Taxi uncle assumes passenger was drunk, takes him for long ride instead of direct route
A taxi passenger took to social media to warn others of some drivers who take the long route to increase the total fare after he personally experienced a driver who assumed he was drunk and didn’t suspect anything.
“ComfortDelGro taxi uncle thought I was drunk, flag a cab from Boat Quay to Choa Chu Kang,” wrote a Facebook page Complaint Singapore member on Thursday (Sept 22).
Maid claims expat family she works for didn’t buy her blankets or pillows, and only gave her food allowance after 1 month
A foreign domestic worker who was just transferred to an expatriate family said that her employers did not give her any food allowance as they agreed upon, and she took to social media asking others for advice on what to do.
In an anonymous post on Facebook group FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), the maid shared her issues through a friend who wrote in.
Expensive 5-Star hotel buffet leftovers for as little as $10.50 instead of $68! Pick your treats now and enjoy!
The Treatsure app tackles the problem of food waste and allows people to feast on high-end hotel buffet offerings at the same time. Sounds like a win-win, right?
Not only can you get a high-end meal at a price just slightly higher than at a food court (especially these days!), treatsure also allows users to avail of surplus groceries from their partners as well.
Singapore fish prices up 20%; expected to continue rising until Chinese New Year
The price of local fresh fish has risen by 20% so far this year, and it is expected that the price of fish will continue to rise until Chinese New Year next year.
Some fishmongers interviewed told CNA, that the price of Spanish mackerel, commonly known as batang, was between $15 and $20 per kilo two months ago, but now it has risen by $5. Salmon and cod are also about $10 more expensive per kilogram than before. This has caused the fishmongers’ business to suffer as customers tend to buy less.
Lee Kuan Yew’s leadership praised after journalist shared before & after photos of Singapore during the founding father’s rule
In a tweet published on Saturday (18 Sept), an award-winning international journalist hailed Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, as a stellar example of the impact good leadership can have on a country despite its size and lack of natural resources.
“The left picture is the Singapore that Lee Kuan Yew inherited from the British,” he wrote. “The right picture is the Singapore which Lee Kuan Yew left when he retired. As I said, Singapore has no natural resources to speak of, it only has 5,6 million people. What it got was leadership!”