HDB: ‘Really can go mental staying under crazy neighbour’ who bangs floor at 4am

 

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Singapore — Noise complaints are a common cause of tension among HDB residents. One, in particular, has managed to record his upstairs neighbour banging on the floor at 4 am.

“Really can go mental staying under crazy neighbour,” wrote someone using the name of Beh Beh Beh on Facebook page Complaint Singapore.

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Public fret over possible infection as half of workers set to return to workplace, Jan 1

 

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Singapore — Starting Jan 1, 2022, as many as half the employees now working from home will be allowed to return to the workplace, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

That is also the date when previously-announced vaccination measures for the workforce take effect, putting Singapore “in a better position to ease the current default work-from-home posture”.

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More restrictions for the unvaccinated to be implemented from Feb 1, 2022

 

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Singapore —  People who remain unvaccinated by choice may have to face stricter access curbs, starting early next year.

At present, the unvaccinated cannot dine in at hawker centres and restaurants, nor are they allowed to enter shopping malls, cinemas, and libraries. Starting from Feb 1, 2022, vaccination-differentiated safe management restrictions (VDS) will be expanded to more events and venues. This includes all institutes of higher learning and indoor sports facilities.

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A look back at the best performing Miss Universes Singapore

 

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Singapore — It was Sweet Sixteen time for Nandita Banna, 21, only the third of Singapore’s contestants ever to make it to the last 16 of any Miss Universe contest.

Ms Banna was one of 16 semi-finalists to Miss Universe 2021 in Israel, and the first Singaporean to make it that far since 1987.

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Singapore sporting dreams collide with national service

 

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Calvin Cheng broke records in his native Singapore, and his career as a long jumper was starting to take off internationally. But then came national service.

Now 31 and a lawyer, Cheng can’t help but wonder what could have been: “Unfortunately, I just wasn’t able to get the time off to train. That was when I decided that it just wasn’t worth it, and that was when I gave up,” Cheng told AFP by telephone.

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