Sports SG said earlier today that all indoor sports facilities will be temporarily closed from 8 May to 30 May, in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 within the community/

Indoor sports facilities such as futsal courts, gyms, fitness studios and etc will be closed.

They are identified as “high risk sport and exercise environments”, where participants indoors are in close proximity of each other, exerting and not wearing masks.

The premises are not to be used or hired out for use by others as an exercise or physical recreational facility; However, they can be used by instructors to conduct online classes.

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A young punk allegedly threw a heavy punching ball (which typically weighs between 3-10kg) down from a HDB block at Bukit Batok Street 52.

The punching ball still had the base attached to it when found.

The YP is due to be charged today (6 May) under a rash act charge.

A punching ball is something like a punching bag, usually used by martial artists to practice their punching.

The police were alerted to the incident on 17 January at about 11.10pm, and when they arrived, they learned that the alleged perpetrator was an 18-year-old teenage boy who threw it down from his unit.

The police however, did not divulge from which floor the ball was thrown down from.

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A 19-year-old girl, Huang Baoying, was found motionless at a Block 602, Clementi West Street 1.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her 29-year-old brother, Huang Bocan, was arrested for voluntarily causing grievous hurt, and he will be charged in court on 6 May.

He is being accused of using a wooden pole to hit his sister.

The Singapore Police said that they were alerted to a case of unnatural death at the residential unit on 5 May, at about 6.30am.

The victim was found lying motionless at the scene when the police arrived.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the man is the biological brother of the victim.

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A Grabfood rider, Bardon Muse, shared how he was sending a Grabfood order to the customer.

He was then instructed to leave the food at the gate and if he happens to see a chicken running around outside, to help keep it inside the cage for the customer, in case the chicken gets itself devoured by a cat.

The rider shared that he didn’t expect there to really be a chicken.

He then shared a photo of himself and the chicken just chilling and hanging out.

LOL!

Images source: Bardon Muse on Facebook

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) announced on their website that OMU Japanese Omurice Restaurant, located in Northpoint City, has been suspended for 2 weeks due to a cockroach infestation at their premises.

The suspension will last from 4 May to 17 May 2021.

Omu was also fined $800 for 2 offences, incurring 3 demerit points each.

The suspension was a result of the licensee accumulating 12 demerit points over a 12month period.

OMU’s offences include selling unclean food containing foreign matter, and failure to keep the premises free of cockroaches.

A licensee who accumulated 12 or more demerit points within 12 months risks having their license cancelled.

All food handlers from the suspended restaurant are required to attend and pass the Basic Food Hygiene Course again before they are allowed to resume work as food handlers.

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