Following a TikToker’s viral video about the mislabeling on a packet of chicken breast that she purchased from NTUC FairPrice, the supermarket has since responded via a Facebook post.
NTUC said in a statement that they are aware of the “labelling discrepancy on a product from one of our stores”, and that “ensuring product integrity which including accurate labelling, is of paramount importance to us”.
Here is their statement in full:
We are aware of a TikTok video showing a labelling discrepancy on a product from one of our stores.
Ensuring product integrity, which includes accurate labelling is of paramount importance to us.
We have reached out to the customer who posted the video to contact us to aid us in our investigation.
We ask also that customers who find any labelling discrepancy of products to approach our store staff immediately so that we may rectify the issue in a timely manner.
To safeguard the interests of our customers, we have in place a policy where we will honour a full refund or exchange for products that have been inaccurately labelled.
For further queries on this matter, do contact us at our Customer Relations Hotline at 63805858 or through email at [email protected].
A 23-year-old Ukrainian TikToker, Nina Monzolevska, who is residing in Singapore, posted a video about a packet of chicken breast that she bought from NTUC Fairprice.
She alleged that the chicken was mislabeled, as the weight that was labeled on the packet of chicken breast stated 224 grams.
Nina then weighed the chicken breast at home, including the packaging, and she discovered that it only weighed 164 grams.
She then repeated the same experiment twice to make sure there was no mistake.
On her TikTok post, she captioned her video: “FairPrice doesn’t seem that fair anymore.”
Netizens’ comments
Unfair Price is more like it.
NTUC weighing scale weigh the spirit of the chicken.
Next time bring ur personal scale b4 buying…
Part of the chicken flew away.
Most likely paste wrong, could be new worker messing up.
The woman was subsequently pronounced dead at the hospital.
No foul play suspected
The police confirmed the case, saying that the incident happened at 10 Bukit Chermin Road, The Keppel Club.
Based on the preliminary investigations by the police, they do not suspect foul play.
At the time of writing, investigations into the woman’s death are still ongoing.
Keppel Club has an illustrious history and is one of Singapore’s oldest country clubs. The club has a swimming pool that operates daily from 7 in the morning to 9 at night.
A driver who was purportedly the victim of a hit & run accident, took to Facebook to appeal for eye-witnesses and video footage of what happened.
The incident happened at an open carpark at Block 322 Clementi Avenue 5.
Here is his post
“Dear All,
I am appealing for eye-witnesses and in-vehicle video of a hit and run on a parked vehicle that happened at an open carpark next to Clementi MRT Station in front of Blk 322 Clementi Ave 5.
Place: Open carpark lot 303 in front of Blk 322 Clementi Ave 5, next to Clementi MRT Station.
Time: 4Feb2022 between 1pm to 3.30pm on the same day.
Please kindly reach out to me if you happen to be around the area and have seen or taken pictures or video of the other vehicle. It will be very much appreciated.
Thanks & happy new years”
Persons with information relating to the incident can contact the driver here.
A video emerged online showing a Toyota Prius, Transcab taxi driving dangerously and recklessly on the road.
The taxi was seen driving behind a motorcycle with a pillion rider at the back, before accelerating while trying to overtake the bike, almost hitting the motorcyclist.
The two vehicles later met again at a road junction, and the taxi once again accelerated and cut off the motorcyclist, this time coming even closer to hitting the motorcycle.
The motorcyclist braked to avoid a collision and the motorcycles wobbled a bit as a result, as the taxi driver then drove off as though nothing happened.
The incident happened on 5 February at about 4.22pm, along Yishun Central.
Potential penalties
Drivers who drive in a manner that is dangerous to the public are guilty of an offence under section 64(1) of the Road Traffic Act (RTA).
Persons found guilty face a jail term of up to 1 year and/or a $5,000 fine.
If the driver causes hurt, he faces a jail term of up to 2 years and a fine of $10,000.
If the driver caused grievous hurt, he faces a jail term of between 1 to 5 years and disqualified from driving for at least 8 years.
If the driver’s actions caused death, he faces a jail term of up to 2 to 8 years and disqualified from driving for at least 10 years.
A video emerged online showing a group of PMD riders riding illegally on the road.
The errant riders were seen riding in a group of 6, which is more than the allowed limit of 5, as well as riding on the road without a helmet on.
The PMDs that they are riding on are also not allowed to be on the roads – PMDs are only allowed on
Potential 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.
Riding without helmet
It is mandatory for all cyclists to wear helmets when riding on roads. Those caught riding bicycles and power-assisted bicycles on roads without wearing a helmet can be fined up to $1,000 and/or jailed up to three months upon conviction for the first offence.
Riding group size
from 1 Jan 2022, a new regulation will also kick in – cycling groups must not exceed the maximum length of 5 bicycles (or ten cyclists when riding two abreast where permitted). Errant on-road cyclists will also face a higher composition fine of $150 with effect from 1 Jan 2022.”
A netizen shared how she visited her boyfriend’s mother for Chinese New Year and they had nothing to talk about, and they ended up just sitting there watching TV for 2 hours in silence.
Here is the story:
My bf makes it compulsory for mutual CNY family visitations. I appreciate that thoughtfulness. He comes with me to 拜年 (Mandarin for house visitation) to my parents, and I’m supposed to go to his place to 拜年 to his mum. I’m generally okay with that tbh.
The only problem is – his mum is REALLY quiet. I tried initiating conversation with small talk, but after some time topic buay gam then forget it.
So we end up sitting on the sofa – three of us – staring at the Chinese-dubbed Korean drama for two hours! I was so incredibly bored I kept hinting to him that I’m done and ready to leave.
My bf then asked me why I’m not talking to his mum. Huh?!? Eh hello, I tried leh. I’m also not say jialat at small talk since my job requires that I do that quite often. ???? But topic buay gum.
For the last few years, I’ve been so busy I have no time to watch TV. I have no idea what to talk about that would interest her. And the responses only one word one word.
A conversation is two-way right – how is it fair to expect me to keep the conversation warm when it’s a one-sided effort???
My own family comes with its own self-high button, so it’s infinitely more fun to 拜年 and hang out with. Wah every year I dread going over to his place sia. I’ve never been so bored to death. Damn it.
Editor’s note: Same, I just sit in the living room and watch TV in silence at my relative’s home every CNY.
So my 17 year old daughter made the choice to become a raw vegan a couple of weeks ago.
I have no problem with her choosing whatever dietary path she feels is best for her but she now requests that I cook separate dinners for her and find a way to accommodate her in all family meals. I told her that while I respect her food choices, it would be a lot of work for me to have to make two separate sets of food all the time.
I told her she’s welcome to cook them herself or wait until she moves out to be a raw vegan. My husband doesn’t think it was considerate of me to say that to her.
Is it my fault?
Here are what netizens think:
Exactly! Learning to cook would only be setting her up for success, vegan or not.
I’m always surprised by parents who will bend over backwards to accommodate their kids eating preferences versus having them cook themselves. I learned to cook because I’d ask my mom, “what’s for dinner” and if she responded with something I didn’t like and I said “ew,” she’d say, “well, you cook then.” So I did.
Yep, I was 11 when I started to ask my parents to leave a piece of fish for me to cook myself because I didn’t like how they made it (it was a nasty fad, baking it under a layer of mayonnaise – I hated it and preferred to pan-fry it). A 17 year old is perfectly capable of accommodating her own food choices – especially raw vegan ones, since that involves no difficult cooking techniques.
Her Mom isn’t going to be there to navigate her food choices in the future when She leaves home, so she might as well learn now. Her diet choice shouldn’t be another chore for Mom.
A netizen shared his side of the story after being criticised publicly by his (relationship status unclear, former?) fiancee.
Here is the story:
In response to *see linked post at the bottom* I am that guy who did not “care” about the proposal, wedding, and house.
I admit I am a very horrible person that made a lot of mistakes in life, I have gambled heavily, spent money on stupid stuff (can’t manage my finances), dabbled in cryptocurrency, made too many female friends, and never treated you right. Do I regret all of these? No, because they made me a better person to who I am today. And I have you to thank for that at the very least.
Yes, we were together for 4 years in a relationship that was always on and off. We broke up and patched back many times due to many disagreements and faults with me. I was the one that was being dumped most of the time and being the one apologizing for my mistakes. She will always make it a point that making the same mistake is not a mistake, it’s a choice. And so, I have to learn to live with my choices and bear the wrath of her.
Our most recent breakup was in October 2021, when I had to “obtain” a minimum of $80,000 I kept back with my parents if not I had to leave my family for good. Well, I was about $5000 from hitting the target (I had $5000 worth of gold but she only accepted cash), eventually, I moved out of the house but she decided to break up with me again because I pissed her off and I ended up back with my family. This money would be used to purchase a resale HDB in a good location (her list of criteria on the property includes, balcony, good location, appreciating property, friendly agent, North-South Orientation, and good rental yield) , on top of CPF and whatever else cash in hand.
We only got back together in November 2021, and I was given a budget of only $300 to plan a proposal. I still had to find a photographer. Also we recently quarreled in December 16th, also her father reminded me that my time was almost up and that he would kick me out from the house and I will never be able to enter it again. So with all the quarrels, instability of the relationship and frequent outbursts of anger due to my mistakes, how would I feel about a proposal? I’m sure many guys would have already given up, but because there’s still love left for her, I decided to stick with it and do what I can. As time was of the essence and the budget was too, I did with what I could find.
I admit I am not the most detailed on the design of the ring and should have went with a better jeweler, but she was not comfortable on me spending a lot on the design of the ring, hence I went for the most affordable option. I spent quite a bomb on a diamond, despite it being a lab-created diamond it was pretty big (1.8+ carat, VS1, Ideal Cut) and impressive to me, and as a bonus, I decided to upgrade her diamond earrings to a bigger one at the same time. But guess what? She said she preferred a NATURAL Diamond because it retains value and wanted to return the ring and told me to sell them off. Because a natural diamond is real and a lab-created one is not.
I work 2 jobs in a day, in the day I would be working as a sales executive trying to close deals and hit the target or I’ll get kicked out, and in the night I would be working as a marketer running my own small business with my GF. I am busy AF, I still had to squeeze in additional time to look at property and start planning for a wedding. The wedding does not include my family in the list, because my family is against her and she is against them. Apart from the fact of trying to keep my GF happy and also needed the time workout to get fit for a pre-wedding photoshoot, I have too many things going on that I can’t focus. Is there bound to be mistakes? Yes. But again, she would say, a mistake repeated is a choice. So I guess it’s my choice that I made a mistake.
Most of the profits from the small business goes to her salary (I agreed that I would contribute $1,500 every month to her in the early stages of the relationship when she left her job) while I don’t take any except for the occasional small bonuses. I pay for everything else in the relationship, groceries for her and her mother, food, bills, everything using money earned on my own.
Throughout the year of 2021, I have bought for her many gifts to keep her happy. The latest being a brand new Chanel Boy. In total, she has 5 LVs and 1 Chanel.
I have paid for all the trips we went overseas and stayed for a few months back then.
I would like to say that I’m not a perfect person let alone a perfect boyfriend and a future husband. I am bound to make mistakes in my life and will continue to do so until the day I die.
A woman shared how she wouldn’t be too sad if her parents died because they mistreated her over the years and still expects her to do everything for them.
Here is the story:
I wouldn’t be too sad if my parents died
If my parents died, I would be sad, but I’d get over it quickly. I don’t think I’d miss them at all.
Some days, I imagine life without them and I think I’d be happier. No one around to make passive-aggressive comments towards me, no one pestering me for money, no one belittling me.
I always feel down after I have to spend too much time with them. I wish they’d just…. disappear.
I don’t see eye to eye with them on anything. They’re alien to me. They mistreated me physically and emotionally, but pretend like they did nothing wrong.
I can’t wrap my head around it. How can they put me through that much violence and still expect me to do everything for them?
I just nod and go along with whatever they say, but deep down inside, I want nothing to do with them.
I hope they can get what’s coming for them in the afterlife, I hope karma gets to them and they are punished for it.
But because of them, I know I’m a good mom because I know what children need… unconditional love.
Netizens comments
Oh, man. Don’t wait for their death to separate yourself from them. Can you separate now?
Unless there are ties that bind you, there’s no reason to stay (or stay in contact) and let them continue to treat you like crap. You deserve better.
I’ve cut off manipulative family members. It was like ripping off a bandaid…a bit painful for just a bit, but then it was done and I’ve been free from that BS ever since.
