The Istana will be having an open house on 24 October and it will be open to the public from 8.30am to 6pm, to celebrate Deepavali.

There will also be dance performances by Bown, Punggol, Clementi Town Secondary Schools and the NAFA School of Young Talents.

There will also be live band performances by Xinmin Secondary School as well as CHIJ Katong Convent.

Visitors can also take part in activities like candle making and balloon sculpting at the Istana, and they can also choose for self-guided tours or participate in guided nature walks to take in the sights of the Istana’s gardens.

Guided tours of the Istana’s main building are also available, where visitors can see some of the function rooms and the collection of state gifts that Singapore’s presidents and prime ministers have collected over the years.

Food trucks will also be available along with merchandise booths selling limited edition Istana and President’s Challenge memorabilia.

The proceeds from the booths will go towards charities that are supported by the President’s Challenge.

Singaporeans and Singapore PRs will get to enjoy free entry into the Istana grounds, while other visitors will be charged an entrance fee of $2 – the Istana only accepts cashless payments via PayNow.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has removed a kerb that was protruding at a road along Bedok North after receiving negative feedback from motorists about mounting the kerb whenever they are making u-turns.

Among the complaints was from TikTok user Wilson Lee who shared a video of the car that mounted the kerb, captioning it:

“I have seen so many cars mount and get stuck at this road island at this particular junction in Bedok North, this car certainly won’t be the last.”

@wilsonleews88 I have seen so many cars mount n get stuck at this #road island at this particular #trafficlight #junction between #Bedok North Road & Bedok North Street 2, this #car certainly won't be the last. #accident #breakdown #singapore #fyp ♬ 芭比q了 – 邓家忠

East Coast GRC MP Cheryl Charn also posted an update on the situation, announcing that the kerb has since been removed by the LTA after being assessed.

Cheryl Chan’s statement

There had been several incidents recently of cars mounting the kerb at the traffic light junction at Bedok North Road and Bedok North St 2 when the drivers make U-turn.

There were sign markers on it to indicate the presence of a kerb but it was knocked over each time. After assessment, LTA had since removed the kerb for everyone’s safety.

Inter-Monsoon Conditions Expected By End-October 2022

Wet weather expected to continue for the rest of Oct 2022

Singapore, 17 October 2022 – The current wet weather is expected to continue for the rest of October 2022. The prevailing Southwest Monsoon conditions, with low-level winds blowing from the southeast or west, are forecast to gradually weaken to become light and variable in direction by the end of October 2022. The shift in wind conditions signals the end of the Southwest Monsoon and the start of the inter-monsoon period.

The inter-monsoon conditions are forecast to last through November 2022. During the inter-monsoon period, the monsoon rain band lies close to the equatorial region, and more showers can be expected over Singapore and the surrounding vicinity. Lightning activity tends to be higher during the inter-monsoon months than other months of the year.

In the coming fortnight, thundery showers are expected on most days. On some days in the earlier half of the fortnight, the presence of low-pressure systems over the South China Sea may induce the development of Sumatra squalls in the Strait of Malacca and bring widespread thundery showers with gusty winds to Singapore and the surrounding vicinity between the pre-dawn hours and morning. In the latter half of the fortnight, afternoon thundery showers are forecast on most days, with the showers extending into the evening on a few of these days. On a few days, widespread moderate to heavy thundery showers may occur, due to large-scale convergence of winds over Singapore and the surrounding region. Overall, the rainfall for October 2022 is expected to be well above-average over most parts of Singapore.

For the rest of October 2022, the daily temperature on most days is forecast to range between 24 and 33 degrees Celsius. Although showers are expected on most days in the coming fortnight, the daily maximum temperature could still reach a high of around 34 degrees Celsius on a few days. In addition, the wet weather may bring daily temperatures of between 23 and 32 degrees Celsius on a few days.

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.

A maid in Singapore was caught on CCTV allegedly spiking her employer’s baby’s milk with medicine, resulting in the baby’s weight not increasing.

The employer, Mr Lin spoke to Shin Min Daily News and said that they hired their 27-year-old maid from Myanmar back in August last year, and she had performed well as displayed good attitude.

However, in the middle of December, he then saw on CCTV the maid slapping his 3-month old baby on the head when he was crying.

He then confronted the maid and told her that her job was to care for his baby, and they didn’t punish her for what she did.

But she was then caught dragging their son on the arm from one end of the crib to the other about 2 months later.

Lin also started noticing that his baby’s weight was not increasing and suspected something was wrong, so he then went through the CCTV footage and saw the maid spiking the baby’s milk with a pill.

She was seen opening the cabinet and taking out a pill while feeding the baby then shaking the bottle, before walking towards a blindspot of the camera and appearing to spike the drink.

Lin said that his son’s blood test report came back normal, but he was thinner than other kids of his age and he was worried about his child’s development.

He called the police on the same day he spotted the maid doing this, and she then admitted to the police that she had been putting panadol in the baby’s milk, and added that it was not the first time.

She also said that she placed a pill that she got from Myanmar to “boost” the baby’s appetite.

Lin’s wife also discovered hundreds of pills inside the maid’s drawers last year, with dozens of flu and cough medicine along sign panadol.

Lin didn’t think much of the discovery, and didn’t expect the maid to use them to spike his baby’s milk.

The Singapore Police Force confirmed that they are investigating the incident.

MAN ARRESTED FOR OUTRAGE OF MODESTY

The Police have arrested a 43-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a case of outrage of modesty.

On 5 October 2022, at about 10.45 pm, the Police received a report that a woman was allegedly molested by an unknown man while on board a bus in the vicinity of Woodlands Avenue 2.

Through follow-up investigations and with the aid of images from Police cameras, officers from Public Transport Security Command and Woodlands Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him on 13 October 2022.

The man will be charged in court on 15 October 2022 with outrage of modesty, under Section 354(1) of the Penal Code 1871. The offence carries an imprisonment term of up to three years, a fine, caning, or any combination of such punishments.

The Police have zero tolerance towards sexual offenders who threaten the safety of the community. Offenders will be dealt with sternly in accordance with the law.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
14 October 2022 @ 8:15 PM

The Police have arrested two men aged 17 and 19 for their suspected involvement in a series of cheating cases involving the sale of counterfeit AirPods.

Between 9 and 12 October 2022, Police received two reports lodged by victims who suspected that they were cheated by an online seller into purchasing counterfeit AirPods on the e-commerce platform Carousell. The counterfeit AirPods were represented as authentic and deceptively packaged in sealed boxes with legitimate serial numbers, which misled the victims into believing that the AirPods were authentic. The ruse was purportedly uncovered when the victims tried to sync the AirPods with their Apple devices and were alerted that the AirPods were not authentic. Suspecting that they had fallen victim to a scam, the victims then reported the matter to the Police.

Through investigations, officers from Tanglin Police Division established the identities of the two men and arrested them on 13 October 2022. Sixty-one boxes of counterfeit AirPods and two mobile phones were seized as case exhibits.

The two men are assisting with Police investigations for the offences of cheating and abetment of cheating. The offence of cheating is punishable under Section 420 of the Penal Code 1871, and carries an imprisonment term of up to ten years and a fine. The maximum punishment for abetting an offence is the same as that of committing an offence itself, as provided for under Section 109 of the Penal Code 1871.

The Police take a serious view against any person involved in scams, and perpetrators will be dealt with sternly in accordance with the law.

If you have information related to such crimes or if you are in doubt, please call the Police Hotline at 1800-255-0000, or submit it online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness. For more information on scams, members of the public can visit www.scamalert.sg or call the Anti-Scam Hotline at 1800-722-6688.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
14 October 2022 @ 8:15 PM