Taiwan’s health minister Chen Shih-Chung, said on Thursday that Singapore could be the next country that they may pursue a travel bubble with, with the possibility being under review following the launch of their first travel bubble with the island-nation of Palau.
Taiwan’s Transport Minister, Lin Chia-Lung said that although discussions have been ongoing with Japan, South Korea and Vietnam as well, Singapore has been the most proactive in seeking a resumption of bilateral tourism.
Chen said that discussions are still ongoing and that no proposals have yet been completed.
Ng Weng Cheong, 38-years-old, was sentenced to 9 months and 1 week jail on 18 March for stealing clothes and underwear from his neighbours.
He would then wear the undergarments while engaging in sexual acts.
Ng pleaded guilty to three charges of theft, mischief and housebreaking; another two charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
He was also ordered to pay $95 to compensate for a camera that he damaged at one of the victim’s flats.
Ng’s crime spree started in APril 2020, he visited the same flat thrice at night to steal women’s clothing as he like one of the women he saw staying there.
He stretched his hand through the main gaste to steal bras, panties and pants hanging on a pole that was suspended between the gate and window grille.
A video surfaced online showing the aftermath of an alleged racist attack on an elderly woman in San Francisco.
The Ah Ma, Xiao Zhen Xia, is reportedly 76-years-old and was attacked on San Francisco’s Market Street while waitingto cross the street at a traffic light.
She was leaning against a light pole when all of a sudden, the 39-year-old man punched her without provocation.
The Ah Ma then picked up a wooden board and fought back her attacker, beating him into a dishevelled pulp and he could be seen being pushed away on a stretcher with blood oozing out of his mouth.
The assailant looked to be in a visible state of shock after being beaten up.
The Australian Border Force (ABF) released a statement saying that a Singaporean woman living in Brisbane had reportedly overstayed her student visa in Australia and has been deported.
She was also found guilty for engaging in prostitution and participating in the provision of the service by another.
Upon conviction, those who knowingly participate in provision of prostitution face a jail term of up to 3 years in the state of Queensland.
She had allegedly facilitated illegal prostituion and breached Covid-19 public health directions in Australia.
The girl was detained on 25 February and “removed” on 11 March.
A woman has been removed from Brisbane as an unlawful-non citizen. She was alleged to be involved in the illegal facilitation of sex work. Read more at https://t.co/sFoh82PVhWpic.twitter.com/V9Gs38EGlU
An NUS grad shared how he got offered a $6k monthly salary despite having less than 1 year experience.
He wrote that when asked about his salary expectations, he gave a salary range starting from $5k and they ended up offering him $6k per month.
He shared that he is still in disbelief as to why the company would offer him so much money.
FULL POST
Are companies starting to bounce back this year?
I am a 2020 NUS grad, and currently working in a tech industry (not as SWE). I started my job with a salary at higher end of $3k and was raised to about $4k in a recent salary adjustment.
I feel like my salary is ok, but because I don’t really like my current job, I started casually looking for a diff job.
After going through interviews, one company seemed interested in me and proceed to ask my salary expectation. I gave a salary range starting from $5k (just trying my luck asking for 20% more salary from my current job). To my surprise they offered me a position with $6k salary.
Although I’m very grateful, tbh I am still in disbelief why would this company offer me such a high salary considering I have less that one year of experience plus we are still in the midst of pandemic. I am still considering whether to accept and hope that this is not a red flag.
And to all my batch mates and juniors who are still looking for jobs, wish you all the very best of luck in finding one! I personally think that it’s okay to accept job with a low starting pay, as long as it provides learning opportunities. Higher pay may come out later after you possess the experience.
A netizen recently posted on the Facebook page Complaint Singapore which he stated on how the Marina Bay Sand’s food court responded after an old lady fell down.
Complaint Singapore
Here is the full story.
Marina Bay Sand basement 2 Food court service:
An old lady slip and fall.Less then 5 sec, their manager came and assist.
Less then 15 sec, 4 more staff come and assist.
A min later : cleaner do cleaning
Within 3 min: Cleaning machine do cleaning again.
Within 7 min: medical team came. Another manager also came.
Within 10 min: Cisco with carry gun to assist escort and push wheel chair. Damm good service
Joey Mendoza, the Indian composer who was suspected of plagiarism of Singapore’s national song, Count on Me Singapore, expressed his willingness to remove the relevant song from the public platform and requested that the teaching of this song be stopped.
The Indian version of We Can Achieve is exactly the same as Singapore’s national song, except that the country’s name has been changed. Mendoza claimed that he was the original creator of the song, but was willing to remove the song from the public platform as a form of goodwill.
The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth stated that Singapore has accepted the apology from the Indian music platform Pauline India. The company released the song after purchasing the copyright from Mendoza in 1999.
A video surfaced online showing an indian guy challenging another Indian guy to a fight.
The two were at a roundabout when the incident happened, the aggressor could be heard shouting at the other guy to “come ah, come!”, as he raised both of his fists.
A secondary school girl took to social media to share how she was sexually harassed by a group of workers inside a lorry.
She wrote that she was wearing medium long shorts and a big school shirt and she was at Rivervale Plaza around 3.49pm.
There was a truck parked below block 123 with “workers” inside it.
She was walking past when the people inside the truck started catcalling her.
She added that these adults were between the ages of 25 to 50 (estimated) and they were waving at her, smiling and whistling as she was carrying heavy groceries on her way home.
She wrote that she was very vulnerable as it was also raining as well, so she started to speed walk away when she saw a man take out his phone to record her.
Moments later, one of the workers was seen walking behind her.
She said that she reached home safe and sound but she is still rattled by the incident and is still wary of the men who catcalled and followed her.
Images source: Unsplash and @sgfollowsall on IG (top image used for illustration purpose only)
