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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.

NIGHT BAZAAR IN BUKIT PANJANG

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SINGAPORE – Upon learning that his wife in India was pregnant with their first child, Mr Muthaiyan Velmurugan was so elated that he immediately made plans to return home in two months.

But that was not to be. On Monday (Nov 4), the 28-year-old Indian national was killed in a worksite accident in Novena when the horizontal beam of a tower crane collapsed while lifting around 300kg of scaffolding material. Mr Velmurugan was believed to have been hit by the falling material, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Speaking to The Straits Times at the undertaker’s, where some of Mr Velmurugan’s friends had come to pay their last respects, his cousin said Mr Velmurugan had learnt about his wife’s pregnancy just last month and was “very excited” about it.

He had taken a six-month-long break to get married in India, and had been back in Singapore for just three months before the accident happened, said the cousin, who is also a worker here. He declined to be named.

Mr Velmurugan was employed by LKT Contractors, and he had been working on an upcoming rehabilitation hub in Novena that will be part of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

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It’s been two days since the e-scooters ban on footpaths came into effect, but considering how suddenly it was announced, there’s still a fair bit of confusion regarding what exactly is or isn’t allowed on certain paths.

But there shouldn’t be any doubt that bicycles have the right to use cycling paths.

Unfortunately, two pedestrians didn’t seem to think so and pushed a GrabFood cyclist off his ride.

The incident occurred on Wednesday night (Nov 6) along the bicycle path along Yishun Ave 11. 

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A BMW car with a false licence plate was involved in two hit-and-run accidents at Geylang Bahru Road and St George’s Road on Wednesday morning (Nov 6).

Stomp contributor Yong Jian alerted Stomp to the incident and shared photos of the crashed vehicle near Block 22 St George’s Road.

“The driver abandoned his white BMW after crashing through the gantry and into a black BMW,” the Stomp contributor said.

“He was nowhere to be seen.

“A Land Transport Authority (LTA) officer was on the scene before the police arrived and started collecting evidence.”

In response to a Stomp query the police said they were alerted to the two hit-and-run accidents at 11.32am.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that a LTA officer had spotted a vehicle suspected for displaying a false license plate on his car along Geylang Bahru Road,” a police spokesman said.

“However, the driver did not stop as instructed and drove off.

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Most condos in Singapore come furnished with basic carpentry, appliances and fittings.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t add your mark to make the apartment suited to your wants and needs.

With actual floor plans from new beachfront condo Meyer Mansion, we show you how you can personalise your condo space so you can feel completely at home.

1. CONVERT FORMAL DINING INTO A CASUAL JOINT

Floor plan: 1-Bedroom (Type A1)

Size: 484 sqft

Formal dining is so passe. If you like doing things casual, set up a bar table by the kitchen.

Not only will that add extra prep space, it’s also a great layout for hosting guests-entertain them with canapes and chitchat while you busy yourself in the kitchen.

2. ADD A CONVENIENT VANITY

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SINGAPORE – A woman was given a two-year mandatory treatment order (MTO) in June 2017 for such acts as placing raw pork outside the home of a Malay-Muslim neighbour.

But two months before its end, Lee Dji Lin targeted Madam Marliah Jonet again in April this year.

Lee, 65, who has delusional disorder, pleaded guilty in court on Wednesday (Nov 6) to two counts of wounding the religious feelings of Madam Marliah, 63.

Offenders given an MTO have to undergo treatment for their mental condition in lieu of jail time.

The court heard that Lee lives in an eighth-floor flat in Tampines that is directly above the home of Madam Marliah.

In 2016, she threw raw pork at the front door of Madam Marliah’s flat, among other acts.

On April 24 this year, Madam Marliah was cleaning her home with her daughter when Lee became unhappy with the vacuuming noise.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Vincent Ong said: “The accused shouted the words, ‘anak babi’ in Malay, which means ‘baby pig’ in English, within the hearing of the victim.

“The accused had… the deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of the victim.”

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Singapore-based agency Henly & Partners denied claims that fugitive Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, was its client.

Low was allegedly involved in 1MDB corruption scandal.

In the article entitled “Malaysian fugitive businessman Jho Low believed to be using multiple passports to crisscross globe” that appeared in The Star, a source stated that Jho Low is believed to have obtained a Maltese passport through an investment-based citizenship scheme.

Henley & Partners — the global passport and citizenship broker that Low engaged to secure his Cypriot passport — was also the sole agent for the sale of Maltese passport, according to the source.

In a letter to The Jakarta Post on Wednesday, a representative of Henley & Partners said the company was not approached in advance by any media organisation to comment on the story.

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SINGAPORE – A 30-year-old woman died and a two-year-old boy was taken to hospital after an accident in Lentor Avenue on Tuesday morning (Nov 5).

A 44-year-old driver was subsequently arrested for careless driving causing death. Investigations are ongoing.

The police said they were alerted to an accident involving a car and two pedestrians in Lentor Avenue, towards Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, at about 10.55am.

The 30-year-old woman, who was one of the pedestrians, was unconscious when she was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, where she subsequently died.

The other pedestrian, the two-year-old boy, was conscious when he was taken to the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.  

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it responded to an accident at the same location and time on Tuesday.

Chinese-language evening paper Shin Min Daily News reported that the woman was pushing the child in the stroller and was crossing the road at the time.

She pushed the child out of harm’s way before being hit by the car, the paper said.

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Checking in to a hotel can be a tedious process involving hotel staff manually examining documents, but a new automated system underway here promises to get guests their room keys much faster.

The system – called E-Visitor Authentication (EVA) – will help do away with those manual processes and reduce hotel check-in time by up to 70 per cent.

The EVA system launched yesterday involves guests using a mobile app or a standalone kiosk to scan their passports using facial recognition technology similar to that used at airports.

A guest’s data will also be sent to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority to verify the validity of his stay.

Once this is done, the guest gets the room key.

Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat announced the initiative at the Hotel Industry Conference 2019.

He said: “Today, hotels have to deploy staff at check-in counters to… confirm that the individual’s face matches the passport photo, and to verify that they are in the country legally.

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