24 August 2005 (Wednesday)
- National Environment Agency (NEA) is recruiting more field inspectors this year to combat dengue fever of which 7,403 cases have been reported in the first eight months of 2005, double the rate in the previous years. (CNA)
- The new Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, General Djoko Santoso arrives in Singapore for a three-day introductory visit. He will meet Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean and his counterpart Lieutenant-General Ng Yat Chung.
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