Tag: Toa Payoh

  • Respons Kafe Kepada Maklum Balas Cetus Tengkarah

    Respons Kafe Kepada Maklum Balas Cetus Tengkarah

    Gara-gara respons kurang profesional dan dianggap menyindir pelanggan, restoran milik empat selebriti setempat, Studio Cafe, telah dikritik teruk di media sosial.

    Hujung minggu lalu, seorang pelanggan yang kali pertama ke kafe itu telah memberi reviu peribadinya di Instagram.

    Antara lain pelanggan itu berkata hidangan yang ditempahnya “kurang rasa” dan sajian menu di kafe itu juga kurang menyerlah kerana agak “kemelayuan”.

    Pelanggan itu juga berkata layanan yang diberikan kepada pelanggan kurang memuaskan.

    Studio Cafe, yang terletak di Blok 47 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, dimiliki personaliti televisyen Nurul Aini, Khairudin Samsudin, Ashmi Roslan dan Fadhlur Rahman.

    Diminta mengulas, Khairudin berkata para pemilik Studio Cafe tidak mengurus laman media sosial kafe itu.

    Sebagai respons kepada reviu mengenai makanannya yang “kurang rasa”, pentadbir laman media sosial kafe itu bertanya sama ada yang dimaksudkan pelanggan itu ialah makanan yang disajikan rasanya seolah-olah “macam air”.

    Mengenai menu “kemelayuan” pula, kafe tersebut seterusnya berkata ia bangga dengan menu yang disajikan kerana berbangga sebagai orang Melayu.

    Respons tersebut menerima kritikan ramai di media sosial yang menganggapnya sebagai kurang profesional dan bersifat menyindir.

    Memburukkan lagi keadaan, pos di Instagram itu berlarutan kerana Studio Cafe terus-menerus menjawab komen pelanggan berkenaan dan pengguna lain di media sosial.

    Seorang pelanggan, Encik Aliff Azman, memberitahu Berita Harian (BH) bahawa beliau kecewa membaca cara kafe itu memberi respons kepada pelanggan.

    “Seharusnya mereka menerima maklum balas dengan sikap terbuka…pihak pengurusan harus manfaatkan maklum balas untuk perbaiki khidmat supaya dapat kekal dalam dunia perniagaan,” kata Encik Aliff, 25 tahun.

    Penulis blog makanan yang dikenali sebagai K berkata beliau terkejut dengan respons yang diberikan kakitangan Studio Cafe.

    “Walaupun pelanggan tidak sentiasa betul, Studio Cafe perlu memperbaiki cara menangani maklum balas negatif,” kata K yang mengendalikan laman blog We Kiss We Tell.

    Ketika diminta mengulas, pemilik bersama Studio Cafe, Nurul Aini, berkata beliau memohon maaf bagi pihak pengurusan sambil menjelaskan akaun Instagram Studio Cafe itu ditadbir pengurus kafe tersebut.

    Seorang lagi pemiliknya, Khairudin, pula berkata pihaknya telah menyiarkan e-mel di Instagram supaya pelanggan yang ingin memberi maklum balas boleh berbuat demikian menerusi e-mel.

    “Namun, jika komen-komen negatif dibuat di media sosial, kami tetap akan menanganinya dengan baik dan selesaikan isu itu secara peribadi menerusi e-mel,” tambahnya.

    Para karyawan perhubungan awam yang dihubungi BH berkata terdapat beberapa amalan terbaik untuk menangani maklum balas pelanggan

    Pengarah akaun firma perhubungan awam Cohn&Wolfe Singapore, Cik Safina Samian, 40 tahun, berkata sesebuah perniagaan harus bijak menggunakan saluran media sosial dan media tradisional dalam menangani maklum balas.

    Menurutnya, satu cara ialah menghubungi pelanggan secara langsung menerusi telefon, e-mel atau berjumpa sendiri dengan pelanggan dan elak daripada menggunakan saluran media sosial untuk berbincang dengan pelanggan “di hadapan” pengguna lain.

    Pengurusi Mileage Communications, Encik Yap Boh Tiong, pula menerangkan bahawa firma harus mengkaji aduan yang dikemukakan dengan teliti, lalu mengakuinya dan meneruskan perbincangan dengan pelanggan menerusi e-mel atau telefon.

    “Tidak kira sama ada komen yang diberikan pelanggan itu baik ataupun buruk, jawapan harus sentiasa kekal sopan,” kata beliau.


    Mohon maaf dan akan belajar daripada apa yang berlaku

    “Bagi pihak pengurusan, kami menghargai dan menghormati setiap maklum balas yang diterima… Semua maklum balas ini akan kami manfaatkan untuk pembangunan Studio Cafe dan memperbaiki khidmat yang kami tawarkan kepada pelanggan.”

    – Pemilik bersama Studio Cafe dan personaliti televisyen setempat, Khairudin Samsudin.

    “Kami mohon maaf atas apa yang berlaku. Kami sudah pun mengambil alih akaun Instagram kafe dan harap dapat meninggalkan apa yang berlaku dan fokus kepada masa depan.”

    – Pemilik bersama Studio Cafe dan personaliti televisyen setempat, Cik Nurul Aini.

     

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg

  • Parang-wielding Man Tasered At Toa Payoh

    Parang-wielding Man Tasered At Toa Payoh

    Police officers had to use a Taser gun on a man who brandished a 30-cm-long parang in Toa Payoh Central on Monday night, said reports.

    The incident, which occurred at a coffeeshop at Block 78C, involved a 54-year-old man wearing a red shirt and another man.

    An eye-witness by the name of Mr Wang told Shin Min Daily News that the man in the red shirt had whipped out the weapon following what appeared to be a heated argument between the duo.

    Mr Wang, a 47-year-old property agent, said there were about 10 people in the coffeeshop and that the situation was tense, with some people holding up chairs in self-defence.

    Up to five police officers arrived quickly at the scene and shouted at the man to put down his weapon, but he refused, said the report. Shortly after, a woman’s scream was heard and there was a loud noise as the man slumped to the floor.

    According to the report, he is believed to have been tasered. Police officers then surrounded him and he was handcuffed.

    Another witness, who sent a video to citizen journalism website Stomp, claimed that the man had started to threaten passers-by with the parang.

    A police spokesman told The Straits Times: “Police received a call on Feb 23 at 11.33pm requesting for assistance at Block 78C, Toa Payoh Central.

    “Upon police arrival, a 54-year-old man was arrested for possession of offensive weapon.”

    The man was conscious and was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, added the spokesman. Police investigations are ongoing.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

     

  • Man Pleads Guilty To Rape of 13 Year Old and Theft

    Man Pleads Guilty To Rape of 13 Year Old and Theft

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    SINGAPORE: He told lies to get a 13-year-old girl he had just met to go home with him. When she refused to have sex with him, he stopped her from leaving, hit her with his fist and even pointed a 16cm blade at the victim before she eventually gave in to his threats.

    The rapist, who was a full-time national serviceman when he committed the offences, pleaded guilty last Friday (Sep 5) to four charges, including one count of rape for the incident that took place last May. The 20-year-old also pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual penetration of a minor under 16 involving three other girls.

    He cannot be named to protect the identity of his victim.

    The court heard that he met the girl for the first time on May 20 last year through a mutual friend. They hung out with others in Toa Payoh until the next morning before the three of them shared a taxi home. After the mutual friend alighted, he made up a story about having to pass some money to the friend through the girl and she agreed to go to his Teck Whye Lane flat.

    In the flat, he propositioned her with money before moving on to more aggressive tactics, including pinning her down and trying unsuccessfully to tape her mouth shut. He also threatened to not let her leave the flat and to hurt her, unless she complied.

    The girl eventually felt she had no alternative but to have sex with him. Shortly after, his mother returned home and the victim took the chance to leave. She then told a friend about the ordeal before she made a police report with her mother.

    The three other minors he had sex with were aged 13 and 14 when the offences took place between October 2012 and December last year. During that period, he went absent without official leave thrice from national service. He also pressured one of the minors into having sex with him after going out with her for slightly more than a week.

    One of the victims became pregnant and had an abortion in January. They are still in a relationship and she was present in court on Friday with the offender’s mother.

    Eight other charges will be taken into consideration for sentencing, including one of theft. The prosecution called for a sentence of at least 12 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane, citing aggravating factors such as the use of violence. The acts were calculated and not “thoughtless actions by a low-functioning adolescent driven purely by testosterone”, said Deputy Public prosecutor (DPP) Lee Zu Zhao.

    DPP Lee objected to rehabilitative training for the offender, which his lawyer Anand Nalachandran urged High Court judge Choo Han Teck to consider. Mr Nalachandran felt there should not be a general rule against reformative training for rape offenders and pointed to his client’s young age and subnormal intellect.

    But DPP Lee noted the absence of reformative training sentences in previous rape cases.

    Justice Choo has called for a report assessing the offender’s suitability for reformative training, but cautioned that he may not make such an order even if the report is favourable.

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/man-pleads-guilty-to-rape/1350870.html

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