According to a media release, a new legal age has been set for smokers. The minimum age for smoking will be 20-years-old.
It has increased from 19-years-old to 20-years-old for 2020 and eventually in year 2021 the legal smoking age will be raised to 21-years-old.
According to the ministry of health raising the legal age for smoking is to prevent youths from picking up smoking. Anyone underage offenders who are caught smoking can be fined up to S$300.
Anyone who helps underage smokers buy cigarettes can be fined up to S$2,500
Retailers who sell cigarettes can face a ban on tobacco license and a fine of up to S5,000.
Guys, please remember to check your passport for the stamps when travelling in and out of JB. Just this morning I had an experience of the immigration officer did not stamp my passport when I was leaving JB.
I heard him stamp, but I have the habit of checking so I checked and found out that there wasn’t any departure stamp. I stopped my car and went back to clarify. The officer just apologize and stamped the departure stamp for me.
Then I proceeded, and was stopped at SG custom to go office. They say they need to conduct a body search and thoroughly check my car and i insisted that I want to be around when they checking my car. So they checked me thoroughly and checked my car thoroughly. I don’t really believe that this is a coincidence. I smell something fishy. I don’t know what is it but my gut feelings tell me there is something wrong.
In any case, they couldn’t find anything on me or my car and they let me go. But it makes me wonder what is really going on. It might be a routine check…But what if it wasn’t…What if it was something else….
ICA officers was able to foil a man’s “breakfast plans” at Woodlands Checkpoint. They uncovered an attempt to smuggle in 32 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in loaves of bread on 8 Dec morning.
Image Source: ICA
Quote from ICA:
Our officers had observed a traveller at the Arrival Bus Hall carrying four loaves of bread behaving suspiciously. They decided to conduct further checks on him and found the cigarettes sandwiched in between slices of bread.
The case involving a 52-year-old Malaysian man, was referred to Singapore Customs for further investigation.
This method of concealment is a cause for concern as similar methods may be used by people with ill intent to smuggle security items into Singapore. The ICA will continue to conduct security checks on passengers and vehicles so as to safeguard Singapore’s security.
The woman injured in the Bukit Batok fire on Nov 1, She was sent to the hospital for treatment when a fire broke out. The infamous incident where SCDF personnel was shouting “No water No Water” as they were unable to use the hose reels resulting in a delay to stop the fire.
The woman injured in the Bukit Batok fire on Nov 1, She was sent to the hospital for treatment when a fire broke out. The infamous incident where SCDF personnel was shouting “No water No Water” as they were unable to use the hose reels resulting in a delay to stop the fire.
SCDF is still on scene conducting firefighting operations.
The location is a facility that handles industrial waste management including recycled oil and solvents. Due to the nature of the products in the area the fire rages.
SCDF deployed a total of 32 emergency vehicles and about 80 firefighters to the incident. SCDF firefighters are working hard to stop the fire the blaze with eight jets and two Unmanned Firefighting Machines.
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is being deployed to conduct aerial monitoring of the incident. The fire has been confined to within the premises. As of this post, there are no reported injuries.
In view of the ongoing fire mitigation operations, members of the public are advised to stay away from the area.
Two girls advertise sexual services on alamek chat, an anonymous chat website that allows random people to chat.
Mohammad Yunus Sakdun, A man who was 25 years old when he committed the crime procured the services from the two girls in 2012 and 2013. He was jailed for 24 weeks jail and fine S$6,000 earlier today.
For every time the 16-year-old girls commit a sex act on him they would be paid between $60 to $100. Court documents revealed that on at least one occasion the sex act occurred at a HDB staircase located along Henderson Road.
From June 2012 to October 2012, Yunnus paid the first 16-year-old girl three times to do it.
From June 2013 to December 2014, Yunnus paid the second 16-year-old girls five times
Earlier today, Yunnus pleaded guilty for 3 charges of having commercial sex with an underage girl, along with another charge for having 12 sexual videos in his possession.
He could have been jailed for up to seven years for just one charge of commercial sex with an underage girl.