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10 Things You Might Not Know You Could Be Punished For In Singapore

SINGAPORE – Warning letters were issued on Wednesday to 14 motorists who had left their vehicle engines idling while stationary in a three-hour enforcement exercise by the National Environment Agency (NEA) in Ang Mo Kio.

Under Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) regulations, it is an offence to leave the engine of a motor vehicle running when it is stationary for reasons other than traffic conditions. Those breaching the law can be fined up to $5,000.

Here are 10 other offences you may not have known.

1. Annoying someone by behaving badly in public while drunk

According to section 510 of the Penal Code, whoever, in a state of intoxication, appears in any public place, or in any place which he cannot enter, and behaves “in such a manner as to cause annoyance to any person”, may be jailed up to six months, fined up to $1,000, or both.

That’s going to be many people on a Saturday night at Clarke Quay.

2. Annoying someone in a public place through an act, or by reciting or uttering a song with lyrics that are obscene

According to Section 294 of the Penal Code, this carries up to three months in jail, a fine, or both.

Now you know what to do if someone propositions you with a lewd song

3. Sale, distribution, rental of all things “obscene”, including paintings, books, figures

According to Section 292 of the Penal Code, the penalty is up to three months in jail, a fine, or both.

What is considered obscene?

According to the Singapore Statutes, the word “obscene”, is anything that tends to “deprave and corrupt persons” who are likely to see or read the materials.

You might want to think twice about selling that old sex toy on Carousell then.

4. Purposely obstructing a person, so as to prevent him from proceeding in any direction that he is allowed to walk in

According to Section 341 of the Penal Code, this carries a jail term of up to a month, a fine of up to $1,500, or both.

5. Using false weight or measure

According to Section 265 of the Penal Code, whoever fraudulently uses any false weight or false measure of length or capacity, or fraudulently uses any weight or any measure of length or capacity as a different weight or measure from what it is, may be sentenced to up to a year in jail, a fine, or both.

Hopefully, the vendors at the wet markets know this.

Offences under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act

6. Your dog injuring a person

Any owner of a dog which causes injury to any person may rack up a fine of up to $5,000.

A leash might be cheaper than $5,000.

7. Bathing or washing yourself in on a public road, in a public tank, reservoir, or any water body

This will fetch a maximum fine of $1,000

Taking a shower at a swimming pool toilet may cost less.

8. Flying a kite that obstructs traffic on a public road

Anyone who flies any kite, or plays at any game, or does any act which obstructs or interferes with the traffic in any public road, or the use of the wires of any telephone may have to pay a fine of up to $5,000.

West Coast Park and Marina Barrage are good alternatives if you really would like to fly a kite.

9. Annoying someone by making noise in any way, including by an instrument

Any person who makes any noise ” to cause or be likely to cause annoyance or inconvenience to the occupier of any premises in the vicinity” may be fined up to $1,000.

Does your neighbour’s bad karaoke singing at 3am count?

10. Taking alcohol into a public hospital

Anyone who takes or tries to take without “due permission” into any public hospital any intoxicating liquor, drug or preparation may be jailed up to two months, fined up to $1,000, or both.

It is probably not the cure, no matter how convinced you are.

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Source: Singapore Statutes Online

Source: www.straitstimes.com

November 22, 2014
Osman Sulaiman Dilantik Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Belia MOTIVASI

Persatuan Belia MOTIVASI telah memilih sdra Osman Sulaiman sebagai Setiausaha Agung nya yang baru.

Persatuan Belia MOTIVASI yang berdaftar dengan Pendaftaran Persatuan (ROS) sejak tahun 1993 yang bergerak aktif dengan program-program khas untuk belia dan isu-isu masyarakat amnya. MOTIVASI yang pernah berkerjasama dengan badan-badan Islam dan masjid-masjid Singapura sebagai contoh PERTAPIS, Masjid Ar-Rhaudah, Masjid Kassim dan lain-lain.

Program-program yang telah MOTIVASI laksanakan adalah seperti Kelas Tuisyen Percuma, membantu belia dalam kes-kes mahkamah (juvenile delinquency), mengadakan pertandingan bolasepak, acara-acara sukan, Konvensyen Belia dengan penglibatan masyarakat dalam isu-isu semasa dan sebagainya.

MOTIVASI juga telah bersama dalam program YMS (Young Muslim Secretariat), Belia Dunia Melayu Dunia Islam (DMDI), WAY (World Assembly Of Youth) yang memberi ahli-ahlinya kemahiran dan kematangan dalam kepimpinan.

Integrasi kaum dan kerjasama diantara NGOs, CCs dan masjid-masjid dalam projek ‘Belia Jaya’ adalah diantara usaha MOTIVASI pelopori bagi keharmonian kaum dan kemakmuran masyarakat Singapura.

Justeru itu usaha untuk mendekati belia dan masyarakat dipergiatkan bagi meneruskan usaha murni ini dengan motto MOTIVASI ‘Kejayaan Melalui Perpaduan’ (Success Through Unity). Untuk pertanyaan, penyertaan dan keahlian emel [email protected].

Source: http://singapurakita.bravejournal.com

November 21, 2014
SDP Questions The Singapore Education System
As this article is published, thousands of pupils would have gone back to school to collect their PSLE results. Some students will celebrate; others will be in tears, crushed in spirit.

What sort of system inflicts such travesty on 12-year-olds? What sort of education do we have that treats academic performance like a trophy sport: Glory in victory and agony in defeat?

What values are we imparting to young minds? What happens to the self-esteem and the sense of self-worth when he or she discovers that she is only a ‘Normal’ or ‘Technical’ student?

And then they can streamed to ‘elite’ or ‘neighbourhood’ schools. The really ‘smart’ ones, who are usually also the richer ones, get extra help in independent schools and gifted programmes.

A radio DJ yesterday had to sound this caution to pupils: “Whatever score you get, your parents love you.” What kind of society have we built where our children have to be reminded that their score in one exam does not mean that their parents hate them?

If they don’t do well who have they let down? Themselves? Their parents? The Government?

This subject is not just a theoretical one, good only for an academic discussion. It affects real lives:
- 22% of Singaporean children between 6-12 yrs thought of killing themselves. (ST, Jan 2014) Sadly, many actually carry out the act.
- The no. of children warded for “aggressive, suicidal or hallucination tendencies” at IMH jumped by 35% between 2005-2010. Mental health professionals attribute these problems to academic stress. (CNA, 2 Feb 2013)
- One in three students say they sometimes think that life is not worth living because of the fear of exams. (FEER, August 2001)
We must stop doing this to our children. It is not good for them, it is not good for parents, and it is not good for the future of our country. In its place, we must device a system when we educate our children to be creative, compassionate and intelligent members of society with self-confidence and a strong sense of self-worth.

There are a few ways that we can do this and they are spelt out under the SDP education policy titled Educating For Creativity and Equality:

1. Remove PSLE. As pointed out, the stress of exams inflict horrific psychological trauma on our children. What’s more, it is not an intelligent approach to assess the abilities of primary-school students on a single exam.

2. Cultivate creative minds. Build confidence in children by helping them adopt an attitude of independent thinking, willingness to make mistakes, and persevere in the face of failed attempts.

3. Reduce syllabus, broaden curriculum. The syllabi for existing subjects will be reduced while subjects such as music appreciation, speech and drama, literature, etc. as well as periods for students to collaborate and interact to develop creativity will be introduced to provide a well-rounded curriculum.

4. Reduce class size. The SDP will reduce class size in our schools to 20 pupils/class from the current 40 to provide students the individual attention they need to succeed.

5. Scrap school and class ranking. Comparing exam results and ranking students and classes will detract from the real purpose of education which is self-improvement and self-actualisation.

To read the full paper with other proposals, click here.

Source: http://yoursdp.org
November 21, 2014
Security Guard On Probation For Having Sex With 13 Year Old Girl

A former security guard was placed on probation for 15 months on Thursday after he admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl who had run away from home.

Muhammad Rohaizad Muhammad Razali, 20, is the third of four men to be dealt with for having sex with the minor, who fell pregnant and had to have an abortion.

He befriended her on Facebook and asked her to be his girlfriend. She agreed and they had sex six times over the next month at a HDB staircase landing.

He pleaded guilty to two of six offences committed between Feb 8 and March 8 and said he did not use protection on either occasion.

Muhammad Rohaiza was also ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and remain indoors between 10pm and 6am. His parents have to sign a $5,000 bond to ensure his good behaviour.

The court heard that during his month-long relationship with the girl, who is now 14, Muhammad Rohaizad would meet her almost every day near his home in Yishun. All of their sexual encounters took place in the staircase landing of a HDB block there.

Musa Ahmad, 23, and Muhammad Nur Hakim Abdullah, 21 – who were dealt with previously – each received a year in jail.

A fourth man, Muhammad Sharul Shah Saruwan, 20, will be sentenced on Dec 24.

The maximum penalty for having sex with a person under 16 is 10 years in jail and a fine.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

November 21, 2014
Dutch Mother Rescues Daughter From Islamic State

A mother defied official warnings to travel to the Syrian city of Raqqa to rescue her daughter from the clutches of Islamic State terrorists.

The woman, from Maastricht, named only as Monique was told that it was too dangerous to attempt the journey to free her daughter Aicha, 19.

“Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. This is what I think is right,” she told family and friends

After an appeal for help from her daughter, a Dutch convert to Islam, for help last month, the mother was told by police not to try and rescue her because it was too dangerous.

She was also warned that the “provision of assistance” to jihadists, such as her daughter, could be a criminal offence. She travelled from Turkey to Raqqa, the self styled capital of Islamic State, wearing a burka after arranging via Facebook a rescue rendezvous with he daughter.

The pair then escaped across the Syrian border back to Turkey where Aicha was arrested because she does not have a passport.

After converting to Islam aged 18, Aicha married Omar Yilmaz, a notorious Dutch jihadi, who is a former soldier, after seeing him interviewed on television.

“She wanted to go home, but could not leave Raqqa without help,” said the mother.

Dutch foreign ministry officials have intervened to bring the mother and daughter back from Turkey before the end of the week.

“It is quite remarkable that the mother managed to find and get her daughter,” Françoise Landerloo, the family’s lawyer told the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

November 21, 2014