A motorcyclist parked her motorcycle at One Raffles Place and was charged $48.07, leaving her in a state of shock.
She shared that she was attending a SkillsFuture course at Raffles Place but had trouble looking for a place to park.
She parked for a total of 9 hours form 9am to 6pm.
Here is what she shared:
“I was riding my motorcycle and circulating buildings in the vicinity for a place to park as I am not familiar with the place.”
“I noticed that many buiildings did not allow motorcycle parking.”
“I came by One Raffles Place’s back lane and saw its carpark did not have a sign that motorcycles could not enter so I entered to park.”
“I also noted there was no indication on motorcycle parking fees so I thought it would be free.”
“I was shocked to see the parking fee was close to $50, an amount that no riders would have in their CashCard.”
“Five minutes later, the security came with a CashCard and said I have to pay him cash.”
“He assisted in lifting the barrier after inserting his CashCard.”
“This sum for riders is hefty and not many riders can afford to pay such amount, especially those who are making ends meet amidst the pandemic.”
“I was shocked that motorcycles are charged the same amount as cars.”
“I wrote to the management at One Raffles Place to appeal to pay half the fees.”
“However, they were not flexible even when I explained my predicament and that the carpark sign did not properly indicate parking fees for motorcycles.”
“I would like to highlight this and alert other victims who have to pay so much for parking after earning a day’s hard work.”
“I am sure this is not the first time as the security had his cash card readily.”
We recently posted a video about an Army instructor confronting a member of the public with expletives after the member of the public approached him to mask up when talking to his recruits at Pasir Ris interchange.
The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) issued a statement on the incident on Tuesday (July 27), saying that the Singapore Armed Forces have completed investigations into this matter.
They confirmed that the man in question is a SAF Commander and that he did not comply with Safe Management Measures (SMMs) while addressing Basic Military Training recruits.
MINDEF has said that the commander will be disciplinarily dealt with.
“SMMs are critical to ensure the safe conduct of the SAF’s training and operations, and our commanders are expected to set a positive example as well as enforce those rules to protect themselves and their trainees,” MINDEF added.
We wonder what kind of punishment would he receive as well.
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Check out also the post where the commander was filmed using expletives:
Recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a customer took his craving for the Nasi Kandar at Ipoh to the next level.
Due to the Movement Control Order (MCO), the customer could not travel there to collect the dish and therefore, sent a helicopter instead to collect packets of it.
This led to an investigation by the Malaysian Police in Perak, and they recorded the statements of the police station chief who gave the green light, the complainant, the food premises owner, and the helicopter company owner.
A statement was then later released stating that the helicopter was only given permission to travel interstate for maintenance.
“The permit was not to pick up nasi ganja order”, the statement read.
Police are still investigating and the findings would be referred to deputy public prosecutor for further instructions soon.
Members of the public were unhappy over the issue and questioned on why the flight was authorised by the relevant agencies at a time when movement restrictions were in place.
Meanwhile, the owner of the helicopter said he would leave it to the police to investigate the legality of the flight, and that “all papers were in order”.
“I have nothing much to say except that it was a quick pick-up. I have appointed my lawyers to handle the matter and we will give our full cooperation.”
Would you guys do something like this just for the love of food?
An employee sought help from his friend to install a CCTV unit at his boss house, the man who helped set up the CCTV had access remotely and recorded the footage of his boss “doing it” with another man.
24-year-old Tan Yong Jian found out that his friend had the recording’s of his boss’s sexual encounters and he decided to use the footage to extort his boss for money.
He was sentenced to jail earlier today to 3 years and 10 months.
How it started
One of the men involved in the case secretly installed a CCTV camera on top of the victim’s bookshelves and was able to access the footage via his mobile phone.
He filmed the victim in action with his male partner for at least 5 times.
Last year, Tan Yong Jian, Daryn Ho Yong Jian and the employee hatched a plan to extort the victim.
They procured an unregistered sim card and send the footage to the victim demanding SGD$60,000. Initially, the victim did not reply but was later forced to reply after the trio sends another text to him saying that the footage will be released if the money is not received.
The victim said that he could prepare SGD$50,000 and the the victim reported the incident to the Police leading to the arrest
As of 27 July 2021, 12pm, MOH have preliminarily confirmed 136 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection, of which 36 are linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster and 2 belong to the KTV cluster.
Of the 136 cases today, 59 are linked to previous cases, and have already been placed on quarantine.
55 unlinked cases
22 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance. 55 are currently unlinked.
Amongst the cases are 3 seniors above 70 years who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and are at risk of serious illness.
In addition, there are 3 imported cases, who have already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. 2 were detected upon arrival in Singapore, while 1 developed the illness during SHN or isolation.In total, there are 139 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore today.