JOHOR BARU: The number of Singaporeans visiting Johor has seen a gradual improvement since the implementation of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) on Oct 1, according to business groups. Johor Baru Business and Hawker Association president Roland Lim said there had been a day-by-day increase in the number of Singaporean visitors but the crowd was not...
SINGAPORE: The Muslim Converts' Association of Singapore (MCAS) has denied any affiliation with GlSB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) or the Al-Arqam movement. Its president, Muhammad Imran Kuna, said MCAS, also known as Darul Arqam Singapore, has recently come across several social media posts linking them to the movement and will not hesitate to take appropriate measures,...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Refusing to accept a ticket over a parking offence, a man offered a S$10 (RM33) bribe to a parking warden as he wanted to be let off the hook. Vikneswaran Kumaran, who was working for Certis Cisco Protection Services at the time, rejected Guo Chuankui’s offer and alerted the police. Guo, a 46-year-old...
SINGAPORE: An insurance agent allowed a friend, who was then working with a similar company, to make fraudulent claims, and the company was then duped into paying out more than S$1.88 million in total. Benjamin Song Junde, 40, who was working with Manulife (Singapore) at the time, was sentenced to a year, six months and two...
KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore-based Malaysian property tycoon Ong Beng Seng is set to be charged on Friday (Oct 4), according to reports by Singaporean media. Channel News Asia reported that according to court records, Ong, who is also a hotelier and Singapore GP head, is likely to be charged with one count each of abetting under Section...
Faster doesn’t mean better or safer, right? We totally understand when one is hangry and still have to wait for our food delivery to arrive. But an irate Chinese blogger is taking that conversation further by ranting on the Internet to compare her experience in Singapore to China. In a video posted to Xiaohongshu, she started the video chastising food...
KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore-based Malaysian property tycoon Ong Beng Seng is set to be charged on Friday (Oct 4), according to reports by Singaporean media. Channel News Asia reported that according to court records, Ong, who is also a hotelier and Singapore GP head, is likely to be charged with one count each of abetting under Section...
Faster doesn’t mean better or safer, right? We totally understand when one is hangry and still have to wait for our food delivery to arrive. But an irate Chinese blogger is taking that conversation further by ranting on the Internet to compare her experience in Singapore to China. In a video posted to Xiaohongshu, she started the video chastising food...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): In a surprising twist, Hin Leong founder Lim Oon Kuin and his two children, Evan Lim Chee Meng and Lim Huey Ching, have agreed to pay US$3.5 billion (S$4.5 billion) to the liquidators of the now-defunct oil trading firm. The High Court on Sept 30 also gave the green light to a...
SINGAPORE: Pill peddlers illegally hawking prescription medication, including the addictive codeine-laced mixtures, have returned to the streets in the Geylang area, pushing their wares closer to Housing Board estates. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) had conducted multiple raids in the area, but residents say the peddlers return the moment there is a let-up. In a raid of...
