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[Kopi0Kosong]

Waiter pushed colleague, causing extensive burns after hot water spilled on her

Shaffiq Alkhatib


SINGAPORE - Unhappy with his colleague for refusing to help him clean up a mess, a waiter pushed the woman so hard that it sparked a chain of events which ended with Ms Neo Xinjie suffering extensive first- and second-degree burns to about 40 per cent of her body.
On Thursday (Nov 29), Mohammad Firdaus Mohammad Nazeer, 19, pleaded guilty in court to causing hurt to the 24-year-old woman by performing a rash act. He also admitted to an unrelated rioting charge.
The court heard that Firdaus, who was on probation for earlier theft-related offences, was working with Ms Neo in a Swensen's outlet at Nex shopping mall in Serangoon Central on June 23, 2017.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...fered-extensive-burns-after-hot-water-spilled

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Police investigating fight between cabby and man along Balestier road
29 Nov 2018 06:40PM (Updated: 29 Nov 2018 06:47PM)

SINGAPORE: Police are investigating a fight between a taxi driver and a man along Balestier Road that occurred on Wednesday (Nov 28).
A video posted on a Facebook group shows the two men shoving and hitting each other during an argument near a blue Comfort taxi.


Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...fight-between-taxi-driver-man-police-10981200

https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/p...le-between-cabby-and-passenger-balestier-road

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

SingPass and CorpPass 'temporarily unavailable': GovTech

Screengrab of the maintenance notice pop-up on the SingPass Mobile app on Thursday (Nov 29) night.
29 Nov 2018 09:33PM (Updated: 29 Nov 2018 10:04PM)

SINGAPORE: National authentication systems SingPass and CorpPass were "temporarily unavailable" on Thursday night (Nov 29), said the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech).
"The team is working to restore the services ... Thank you for your patience," the agency said on Facebook at 7.50pm.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...pass-temporarily-unavailable-govtech-10981780

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Man met 5 women on dating platforms and cheated them of almost $370,000

SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB
THE STRAITS TIMES
Nov 29, 2018

SINGAPORE - A man befriended five women on dating platforms Match.com and Tinder before cheating them of almost $370,000 in total.
Malaysian Peter Aw Boo Cheong, 46, who is jobless, pleaded guilty on Wednesday (Nov 28) to 14 cheating charges involving nearly $250,000.

http://www.asiaone.com/singapore/man-met-5-women-dating-platforms-and-cheated-them-almost-370000

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Tipper truck driver, 65, sentenced to 4 weeks’ jail after fatal collision with older cyclist
By ALFRED CHUA
UPDATED 29 NOVEMBER, 2018

SINGAPORE — A tipper truck driver who ran over an elderly cyclist he failed to notice at a pedestrian crossing was sentenced to four weeks’ jail and disqualified from driving for four years on Thursday (Nov 29).

https://www.todayonline.com/tipper-...eeks-jail-after-fatal-collision-older-cyclist

http://theindependent.sg/78-year-old-cyclist-dies-in-second-tipper-truck-accident-in-one-week/

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

What you need to know about MOM’s latest labour report
By JANICE LIM

SINGAPORE — The latest annual labour market report released on Thursday (Nov 29) by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) painted an overall positive picture, with main indicators such as the employment rate and real median income on the rise.

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/what-you-need-know-about-moms-latest-labour-report

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Six-month wait for subsidised patients to get an appointment with specialist?
By FRANCIS CHENG CHOON FEI

Reuters file
UPDATED 28 NOVEMBER, 2018

Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State for Health, mentioned in Parliament last week that the median waiting time for new subsidised specialist appointments has improved from 28 days in 2013 to 22 days in the first half of this year.

My personal experience did not seem to show this. On Nov 20, I happened to call Changi General Hospital (CGH) for an appointment for my chronic neck pain as a new subsidised patient referred by a clinic under the Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas).

To my surprise, the earliest appointment is on May 23, 2019, exactly 180 days of waiting to see a specialist.
In disbelief, I asked the staff member to double-check because I thought it is impossible that the waiting time is so long.

https://www.todayonline.com/voices/six-month-wait-subsidised-patients-get-appointment-specialist

 

[KuanTi01]

All the above unflattering news does not embarrass the government one bit! It's still first world not 3rd world.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

All the above unflattering news does not embarrass the government one bit! It's still first world not 3rd world.

Intention is not to embarrass but to inform.
Taken in the right spirit, it enables one to reflect, redefine and hopefully, act appropriately.
Open thy eyes to see, open thy brain to think, open thy heart to change...thyself.

 

[AhMeng]

All the above unflattering news does not embarrass the government one bit! It's still first world not 3rd world.

Quite a gloomy outlook for the next generation of Sinkies..But fear not, they will still vote in PAP. Lol

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/bu...ost-where-lrt-always-dead-kill-people.261902/

83-year-old woman dies after fire breaks out in Bukit Panjang flat
30 Nov 2018 03:23PM (Updated: 30 Nov 2018 06:51PM)

SINGAPORE: An 83-year-old woman died after a fire broke out in the living room of a Housing Board flat in Bukit Panjang on Friday afternoon (Nov 30).

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/one-dies-in-fire-at-bukit-panjang-hdb-flat-10984308

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Jail for maid who sexually groomed 11-year-old boy in her care
By Lydia Lam
30 Nov 2018 05:09PM (Updated: 30 Nov 2018 05:15PM)

SINGAPORE: A maid who exploited her employer's young son into performing sexual acts on her has been sentenced to 18 months' jail.
The 33-year-old Indian national as well as the victim, who was 11 years old at the time of the first offence, cannot be named due to gag orders.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/maid-sexually-groomed-11-year-old-boy-jailed-10984628

Picture at SAHARAB.com website:

Jail for maid who sexually groomed 11-year-old boy in her care
BY SAHARAB.COM ON NOVEMBER 30, 2018
https://www.saharab.com/2018/11/30/jail-for-maid-who-sexually-groomed-11-year-old-boy-in-her-care/

Another website
https://www.powermoneywomen.com/bre...-fondling-his-private-parts-facts-information

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

107 arrested in 4-day drug bust islandwide
BY SAHARAB.COM ON NOVEMBER 30, 2018

SINGAPORE: A total of 107 suspected drug offenders were arrested in a four-day islandwide operation, the Central Narcotics Bureau said in a news release on Friday (Nov 30).
About 91g of heroin, 52g of new psychoactive substances, 40g of Ice, 8g of cannabis, 56 Erimin-5 tablets and three Ecstasy tablets were seized during the operation, which took place between Nov 26 and Nov 30.

https://www.saharab.com/2018/11/30/107-arrested-in-4-day-drug-bust-islandwide/

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/107-arrested-in-4-day-drug-bust-islandwide-10985030

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/新-塚芭鲁-粪水-sai-chwee-pipe-burst-huat-ah-gvgt.261905/
Bus services diverted in Tiong Bahru Road for second day due to burst water pipe

Due to a burst water pipe, several bus services plying Tiong Bahru Road have been diverted since Nov 29, 2018.PHOTOS: ALVIN YUEN


Ng Huiwen

SINGAPORE - Several buses plying Tiong Bahru Road have been diverted since Thursday (Nov 29) due to a burst water pipe.
Urgent road works were carried out overnight and on Friday, resulting in two days of disruption to bus commuters and residents.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, national water agency PUB said that it received a report of a pipe leak along Tiong Bahru Road, near Zion Road, at about 2.45am on Thursday morning.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...u-road-for-second-day-due-to-burst-water-pipe

Pipe burst problems cannot be entirely eradicated, say experts
By CYNTHIA CHOO

Despite a decline in the overall number of burst water pipes in the last few years, experts say the problem cannot be entirely eradicated. TODAY file photo
Published21 JANUARY, 2018

SINGAPORE — Despite a decline in the overall number of burst water pipes in the last few years, experts say the problem cannot be entirely eradicated. They cited corrosion, soil settlement and weather patterns affecting the structural integrity of the pipes as difficult factors to control.
A number of high-profile incidents in recent months have put the problem back into the spotlight, with Opposition party member Leon Perera asking in a Facebook post on Thursday (Jan 18) if burst water pipes “are yet another infrastructural issue” now plaguing Singaporeans.
Tiong Bahru Road have been diverted since Nov 29, 2018.PHOTOS: ALVIN YUEN

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/pipe-bursts-problems-cannot-be-entirely-eradicated-say-experts

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

LEEder: Singapore is a safe country. You have been warned. You die your problem?

Students should be wary of jobs promising quick and easy money or risk being hired as loan shark runners: Police

Choo Yun Ting
SINGAPORE - Young people should be careful when taking up part-time jobs during the school holidays, especially those promising quick and easy money - or they may unwittingly find themselves being hired as loan shark runners.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...-promising-quick-and-easy-money-or-risk-being

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Man jailed for kicking brother's stepson, causing eye socket fracture

Shaffiq Alkhatib

SINGAPORE - A storekeeper who needed a place to stay and was given space at his brother's flat in Sembawang repaid the kindness by assaulting his brother's stepson.
The attack was so vicious, the 13-year-old suffered a fracture at his left eye socket and sustained a partial muscle prolapse near the area.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...brothers-step-son-causing-eye-socket-fracture

 

[whoami]

All the above unflattering news does not embarrass the government one bit! It's still first world not 3rd world.

Why should MIW be embarrassed. 70% sinkies jumping with joy and hoping more of such news.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Machine learning being used to detect fraud
By feeding data into program, cases can be flagged for investigation

Singapore is using machine learning to help detect crime.
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), an agency that gives out grants and funding for lifelong training, announced yesterday it has implemented the use of machine learning to detect fraud.
The move is one of SSG's new enhancements to its fraud risk management system.
The media release outlining the enhancements follows several cases of fraud and cheating involving the schemes, including news of a man jailed on Tuesday for his role in a $40 million scam - the biggest fraud case involving a public institution in Singapore history.
The enhancements were recommended by a task force formed about a year ago to conduct a review of SSG's grant administration and fraud mitigation capabilities.

https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/machine-learning-being-used-detect-fraud

How much did it cost? Information NOT AVAILABLE.
Who is paying/paid for it? Information NOT AVAILABLE.
Which company was it awarded to - a $2 paid-up company? Information NOT AVAILABLE.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Cool, wet weather expected for the first two weeks of December

TODAY file

UPDATED 30 NOVEMBER, 2018

SINGAPORE – The Northeast Monsoon season is here again to kick start the festive period. According to the Meteorological Service Singapore, one can expect higher than normal – and at times heavy – rainfall and days with temperatures dipping to a cool 22°C in the first half of December.
The weatherman also expects the monsoon season to last till March next year.

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/cool-wet-weather-expected-first-two-weeks-december

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Elderly man hospitalised after consuming health product purported to treat knee ailment

The Health Sciences Authority has issued a warning to consumers, asking them to avoid three health products due to potent undeclared ingredients.

UPDATED 30 NOVEMBER, 2018

SINGAPORE — A man in his 70s who consumed health products bought off the streets in Geylang and Chinatown had to be hospitalised after developing symptoms related to Cushing’s syndrome, which is caused by long-term steroid consumption.

Symptoms of the disease include a "moon" face, thin limbs, thinning of the skin and easy bruising.

https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...g-health-product-purported-treat-knee-ailment

Steroid for Thought:

There's no mention of ban or arrest by the relevant authorities.