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Cut off one head, two more shall take its place.

Despite efforts to crack down on Telegram groups dedicated to sharing lewd material involving Singaporean women, more continue to emerge.

Recently, at least two more groups in a similar vein have surfaced. 

The chat groups — one with over 6,000 subscribers and the other with more than 4,000 — consist of members sharing images of various Asian women, though not all are Singaporean. The pictures appear to be images grabbed and shared without consent from the women’s social media accounts. 
PHOTO: Telegram / ScreengrabOne of the groups even had rules on what can be posted and what can’t — including a prohibition against nudes. 
PHOTO: Twitter / ScreengrabSince awareness of the Telegram chatgroups heightened on Reddit and Twitter, netizens have taken it upon themselves to shut them down. 

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SINGAPORE – Experts are optimistic that Singapore can avoid a second wave of Covid-19 cases as long as people do not take unnecessary risks, like gathering in large groups for parties or meals.

But even if that happens, Singapore will likely be able to figure out the source of the resurgence and implement a “sectorial shutdown rather than another comprehensive lockdown like a circuit breaker”, said Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

Speaking at a Covid-19 webinar hosted by The Straits Times on Thursday (July 23), he also said Singapore has a “very good chance” of keeping the number of community cases to 10 or 20 a day if everyone sticks to the rules.

Pointing to countries facing a renewed surge, he noted that some flare-ups have been linked to instances of protocols being disregarded, like letting people into the country without mandatory quarantine.

“In Singapore, I’d like to be a little bit more optimistic. Presently, our rules are still very well kept to,” he said.

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A migrant worker went up to the fourth storey of his dormitory and threatened to jump when told he could not fly home to China.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a Facebook post yesterday it was aware of the incident which happened on Wednesday at the PPT Lodge 1B dormitory, also known as the S11 Dormitory @ Punggol.

Officers on site from the forward assurance and support team, or Fast team – made up of personnel from MOM, Singapore Armed Forces and Singapore Police Force – managed to calm the worker down and get him to safety before contacting his employer, MOM said.

A video taken at the scene circulating online shows the man standing on a parapet on the highest level of the dormitory.

Many other migrant workers had gathered outside the dormitory, shouting at the man to get off the parapet.

MOM said investigations revealed the worker had purchased a flight ticket on his own, and became agitated when he could not get the green light from his employer to return home.

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SINGAPORE – Mr Khaw Boon Wan’s dengue diagnosis has been confirmed, his office said on Thursday (July 23) afternoon.

Minister for Transport Mr Khaw had posted in the morning that he was admitted to an isolation ward for observation. He also received a swab test.

Speculating on his condition then, he said: “Unlikely to be Covid but dengue is possible as my area is a hot zone. Did the swab test just now and hopefully it’s a false alarm, I had dengue before and it was not pleasant.

“Meanwhile I will just let the body rest and think about retirement!” said Mr Khaw, who announced before the recent general election that he would be retiring from politics.

Mr Khaw, 67, only recently finalised negotiations for the Johor Baru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS), and was looking forward to the signing ceremony on July 30.

He said that he had been preparing his office for the next transport minister.

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SINGAPORE – For the first time since it started 26 years ago, the Great Singapore Sale will be a largely virtual event, with a focus on further helping local retailers go digital.

The annual sale, which will run from Sept 9 to Oct 10, will feature some 800 brands this year.

Touted as Singapore’s biggest retail event, the GSS usually runs in stores and online between June and August.

The move to run the sale as a virtual event comes two months after organisers announced in May that it was cancelling the sale due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Organised by the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA), the sale makes its digital debut as the eGSS: Shop.Win.Experience.

Retailers’ offerings will be consolidated on SRA’s eGSS GoSpree platform, where shoppers can view these items through virtual and augmented reality tools.

The platform also hosts interactive games where shoppers can win prizes, livestreamed discussions on various brands and products, and curated lifestyle catalogues tailored to shoppers’ profiles.

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Singapore is launching a US$32.4 million (S$45 million) domestic tourism campaign to persuade its people to look at the island nation with fresh eyes, as it looks to boost the local economy as the Covid-19 pandemic keeps borders closed.

The hope is that Singaporeans will inject a fraction of the $34 billion they spent on international travel in 2018 into the domestic market.

In launching the campaign, the country’s largest so far aimed at the local audience, Singapore follows the likes of Vietnam, Thailand and Japan who have looked inward in an attempt to resuscitate their tourism industries while global travel remains at a standstill.

At the campaign’s launch, Minister of Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said the industry had to be realistic and realise mass market tourism was unlikely to recover in the near term without the discovery of a vaccine, or the availability of rapid and affordable test kits.

But there was opportunity in the local market, Chan said, contrasting Singaporeans’ expenditure on overseas travel in 2018 with the $27 billion the country made in tourism receipts in the same year.

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