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Meet Joan Pereira – Lee Kuan Yew’s Replacement At Tanjong Pagar GRC

One of the doyens of Lianhe Zaobao, Ho Sheo Be, scored a scoop.

In a Lianhe Zaobao article published three days ago, the senior political correspondent noticed a new face that emerged from the walkabouts at Tanjong Pagar GRC.

Joan Pereira’s her name and she is affectionately known as “Indranee’s sister” due to her height and hairstyle.

If you can recall, five-member Tanjong Pagar GRC now have four parliamentarians after the passing of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

Indranee told Channel NewsAsia that she “has begun assisting Mr Lee” in his ward after 2011, including his Meet-the-People sessions and his walkabouts.

Enter “Indranee’s sister” to fill in the gap.

The 47-year old former Director (Family Life & Active Ageing) at the People’s Association had been seen walking the ground with Indranee as long as a year ago.

Ho also observed that Pereira had been actively involved in the wellness programme in Tanjong Pagar GRC, encouraging the elderly to be involved in various activities.

And kudos to Ho, who even found out that Pereira has joined Temasek Cares to assist the General Manager there, heightening the expectation that the former public servant would probably be a woman in white. This is because one cannot be a public servant if he or she wants to enter politics.

According to Ho, Pereira declined comment on whether she would participate in the next General Election (GE).

Try to spot the “two Indranees” from these photos that we found from the Senior Minister of State’s Facebook page:

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Source: http://mothership.sg

July 24, 2015
CNB And SPF To Explore Recording Interviews During Investigations

The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Singapore Police Force will start consultations on the Video Recording of Interviews (VRI) during investigations, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Wednesday (Jul 22).

The consultations will be conducted with a view to start the VRI pilot from first quarter of 2016, it added in its press release.

The pilot will involve a limited set of offences and allow for an assessment for how the VRI impacts investigations, its effectiveness in different situations, and the resources required to implement VRI, before a decision is made on its broader implementation, said the ministry.

This comes after MHA, together with the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Ministry of Law, conducted a study on the feasibility of introducing VRI. The study looked at how VRI has been adopted in the US, UK, Australia and Hong Kong, and how the various models of VRI impacted the administration of criminal justice, said MHA.

The ministry found that the implementation of VRI in Singapore “will further strengthen confidence in the integrity of our criminal justice system and assist the Courts to try cases more effectively”.

With the VRI, a recording of the interview will be provided to the Courts so as allow it to “take the interviewee’s demeanour into account in determining the admissibility or weight to be accorded to the interviewee’s statement”, said MHA.

“It will also provide an objective, contemporaneous account of the interview process and allow the Courts to decide on allegations that may be made about the interview,” the ministry added.

MHA said the pilot will be conducted under the existing legal framework, and that they will commence consultations with various stakeholders on its implementation. Further details will be announced after consultations have been completed, it said.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

July 23, 2015
NTUC-Fairprice Alcohol-Free Baby Wipes Contain Alcohol Dangerous To Infants

Dear NTUC FairPrice, I would like to bring your attention to this product that I just purchased from your FairPrice supermarket today.

I was about to use it when my wife read the label, and commented – “What Alcohol Free? There’s alcohol in the ingredients!” True enough, Benzyl Alcohol was in the list of ingredients, and on the opposite panel it says Alcohol Free.

What shocked us further is when we searched Benzyl Alcohol and found that it is DANGEROUS TO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN!

Attached are photos of your “Made In China for FairPrice” product for reference.

I would like a refund for this product, although I opened the shrink wrap, I did not use the product.

I would also like to call for a total product recall unless you are able to prove that the product is “Alcohol Free” as claimed, and Benzyl Alcohol in the ingredients is proven not to cause any harm to babies.

Melvin Chia
A.S.S. Reader

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

July 23, 2015
Ex-Husband Tries To Trick Son Into Giving His IC So That He Can Borrow Money From Loan Sharks

Stomper EL came across this furious Facebook post by a woman who was ranting about her ‘useless’ and ‘incorrigible’ ex-husband.

According to the post, the man had tried tricking their son into giving him his Identification Card, so that he could borrow money from loan sharks.

The post also said that the man had wanted to get his ex-wife into ‘trouble’ by passing her contact to loan sharks.

Warning her ex-husband to stay away from their son, the woman added:

“Don’t blame me for being heartless, I will NOT let you hurt him any further!! He is MY son, NOT YOURS!!”

Stomper EL said:

“I found this rant online by a man’s ex-wife, when she found out that her ex-husband had tried to trick their son and obtain his IC to borrow money from loan sharks.”

Source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg

July 23, 2015
Couple Helped Strangers Deliver Baby In Their Own Car

After feeling unwell and visiting the doctor, Mr Syed Zukarnain expected to spend yesterday at home nursing his cough and sore throat.

Instead, the 46-year-old and his wife Reena, 47, an administrative executive, found themselves weaving through rush-hour traffic with a stranger giving birth in their back seat.

He was pulling out of the Bukit Panjang carpark at around 9am and about to take his wife to work when they saw a pregnant woman lying on the ground with her frantic husband talking on the phone.

“I was quite scared and concerned for the baby,” he told The Straits Times.”They had already waited for a cab for one hour. They called but (there was) no response. The waterbag had already burst in that hour, that’s why we decided not to think so much and told them to get in the car.”

The pregnant woman’s husband urged his wife not to push but half an hour into the journey to Singapore General Hospital (SGH), he exclaimed that the baby’s head was out.

The seven-seater Chevrolet had quickly become a makeshift delivery ward.

Overcoming her fear of blood, Madam Reena, a mother of two, undid her seatbelt and climbed from the front passenger seat to the back, while her husband ploughed through the traffic with his horns blaring and hazard lights on.

The National University Hospital would have been nearer, but the couple wanted to go to SGH, where all their check-ups had been.

The new parents, believed to be in their 20s, declined to be interviewed.

Madam Reena said: “I saw that the baby’s whole head was out and it was completely white.”

Fearing for the baby, she urged the woman to push. “When she pushed once, half of the body came out together with the hand and the baby started crying. The body was completely white as well and I was scared and nervous, but I tried to push (my fear) aside and told her to push more and the whole baby came out.”

By 9.40am, the girl had been born with her umbilical cord still attached. They were then on the AYE near the Lower Delta Road exit but still a good 15 minutes away from SGH because of heavy traffic.

Madam Reena grabbed a shawl and wrapped the baby girl up to keep her warm, the whole time holding her close to her mother’s pelvis while kneeling on the floor.

“I tried to talk to the baby and described her to her mother,” she said.

Once at the hospital, paramedics jumped into action – cutting the umbilical cord and wheeling mother and daughter into the hospital.

Mr Syed, who works for Omni Offshore Terminals, and the new father exchanged numbers. According to Mr Syed, both mother and daughter are doing well.

Madam Reena said: “A few hours later, we texted each other and I asked how mum and baby were doing. We’re very happy that both of them are doing fine.” She added: “I can’t believe that I did that.”

Source: www.straitstimes.com

July 23, 2015