The Workers’ Party Community Fund announced on Tuesday (Apr 12) that it was launching a new scheme to assist senior citizens who are in need of minor repair works in their homes.
The programme, which the party is calling “The Handyman Subsidy Scheme,” offers a subsidy in the form of a reimbursement of as much as $50 for plumbing or electrical repair works carried out at selected HDB flats that are either studio type or are 2, 4 or 4-room flats.
About to become a dad, Jason Tan, 24, wanted to work harder to earn more
The brother of delivery rider Jason Tan, 24, who died in a collision involving a second motorcycle and a van in Sembawang on Sunday, is asking for witnesses to the accident to contact him.
Jeremy Tan wrote in his post: “My brother Jason Tan had a fatal accident at Gambas avenue today afternoon 1pm. If anybody has friends who were there have any footage of what happened please let me know. Funeral (wake) will be held on 11th April at 424 woodlands st 41 till 14th April. Wednesday will be the last night”.
Elderly mum sold HDB flat to live with daughter in Australia now back in SG living in hotel
An elderly woman says that she and her husband sold their home here because their daughter in Australia wanted them to live with her.
Widowed last year, she says she was neglected and decided to return to Singapore, where she has no choice but to live in a hotel.
Anwar Ibrahim’s party is soul searching ahead of parliamentary elections
The Keadilan, or PKR, the party of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who heads the Pakatan Harapan coalition, is set to hold party elections shortly.This event is becoming a soul-searching time for the once-vibrant opposition party, which has lost its glitz and gloss after winning the 2018 general elections only to break up after a betrayal by a dozen of its MPs in 2020.
Now, Mr Anwar’s daughter, Nurul Izzah, who is also an MP, predicts that her party will have a more difficult time in the next general election.
Malaysian man who followed woman on MRT train and exposed his genitals gets 4 weeks jail
A Malaysian man who pestered a woman with questions before following her into the train and exposing his genitals to her twice was today (11 April) sentenced to four weeks’ jail and a fine of $500. Earlier this year, the Malaysian man, Makesvaran Visuranatham, pleaded guilty to three charges of criminal force, intentionally exposing himself to obtain sexual gratification and insulting the modesty of the victim.