Petrol prices have been increased across all petrol stations in Singapore, as of 25 February 2021.
Prices for the types of fuel have seen a minimum increase of $0.02 per litre (V-Power, 95-Octane, 98-Octane and Diesel at Shell) and a maximum increase of $0.06 per litre (92-Octane at SPC).
Leader of the Opposition, Pritam Singh, shone a spotlight on the roles and remuneration of Community Development Council (CDC) mayors.
Singh was echoing the sentiments of the people on the ground that he heard during the last General Election in 2020, that CDC mayors are earning “outrageous” money and that they are perceived to not warrant such high salaries.
Review roles, salaries and responsibilities
He also proposed that the government review the need for mayors heading the CDCs in the current climate as well as their roles and responsibilities.
According to the White Paper on Salaries for a Capable and Committed Government that was published 9 years ago, in 2012, mayors are paid an annual salary of S$660,000.
Singh added that:
“Other Singaporeans are of the view that the CDCs’ functions can be carried out by other existing entities, or by ministries and statutory boards, including other organisations under the People’s Association, particularly since the social footprint of each CDC is uneven, and can differ greatly compared to another.”
He also added that some people don’t even know what the CDCs actually do.
Earlier in DPM Heng Swee Keat’s Budget speech, he said that all Singaporean households will recceive $100 worth of vouchers to be used at participating neighbourhood shops, and that a $150 million grant will be given to the CDCs to help support this scheme.
Other organisations better equipped than CDCs
However, Singh pointed out that there are other existing organisations that can take better charge of this program, like the Citizens’ Consultative Committee (CCC), which is known to have representatives of various merchants associations.
He added that the CCCs are even more closely connected to the ground, than the 5 CDCs.
Singh said:
“It would appear to me as if the government is trying to find some way to make the CDCs relevant in view of their relative absence in the public mindshare.“
Screenshots of a whatsapp chat were recently uploaded to Facebook by user Katherine Low. The whatspp conversation stated on how they scam Singaporeans so that they can win 4D.
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The Whatsapp number is believed to be originated and they are asking for $150 so that the scammers can do a ritual for you.
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The ritual will be done with flowers and oil and the reward one can get is a 4D number that is guaranteed to win.
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The scammer then sends pictures of proof of winnings by showing 4D tickets that have won in the past.
Recently, a scandal of a teacher sexually assaulting students broke out in Guangzhou, China. A British female teacher, Xiao Mei (pseudonym), helped students with after-school tutoring. She used “have s*x once if you got good grades” as a temptation to make the children’s English grades improve. But one of the parents looked at the CCTV footage in the living room and found the s*x scene between the child and the teacher.
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The 29-year-old female teacher Xiaomei works as an English teacher in an aristocratic school in Guangzhou, but she did tutoring in her spare time, specializing in tutoring middle and high school students. Due to her humorous and generous personality, many students liked to take her classes. All of her students who have been privately tutored by Xiaomei will make great improvement in their English, but the fees are extremely expensive.
One of the child’s parents had a business trip and was not in Guangzhou at that point in time. Therefore, he secretly installed a secret CCTV in the living room at home. After seeing the tutor and his son having s*x in the living room, he immediately flew home to confront them. The child admitted that the teacher took the initiative first. The parents realized that agreement was reached between the tutor and his son, and the two parties had done it more than a dozen times in six months, which made the parents angry and reported the scandal to the police.
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The police found that in addition to this male student, five other students had the same experience. Six of them were all over 14 years old. They all admitted that they had a relationship with the teacher voluntarily and were unwilling to sue. In the end, Xiaomei was expelled from school and returned to the UK because her passport expired early.
A video was recently uploaded on Facebook after a woman was seen using a tissue to wipe her “cb” on the train.
She was also seen adjusting a bra strap. A boy who was sitting beside her on the train looked literally shocked at her actions. She was also seen not wearing her face mask as well.