{
  "id": 12103064,
  "title": "Civil servants' property purchases near planned MRT stations among issues to be raised in parliament on Oct 6",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/civil-servants-property-purchases-near-planned-mrt-stations-among-12103064",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/property-purchases-civil-servants-parliament-retrenchments-north-south-corridor-6432476"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The government's review of property purchases by civil servants involved in rail planning will be examined in Parliament on Tuesday (October 6). This comes after a working paper revealed that such purchases were made near planned MRT stations before their locations were made public. Multiple questions related to this issue have been filed by members of parliament, along with inquiries about rising retrenchments, the delay in opening the North-South Corridor, and changes to the Primary 1 registration process.",
  "summary": "Members of parliament will also question the government on rising retrenchments, the North-South Corridor delay and changes to Primary 1 registration.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Singapore",
        "title": "Civil servants' property purchases near planned MRT stations among issues to be raised in parliament on Oct 6",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/civil-servants-property-purchases-near-planned-mrt-stations-among",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:55:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}