It's raining windows in high-rise Singapore

SINGAPORE - Singapore will hold a "Window Safety Day," backed by threats of dire punishment, to highlight a growing problem of windows falling from high-rise apartment buildings in the densely populated city-state.

Last year, 71 window frames along with their glass panes fell off buildings compared to 44 in 2008, the government's Housing Development Board and the Building and Construction Authority said in a statement Friday.

It did not give statistics for this year, but said sliding windows accounted for 40 percent of the fallen windows from January to May.