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UK Enacts Tough Anti-Foreign Students Law, Why Not Singapore?

Hi A.S.S.,

I read today from The Independent about a new law in the UK which bans foreign students from taking up jobs in the country – in other words these foreigners must go home immediately after they complete their studies in the UK and not use their studies as a backdoor to find employment and UK citizenship.

Why can’t Singapore do the same? Look at the rate that the Singapore government is giving subsidies to foreign students, all at the expense of more deserving locals! Do you really think some Ah Tiong from China who can barely speak English deserves our tax payers’ money more than our own local born and bred Singaporean children?

Just go to any famous private university in Singapore and look at the calibre of foreign students at these schools! Well known that many rich local sugar daddies drive their expensive cars just to pick up their PRC “god daughters” for some action after work! Pui!

Read the full UK article here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/foreign-students-will-be-banned-from-working-in-the-uk-and-forced-to-leave-as-soon-as-they-finish-course-under-theresa-mays-tough-new-visa-rules-10385232.html

Foreign students will be banned from working in the UK while they study and will be forced to leave the country as soon as they finish their course under tough new rules unveiled by Theresa May, the Home Secretary.

The move, which was confirmed by the Home Office this morning, is designed to crack down on visa fraud in the UK.

The new rules will only apply to non-EU students, who accounted for 121,000 immigrants last year. Only 51,000 of those foreign students left the UK, leaving a net influx of 70,000 and Mrs May pointed to these figures to defend her efforts for the stricter rules.

She hopes to stop immigrants using colleges as a “back door to a British visa” and has banned 870 “bogus colleges” from accepting foreign students.

Ashton
A.S.S. Contributor

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

August 5, 2015
Suspected Brothels In Katong Private Housing Area Raises Residents’ Ire

Suspected brothels have popped up in a Katong private housing district for the second time in 2015.

Residents reported that suspicious activities have been spotted at four of the six bungalows on Crescent Road.

One of the bungalows was raided by the police on April 28, and two woman were cuffed and detained, according to past reports.

Residents, who did not wish to be named, told Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao that barely a month later, foreign workers had moved into the bungalows.

They then spotted men loitering around the area, sending messages and checking their mobile phones.

After a while, they would walk into one of the bungalows.

A resident said that at noon on Sunday, he saw a woman in heels climb over the perimeter wall into one of the bungalows.

Another resident said that a man once rang their doorbell at 2am, and asked if they provided sexual services.

They said that the men who frequented the suspected brothels in the past seemed affluent, and some even had chauffeurs.

The men spotted loitering nearby recently, appeared less well-off.

Residents said they have reported the matter to the police and to their Member of Parliament.

Source: http://news.asiaone.com

August 5, 2015
Newspaper Vendor Sues ‘Unfilial’ Son To Get Condo Back

A 76-year-old newspaper vendor has sued his 48-year-old son, whom he called “unfilial”, to get back a $1.2 million Hillview Avenue condominium.

In 2000, Mr Chin Kim Yon paid $700,000 for the apartment. It was registered in the names of his son and daughter by his second “wife”, whom he married in customary Chinese rites in 1963.

After daughter Yun Qin died last year at the age of 49, he applied to administer her estate and transferred her half-share of the flat to himself. He sued son Kheng Hai for the other half-share. He said he never meant to give the condo to his children, who were just holding it on trust for him.

Yesterday, on the first day of the trial, Mr Chin testified that he did not intend to will his estate to Kheng Hai. He said he was taking legal action because his son has been unfilial to him.

He singled out a “heartbreaking” 2013 incident in which his son visited him at his Johor Bahru home and tried to hit him with a bottle in anger.

In his affidavit, Mr Chin said that he wanted to “regularise” the ownership of the property to prepare for the administration of his estate after his death.

The Singapore permanent resident has three other children from his first marriage in 1958.

Mr Chin, represented by Mr Winston Quek, said he bought the condo his two children were renting after they said they could not afford the rent, out of “fatherly love” so they can live there rent-free, but he made it clear that it belonged to him. He said he felt “cheated” when they mortgaged the unit for $400,000 but did not use the loan to buy another property as promised.

Kheng Hai, represented by Mr Goh Peck San, denies being unable to pay rent. He said his father agreed to buy the condo after they told him the landlord was selling and he had told them that it was for the two of them. He contends that the loan was used to buy a HDB flat in the joint names of his father and sister in 2003.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

August 4, 2015
Man Bashes Elderly Man Who Allegedly Touched His Girlfriend

An elderly man was beaten up in a coffee shop for allegedly molesting the assailant’s girlfriend.

The incident, part of which was captured on video, happened at Block 59, Marine Terrace, on Sunday at about 1.30pm.

A bald man in his 20s had accused the older man of touching his girlfriend’s buttocks before attacking him on and off for about 20 minutes, witnesses told The New Paper yesterday.

The victim suffered a broken nose, had blood all over his face, and his T-shirt was ripped to shreds.

A customer at the coffee shop said: “The young man kept punching the old man and no one stepped in to help. I was afraid to step in as well because he was so fierce and looked intimidating.”

The police said they are investigation the incident as a case of voluntarily causing grievous hurt and outrage of modesty.

Source: www.tnp.sg

August 4, 2015
Marina Square Eateries Still Reeling From Hotpot Culture Rat Incident

Rats are still roaming Marina Square mall, and they have claimed their first victims.

At least five eateries – The Corner Place Korean BBQ, Cafe Lady M, Addictions Cafe & Remedy Bar, Brazilian restaurant Carnivore Appetite and Italian Japanese restaurant Nuvo – have put up the shutters since January, when a dead rat was found in a salted vegetable dish at Hotpot Culture, which is on the fourth floor.

An employee at the chain, who did not want to be named, said that Carnivore Appetite shut down in February. “Mainly, it was because of the rat infestation. Customer traffic really fell after that.”

A former Addictions Cafe & Remedy Bar employee, Ms Rachel Doan, 35, said the cafe shut in February, ahead of its lease expiry in November, also due to the rodent problem.

Nuvo shut on Jan 29 with a notice on its Facebook page declaring that it would cease operations “until the situation at Marina Square has been resolved”. It has not reopened.

Lady M shut in January, with The Corner Place Korean BBQ following soon after. Prior to the latter’s closure, a manager was quoted in The Straits Times as saying that customers confused it with Hotpot Culture.

The rodent problem remains, although it has eased.

A spokesman for the National Environment Agency (NEA) said: “Our assessment is that there has been a marked improvement in the rat situation at the mall, as there has been a significant reduction in the number of rats caught.

“However, as dead rats were still being found at the mall as recently as last month, it may still be some time before the ongoing rat control measures take effect fully .”

Meanwhile, remaining eateries report poor business.

Chinese restaurant Yechun Xiao Jiang Nan is likely to close when its lease expires at the year end. It is losing $20,000 each month, said managing director Li Jing.

This is despite landlord Marina Centre Holdings’ rental reprieve of up to 30 per cent for July, August and September. Mr Li said the 20 per cent discount he received, off the more than $45,000-a-month rent he is paying, is not enough. He pointed out that other factors, such as road closures soon for National Day and the Formula One race next month, will hit business once again.

At Vietnamese restaurant Lotus Saigon, business has halved since January. Supervisor Jenny Kim, 40, said: “It never returned to normal”.

Meanwhile, Japanese restaurant Hamanoya shut for a month after the rat incident and reopened in March with a new menu.

A Straits Times visit last week found restaurants empty at dinner time. The spaces where Nuvo, Addictions Cafe & Remedy Bar, and Lady M used to be remain vacant. On Carnivore Appetite’s entrance was a notice from the landlord informing the eatery that it had failed to comply with requirements to open daily from 10am to 10pm. “We are entitled to remove any goods… and apply the proceeds of the sales of such goods against the costs and payment incurred and any arrears of rent,” read the letter.

When contacted, Marina Centre Holdings did not comment specifically on how it was addressing the pest problem or how many tenants received rental discounts.

It would only say: “Pest control is an ongoing programme and we continue our vigilant pest control programme with our tenants.”

However, The Straits Times understands NEA has taken enforcement action against the landlord.

Oddly, business at Hotpot Culture is “almost back to normal”, said its owner Wilson Lim. The NEA said over 20 inspections of the eatery after its suspension was lifted in February found “no hygiene lapses or pest infestation”.

Customers, meanwhile, are still giving the mall a miss.

Ms Yeo Yeo Min, 31, said she will return for a meal only when the mall has been declared rat-free.

“It’s just gross. I won’t eat there if I can help it,” said the engineer. “How would you know if the food you are eating is really hygienic?”

Source: www.straitstimes.com

August 4, 2015