Singapore’s first 10-storey flats, colloquially known as “chap lau chu” in Hokkien, are seven blocks of brown and beige-coloured flats in Commonwealth Drive. Built in the early 1960s, this pioneering “mini estate” introduced Singaporeans to the concept of a self-contained…
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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian police on Thursday said they had arrested and were investigating 10 Malaysians suspected of links to Islamic State, among them six members of the country’s security forces. Although the Southeast Asian country has not seen any…
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Stomper Vincent shares his disapproval over plans to deploy soldiers from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to help manage crowds during massive train breakdowns. A report from the Straits Times earlier today (Aug 21) stated that the Land Transport Authority…
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Soldiers will be roped in as marshals to give directions to stricken commuters in the event of a massive train breakdown, The Straits Times has learnt. The Land Transport Authority (LTA), which is beefing up its contingency plans, has approached…
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A shopper in Shanghai was one of the unfortunate souls to recently report finding his freshly purchased shrimp stuffed with…blobs of gelatin. According to local newspapers, the man brought home and peeled open his market-bought shrimp only to discover the…
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