According to a Facebook post seen on the Facebook page of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Lawrence Wong, the Minister shared that he had joined 800 other bikers to ride and raise funds for charity.

DPM Wong also added in one of his photos that he had not rode a bike for almost 20 years.

The event was organised by Riders Aid Singapore (RAS) as part of fund raising efforts for the Singapore Children’s Cancer Foundation.

DPM Wong also shared that he was glad to see the ‘Singapore Spirit’ coming from Singaporeans from all walks of life from the event itself.

He added that he is confident that as long as Singaporeans have the mindset of ‘paying it forward’, we will be able to turn all our challenges into opportunities and make Singapore a more caring and inclusive society.

Here is the Facebook post by DPM Wong

“The Riders Aid Singapore started with a simple idea — a group of motorcycle enthusiasts rallying to do good together.

Glad to do my part to join the RAS and Ride For Charity today — with more than 800 bikers to raise funds for the Singapore Children’s Cancer Foundation.

Seeing so many of us at the event, I am heartened by the #SingaporeSpirit — Singaporeans from all walks of life coming together for the common good and a larger purpose. I am confident that as long as we have the mindset of “paying it forward”, we can turn challenges into opportunities, and build a racially harmonious, caring, and inclusive Singapore for all.”

Some photos of the event

For more event photos, you can view them here.

Image source: Lawrence Wong/Facebook

According to a post by Channel News Asia (CNA), a 13 year old girl by the name of Nayli Humairah Rozali has gone missing ever since she was last seen on 12 August 2022 in the vicinity of Block 199 Toa Payoh North.

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is currently appealing for information on the whereabouts of the missing Nayli Humairah Rozali.

Information received will be kept confidential

The SPF also requests for anyone with information on Nayli Humairah Rozali to dial the SPF hotline at 1800-255-0000 and alternatively, informants may wish to provide the information to the SPF online on their website here.

They added that any information received will be kept confidential.

Here is the photo of the missing girl

We hope that she would be found soon safe and sound.

Image source: SPF, Google Maps

Facebook user Putra James, shared how he has been a gig worker since August 2016, driving for Uber and GrabCar going over to UberEats, then GrabFood.

He shared that he is still driving PHV on the Goejk and TADA platforms as a relief driver.

Putra shared that over the years, he has received many tips from generous passengers and customers that he has never spent and kept it aside.

He finally decided to count the total amount of tips that he has received after 6 years of tips.

Here is what he said

I’ve been a gig worker since Aug 2016, started with driving for Uber and Grabcar. Later on I tried UberEats and then moved to GrabFood (till now) and still driving PHV on Gojek and TADA at times as a relief driver.

During these years, I received tips from generous passengers and customers but had never spent a single cent from it. I just want to treat it like a bonus. Today I decided to count them, finally. 6 years of tips.

Netizens’ comments

• Nothing wrong with him posting this. I feel that its a sense of achievement for his own hard work. And nothing wrong with sharing it as most are doing food delivery job. To be honest, not all can endure to keep tips for 6 years. So this is really like a bonus! ^.^
• Why post about these? I don’t get the point about your post. If I want to see money I can go money changer. Not I say, my friend say 1, I type for him.
• No need post u just keep it in heart bcos your hard work money ma
  • Just want to share with others that u can actually set aside your tips as a form of savings for rainy days. At no point I share the amount.

The tips that he received

The Workers’ Party (WP) held their National Day dinner n 13 August, and WP leader Pritam Singh announced that they will be expanding their WPCF Handyman Subsidy Scheme to all residents in the Aljunied, Sengkang and Hougang GRCs.

The WPCF Handyman Subsidy Scheme, which was launched back in April, comes under the WP Community Fund, which is for seniors who are living alone and above 60 years old.

Eligible residents can claim for home repair work by making the payment to their handyman first and bringing the receipt to their MP’s meet-the-people session.

The claim will then be subjected to review on a case-by-case basis, and once it has been approved, the resident will be contacted to come and collect their cheque.

WP came together even since Raeesah Khan stepped down

Singh also responded to questions about former WP MP Raeesah Khan, saying that he is proud of the party and how quickly they came together as one.

He added that if they weren’t united, they will have a problem engaging the public and being persuasive to be a voice and represent the interest of the opposition in parliament effectively.

Singh also added that Khan will be replaced with another candidate “in due course”.

According to LTA, Active Mobility enforcement officers (AMEOs) joined hands with the Traffic Police to conduct an islandwide operation against non-compliant PABs or PMDs.

They patrolled close to 15 towns and caught more than 35 errant riders. Some of them were riding non-compliant or unregistered devices while others were using PABs or PMDs on footpaths where motorised devices are not allowed.

These riders were caught with non-compliant PABs that also displayed a false number plate.

These riders were spotted riding non-compliant PMDs on footpaths and roads, Motorised PMDs can only be used on cycling paths.

LTA seized all non-compliant bicycles, PABs and PMDs that were caught being used on public paths and roads.

PAB and e-scooter users must ensure that their devices are registered and conform to prevailing device requirements, including necessary certifications to address fire risks and improve safety. 

All bicycles must also have at least one functioning handbrake to be ridden on public paths and roads.

Penalties:

Riding PMD on the road

Under the Active Mobility Act, it is an offence for PMDs to be used on roads, footpaths and/or pedestrian-only paths – PMDs are only allowed to be used on shared paths (cycling paths).

Offenders caught riding their PMDs on the roads, footpaths and/or pedestrian-only paths, face a fine of up to $2,000 and/or a jail term of up to 3 months.

Repeat offenders face a fine of up to $5,000 and/or a jail term of up to 6 months.

Speeding of PMDs on the road

 The maximum allowed speed for PMDs is 10km/hr on footpaths, and 25km/hr on shared paths.

 PMD riders caught speeding face a fine of up to $2,000 and/or a jail term of up to 6 months. Repeat offenders face a fine of up to $10,000 and or a jail term of up to 1 year.

The PMDs/e-scooters can also be seized and forfeited by the authorities.

Here are what netizens think:

• Display false registration plates should be jailed.
• These bicycles don’t even have any chains on them, 100% powered and not “power-assisted
• Way too many errant PMD and PAB riders.
• Come to bukit panjang area around hillion mall and bukit panjang plaza where you will see reckless food rider on pmd everywhere.
• So many PABs and PMDs on footpaths! I will see a few every day during my walks all over Singapore. Perhaps, the enforcement team need to be doing islandwide ops every day

Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung, said on Saturday that elections are an open contest, and it is a positive thing to let voters have a choice, as long as the competition is healthy, according to The Straits Times.

Ong’s statement was in response to the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) declaring that they will be contesting for Sembawang GRC in the next election.

Ong serves as the People’s Action Party (PAP)’s anchor minister for the Sembawang GRC.

SDP announced their intention to “return home” to Sembawang GRC during a 5-hour walkabout on National Day in the constituencies that they contested in during the 2020 General Election.

SDP’s statement on Facebook

Yesterday, we celebrated National Day by embarking on a 5-hour walkabout to cover SDP for Bukit Panjang SMC, SDP Holland Bukit Timah GRC, SDP Marsiling – Yew Tee GRC, Yuhua SMC & Bukit Batok SMC & greeted constituents with National Day & Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) mini flags.

We rounded up our walkabout at SDP Sembawang GRC where we held a media doorstop to demonstrate our intention to “return home” to the constituency where we had previously contested in the 2006 & 2011 General Elections. We had also reiterated our commitment to contest in the 5 constituencies which we had done so in the 2020 General Elections.

Healthy contest

Ong spoke to the media during a community event on Saturday, saying that he was not surprised by SDP’s intention to contest for Sembawang GRC as they had done it before.

However, they have not been active in the area since contesting it more than 10 years ago.

Ong said that they are looking forward to a healthy contest and that the PAP will do its best to win the mandate of the people.

He also noted that there are still some years to go before the next election and that his team and he will focus on fulfilling the promises that were made to the residents, such as the building of the Bukit Canberra integrated hub, which will house an 800-seat hawker centre, a polyclinic and an indoor sports hall.

History

The SDP was beaten by the PAP during the 2006 and 2011 elections where they contested for Sembawang GRC, with the PAP winning with 76.7% and 63.9% of the votes respectively.

Image source: Paul Tambyah on Facebook