A  taxi driver and his passenger were taken to hospital after an accident in Woodlands that led to the arrest of a 30-year-old male lorry driver for dangerous driving causing hurt.The accident happened at about 6.25am on Thursday (July 16) morning at the junction of Woodlands Avenues 6 and 9.  Map showing where the accident between a lorry and a taxi happened on Wednesday (July 16). GRAPHIC: Google Maps, Xiaohongshu A video of the accident posted on Xiaohongshu shows a maroon Strides Premier taxi and a lorry stopped at an angle to each other at the said junction.The taxi, with visible damages to its front bumper and bonnet, is seen obstructing at least one of the two-lane road.

SINGAPORE - Eric Cheong, a pioneer union leader and 20-year Toa Payoh MP who helped set up NTUC's first supermarket in the town, died on July 15 at the age of 96.He died of complications from dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing.Cheong represented Toa Payoh from 1968 to 1988 and sat on the NTUC's central committee - the labour movement's top leadership body. He also led the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union (SMMWU), first as secretary-general and later as president.His lifelong campaign for workers' rights began when he was working in his first job, said his son Peter Cheong, 67.Speaking to The Straits Times at his father's wake at St Joseph's Church in Upper Bukit Timah, he said: «[My father] was a clerk, but he felt there was no representation. He didn't feel the equality there, so he wanted to step up.»This led the elder Cheong to join many of his peers in Singapore's pre-independence labour movement, said Peter Cheong.He rose up the ranks to lead unions by his early 30s. But he was not always on the side of the ruling party - despite becoming a PAP MP and an ardent supporter later in life, Peter Cheong said.

What could have been a 16-minute car ride turned into a spontaneous 2.5-hour trek to Changi Airport for a group of three young women.The trio's journey was documented on TikTok by user Angie, and was posted on Thursday (July 16).Captioned «peak unemployment activity», the video has garnered over 180,000 views in one day.According to a Google Maps screenshot shared in the video, the three's journey from Tanah Merah would take two hours and seven minutes.They set off at 2.42am, hoping to make it in time for their 7am flight - with luggages and handbags in tow. The video includes clips of the trio strolling down empty streets which are void of people and vehicles. The women also appear to walk through a dark underpass, using their phones as a source of light.They eventually made it to Changi Airport at 5.04am, in time for their flight.Their journey lasted two-and-a-half hours, and a total of 9.37km.

A man has been charged with criminal intimidation after he allegedly threw a glass mug onto the floor in front of a teenage girl at a Woodlands coffeeshop. According to the charge sheet, the 56-year-old allegedly shattered the glass mug with the intent of causing the victim to feel alarmed.The girl's parents had posted online their account of the July 15, 7pm incident.According to them, the incident happened when they briefly stepped away from their table to order food, leaving their 14-year-old daughter alone.They added that she was not injured in the incident.If guilty of criminal intimidation, the man may be jailed up to two years, or fined, or both.[[nid:738836]]helmy.saat@asiaone.com

A Malaysian working in Singapore was shocked when she was mistaken for a domestic helper at a laundromat - a passer-by had repeatedly asked her if she was doing laundry for her «boss».Speaking to Stomp, Shikin said the incident occurred on May 19, at a laundromat in Bedok.The 34-year-old senior account specialist had shared about the incident in an Instagram post on July 11, recounting what she described as a «very Singaporean behaviour» of «profiling, judging, and downgrading».In the video, she recalls being approached by a passer-by who looked «friendly» while doing her laundry. However, during their conversation, the passer-by seemingly assumed that the load belonged to her «boss».Despite multiple attempts to clarify that the clothes were hers, Shikin says the woman insisted: «What boss now? It's your boss laundry.»«I was like what the f*ck is this. Then I get it, she thinks that I'm a domestic helper,» Shikin recounts.Panning the camera to her attire, she acknowledges that she «looks like a domestic helper», but points out that the woman might not have made the assumption if she was «Chinese» or «white».

One hundred suspected drug offenders were arrested in an islandwide anti-drug operation conducted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), with drugs worth more than $34,000 seized.In a statement on Friday (July 17), CNB said the operation, which was carried out from July 12 to 17, covered areas including Boon Lay, Ghim Moh, Jurong, Kallang, Tampines, Tengah, Toa Payoh and Woodlands.