Facebook user Luu Angel shared a series of photos and videos showing a group of youths having an alcohol drinking session at a picnic bench.
One of the guys with dyed blonde hair, was seen in one of the videos throwing what appears to be a piece of tissue paper onto the bushes beside him.
After the group left, there was a huge mess of bottles, plastic cups, containers, wrappers and tissue papers littered all over the area.
One of the girls was also seen illegally vaping from an e-vaporiser as her friends lifted one of the plastic cups to “cheers” with her.
Potential penalties
Littering
Littering is an offence in Singapore and is defined as dropping, placing or throwing any article or t hing in a public place except a rubbish bin.
Persons caught littering face a fine of up to $2,000 for the first offence as well as the possibility of Corrective Work Order.
Vaping
Under section 16(2A) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act (TCASA), it is illegal to possess, purchase and use vaporizers in Singapore as of 1 February 2018.
Persons found guilty of this offense can be fined up to $2,000.
Facebook user Alan Ang shared how he visited a seafood restaurant at Punggol on 4 September to celebrate his wife’s birthday.
He said that he asked the waitress how much was the medium crab, and was told that it was $29 and after GST it would be $31.03.
So he ordered 3 of the crabs for $93.09, but he later found out that he was charged $124.10 instead, and when he went back to see the boss and/or manager, the restaurant allegedly refused to let him see them.
Here is what he said
I went to House of Seafood at punggol point on 04/09/2022 at 7.00pm to celebrate my wife’s birthday.
When I reached I asked the waitress one medium crab how much she told me ＄29 then I asked her any hidden charged? she said no, so I ordered 3 Crabs from her, and went to the cashier to pay for the bill.
when I asked the cashier how much, he replied $29 plus GST, actually, the crab was $31.03 each, then that was alright.
I think the waitress might not sure about the GST, so I don’t mind to pay for the GST.
later I gave my credit card to the cashier to settle the bill of 3 crabs, that would be the price $93.09 but then I was overlooked, receipt was wrongly charged.
when I went home halfway, I noticed 3 crabs bill were $124.10 incorrectly charged so I quickly rushed back to the restaurant to see the boss or manager but they refused to let me see them, which made me very unhappy.
I felt like the cashier has a intention to cheat me, my receipt is attached,
PS: After lots of arguments and rebate and all sorts of excuses the waitress paid me $31 cash. I did not know paid by waitress or the company. but I still felt that they had intention to cheat me.
Facebook user Jim Davies shared how he had placed an order with an eatery via Foodpanda for fish curry, and when his food order arrived, all he received was curry and no fish.
He had ordered a Chicken Masala, 2 Briyani rice, a butter naan, a fish curry and a papadum for $40.60 from an unspecified eatery on Foodpanda.
The description of the fish curry on the restaurant’s Foodpanda menu, described their fish curry as being made with “fresh, succulent fish” in “spicy and flavourful curry”, for $9.80.
The netizen said in his Facebook post: “$9.80 for plain fish curry. I guess the fish in picture is for illustration purpose.”
Netizens’ comments
The fish still swimming in the ocean, haven’t catch yet.
If going by the menu picture, then obviously missing “fresh, succulent fish”, only left “spicy n flavourful curry”. $9.80 is too expensive for just curry.
How is it possible come with curry without fish
It’s correct isn’t it? You have ordered fish curry and not fish curry with fish. Maybe fish curry with chicken
55-year-old Phoon Chiu Yoke, otherwise more famously known as the MBS Badge Lady, was handed new charged on 7 September for failing to wear a mask when it was still required.
She was charged for two counts of failing to wear a mask, as well as one more charge of not complying with an officer during investigations.
She is being accused of failing to wear a mask over her nose and mouth while strolling along the Mandarin Gallery at Orchard Road on 6 March at about 3pm.
She is also being accused of failing to wear a mask outside Victoria’s Secret at Orchard Road on the same day, about half an hour after her first sighting.
She was seen without her face mask on by Xiaxue on that day, who was filming a video when she spotted the Badge Lady.
The Badge Lady is also charged with failing to attended an STB investigation for not wearing a mask, and she told the court that she plans to submit a plea with “mitigation factors” and is set to return to court on 14 October for a pre trial conference.
Image source: Xiaxue on Instagram
Never learned her lesson
She was previously sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment in September 2021 after pleading guilty to 9 charges of Covid-19 regulations breaches, with 13 other charges taken into consideration during her sentencing.
She has since been spotted by members of the public for failing to put on a mask after her jail sentence, at a time when wearing a mask was still required under the law.
The Singapore Police Force said in a news release that two public entertainment outlets had allegedly provided hostessing services within their premises.
31 people were arrested, including 29 women for allegedly providing hostessing services and working without a valid work permit.
Singapore Police Force’s statement
The Police conducted an enforcement operation against public entertainment outlets located along Middle Road on 3 September 2022.
During the joint operation by the Central Police Division and the Criminal Investigation Department, a total of 31 persons were arrested. 29 women, aged between 20 and 33, were allegedly found to be providing hostessing services, and were arrested for working without a valid work permit under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990. Two men, aged 31 and 35, were arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990.
The two outlets, which allegedly provided hostessing services within their premises, were found to have contravened the Public Entertainment Act 1958.
Under the Public Entertainment Act 1958, any person who provides or assists in providing any public entertainment in contravention of this act carries a fine not exceeding $10,000. Under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990, the offence of employing a foreign employee without a valid work pass carries a fine of not less than $5,000, and not more than $30,000, a jail term of up to 12 months, or both. Under the same Act, the offence of being in employment without a valid work pass carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine of up to $20,000, or both.
The Police will continue to carry out regular enforcement checks on public entertainment and nightlife establishments to suppress illicit activities. The Police will continue to take tough enforcement action against criminal activities and those found engaging in such activities will be dealt with firmly in accordance with the law.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE 06 September 2022 @ 4:45 PM
An accident happened between a car and a van along the intersection of Bukit Panjang Ring Road and Senja Road.
A van was seen turning right into an HDB estate from the middle lane before colliding with the camcar on its right side.
The camcar driver, claims that the van driver had allegedly gone MIA, causing her “unnecessary stress” during her pregnancy, and that she has since made a police report.
The incident happened on 20 August.
Here is what she said
“Police report has been made, but van driver has gone MIA, causing me unnecessary stress in my pregnancy.”
Netizens’ comments
Wet road, see van signal right, purposely speed up to cut off, accident then say stress in pregnancy. Preggy still want to drive like that? Absolutely no defensive driving and anticipation. Deserved it!
The van had already turned on the right signal meaning he going to the right, but it looks like the cam car doesn’t want slow down as a courtesy. For me, both are at fault. Anyway, both vehicles are driving at slower speeds which means either one of them must give way to avoid the accident. But the cam car chooses to drive through instead.
The van already signaled right and cam car purposely speed up and bang the van. The cam car is at fault and need to pay the repair cost for van.
26-year-old Jack Pang, shared how he had painstakingly saved the money that he made from selling used cardboard, and eventually managed to upgrade his Perodua Myvi to an Audi TT.
The Myvi was apparently a present from his dad when he was 19 years old, and he had just enrolled into the Segi University.
He worked hard to collect cardboard to sell over the next 4 years and he claimed that at the age of 23, he finally managed to save enough money to afford a secondhand Audi TT.
According to his Facebook profile, Pang is presently the marketing director, founder and CEO of JCJ Motorsport and Jack Automotive.
He added that he is still collecting and selling cardboard, and that he is saving up his earnings to upgrade his Audi further.
He also shared that he is looking to “upgrade” to a Volkswagen Golf GTI.
(Translated) At the age of 19, I drove the Myvi that my father gave me to study in KL Then I worked hard to sell cardboard in this big city for 4 years Looking at the famous schools that my friends go to, I save up tuition to study cheap “segi” At the age of 23, I finally saved enough money to buy a car. Although it is not a lot, I can buy a used car. The photo was taken when I was about to graduate. Now 26 years old, still continue to sell paper, ready to change GTI
Facebook user Melvin Twj shared how he made an order for about $500+ worth of food from Shake Shack via Grabfood, and later found his order thrown away at a rubbish bin at Jewel Changi Airport.
Grab has since responded and said that they were aware of the incident, and following their investigations, have claimed that their delivery rider had followed Grab’s protocols in handling the situation by throwing away the order because the customer was allegedly uncontactable.
Grab said that on 11 August, the driver had picked up the order to the delivery address that was indicated, and had allegedly sent several messages to the customer through the Grab app to let him know that he was arriving soon, noting that the order was “large”.
Allegedly unreachable
The driver then reached the location but his calls were purportedly not answered by the customer, and Grab added that there was multiple attempts to reach the customer by the GrabFood support team and the driver.
The delivery location was also reportedly restricted to the public and as such, the driver was not able to enter the premises to look for the customer.
Grab further stated that there was “no safe place to leave the order and our delivery partner could not wait any longer” and that the driver was “advised to dispose of the order”.
Grab delivery drivers are advised to dispose their orders if the customer cannot be contacted at their stated location because it may affect their next food orders and earning opportunities.
Response to Grab
Tan responded to Grab saying that he didn’t receive any calls or messages from the driver, and that if he had opted for cash on delivery, the driver would have ensured the order was delivered.
Recap
Facebook user Melvin Twj shared how he made an order for about $500+ worth of food from Shake Shack via Grabfood, and later found his order thrown away at a rubbish bin at Jewel Changi Airport.
Here is what he said
On 11 Aug 2022, I made an order worth $500+ of Shake Shack through Grab but my food was not being sent and was found that the food was being disposed by the Grab driver. I contacted Grab for further enquires but Grab refused to refund me. Here is the story – On, 11 Aug 2022 I made an order worth of $500+ of Shake Shack using the Grab app at around 4pm. However, the food was not being sent at all even after waiting for about 2 hours. I decided to contact Grab and apparently I was being told that the Grab driver claimed that he had already delivered the food and has attached a picture to the Grab advisor claiming that the food has already been sent. When I saw the photo, the screenshot of the location was not at the designated area at all. Later on, we found out that the location that the rider “delivered” the food to was beside a rubbish bin at basement 2 carpark entrance Jewel, Changi Airport. 12 Aug I chatted with Grab via Chat to check on the progress on this issue. Grab mentioned that they were still checking on this and will get back to me within 24 – 48 hours. NOTE: Grab even reassured me that a full refund will be made. 15 Aug Grab called me and the Grab agent further explained that the Grab driver contacted them and told them that he was unable to find the location. But, the designated location can be easily found using Google Maps. The Grab agent then mentioned that they’ll check again and get back to me. 20 Aug But after a few days, another Grab advisor called me and told me a different story by stating that the Grab driver was WELL AWARE of the location but instead he was unable to contact me. But the strange thing was that there was no chat history found on my phone at all. Since the Grab driver did mentioned to Grab that he was able to find the location, I then checked the CCTV around the area in which the security mentioned that there was no sign of any unfamilar vehicle or driver near the designated location. I am puzzled as to why I was not being informed at all about the whereabouts of my food after waiting for more than 2 hours but the Grab agent claimed that the Grab driver actually tried to contact me. The Grab agent then advised the Grab driver to either disposed the food or leave it at a safe place. Even after explaining to the Grab agent about this issues, they still reiterate that NO refund will be MADE for this issue. 28 Aug The Grab duty manager contacted me and this time, he repeatedly told me that the Grab driver was instructed to either place the food at a safe place or to dispose the food. So the Grab driver has decided to DISPOSED the food instead of leaving it at a safe place which is the security guard post and also mentioned that they will not be refunding the money to me. Since the Grab driver was ABLE to find the location, why didn’t he leave the food with the security at the designated location? And if he decided to disposed the food, why would the Driver made such an effort to head back to Jewel and disposed the food??? The duty manager then mentioned that Grab is unable to refund me yet again the $500 and that he will continue to check further with the rider again. 1 Sept 2022 The Grab duty manager, Ahmad Fakhrurrazi Razi called me again, and he explained that the driver had already spoken to the Grab agent and the Grab agent actually suggested to dispose the item AT FIRST. However, driver raised a concern claiming that the food was of a high value which the Grab agent then suggested to leave the food at the security guard post. The driver then raised another concern stating that he was afraid that the food will be stolen at the security guard post. Hence, the Grab agent suggested that if there were no safe place around the location, dispose the items. The Grab driver then draw a conclusion that since there was NO safe place around the location, he decided to dispose the food which is worth an amount of $500+. So the question remains
Is the security guard post not deemed as a safe place?
Is the security guard post not considered a safe place even when there were security there?
Why would the driver made such a trip to the rubbish bin at basement 2 carpark entrance Jewel, Changi Airport just to dispose the food?
Why did the Grab driver claimed that he arrived at the designated location but chooses not to deliver the food?
Since The Grab agent told me that the Grab driver arrived at the location, why was i not informed and the CCTV did not captured anyone unfamiliar?
Why did the Grab driver did not tried to approach the security and leave the food there instead of making down to rubbish bin at basement 2 carpark entrance Jewel, Changi Airport just to dispose the food?
Since the Grab driver was well aware that the food was at a high value, what makes him think that he should dispose the food at rubbish bin at basement 2 carpark entrance Jewel, Changi Airport?
The Grab agent initially reassured me that a full refund will be made but when another Grab agent did a follow up about this issue, they told me that NO refund will be made? We have tried all ways to contact with different agents but the issue still can’t be resolved. Therefore I’m posting this on Facebook to gain more awareness on this situation. Also, I paid with grab wallet do you think will accept the fact that the driver disposed my food like that????? WTF!!!! What if i used cash on delivery instead do you think the driver will just dispose the food like that????? Just because it’s not the driver’s own money he can just simply dispose other people’s food. It’s straight up unprofessional, irresponsible and messed up!!!!
At the time of writing, there have been no official statements or reasons for temporarily suspending Singapore, yet.
It was previously announced by Taiwan on 5 September that Singapore was among a list of countries that was allowed visa-free entry.
It is unclear what sparked the u-turn in the decision.
Singapore was previously allowed to enter without a visa and stay for up to 30 days, according to the Taiwanese Central Epidemic Command Centre on 5 September.
Among the other countries that are now temporarily suspended from entering Taiwan visa-free, include:
Back story, me and my wife, both age 39 have been married for 10y, together for 14.
Now I have to be open about my failings to provide a fair picture, I have not always been the perfect husband, while I have never physically cheated, about 5-6 years ago I did allow another female friend to get far too close and that definitely caused some issues in our marriage.
My wife had mentioned numerous times that she was uncomfortable with the relationship and I didn’t respect her wishes until it was to late and damage had already been done. Now I live with that regret daily and work every day to show her she is all that matters to me. For the last 4+ years we have been working on our marriage and I honestly thought we were in a good spot and both happy.
About a month ago her phone was damaged and through the process of getting her a new phone, I came to learn that for the last year or so she has been talking to the guy she dated before we met.
What seemed to start as a once in a while how’s life going type Convo progressed to a talking everyday type situation. Now, keep in mind this is a person who up until finding this, I never knew the name, never knew he existed.
They seem to have become very close over the past year or so of talking as I saw pics indicating he knows details about our children, and she knows details about his friends and family that one would not normally know. I found pics sent between them and messages that I was not comfortable with, but nothing indicating anything physical had occurred, and in all fairness he lives a state away, they talk on social, text and phone.
However when I asked her about who the person was she lied saying just someone she talks to once in a while.
And her biggest concern was if I was going to reach out to him or his wife, supposedly he is getting divorced and that’s why he reached out to her to talk about the divorce. As a result of the discussions that occurred the next couple days, I told her that I felt she was betraying me and had blown my trust I wasn’t comfortable and wanted him removed and blocked from her life (something I have never said or asked for once in our entire relationship) she was unwillingly saying I was controlling but gave me her word that she wouldn’t talk to him anymore. I told her I was going to try my best to trust her to do that and I would move on.
Now about a month later I find out that they are still talking, although I don’t yet know how often. I haven’t told her I know they are still talking yet, but inside I’m pretty upset. Am I being unreasonable? Am I the asshole for having an issue with what she claims is just a friendship? And now being even more upset that she told me she would stop and didn’t? Or am I just a hypocrite for having done worse? So at this point I’m giving her a choice him or me and there is no option where both are in her life.
