Tag: Singapore

Woman Climbed Out Of Window And Fell, To Hide From Abusive Boyfriend

She was so afraid of her abusive boyfriend that she risked her life to hide from him.

Madam Zahirah Mohamed Sultan, 40, climbed out of a kitchen window of her fourth storey flat of Block 182 Rivervale Crescent in Sengkang at around midnight on March 7.

Her boyfriend, 34-year-old Muhammad Shaiful Hassan, had become enraged. She saw the window as her only means of escape.

While trying to lower herself to her third-floor neighbour’s parapet, Madam Zahirah slipped and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, she survived, with fractures to her left arm and leg.

Instead of helping, Shaiful, a 34-year-old trailer driver, went to the ground floor to scold her before leaving the scene.

He was jailed for 20 months and two weeks yesterday (Oct 19) after he was convicted of two drug-related charges, and one count each of housebreaking at night, committing a rash act, and an offence under the Bankruptcy Act — failure to submit to the official assignee a statement of affairs.

Madam Zahirah, who has two young sons, told The New Paper: “I was attracted to his caring ways. He was caring and responsible, unlike my ex-husband. He got along with my boys and they adored him.

“But I found out that he was very possessive and got jealous easily.”

Declining to reveal any details, she claimed that Shaiful had beaten her up in the past.

Neighbours TNP spoke to said that they used to hear the couple quarrelling almost every day.

At around midnight on March 7, Shaiful drove his prime mover to Madam Zahirah’s block, picked up a metal rod and marched up to her flat to look for her.

She and her two boys were about to go to bed when he started banging on the front door. Out of fear, she decided not to let him in.

Panicking, she climbed out of her kitchen window to hide from him.

When no one opened the door, a furious Shaiful used the metal rod to smash a window that was facing the common corridor and climbed into the flat.

Source: www.tnp.sg

October 20, 2015
3 Dangerous Assumptions About Being A Singaporean

If you are a Singaporean born and bred in Singapore, you may have been inculcated with “Singapore values” during your growing up that distinguish you from new citizens or basically anyone not brought up in Singapore. These values however have wrongly impressed upon Singaporeans and have caused severe consequences. Here are 3 dangerous assumptions about being a Singaporean:

1. “Singapore is a nanny state, it will take care of me”
This is a dangerous, if not the most dangerous, assumption many Singaporeans fell victim in life. Although the secondary textbooks taught us about sacrificing our freedom and rights for “pragmatic progress”, the Singapore government is anything but a nanny state.Impressionable young students are the first generation of victims believing in the government’s gospel that “every school is a good school”. Going to ITEs and Polytechnics sounds awesome, until you see your pay cheque and the jobs you (don’t) qualify. The truth is that the Singapore government’s population strategy contradicts with the growth of local graduates. Having too many Singaporeans who are well-educated will have them leaving for greener pastures in droves or making “sophisticated” demands like freedom and democracy. It is no coincidence that an articulated person with a critical mind knows how to word his demands and point out that his problems are encircled by the lack of freedom and democracy. The middle aged who once believe that you will never go hungry in Singapore now join the tens of thousands under-employed as taxi drivers, cleaners and security guards. The elderly who once believed in the CPF are now working into their 70s and never get to see their retirement. These Singaporeans are sure well taken care of.

2.“Singapore is an equal society”
Being an unequal society in income gap with a very high GINI coefficients may not be enough to prove equality doesn’t exist in Singapore. Many Singaporeans are one of the densest breed who could tell you Singapore is a very equal society despite facing a wall of inequality. Never mind that new citizens are exempted NS. Never mind that foreigners get equal job opportunities either. Never mind that the government leaders are the most well-paid in the world. Never mind equality but we are still equal, so they say. Some, especially from the majority Chinese race, can tell you there is equality because there is no racism.If you believe in equality, Singapore is going to break your heart.

3. “Singapore is a safe country”
Low crime rate, they say. So why the climate of fear in a “safe” country? There is this saying in Singapore: “there is no gangsters in Singapore because the biggest gangster is PAP”.Singaporeans live in fear of offending the ruling party in this “safe” country. Standing up for what is right will land you in bankruptcy if you are lucky, while the unlucky ones get slapped with Sedition Charge and Internal Security Act facing detention without trial.You can’t do this, you can’t do that, you can’t do a lot of things in this “safe” country. The extensive rules and limitless power of the authority is the noose around their neck. Singaporeans live in fear of becoming an ex-convict in this society which doesn’t offer second chance, with the exception of a famous local restaurant that hires ex-convicts as chefs.

Alex Tan

Source: www.tremeritus.com

October 19, 2015
Singapore Citizen Cheated Of Money By Company Set Up By Young PAP Member

To Whom It May Concern,

Thank you for your emails even as the various other agencies (MAS, ACRA and SPF) have been passing on this buck one to another.

For the record, my friends and I were approached by 2 individuals, Mr Chan Wai Meng and MK Chin of Boss Singapore Pte Ltd and Cuffz Holdings Pte Ltd respectively on 12 May 2012 to contract a fix deposit with them for a maturity term of 3 years.

Hence, we headed down to their offices at then 52 Boat Quay and were given assurances by the companies that Mr MK Chin and Chan Wai Meng were their staffs and that proper licensing was being obtained by a Mr Harold Fook who is an assistant director of MAS and the chairman of some government internet regulatory in addition to hailing from Young PAP.

All these were being conveyed to us at the point of our contracting.

But in March last year, we were informed by fellow victims that the companies have absconded with our monies to reopen new branches in Indonesia and Philippines.

When we went to see Mr MK Chin and Wai Meng to give us an explanation, they told us that our monies were already “burned” by then and further challenged us to make police reports as they charged that loopholes in the current system protects their business interest and prevents any guilt from being administered on them.

As it goes, it turned out to be so with Mr Pritam Singh informing me at his MPS that CAD had informed his office they will be closing this case with no further updates, accountability or transparency throughout the process.

I also do not dream Mr Victor Lye who promised he will help me during the course of hustings but disappeared soon after as I cannot expect those who scratch each other back to be “checkmating” themselves too.

The only recourse according to my MP, is to go the legal route.

As it is more often than not a draconian and lengthy process coupled with my entire life savings wiped out, I have no other alternative but to turn to Legal Aid and I hope the ministry will be impartial and “compassionate” in light of the landslide mandate trumpeted by PM Lee.

I have previously seen Fatimah Lateef for help before moving into my current premises but her letter did not aid much either.

I hope the ministry will look into this with a fresh perspective, thank you.

Ms Lim

Source: www.transitioning.org

October 19, 2015
Local Girl: Singaporean Men Are Hopeless, I Only Go For Mat Salleh

<Comment by Sylveon Tan>

SG guys are generally hopeless, many are without any direction or goal in life. And since they live with their parents for much of their growing-up years and even adult lives, they’re not independent. Even NS, which is supposed to make them more independent, only teaches them to follow orders and the status quo.

Even within tertiary institutions, local guys seem so childish. Instead of talking about careers and similar fields, they usually hang out and talk about army or games. We want mature, responsible, financially-independent men who are able to provide a sense of security

A good hubby/boyfriend is one with not just a career-minded goal in life, he must also be a strong leader. That’s why I only go for Western men.

Since they usually leave their homes at an early age to stake out a bright future for themselves, many have the qualities I look for in men, and many have the will and resolve to attain success, which is rarely seen here.

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

October 19, 2015
Leaking Air-Con Unit “Floods” Train Travelling From Sengkang To Outram Park MRT Stations

Stomper Lim was travelling on the North East Line towards Outram Park when he noticed that water was leaking from the roof of the train.

According to him, the leak is a result of the air con unit dripping.

From the video the Stomper sent, the floor of the MRT cabin was filled with water making it look like it was flooded.

In a phone interview with Stomp, he said: “The air-con unit was leaking for a quite a few minutes, all the way until Outram Park.

“All the passengers just walked away from it, I mean there was nothing much that we could do.”

He added that he is unsure as to what had happened after that as he alighted the train.

Earlier this morning, another Stomper sent in a photo of a water strewn all over the floor of a NEL train.

It is unclear as to whether the cause of the watery mess is related to the air-con unit dripping.

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

October 19, 2015