Daughter moves her parents to tears on Hari Raya by giving them Umrah travel packages to perform pilgrimage in Mecca
SINGAPORE: A video of a woman and her husband on Hari Raya Puasa surprising her parents with a trip to Mecca to perform a pilgrimage has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram, warming the hearts of netizens who aspire to do the same for their parents one day.
Actress, singer, and business owner Ikah Jamil, shared a video of her and her husband Aliff handing a red packet to each of her parents during a Hari Raya gathering, saying “this not raya money, this is special, this is for you guys to go Umrah.”
Otter ‘gang fight’ caught on video
SINGAPORE: Two groups of otters were caught on video in what looked like a classic gang-style fight, straight out of the movies.
A group of five otters appear on the scene first, running side by side to taunt another group, which was in a hole by a tree. They approached the hole together several times, running to and fro.
Handphone stolen from shop, thief caught on camera
SINGAPORE: The owner of a stall took to social media after a mobile phone was stolen from his establishment, which resulted in shoppers being temporarily unable to use e-vouchers from the CDC.
The shop is a meat stall at Yew Tee Outlet, located at 622 Choa Chu Kang Street 62 #01-19. The phone was stolen on Apr 17 at 10:44 am.
KFC customer finds used gloves inside Zinger box
SINGAPORE: A KFC customer who found an unwanted object inside the food she ordered took to social media to write an open letter to KFC.
After ordering for “self pick-up online for convenience” at KFC Hougang 1, a Facebook user who goes by Surya Elyna said she found used gloves inside the box that contained her Zinger, a popular sandwich served at KFC, in a post on the Complaint Singapore page published on Sunday (Apr 23).
Netizens react to Edwin Tong saying ‘significant proportion of Singaporeans throughout our history’ didn’t speak English well
SINGAPORE: On Friday (Apr 21), Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong acknowledged the value of English proficiency, he added that it should not be the only criterion for Singapore citizenship.
“The knowledge of English at the working level, while helpful, should not be a defining or indeed a limiting factor, which might happen if you introduce it as a test, as a single point test,” said the Minister, adding that a “significant proportion of Singaporeans throughout our history have not been able to speak English well”.