Earlier today at about 10.15 am, there was a commotion going on at Rochalie Drive.
A delivery man was doing his daily deliveries and was parking his lorry at the roadside of Rochalie Drive. When suddenly, a woman came by parked her car in the middle of the road scolding the delivery man and taking photos of him.
Here is what the delivery man said,
“Was making my deliveries to Rochalie Drive today at 10.15am when suddenly this lady started blaring her horn at me. Then she came out of her car and started hurling vulgarities at me for blocking her way and I’m not supposed to park there.”
“Come on, I’m not even blocking the entrance of any unit and she demanded that I move my truck away. And I was just a few mins away from sending the items. Why must make things difficult for others? We are just earning a living… ”
Joanne Chow, the pastor of Pasir Panjang Hill Brethren Church, previously asked women not to dress in a revealing and provocative manner, so as not to induce “men’s lustful thoughts”.
Posted onto the Christian site’s Instagram profile, @Thir.st, her post drew flak and was heavily criticized for her views on victim-blaming.
The response to her statements have been vociferously volatile, with many calling her out for her ignorance.
And in their initial response to the public backlash, they defended their stance.
However, Chow then apologised to the people whom she might’ve hurt with her comments, addressing the victims of sexual abuse.
But she still encourages women to dress modestly, as an appeal for consideration and with the best intentions.
Her full apology is as follows:
“Hi everyone, I realise that my comment on dressing modestly has sparked many responses and comments, and even angered many people. I’m truly sorry if it has hurt anyone, especially victims of sexual abuse. I understand how it ended up coming across as insensitive and that it caused offence to some in light of the recent revelations around Ravi Zacharias.“
“I hope you will allow me to clarify my position. To be clear, I do not advocate victim blaming in any way. In any sex crime, the victim’s attire is irrelevant. Women are not responsible for men’s actions. I made the point about dressing modestly purely as an appeal for consideration, with the best of intentions.“
“While the Ravi Z revelations caused me to start thinking about this issue again, my article was actually not about addressing sexual predation or how to avoid it. Rather, I hoped to encourage the Christian community to help each other avoid sexual temptation.“
“In this area, both men and women play a part. As a woman, I wrote the article to speak to other females who want to take sexual temptation, and their part in the church seriously.“
“There is greater clarity on hindsight as to how a message or thought could have been better framed or phrased; I accept that. It was not my intention at all to insinuate victim blaming or excuse predatory behaviour and I apologise if it came across that way.“
A video was recently uploaded on the Instagram page sgfollowsall which shows a kind bus captain coming to help an elderly woman fix her wheelchair.
Here is the full story.
Anyone willing to help share around I took Svc 154, SBS8098S around 930pm from Boon Lay and the bus captain helped an elderly passenger to fix a part of her wheelchair which had fell of
Before that, her husband who is around 70+ years old tried to pick up the part which had fell off the wheelchair, but the bus captain stopped at a bus stop and adviced the elderly man to sit down for his safety
This bus captain deserves to be commended for going above and beyond his job scope to ensure passenger safety SBS Transit Ltd. .
A video was recently uploaded on the Facebook page SG Chinese Community which shows a bus uncle wearing an excessive amount of gold while driving an SBS bus.
He was wearing gold rings, a gold bracelet, a gold necklace, and a Rolex as well.
Two teenagers involved in robbing a pawnshop have been arrest after one teenager acted as a customer and another kept a lookout.
The case occurred in the evening on Sunday (21 Feb) at a pawn shop in Vista Point. A nearby stall owner said, ′′ I heard that the robbers put their gold chain on their hands and fled quickly when the staff did not pay attention.”
Source: SG Chinese Community
Police took CCTV footage and managed to establish the identity of the suspects and arrested them within 12 hours.
It is reported that the two teenagers snatched the gold chain which was worth close to $2500, but the whereabouts of the stolen item is currently unknown.
