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ROAD SIGN @ YISHUN MELTED FROM JOSS PAPER BURNING, LTA LODGES POLICE REPORT

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A picture emerged online showing a road sign in Yishun being melted as joss papers burned under it.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has since removed the melted signboard and said that they will be replacing it.

The photo shows a pile of joss papers burning under the road sign, with the letterings on the road sign melting and falling off.

There were also cardboard boxes that were discarded and piled up under a tree in the background of the joss paper cage.

The incident is believed to have happened near Block 117 Yishun Ring Road, along Yishun Avenue 7.

LTA responds

LTA spoke to 8World News and said that they have removed the damaged road sign and will be replacing it within a week.

They also added that a police report had been lodged, and they reminded the public to be socially responsible, and that burning joss paper near the roads is dangerous to motorists and pedestrians.

MAN’S FIANCEE HAD A SECRET ABORTION WITHOUT LETTING HIM KNOW ABOUT IT

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My fiancé had an abortion without me knowing

I’m at a dinner with family right now but stepped out for a quick second to vent to you guys while I smoke a cigarette.

My fiancé had an abortion three weeks without saying anything and I kind of feel terrible. Aside from breaking the honesty and trust we have, I would have liked to know what she was going through to have been there for her.

And I would have loved to have a kid even though it’s not the ideal time, but I understand we may have had indifferences and ultimately she’s the only one who can decide what she’d like to do.

But I would have liked to have talked about it or at least taken into consideration given we’ve been together for several years.

I’m not sure how to approach her about this because when she told me I just kind of took the news and didn’t react or respond much about my perspective on everything just because I wanted more time to process how I feel.

Netizen’s comments

Here’s the thing.

For whatever reason she didn’t feel she could tell you before.

Now none of us can tell you if that’s because of you or if that’s just her.

Maybe she has trust issues and just can’t open up in these kinds of situations.

Or maybe you subtly gave her reason to doubt that you would be supportive in such a situation.

Or maybe something else.

We have no way of knowing since none of us know you or have seen your normal interactions or know all the conversations you have had in the past.

What I can tell you that if she doesn’t feel she can talk to you in a situation like that you have a problem in your relationship.

Putting aside who’s fault that is, because that’s not productive at this stage, the fact is that if the two of you can’t discuss this and come to an understanding of why this played out the way it did your relationship is probably not long for this world, and certainly will be a very bumpy ride.

AUNTIE SHOVED GUY INSIDE MRT THEN SECRETLY TOOK PHOTO OF HIM TO SEND TO HER GROUP CHAT

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A netizen shared how he was inside the MRT when an auntie got up from her seat and shoved him, before standing at the door.

She then secretly took a photo of him and sent it to a group chat.

Here is what he said

This auntie in the picture took a photo of me via the reflection in the door and sent to a group chat.

Story was, she was sitting on the MRT seats and when she got up to alight, she just shoved/ elbowed me, to stand at the door.

Yes, MRT has not reached station but she’s so eager to stand at the door and cannot say excuse me too.

As I was still looking at her, she whipped up her phone and took a photo of me in the dark reflection of the door (as the train was still in the tunnel), thinking she damn stealth and sent it to one of her Whatsapp chats and proceed to record a voice message.

Yes, I saw the whole procedure, thinking she’s a woman, like me, and the photo is not obscene so I did not confront her.

But, the more I think about it, the more buaysong i felt eh, like a little violated. And then yes, I took a photo of her to write this post.

ELON MUSK SAYS TWITTER USERS WHO ARE VERIFIED WILL BE CHARGED $8/MONTH

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Billionaire Elon Musk, who recently purchased the social networking site Twitter for $44 billion, said in a series of Tweets that he is intending to charge verified users $8/month.

Elon Musk’s statement on Twitter

Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.

Price adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity

You will also get:
– Priority in replies, mentions & search, which is essential to defeat spam/scam
– Ability to post long video & audio
– Half as many ads

And paywall bypass for publishers willing to work with us

This will also give Twitter a revenue stream to reward content creators

There will be a secondary tag below the name for someone who is a public figure, which is already the case for politicians

M’SIA POLITICIAN WHO SAY S’POREANS WILL “FLOCK TO M’SIA FOR JOBS”, SAYS HE MEANT NO OFFENCE

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Malaysian politician Nga Kor Ming previously said on 27 October that if his party Pakatan Harapan won, Singaporeans would be the ones who came to Malaysia to work.

He has since come out and clarified that he wasn’t trying to offend anyone, and added that he meant Malaysia and Singapore should maintain a relationship that is mutually beneficial.

Nga spoke to 8world and said that his political opponents had taken his 27 October speech out of context and that he didn’t mean to offend Singaporeans.

He added that he mentioned a need for Malaysia to continue cooperating with Singapore for a “win-win” situation.

He said that having a stable ringgit would mean that their people didn’t need to wake up early to cross the causeway to Singapore for work, and only return home late at night.

On his purportedly misconstrued point, Nga said that a stronger Malaysian government would improve the chances of citizens getting higher-paying local jobs, which would attract more Singaporeans to work in Malaysia as well.

PRC MAN PAID $14K FOR FAKE CERT & GAVE FALSE INFO WHEN APPLYING FOR EMPLOYMENT PASS

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37-year-old Chinese national Yu Huajie pleaded guilty to 2 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act and was sentenced to 7 weeks imprisonment on 26 October.

He had given false information and included a fake certificate that he paid $14,000 for, in his Employment Pass application.

What happened?

Yu made inquiries on how he could settle down in Singapore and approached a man who told him that he could get an Employment Pass if he invested $1 million in a company in Singapore.

Yu believed that an Employment Pass would help him to get Permanent Resident status here.

He then transferred the money to the man, and also submitted his passport and biodata, to the man and the director of Hai Sin International, Ms Wang Jue, who purportedly helps people invest or start a business in Singapore.

Yu knew that his EP would be applied under a company called Gashubin engineering, and his investment would be for them.

He was also aware that his monthly salary of $10,000 per month would be paid on top of any future potential investment returns and he wouldn’t have to work for Gashubin.

He was then told that he needed to submit a degree certificate for his EP, and he then paid US$10,000 ($SG$14,000) for a fake certificate that showed that he had graduated from the Chubb Institute (Westbury) in the US, with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management.

He applied for his EP on 14 December 2018 and falsely declared on 15 February 2019 to MOM that he would be working for Gashubin Engineering, and that he was a business management graduate.

MOM then approved his application for an EP.

Yu received his “salary” of $5,000 to $10,000 while he was in Singapore from 15 February 2019 to 16 March 2021 but he was never their employee.

An employment inspector then carried out investigations on 16 March after receiving information about law-breaking related to foreign employment.

Investigations later showed that from early to mid-2018, Ms wang had told the director of Gashubin that she could secure foreign investors for their company if it applied for EPs for them to stay in Singapore.

Wang then agreed with the director that the foreigners would only invest financially in Gashubin and would not be working for them.

SECRET SOCIETY MEMBER SLASHED MAN WHO WAS TALKING TO HIS GF AT BOON LAY

The Police previously arrested two men, for their suspected involvement in a case of voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons with common intention.

The incident happened at the carpark located at Blk 175 Boon Lay Drive.

The video went viral after the two men were seen shouting and walking about in the carpark.

20-year-old Muhammad Sajid Saleem and 19-year-old Niswan Thiruchelvam were previously charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt with the common intention of Praveen Raj Chanthiran, Straits Times Reported.

Secret Society

According to Straits Times, the altercation started after the accused was unhappy that a man was talking to his girlfriend.

It was a planned attack, they knew that the victim would be in the area to attend the wedding and arrived at the wedding location armed with 2 knives.

He used a 23.5cm bread knife to attack two others at a wedding celebration

He also faces one count for being a member of a secret society.

Injuries

Praveen Raj Chanthiran was slashed several times resulting in 20 lacerations.

They were handed another charge for attacking the second victim, Sarakumar (April 14) who suffered an 8cm cut on his head.

Penalties:

The prosecutor is seeking 39 months in jail and 6 strokes of rotan for the accused.

The duo out currently out on a bail of $30,000 each, they will be back in court on April 28.

If they are found guilty they will be jailed and/or fined and/or caned.

The video of the incident was captured by a resident in the area.

DRUNK MAN SLASHED VICTIM WITH CLEAVER AT BEDOK, THOUGHT VICTIM STEALING FRUITS

A man was recently sentenced to jail after he used a cleaver to slash his sister’s ex-husband after drinking a bit too much.

56-year-old Pong Yoke Long was sentenced to 12 weeks jail for voluntarily causing hurt to 49-year-old Lim Boon Kiong.

Over fruits in potted plants

According to CNA, The incident took place on the 10th floor of a HDB located in Bedok, the victim allowed his ex-wife and Pong to stay in the same flat despite the divorce.

But their relationship was never good, they often argue over the plants along the corridor.

Earlier this year, Pong noticed that a fruit that he was growing on one of the potted plants had gone missing and accused Lim of stealing the fruits.

The violent altercation did not start yet, Pong went out and had drinks before he returned in the evening.

When he returned he saw the victim sitting in the living room and flew into a drunken rage and attacked Lim. He used a 16cm cleaver and started slashing him.

During the altercation, Pong spoke in Hokkien stating that he has been tolerating Lim for a very long time. (‘wa lun le sibei gu liao’)

Pong’s sister heard the commotion and went out of the room and attempted to stop pong.

Lim was slashed on his limbs and thighs, he escaped into his room and called the Police.

As the wounds he suffered were minor, Pong got a light sentence of 12 weeks for the charges of voluntarily causing hurt.

For the offence of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon under Section 324 of the Penal Code 1871. The offence carries a punishment of imprisonment for a term of up to seven years, a fine, caning, or a combination of such punishments.

WOMAN PAID SOMEONE $10K TO TAKE THE BLAME FOR HER TRAFFIC OFFENCE, JAILED

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51-year-old Lim Siew Peng, was sentenced to 4 days imprisonment, fined $2,500 and banned from driving for 15 months after she paid someone else to take the blame for her traffic offence.

What happened?

Lim was friends with the co-accused, 46-year-old Koh Chew Seng and his wife. Koh was managing a car rental company under Koheng Auto and told Lim to rent a car from his company and join him as a Grab driver.

Lim was ferrying a passenger in the rental car in May 2020 when she allegedly drove against the traffic flow to overtake another vehicle.

She barely avoided crashing and resulted in the other driver abruptly braking.

Koh then received a traffic police summons in June 2020, stating that his rented car had committed a traffic offence and the driver would get 6 demerit points and a fine of $200.

Koh then confronted Lim about it and she admitted to the offence, but she didn’t want to face the consequences because she didn’t want her license to be revoked.

After discussing, Koh then offered to find another driver to take the blame for her, and Lim had to pay him (Koh) $10,000.

Koh then pinned the blame on his wife after being unable to find drivers willing to take the blame, and his wife then received a summons letter.

Koh paid the fine of $200 and his wife then got the 6 demerit points on her license, without his wife or Lim knowing about it.

TEMPERATURES IN S’PORE TO DROP BELOW 23°C FOR 2 WEEKS, FREE AIRCON OUTSIDE

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Wettest October in Four Decades with Wet Weather Expected to Continue in the First Half of November 2022

Inter-monsoon conditions have prevailed over Singapore in the second half of October 2022 and will likely persist into November 2022. The current wet weather is expected to continue, with thundery showers expected on most days in the first fortnight of November 2022.

2 With the monsoon rain band forecast to remain over the Southeast Asia region, Singapore can expect a continuation of wet days in the coming fortnight. During the period, thundery showers are forecast on most days. In the first week of November 2022, Sumatra squalls developing in the Strait of Malacca may bring widespread thundery showers with occasional gusty winds as they pass Singapore between the pre-dawn hours and morning on some days. In the latter half of the fortnight, afternoon thundery showers can be expected on most days, with the showers extending into the evening on a few days. The total rainfall for the first fortnight of November 2022 is forecast to be above average over most parts of the island.

3 During the fortnight, the daily temperature on most days is forecast to range between 24 degrees Celsius and 33 degrees Celsius. The wetter weather may bring relatively lower temperatures on a few days, with daily minimum temperatures below 23 degrees Celsius and daily maximum temperatures below 32 degrees Celsius.

4 For updates of the daily weather forecast, please visit the MSS website (www.weather.gov.sg), NEA website (www.nea.gov.sg), or download the myENV app.

REVIEW (1 – 31 October 2022)

5 In the second half of October 2022, Singapore and the surrounding region experienced inter-monsoon conditions. The low-level winds that blew predominantly from the southeast or southwest since June 2022 gradually weakened and became mostly light and variable in direction. The monsoon rain band remained close to the equatorial Southeast Asia region, and brought thundery showers over Singapore on most days in the second half of the month.

6 In October 2022, the influence of several tropical storms over the South China Sea and Western Pacific Ocean resulted in large-scale convergence of winds over Singapore and the surrounding vicinity. This led to the development of several Sumatra squalls that brought widespread showers and gusty winds over Singapore between the pre-dawn hours and morning on most days. Thundery showers also fell over the island on several afternoons and nights. The Sumatra squall which brought heavy thundery showers over many parts of Singapore in the morning of 5 October 2022 resulted in a daily total rainfall of 138.1mm recorded at Pasir Panjang. This was the highest daily total rainfall for October 2022.

7 Based on the rainfall averaged across the island-wide stations with long-term records since 1980, October 2022 is the wettest October in four decades, with a monthly total rainfall of 412.0mm. This exceeded the previous highest October rainfall of 389.3mm, which was recorded in October 2011. The Changi climate station experienced a total of 27 rain days in October 2022. This is the highest number of rain days occurring in October at the Changi climate station since the 1980s, and surpasses the previous record of 21 days observed in 1985 and 2003.

8 In October 2022, the daily maximum temperature was below 33 degrees Celsius on most days due to the rainy weather. The wet weather brought several days with cool night time temperatures. There were 23 days with daily minimum temperatures of 24 degrees Celsius or less. The temperature at Jurong Island dropped to 21.9 degrees Celsius during the showers on 12 October 2022. That was the lowest daily minimum temperature for October 2022.

9 Well above-average rainfall was received across the island in October 2022. The highest anomaly of 232 per cent above-average was recorded around the Kent Ridge area. The anomaly was lowest at Paya Lebar at 29 per cent above-average.