Posted on December 18, 2017. SINGAPORE – Spring Singapore will be taking legal action against automotive retailer SG Vehicles for engaging in unfair practices, including misleading claims, false claims and defective goods. It will apply for a declaration and/or an injunction with the High Court against the company on Tuesday (Dec 19). Spring Singapore said
Posted on December 16, 2017. From next February, motorists will have to contend with zero-growth allowance in the vehicle quota system. The move to lower the allowable annual growth rate from 0.25 per cent currently to zero reversed what former Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew had previously pronounced. Mr Lui had indicated that a small, controlled
Posted on December 11, 2017. SINGAPORE: Major car dealers have agreed to remove restrictions on warranties and related documents, announced the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) on Monday (Dec 11). The commission said this in a press release after concluding its inquiry into the supply of car parts in Singapore. In its findings, CCS said it was
Posted on December 08, 2017. SINGAPORE – Taxi giant ComfortDelGro announced on Friday (Dec 8) its intention to acquire a majority 51 per cent stake in the Uber-owned rental car business, Lion City Holdings. This news come more than three months after a possible alliance with Uber was first announced in August (2017), ending speculation
Posted on December 08, 2017. The car driver who allegedly caused an accident along Tanjong Pagar Road that left four pedestrians injured was charged with one count of drink driving on Friday afternoon (8 December). Lim Kwong Fei, a 41-year-old Singaporean, is accused of being under the influence of alcohol and failing to have proper
Posted on December 02, 2017. SINGAPORE – The names have changed, but the story is the same. Another motor firm has closed shop after leaving more than 20 buyers without the cars they have paid for. Manhattan Motor, a sole proprietorship owned by used car dealer Lee Kum Kuen, had sold the cars in the last
Posted on December 01, 2017. SINGAPORE: The validity period of the Provisional Driving Licence (PDL) for learner motorists will be extended to two years from Friday (Dec 1), from its current period of six months. In a news release on Thursday (Nov 30), the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said the change is to improve road
Posted on November 15, 2017. Majority of the cases are linked to syndicates that trick unsuspecting individuals into doing their dirty work. SINGAPORE: While a good number of traffic accidents in Singapore are exactly that – unfortunate accidents – some of them might point to something more sinister. According to the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD),