The Singapore Police said in a statement that 19 people, 15 men and 4 women, were allegedly consuming alcohol and socialising within a pub at 1 Fusionopolis Way on 30 April.
They are being investigated for alleged non-compliance with safe distancing measures under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
The venue was purportedly operating and providing public entertainment and liquor without valid licenses.
The operator of the pub, believed to be a 40-year-old woman, is also being investigated for offences under the Public Entertainments Act and Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015.
The Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple at Waterloo Street, will be closed on Vesak Day on 26 May, in a move to prevent crowds.
The temple will also be introducing new restrictions to prevent gathering crowds, such as the odd-even entry restrictions starting from 10 May, where each visitor’s entry to the temple is limited to odd or even dates based on their NRIC/FIN’s last digit.
Odd numbered last digits will be allowed to enter on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Even numbered last digits will be allowed to enter on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The closure and new restrictions come in the wake of the number of rising Covid-19 community cases.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has effectively stopped the admissions of new patients from today (4 May) in a bid to contain their growing cluster of Covid-19 cases.
TTSH currently has 35 linked patients as of last night (3 May).
TTSH said in a Facebook post this morning (4 May):
“We seek your kind understanding that this will allow us to focus on containing this Covid-19 hospital cluster, conserve our manpower and continue supporting the pandemic response at our National Centre for Infectious Diseases during this period.”
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has also asked all hospitals to defer non-urgent surgical operations and admissions, and non-urgent specialist outpatient clinic appointments, to be deferred until further notice.
TTSH also added in their Facebook post, advising those who require urgent care to visit a GP or the nearest care facility.
At the time of writing, the cluster has since seen 1 death; an 88-year-old patient who was in the affected ward 9D.
Hung Kee Boon, a 22-year-old Malaysian, pleaded guilty earlier today (4 May) to causing the death of an elderly cyclist, Madam Ong Bee Eng, 64-years-old, in a fatal accident in 2019.
Hung faced several charges, including causing death by performing a rash act.
The Singapore PR also admitted to one count of riding a non-compliant PMD, which under the Active Mobility Act, is an offence.
One ather charge for riding a PMD that is unregistered will be considered by Principal District Judge Victor Yeo during his sentencing.
Recap
The fateful accident happened on 21 September 2019, at around 10.20pm.
Hung was riding his PMD on a cycling path near Block 539, Bedok North Stree 3, at a speed estimated to be between 27km/h and 43km/h.
It is worth noting that the speed limit on cycling paths is 25km/h.
The late Madam Ong was cycling across the path towards a zebra crossing nearby, Hung failed to avoid her in time and crashed into the elderly woman.
Madam Ong was then flung off her bicycle and onto the ground, where she was unconscious and bleeding from her head, as passers-by at the scene rushed to her aid.
Both Hung and the victim were conveyed to the hospital.
Madam Ong suffered injuries, including to her brain as well as her face.
She later fell into a coma and died 4 days later.
Urged to jail at least 3 months
The court was urged by Deputy Public Prosecutor Dillon Kok to jail Hung for a minimum of 3 months.
Hung’s defence lawyers then asked the court to call for a report to assess Hung’s suitability for probation.
Hung is expected to be sentenced on 20 May.
Images source: Chinfung Ko Facebook and Carousell (Image of PMD used strictly for illustration purposes only)
A video emerged online showing a group of young punks having their own Songkran water festival.
One of the YPs could be seen collecting water from inside a toilet cubicle, before splashing the said water at his schoolmate, who was being held down by another YP.
The other YP could be heard saying in Mandarin: “Don’t splash lah cb!”
17 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed by MOH yesterday (3 May), bringing Singapore’s total number of confirmed cases to 61,235.
Of the 17 cases, 10 are community cases while 7 are imported.
Of the 10 community cases, 8 of them are linked to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s Covid-19 cluster, bringing the total number of TTSH cluster cases to 35.
Of the 8 new TTSH cases, 5 of them are patients warded in TTSH Ward 9D, while the other 3 are TTSH staff.
Separately, the remaining 2 community cases aside from the TTSH cluster, are linked to the ICA cluster, which has since grown to 11 cases.
The 2 are the wife and child of another confirmed Covid-19 case.
The 7 imported cases have all been placed on SHN upon arrival in Singapore.
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital issued an apology for lapses that resulted in misdiagnoses of breast cancer patients that resulted in half of them receiving unnecessary treatment.
They will also be compensating the victims.
Five of their employees, including their management and staff, were identified by the hospital for no adequately performing their duties and responsibilities, leading to the lapses; their punishments include termination, fines and stern warnings.
Retraining, re-education and counselling will also be conducted.
Investigations were concluded on 3 May 2021, and the National Healthcare Group had set up of an independent review committee to carry out the misdiagnoses evaluation.
NHG also added that now that the hospital has reached out to all the patients who were affected, they will be looking into the “appropriate compensation for each individual patient”, although it will take some time to complete.
KTPH previously revealed (in December last year) that about 180 of their breast cancer patients may have been incorrectly diagnosed over 8 years.
They were misdiagnosed with a type of malfunctioning gene, and that it was caused by human-error.
