The mysterious appearance of the rare mandarin duck was spotted at Hougang Ave 7 Toa longkang 290521.

Photos of the duck was shared between multiple social media pages.

What is a Mandarin Duck?

It is considered the most beautiful duck in the world and normally only found in East Asia.

However, due to habitat loss(yes human fault), the global population of the duck is around 65,000 (2018)

Here is a gallery of photos that were captured by various netizens

Passerby gathers to capture the photo of the majestic animal.

A Sikh man shared his first experience with racism from back when he was still in primary school.

He shared that when he was in Primary 4, he was the most noticeable person in an all boys school because he was a Sikh with a turban.

He wrote that he was constantly bullied because of this, and his classmates kept calling him names such as “terrorist”, “char siew pau on your head”, “Osama” and etcetera.

Things then escalated to physical violence.

He shared that one day, a couple of Chinese boys in Primary 6 ganged up on him and carried him forcefully into the toilet.

They dragged him into the cubicle and forcefully ripped off his turban, before forcing his long hair and face into the toilet bowl a number of times.

The boys then took turns to punch him.

After which, they threw his turban into the toilet bowl, before taking it out again and throwing it on his face.

They were also calling him names while assaulting him.

The guy explained that he is sharing this traumatic experience because he wants people to know that as a minority of a minority, racism is very prevalent in the community, and that he wishes to shed more light on the matter.

Images source: @wakeupsingapore on IG and Unsplash

A woman shared how she had an interview with a local childcare centre.

The woman applied as an English teacher and had her interview conducted through video conference.

After a discussion, the centre director then asked her if she was okay with removing her hijab for work.

She then asked the director why, to which the director explained that it was “because the school has a uniform code to follow”.

The woman then said that the hijab has been an issue in Singapore for a long time and it is normally associated with nurses and uniformed groups, she didn’t expect this issue to apply to preschool teachers.

She argued that her hijab has never been in the way of her educating the young ones, and that she is angry that an organisation that has so much to do with the outlook of life of children to hold such “backward policies”.

She then updated her post, saying that the centre director emailed her saying that the hijab is not the main consideration factor and asked if she was okay with the other stuff mentioned so that she can forward her application.

She then asked the director why was it even brought up in the first place, to which the director said that she was just asking and that she wanted to know what the applicant would be wearing to work.

She said that she felt like she was being rejected because of her hijab, to which the director defended herself saying that she “(has) Malay friends and colleagues”.

Images source: Unsplash, @wakeupsingapore on IG via u/listentotheinternet on Reddit (Top images used for illustration purpose only)

A 73-year-old taxi driver, Tan Lye Soo, pleaded guilty under the Road Traffic Act for driving without reasonable consideration for other road users, resulting in the death of a 68-year-old man, who was jaywalking.

He was jailed 16 weeks and given a driving ban of 8 years.

The driver was previously convicted of similar traffic offences, including speeding.

What happened?

The incident happened on 26 November 2019, Tan just started his shift at 6pm and his shift finishes at 6am the following morning.

At 4am, he took a break along Gangsa Road and woke up at 4.45am, before heading to the Vicom inspection centre along Bukit Batok Street 23 to refuel his petrol.

He was driving on the 4th lane along Bukit Batok East Avenue 6 at about 5.20am, heading towards Bukit Batok East Avenue 3.

The victim then jaywalked across the road despite the red man showing on the traffic light.

Tan failed to keep a proper lookout and didn’t notice the victim crossing from his right until it was too late, despite him having the right of way.

He then crashed into the victim, before coming to a stop after the junction, alighting from his taxi to help the victim, along with other passersby.

Tan helped to turn the victim over onto his back.

A Health Sciences Authority report said that the victim would’ve been discernible about 10 seconds prior to the collision.

And around that time, Tan was about 113 metres from the pedestrian crossing, but only reacted about 0.1 seconds before impact.

The victim was conveyed conscious to NUH but slipped unconscious en route.

He had suffered a traumatic brain injury, a pelvic fracture as well as an open fracture of his left ankle.

The victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead 4 days after the accident, despite receiving treatment.

Images source: Singapore roads accident.com新加坡公路意外网页 on Facebook and Google Maps (Images used strictly for illustration purposes only)

A video of a naked man riding his motorcycle at Eunos, and another video of what is believed to be the same naked man climbing on top of another man’s car, made the rounds on social media yesterday.

The man was eventually arrested and charged in court earlier today (12 June).

The man, 24-year-old Yeo Qi Wei, was charged with one count of appearing nude in a public place.

He allegedly appeared naked at Block 212, Toa Payoh Lorong 8 at about 5.45am, at the open carpark.

Yeo was ordered to be remanded at IMH for 2 weeks by District Judge Ronald Gwee, for psychiatric observation.

His case is due to be mentioned again on 25 June.

Recap

Images source: Whatsapp and Google Maps

On 10 June, in the afternoon, a man feel about 15 metres into the cargo hold of a ship.

He fractured his lower limbs and suffered head injuries.

The SCDF said that they received a call for help at Jurong Port, at about 5pm.

What happened?

The rescuers worked alongside emergency medical services from Jurong and Jurong Island fire stations.

They went below the deck to assess the situation and stabilise the man’s condition.

The SCDF’s Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) was activated to work with the company’s emergency response team, carefully securing the man onto a stretcher.

They then pulled him out of the cargo hold.

SCDF said:

“The final stage of the rescue operation involved the delicate manoeuvring of the stretcher within the confines of a narrow hatch.”

The injured man was subsequently conveyed to NUH.

Images source: Singapore Civil Defence Force Facebook