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Morning Digest, July 26

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Low Thia Khiang & wife join WP’s one-day Johor getaway with Bedok Reservoir-Punggol residents

 

Photo: FB screengrab/ Gerald Giam

It appears to be getaway season for the Workers’ Party, with trips to different venues taken by MPs, volunteers and residents of various wards. Earlier this month there were makan trips led by MPs Sylvia Lim, Leon Perera and Dennis Tan.

Last weekend, a party from the Bedok Reservoir-Punggol division of Aljunied GRC that went to Johor were joined by two very special guests, former WP secretary-general and his wife, Ms Han Mui Keow.

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Former NUS student alleges she was blindfolded, forced to hold hands with 3 boys and pick who she liked most during orientation

 

Photo: Facebook screengrab/National University of Singapore

A former NUS student took to social media alleging that she had an experience during her school orientation that made her feel very uncomfortable.


Business owner tells WP MP Leon Perera that many locals don’t want to work in construction industry

 

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Photo: FB screengrab/leonperera

Workers’ Party MP Leon Perera wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday (July 24) that at Serangoon that day, some of the topics that cropped up revolved around disagreement with the timing of next year’s GST hike and worsening inflation.

However, one SME (small and mediumsized enterprise) business owner had an “interesting conversation” with the Aljunied GRC MP about how “many locals do not want to work in the construction industry.”

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Netizen says his family relatives look down on him because he works as GrabFood cyclist

 

Photo: GrabFood FB / For illustrative purposes only

A netizen who worked as a rider for GrabFood wrote that he dreaded attending a family event because of relatives who look down on him.

In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers, the netizen wrote that he had to attend a 5-day family event (funeral) with his relatives present. The netizen added: “It’s just the 3rd day and I felt (sic) awful”.

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Otters chase woman jogging at West Coast Park, others warned to practice caution

 

Photo: Taken from Canva.com/used for illustration purposes only

What started as a stroll in the park turned into a chaotic scene for Lu Xiufeng, who witnessed six to seven otters chasing a woman jogging.

At one point, some of the otters changed direction and began running towards Ms Lu and her children at West Coast Park on Friday (July 22).

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