A video was recently uploaded on the Facebook page SGRV which shows a man exiting his car before threatening a fellow driver with a metal pole.
Here is the full story.
On 11th May 2021, 8.35am at Lake Life Condominium, the driver of #SJA4544Y stopped in the middle of 2 way traffic to wait for his customer (grab or equivalent), after he picked up, he was still using his phone and did not move to the side.
Vehicles were piling up behind so I high-beamed and honked him once, he slowly crawled onto the main road and jammed brake in the middle of the single lane, got down and started yelling. He proceeded to retrieve a pole from his car and swing it towards my vehicle in a threatening way (refer to photograph). After I drove away and stopped at the traffic light (red), he sped up and cut me in my lane over the stop line.
An elderly man has been homeless for almost 2 years after purportedly giving his Tampines flat to his children.
These days, he spends his nights sleeping at a park near 890B Tampines.
The uncle is always in and out of jobs and most days, he doesn’t know when and where his next meal will come from.
A kind netizen has been buying food for the uncle but is unable to do it regularly, he offered the uncle $50 and is reportedly asking for others to help too.
Minister of Health Gan Kim Yong, said in parliament that the government is working with hotels to provide accommodations to affected Tan Tock Seng Hospital workers who are being discriminated against.
TTSH staff are allegedly being told to move out of their homes on short notice by their landlords, as well as being shunned by Grab and Taxi Drivers who refuse to pick them up after work.
The question was posed by Jurong GRC MP Tan Wu Meng, who asked what was being done to alleviate the discrimination that the healthcare workers are facing.
Gan highlighted that this was a “worrisome trend” that shouldn’t be condoned.
He also urged people to stand behind our healthcare workers from TTSH and support them.
The Singapore Police said in a news release that a 21-year-old manw as arrested for suspected involvement in a case of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means.
The man allegedly picked up a sharp object along Commonwealth Avenue West on 10 May 2021, at around 11.20pm, and use the object to attack his 41-year-old father.
He then fled the scene before the police arrived.
The two were believed to have been in a dispute before the incident.
The perpetrator was then arrested within 4 hours by officers from the Clementi Police Division and Jurong Police Division, who established his identity through CCTV images and ground enquiries.
He will be charged in court later today (12 May) under Section 324 of the Penal Code.
A couple were having their meal at Gustoso Ristorante Italiano, an Italian restaurant, when the wife allegedly found a piece of glass shard inside her pasta.
She was allegedly tucking into her food when she suddenly spat out a piece of glass.
The husband said that the restaurant staff then picked up the glass shared and went back to the kitchen, as if nothing happened.
The staff then offered to take the Agli Olio off the final bill and gave the couple a $1090 gift voucher.
The husband then highlighted that the glass shard could’ve cut the tongue and organs if swallowed.
On May 11, Education Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament said that BTO flat construction projects might be delayed by a year or more due to the tightening of border measures.
Some of the border measures include all travellers from high-risk places receiving longer stay home notices, and a ban on travellers to Singapore with recent travel history from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The Minister also said that many people called for stricter regulations to prevent infections from other countries to enter Singapore, but doing so might seriously impact Singapore and Singaporeans.
Contractors will be hit “especially hard” in particular, and delays of varying degrees might affect private home buyers said Minister Wong.
“Likewise companies in the marine and process sectors will be badly affected. They will find it hard to deliver their existing projects on time, and a few may even have to forgo new opportunities and projects.
“These are important sectors that we have taken decades to build – they hire thousands of Singaporean engineers and executives, and remain crucial sources of highly-skilled jobs,” said Education Minister.
A report was lodged on 7 May and after investigations, determined the identity of the perpetrator and arrested him.
The police said:
“The police take a serious view of such acts that have the potential to damage racial harmony in Singapore. Any person who makes remarks or takes action that can cause ill-will and hostility between the different races will be dealt with swiftly and in accordance with the law.”
The victim has since said that she feels much safer now, and that the police were very efficient and have done a commendable job addressing the incident.
Recap
According to the victim’s daughter, on a Friday morning (May 7) Madam Hindocha Nita Vishnubhai was brisk walking along Choa Chu Kang drive. A man then approached her and asked her to pull her mask up from her chin.
Madam Hindocha told the man that she was brisk-walking, but the man did not bother.
Her son said: “he hurled vulgarities and racial slurs at her, my mum responded with a ‘God bless you’ and the guy kicked her in the chest. My mum landed on her back and hurt herself.”