Omega-Swatch watches: not limited edition but resold for over S$6,000; buyers beware

Following the snaking queues at Swatch outlets on Saturday (Mar 26), the new collaborative collection by Omega and Swatch is now being resold on e-commerce platform Carousell, some reaching a whopping price of S$6,000 apiece.

Members of the public waited in line on Saturday at Swatch outlets at Marina Bay Sands and ION Orchard, hoping to get their hands on the watchmakers’ new MoonSwatch collection.

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Passersby form human wall to protect two men injured in car crash from oncoming traffic

Two men were crossing the street in front of Tanjong Pagar Community Club on Thursday night (Mar 24) when a car crashed into them.

Following the accident, about 10 passersby immediately ran into the middle of the road to protect the two men, aged 21 and 22, reported Chinese-language newspaper Shin Min Daily News on Friday (Mar 25).

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Khairy Jamaluddin’s TikTok video and the Cili Kampung spirit

For all purposes, we are almost back to normal life. Nearly all border movements and restrictions on public activities are being eased. When the Multi-Ministry Task Force announced the reopening at its conference on March 24, most of its members were no longer showing glum faces.  The general uplifted mood over the week was best captured later by a TikTok video featuring Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and his Malaysian counterpart Khairy Jamaluddin which I will come to later.

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Underestimated and misunderstood: 9 out of 10 food delivery riders satisfied with work but feel excluded from current conversations

Nine in ten delivery riders are satisfied with the work they do, but a majority feel that the stress and challenges they face are often underestimated or excluded from the current conversation on the gig economy’s future.

Blackbox Research, a decision science solutions and advisory firm, conducted a study between September and October 2021, surveying 175 food delivery riders in Singapore.

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