28 persons were found inside the unit, with about 10 women between the ages of 24 and 48 believed to be hostesses, allegedly providing companionship services to the customers and intermingling.
The women are purportedly of Chinese, Malaysian and Vietnamese nationalities.
All 28 of them are currently being investigated by the police for safe management measures breaches.
One of the women tested positive for Covid
The 10 women were arrested for offences of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990, with one of the also testing positive for Covid-19 via an ART test.
Two men, a 34-year-old and a 61-year-old, who are the alleged operators of the establishment, are under investigation for offences under the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015.
They are also under investigation for breaches of Safe Management Measures and allegedly failed to control the physical interactions of the staff and patrons, as well as failing to ensure that the group sizes did not exceed the allowed group size of 5 persons.
They are also being investigated for allowing video recordings to be played at the unit.
The police reiterated their stance against vice and illicit activities, saying that they will continue to conduct enforcement checks.
They added that they have zero tolerance for persons and businesses who flout the law and will take enforcement actions against those who flout the safe management measures.
Dr Chau Sik Ting, a former MP for Thomson between the years of 1980 to 1984, passed away from a heart attack on Tuesday (8 February); he was 82-years-old.
Dr Chau was an outspoken advocate for the occupational health and well being of workers and through his advacy, the Factories Act was repealed in 2006 and replaced by the Workplace Safety and Health Act.
Alex Yam, the MP for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, paid tribute to the late Dr Chau on his Facebook.
Here is what he said
“安息吧，赵锡盛同志 Comrade Dr Chau Sik Ting BBM, former MP for Thomson, passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 82. Dr Chau was born in 1940 and spent his childhood living in the 新华旅店 San Wah Hotel on Bencoolen Street which his father, 赵玉山先生 Mr Chao Yoke San BBM(L), operated.
He attended Catholic High, which was located behind the hotel, and later continued his education at St Joseph’s Institution.
Living in the Middle Road/Bras Basah area, he often encountered Malayan lorry drivers making deliveries and he was moved by their plight as they often got into accidents and suffered stress and occupational diseases due to their long hours. This inspired him to be a doctor so that he could do something to help. He secured a university scholarship and later did his housemanship at SGH and KKH before joining the police as a medical officer. He married Mdm Patricia Wong Wai Yee in 1967.
In 1968, with Singapore fast industrializing, Dr Chau decided to make a switch to practice occupational medicine, joining the then Jurong Shipyard as their medical officer. Industrial health became his lifelong passion. He established the then Society of Occupational Medicine with Drs Phoon Wai Onn and Chew Pin Kee which is today the Occupational and Environmental Health Society. They also convinced the then University of Singapore to offer a Master of Science in Occupational Medicine.
His father was a staunch PAP supporter and grassroots leader, serving as Chairman of the Stamford Citizens’ Consultative Committee. But the elder Mr Chau encouraged Dr Chau and his four siblings to focus on their education before considering involvement in politics or the grassroots. Dr Chau took this to heart and turned down invitations from his Deputy General Manager at Jurong Shipyard Comrade Low Guan Onn (MP, River Valley) in 1972, and Comrade Dr Ho Kah Leong (MP, Jurong) in 1976 to stand for elections as he wanted to wait for his children to be older and to place his medical practice on firmer footing.
Despite his lack of political ambition at that time, he was active at the grassroots level, volunteering for the People’s Defence Force as a medical auxiliary officer and also setting up the Jurong Town Residents’ Association, the precursor of today’s People’s Association Residents’ Committees. He was invited by Dr Ho to help build the Jurong Community Club and he served as the Management Committee Chairman.
Dr Ho approached him again 1980 to join the Party and consider standing at the coming General Elections. This time he accepted the invitation and was assigned to take over from Comrade Ang Nam Piau, another fellow Jurong Shipyard colleague, in Thomson division.
He was elected unopposed. In Parliament he set to work on his passion for occupational health for workers. In his maiden speech he asked for the scope of the then 1973 Factories Act to be widened. He found a listening ear in Comrade Ong Teng Cheong who was then Minister for Labour. The Act was amended to mandate training for doctors in occupational health and safety. He also maintained a long friendship with Comrade Ong from then on till Comrade Ong’s passing in 2002.
But Dr Chau was not one to rest on his laurels and pushed for an even more comprehensive Act to improve workers’ health and safety. He was concerned that the Factories Act was behind its time and advocated for more workers to be protected with better provisions to safeguard workers in dangerous trades. He was recognised as a Friend of Labour by the National Trades Union Congress in 1996.
Through his advocacy, the Factories Act was repealed and replaced by the more significantly more comprehensive Workplace Safety and Health Act in 2006.
Dr Chau did not shy away from taking contrarian views from the Government. He did not support the “Stop at Two” campaign as he believed that it was a personal choice of families. He also felt that the graduate mothers scheme was flawed as he felt young mothers not being able to go to school previously were due to multiple factors and not that they were not intelligent nor would it follow that their children would not be intelligent.
He retired from politics in 1984 to spend more time with his family. He remained an active and respected community leader, especially in the Hainanese clans. He served, till his passing, as the Chairman of 公立培群学校 Pei Chun Public School and was President of the 新加坡海南会馆 Hainan Hwee Kuan from 1993 to 1997.
He remained active in the Party as well as a well-loved figure in Thomson. I had the honour of hosting him on various occasions during Party events and gathering.
Dr Chau is survived by his beloved wife and their three children Victor, Cynthia and Anthony.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Deepest condolences to Mrs Patricia Chau and family during this time of bereavement.”
I feel like it has been the elephant in the room for a while but it now definitely emerges more clearly and will become an issue soon. Basically my partner and I have a vastly different financial situations.
He comes from an upper middle-class background and I’m low-income. He lands a really good full-time offer out of a local university (pay on the same level as VP + huge signing bonus) while I plan to attend a cheaper school so most of my internship pays like not paying. I also have 4 jobs but they’re only enough to cover my daily expenses and eating out once in a while.
At the early stage of our relationship, he was really generous with paying for dates and helping out 1-2 times I was in need. I obviously couldn’t lavish money on fancy dates or trips so I try my best to give him other things in return like small gifts, lots of quality time, etc. I also never ask for gifts or expect him to cover my living expenses.
I admit that he financially carries our relationship (most of our experiences like restaurants and trips are paid by him) but he seems to be stricter with money recently. He sometimes implies that he spends too much and I’m part of the cost. On a recent date, he refused to get dessert with me cause he thought he had to pay for it (cheap dessert <$10). He also complains about how I use too much of electricity or his personal products when I sleepover.
I don’t know if it’s because he thinks I’m mooching or if I expect the financially well-off partner to be more generous (or not make the poor one feel uncomfortable). I don’t know how to start this conversation without sounding like a gold-digger or accusing him of being a little stingy.
Here are what netizens think:
It will always be an issue. I’m guessing since he is making his own money now with his new job it hurts him a bit more to spend it. Before when it was Bank of mom and dad, spending wasn’t a big deal because there’s always enough, right?
First of all you can make it clear that you don’t have to eat at expensive restaurants, you can cook for him or vice versa. Also don’t use his personal stuff, bring your own if you’re staying over. The only thing I would worry about is if this is the real him and up until now he’s been putting on an act. Talk about this.
He either wanted to win you over in the beginning, and now that he’s comfortable you’re seeing how he really feels about money, or he’s getting tired of the relationship and has started to see everything you do as expenses he incurs. Neither is great.
A netizen shared a video of a couple of girls seen without their masks and drinking inside the MRT, they were also seen in the video talking loudly to each other.
Here is what the netizen said:
“Two girls drinking alcohol (not sure ) in train.
They were drinking in the train with masks off talking loudly, they might be sober and even tho people were looking at them, they didn’t bother about the rest of the people on the train.
Not very sure abt alcohol but they seem a bit sober cause they were talking quite loud like no body ard them last Wednesday.”
Potential penalties
For drinking inside an MRT, he is liable for a fine of up to $500 under the Rapid Transit Systems (RTS) Act.
Persons caught by the Police for not wearing a mask or not wearing a mask properly they can be charged under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
Penalties include a fine of up to SGD$10,000 and jail for up to six months.
The National Council of Problem Gambling (NCPG) Singapore is holding an ongoing contest on their Facebook page for the most creative answers to stop ‘Hock Seng’ from going to the casino.
The contest, which started on 8 February 2022 and will be ending on 14 February 2022 at 2359 hours depicts a scenario where ‘Hock Seng’, a gambler, wants to visit the casinos to start of the Lunar Year of the Tiger.
The contest challenges potential contestants to convince Hock Seng not to go.
Contestants who wishes to participate need to leave their most creative answers in the comments section in the post itself and NCPG will pick the three most creative answers to win $50 Grab vouchers.
At the time of writing, the comments section has already seen almost 241 comments and the post has been shared 91 times.
We have looked through the comments and have decided to pick out some comments that our SG Uncensored writers think are worthy for a mention.
Before we begin showing the comments, lets have a look at the poster of the original contest by NCPG.
Here are some of the comments by the netizens picked by our writers
First up, we have the environmental friendly, save the earth contestants:
“Hey Hock Seng, come join me to this meaningful event to help clean up the Changi beach of all the waste and debris that is causing harm to our environment. Use your extra money to donate to causes to save our animals and environment, every dollar donated can help save the Tigers in the wild too! Once you find something meaningful in life, there is hope and it goes a long way to create a positive lifestyle”
Then, we have the superstitious ones who says must check what the Zodiac Forecast says first:
“If you think you can Huat in the casino, check your Zodiac Forecast for 2022 first and think twice! If you think you can have some fun/luck at the casino at the start of the Year of the Tiger, think twice.
The casino always has the better odds of winning and making money from gamblers who keep coming back. They love these kinds of gamblers. They reward you with some freebies like drinks, make you gamble with chips instead of real money so you will spend more and an environment that makes you feel like partying so you will not leave and continue to gamble and lose more money. That is on top of the $150 “angbao money” (entry fee) you have to pay to get into the casino. Why make yourself and family unhappy losing at least $150 at the start of the Year of Tiger?
Be Smart. Don’t Start the Year of the Tiger in negative wealth? Cherish the time you can spend with your family, stay safe, away from gambling. Heng, Ong, Huat ah!”
There are also the discipline masters threatening to take disciplinary actions:
“Hello Hock Seng , don’t go to the casino , if I find out that you go , I will apply Casino Exclusion for you , you don’t believe you can try … 不要惹我 … (don’t try me)”
We have the economical ones who can put a sum to everything:
“Ask Hock Seng how much does he intend to bring to gamble at casino. That will be $150 at the minimum and then what alternative uses of this money he could have if he didn’t go casino. $150 can get him 40+ bowls of bak chor mee, about two to three meals for two in restaurant, cover the GST for $2000+ worth of purchases, buy 15 movie tickets, pay bills and enjoy sumptuous dim sum treat that guarantee to benefit himself and his loved ones other than gambling. Use the money on family and himself rather than dumping them into casino.”
Lastly, we have someone who shared their story with ‘Hock Seng’:
“Hock Seng,
Two years ago, I have the same mentality with you. Wanted to welcome the year with some fortune. I remembered it was the year of the Rat. After my trip there, I became a rat for the whole year. Running away from debtors, hiding from my friends. If you want to be a roaring tiger , don’t visit the casino. You will end up as a hidden tiger. Make the wise choice.”
Our own advice to Hock Seng:
“Bro, don’t go lah you want can donate some money to us instead but just in case you want to go remember go the Baccarat table at MBS to buy ‘Big Tiger’, ‘Small Tiger’ and ‘Tiger’ because maybe after that you win liao got enough money can also go out and be a Tiger“
A netizen shared how she went to a tuition centre when she was in JC and the tutor took her out to a $500 dinner, and that he would call her “pretty” and the “best girl” in class.
Here is the story
Looking for some advice. So I’m a girl that went to this tuition center when I was in JC. For privacy’s sake let’s call it Z Education.
When I first went there it was fine and I felt the teacher “E” was very good at teaching economics. So I continued on and even referred a few people over to his tuition center. Then things started getting weird.
I noticed he would call me “pretty” and “best girl” during class, which didn’t alarm me at first. The incidents kept happening, but as he would do that with everyone at Z education I didn’t think it was a big deal.
Then one day he asked if I needed private sessions for economics because it was starting to get difficult with elasticity concepts etc… so I agreed and we spent more time together. It felt nice that someone cared about me but I still couldn’t get it out of my head that this young teacher “E” cared for me so much, it was off.
And that was when it happened, he asked me out “for dinner” under the guise of “student bonding” and brought me to an expensive restaurant. I felt very uncomfortable because of the unreasonable number of compliments given to me during this “student bonding session”. The dinner was $478 and he just paid for it asking me not to worry about things.
Now I’m not a gold digger as my parents are somewhat fortunate enough to have taken care of me well, but even then I felt this was a bit extreme for a “student bonding session”.
He made multiple approaches towards me over the course of my 1.5 years at Z Education but I kindly declined as I had to pass my A levels. Ended up in a pretty good school overseas but I’m just very concerned about the new students of the tuition center. What should I do?
Netizens’ comments
Oh no, cai png auntie also keep calling me 帅哥，aka handsome boi. Should I also be worried? I saw her call other customer this term too… HOW?! What should I do now
Depends on the intention. Maybe he identified you as a prospective high flyer and he is hoping that you will then hire him one day into an executive position? So in that context the expensive treat is an investment for his future which will either make a loss or a gain.
A netizen shared how her boyfriend is “too stubborn to listen” and that he is always late for their dates and makes her wait for more than 2 hours on their dates without letting her know earlier that he is going to be late; among other things.
Here is the story
They always say communication is the key. But my bf is too stubborn to listen. He has been always late and just let me wait for more than 2 hours without letting me know earlier that he will be late due to XXX reason. He just doesn’t bother to let me know earlier and sometimes doesn’t even say sorry. I don’t know if he doesn’t feel sorry or what. I have been communicating with him nicely so many times. No, he didn’t come back late due to OT or work. He just went out to have dinner or hang out with his close friends, and I’m sure he is not cheating with other girls.
Just to give some examples –
For some weekend nights, even he always promised to come back home around 10-11pm but every time will be late for more than few hours, he might come back around 2am. Sometimes he even will tell me he is not coming back, maybe he will come back the next morning around 10am. But the next day he didn’t come back at 10am, even until 8pm I still haven’t heard from him. I will be waiting anxiously and sometimes can’t even fall asleep because I’m worried of him.
I don’t know if he has a punctuality problem or he just doesn’t respect me as a person don’t respect my time.
They say you should give some space and freedom to your bf, that’s why I didn’t ask too much at first. I will send him WhatsApp texts and ask him where is he now but since he didn’t reply, I don’t want to call him and annoy him.
But now it’s getting worse. He didn’t even tell me who is he hanging out with, when i ask him ” which friend? Tell me the name and the address pls ?” He will just say some male names and tell me those are his colleagues. But he just doesn’t bother to let me know the details. All I know was “he went out to meet friends, meet colleagues
“but I didn’t even know ” why he went to meet them? For what? What time coming back? And where ?”
I’m definitely not a controlling gf as I respect his space and never check on his phone. But what he is doing now is killing me. I told him I’m very upset because of this issue he said ok he will change but still behave the same.
But when it comes to me, I will let him know who im hanging out with, where am I and I even send him my live location. If i didn’t tell him, he will ask me cause he wants to know. I never hide things from him and always willing to inform him earlier if I’m gonna be late or if there is any changes.
Is it normal for guys to behave like him? I don’t want to make a scene as I’m trying my best to understand the problem and looking for a solution for both of us. Please advice.
Netizens’ comments
You sound more like his mom than his gf…
Good lord. Demanding to know the names and addresses of the people he goes out with?That explains everything. You don’t know how psychotic you sound like because you think this possessive and clingy behaviour is normal. It’s not.
A netizen shared how her “cheapskate” ex boyfriend texted her to ask her if she could return the engagement ring he gave her.
Here is the story
Need to rant. My ex-boyfriend is so cheapskate. Today he suddenly texted me and asked me if I could return him the engagement ring that he proposed to me with.
We dated for 4 years before he proposed to me in August last year. A month later, he quit his job because he wanted to start a business with his friends. I then broke up with him as I felt very disappointed with his stupid start-up dreams. Fortunately I met someone new at my workplace who’s way more mature and financially stable than him so I managed to quickly move on.
So today he told me he would like to sell the engagement ring as he would like to expand his business. I asked him why bother selling this ring as it’s not that expensive anyway. He then said that this ring costs alot to him as he saved up for 2 years to buy it because he knew that it was my dream to own this ring. Playing the sympathy card. Yikes.
To be honest this ring is not really super expensive, at most $60k? So I don’t understand why he is so determined to take it back. I am seriously disgusted with how thick-skinned he is, how he tries so hard to convince me to return him the ring. Somemore he already know that it is my dream to own this ring.
But when I told my friends about this, they all told me I should return him the ring and support him in his start-up dream and then ask my current boyfriend to buy me a new one. Seriously how to support such stupid dream? So should I return him the ring or not? I have the right to reject him right?
Netizens’ comments
What is your problem? Just return the ring if you think it is not expensive, you Sméagol. You can have your dream, he cannot have his? Theres nothing wrong with start-up dreams and it has nothing to do with one’s maturity. But your action and thinking are definitely cheapskate, disgusting, and immature. You were the one that found someone else and moved on, so you totally dont deserve the ring at all. You want the ring? Ask your current bf to buy lah.
this could also show how pathetic and desperate you are by keeping the ring when you are no longer attached to him.
So entitled and judgmental. Wonder why he even wasted 4 years with you or proposed to you. He really dodged a bullet there. He deserves a girlfriend who will support his dreams. He’s trying out something meaningful, not like he’s doing drugs or gambling.
My boyfriend and I are 32 years old, we have been together for 3 years and we do not go on dates anymore. I’ve told him I would like to be taken out or plan date nights together and he said
“We are three years in, that is the honeymoon phase. You just wanna be taken out on expensive dates and I can’t do that.”
This is normal. He twists my words and makes me look like I’m asking for certain things I’m not. I’ve explained that date nights can be as simple as staying in and cooking together or playing board games.
I feel it’s important to put aside at least an hour of your time once a week to put away your phone and turn off the TVs and just be with your partner and enjoying their company. He absolutely refuses to do anything with me. He tells me that other people don’t do that and makes me feel like what I’m asking for isn’t normal. When the rare occasion occurs that we go out he is on his phone the whole time and disengaged. I’ve suggested going to see a movie that recently came out and he originally said he wanted to go but then proceeded to give me the run around when he picked me up to go and we ended up not going.
Valentines day is coming up and he has not said a word about it and I’ve decided to hold off on saying anything. A man should know a woman would appreciate being taken out or gifted flowers and I want to see what effort he makes.
I’m tired of planning all these dates that fall through so I’m leaving it to him. Any advice?
Here are what netizen thinks:
Why are you „dating“ someone who doesn‘t even want to spend time with you?
A lot of people in their early 20s who started dating in their teens feel this sense of obligation to stay in a relationship they may not be happy in anymore due to the comfort and familiarity of being in a relationship in big developmental years (18 going into 20s). I’m assuming that’s what this situation is, and she doesn’t want to rock the boat for her 3 year relationship, even if the alternative is less desirable.
If you ask long married couples what the secret is to a happy life together, one thing that always comes up is “never stop dating your spouse.”. I don’t think this guy is turning out to be long term material for you.
My parents are in their 70’s. They cook together, try new things like figuring out the electric cooker I gave them fpr CNY and sending me pictures of what they made. They go out together for a drink or coffee
