The Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) revealed that a total of 37 complaints were filed against MDS Collections, a fashion retailer, between 1 June 2019 and 31 December 2020.

Most of the complaints were related to customers failing to received the items that they ordered.

MDS Collections also failed to resolve the complaints received by CASE and a warning letter was issued to the errant fashion retailer.

Customers complained that they didn’t received their orders, received incomplete orders and some even waited over six months after their scheduled delivery dates but still didn’t receive their items.

Also, some customers who were informed by MDS to collect their orders at the physical retail outlet found ther stores closed when they reached.

Customers also complained that after signing up for the monthly subscriptions, they didn’t receive any credits.

They also complained that MDS Collections continued to charge them monthly fees even though they had terminated their subscriptions.

To this day, MDS Collections has failed to resolve a hugh portion of the complaints against them but they are still continuing with their online sales.

Images source: Google Maps and mdscollections.com

The CID as well as 7 police land divisions, conducted raids islandwide between January 18 and February 7, targeting loan sharking.

316 people have since been arrested, and $52,000 were seized.

33 of the suspects allegedly harassed debtors at the homes, 68 suspects were believed to be runners who helped the Ah-Longs to carry out ATM transfers.

The other 215 suspects purportedly opened bank accounts for the loansharks and provided their ATM cards, personal identification numbers and internet banking tokens.

At the time of writing, police investigations are still ongoing.

Images source: Singapore Police Force

An anonymous user shared online how she is earning $2k per month while her boyfriend earns $18k per month, which is 9 times her salary.

She claims that her boyfriend should spend 9 times more on her than what she spends on him.

She said:

he should be spending 9 times on me of what I spend on him.

Like if I buy him a 5 dollar meal, he has to buy a 45 dollar one next time to match my contribution.

To which her boyfriend disagrees with her view and said that certain costs don’t scale that way.

She thinks he’s being cheap, and that monetary contribution should be based on percentage to “be fair”.

You can read her full spectacular post below:

Is my bf stingy or is he right?I make 2k/month while my bf makes 18k/month.

The other day I told him he should be spending 9 times on me of what I spend on him.

Like if I buy him a 5 dollar meal, he has to buy a 45 dollar one next time to match my contribution.

He strongly disagrees with this view as he said there are certain costs which don’t scale that way.

I think he is just being cheap. Shouldn’t money contribution be based on percentage to be fair? I think it’s only logical what.

Like if I spent 200 dollars on him that’s 10% of my salary. Even if he spends 900 dollars on me that’s more but it’s just 5% of his salary so to him it’s less what right?

Source: NUSWhispers

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Lim Ching Hwang, 24, a Singaporan PR who represented Malaysia in various SEA Games swimming competitions, defaulted on his NS obligations and was sentenced to 8 weeks jail earlier today, February 9.

Lim left Singapore in July 2015 and didn’t turn up for his enlistment in November, he then returned 3 years later in June 2018 and enlisted in April 2019.

He was a Singapore Sports School student and was granted PR status in 2014, when he received a NS registration notice but coincidentally, he was offered a scholarship by a private entity to study in a university in the US that same year.

He was granted deferment to pursue his diploma studies at RP but he dropped out and left Singapore.

His father was informed that he needs to book a date for a medical screening to prepare for his enlistment, which he complied because he was worried about not being able to enter Singapore for the 2015 SEA Games.

But he left Singapore again for the US.

Lim then returned to Singapore in 2018 after completing his university studies and only enlisted in April 2019, completing his NS on February 2 this year.

In mitigation, Lim told the court that he regrets his actions and that he has decided to remain in Singapore, adding that he intends to apply for Singapore citizenship in the future.

His sentence has been deferred to February 23.

Image source: Ching Hwang Lim Facebook