Malaysian Government to prohibit some fish and shrimp exports to ensure local supplies.
The Malaysian Government will prohibit the exports of four species of fish and shrimp. “Kembung” (mackerel), “selar” (trevally), “pelaling” (Indian mackerel) and “bawal” (pomfret) fish, as well as shrimp, will be prohibited from export from Jan 1 to Feb 28, 2019” Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub said on 17 Dec. He further explained […]
Fire at a single-storey furniture warehouse, 31 Sungei Kadut Street 2.
A single-story furniture warehouse at Sungei Kadut Street 2 caught fire on 17 December 2018. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to the fire at around 3am. A total of 25 emergency vehicles and about 90 firefighters were deployed to combat the fire. 12 water jets were used to bring the fire under control. […]
Malaysia and Singapore in dispute again, this time is over airspace and water space
Ever since the new Malaysian gahmen took over, they keep trying to find ways to disturb Singapore leh. Firstly, they want to review the price of water. Next, they want to revive the crooked bridge project. Now, they try to stir dispute with us over airspace and water space. In case you have been too […]
Man wants $30k back from mistress, mistress retorts: “It’s $300 each time I’ve slept with you!”
According to Shin Min Daily News, a 58-year-old marketing manager, Tan, who is also a married man, had spent almost $30,000 on his mistress. After falling out with her, Tan wants his money back from her. In summary, here’s what happened: 4 years ago, Tan visited a massage parlour at Sims Avenue after he quarreled with […]
Polytechnic graduates applying to NUS and NTU from 2020 will no longer have their O-Level grades be considered for admission.
Ministry of Education (MOE) is removing a current requirement for applicant’s O-Level results to comprise 20% of his University Admissions Score (UAS). This means that Polytechnic graduates applying to the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from 2020 will no longer have their O-Level grades be considered for admission, except […]
$9 million worth of transport vouchers will be available to 300,000 low income households.
$9 million worth of transport vouchers will be available to 300,000 low income households. This is to help these households cope with the latest fare increases by the Public Transport Council. This is the largest Public Transport Vouchers assistance since 2010. S$7.5 million and S$4 million worth of Transport Vouchers were made available in 2014/2015 […]
Singaporean shares his experience of how he was almost robbed in Malaysia
Tony Lau, a Facebook user, shares his experience of how he was almost robbed with a knife pointed at him in Malaysia recently. In case you are unable to view the screenshot above, here’s a summary of what happened, according to Tony’s account: Tony was at the Tuas Checkpoint at 4am in the morning He […]
MP Lim Biow Chuan responds to Gary Ho’s post that he allegedly “said nothing” to the hawkers
Gary Ho, a longtime patron of Old Airport Road Hawker Centre, put out a lengthy post on his Facebook account, which recounted his own findings from the hawkers themselves and the allegedly unreasonable practices by the management. If you don’t feel like reading the wall of text, here’s a summary of what he mentioned in […]
Hawker Centre was an idea by Ang Moh Governor Franklin Charles Gimson!
As Singaporean, we are proud of our hawker centre culture, but how many of us know that the idea of hawker centre was the result of a The Hawkers Inquiry Commission which was set up in 1950 by Governor Franklin Charles Gimson. The inaugural public meeting of the Singapore Hawker Inquiry Commission, chaired by T. […]
Man jailed a week for breaking SBS Transit bus door because he needed to pee badly
A 41-year-old Singaporean man was jailed a week for breaking a SBS Transit bus door. According to his lawyers, the man, Chua, was in the bus when he felt he needed to pee badly. Out of desperation and also because he was drunk, he resorted to kicking the bus door and causing it to shatter. […]