Category: Singapuraku

Frisky Couple Gets It On In Car, Spotted By Angry Neighbours

As part of our commitment to publish uncensored and citizen-contributed news for all Singaporeans, we sometimes receive emails that make us roll on the ground laughing our heads off. This is one of them. We only have one piece of advice for the owner of SJT127U… Don’t be cheapskate, get a hotel room next time!

My wife and I are staying at Block 116C Rivervale Drive, level 8 facing the carpark of Block 117D.

Yesterday, we saw a white Volkswagen car parked at the top floor of the carpark of Block 117D around 10.30pm.

At first, it did not caught our attention. Until we saw a couple coming out from their front seat and switched to the back, the lady is wearing a white dress. After awhile the car started to shake vigorously. We realized what they are doing and think that it is really inappropriate and disgusted as it is still a residential area surrounding by family. This car parked there for an hour and left at around 11.30pm. We believe one of them is staying around our area since they are doing such act here.

We tried to take picture of this car but did not manage to capture any. We only manage to see the car shaking and the white Volkswagen car plate of SJT127U.

I hope the authorities will look into this matter as I hope no children or elderly will be affected by this matter.

Anonymous Sengkang Resident

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

September 29, 2015
$5 Chicken Rice At Food Court – Too Expensive?

Letter to The Online Citizen:

Photo of chicken rice tall in Greenridge Kopitiam

I spotted this chicken rice stall in the Kopitiam food court in Greenridge Shopping Centre which sells chicken rice for $5.00.

How unaffordable, how unbelievably expensive this plate of chicken rice is!

Yet, this is one of the few options left in that Kopitiam food court, as many other stalls are empty, too.

I care about food costs. They make up a substantially large amount of our day-to-day spending.

Food costs are supposed to make up roughly around 22 per cent of our cost, if defined under the Department of Statistics Consumer Price Index weightage .

Low-wage workers, making up 10 per cent of our population, earn less than $1,100 as defined by the National Wages Council.

For these people, there are times when dining out is necessary because of various reasons.

However, $5 is definitely unaffordable. The average price of a main dish should be around $2.50 or so. Factor in the costs of running an air-conditioned eatery, and you should get around $3.50 for chicken rice in food courts.

Indeed, $3.50 was the original price of the chicken rice three months back. But since then, prices have shot up to $5.00, as seen in the photo.

At the nearby new Bukit Panjang Hawker Centre, food is sold at more affordable prices for residents, especially those in great need.

With the new hawker centre, there will be a substitution effect, where the stalls will move from Greenridge Shopping Centre to the new hawker centre, leaving the Greenridge Kopitiam food court empty. It would impact Bukit Panjang residents.

Kopitiam, the food court operator, could afford to hold out on rentals and not budge.

It may be a business decision to leave the stalls empty to maintain high rents in Greenridge Kopitiam, but to residents around Greenridge Shopping Centre, it would mean having no affordable food options in the HDB-run shopping mall.

I hope the relevant parties will look into the matter and think of better solutions for Bukit Panjang residents staying nearby who look for more affordable food in the shopping centre.

Timothy Todd

Source: www.theonlinecitizen.com

September 29, 2015
Man In Malaysia Killed By Flying Parang While Performing Korban

A man in Malaysia was killed by a flying parang last Thursday (Sept 24) when the cow he was helping to slaughter suddenly lashed out.

According to China Press, the freak accident occurred while Mr Suharto Dimjati, 48, was tasked with holding down the head of the bovine during the ritual of korban to mark Hari Raya Haji at a Taman Cahaya Baru surau in Yong Peng, Johor, where three cows were slaughtered.

However, as he was inspecting the dying animals, the third cow suddenly lashed out with its head and tried to stand up.

In the struggle, another man lost control of his parang and sent it flying at Mr Suharto, slashing his right forearm and nearly cutting it off.

With blood pouring from the wound, Mr Suharto was first rushed to a clinic but had to be re-directed to Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital due to the severity of the injury.

However, he bled out and was pronounced dead on arrival.

Mr Suharto was married with two young children.

Source: www.tnp.sg

September 29, 2015
Road Bully’s Dangerous Driving Leaves Girlfriend Dead

It didn’t matter that he had others in the car with him.

Or that he had consumed a sedative which can leave users with bad balance, confusion and muscular coordination.

Eric Leong Teck Wai, 26, went on to bully a taxi driver on the road and his dangerous driving ended up killing his girlfriend.

Yesterday, the former air-con technician was sentenced to two years and nine months in jail.

Leong was driving down Hillview Avenue in his new car with his girlfriend and two friends at about midnight on Oct 22, 2013. They were planning to have supper.

While driving, a taxi pulled to the side to pick up a passenger and Leong gave two short honks before revving his engine and overtaking.

He then sped towards Bukit Batok East Avenue 2, going at about 80kmh, where the speed limit is 60kmh.

Leong was not done with the cabby.

When the taxi caught up with him, Leong slammed his brakes even though there were no vehicles in front.

The taxi then moved to a different lane, but Leong veered dangerously close to the taxi before speeding off.

But when he overtook another taxi, he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.

Leong’s girlfriend, Ms Cheryl Ng, died in the accident.

FRACTURE

One of the other passengers, Tan Quan Jin, 18, suffered a fracture in his right thigh and spine, spending three days in hospital.

The other passenger, Mr Bay Kok Siong, 34, was flung through the windscreen but survived with cuts to his upper body, tenderness on his left foot and a fractured rib.

A toxicology report later showed that Leong’s blood contained traces of Lignocaine, an anaesthetic, and Phenazepam, a sedative.

Some of phenazepam’s symptoms include bad balance, slurred speech, confusion and bad muscular coordination. On top of the two charges of dangerous driving, Leong pleaded guilty to two other charges: one of procuring a youth for harassment, and another for abetment of theft in a dwelling.

In March 2013, Leong, who was working for an unlicensed moneylender, drove a then 15-year-old boy to a flat in Woodlands Drive 14, where the boy splashed paint on the debtor’s unit.

On Oct 12, 2013, Leong and Tan also broke into a Tanjong Katong bird shop. They stole 10 birds, 12 cages and a laptop, totalling some $6,250, as well as $500.

In mitigation, Leong’s lawyer Jayakumar Naidu said his client has mild mental retardation, with an IQ of just 63.

Furthermore, he has been wheelchair-bound since the accident and had metal plates put into his legs during surgery earlier this month.

He will require more surgery, and District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt agreed to allow Leong to start serving his sentence next Monday.

Source: www.tnp.sg

September 29, 2015
Caught With Fake Branded Items, PR From PRC Told Husband To Hide Rest Of Stash

A woman detained at the airport with fake goods bearing brand names such as Chanel, Cartier and Christian Dior messaged her husband to remove more fakes from her Bugis Village shop. She did not want these spotted by the police.

A district judge, underlining the seriousness of her offence, sentenced Li Na, a permanent resident, to two weeks’ imprisonment for conspiring to obstruct the course of justice. She was separately sentenced to six months’ jail over the fake goods offences.

“She had boldly done so despite the fact she was being detained at the airport after bringing in counterfeit goods from Guangzhou, China,” said District Judge Salina Ishak in her decision grounds released last week.

Li, 40, a China national, was detained on April 29 last year at Changi Airport Terminal 2 at about 7.30am after Customs officials suspected the goods were fakes.

An assortment of almost 500 items were seized, including rings, bangles, wallets, bracelets and earrings with brand names ranging from Hermes to Yves Saint Laurent, among others.

On being alerted by Li, her 53-year-old Singaporean husband, together with a sales assistant, removed “a substantial portion” of goods including Gucci and BVLGARI fakes from her shop. Police later found them in his car boot.

Li pleaded guilty to 13 charges under the Trade Marks and Copyright Act and 26 other charges were taken into consideration in relation to the fakes seized. She had been convicted and fined $12,050 in 2008 for selling fake goods at a shop in Bugis Village and she claimed then to have stopped dealing in fakes.

But three years later, she moved to a new unit there and in 2014 imported counterfeit goods.

The judge noted she was discreet in selling the fake goods, offering them only to regular customers. The counterfeit items were hidden in a black box to avoid detection.

Li’s lawyer Nirmal Singh urged the court to fine her or, at most, jail her for two months, pointing out she was the sole operator of the business, had closed the unit to show remorse and that the 861 items listed in the charges were not “big ticket” items.

He added that the mother of three children had, since 2013, collected food from markets, food centres and wholesale centres for distribution to charity homes.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Jonathan Ng sought a jail term, pointing out Li was a repeat offender and had “not learnt her lesson”. He noted the infringing goods involved luxury brands and the 861 items, “although not a large number, is not a small number either”.

The judge held that the items were “not insubstantial” and sentenced Li to six months’ jail for the fake goods offences. The court ordered two of the various jail terms, ranging from a week to four months meted out for each of the fake goods charges, to run consecutively. The remaining terms were to run concurrently. Li is appealing against the total jail term of six months and two weeks.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

September 29, 2015