‘Talk to rich people nicely, you’re a poor girl’: 2 zha bor tio fined $3k each for verbally abusing auxiliary police officer
Another case of money cannot buy you class. Recently, two women Koh Lee Yen, 50, and Chee Kam Fah, 49, were each fined $3,000 for verbally insulting an auxiliary police officer who approached them for smoking outside a designated area. The poor auxiliary police officer was merely doing her job but mou twin twin kena […]
Dear Chao Kuan Companies, still want to hire foreign workers siboh? Sorry hor not so easy liao!
Singapore’s foreign workers problem has been a long-standing one which resulted in a “them-vs-us” mentality amongst many Singaporeans. Understandably, the concerns and pressure from the competition from these foreign workers are making a lot of Singaporeans sibei kan jiong and giving them a lot of stress until at night cannot sleep. Hence during the National […]
Chan Chun Sing calls for ‘whole-of-society’ effort to prevent repeat of River Valley High School incident
Yesterday in Parliament, Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing gave an update on the incident that occurred in River Valley High School on July 19 which resulted in the death of a student. In case you’re too busy following the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, here’s what he spoke about in his almost 50-minute-long ministerial statement. A […]
Jurong Fishery Port closed due to COVID-19, but fish supplies at NTUC FairPrice remains unaffected
Just when we thought the measures for COVID-19 will be lifted soon, and group size limit for social gatherings and dining out will increase, some hum sup lou (horny men) decided to go visit some lup sup KTVs where they tio infected and now implicate the rest of us also. It is so unfair to […]
Customer asks for a full refund of a bowl of prawn mee after almost finishing entire bowl
Businesses these days really very hard to do sia. Not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also have manage all the requests from customers, both reasonable and unreasonable requests… who won’t get headache leh? On July 4, popular halal prawn noodle stall with branches in Toa Payoh, Jurong, Chai Chee and Woodlands, Deanna’s Kitchen, […]
Singaporean woman dedicates song to Briton who refuses to wear mask in MRT
On May 7, a Briton was allegedly seen not wearing a mask while travelling on an MRT train. His behaviour in the MRT train was caught on video by a fellow commuter and the video later went viral online. If you never see the video before, you can watch it here: https://www.facebook.com/keef.chan.5/videos/10165705871365571/ Singapore Police […]
More Singaporeans found jobs as resident unemployment rate falls for 7th straight month
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) monthly unemployment situation report released on Jul 1, the resident unemployment rate has declined to 3.8% in May, from 3.9% in April 2021. The unemployment rate among Singapore citizens also dropped to 4% in May, from 4.1% previously, while the overall unemployment rate fell […]
Singapore may not have enough nurses as the Philippines suspends nurse permits
Last week, Straits Times published a premium article that reported that the Philippines is suspending the permits for nurses who want to work overseas with immediate effect. And as a result, Singapore could face a shortage of nurses since about a third of the nursing workforce is made up of foreign nationals. Why is the […]
All households in Singapore to get one FREE oximeter from Temasek Foundation
Don’t say bo jio ah! Temasek Foundation is providing one free oximeter for every Singapore household to enable everyone to monitor their blood oxygen levels regularly. YAH SIA, FREE ONE! According to Temasek Foundation, this is part of their Stay Prepared initiative to “help everyone stay safe, especially with the emergence of new and more […]
3 important things about SINOVAC that you should know!
Is it your turn to take the COVID-19 vaccine soon? Then here are some important things that you need to know about the SINOVAC vaccine – especially if you are more inclined to take the SINOVAC because your friend’s brother’s colleague’s friend say SINOVAC is better than Pfizer and Moderna. 1. SINOVAC is a vaccine […]