After the backlash received by the store over the fact that a 12 yer old can purchase a dangerous weapon without questions asked, box-shop chain, Hako has pulled a merchant’s karambit knives from its shelves.

The company said in their Facebook post that while the the curved utility blade was not banned for sale in Singapore, it has decided to “take a conservative move” in asking the merchant involved to cease the sale of the knife at its Bedok Mall and Tampines 1 outlets. The spokesperson said that this was not a spur of the moment decision, and the move to pull the knives out of the shelves was done after much deliberation.

Hako said it is careful not to allow merchants to sell prohibited items, and in this case, the merchant had exercised due diligence by writing to the police before importing them. Hako said the merchant in question had imported the karambit to sell to cos-players. While they will no longer be available, Hako said that the “sale of other sharp items like penknives, scissors and everyday use products will still continue”.

An ICA sergeant has been hauled to court on corruption charges. Catherine Lim Zhi Yin, 26, allegedly accepted or agreed to accept bribes totalling $1,680 as a reward for granting 30-day social visit passes to 28 Thai women.

The ICA officer was accused of accepting the money from a Singaporean man, Raymond Lim Boon Ian, 36, between December 2014 and February 2015. Raymond Lim has been sentenced to eight months’ jail for corruption. It was not made known why the Thai women were in Singapore. The ICA, in response to the proceedings again its officer, have stated that Lim has been interdicted from service since March 7, 2015.

The ICA said it takes a serious view of errant officers, and added: “As guardians of Singapore’s checkpoints, ICA officers are expected to discharge their duties professionally and maintain a high standard of integrity.” The ICA also said it had worked closely with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) when the case was surfaced through ICA’s internal checks and investigations.

I wrote a feedback on 21 September 2017 to WSG careers regarding the jobsbank.gov website as I got fed up with the lack of response from my job applications.

To date for about past 8 months and beyond, I have sent in about more than 60 job applications on the jobsbank.gov website alone. Jobs that are relevant to my education level, skill sets and experience. But looking at my application status now, so many of the ads to which I responded seem to be coming across as not being genuine. If there are any Singaporeans out there who are having similar experience as me with regard to their job applications through jobsbank.gov, I encourage you to come forward. If the jobsbank.gov site is just a wayang and waste of tax payer money, it must be exposed, disposed and replaced! My feedback was written as follows

Dear Sir/Madam,

Possible Dubious/Fake Job Ads on Jobsbank

Employers or agencies advertising job vacancies on jobsbank.gov.sg, need to be advised to update candidates’ application status.

Based on my own record of job applications, some of the ads seem to be dubious as there is no update on the application status even after ONE YEAR or even after the closing date stated on the ad page had passed. There are 4 types of of a job application status as categorised in the Jobsbank website:

1. Received
2. Under Review
3. Successful
4. Unsuccessful

As per my own application records, there is a large majority that shows to have NOT PASSED the “Received” status which leads me to surmise that the respective advertiser is not even reading my application (CV/Resume).

If there is a possibility that certain job ads are being posted on jobsbank just to make up numbers or reflect false figures on local job vacancies, the team managing the jobsbank site should look into tackling it immediately. Else this is just another waste of government resources. Leaning on the assumption that the veracity of a government-related agency is unquestionable, the team assigned to manage the site should also post statistics on the applications. Namely, job application success rates and other information to promote the integrity and validity of the website. In other words, we need to see tangible Continuous Improvement on this avenue provided by the government for Singaporean jobseekers.

Thanks and best regards

So now NTUC FairPrice has launched its own brand of baby milk powder, at half the usual price.

All I can see in the Facebook comments are huge sigh of relief. I guess these poor people don’t realise how this milk powder is going to make their babies less clever. Lol.

Then these babies will produce the next generation of peasants. I don’t care. So carry on.

Well i guess that’s life isn’t it. If you are rich, you can afford the very best things in life. #peasants

Dear Singapore Uncensored,

I would like to alert the members of the public on the ugly behavior of a certain Singapore GP staff.

I am a part ad-hoc security officer who was deployed for security duties at Singapore Grand Prix 2017. I would like to share an unpleasant experience that happened to me during the F1 Race.

On the last day of the F1 race , which was the 17th September 2017 (Sunday) , I was stationed at Zone 2 Track 5 next to Singapore Flyer. My duties were not to let anyone climb over the barrier and not taking photos or videos of the race. At about 8.45pm towards the end of the race , I was overwhelmed by a group of VIPs who were taking photos of the race. I tried my best to clear them away and told them not to take photographs. However they did not comply

As I was trying to clear them away , Mr NgXXXXX , A Management Staff Of Singapore Grand Prix came to the spot in a very aggressive manner and started screaming at me at the TOP of his voice. He claimed that I was not doing my duties and started abusing me verbally with profanities. I explained to him that I Was trying my best to clear the crowd , but he was not ready to listen to my explaination. I suggested that I needed an Auxiliary Police Officer from Aetos to assist me , as I felt that I could better manage the situation with the help of an APO. He then pushed me very hard on my chest and asked to call my manager.

I was taken aback by his action and questioned him why he had to use physical force on me. He then charged towards me. A few staffs from the other department came to stop the commotion and also to restrain him from using further physical force against me as he was very agitated and aggressive. I then called my colleague to ask my manager to come to the scene.

My manager came to the scene to investigate the issue. Mr Ng then claimed to my manager that I was not doing my job and he shouted at me , as it was noisy and as the race was ongoing , but at that moment of the incident there was no cars. He denied pushing me at first , after I told that there were witnesses who saw him pushing me , he claimed that he pushed me as I was too close to him but I was atleast one arm length away from him. Soon his fellow colleagues of Singapore Grand Prix and superiors came to the scene. Without further investigation they asked my manager to remove my F1 pass and leave the place. My manager complied to their orders as they did not want to lose their contract with Singapore Grand Prix.

I was told to hand over the F1 pass and leave the place. I felt very hurt and insulted as no one was willing to listen to my part. Mr Ng XXXX also twisted and turned the story to his favour. I was the victim here and there was no justice done. Instead I was treated unfairly and told to leave immediately. The company that I worked for also did not take any form of action against Mr Ngn for using Physical Force on me. Instead the Operations Manager of my company took sides with him as they were acquaintances. I then handed over the pass and left the scene with my one of The Eye-witness. I proceeded to lodge a police report against Mr Ng of Singapore Grand Prix.

This incident has deeply traumatised me.

How can an Event Organiser Of A highly reputable organisation lay his hands on a Licensed Security Officer and go Scott free?

I was not given any opportunity to explain myself instead I was accused and told to leave. He did not even apologise to me for what he did. This shows that Security Officers do not have any form of respect from Event Organisers.

Being in the Security Industry is not an easy job and we have to endure all these nasty and unpleasant experiences with our mouths shut. The official also behaved unprofessionally.

What if I had behaved in a similar manner as him towards him. I would have been banned from events and my security license would have been revoked.

I urge Singapore Grand Prix to educate it’s staffs and officials to be more professional. I hope that this would be an one off incident and not happen to fellow security officers who are doing events.

Members of public please share this incident to spread awareness on the ugly Singapore Grand Prix officials.

Thanks for taking your time in reading through my unpleasant experience.