Netizen says NTUC ‘FairPrice should change name to UnFairPrice’ after another video surfaces showing 176g salmon labelled 296g

Singapore — Yet another video has surfaced of an allegedly underweight fresh food product from NTUC FairPrice.

TikToker @ben20220207 uploaded a video showing a slice of salmon.

The FairPrice Xtra label on the package gives a weight of 0.296 kg and a corresponding price of $9.15. But the netizen claims that when the package of salmon was weighed, it was actually 0.176kg. This would mean that the fish was overpriced by some 68 per cent.

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China’s netizens go after BTS frontman RM over his posts about S Korean skater at Winter Olympics

For years, it has seemed that nothing could would stem the tide of love K-Pop supergroup BTS has enjoyed over the years. But some Chinese fans think BTS bandleader RM has gone a step too far online.

On Monday (Feb 7), RM, born Kim Nam-joon, posted an IG Story on his @RKive account of South Korean skater Hwang Dae-heon, who had finished first in the men’s short-track 1,000 metres semi-final.

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Mystery perches on car hood in Loyang Ave while traffic whizzes by

Singapore—A woman was caught on a dashcam running into traffic and then sitting on the bonnet of a car, leading people to wonder if she’s troubled and in need of help, or if she’s taking part  in an accident insurance scam.

The video, uploaded on the SG Road Vigilante – SGRV Facebook and YouTube pages last Sunday, shows an incident that is said to have happened at 8:10pm the day before in Loyang Avenue.

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Healing the Divide’s Iris Koh ‘utterly disappointed in Worker’s Party’ and its leader

Singapore — Controversial figure Iris Koh  aimed not just one but several comments on Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim’s (Sengkang GRC) Facebook post on Feb 8, expressing her disappointment with the party as well as  with party chief Pritam Singh. 

Ms Koh,  who leads the activist group Healing The Divide, was recently freed from remand and faces two charges. She is currently out on bail. On Jan 28, she was charged with conspiring with a doctor, Jipson Quah, to defrauding the Health Ministry that certain people had been vaccinated with the Sinopharm when they had not.

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