To better manage the demand for parking spaces at Housing Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) carparks, night parking charges will go up from $2 to $4 from Nov 1. --ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN

Higher night parking charge

NIGHT parking charges will double from $2 to $4 at some carparks managed by the Housing Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority from November, as part of moves to tackle residents' parking woes.
The move will affect the 1,308 carparks managed by HDB and URA which have the night parking scheme.
The affected carparks make up more than 65 per cent of 1,810 HDB carparks and about 9 per cent of 784 URA caparks islandwide. The night parking scheme, introduced in 1976, was to cater to short term visitors. It was raised from $1.50 to $2 in 1989.
By displaying the $2 coupon, motorists can now park overnight from 10.30pm and 7am at carparks which allow overnight parking.
If they intend to leave the car in the lot for a while during that period, it will cost 50 cents every half hour. While the overnight charge has been doubled, the half-hourly rate remains the same.
Both the agencies said in a statement that most of these carparks are 'heavily utilised due to higher parking demand'. It added: 'This has resulted in residents with season parking ticket facing difficulties in getting a parking space when they return home at night.'

YOG symbol rises

IT SOARS to a height of 6.65m and weighs an impressive 3 tonnes.
Titled 'The Wind And Wings', this stainless steel sculpture on the grounds of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was handcrafted by sculptor Yeo Chee Kiong and his team of 10.
The 40-year-old was commissioned by the university to make it and had only about two months to do so. It is to commemorate the university as the world's first Youth Olympic Village and was officially unveiled by President S R Nathan on Monday night.
In between teaching classes at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Yeo flew three times a week for 88 days to Xiamen in China, where the forging foundry was located, to literally hammer the work into shape.
He says: 'It's quite a challenging piece because you have to use your hands and hammer to forge it out of stainless steel and work out every single detail.'
The sculpture is made of top-grade stainless steel imported from Finland and features Yeo's signature bulbous forms. The work glows with multiple colours at night, thanks to seven light-emitting diode lights at the base of the work.

Titled 'The Wind And Wings', this stainless steel sculpture on the grounds of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was handcrafted by sculptor Yeo Chee Kiong and his team of 10. -- PHOTO: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY