Daily Briefing: 18,000 affected in NEL breakdown; 2 cars catch fire on AYE, ECP

And popular nightclub Zouk extends at Jiak Kim.

In what was the longest North-East Line (NEL) breakdown since March 2012, MRT train services between Punggol and Sengkang stations were disrupted for nine hours yesterday. View more here.

One car caught fire on East Coast Parkway (ECP) and another on the Ayer-Rajah Expressway (AYE) in separate incidents on Thursday. View more here.

Popular nightclub Zouk will get extra time to source for a new location when its tenancy at Jiak Kim Street expires on 31 December 2014. View more here.

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