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The weekend is finally here!
Don’t waste it away by spending it at home because there are lots of activities happening around the island to enjoy with your friends and family. Weekends will never be the same again with this weekend planner.
ARTBOX SINGAPORE 2019
The largest urban art container event is back again in Singapore and for its third instalment, it will feature over 300 creatives, retailers and entrepreneurs.
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I love cheap tech. Who doesn’t?
Online shopping portals such as Aliexpress and Lazada have opened up a whole world of gizmos that don’t burn a hole in your wallet. And if the likes of knockoff AirPods or bargain-bin Bluetooth speakers conk out after a few months, you can always get a brand-new one for chump change.
It’s tough (but not impossible!) to find tech products that are both excellent and cheap. You don’t even have to look that far, really. For the tech-savvy in Singapore, local brand Prism+ should be a familiar enough name, synonymous with high-end computer monitors with shockingly inexpensive price tags.
The homegrown company now wants their street cred to move out of man caves and gaming dens and right into the living rooms of the mainstream masses. This morning (Nov 14), Prism+ debuted the Eon TV, their lineup of premium smart televisions that don’t break the bank. Hell, even the costliest one doesn’t go over $600.
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SINGAPORE: The Jurong-Clementi Town Council said on Thursday (Nov 14) that the fire hose reels over which it was issued a warning by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) had been locked to prevent vandalism.
In a statement last week, SCDF said that its firefighters were responding to a blaze at an HDB flat in Bukit Batok when they realised several of the hose reel cabinets had been padlocked.
Even after breaking one of the padlocks, the hose reel could not be used because there was no water supply, said SCDF.
Responding to CNA’s queries, the town council said it had locked the hose reels at Block 210A Bukit Batok because they had been “frequently misused and vandalised”.
Firefighters conducting an aerial rescue of two men found on a ledge outside the kitchen. They could not be pulled to safety inside the flat due to a “vast accumulation of items”. (Photo: Facebook/SCDF)
“As a precaution, a small padlock was used to prevent casual vandalism. We have since removed all padlocks,” said the spokesperson.
General manager of the town council, Mr Ho Thian Poh, said earlier that the fire hose reels at Block 210A had been certified to be in working condition.
They were last put through maintenance and testing on Oct 14 this year.
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SINGAPORE – Vendors that modify electric scooters into personal mobility aids (PMAs), by adding a third wheel and reducing the maximum speed of the device to 10kmh, will be taken to task, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has warned.
Such “irresponsible vendors” can end up making the devices unsafe, the authority said in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Nov 13).
LTA’s statement comes in the wake of online advertisements from vendors offering a way out for e-scooter users affected by a ban that prohibits them from using public footpaths.
PMAs, including wheelchairs, motorised wheelchairs and mobility scooters, are not affected by the ban that kicked in a week ago.
To those who offer the conversion services, LTA said: “These are irresponsible vendors as such modifications will compromise the original device’s electrical and mechanical systems as well as structural integrity, void its safety certifications, and importantly, pose safety risks to both the user and the public.
“LTA will not hesitate to take enforcement action against those who wilfully disregard stipulated criteria and those who conduct such irresponsible modifications.”
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A woman and her son were found dead near Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on Thursday (Nov 14) morning.
According to Lianhe Zaobao, the body of the 41-year-old Japanese woman was found near a car, while the body of her five-year-old child was found inside the vehicle.
Paramedics pronounced both individuals dead at the scene.
The incident took place at 21 Lorong Sesuai, which is believed to be a restricted area.
The police have classified the case as unnatural death and mentioned that investigations are ongoing.
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SINGAPORE: A church with lotus carvings on display. A Hindu temple that is home to a relic of the Buddhist goddess Guan Yin.
These one-of-a-kind religious institutions, just a stone’s throw from one another, form the lineup of a new programme launched by the National Heritage Board (NHB).
Called Harmony Walks, the initiative is a series of three guided tours that highlights the commonalities among Singapore’s various religions and communities.
The first will be launched on Saturday (Nov 23) and takes participants through seven religious institutions along Queen, Waterloo and Bencoolen Streets, including the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and Kum Yan Methodist Church.
Inside the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, one of the religious institutions featured in the guided tour. (Photo: Hani Amin)
Seventy-eight tours, each able to accommodate up to 25 people, have been lined up until November next year, although NHB is prepared to conduct more tours based on the response.
Throughout the walks, participants will learn about how the communities interacted and helped each other despite their cultural differences.
For example, several Hindu cooks are behind some of the Kosher meals served at the Maghain Aboth Synagogue, a place of worship for the Jewish community.
Maghain Aboth Synagogue along Waterloo Street, where several Hindu chefs are in charge of cooking Kosher meals for the congregants. (Photo: Hani Amin)
Along Waterloo Street, the Hindu Sri Krishnan Temple and the Buddhist Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple have co-existed side by side peacefully since the late 19th century. Participants on the tour might be surprised to find out that the Sri Krishnan Temple even houses the statue of the Buddhist deity Guan Yin.
This came about after the temple’s caretakers noticed that many of the Chinese devotees at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple would also stop by to pay their respects, said Sri Krishnan Temple’s chairman Mr P Sivaraman during a media preview of the tour.
At first, the Hindu temple placed an urn outside its premises for the devotees to place their joss sticks, but subsequently they installed the Guan Yin statue as well at the request of several visitors.
The statue is even taken out and placed on the temple’s ceremonial swing during certain Buddhist functions, he added.
Mr P Sivaraman, Chairman of Sri Krishnan Temple, explaining the use of the temple’s ceremonial swing. (Photo: Hani Amin)
The tour also takes participants past Masjid Bencoolen, Singapore’s second oldest mosque that dates back to 1825, and several churches.
At the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, participants will be able to spot a couple of lotus figures on its roof. As the church was originally built to cater to the growing Chinese and Indian congregants, it decided to incorporate several cross-cultural elements into its structure. The same lotus motif can be seen on the external wall of Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple.
The lotus motifs can be seen on the pitched roof of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. (Photo: Hani Amin)
Besides pointing out the different religious institutions’ architecture and the area’s history, the tour will cover some of the similar practices found across different spiritual traditions, and how these institutions have engaged in interfaith and social work.
Mr Alvin Tan, the deputy chief executive of policy and community at NHB, said the idea for the tours came about after his team felt it was timely for younger Singaporeans and new citizens to learn how “racial and religious harmony are really already a part of our daily living”, and not to take this cross-cultural rapport for granted.
Unlike NHB’s heritage trails which delves into a precinct’s history, the Harmony Walks programme focuses specifically on how different communities co-exist and work together, he said.
The two other guided walks under the programme will cover Telok Ayer and South Bridge Road. They are expected to launch in mid-2020 and the second half of 2020 respectively.
Mr Sivaraman said that such a programme is “great” as it will raise awareness among Singaporeans and new immigrants about religious harmony and the temple. However, such programmes must be sustained in the long-term, he added.
Ms Anne Markey, the co-leader of the Cathedral’s heritage ministry. (Photo: Hani Amin)
Calling Harmony Walks a programme that will “help interfaith understanding”, Ms Anne Markey, the co-leader of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd’s heritage ministry said that the tours offer participants opportunities to encounter differing beliefs and points of view.
She said that she hopes the walks will increase the participants’ “understanding and appreciation of their fellow Singaporeans”.
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SINGAPORE – A muay thai instructor is accused of sexually assaulting a woman whom he was “massaging” after she attended a trial class at the gym he co-founded.
On the pretext of offering the 33-year-old woman a free “Thai massage”, Tan Wai Luen got her to strip to her underwear and lie on a massage table, where he sexually assaulted her, prosecution told a district court on Wednesday (Nov 13), at the close of Tan’s trial.
Tan, 30, faces one charge of sexual assault by penetration.
He has flatly denied sexually assaulting the woman throughout the trial.
The woman, who cannot be named to protect her identity, had earlier testified to attending a free trial class at Encore Muay Thai on Oct 1, 2016, after she saw an advertisement on Facebook.
Tan was the instructor for her class, which was attended by three other women whom she did not know.
The woman was left alone with Tan after the class when the other three left, and he sat her down to discuss gym packages, said Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Kavita Uthrapathy in her closing submissions.
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Ohana VetCare, a veterinary clinic in Pasir Ris, has come under fire after a series of videos depicting two of their nurses mishandling their patients went viral on Facebook and Instagram.
The clips were originally filmed and uploaded onto Instagram by the nurses themselves. Although they were removed, along with their accounts, they have since been reposted onto multiple social media platforms by angered netizens.
One of the videos shows the duo throwing a dog’s castrated testicles around the clinic. One of the nurses is even seen juggling them.
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SINGAPORE – Results of the 2019 Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) will be released next Thursday (Nov 21), and pupils can get their result slips from their respective primary schools from 11am.
Eligible pupils will also receive option forms to select secondary schools when they collect their result slips, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said in a statement on Thursday (Nov 14).
The Secondary 1 option forms will have a personal identification number which can be used to make the submission online.
Submissions can be made online from 11am on Nov 21 to 3pm on Nov 27. Alternatively, submissions can also be made at primary schools from 11am to 3pm on Nov 21, and 9am to 3pm on Nov 22, 25, 26 and 27.
Posting results will be released on Dec 20 via SMS, online or at the pupil’s primary school.
Pupils are to report at 8.30am on Dec 23 to the secondary schools they are posted to.
More information on the posting process can be found on MOE’s website (www.moe.gov.sg/s1-posting).
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SINGAPORE – Lacerations on the face and scalp of a five-year-old boy who was allegedly scalded to death by his parents could have been the result of him being kept in a cage meant for the family’s pet cat, a forensic pathologist told the High Court on Wednesday (Nov 13).
Dr Chan Shijia, who had examined the cage measuring 91cm long, 58cm wide and 70cm tall, said it was possible for someone who was confined inside to get scratched by the metallic bars while moving about.
She was testifying on the second day of the trial of Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 27, who are charged with murder with common intention to inflict severe scald injuries on their son.
They each also face other charges relating to abusive acts, including pinching him with a pair of pliers, hitting him with a broom and confining him in a pet cage.
In her autopsy report, Dr Chan wrote that she found that the boy had died due to severe scald injury.
Partial-thickness burns, also known as second-degree burns, covered 75 per cent of his body, said Dr Chan. Such burns are “very painful” and “go down to the blood vessels of the skin”, she told the court.
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