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Morning Digest, Mar 10

NCMP Leong Mun Wai ‘sorry’ for saying Speaker muzzled him, takes down FB post

Relative parliamentary newbie Leong Mun Wai got a sharp reminder this week that there are limits to what one can say in Parliament, especially if one makes the mistake of repeating the same remarks outside the House.

Mr Leong, a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament since July 2020, had to apologise on Tuesday evening for  a Facebook post and social media comments accusing the Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin of not letting him speak in Parliament.

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Wanted man dragged police officer with his car 75m at CTE, officer was left injured on the road where he was nearly hit by truck

Thirty-two-year-old Heng Yong Qin, who had prior convictions, was afraid of getting arrested and going back to jail. But having breached his remission order, he was in trouble. And he knew it.

This is why at around 7:30 am on March 27, 2021, when he was stopped by a policeman while driving along Central Expressway (CTE) towards Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) without wearing his seatbelt, he panicked, because he is wanted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for failing to report for a urine test.

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Letter to the Editor: Reward those who return supermarket trolleys and track those who don’t

Dear Editor,

I refer to the article, ‘How to get supermarket shoppers to return trolleys?‘

All these years, many netizens had various ideas on implementing penalties and measures to curb this social menace of people dumping trolleys away from supermarkets instead of returning them.

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Pritam Singh: Singles should be eligible to buy HDB flats at 28

Workers’ Party chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh made the case in Parliament on Tuesday for lowering the eligibility age for singles wanting to buy HDB flats.

Currently, only singles who are at least 35 may buy HDB flats.  They can buy only resale HDB flats, or apply for two-room  Build-to-Order (BTO) Flexi flats.

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