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Video of construction workers fighting goes viral, others onsite just watched as man gets punched in the head

 

A video of two construction workers fighting went viral last week. The 16-second-long clip garnered over 12,000 views within four days. The fight allegedly took place at a work site of the Bukit Batok-Tengah link project.

According to Zul, the netizen who took the video, the man to be blamed was the safety officer on site. In the comments section, other netizens said that the safety officer was the one wearing a blue hardhat and could be seen in the clip using his mobile phone to record the fight.

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Singapore professor missing for 3 nights rescued from New York swamp

 

Photo: Unsplash/Eva Darron (for illustration purposes only).

A 58-year-old man from Singapore who was visiting the Adirondack Mountains in New York went missing for three nights last month.

He was fortunately found and rescued by forest rangers on June 22, telling them he may not have survived a fourth night alone at Dix Pond Swamp, where he was found.

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Still S$2, cai fan stall in Hougang absorbs cost hike as customers don’t have salary increases

 

Photo: Taken from Google Maps

Customers have recently shared on social media how surprised they were that the total bill for their budget meals was way over what they expected.

Fortunately, customers at a Hougang eatery won’t experience the same because stall operators are choosing to keep their prices low amid rising costs.

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Sylvia Lim surprised by ‘heartwarming’ photo of resident in unofficial WP face mask; Pritam Singh calls it ‘armour’

 

Photo: IG screengrab/sylvialim65

It’s always great to come across supporters when Members of Parliament go on their house visits, but a recent visit for Workers’ Party chair Sylvia Lim (Aljunied GCR) was particularly “heartwarming”.

Ms Lim posted a photo on her Instagram account of a man wearing a dark blue mask with the WP logo, a gold hammer in a red circle background, also outlined in gold.

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OPINION | The Government is not the enemy, but neither are activists the enemy of the Government

 

Photo: freepik/rawpixel.com (for illustration purposes only)

While the controversy generated by the recent hanging of convicted Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam (Nagen) seems to be fading, something has surfaced which may put the issue of the mandatory death penalty and its possible pitfalls back in the spotlight.

According to new reports, an innocent Australian holiday-maker was arrested at Changi Airport and charged with trafficking an amount of cocaine punishable by death. 64-year-old Sydney businessman, Philip George Sceats languished in Changi Prison for the next 353 days, under the pall of the capital charge.

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