, Mummy’: Benjamin Tan’s mum dies, almost 2 years after falling into comaPHOTO: Instagram/Benjamin Tan

Local actor Benjamin Tan’s mother has died, close to two years after the 53-year-old first slipped into a coma… » READ MORE

4. 300-year-old description of an aurora, or northern lights, found in ancient Chinese textsPHOTO: Reuters

A team of scientists said an ancient Chinese text describes the oldest known record of what we would call an aurora borealis, or “the northern lights”… » READ MORE

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