Daily Briefing: Spot and avoid Singapore's worst online scams; 80% monthly rise in April home sales

And URA calls for ideas for forgotten spaces.

More and more people in Singapore are becoming victims of online scams. The number of people falling prey to online the 10 worst online scams between went up by a massive 156% from 806 cases in 2013 to 2064 last year, according to the police. View more here.

Sales of new private homes climbed more than 80 percent during April 2015 from last months figure to reach 1,124 units, excluding Executive Condominiums (ECs), according to data released by Singapores Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) at lunchtime today. View more here.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority is calling for ideas on how to transform underused or overlooked pockets of public spaces such as forgotten backlanes, hidden laneways and spaces between buildings, the government announced Thursday (14 May). View more here.

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