Other than the laughable law banning the sale of chewing gum, a new law has just been tabled to restrict the sale and consumption of alcohol in Singapore. The proposed ban is to restrict consumption of alcohol between 10.30pm and 7am,…
Category: Social Ills in Singapore
This category shares all the social ills we witness in Singapore including wastage, poor social net, social enclave, suisides etc etc
Cancer survivor has hole in throat for 4 years – why?
Former security guard U. Govindan had a walnut-sized hole in his throat followed his treatment for cancer in his voice box.. He could not speak, eat or drink. Food and liquid would seep out of the hole. TTSH left him to…
Family tragedies that lead to death in Singapore
Related link: Suicidal Situations In Singapore, Tragic Account of MRT Suicides From 2004 Onwards, Suicide at Yishun MRT Station in Singapore “On June 1 last year, Loh carried Gabriel from the living room to the kitchen window of her mother’s flat on West…
Why the CPF Issues in 2014?
Creadit: Daily SG First the PM sues a commoner Roy Ngerng, accusing him of defamation despite the latter willing to apologise and compensate a token sum, then the social worker lost his job and then the PM’s lawyer (probably the most expensive…
Ban foreign workers in cooking local hawker food
The standard of local hawker food has gone downhill esp in last few years due to the cheap availability of foreign workers. Askmelah notices many food court stall owners conveniently “outsourced” their trades to cheap China workers. With the low pay and…
Woman hurls vulgarities at buffet restaurant staff — because she was told to pay for food wastage
Ugly Singaporean ….. A woman created a scene because she was made to pay for unconsumed food at a buffet restaurant at United Square. Read Full Story…
Misuse/Theft of Supermarket Trolleys
Supermarkets still plagued by missing trolleys (Asiaone 16 Oct 2013) “Despite having implemented various measures, supermarkets are still losing quite a number of trolleys, no thanks to inconsiderate shoppers who cart them away for convenience. Sheng Siong lost an average…
First World Economy, Third World Social Behaviour!
see also: Singapore is far from first world in terms of social behaviour First World Economy, Third World Politics Viewpoint: Does Singapore deserve its ‘miserable’ tag? The dirty truth about Singapore S’pore not world-class in social behaviour (Straits Times, 1…
Some of the most unusual Singaporean western names
Many younger generation of parents like to give their kids an English (or more commonly known as Christian, Englishised or western) names, irregardless of whether they are Christians or Catholics or not. This phenomenon is especially pronounced in the Chinese community…
Good schools turning into elite and snob schools
It is an open secret that these “independent” schools have been charging sky high school fee (more than 20 times the public school), building sprawling campus, attracting students mainly from rich families and etc etc. One of my relatives quitted…
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