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SINGAPORE – There were 10 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Friday noon (Oct 2), taking Singapore’s total to 57,794.

This is the lowest daily new figure since March 12 which had nine cases.

Friday’s new cases included one community case, who is a work pass holder, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

There were also five imported cases, who had been placed on stay-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.

More details will be announced on Friday night.

On Thursday, MOH confirmed 19 new coronavirus cases, after removing two community cases it had announced earlier when further tests confirmed the individuals did not have Covid-19.

Initial tests showed they were borderline-positive.

In an update on Thursday night, the ministry revised the number of community cases from three to one. The sole case was a permanent resident.

Among the 15 imported cases reported were four special pass holders who are crew members of a ship that arrived from Malaysia on Sept 23.

They did not disembark, and were later taken to a hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 while on board.

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Dealing with an injured child is never fun, but one mum is claiming her ordeal was exacerbated by the allegedly lacklustre first-aid skills and poor service she encountered at Wild Wild Wet.

Her daughter, nine, had hit her head while playing on one of the waterpark’s slides in late August, the 47-year-old woman told Shin Min Daily News.

Calling on the park to provide an explanation, she alleged that they had refused to call an ambulance for her daughter and complained of several other service lapses.

However, according to Wild Wild Wet, its certified medic had determined that the girl had no visible injuries and did not require an ambulance.

Leaky ice pack, denied access to surveillance footage among woman’s other complaints

According to the mum, she had sought assistance from the park’s employees, who administered a cold compress on the girl’s head using an ice pack.

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Customers who were seen intermingling between six different tables at Peach Garden Chinese Restaurant at Hotel Miramar had made separate bookings, a spokesman told Stomp.

Stomp contributor Pierre was dining at the restaurant with his friends on Sunday (Sep 27) at about 1pm when he noticed what was going on.

He shared a video of the incident with Stomp.
PHOTO: Stomp”I am worried about the lack of safe distancing here,” Pierre said.

“It seems like six tables were having a celebration and some people at the tables kept visiting other tables without their masks on.

“If I am not wrong, each table should be capped at five people.

“But these people came in a big group and they were running around to take pictures and to chit-chat.

“It was uncomfortable seeing them intermingle between tables.”

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SINGAPORE – A woman cheated the director of online retailer PremiumMall of nearly $220,000 in total after duping the seller of luxury goods into believing that she had paid for some items, even though no cash was transferred to the firm.

Hetty Rafeta Roselan, 35, was sentenced on Friday (Oct 2) to two years and four months’ jail after pleading guilty to a cheating charge involving nearly $130,000.

Three other similar charges linked to the remaining sum were considered during sentencing.

PremiumMall is an online retailer that sells luxury items, such as bags and shoes, on online channels including Facebook, Carousell and Lazada.

Sometime in early 2015, Hetty found an advertisement on PremiumMall’s Facebook page and decided to buy a handbag from the retailer.

The jobless Singaporean communicated with PremiumMall’s director, Ms Lee Bee Yee, 48, via messaging app Telegram to arrange for payment to be made in advance via a bank transfer.

Hetty transferred the payment to the firm’s bank account and sent a screenshot of the transaction to Ms Lee.

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When it rains, it pours.

For one long-suffering family in Ang Mo Kio, what started out as a ceiling leak in their kitchen soon took over the rest of their home.

Three years and numerous repairs later, the ceiling leaks in their four-room flat are still a problem, Lianhe Wanbao said in a report on Thursday (Oct 1) detailing their plight.

The family of six has been staying in the flat at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 for about 19 years, the patriarch of the family, a 55-year-old deliveryman, told the Chinese evening daily.

The leakage problems in the flat, which is on the topmost floor of the block, started three years ago, he recalled.

“First, it was the kitchen ceiling that started leaking. When we discovered the leak, we notified HDB and the town council and they quickly sent people to fix the ceiling leak.”

But mere months after the initial repairs, the leaking started again — this time in their living room.

Despite six rounds of repairs, the leaks have not stopped, the homeowner said.

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More voters want political pluralism after some 60 years of one-party rule, according to a survey conducted by a Singapore think tank after the July general election, which saw the highest number of opposition politicians elected since independence.

The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) found that respondents who could be described as “Conservative” – those who disagreed that political pluralism was valuable and Singapore’s electoral system should change to make that happen – fell to 18.5 per cent from 44.3 per cent seen in a questionnaire conducted after the 2015 election.

The “Pluralist” group – whose views were opposite of “Conservatives” – rose to 22.4 per cent from 18 per cent in 2015. Those in the “Swing” category, with a mix of views, increased sharply from 37.8 per cent to 59.2 per cent.

The survey found that while “Pluralists” tended to be younger and in a higher socio-economic group – in terms of educational attainment, housing type and household income – there was also an increase in such views among those in other socio-economic groups, including those who did not have a university degree and reported a lower household income.

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Peoples Voice chief and lawyer Lim Tean was arrested at his office in People’s Park Centre this morning (Oct 2) for an alleged offence of criminal breach of trust and an alleged offence of unlawful stalking, the police said in a press statement.

The alleged offences were in connection to two separate police reports lodged against Lim, they added.

Lim is being investigated for criminal breach of trust as a former client filed a police report alleging that Lim had misappropriated a sum of money awarded to him as damages by the court.

He is also being investigated for unlawful stalking after a former employee reported him to the police for allegedly harassing her while she was working at his law firm.

The police said they had “no choice but to arrest” Lim after he failed to attend a compulsory interview on Sept 28 at the Police Cantonment Complex to assist with investigations into the two alleged offences.

A written notice had been issued to Lim on Sept 23 to attend the interview but Lim replied via his lawyer on Sept 27 that he would not attend, further claiming that the investigations were politically motivated.

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CORDLIFE Group’s board on Friday said it is supportive of Goh Jin Hian’s continued service as chairman and independent director.

CORDLIFE Group’s board on Friday said it is supportive of Goh Jin Hian’s continued service as chairman and independent director.

This is even as the 51-year-old – who is the son of former Singapore prime minister Goh Chok Tong – is assisting with the Commercial Affairs Department’s (CAD) investigations in relation to healthcare and energy firm New Silkroutes Group.

The Singapore police’s CAD is looking into a possible offence under the Securities and Futures Act, and New Silkroutes on Wednesday said it understood that the alleged offence is false trading and market rigging , in view of past share buybacks and share purchases.

Dr Goh, who was chief executive officer (CEO) of New Silkroutes until he vacated the role on Thursday, is one of the individuals assisting CAD with the investigations. He remains the chairman of New Silkroutes.

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Even though the traffic light showed the red man, a pair of pedestrians crossed the road at a busy traffic junction in Paya Lebar yesterday afternoon (Oct 2).

In video clips circulating online, they were seen hurrying to the other side of the road when they were hit by a passing taxi.

The impact of the collision sent the man and the teen girl flying several metres away.

Moments after landing on the road, the man got up on his feet and walked over to check on the teen, according to dashcam footage from motorists at the scene.

He was also seen approaching a motorcyclist for help.

Another motorcyclist helped pick up the pair’s belongings which were strewn onto the traffic junction.

The taxi, which had braked at the traffic junction after the collision, was seen driving slowly away from the junction.

The cabby pulled up at a nearby road and got out of his vehicle to check on the pedestrians.

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