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Computer Programmer Jailed For 8 Weeks For Secretly Filming Women

A computer programmer was jailed for eight weeks on Tuesday for secretly filming women in fitting rooms and on shopping mall escalators.

Jack Ng Kok Foong, 36, pleaded guilty to five of nine charges of intruding the privacy of women between April and May last year.

He was caught when a man in a cubicle next to his at the Factorie store at ION Orchard spotted a video camera lens protruding from a bag.

The customer alerted the store manager who sought the help of a security officer.

When Ng came out, the security officer wanted to check his bag but he refused and ran. After a short chase, he was detained and police were called.

Investigations showed that Ng was inside one of the fitting rooms at Factorie at ION that evening when he used a Sony Steadyshot video camera to film a woman trying on clothes in a fitting room.

Earlier on, he had filmed another woman in a fitting room in Cotton On at Wisma Atria and took an upskirt video on an escalator at Basement 4 of ION Orchard.

He committed two similar offences at Cotton On at Bugis Junction and an escalator at Pasir Ris White Sands sometime between April and May last year.

Ng, who had a previous conviction for causing hurt, would upload the videos to his laptop.

He could have been jailed for up to a year and/or fined on each charge of insulting modesty.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

March 11, 2015
Rude FT At Pizza Hut Changi Airport Is Giving Singapore A Bad Name

Dear TRS,

On Sunday at around 1.45pm, I and a group of family member were at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 1 to sent off our guest to her hometown.

While waiting for the check in, we’ve decided to have our lunch at pizza hut as per request from my wheelchair bound aunt.

The restaurant look calm and not so much patron at that time.. so my mum walk in and approach the service staff which is a pinoy whom was talking to her collegue.

Mum wanted to asked her if the wheelchair can fit into their restaurant. But was taken aback when she replied “Excuse me ma’am, cant u see that Im talking to my collegue???” That was harsh enough to blow any customer away.

What more we were damn ashame when our guest heard her saying that. So he stomp in and tell her off that her attitude sucks and that she should priortize the customer. We are giving business.

Instead of apologising, the pinoy staff replied “Im just doing my job” thats where it sparks another anger.. my guest was so mad and scolded her “Shut up bitch” and the pinoy staff replied the same!!!!!!

This incident was also witness by a group of eurasion family whom is seated right infront of the entrance.

Wake up Pizza Hut!!!!!!!! How can u allow such a rude pinoy staff working at our famous changi airport!!!!!

No apology No remorseful action!!!!

I came back again to the restaurant after we have sent our guest to the departure gate and spoke to the other manager by the name of Liza… i told her about the bad experience that we have encounter earlier, and while talking to Liza… both the Pinoy manager n the Pinoy staff refuse to come out to apologise. Why???? Fishy right!!!! Wanna cover each other backside is it????

Dear, Singaporean… how could we let this “bigheaded FT” work and stay here with this kind of uncivilise attitude.. My mum is in her 50’s and is asking her in a nicest way, but was given the shitty service by this FT Pinoy from Airport T1 pizza hut!!!! I seriously am very very upset with the whole incident and sadly, I would say even the management on duty cant handle this well..

I demand an apology from the rude pinoy staff but was told that is gonna be difficult!!! My on My….. its so easy for her to raised her voice at my mum infront of other patrons but why is it so difficult for her to apologise for her doing!!! Ridiculous!!!

MdKhairi Juwita

TRS Contributor

Source: www.therealsingapore.com

March 10, 2015
Future Music Festival Asia 2015 Cancelled

SINGAPORE – The Future Music Festival Asia 2015 will be officially cancelled and festival-goers will receive refunds, said organisers on Sunday.

In a post on their Facebook page, the group apologised to festival-goers for the “inconvenience (they) have been put through” and said details on the refund would be made available on Monday.

Festival organiser Livescape had twice applied for and failed to secure a public entertainment license from the authorities here. Livescape then submitted an appeal to the Minister for Home Affairs on March 3, but that was rejected too.

About 15,000 tickets have been sold for the event, which was scheduled to be held for the first time in Singapore at the Changi Exhibition Centre on Friday and Saturday, March 13 to 14. Big acts such as Public Enemy and The Prodigy were slated to perform.

Started in Australia in 2006 and considered one of the biggest dance music festivals in South-east Asia, the event made headlines last year when six of its concert-goers died from drug overdose in Kuala Lumpur.

Tickets to the festival in Singapore, which cost between $148 and $388, were sold via Sistic, as well as on the festival’s website.

Source: www.straitstimes.com and www.futuremusicfestival.asia

March 9, 2015
Employer Forces Maid To Clean Canal Behind Home And Polish Leaves Of Trees In Nearby Park

Residents at a private estate Colchester Grove were shocked to find a foreign domestic worker cleaning up rubbish, debris and leaves at a nearby canal just behind her owner’s property.

The same worker has also been seen carrying a pail of water and a cloth to a nearby park in the estate in an attempt to “polish” the leaves of the trees and bushes in the park.

A resident of the estate, who did not want to be named, said that when asked about what she was doing, the worker said that she was being asked to do these chores because she had finished what she needed to do in her employer’s home. As her employer felt that she did not have enough to do, she was sent out to do extra cleaning.

Residents in the estate have expressed concern about the foreign domestic worker’s safety. It was observed that every time there is rain, the canal’s water level rises swiftly and brings with it strong currents, which could easily sweep a person away.

One resident said that the owner should not even be assigning the maid to work outside of the home as anything outside of the owner’s home was not within the maid’s job scope.

When approached, the worker refused to comment.

The employer however did not deny making his worker clean the canal behind his home as he had wanted to prevent any potential dengue breeding. He explained that the canal in the back of his home was often clogged with fallen branches and leaves, which could become potential mosquito breeding spots.

The employer added that he approached his estate’s conservancy services vendor in the past, but they would only perform cleaning duties in the canal once every month.

He did not deny asking the maid to polish the leaves of a nearby park as he did not see anything wrong with doing so.

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

March 9, 2015
Foreign Domestic Workers Have Twice As Likely To Develop Mental Health Problems As Singaporeans

A new study has found that foreign domestic workers (FDW) have double the risk to develop mental health problems as compared to the general Singapore population.

The study, conducted by Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) and revealed today (March 8) showed that almost a quarter (24 per cent) of the 670 FDWs surveyed, are facing poor mental health.

This means that more than two in 10 FDW have poor mental health as compared to a study conducted by the Institute of Mental Health in 2010 which showed that at least one in 10 people in Singapore which will be stricken by mental illness in their lifetime.

Several factors such as working and living conditions proved to be significantly related to impact a FWD’s mental health, said the study.

“Having sufficient rest, one’s own room to sleep in, a stable social network and adequate nutritional and medical attention are crucial for good mental health in FDWs,” it added.

The study showed that the most severe symptoms amongst those surveyed were psychoticism – a mental state of “losing contact with reality” which includes symptoms such as hallucinations – depression and interpersonal sensitivity – which means they feel inferior or inadequate as compared to others.

“There are clear correlations between FDWs’ mental health issues and exploitative, restrictive and/or abusive working and living conditions,” said the study.

The survey also revealed that more than half (51 per cent) of the participants experienced some form of abusive behaviour such as yelling or screaming and even name-calling.

The survey was conducted between Nov 2013 and May last year. Almost half (48.1 per cent) of the FDWs surveyed – with an average age of 33 – were from Indonesia and more than a third (34.7 per cent) were from the Philippines. The other nationalities surveyed also include those from Myanmar.

Source: www.todayonline.com

March 9, 2015