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THREE INDIVIDUALS PRESENTED WITH PUBLIC SPIRITEDNESS AWARDS AND FIVE ORGANISATIONS PRESENTED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AWARDS

Clementi Police Division presented the Public Spiritedness Award to three members of the public, and twelve staff from five organisations were commended for their strong community partnership with the Police.

Cases Commended for Public Spiritedness Award

On 8 March 2021, Mr Ng Kwek Yong Leo was at the traffic junction between Clementi Ave 3 and Commonwealth Ave West when a woman approached him for help saying she had been molested by a man. Mr Ng spotted the man who tried to flee and attempted to stop him. Mr Gary Soo Chee Siong, who was nearby, quickly offered his assistance and they managed to detain the man before calling the Police. Their actions led to the arrest of the man for Outrage of Modesty.

On 13 February 2021, Mr Ramli Bin Abdullah, spotted a man behaving suspiciously at Blk 242 Jurong East Street 21, by attempting to unlock some bicycles. Mr Ramli quickly alerted the Police and followed the man, providing a clear description of the man to the Police. The crucial information provided by Mr Ramli led to the swift arrest of the man for theft.

Individuals Commended for Community Partnership Award (Individual)

On 29 January 2021, Mr Patrick Lim Yen Teck, Head of Security of Tanglin Trust School, was informed that a staff of Tanglin Trust School had been molested by a man at One-North Park: Fusionopolis South. He immediately called the Police and provided clear descriptions of the man and his location. Mr Lim confronted the man and gave chase when the man attempted to flee. While he did not manage to detain the man, he provided crucial information to the Police, leading to the arrest of the man for Outrage of Modesty.

On 29 March 2021, Mr Saminathan Dinakaran, a Senior Security Officer at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, was informed that a man had committed an act of voyeurism inside a toilet cubicle. He responded swiftly by reviewing the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage based on the victim’s description and managed to ascertain the location of the man. With the information provided to the Police, the man was subsequently arrested for voyeurism.

Organisations Commended for Community Partnership Award

Three organisations were highlighted for their close collaboration with Clementi Police Division in developing and implementing crime prevention initiatives. In recognition of their significant contributions, the following entities were presented with the Community Partnership Award (Organisation).

VivoCity, Security Operations Team
Sheng Siong Supermarket (Tanglin Halt branch)
7-Eleven store at Blk 38 Teban Gardens
7-Eleven store at Blk 104 Jurong East St 13
7-Eleven store at Blk 202 Jurong East St 21
7-Eleven store at Blk 252 Jurong East St 24
7-Eleven store at Blk 338 Jurong East Ave 1
7-Eleven store at JCube
7-Eleven store at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
7-Eleven store at Vision Exchange

Assistant Commissioner of Police (AC) Marc E, Commander of Clementi Police Division expressed his appreciation to the award recipients for their public spiritedness in making our community a safer and more secure place to live in, and partnership with the Police. He said, “Crime is more likely to be solved and criminals are more likely to be deterred, if public-spiritedness is strong and widespread. The public-spiritedness and partnership with the Police displayed by these individuals and organisations are commendable. Their actions are exemplary to the rest of our community.”

Source: Singapore Police Force

August 13, 2021

Review of Regional Weather for July 2021

1. Overview

1.1 During July 2021, there was a mix of below- to above-average rainfall over the ASEAN region (Figure 1). The largest positive anomalies (wetter conditions) were over the coastal parts of southern Myanmar, southern Cambodia, northwestern Philippines, as well as the Maluku Islands for both satellite-derived rainfall estimates datasets (GSMaP-NRT and CMORPH-Blended). The two datasets were also in agreement that the largest negative anomalies (drier conditions) were over the central Philippines. However, there were some discrepancies over the western and central Maritime Continent, where CMORPH-Blended recorded drier conditions than GSMaP-NRT.

1.2 The observed rainfall anomaly pattern (i.e. mix of below- to above-average rainfall) is broadly consistent with the predictions from the subseasonal weather outlooks for July 2021 (28 June – 11 July and 12 – 25 July). The only portion of the ASEAN region with a consistent outlook for July were the wetter conditions in the southeastern Maritime Continent, which agrees with the observed anomaly pattern.

Figure 1: Rainfall anomalies for the month of July 2021 based on GSMaP-NRT data (left) and CMORPH-Blended data (right). The climatological reference period is 2001-2020. Green colour denotes above-average rainfall (wetter), while orange denotes below-average rainfall (drier).

1.3 Most of the ASEAN region experienced above-average temperatures during July 2021 (Figure 2). The warmest anomalies (above-average temperature) were recorded over Lao PDR and the southern Maritime Continent, followed by central and northern Myanmar, Viet Nam, and central and southern parts of the Philippines. Elsewhere, near- to above-average temperature were recorded.

Figure 2: Temperature anomalies for the month of July 2021 based on ERA-5 reanalysis. The climatological reference period is 2001-2020. Red colour denotes above-average temperature (warmer), while blue denotes below-average temperature (colder).

2. Climate Drivers

2.1 At the start of July 2021, a Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) signal was present in the Indian Ocean (Phases 2 and 3, Figure 3). In the second week of July the signal propagated eastwards over the Maritime Continent (Phases 4 and 5). The signal then weakened slightly as it moved over the Western Pacific (Phases 6 and 7), although it strengthened again entering the Western Hemisphere (Phase 8) at the end of July. The mix of below- to above-average rainfall for the ASEAN region is indicative of the near complete circumnavigation of the MJO signal: Phases 3 to 4 tend to bring wetter conditions to much of the region, while Phases 7 to 8 tend to bring drier conditions, and Phase 2 and Phase 5 bring a mix of drier and wetter conditions at this time of the year.

Figure 3: The MJO phase diagram. The diagram illustrates the movement of the MJO through different phases, which correspond to different locations along the equator (denoted in the text with the first day of the month in blue and the last day of the month in red). The distance of the index from the centre of the diagram is related to the strength of the MJO. Values within the grey circle are considered weak or indiscernible (data from the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia).

2.2 The equatorial Pacific Ocean is currently in an ‘ENSO-neutral’ state. A negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) has developed in the Indian Ocean, with warmer sea surface temperatures southwest of Java during July. At the seasonal timescale, negative IOD events tend to bring wetter conditions to the southern Maritime Continent.