Oil spill containment efforts are progressing well, said T&T Salvage Asia, a maritime group involved in the cleanup operation on Friday, June 21. The oil spill incident took place on the southern coast of Singapore on June 14. «As of now, I personally think that we are - if not already - close to reaching the balance point where we can actually say we have control over the containment,» Captain Anuj Sahai, managing director of T&T Salvage Asia, shared in an interview with the media while out at sea near Siloso Beach. His company is in charge of the stretch between Labrador Park and Sentosa Cove, and islands like St John's Island. He said that his team is still trying to prevent the oil from reaching other beaches.  «It will take a while, I think it's premature at this point to give a number or a date [on a complete cleanup], but the way we've gone about doing it as a team together has been very efficient,» he added. This comes after an oil spill occurred at Pasir Panjang Terminal on June 14 due to an allision between a dredging boat and a bunker vessel, which saw 400 tonnes of fuel pour into the sea.

SINGAPORE — A 27-year-old Singaporean man has been charged with murder in Perth after he was accused of intentionally hitting a cyclist with his car, dragging the victim under the vehicle for over 30m. Ng Jing Kai is said to have approached the 48-year-old cyclist over a property dispute around 1.45pm on May 24 while driving a grey Kia Carnival car in Carlisle, a suburb in Perth. In a suspected act of vigilantism, Ng then hit the cyclist with his car, «causing him to be dragged by the vehicle for a short distance, sustaining critical injuries», the Western Australia Police Force (WAPF) told The Straits Times on June 21. The cyclist was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, where he died, the WAPF added. Ng was questioned by the police and charged with one count of murder on May 24. At a press conference the next day, Detective Inspector David Gorton from the WAPF's major crime division told Australian media that the police are probing a possible property dispute between the parties. He said: «We are looking into what we believe was an incident the previous day. We believe that might have involved a personal property item.»

Bus operator Billion Stars Express has apologised to the two Australian passengers who said they were stranded at Woodlands Checkpoint after the coach bus departed without them on June 6. In a TikTok video posted that day, passenger Brenda Tee said she and her boyfriend had taken the overnight express bus from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. Tee claimed that they had taken «no more than 15 minutes» to clear immigration at Woodlands Checkpoint. But when they reached the pick-up point, the bus had already left. And when she called Billion Stars Express, the customer service personnel allegedly told her: «You took too long, my bus driver cannot wait.» In a Facebook post last Friday (June 14), Billion Stars Express said in a statement that they «sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and poor experience» caused to the two tourists.

SINGAPORE — The police are looking for a man who fled the scene after crashing his car into a lamp post in Yishun on the evening of June 20, leaving behind his female passenger. The passenger, a 32-year-old woman, was arrested for suspected consumption and possession of controlled drugs, possession of drug apparatus and consorting with persons carrying offensive weapons, the police said in a statement on June 21. The police said they had received a call for assistance at Block 746 Yishun Street 72 at about 8.15pm on June 20. When officers reached the scene, a car sped off and subsequently skidded along Yishun Street 71, the police said. The driver abandoned the vehicle after it crashed, and fled on foot while the passenger was detained by officers. The police said they later found an assortment of weapons, as well as substances believed to be controlled drugs and drug paraphernalia, in the car. According to Chinese-language newspaper Shin Min Daily News, the weapons seized by the police included a 75cm-long samurai sword, a dagger and a machete.

A crappy new trend? Two separate incidents of commuters finding poop on public transport started circulating online on June 19. A video of one incident was shared by SGFollowsAll follower who wrote: «Today, I boarded bus 87 from CDC (ComfortDelGro Driving Centre) Ubi and someone took a s*** in the back of the bus.» The video shows someone walking to the rear of the bus to see some brown substance on the floor in the corner under the rear seat. One Instagram user commented: «I really hope that is fudge.» Two photos of the other incident on the MRT train was posted on Reddit with the caption: «Spotted in the first cabin on the brown line. Probably the reason why the brown line is, well, brown.» The brown line refers to the Thomson-East Coast Line. One Redditor commented: «The smell must have been intense.» Defecating in public is an offence under the Environmental Public Health Act and offenders are liable to a maximum fine of $1,000 for the first conviction.

Midway through their journey to work, two passengers were horrified to spot several cockroaches roaming around the private-hire vehicle. Taking to TikTok on Wednesday (June 19), the passenger, who gave her name only as Tiffany, dubbed the 40-minute Gojek ride from Kembangan to Newton that morning as «nightmarish». The 26-year-old told AsiaOne that she and her boyfriend spotted at least six cockroaches in the car, three of which she filmed on video. The 18-second video she uploaded on social media starts with a clip of a roach crawling across the passenger-side door. Another clip shows a cockroach on the backseat of the car, and the camera pans to reveal another one slinking up the car window. One of the cockroaches moves across the backseat and the video zooms out to show both passengers balancing on the edge of their seats. «My boyfriend's butt was hovering [over the seat] and I was sitting on his knees at this point,» she wrote in the video, adding that he was «in distress». The video ends after showing a roach nestled in the crevices of the seat belt buckle.

When asked by a passenger to enter his condominium premises to pick him up, one private-hire vehicle (PHV) driver refused and stood her ground. Driver Wendy Chan posted screenshots showing her conversation with the passenger in question along with the caption: «Am I wrong to say that? Please ask Grab. Every drop of petrol counts.» One of the images posted by Chan on Facebook page Professional PHV Drivers Singapore showed the pickup location as a condominium at Sixth Avenue. However, the passenger whom Chan was to pick up requested that she come to a specific lobby inside the premises instead of meeting her at the main entrance. In response, Chan insisted that she will only pick him up near the guardhouse at the condominium's main entrance. She soon ended up cancelling the ride, citing «I don't want to complete this job» as her reason for doing so. Chan's post garnered many responses from netizens, with some calling her lazy and some others praising and defending her actions. One netizen wrote: «Lazy driver. [If you] don't want to do Grab, find a real job or [start a] business.»

SINGAPORE — Wanting to talk to women, a man hatched a plan to soil their clothes with a mixture of his urine and flour so that he could have an opportunity to break the ice between them and him. On June 20, Tan Jun Hao, a 31-year-old Malaysian, was fined $1,200 after he pleaded guilty to using criminal force on one of the women. He followed a 26-year-old woman as she was going up an escalator from Nicoll Highway MRT station at around 8.30pm on April 9. He then squirted the mixture, which he had earlier mixed in a small plastic bottle, on her dress as she was walking along a nearby overhead bridge. Instead of stopping to talk to the woman after that, he walked past her. She initially thought that the mixture was bird droppings due to its smell, and the stain grew bigger when she tried to wipe it off with tissue paper. Deputy Public Prosecutor Yap Jia Jun said: «The accused intended to squirt the mixture on the clothes of ladies, especially young ladies wearing dark-coloured bottoms, and then alert them that their clothes had been dirtied. »He wanted to create opportunities for him to talk to these ladies."

Corporate service providers, real estate, casinos as well as precious stones and metals are among the non-banking sectors that pose higher money laundering risks to Singapore, indicated the updated Money Laundering National Risk Assessment published on Thursday (Jun 20). The banking sector, which includes wealth management, was assessed to pose the highest money-laundering risk to the country. But some designated non-financial businesses and professions also pose high risks. Corporate service providers, for example, provide upstream services such as incorporation of companies and «are linked to the misuse of legal persons in some instances», said the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Monetary Authority of Singapore in a joint press release. Another higher-risk sector is licensed trust companies, which may deal with customers with risks of corruption or tax evasion. Such companies also deal with complex legal structures and handle high-value, cross-border transactions.

All the netizen and his girlfriend wanted to do was give up their seats to a mother and a child who appeared to be struggling to keep their balance in the LRT. As the couple got up, the man tapped the mother on her back from behind to alert her to the vacated seat.  However, a man who is believed to be the woman's husband, started scolding the netizen, repeatedly shouting at him: «No touching! No touching!» Redditor Alarmed_Letter3707 wrote in the forum that he was taken aback that his good intention was met with such hostility in the incident that took place at about 10.30pm on June 8. He also wrote that the woman's husband spewed racist remarks including «just because it's okay in your country to touch woman in public does not mean it's okay to do that here in Singapore».  The Redditor explained that he tried to defend himself by saying: «'I just tapped her back to offer my seat and I'm sorry for that.»  He added that he could not get over the incident and kept his eye closed as he stood in the LRT while the woman's husband continued to berate him.

We all know the durian variety Musang King, but have you heard of the green Beserah, Tupai King, or even 'Fei Ji Mao'? With the durian season in full swing, lesser-known varieties are popping up in stalls across Singapore — though their heftier price tags may make one's wallet much lighter. Some stalls in Geylang are selling Black Gold and Beserah durians, also known as D145, at $48 to $58 per kilogram, reported Shin Min Daily News. Over at Trengganu Street in Chinatown, one vendor has brought in Tupai King (squirrel king) durians, touting it as a special, rare variety grown on a «century-old tree», and selling it at $58 per kilogram. Durians grown on older trees are said to have a richer and more complex taste. However, the vendor provided a caveat — the taste of the pricy fruit may not be to everyone's liking. Most of the customers who purchased the Tupai King are tourists, he said. And at HengBros SG Durian located along Upper Cross Street, 'Fei Ji Mao' durians are going for $48 per kilogram.

This soup kitchen has found themselves in the soup - but not literally. Krsna's Free Meals, a soup kitchen in Little India, has asked volunteers to honour their commitments after multiple groups have cancelled on them without letting them know in advance, the kitchen revealed in a video uploaded to TikTok on Wednesday (June 19). According to their website, Krsna's Free Meals is a soup kitchen in Singapore run by volunteers, cooking up free breakfast and lunch daily for those in need. Highlighting a trend, the kitchen said in their video that there are many volunteers who sign up with them as a group, but then one of the group's member decides they can't attend. When that happens, the whole group then gets cold feet and bails on the voluntary work, leaving the kitchen at a loss for that day. «Nobody tells us,» the video continued to say. «We're at the kitchen in the morning expecting a whole crew, but nobody's there.» The kitchen added: «The problem is worse when friends sign up together. If one friend has to cancel, the whole group often doesn't come without telling us.»

SINGAPORE – A 22-year-old Malaysian diver died on June 18 after he got entangled with a boat propeller while cleaning a ship’s hull at an anchorage along Marina South Pier. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for assistance at 31 Marina Coastal Drive at around 2.15pm on June 18. The diver was caught in one of the propellers of the supporting dive boat, said a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) spokesman in response to queries from The Straits Times. The man, who was employed by Dive-Marine Services, was taken to Singapore General Hospital where he died from his injuries, the spokesman added. MOM is investigating the incident and has instructed the company to stop all diving activities. The police said the diver was unconscious when taken to hospital and based on preliminary investigations, no foul play is suspected. In its statement, the ministry said established commercial diving procedures using surface-supplied diving equipment (SSDE), or commercial self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (CSCUBA), must be adhered to.

When a woman saw an advertisement claiming that she could earn money from renting out vending machines, she thought it was a good investment opportunity.  After paying more than $8,000, however, Wang Meiling (transliteration) realised it might be a sham.  The 52-year-old, who is self-employed, told Shin Min Daily News that she signed a contract with a company named CloudRetail on Dec 4 last year.  She was told that CloudRetail would help investors open a company in Hong Kong, and apply for a government grant to purchase three vending machines, which they could rent out and receive earnings.  CloudRetail also claimed that they had offices in Hong Kong, Australia, China and Malaysia, and worked with reputable brands such as Chow Tai Fook, Royce Chocolate, Samsung Pay and Giordano.  To start on her 'investment', Wang had to pay a sum of $11,000. «I made a $3,110 down payment, and paid the remaining amount in six installments of $1,315 each. I've made four payments so far,» she said.  When she enquired about the progress of her grant application in January, CloudRetail informed her that she had to wait. 

Buyers keen to move into their new flats early can consider those launched in the latest Built to Order (BTO) exercise. This is because about half of the 6,938 flats launched on Wednesday (June 19) will offer waiting times of less than four years, with 1,352 flats in Tampines and Woodlands expected to be ready in around three years. This is the second of the three BTO launches in 2024, with 19,600 new flats to be launched in total this year. The 791-unit Marsiling Peak I project in Woodlands, for example, has a wait of only two years and 11 months, a first amongst launches in 2024.  It comprises two-room flexi, three, four and five-room flats, and will be built along Admiralty Road and Marsiling Lane. The project has three blocks that range from 31 to 35 storeys and is near Woodlands Checkpoint, with Woodlands and Woodlands North MRT stations about 2km away. Prices start from $244k for Woodlands units Similarly, the 561 flats at Tampines GreenTopaz will offer buyers a shorter waiting time of 3 years and one month, said the HDB.

SINGAPORE — A purported spiritual leader, who duped her followers into handing her more than $7 million and forced some of them to eat human faeces as punishment, was sentenced to 10 years and six months' jail on June 19. Woo May Hoe, who had claimed to be a deity and had around 30 followers, pleaded guilty in May to three counts of assault and two cheating charges. Forty-five other charges were considered during sentencing. The 54-year-old Singaporean headed a group that believed in spiritual leader Sri Sakthi Narayani Amma, according to court documents, which did not provide details about Amma. She told her followers the monies would go to Amma's society in India. Instead, Woo pocketed the monies from 2012 to 2020. In earlier proceedings, Deputy Public Prosecutor Grace Chua told the court that many of Woo's followers or their relatives were suffering from serious medical conditions. According to Woo, it was crucial for her followers to clear their «bad karma», and increase their «good karma» to improve their health and that of their loved ones. She told them that they could do so by making payments to Amma's society in India.

The recent oil spill following an incident between a dredging boat and a bunker vessel at Pasir Panjang Terminal was not a result of port congestion, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (June 18), he addressed concerns from some members of the public. «Investigations are still on-going, but preliminary findings show that the allision on June 14 was caused by the dredger experiencing sudden loss of engine and steering controls,» he wrote. Singapore's port waters and anchorages are not congested, Chee explained.  «The earlier reports on delays experienced by container vessels are a separate matter that is due to the bunching of container vessels arriving at PSA.» He also said that the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) was alerted of this incident at 2.22pm on June 14 — four minutes after the allision — and responded by 2.33pm. They ensured that there were no further leaks from the bunker vessel, which had 400 metric tonnes of oil remaining in its tank. MPA patrol craft also sprayed dispersant to treat the oil that had already spilled into the sea.

A 23-year-old man died after the motorcycle he was riding was run over by a private bus at the junction of Bencoolen Street and Stamford Road junction on June 15. The burial for Muhammad Yadiy Hamsyari Bin Yaziz was held at Pusara Aman Mosque the next day. On June 17, which was Hari Raya Haji, his mother posted on Facebook in Malay: «Lonely and gloomy Eid without my beloved child. May the soul of my son Muhd Yadiy be placed among the righteous.»

Onlookers were stunned. A boy on a kick scooter was caught on camera dragging a puppy around on a leash at a pets and kids-friendly cafe in Katong. Stomp contributor Marie shared a video of the incident at Cafe Melba at Goodman Arts Centre on June 8 at around 4.10pm. «As things happened too suddenly and I was still trying to recover from shock, I only managed to capture only the last few minutes of their cruel act,» said the Stomp contributor. «My friends and I were stunned see the mother allowing her son to scoot around and pull the poor unwilling puppy around the field.» Marie said this went on for at least five to eight minutes. PHOTO: Stomp «The mother was taking a video and laughing at the same time, thinking this was a very funny and cute scene,» recounted the Stomp contributor. "The son was seen lifting the puppy's head up with the leash and the little dog hanging in the air.

Hu, a 72-year-old cabby, wanted to buy sliced fish soup at noon on June 11 but an apparent misunderstanding between him and the hawker ended in a fall. The taxi driver told Shin Min Daily News that he had his own food container for the soup and requested for his order to be packed in it but was rebutted aggressively. He also claimed that the hawker swore at him, threw water at him and «raised his fist as if to hit me and knocked me to the ground». As a result, Hu suffered a hip fracture and needed to undergo a four-hour surgery. He was instructed by the doctor post-surgery to avoid bending down or lifting his feet for a month. The hawker, Chen, told the Chinese daily on June 18 that Hu did not know what he wanted, so he was told to go buy food elsewhere. «We just told him to go away, but he lost his balance on one foot and fell down,» said Chen, insisting that he did not have physical contact with Hu and that the closed circuit television footage would prove that he was telling the truth. He said a cook wanted to help Hu and he refused.

During the hustle and bustle of life in Singapore, one young man is handing out acts of kindness like candy. Since May, TikTok user SomethingForSomeone has been sharing videos of himself giving out snacks, drinks and more to strangers in various parts of Singapore. Some of these videos have gained significant traction online —a clip of the 24-year-old handing out cans of Red Bull and 100plus to construction workers has garnered over 144,100 views and over 7,500 likes since it was posted on June 13. In another video, SomethingForSomeone goes around PLQ Mall, giving out boxes of nasi padang donated by People's Nasi Padang to food delivery riders who were gathered outside the mall during lunchtime. A video posted on May 31 shows the TikTok user buying 30 cups of ice cream from an uncle who didn't appear to have much business at the time, and later giving out the icy treats to passers-by in Tampines Hub.

Throngs of travellers opted to walk across the Causeway from Johor Bahru after they faced snaking queues for buses and heavy traffic towards Singapore. From 12pm on Monday (June 17), the Causeway saw uptick in traffic towards Singapore, according to data from Checkpoint.sg. The heavy traffic was expected at the tail end of the Hari Raya Haji long weekend, with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) advising the public last to factor more time for immigration clearance after more than 510,000 travellers cleared Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints on June 13. Some social media posts from Monday evening showed long queues at Johor Bahru Checkpoint's departure hall.

One property agent said he resorted to calling the police on 21 tenants in an HDB flat after they resisted eviction. Real estate agent Ken Tay shared his experience in a series of TikTok videos posted on Saturday (June 15). In the video, Tay says that he was tipped off on Wednesday (June 12) that although the five-room-flat had been rented out to five students, there were 21 people residing in it. He did not name the estate in his videos. Under the instruction of the landlord, Tay visited the flat on the same day to notify the tenants that they must leave the property by 5pm on Friday. Unfortunately, he found the flat in disarray. Some lights and furniture were broken, and two of the three bedrooms were locked by the tenants – who refused to let Tay look inside. https://www.tiktok.com/@askkentay/video/7380290442048359681 When Tay returned to the flat on Friday, the tenants were not ready to leave, and he said he had to call the police to assist him in the eviction. Amidst the chaos, some of the tenants even attempted to take the flat owner's furniture with them, said Tay.

SINGAPORE — From a distance, the multipurpose vehicle is easily mistaken for a police patrol vehicle or ambulance but on closer inspection, the words on the minivan say polite, not police. Scan the QR code wrought large on the walls of the MPV, and you are whisked away to the website of an ice cream shop. The MPV caught the eye of motorists, who have put up photos of the «Polite Car» on the SG Road Vigilante Facebook page on June 15. Netizens were divided in their views, with some in the comments section suggesting it was a good idea, while others said it was «intentionally misleading», because it looked like a police car. Speaking to The Straits Times, the owner of the vehicle, businessman Goh Yong Wei, 32, said since he decorated his Toyota Alphard with the decal in May, other motorists have been slowing down to give way to him on the roads. He said: «As a driver and motorbike rider in Singapore, I find that the driving culture here is not gracious, especially during peak hours. »I want to be noticed, I want the attention, I want people to see me and slow down to avoid a collision."

SINGAPORE — The number of cases of diplopia — which causes a person to see double — with no known cause seen at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) is rising, in line with the worldwide trend, said senior consultant Yvonne Ling. Commonly known as double vision, diplopia can occur when one eye is covered (monocular diplopia) or only when both eyes are open (binocular diplopia). A survey of binocular diplopia cases at SNEC conducted earlier in 2024 showed there were 234 patients between 2011 and 2020, up from 15 patients from 2001 to 2010. From 2021 to 2023, there were already 76 patients. These patients are mostly adults. Binocular diplopia is when you see double with both eyes open, and it disappears upon closing either eye, said Dr Ling. It may be due to a neurological problem, or it may be due to too much screen time, especially on mobile phones, she said. «If the 'double vision' happens with one eye alone, see your friendly optometrist first. All you may need is a change of glasses, or it may be early onset of cataract which is a non-urgent condition,» said Dr Ling, of monocular diplopia.

SINGAPORE — A teenager who placed a parang against a 16-year-old boy's neck, ordered him to strip naked and forced the victim to drink urine from a bottle, was sentenced to two years' probation on June 18. As part of his sentence, the offender, who is now 18, must spend a year at the Singapore Boys' Hostel and perform 100 hours of community service. He must also remain indoors from 10pm to 6am every day, and his mother was bonded for $5,000 to ensure his good behaviour. The offender, who was identified in court documents as A1, cannot be named due to a gag order. A1, who turned 18 in September 2023, pleaded guilty in April to one count each of criminal intimidation and being a member of an unlawful assembly. His accomplices were identified in court documents as B1, B2, B3 and B4. They were the offender's friends and were between 15 and 17 years old at the time of the offences in March 2023. The names of all six boys have been redacted from court documents. A1 met his four friends in March 2023 and told them he wanted to beat up the victim for «harassing» a female friend.

She wanted to go on a quick day trip to Batam during the long weekend, but ended up making a U-turn home hours after. A Singaporean woman shared in a Lemon8 post on Sunday (June 16) that she had spent 2.5 hours stuck in a queue at Batam Centre Ferry Terminal. The 40-year-old, who only wanted to be known as Slacker Auntie, told AsiaOne that she had booked last-minute tickets to Batam with her friends and smoothly boarded the ferry on Saturday. However, problems arose once they arrived at their destination. «Ferry managed to reach Batam and then… we couldn't alight,» she wrote in her post. «It's been two hours and I am still stuck in this ferry.» Noting that the snaking queue had extended outside of the customs area, she decided to cut her losses and return to Singapore. Fortunately, the woman had bought a return ticket for 3.30pm that day. She later found out that the long queue has been a recurring problem at Batam Centre Ferry Terminal. Her friends also told her that customs are «always this messy». «I am sticking to Malaysia for short day trips,» Slacker Auntie said.

SINGAPORE – The blade of the knife came off the handle as meat specialist Mike Foo was filleting a 100kg giant grouper in front of a crowd of eager shoppers at FairPrice Xtra AMK Hub on June 17. “It was very difficult to do the filleting because the fish was huge, the meat was very thick and the bones were very hard,” said Mr Foo, 50. “This is the first time in my 24 years of working with seafood that I’ve seen such a big fish, so I was very surprised.” FairPrice said that this was the first time it had a grouper of this size filleted for sale to its consumers.

SINGAPORE — The authorities here are expanding cleanup efforts to more areas following a major oil spill on June 14, with some oil leaking from a damaged cargo tank at Pasir Panjang Terminal having spread to the waters off Changi on June 17. As at June 17, some 1,500m of booms have been deployed to contain the oil spill, with an additional 1,600m to be deployed at several beaches on Sentosa Island and Labrador Nature Reserve by June 18, as well as at Southern Islands, according to a joint statement by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, National Environment Agency (NEA), National Parks Board (NParks), national water agency PUB, Sentosa Development Corporation and Singapore Food Agency. Booms have also been installed along stretches of East Coast Park beaches that are badly affected, and at canal openings, to trap oil and prevent it from flowing back into the canal.

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has won ammunition orders of more than S$100 million in total value from Europe between April and early June, the group announced on Monday (June 17). Specifically, the orders are for 155 millimetre (mm) ammunition and 40mm ammunition — both of Nato-standard — ST Engineering said, without giving a breakdown of the contract values for these two types of ammunition or naming the new customers. Nato or North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, an intergovernmental military alliance with 32 members, is reportedly set to take over from the United States the coordination of arms deliveries to Ukraine, which is at war with Russia. ST Engineering's 155mm ammunition system has an extended-range high-explosive projectile and modular charge system designed for 155mm gun howitzers with 39 and 52-calibre barrels. As for the 40mm ammunition, it has more than 58 variants and the engineering ability to customise the munition to meet unique operational needs of users from over 40 countries.

An argument broke out between two customers at a Tyrwhitt Road coffee shop in Jalan Besar at about 11pm on June 14 and it escalated into a physical altercation. Mr Yang, who was at the coffee shop at the time of the incident, told Lianhe Zaobao that the Singha and Chang female promoters apparently had beef with each other because of competition in beer sale. The drinks stall manager, 51-year-old Chen, said a Chang customer acted out of control after drinking that night and was caught on closed circuit television footage slapping the Singha promoter. Another customer stepped in to shield the Singha promoter but ended up fighting with the Chang customer, who is believed to have attacked the Singha promoter in defence of the Chang promoter. «The two beer promoters knew each other, so perhaps this happened because of some personal matters,» said Ms Chen. Both the Chang and Singha promoters even tried to mediate the situation but failed. Tables and chairs in the coffee shop were toppled over during the fight but no other customers were hurt.

Besides blocking the way, the rubbish left piled up at a Build-To-Order (BTO) estate in Punggol has sparked safety concerns among the residents. Photos sent to CNA by Punggol Point Cove resident Andy Ke show large cardboard boxes, nylon bags and other items dumped in the basement car park of Block 448B. The 41-year-old, who moved into his flat in February, likened the stacks of rubbish to a «mountain» and voiced concerns about the estate's cleanliness, adding that the rubbish pile is a fire hazard. «I can't take it any more. I feel that something must be done,» he told CNA. In an interview with Shin Min Daily News, Ke estimated that 30 per cent of the flats in the new estate are occupied. As renovation works in Punggol Point Cove progressed, the resident noted that an increasing amount of rubbish started to pile up along the walkway of the basement car park. «I've caught some people red-handed but there was nothing I could do,» Ke added. Although the authorities had put up notices informing the public not to discard items illegally, they did not to help alleviate the problem.

SINGAPORE - A 70-year-old woman was arrested on June 15 over a series of pickpocketing cases at a market and food centre in Yishun Ring Road. Preliminary investigations found the woman allegedly picked wallets from people who had their bags unzipped, took the cash, and then disposed of the wallets in the vicinity, said the police in a statement on June 16. Between July 24, 2023, and June 13, 2024, the police received several reports from victims claiming that their wallets were missing in the vicinity of Yishun Ring Road. Through images from closed-circuit television and police cameras, as well as ground inquiries, officers from Woodlands Police Division identified the woman and arrested her on June 15. The woman is also believed to be involved in other similar offences, said the police. She will be charged in court on June 17 with theft, they said. The offence carries a jail term of up to three years, a fine, or both.

SINGAPORE - Local fish farms are not affected by the oil spill incident on June 14 and local fish remain safe to eat, said the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). In a Facebook post on June 16, SFA said that there is low risk of the oil spill spreading to the Johor Strait, where Singapore’s fish farms are located. “To date, none of our fish farms are affected by the oil spill, and our local fish remain safe for consumption,” said SFA, adding that it is in close contact with the farms and will continue to monitor the situation closely. The oil spill was a result of an incident on June 14 involving the Netherlands-flagged dredging boat Vox Maxima and the Singapore-flagged bunker vessel Marine Honour, which was stationary, at Pasir Panjang Terminal. https://www.facebook.com/SGFoodAgency/posts/792973106290335?ref=embed_post The impact created a rupture in one of the oil tanks of Marine Honour, which caused oil to leak into the sea.

A week after Lions goalkeeper Hassan Sunny shot to overnight fame in China, the 40-year-old was spotted in Shanghai, much to the delight of Chinese football fans who jumped at the chance to meet him in person. At the invitation of real estate firm CapitaLand, Hassan and his family visited the city on Sunday (June 16), reported The Straits Times. News of his arrival in Shanghai quickly spread on Chinese social media after the football player was spotted at the airport. Fans soon gathered at the three CapitaLand malls where Hassan was scheduled to visit that day. The veteran goalkeeper first visited Raffles City Changning in the morning, where he signed autographs and took photos with fans. Next on the list was Hongkou Plaza, where Hassan — who owns the Muslim food stall Dapur Hassan in Singapore — put together a plate of nasi lemak. Following that, he visited a children's football class held at Raffles City The Bund.