Malaysia’s Minister of Health, Khairy Jamaluddin, said on 3 February that they may be recommending lifting some of the restrictions as well as opening up Malaysia’s borders, with the country’s population close to achieving their desired vaccination rates and clinical results.
According to The Vibes, Khairy said that if more people get the vaccination booster shot and the number of children receiving their shots reaches a certain percentage, the target can be achieved sooner.
However, he stopped short of mentioning the specific percentage that has to be met.
He said that he has an idea in his mind that he doesn’t want to inform of just yet, but “as far as the MOH is concerned, we are almost there”.
Khairy was speaking at a press conference for the launch of the vaccination campaign for children, and he said that his ministry will be submitting recommendations to the Ministerial Quartet for further reopening.
He urged those who are reluctant to get their booster shots to do so, saying that he needs their cooperation as the ministry intends to propose lifting restrictions on the borders along with many other things.
Malaysia’s MOH will also be announcing some changes to their isolation and quarantine rules soon.
However, they will evaluate the impact of the Chinese New Year celebrations before making the announcements.
Two Members of Parliament (MP) have tested positive for the virus and they have shared it on their Facebook pages yesterday (3 Feb).
They are Tan Kiat How, from the People’s Action Party (PAP) ward of East Coast as well as Eric Chua, from the PAP ward of Tanjong Pagar.
Mr Tan’s post
Mr Tan has since recovered and tested negative on day 4 of his isolation and he has provided an update to his Facebook post.
“TLDR: Basically, I tested positive for COVID over CNY, but I have since recovered. Day 4, and it turned negative!
What a start to the Year of the Tiger. Instead of family gatherings and visits, it was self-isolation in my study over the CNY period. I had hardly any symptoms – no fever, no sore throat. I just felt slightly more tired than usual which I thought was due to running errands to prep for CNY.
I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t been doing almost daily ART. My immediate reaction when I saw the “C” and “T” lines was to quickly put on my mask and tell my wife. Under Ministry of Health, Singapore’s Health Protocol 2, I would isolate at home for at least 72 hours (https://www.covid.gov.sg/well-and-positive-or-condition…).
With Omicron being highly transmissible, my wife and I have been mentally prepared for such a scenario. Still, it was rather unexpected.
Our priority was to protect Isaac. Being 18 months old, he is unable to get vaccinated just yet. I brought all the barang that I would need over the next few days into the study, which fortunately has a spare bed (although our fur kids did not like being kicked out of their room). My wife then had the unenviable task of doing another round of spring cleaning the common areas, especially areas frequented by Isaac.
Over the next few days, I didn’t step out of the study except to use the bathroom and to collect my meals, which were left on the floor outside the study. I spent a fair bit of my solitary confinement catching up on anime (thank you Netflix). I also did a daily ART to monitor my condition (https://ask.gov.sg/questions/830), even though this is not required during the self-isolation period.
My wife, who is considered a close contact, also took precautions (https://ask.gov.sg/questions/509). She immediately took an ART, which turned out negative. Although she was feeling well, she decided to do a daily ART during this period, especially because of Isaac. Just yesterday, my wife’s ART turned positive. We scrambled to pack all of Isaac’s stuff (and kids have a lot of stuff!) and shipped him off to his grandparents. I think Isaac was the most excited about this adventure.
I tested negative today, but we’re still not out of the woods. My wife is still testing positive, and we’re checking in constantly on Isaac and hoping he stays well. On this note, I must say I fully empathise with parents of young kids who say that they worry about bringing COVID home to their family. It is nerve-wrecking to keep wondering whether you have infected your kid.
It will be at least a couple more days before my wife ends her isolation and we can bring Isaac home. I certainly miss his hugs and kisses, though from the photos his grandparents send, he is having too much fun to miss his dadda. In the meantime, my turn to do my share of the housework and take care of wifey during her isolation!
Mr Chua’s post
Mr Chua mentioned that he had felt a little bit ‘heaty’ an took an ART test which turned out to be positive.
He subsequently had symptoms like fever and body aches.
“[ I Am C+ ]
Dear all, remb in my FB/IG story last night I mentioned I was feeling a little “heaty”? Turns out I was actually COVID positive. 😔
As I meet many in the course of my days, I perform daily ART to protect the people I meet, and also my loved ones around me. Last night I started experiencing disrupted sleep due to body aches and a low grade fever. As a precaution and a routine of mine, I tested myself on the ART this morning. After seeing the faint line under the letter “T”, I freshened up, double masked myself up and proceeded to the nearest GP via pte transport (I drove) to get myself assessed.
As I’d expected, the doc placed me on Protocol 2, and I’m supposed to test myself after 72hrs, i.e. on Sunday and I’m free to roam if I test negative then. I was given some Panadol and Lozenges, and all in, I paid $10 for the trip to the doc.
I’m still experiencing some light symptoms and I do apologise for the several cancelled events over the next few days – my sincere apologies. Hope to be back once I complete Protocol 2, and till then, take care everyone!!
A video emerged online showing a couple of errant PMD riders riding illegally and speeding on the road, with speeds of up to 70km/h.
The speed was presumably derived by the cam car who was travelling at similar speeds, as the two PMD riders were also seen not wearing a helmet on the roads as well.
The incident happened on 3 February at about 11.09pm, along the Yishun dam heading towards Yishun Avenue 1.
Potential penalties
Not wearing helmet on the road
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 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.
Speeding of PMDs on the road
The maximum allowed speed for PMDs is 10km/hr on footpaths, and 25km/hr on shared paths.
PMD riders caught speeding face a fine of up to $2,000 and/or a jail term of up to 6 months. Repeat offenders face a fine of up to $10,000 and or a jail term of up to 1 year.
The PMDs/e-scooters can also be seized and forfeited by the authorities.
There is this person called Calvin Chiang, he chat with me on FB messenger and told me that he wants to visit Singapore so much.
I was quite sceptical about it so go check the person personal info on Fb, it stated his hometown is located in Beijing, but when i tried to ask him can speak or read Mandarin Chinese, he told me that he cannot, with all sorts of nonsense excuse.
But i did give him my contact no cause he pleaded with me. He say that he was on the way to Singapore from Netherland yesterday.
Today morning he send me an SMS that he was trapped at the airport during transit cos he bring 94000 USD while the maximum can only have 10000 USD. He claims that the authority had confiscated his belonging and paid $4800 in order to be released and get back his stuff.
He hope that I could transfer him $4,800 to help him out. and say he will give me 4000USD immediately once we meet at Singapore airport.
I read and felt amused that this must be a scammer so just ignored it. during the afternoon,he Whatapps me that he is disappointed that I read and ignored his message. i was even amused by his ability to know that I actually did read his message cos i pretty sure that SMS don’t have this function, unlike Whatapps.
Former actor Huang Yiliang, also known as Ng Aik Leong, is set to begin his prison sentence for assaulting a worker, after he had his appeals dismissed by the judge in court.
Huang was then told about the verdict by a Mandarin interpreter and relayed the judge’s question to him, asking him if he wanted to go to jail immediately or have his sentence deferred.
He then shook his head in silence, deciding to start his sentence immediately.
Huang’s sentence of 10 months imprisonment for one count of voluntarily causing hurt using a dangerous weapon was upheld by Justice Aedit Abdullah.
He was also ordered to pay the victim $3,300 in compensation for his salary and the suffering caused; failure to do so will see him serve another 3 weeks in prison in default.
What happened?
Huang had attacked the worker with a heavy metal scraper on December 11, 2018, because he was annoyed that the victim didn’t use enough string to fasten a plastic bag to a rubbish pail when cleaning a ventilation duct in a canteen area.
Huang claimed that the victim was asking him to beat him and teach him because he learned how to throw fake punches during his days as an actor.
He was adamant that he did not actually hit the victim, saying that he was the real victim and that he was being framed by the worker.
A man shared his story on how he buy insurance in exchange for trying to get his friend’s mom to bed. This is a continuation of this story.
Here is the story:
It’s been months since I send in the post to you guys, here is an update.
I was smarter this time, my friend’s mom ask me to meet her again to talk about the investment policy and I told her to meet me at a bar.
We sat down and I ordered a beer she insist on getting coke, but I told psyco her to get a beer as well. She said that she was not a good drinker and said that she will take her time with the beer.
She wanted to discuss the investment policy immediately but I insist on her to cheers with me first.
After a few mouthfuls of beer, she started to talk about the investment policy and I wasn’t listening, as the conversation goes on I pretended my interest and we were already on our 3rd pint.
She said that she was sleepy but her behaviour started to get eractic and laugh at everything I say, I knew it was the time to strike. So I got closer to her face and asked if she was ok. She came on to me!!!
Our lips touched and I was getting a bit scare as she was my friend’s mom but Im hella excited as well.
She was already drunk and I brought her to her car and said that I will be calling a valet for her, while we were sitted in the car, she started to came on me and we kinda make out.
I did not wanted to go all the way. I stopped her and called the valet.
By the time we were home, she vomited and I paid off the valet before bringing her up. I tried to sneak away before my friend sees me but she pulled me straight into her bedroom.
In the morning I had to climb out of her window and escape to the corridor, as I did not want my friend to see me.
In the end, I did not buy the extra insurance policy(but i bought it from it from her in the previous encounter) and this has been a secret from my friend.
25-year-old Lim Jun Hong, pleaded guilty earlier today (4 February) to one count of voluntarily causing hurt (against his father), and one count of causing hurt by a rash act (against his mother).
Three other charges will be considered during his sentencing.
He had reportedly punched his father in the face because he was angry that a computer programme wasn’t working, as well as throwing things at his mother.
What happened?
In July 2020, Lim was downloading a programme on his father’s computer and apparently, the programme didn’t work, so Lim punched his father in the face because he thought that he didn’t grant him administrative access to the computer.
His 64-year-old father the moved out of the house to avoid a recurrence of the assault.
Separately, Lim also threw projectiles such as a calculator, a duct tape holder and etc, at his mother on three occasions when he was angry.
Both his parents didn’t seek any medical treatment.
According to an IMH psychiatrist, Lim was suffering from anti social personality disorder with poor impulse control.
A suitability report for mandatory treatment order was ordered by the judge; and Lim, whose bail had been extended, is expected to return to court for his sentencing at a later date.
A man supplied prescription drugs such as codeine cough syrup and sleeping pills to a man in order to earn a quick buck.
44-year-old Chan Weng Wah was holding a CEO position of two clinics located in Little India. He is not a doctor and he has no right to give out these medications.
Investigations revealed that he had profit over $83,959 from selling the medications, he did so knowing the fact that the medications would be resold to drug addicts.
Straits Times reported that Chan was a director at Healthlink Medical.
When and how did it happen?
The illegal transactions took place between July 2018 and December 2019, in the course of over 1 and a half years he supplied over 813 Liters of codeine and 4,100 sleeping pills to a man.
In July 2018, Chan took a loan of $15,000 from Mr Ho and in return, he would supply the medications to the man. Each transaction yielded Chan a profit of $500 and he would provide a few litres of codeine to Ho.
Ho would then resell the codeine to drug addicts in Yishun.
The incident came to light after HSA enforcement officers realised that the clinic was placing an abnormally large amount of orders for the controlled medications.
Chan pleaded guilty to 19 charges and he was sentenced to 48 weeks jail and a fine of $20,000.
A 79-year-old man was reportedly living by himself in the Sungei Tengah forest in Singapore, for the last 33 years, before his homeless status was discovered.
He was in fact the same person who was caught illegally hawking vegetables that he grew himself to make a living at Teck Whye Lane on 25 December.
The vegetables were confiscated by the authorities.
According to Shin Min Daily News and The Straits Times, the 79-year-old man was identified as Mr Oh Go Seng, and he has been rough sleeping for over thirty years, living in a makeshift tent made out of plastic canvas being propped up with wooden sticks inside the forest.
Stayed after kampung was cleared
Oh had stayed in the forest after his kampung was cleared and has been going to the housing estate nearby to make money by selling vegetables.
He grew his own vegetables in the forest and cooks with an open fire, eating porridge and vegetables that have been preserved.
He also used water that is untreated from a pond nearby for cleaning and wears clothes that other people have given him.
Relocated
Bukit Panjang MP Liang Eng Hwa shared an update on the elderly man’s situation after being made aware, and he has since been relocated to a rental flat.
It is understood that Oh has a wife and daughter in Batam, although they are unaware of his situation here.
He also has a relative living in Bukit Panjang, who is the daughter-in-law of his late brother.
SCDF is often seen stopping fires, helping those who are medically in need and assisting the public all the time.
But sometimes, there are public servants who faced unreasonable people and end they sometimes could be victims of harassment.
Harassment
SCDF said in a media release that in 2021, SCDF personnel encountered at least 29 cases of verbal or physical harassment and stoping SCDF personnel from performing their duties.
In 2020, there were 17 such cases.
Peeing man
SCDF highlighted that on one incident that a patient started to become aggressive and refuse to cooperate with SCDF personnel.
The patient started to challenge an ambulance crew member to a fight, the patient then expose his penis and started peeing at the crew member.
The man was later sentenced to 12 months and 3 weeks in jail.
Spitting and Punching Man
SCDF shared another incident in 2020, an aggressive man refused to cooperate with a female ambulance personnel and started throwing punches.
The woman was punched in her chest and the patient also attempted to spit on her.
The man was setenced to 8 months in jail.
The Vulgar Pointer
In Apr 2021, a man started hurling vulgarities at a ambulance crew and pointed his middle finger at the crew.
The man was sentenced to 1 month and 3 days.
The Raging Feline
In May 2021, a angry patient started shouting at an ambulance crew and kicked and two crew in the stomach,arm and scratch a third person on the arm.
The patient was sentenced to 5 months 1 week jail.
One Punch Man
In Oct 2021, a aggressive patien started hurling vulgarities at an ambulance crew and punched the crew member in the face.
The patient was sentenced to 4 months 2 weeks 3 days jail.
