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  • MLM Company: Work 10 Hours A Week From Home, Earn $4000

    MLM Company: Work 10 Hours A Week From Home, Earn $4000

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    So I’m trying to sleep but can’t because I am seriously disturbed. I went to an Amway meeting earlier today, after someone approached me with a “business opportunity”. I immediately suspected that something was off, so I came into the meeting skeptical and even secretly took some videos.

    They drew a pyramid scheme model during the presentation and tried to argue that it isn’t; they talked about income earners as Employees/Self-employed/Business owners/Investora and tried to argue that everyone in Amway is a business owner… the saddest part is that all these uni kids who have been brainwashed into thinking that they’re business owners are actually the very employees that they dissed on in their presentation. No, they’re worse actually, they’re the product.

    There were quite a few attendees to the meeting, many of whom were students. One was even a business student… while I’m sure some of them caught on as the seriously dodgy Amway videos were being played, I noticed the majority were already being lured in. After the meeting, there was a chat session with the upline (the person who recruited you), and some of the clueless participants were expressing intense interest. A few more families are gonna be ruined and I really wish I had just shouted out to everyone that it was basically a scam.

    I did try to argue with several of the uplines after the meeting was over. It went smth like this:

    “How is this not MLM?” “Do you know what the Singaporean law defines as MLM? If not, you should do your homework and come talk to us again. But basically, MLMs require a large startup cost, but Amway doesn’t have that.” “But in order to join this business, I have to pay a subscribers fee and buy all my household products from Amway instead right?” “Yes, but the subscribers fee is only $70. Also, you need household products anyway, so it’s not a real cost”
    After this point, they just kept repeating smth along the lines of “Ok, I can explain to you in detail, but it will take very long. Why don’t you come for the next meeting and we can explain further?”

    Also, at the end of the presentation, the presenter stated that we can earn $4000 a month for working from home 10 hours a week. Of course, they didn’t state that that’s only possible when you have a shit ton of downlines. In fact they framed it in a way like as if that’s the starting pay when you join

    What really made me sick was when they had a bunch of people go up and give testimonies, saying how their “mentor” helped so much with their life and transformed them into better people. Three around the words “integrity”, “honesty”, etc no less than 30 times. This is probably the closest to Scientology that I will experience in Singapore. It was like Christian Fellowship except the God is money and the Bible are the complete bullshit fluffass books written by the successful Amway “businessmen”. And instead of trying to do good, they’re trying to frame “scamming your friends and family” as good.

    TL;DR: Witnessed first hand Amway’s recruiting tactics. Please be skeptical if anyone ever tells you about a “business opportunity”. If you hear “Amway” or see someone draw you a pyramid diagram, run.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Thousands Flee Aceh After Church Burning

    Thousands Flee Aceh After Church Burning

    Thousands of people, mostly Christians, have left Aceh Singkil regency, Aceh, for neighboring regencies in North Sumatra after an Islamic group attacked a village and set fire to a church.

    The attackers, grouped under the Aceh Singkil Islamic Care Youth Students Association (PPI), arrived in Suka Makmur village, Gunung Meriah district, Aceh Singkil, in several trucks on Tuesday afternoon and set alight the Huria Kristen Indonesia (HKI) Church, which they considered to be unlicensed.

    Hundreds of police and military officers who had earlier been deployed to the village failed to prevent the attack as they were outnumbered. One of the attackers, identified as Samsul, was shot dead when Christians, the majority in the village, tried to defend their church.

    Samsul, 21, a resident of Bulu Sema village, Suro Makmur, died from an air rifle wound, while three other attackers were injured and were taken to the regency’s general hospital for treatment.

    The church was one of 10 in the regency that was protested by the Islamic group. At a recent meeting at the regency office between the protesters, the churches’ board members and local officials, it was reportedly agreed that the churches would be demolished on Oct. 19.

    After the attack, about 75 percent of the villagers moved to other areas, with many houses in Suka Makmur left empty and locked up.

    “We are still afraid that an incident could occur again if [the situation is] not handled properly,” congregation member Silaban said on Wednesday.

    The police recorded that 3,433 people had moved to Central Tapanuli regency and 976 to Pakpak Bharat regency, both in North Sumatra.

    Many parties have denounced the attack in Aceh, the only province in the country to implement sharia.

    “Stop violence in Aceh Singkil. Any act of violence, whatever the reasons behind it, not to mention if it is related to religion and faith, will kill diversity —Jkw,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Wednesday on his Twitter account @jokowi.

    Jokowi has ordered Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti to take immediate action to stop violence and promote peace in the regency.

    Badrodin acknowledged that the National Police had foreseen such an attack but had not readied enough security personnel on Tuesday to protect the church from the attackers, estimated to have numbered 500 to 700 people.

    “We knew [about conflict involving the church] from four months ago. This is why I truly regret the fact that the arson happened,” Badrodin said on Wednesday.

    The police have questioned 45 people connected to the incident.

    The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) also denounced the attack and discouraged Muslims in Aceh from taking part in any activities that could incite a larger conflict between Islamic and Christian communities in the region.

    “First of all, the burning will never be justified. Even if the church committed a violation, let the local authorities solve the problem according to the existing rules,” MUI chairman Ma’ruf Amin told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

    The Wahid Institute recorded 158 incidents of religious rights violations throughout 2014, with 78 percent enacted by non-state actors.

    Meanwhile, Setara Institute research director Ismail Hasani condemned the incident as a violation of human rights which was facilitated by the local administration.

    Ismail argued that similar incidents in Aceh, namely in 1979, 2001 and 2012, were caused by a discriminatory 1979 agreement between Muslim and Christian communities that stipulated there would be only one church and four small Christian houses of worship in Aceh Singkil.

     

    Source: www.thejakartapost.com

  • Patient: Clinic Supplying Cough Syrups To Addicts

    Patient: Clinic Supplying Cough Syrups To Addicts

    Recently, Jason sat in a doctor’s office and was given an examination.

    He told the doctor about his bad cough.

    When Jason (not his real name), a Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student, said that a bottle of cough syrup would help make his cough better, the doctor looked surprised.

    Jason, a final-year student at NTU, told The New Paper (TNP): “He thought I needed more. Confused, I said one was enough.”

    But it all soon began to make sense for Jason.

    Earlier on, while waiting to see the doctor, who runs a clinic in the east, Jason had noticed eight people in the queue ahead of him.

    Two looked and sounded genuinely sick, but six men appeared suspicious.

    Jason said: “None of the six looked sick. They were not coughing or sniffling. They didn’t even bother to pretend.”

    Each of them spent about one minute in the doctor’s office. Yet, they all left with three or four bottles of cough syrup containing codeine in white plastic bags, said Jason.

     

     

    Said Jason, a first-time patient of the clinic: “As a doctor, I thought he should save people (and) not ruin people’s lives.”

    Jason decided to alert TNP, which performed its own investigation recently. (See report below.)

    SUPPLIES

    The undergrad says his suspicions were confirmed after he asked one of the “patients” why the clinic had sold him so many bottles of cough mixture. The man, who looked to be in his 30s, allegedly told Jason that the clinic was a place where addicts get their “supplies”.

    A few days later, Jason “tested” what he learnt from the addict.

    After seeing the same doctor, he managed to buy three bottles of cough mixture – each in a 90ml plastic bottle – for $90.

    Jason said: “Only one bottle was labelled. And I was given a receipt which did not say what I had paid for.”

    ‘Cough’ patient gets no receipt, no labels and no explanation

    I usually prescribe after a consultation. I usually give smaller bottles in case they want more and don’t need them.

    – The clinic’s doctor denying that he had been lax in giving out cough mixture

    When The New Paper visited the clinic, we found the doctor’s behaviour suspicious.

    Despite the reporter having no cough symptoms, he was given two unlabelled bottles of cough mixture, for which he was charged a hefty $70, without a receipt.

    TNP had recently decided to investigate Jason’s claims and visited the clinic armed with an audio recorder and a video camera.

    Our aim was to buy cough mixture which contained codeine – a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act – and investigate if the clinic had been lax in dispensing the drug.
Only doctors and licensed pharmacists are authorised to dispense cough medicine containing codeine, limiting a patient to 240ml per visit.

    BARGAINING

    At the counter, I observed a male patient “bargaining” with a female staff member.

    The man was later photographed exiting the clinic with three bottles of an unidentified dark-coloured substance which he supposedly paid $70 for.

    My consultation with the doctor lasted around three minutes.

    I complained of coughing, losing my voice and an itchy nose.

    But I never once coughed in his presence. I only spoke in a low voice.

    The middle-aged doctor took my temperature and listened to my chest. He did not check my throat.

    And then, he asked me the question I was waiting for: “So, what do you want?”

    I replied: “Ahh… If you can give me some cough medicine?”

    The cheery-sounding doctor said: “Cough medicine, ah?”

    I told him I wanted more than a bottle.

    The doctor replied: “Okay, all right, ah. (Your) nose a bit wet… Two la, hor? Not too many, hor?”

    By prescribing two 90ml bottles of cough syrup, the doctor did not appear to be breaking any medical regulations.

    Maybe he was being careful.

    After all, he had previously been suspended from his medical practice and fined for professional misconduct. The doctor had failed to exercise due care in the management of patients.

    Last Saturday, he denied any wrongdoing when confronted by The New Paper.

    He said: “No, it’s not true at all… I usually prescribe after a consultation. I usually give smaller bottles in case they want more and don’t need them.”

    But when it came to collecting my medicine during my previous visit, I was surprised at the way it was dispensed.

    The same female staff member told me my “medicine” cost $70.

    Obviously shocked, I repeated the figure.

    She said loudly, pointing to the two 90ml bottles of cough syrup inside a white plastic bag: “Yes! You only want these, right?”

    With no choice, I agreed and left the clinic.

    I instantly realised I was not given a receipt and the two bottles were not labelled.

    She had also failed to explain the side-effects of the drug to me.

    I found this strange as the patient before me was given a full explanation on his medication and instructions on how much to consume.

    When questioned later, the doctor claimed: “All my bottles are labelled. I have to speak to my nurse about that (allegations of unlabelled bottles of cough syrup).”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Beggars Descend On Kampong Glam

    Beggars Descend On Kampong Glam

    Every Friday during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, beggars from Malaysia and Indonesia, and as far away as Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, descend on Kampong Glam.

    As many as 50 or 60 show up near the Sultan Mosque, and shopkeepers say the number can swell to more than 100 in the days leading up to Hari Raya Aidilfitri, which falls this year on July 17.

    They say the beggars can collect up to $150 a day, and those with disabilities pocket considerably more.

    There are more women than men, and they go from shop to shop seeking alms rather than approach passers-by.

    Sultan Mosque management board chairman Mohamed Patail told The Sunday Times: “This is a seasonal menace. Lots of people give alms during Ramadan so these beggars take advantage of that. But we don’t encourage begging.”

    When The Sunday Times visited Kampong Glam last Friday morning, there were no fewer than 56 beggars over a two-hour period. The number shrank after noon.

    Most were women from Batam, some with young children, and they moved about in groups of two or three. Six men from India went from shop to shop together.

    Shopkeepers said that the women, aged from their 20s to 60s, come from Johor or Batam to Singapore, and beg with either children or an elderly person in tow.

    Some are day trippers, while others stay for as long as their visa allows. Some are known to sleep on the streets in Little India and Geylang Serai.

    There are fewer men, mostly from the Indian subcontinent, and they often claim to be raising funds for mosques and religious groups back home.

    Ms Safia Anwarden, who runs a souvenir shop near Sultan Mosque, said: “Some of the Indian and Pakistani men say they have a daughter back home and don’t have enough dowry to marry her off. So they ask for help. Or they claim to have many children at home.”

    One Indonesian woman in her 60s told The Sunday Times she was from Pekan Baru and that one of her three adult children was mentally ill. She claimed that this was her first Ramadan begging trip here, and she needed to support her mentally ill son.

    Ramadan is the peak begging season as Muslims are encouraged to give alms to the poor during this time, even though the Islamic authorities discourage begging.

    The foreign beggars show up on Fridays all year round, but in smaller numbers.

    A regular known to Kampong Glam shopkeepers is a Malaysian woman who appears with three children aged between two and 13.

    She said she is married to a mechanic and comes on Friday mornings with her children, going back at night. Some days, they head here in the afternoon after her children return from school.

    She claimed she begs to help a sick, old Singaporean aunt.

    The beggars approached were coy about revealing their earnings, but shopkeepers said they could collect up to $150 a day.

    At Geylang Serai, where Ramadan beggars also appear, two disabled beggars are known to collect quite a lot more.

    A Malaysian woman in her 50s who lost both legs in an accident appears every few months and stays for up to two weeks each time.

    A Joo Chiat Complex shopkeeper said she can collect more than $500 in half a day on weekends. The man, who declined to be named, said: “She paid one of the shop assistants $50 just to look out for her. She was afraid people would snatch her takings.”

    An Indian national in his 40s who walks with difficulty is also a frequent visitor to Geylang Serai during Ramadan. A mosque employee said he collects coins totalling $200 to $300 each day, and exchanges them for notes with nearby hawkers.

    Kampong Glam shopkeepers said they want to help the poor, but the large number of beggars and the attitude of some can be off-putting. Some beggars go from shop to shop and do not leave until they get some money. Others demand $5 or $10 and make snide remarks if they do not get it.

    Many shopkeepers set aside coins to give the beggars who show up on Fridays.

    An employee of Jamal Kazura Aromatics said: “For the elderly, we give $1. For children, we usually give 40 cents.” The shop also buys 50 packets of nasi briyani to give beggars on Fridays.

    Businesswoman Lisa Anjum said she once offered to hire a beggar from Johor to clean her shop, which sells carpets and Turkish lights. But the 40-something woman declined the offer.

    “She told me she had no time,” she recalled.

    “I think it is easier to make money from begging than working. I feel they are taking advantage of Singaporeans’ generosity.”

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • HSA Warns Against Consuming Two Illegal Pain Relief Products

    HSA Warns Against Consuming Two Illegal Pain Relief Products

    The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has warned the public to steer clear of two illegal pain relief products after one left a consumer hospitalised.

    One comes in powder form packed in unlabelled pink sachets. The other drug is a black tablet labelled as a “special effect rheumatism pill” in Mandarin.

    The drugs, which claim to treat pain and rheumatism, were sold by a woman in her 60s.

    The HSA said on Wednesday that laboratory tests of the products found undeclared potent ingredients, such as dexamethasone – a steroid which should only be used under strict medical supervision.

    A woman in her 40s who had consumed the powdered product over a “prolonged period” was hospitalised for delirium, high blood sugar, and electrolyte imbalance in her blood, the HSA said.

    She also had suspected Cushing’s syndrome, which is characterised by a round face or “moon face” and upper body obesity with thin limbs.

    HSA enforcement officers uncovered the other illegal product after they raided the peddler’s home.

    The HSA said that individuals who have been consuming the products should consult a doctor as soon as possible.

    Anyone with information on the sale and supply of these two illegal products or other illegal products can contact the HSA’s enforcement branch at 6866 3485 or email:[email protected]

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com