A Chinese aircon technician in his thirties fell 5 storeys down after he lost his balance while doing his job.
He was not wearing any safety harness and fell straight down onto the metal roof of the first floor. He could not move due to serious injuries.
A witness says that passersby were in a state of shock and panic. When Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and police arrived, some SCDF officers abseiled down the building to tend to him.
He was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital in stable condition.
SCDF confirmed that they were alerted to an incident at 65 Sims Avenue at 6.10PM.
On Sunday in Miri, Sarawak a Singaporean tourist was nabbed for running topless.
The woman was arrested after the public alerted the police and was take to Miri Hospital.
The lady in her 40s, claimed that she was only doing her daily exercise and was used to running topless when she lived in Britain when questioned by the police.
Nevertheless, her Caucasian husband told police the woman had mental illness.
Charges was not pressed by the police against woman but a warning was issued.
Law Minister K Shanmugam said that the law will lose its reliability and become tough to administer when punishment executed in criminal cases does not echo the weight of public opinion with society at large finding it discriminating.
He added that does not means that the law would bow to public pressure. In order to understand where the weight of public opinion is you and reflect what the people feel is the correct penalty you enhance the penalty thus conduct what should be more severely punished.
Mr K Shanmugam said , “Penalties and criminal laws can only be enforced if people believe that they are fair and that certain conduct ought to be made criminal … Otherwise they lose credibility.”
A public outcry due to observations that the sentences deal out were too light in the couple of high profile cases, such as the ones involvingsex offender Joshua Robinsonand theCity Harvest Church leadership.
Anonline petition appealing for a harsher sentencefor Robinson has since gathered almost 30,000 signatories. After Robinson was sentenced to four years’ jail for having sex with two 15-year-old girls.
As a result Shanmugam is guiding his ministries to re-examine punishments for sex offenders, as well to evaluate laws on other offences.
In the recent of due toa Singaporean couple who were jailed for starving their maid over a period of 15 months, he make know that this month in Parliament a assessment of the laws relating to the abuse of foreign domestic workers was done.
While the wife was sentenced to threemonths’ jail,the husband was sentenced to three weeks’ jail and fined S$10,000.
Even so that these reviews should not be taken as an prosecution of the work of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC).
In the case of offences that have been flagged recently for review drugs, drink-driving, and false and malicious allegations against public officers Shanmugam said public reaction to individual cases will not automatically lead to a review of the laws.
But the minister said Shanmugam added that public reaction to individual cases does not automatically lead to a review of the laws, pointing out that drugs, drink-driving, and false and malicious allegations against public officers are some offences that have been flagged recently for review.
According to Shin Min Daily News, the Singapore police went to the Toa Payoh Lorong 8 hawker centre and spoke to the hawkers there. It is believed that the police are there to gather information about the recent incident which caused many netizens to be unhappy of the couple that abuse an old man physically and verbally.
This was after a video showing an old man shoved from behind at the food centre received widespread condemnation from the public.
From the reporter’s understanding, one plain clothes police officer was there speaking with the hawkers. The newspaper report said it was understood that many Singaporeans were unhappy watching the video that made its rounds online and police reports were made.
It was reported that the police were there to understand more about what happened.
Singapore has one ugly side “reserving” table with a packet of tissue. I see no reason for me to entertain that packet of tissue and I feel embarrassed when foreigners ask me why can’t he take the seat.
People can even have conflict over “ownership” of the table.
This is one ugly culture that needs to stop. I see no reason to entertain.
PUT TISSUE PAPER ON TABLE TO RESERVE BIG F? “I THROW IT AWAY LOH”
I have an issue with Samsung which i think you may want to share with your readers.
I would like to bring to attention on what happened to my Samsung Note 5 phone. I have been using it for 1.5 years and recently it started to overheat when I am charging the phone. The design itself is flawed from the beginning as there is no battery outlet. As a result of overheating, the front plastic film started to peel by itself despite that the phone has never been dropped or got in contact with water before. I even got a tempered glass screen protector on the phone since the beginning.
On 10th March, I went to the Samsung Service Centre at Plaza Singapura to see if they can replace the screen for me and was quoted a ridiculous amount of $260. I said no and requested for their Customer Care Unit to contact me instead. A few days later, a staff by the name of Clarice representing their Customer Care Unit contacted me and when I explained the situation to her, she kept insisting that the peel ‘could’ be due to the physical damage and insist that there is nothing she can do as the phone is out of warranty after 1 year. She also insisted that the peel is definitely not through overheating when she has not even assessed or seen my phone.
When I told her that I am not willing to pay the ridiculous sky high amount and requested for the cost breakdown as to why it cost so much, she started to push the blame again to the phone being out of warranty and she cannot do anything to help. Do note that the $260 is just to replace the front plastic. With this amount, I can use it to purchase a new phone already. Furthermore, I have addressed my concern about safety issues as the peel came out due to overheating and I am worried that the phone may explode when use the phone.
If this is the way Samsung conducts their business and does not care about the safety of their customer (even with the recent cases of exploding note 7 phones), then I believe that the advertisement campaign they have launched recently to claim they have improved their safety check is rubbish. It is only a mere trick to get customers to regain customer’s confidence to put our money with them.
Once something bad happens, they do not take up the responsibility and starts to push away the blame. For the new S8 launch, I encourage everyone to wait till it is absolutely safe before buying as Samsung does not take up any responsibility after 1 year. Think twice before you choose Samsung phones.
On 20/4/2017 Wed, a 50-year-old secret society member fled Singapore in 2000 after fatally stabbing a 36-year-old man in a fight was jailed 10 years after he pleaded guilty to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
When See Chee Keong stabbed odd-job labourer Leong Fook Weng in the heart he was 34 years old. After spending 13 years in a Cambodian prison for drug trafficking, he was deported to Singapore in November 2013 on a royal pardon.
Over the death of Mr Leong, See is the second assailant to be jailed where the attack took place a vacant plot near a cemetery along Kheam Hock Road in the early hours of May 17, 2000 for 15mins
For culpable homicide, Robson Tay Teik Chai, 36 who was the first attacker was sentenced in 2003 to nine years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane also fled Singapore and spent two years in prison in France for drug trafficking.
Two other alleged assailants, Ong Chin Huat and Lim Hin Teck, are still at large.
Facebook user Jerome Junior claims that the eggs serve to him are synthetic fake eggs.
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore has posted a statement on its Facebook page to clarify that the eggs sold at an Ang Mo Kio coffee shop are real.
AVA wrote: “We are aware of a video showing allegedly fake eggs bought from a coffee shop in Ang Mo Kio. Our investigations have shown that the eggs sold there are real, and were imported from an accredited farm in Malaysia. There are no imports of eggs from China, as China is not an approved source.
“Both imported and locally produced eggs are also regularly sampled for food safety and compliance with AVA’s standards and requirements.”
NETIZEN STIR S*HIT SAY EGGS ARE “FAKE”. AVA HAS SPOKEN! THE EGGS ARE REAL!
Screengrab from AVA facebook page
This facebook post(Jerome Junior) that claims of the fake eggs have been debunked by AVA.
Image credit: vulcanpost.com
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make sure to check your entry/exit chop at the Malaysia’s Check point. U just might get a collector’s item.
Dear SU,
Facebook user Jerome Junior claims that the eggs serve to him are synthetic fake eggs.
Screengrab from AVA facebook page