Clarification on Lion and Dragon dance performance
Police are aware of an online post containing a video about a flag performance by a lion and dragon dance troupe which took place at Prinsep Street on the night of 24 Feb 2018. Police had received a complaint about the performance at 10.33pm. Contrary to the allegation in the post, Police officers had responded […]
Limpeh bradder PM Lee to reshuffle Cabinet after Parliament prorogues
Limpeh bradder PM Lee Hsien Loong said that he will reshuffle the Cabinet after the Parliament prorogues which will be happened after the Committee of Supply (COS) debates that end on Mar 9. Parliament will prorogue for a mid-term break and reopen in May. Cabinet reshuffle is “to give the younger members more exposure and […]
Malaysia PM Najib Razak to distribute RM 6.3b in cash handouts to 7 million people
Malaysia will distribute a total of RM6.3 billion (US1.61 billion) to approximately 7 million eligible people as part of a programme to help the country’s lower-income community. The payment of 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) will start from today Feb 26 in three stages, announced by Malaysia’s Finance Minister Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah. Those eligible to […]
Man arrested for selling fake USS tickets on carousell
The Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a series of cheating cases. On 19 December 2017, the Police received a report on the sale of fake Universal Studios Singapore (USS) tickets. The victim had transferred money to a seller on Carousell to purchase two tickets to USS. However, she only […]
Thinking of exploiting migrant workers? Not so easy anymore
Owed salaries – this is one of the biggest issues plaguing the migrant workers’ industry. Several errant employers have been exploiting migrant workers by withholding their salaries. In one case in 2017, a foreign employer owed about 80 workers at least $4,000 each (four months worth of salary) and returned to China without paying the […]
238 A-Level Chemistry Papers stolen in the UK…
Jialat liao…238 scripts from the A-Level Chemistry examinations have been missing and stolen in the United Kingdom. The stolen scripts come from 4 Singaporean Junior Colleges (Anderson JC, Anglo-Chinese JC, Hwa Chong Institution and Nanyang JC). Apparently, the theft happened on 16 November 2017 while the exam answer scripts were in transit from Cambridge […]
10 per cent increase in tobacco tax is unlikely to curb smoking because increase too small, expert says
The 10 percent increase in Tobacco Tax that the Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat announced in his Budget 2018 speech is unlikely to make any difference. The small percentage of increase is likely to have only a modest effect on decreasing smoking prevalence in Singapore and the effect is likely to be temporary only. […]
Reader complains about her nightmare experience with “For You Wedding Services”
What would you do if you’re 2 months away from your wedding and you found out that your venue has not been booked? And the vendor has not proven to be reliable? A reader wrote to us to share her unpleasant experience with “For You Wedding services”. She and her husband placed a deposit of […]
Former City Harvest Church fund manager Chew Eng Han tried to escape S’pore by boat
Ex-City Harvest Church fund manager Chew Eng Han tried to flee Singapore by boat one day before he was due to start serving his jail term. According to preliminary investigations, he tried to escape from Pulau Ubin to Malaysia on a motorised sampan. A 53-year-old Tan Poh Teck assisted him with the escape by piloting the […]
Limpeh’s layman perspective to Singapoh Bah-jet 2018 (Budget)
This is a reader-contributed post by Mark Seow on Budget 2018. “Limpeh’s layman perspective to Singapoh Bah-jet 2018 (budget): 1) Ang Pow up to $3 pak kor Not bad lah, better than boh (none). You go ask peeples from Seeria, Irag, AfGan, Lipya or even Myanmar see whether got or not. They all sibeh chia […]