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DBS and OCBC account holders who do not have credit cards will still be able to make instant payments to around 80,000 merchants here next year by using Google Pay.

The tie-up, which involves integrating Google Pay with the funds transfer service PayNow, was announced at the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) on Monday (Nov 11).

PayNow is a digital funds transfer service provided by nine banks – including DBS and OCBC – that allows customers here to send and receive money from their bank accounts by using their mobile or NRIC numbers. It was introduced in 2017.

The new service will allow DBS and OCBC customers to transfer funds via Google Pay. The banks said the service will be tested in trials early next year with the aim of rolling it out in full later in the year.

It works by linking a user’s bank account to the Google Pay smartphone app so payments will be directly debited without needing a card.

Payment via Google Pay is usually made in two ways. In physical stores, customers hold their smartphone above a contactless reader that interacts with the Google Pay app.

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SINGAPORE – A 27-year-old man who allegedly slammed an infant’s head against the floorboard of a van has been charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to the nine-month-old.

The boy is believed to have died last Friday (Nov 8) following the incident.

Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff, who works in renovation, was said to have committed the offence at the multistorey carpark at Block 840A, Yishun Street 81 between 10pm last Thursday and 12.15am the following morning.

The boy was identified in court papers as Izz Fayyaz Zayani Ahmad. However, the documents did not state the relationship between the accused and the victim.

Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily News reported that the child was the son of the man’s girlfriend.

The boy was buried on Sunday afternoon, according to Facebook posts by family members.

Mohamed Aliff is expected to return to court on Friday.

If found guilty of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, he could face up to 10 years’ jail, and fined or caned.

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A clear signal that the general election will be over by this time next year was given by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his speech to 2,500 People’s Action Party (PAP) activists on Sunday.

PM Lee, who is PAP secretary-general, told the PAP convention it could “well be the last time we meet, before the next general election”. He said: “You have been working the ground for more than four years now, in some cases for more than half a century. Soon it will be time for battle again.”

The next general election must be held by April 2021, at the latest. But PM Lee noted that it could be earlier.

Political observers who spoke to The Straits Times in recent months had said that December and the April to May periods were the most likely windows for a poll.

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But with the year drawing to a close and school holidays approaching, December is looking less and less likely.

The formation of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) on Aug 1 was a clear indicator that the polls are near.

But there are several more steps before the election can be called, including the release of the electoral boundaries report.

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The Football Association of Singapore kicked things off so optimistically, so full of hope for the Under-18 national team to get ahead in the championship qualifiers for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup next year. 

Alas, things didn’t pan out that great at the end of the first round. Making things worse is the fact that the losses have gone phenomenally viral on Facebook. 

As robust as our local lads are, they probably drew the short end of the straw when they were tasked to take on the teams from South Korea, Myanmar and China, all strong opponents in their own right.

But no matter the odds, the Singapore U-18 squad definitely stood a chance. These are the top players drawn from across six Singapore Premier League clubs and the Singapore Sports School, after all. 

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SINGAPORE – A woman convicted of abusing her maid was given a lighter sentence on appeal after a High Court judge on Monday (Nov 11) found that the offence she was charged with was not directly related to the maid going blind.

Suzanna Bong Sim Swan, 47, was sentenced to eight months’ jail after both the prosecution and defence appealed against her original sentence of one year and eight months’ imprisonment.

She was found guilty in February last year of one charge of assaulting her maid, Ms Than Than Soe, on May 17, 2015.

During the eight-day trial last year, the district court heard that Bong hit the Myanmar national on the cheek thrice with a glass bottle of medicated oil because she was upset by the smell of the medicated oil that Ms Than Than Soe used to ease a headache.

The court also heard that prior to this assault on May 17, Bong also abused Ms Than Than Soe, often punching her in the eyes.

The maid became blind in her left eye due to, among other things, retinal detachment, and her right eye was also found with severe injuries. She was 27 when she was employed by Bong in 2013, and had perfect eyesight.

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Are you all shopped out this 11.11? Still not quite satisfied? Well good news, there’s more to look forward to.

If you’ve missed out on the madness that is one of the biggest celebrations of mass consumerism — not to worry, we’ve got you covered.

Here are other deals that will stretch your dollar beyond Singles’ Day.

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Perhaps Chicken Little’s cries of “The sky is falling!” should be taken a bit more seriously, especially after part of an HDB unit’s ceiling fell out of the blue.

The incident took place in a unit in Cassia Crescent, where the oldest blocks date back to 1981. 

According to the 80-year-old homeowner, her flat was refurbished just five years ago. She hadn’t expected the ceiling she thought “should be safe” would suddenly fall.

“It happened at 7.30am last Thursday (Nov 7). I was in the kitchen when I heard a loud bang, but when I went out to the living room, everything was as per normal,” she recounted in an interview with Lianhe Wanbao. 

A few minutes later, her tenant shuffled out saying a large slab of limestone had fallen from the ceiling in his room. When she peered inside, she was shocked to see a hole in the ceiling and a piece of rock measuring between 30 and 40cm on the bed, as well as dust everywhere.

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SINGAPORE – More than 200 pieces of luggage belonging to passengers of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and SilkAir ended up at the wrong destinations after an airport baggage handler swopped the tags because he was unhappy with his duties.

On Monday (Nov 11), 66-year-old Tay Boon Keh was sentenced to 20 days’ jail for mischief. Under the Penal Code, it is an offence to cause wrongful loss or damage to another person’s property.

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind, Tay pleaded guilty in October last year to 20 counts of mischief. Another 266 similar charges were considered during sentencing.

As a result of Tay swopping the tags of 286 pieces of luggage, the two carriers had to pay compensation totalling more than $42,000 to 221 affected passengers.

At the time of the offences – between November 2016 and February 2017 – Tay was employed by industrial equipment supplier Lian Cheng Contracting, a subcontractor of Changi Airport Group (CAG). He is no longer working at the airport.

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SINGAPORE – A man picked up his 15-year-old stepdaughter from school and drove the girl to a multistorey carpark, where he had sex with her.

The 41-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty in court on Monday (Nov 11) to one count of having sex with the minor.

Court documents stated that he committed the offence “with her consent”.

A second similar charge will be considered during sentencing.

He cannot be named as a gag order has been imposed to protect the girl’s identity.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Derek Ee said that the girl had referred to the man as “uncle”.

It was not stated if he is still married to her mother.

The DPP told District Judge Teo Guan Kee: “The accused stated that he initially treated the victim as his stepdaughter.

“However, as time went by, they gradually became closer and often texted each other. This eventually led to the accused having sex with the victim.”

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