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A picture speaks a thousand words.

It may be common knowledge that businesses have taken a hit during the ongoing pandemic, but a recent Facebook photo of a lone elderly man tending to an old school sundry shop still hit many in the feels.

The photo, uploaded by one Joan Sami K on Aug 29, was also accompanied by an impassioned plea for netizens to support the man’s store at North Bridge Road Market and Food Centre.

“It’s late and yet he is still hanging on,” she wrote.

“He’s earning an honest livelihood through hard work, not begging for a living. Support your local little shops. They have it tougher than the big supermarkets.”

The picture, showing the simple, rustic shop surrounded by other shuttered businesses, garnered over 24,000 shares at the time of writing and more than a few sympathetic comments.

“Sad to see that at his age, he has to go through long hours [of] work. He must be from the generation that cherish resilience and self-reliance,” one commenter said.

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You can get a lot of hate as a YouTuber, even when you’re a popular one – just ask Tan Jian Hao, who runs the channel JianHao Tan.

With 4.25 million subscribers, Tan has become Singapore’s most popular YouTuber off the back of hundreds of well-loved, and sometimes derided, listicle videos. Not that this bothers the 27-year-old much. When you’re making seven figures, haters are probably the last thing on your mind.

“I often see people making fun of influencers. When I started out, people laughed at me and told me it will never be a real job – doing ads, making videos, taking pictures,” says Tan, who made the US business magazine Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2015. “Then I saw the same people jump at the chance to do ads and make a living off social media.”

Tan’s channel catapulted him to fame after it was launched in 2010, thanks to its irreverent content for teens.

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The all-new Honda City is now available in Singapore.

Launched by official agent Kah Motor, the new Honda City is available in SV and RS variants, with prices currently starting from $89,999.

Upmarket design

Honda wanted the new City to be an “ambitious sedan” and the styling reflects this, as it is clearly inspired by the larger Honda Civic and Accord models.

The new City is has more road presence than before as it is longer, lower and wider than the older model. Its overall length has increased by 111mm, and it has been given a more prominent nose, too.

Roomier and comfier
PHOTO: HondaAlthough the Honda City’s 2600mm wheelbase is maintained, the carmaker says passengers will have more space and comfort than in the previous City.

Much of this has to do with the thinner front seat backs, which increase knee space for rear occupants. The span of the front seat rail has also been extended to enhance foot space.

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Three men have been arrested after getting into a scuffle at Block 85 Bedok North Street 4, outside Bedok 85 hawker centre, on Friday (Aug 28).

Stomp contributor David and three anonymous Stomp contributors alerted Stomp to what happened and shared the videos of the fight.

This video has been making its rounds on social media over the weekend.

In the video, the men are speaking in dialect and can be heard threatening each other.

The man wearing long pants appears to be angry and complaining that the man with the tattoos on his legs was talking loudly beforehand.

The threats bounce back and forth until a third man arrives and the men start punching one another.

The video was cut abruptly soon after.

Another video taken after the fight was also posted to District Singapore’s Facebook page.

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Moments of negligence on the road can more often than not contribute to accidents — whether it is the driver or pedestrian at fault. 

In a video clip shared by Facebook group SG Road Vigilante on Aug 27, a white Mazda was seen knocking down a woman and a student while reversing into a lot at the car park outside Bukit Timah Food Centre.
PHOTO: Screengrab/Facebook/SGRVigilanteBased on footage taken by the dashcam of another vehicle, the vehicle was reversing into a parking lot at a slow but steady pace. Behind its rear were a woman and child who appeared to be heading to the food centre.

But something caught the attention of the woman and child as they were looking to their left while walking forward while the car continued to reverse.

The vehicle then collided with both the woman and the child. The impact caused the pair to fall back onto a parked vehicle behind them, and subsequently falling to the ground.

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Pritam Singh, Singapore’s newly appointed Leader of the Opposition, on Monday sought to temper expectations that his Workers’ Party could immediately go toe to toe with the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) in formulating alternative policies and stressed that it would back the government if it was in the national interest.

In particular, the party – which made historic gains in July’s election – supported efforts to finalise a code of conduct in the South China Sea, said Pritam. In a wide-ranging speech, he also asked the government to seize opportunities amid the downturn including those borne out of Hong Kong’s political crisis.

Speaking in parliament, Singh emphasised that while the Workers’ Party would do its best to scrutinise the government with the added official resources handed to it, it was facing off with a ruling party that had the entire civil service at its disposal.

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As Covid-19 restrictions continue, popular tech show COMEX is moving online for its 2020 edition. But even as it moves onto Facebook Live and Instagram , and features its very first Tech Deals Marathon on these social media platforms, it hasn’t forgotten to bring the best tech deals to consumers.

Watch COMEX participants, exhibitors, and brands go “LIVE” everyday from 8pm – 10pm.

Catch live videos from partners like Best Denki and iRobot on COMEX’s Facebook page, where special deals and promotions can be seen.

Grab up to 50 per cent off on tech gadgets rolled out by partners such as Sennheiser, Philips TV, Challenger, Courts, Gain City and more.
PHOTO: Facebook/ComexITShow  Prizes and giveaways are still a big feature of COMEX with PaperOne Giveaway sessions during the Facebook Live sessions where PaperOne​ products and goody bags will be given away.

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SINGAPORE – A bar at Science Park Drive and two restaurants have been ordered shut by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) after they were found to have flouted safe management measures.

S-Tripes Hotpot, a restaurant in Havelock Road, will have to close from Sept 2 to 11, after SFA officers found that it had flouted various safe management measures.

This included the selling of alcoholic beverages after 10.30pm.

The restaurant’s staff had transferred the alcoholic beverages into teapots and empty green tea bottles to avoid detection. Staff were also not faysal testing masks, or were not faysal testing them properly despite reminders to do so, said the agency.

The restaurant was fined $2,000 for the offences.

Whimsical Bar was ordered to close with immediate effect, after SFA officers found that the bar’s customers were consuming alcoholic beverages after 10.30pm.

It had also allowed groups of more than five to sit together and mingle, said SFA in a release on Monday evening (Aug 31).

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