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Facebook and Twitter ban Amos Yee for promoting pedophilia

Jewel Stolarchuk
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Facebook and Twitter ban Amos Yee for promoting pedophilia

Social media giants Facebook and Twitter have followed in the footsteps of YouTube, WordPress and Patreon in banning controversial vlogger Amos Yee from their platforms for promoting pedophilia.

Yee, a young Singaporean who is presently living in the US after being granted asylum, openly said in his Twitter bio that “I defend Pedophiles publicly on the internet.” Last Saturday, Twitter banned Yee after users flagged his account over this sick post:

Yee’s Facebook account is reportedly no longer available online, as well. His last post on social media, published on Sunday, reportedly revealed that he has been running a pedophile-friendly server that it meant for discussion and education on “positions of paedophiles… debate tactics and how to sound more convincing when putting forth an argument”.

In the post, Yee wrote: “I’ve been running a paedo-friendly Discord server for the past few weeks and I’m looking for new members. This Discord server is not open to the public so if you’d like to join, private message me here on Facebook with a small intro of yourself (your views on paedophilia, your political views, how big of an Amos Yee fan you are).”

Earlier this year, in May, YouTube barred Yee’s account on their platform after he posted three videos defending pedophilia last November. The videos drew widespread criticism online and led to the cancellation of several speaking engagements that Yee was scheduled to participate in.

Last Sunday, US-based human rights lawyer Melissa Chen who helped Yee obtain asylum status in the US said on her Facebook page that Yee should be deported from the US. Referring to Yee’s defense of pedophilia and pedophiles, she said:

“Some repulsive ideas generate too much negative externalities, and especially when these externalities involve the welfare of children, I think society cannot allow them to have free reign.”

Can’t ignore the elephant in the room that is Amos Yee. Apologies for hastily-made video in the airport lounge.My statement:

Posted by Melissa Chen on Sunday, 9 December 2018

M’sian Transport Minister Anthony Loke, ‘Seletar Airport is yours, but Pasir Gudang is ours’

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M’sian Transport Minister Anthony Loke, ‘Seletar Airport is yours, but Pasir Gudang is ours’

The Transport Minister of Malaysia, Anthony Loke Siew Fook, staked his country’s claim to the airspace over Pasir Gudang, Johor, with an informative video on Facebook on December 12, which has been viewed almost 250,000 times and gotten almost 8,000 shares.

Addressing Singapore, he wrote, “Hi Singapore, Seletar Airport is yours, but Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia is ours.”

Here is the full text of his post:

NO to Singapore Seletar Airport ILS flight path over Pasir Gudang airspace

Hi Singapore, Seletar Airport is yours, but Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia is ours. So please hear us out.

To Malaysians, please watch and share this – there are reasons why Malaysia has to oppose the ILS (Instrument Landing System) of the Seletar Airport which Singapore wants to implement from 3 Jan 2019.

We urge Singapore to withdraw the ILS announcement and to amend the flight path as per our request. 

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Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Ministry of Transport Malaysia

#ILS #SeletarAirport #Singapore
#PasirGudang 
Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia

As mentioned in his caption, Loke sought to explain why his country opposed the new ILS at Singapore’s Seletar Airport.

The text of the video reads, “Why did Firefly suspend all its flights into Singapore after the airline was told to relocate to Seletar Airport starting 1st Dec 2018? It’s because Malaysia opposed the new ILS (Instrument Landing System) that Singapore wants to use in the airport effective 3 Jan 2019.

What is ILS?

Instrument Landing System is a precision runway approach aid that helps airplanes to land even with poor visibility. It’s safer for the landing of aeroplanes.

Then why does Malaysia oppose it?

It’s because of the flight path that Singapore wants to use for that ILS.

Singapore’s Seletar Airport is merely 2km from Pasir Gudang, Malaysia.”

The video goes on to explain that the height buffer for the flight path is quite narrow at specific points, which a tall crane could easily reach.

Loke expressed concern over the tall buildings in the area. He speaks in the video, saying, “We can’t even build tall buildings over Pasir Gudang if we allow that flight path.”

Another concern is the port in the area, which the video claims would be subjected to “higher risks and multiple restrictions.”

There were no problems of this type in the past, but now, a “big” area is affected, “from Pasir Gudang,” “up north to Ayer Tawar (Johor)” and “almost to Kota Tinggi.”

The Transport Minister also clarifies that it is not Seletar airport itself he’s against but the flight path.

“Our position is very clear. We are not against Seletar, but as far as the descending flight path is concerned, it cannot be over Pasir Gudang.”

The video ends with these words, “Malaysia urges Singapore to withdraw the ILS and to amend the flight path for entry from the southern end.”

Many netizens showed their appreciation for Loke’s post.

Read related: M’sian Transport Minister Anthony Loke, “We stand by our position”

https://theindependent.sg.sg/msian-transport-minister-anthony-loke-we-stand-by-our-position/

 

“Like mother like son?” – New photo of Li Hongyi wearing slippers at panel event draws fresh criticism

Jewel Stolarchuk
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“Like mother like son?” – New photo of Li Hongyi wearing slippers at panel event draws fresh criticism

A new picture of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek CEO Ho Ching’s son wearing slippers at what looks to be a formal event is trending online.

One of the grandson’s of Singapore founding Prime Minister, the late Lee Kuan Yew, Hongyi presently serves as deputy director of product and engineering at the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech).

This new photo, published on social media by Facebook user Cinorom Elicebmi this morning, shows Hongyi at a panel event. While the rest of the three panellists are wearing blazers, formal pants and covered shoes, Hongyi sits in sharp contrast in a t-shirt, casual pants and flip-flops:

Earlier, Hongyi was captured on camera wearing flip-flops instead of more formal, closed-toe footwear at a recent talk. This latest picture appears to have been taken at the same event.

Many netizens have pointed out that Hongyi’s slippers mirror what seems to be his mother’s preferred footwear – open-toed sandals. Despite widespread criticism that her sandals look “sloppy” especially at formal events where she meets world leaders with her husband, Hongyi’s mother has continued to wear open-toed sandals at functions in Singapore and abroad.

Meanwhile, netizens remain unimpressed with Hongyi’s footwear. The latest picture has drawn fresh criticism from netizens, who have hit out at Hongyi for dressing so unprofessionally:

https://theindependent.sg.sg/li-hongyi-mirrors-his-mother-ho-chings-dressing-sense-wears-slippers-to-formal-event/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=588621514934496&set=a.120091195120866&type=3

Algae-covered concrete pavements at Woodlands re-rendered, thanks to the power of the internet

Jewel Stolarchuk
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Algae-covered concrete pavements at Woodlands re-rendered, thanks to the power of the internet

Workers contracted by Sembawang GRC to re-render algae-covered concrete pavements around the foot of certain blocks in Woodlands appear to have completed rectification works.

Reddit user u/random_avocado has been following the progress on rectification works in the area and posted the image above online yesterday. This latest picture shows that the algae-covered concrete has been rectified and a fresh layer of concrete can be seen sitting in contrast to the weathered void deck concrete.

Meanwhile, hundreds of netizens agreed that it seems like the authorities only took action after pictures of the algae-covered concrete went viral online:

Earlier, photos posted on Reddit and Facebook, showing the algae growth covering the concrete pavements around the foot of blocks in Woodlands, triggered immense criticism against Sembawang Town Council.

Criticism against the town council grew when another Woodlands resident, Facebook user Gnanasegari Rajesh, wrote that the area is only clean when the MPs do their walkabouts and that the area is usually “filthy dirty” despite multiple emails she has sent to the town council:

“I’m a resident from woodlands also. The areas are clean went MP meets residents. I’ve write emails to town council so many time & for the next few weeks it will be clean then back to square esp near rubbish chute. if yr clothing falls down u can never use it again. filthy dirty.”

In a response to the national broadsheet, a Sembawang Town Council spokesman acknowledged that there is algae growth affecting areas near blocks 870 to 882 and blocks 801, 802 and 804 near Republic Polytechnic, before pinning the poor state of the affected areas to “poor workmanship from the re-rendering of the concrete surface.”

https://theindependent.sg.sg/sembawang-town-council-initiates-works-to-rectify-algae-growth-in-woodlands-after-complaints-go-viral-online/

Savills Research: Residential property demand moderated by cooling measures

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The revised 12% ABSD for Singaporeans buying their second residential property and the 20% ABSD on foreign buyers dealt the private residential market a one-two punch, said a research report by Savills Singapore.

Although Savills believes that both developers’ and buyers’ resilience would hold out against the latest measures, it said that after five months the market is beginning to develop characteristics that differentiate it from previous cyclical epochs.

“Government measures and the tsunami of collective sales from May 2016 to July 2018 have, in our opinion, been the generating sets of this new topology, which we are only just beginning to get a glimpse of. We believe that some (there are others) of the new market characteristics which have revealed themselves are:

  • Developers adopting a 5 July pricing strategy for RCR projects;
  • Buying continuing past maiden launch;
  • Losing the stepping up of prices at sequential launches.

Given that this is just a residential brief, we will not be showing the full slate of statistics to support the abovementioned characteristics. We will merely summarize what we have quantitatively found from a sample of projects that were launched from 6 July onwards.”

residential propertySavills said developers adopting 5 July pricing strategy for RCR residential property projects

“Prior to 6 July, our in-house developed model showed that developers were pricing towards the right tail of the price per sq ft (psf) distribution. In two instances, one in Q2/2018 and another on 5 July 2018, new launch prices were closing in or exceeding the second positive standard error.

However, since the measures came into effect, developers have been pricing their new launches around the mean of our model, albeit slightly towards the right of the mean. This was the case for The Tre Ver and Jadescape. For Parc Esta, the average price of S$1,680 psf was slightly to the left of our mean.

The results from the first month of launches for these projects show that if there are no confounding effects, say competition from launches in the vicinity that the subject property cannot clearly differentiate itself from, healthy take-up rates were achieved. Jadescape and Parc Esta achieved 27.1% and 23.5% sales respectively in the first month or first weekend of launch. From the sample of developments that we analyzed, we believe that prices of new launches are generally in line with our mean statistic.

However, this may not imply that prices are flat because many of the recent launches in the RCR tended to take reference from Park Colonial, which not only had over 270 caveats registered on the eve of the cooling measures but was done at prices significantly higher than our model’s mean price.

In short, for subsequent launches in microlocations that had not seen any major new offerings for years, but where the developer was still benchmarking against Park Colonial, prices were still higher against the background sale prices in those micro-locations.

The time needed to allow for this adjustment in new launch prices across the island means that there will continue to be some mild positive momentum to prices for one to two quarters after the cooling measures have taken effect…”

The report also noted that buying continues for residential property past maiden launch weekend

“In the aftermath of the implementation of the TDSR framework in June 2013, not only were sales at the initial weekend launch lower, but the rate of sales slowed to almost negligible in the months after that maiden launch.

This time round, we see continued sales at projects like Riverfront Residences, The Tre Ver, Jadescape, The Affinity at Serangoon, The Tapestry and Stirling Residences. We believe that continuing sales may be indicative of the psychological momentum of buyers.”

Condo buyers seem to be streaming back to the property market

Losing the stepping up of prices at sequential launches of residential property

“This effect was observed not in those Q3/2018 launches but for those done in November. In prior cycles, the norm was for developers to price subsequent launches higher. However, after the July cooling measures, developers appeared to adopt a more cautious stance and moved away from the old practice. We see that at play at Whistler Grand.

Although the median price achieved on the weekend of its launch was almost similar to Twin View’s (a neighboring project) launch price in May 2018, it was nevertheless placed significantly to the left of our model’s mean price. That strategy paid off because the developer managed to sell over 22% of the total number of units in the first weekend of
launch…

Although we believe that the market is still resilient against the backdrop of cooling measures, there are challenges ahead.”

Private residential properties prices increased marginally in Q3, URA statistics

Savills research report said that demand for residential property exists so long as pricing is in line with the attributes of the development and consumer sentiment remains strong. It added that developers will have to price the residential property with greater finesse, taking into account commission rates as well.

“Price  undercutting may not generate the required sales levels because the cooling measures have affected the rate of sales, which is not necessarily price sensitive.

For instance, we are finding more HDB dwellers, who hitherto had not considered moving to private properties, now considering that option. However, it takes time, rather than a consideration of how high private residential prices are, for these households to make that decision to sell their HDB flats.

Ultimately, it now comes down to whether developers of large projects have the steely resolve to hold their ground and not give in to the noises generated by those in the negative quarters.”

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To ECHELON and beyond, here’s what has this ecosystem builder achieved in 2018 to support the tech and startup industry

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To ECHELON and beyond, here’s what has this ecosystem builder achieved in 2018 to support the tech and startup industry

Welcome to the e27 Tea Talk, where we talk about everything startup ecosystem. And this time, OURSELVES.

It’s about the time of the year when we sit side by side in the meeting room to not just look at the end result of each person’s OKR but as a company how much we have achieved this year.

The way we reflect upon ourselves is not about how many events or press releases we have held or published, but how many startups we have helped showcase and connect; how many corporate and government projects we have assisted to promote and complete; and how many key stakeholders we have managed to engage with each other, and usually, through ECHELON.

This year, however, is a bit different.

In 2017, one of our key objectives was to go deeper into the major ASEAN communities, which led to the resounding success of ECHELON Malaysia, Thailand and Asia Summit (Singapore). Although, there were still some key markets we didn’t bring over ECHELON to, we still managed to connect and engage with over 7000 regional key stakeholders in the end.

Moving to 2018, we shifted our focus into going deep AND wide since we realised if we want to better serve the ecosystem, depth and width are the keys to abundant resources for our partners. Hence, we renovated the Programme Roadmap into 1 ECHELON in Singapore and 17 country Roadshows across Asia Pacific to host TOP100 startup pitching competition.

The result was fascinating — while the latter provided us the opportunity to expand widely to scout 800+ most promising and unicorn-to-be startups in the region, the former enabled us to bring back crucial insights, connections, fundings and talents, wrapped up on our main stage at ECHELON Asia Summit, to empower the ASEAN ecosystems in-depth by aggregating the necessary resources.

With the streamlined year-round programmes, we are proud to announce that this year, together with ECHELON Asia Summit 2018 and 17 APAC Roadshows, we have created a platform with over 10,000 key ecosystem players to participate and grow their businesses.

And this is just the beginning of our story in 2018.

Thanks to the ever-growing team and more focused programme angle this year, ECHELON Asia Summit 2018 not only ended as a great sensation by bringing in the largest ever crowd throughout ECHELON’s 9 years history, but it also provided us with greater resources and gateways to tap into and work with other ecosystem programmes and initiatives in Q3/Q4 2018.

Also read: Echelon officially announces May 23rd and 24th for the best tech event of the year!

Here, I would like to take this opportunity to share some of the most exciting Bespoke Programmes we have done to further support our ecosystem partners after end of ECHELON Asia Summit 2018:

1. Bespoke Event: Xero Event

The beauty of digitalisation is that it makes our lives a lot easier by giving us seamless connection of daily necessities, easier access to insightful open resources and convenient platforms for communication and professional services.

This event, co-hosted by Xero, is set to share how digitalisation (or go digital) can benefit us from a business owner’s perspective to share about the entrepreneurship journey; and an enterprise service provider’s point of view to talk about about how a well-designed service platform can solve business pain-points, in this event’s case – cash-flow management.

2. Demo Day: GCCEI Demo Day in SG & KL

To keep it up with the fast-pacing and growing global startup industry, we have been reaching out to some other key markets across APAC. Among them, Korea is one of the markets that we have formed the robust partnerships with some local ecosystem players.

As a strong 3C digital devices manufacturing country, Korea has strong internet connection, established technology infrastructure and mature markets with well-heeled shoppers and sufficient capital funding to facilitate the growth of domestic and overseas tech startup industry.

This year we inked collaboration with GCCEI, a joint startup initiative with Korea government and Telecom-funded agency, to assist them in holding a Demo Day to showcase 10 Korean IoT startups in Singapore and Malaysia to get exposed with ASEAN startup environments and investors to gain an understanding on how to tailor and localise for other markets.

3. Conference Co-organising: SWITCH 2018

In e27, we have 4 main fundamental resource pillars – insights, connections, talents and fundraising (ICTF). ICTF is our basic yet holistic infrastructure’s that we firmly believe will be able to complete our mission as a whole to service other ecosystem stakeholders.

Also read: Our 4 takeaways on Echelon Asia Summit 2018, from the team at Tagtoo

With ICTF, we, as one of the event organisers, were able to hustle and assist the preparation of Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH 2018), organised by National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF) and Enterprise Singapore (ESG), along with 3 event organisers, and hit a total of 11,000+ attendees, 47 partners, 17 concurrent events on stage, 350+ exhibitors across 70+ countries.

SWITCH is indeed the greatest annual tech and innovation feast in the ASEAN markets with 3 main focuses to support and empower the regional key stakeholders:

  • Bring together and bridge the ASEAN and Chinese tech industries
  • Focus on Deep Tech to further facilitate the growth of Singapore Smart Nation
  • Host Slingshot pitching competition to have 80 companies shortlisted from 1,000 startups from across APAC 80 countries to pitch

The amazing part about SWITCH is that it’s not just a NRF or ESG event, it’s an initiative backed by various stakeholders across the whole tech and innovation ecosystem from governments, corporates, investors, media, IHLs, all the way to 400+ volunteers who were there to support the tech innovation and witness the changes onsite.

A friend of mine once said, “Any great event will take a village to pull off.” Well, in SWITCH case, it’s the whole ASEAN nations to proactively and wholeheartedly spare their efforts to play a role, regardless of sizes of organisations or titles of positions, in the tech and innovation sector to shape the world together.

So what does it have to do with me?

The point is — allow me to reiterate this again — help is out there at e27! As we have been honing in on our capabilities to partner with more ecosystem players, e27 has expanded our project landscope from mostly ECHELON (or related) initiatives to some standalone bespoke programmes to make sure we can serve our ecosystem comprehensively.

In this article, we would like to both share with you the great achievements we have done throughout the year and also thank you for the continuous supports. Hopefully, we will see you at Roadshow, ECHELON and all our bespoke programmes in 2019. If you have any feedback or crazy ideas to share with us and help us improve, let us know in the comments below or feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] to explore any possible collaborations!

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e27 Tea Talk is the column managed by the e27 Business Development Team. We hope to see you join in on stimulating discussions and constructive feedback as we navigate through the startup journey together. 🙂

The post To ECHELON and beyond, here’s what has this ecosystem builder achieved in 2018 to support the tech and startup industry appeared first on e27.

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Train service suspended after SMRT worker gets injured during track maintenance work near Joo Koon station

Jewel Stolarchuk
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Train service suspended after SMRT worker gets injured during track maintenance work near Joo Koon station

Train services between Gul Circle and Boon Lay along the East-West Line were suspended this morning after an SMRT worker was injured while carrying out maintenance work near Joo Koon MRT station, around 4.10am.

SMRT has since clarified that the worker suffered injuries to his right foot as he was preparing for an engineering vehicle to move back to the depot following maintenance works, on the track.

Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers conveyed to the employee to the National University Hospital, where he is in a stable condition and receiving treatment, according to SMRT.

SMRT said in a press statement that it suspended train services on part of the East-West Line after the accident as its engineering and operations teams conducted further checks on the track: “As this process required some time, the start of train service between Gul Circle and Boon Lay MRT station (both bounds) had to be delayed.”

Train services between the affected stations resumed at 6.20am, according to the SMRT statement.

The organisation added that a full investigation into the accident will be launched as it said: “Workplace safety is a priority for us, and the maintenance teams observed a safety timeout this morning to remind them of the importance of safety.

“Our immediate concern is for our maintenance staff who is being treated at the hospital, and we are providing the necessary care and support to him and his family.”

Commuters were first informed of the accident and suspension of train services around 5am this morning. Commuters were notified that trains were “progressively returning back to normal speed” and that services at affected stations have resumed over an hour later.

SMRT deployed free regular bus and bridging services during the disruption. The transport operator has also apologised to commuters in the wake of the incident: “We are sorry to all commuters who were affected this morning.”

Two PAP MPs from different GRCs belittle residents’ concerns on cockroach infestations in their estates

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Two PAP MPs from different GRCs belittle residents’ concerns on cockroach infestations in their estates

Two ruling party parliamentarians and town councillors from different Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) seemed to belittle their residents concerns on cockroach infestations in their estates, online. The MPs are Baey Yam Keng and Tan Chuan-Jin.

Taking to Facebook yesterday afternoon, Baey shared a screenshot of an email a concerned resident at his ward Tampines GRC sent him. The resident shared a photo of a cockroach on a step of a staircase and informed the MP that he has contacted the town council to remove the pest around 3.30pm but nothing was done nearly two hours later.

Baey noted that two issues came to the forefront to him when he read the email: 1) “Whether there is a cockroach infestation problem there?”; and 2) “How can the town council improve its hotline?”

The MP thanked the resident “for taking the trouble to get through the hotline and monitoring the whereabouts of the cockroach, as well as a photo of it,” but then added this curious hashtag at the end of his post:“#paytowncounciltocatchonecockroach ?”

Hours later, Marine Parade GRC MP Tan Chuan-Jin chimed in. Tagging Baey in a Facebook post and commenting “You have cockroaches issues too!” Tan revealed that he has “purportedly” been “receiving evidence of cockroach ’infestation’ by an individual whose mum lives in my estate.”

Sharing four pictures showing cockroaches in the estate that the man sent him, Tan shared: “Town Council has gone down to check each time this was raised. TC has responded to him each time. But he is unhappy that I had not emailed him to respond personally.”

Asserting that there “is clearly no infestation,” Tan complained: “many man hours have been expended to follow through each time. These are the photos he sent to show evidence of a health and hygiene problem. Sigh.”

48-year-old Baey Yam Keng has been a parliamentarian for about 12 years, having been elected into parliament in 2006. Baey contested that year’s General Election in Tanjong Pagar GRC, under the team led by the late Founding Prime Minister (PM) Lee Kuan Yew.

He now is one of the parliamentarians representing Tampines GRC, after he contested the ward under the team led by the politician most likely to become Singapore’s next PM, Heng Finance Minister Swee Keat, in the 2011 and 2015 General Elections.

49-year-old Tan Chuan-Jin has been a parliamentarian for about 7 years, after he was elected into parliament as a part of Singapore 2nd PM Goh Chok Tong’s Marine Parade GRC in the 2011 General Election. He and the rest of Goh’s team were re-elected to Marine Parade in the 2015 General Election.

Tan quickly climbed the ranks within the People’s Action Party (PAP), going from his appointment as Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of National Development, to Manpower Minister to Minister for Family and Social Development.

He was beginning to be widely seen as a strong contender to be current PM Lee Hsien Loong’s successor when he was suddenly made Speaker of Parliament last year when his predecessor Halimah Yacob left the PAP to contest the presidency.

https://www.facebook.com/734012991/posts/10156058031642992/

https://www.facebook.com/115142085180173/posts/2391745930853099/

Domestic helper jailed for cruelly forcing a chilli padi into a child’s mouth and caning her

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Domestic helper jailed for cruelly forcing a chilli padi into a child’s mouth and caning her

On Monday, December 10, an Indonesian domestic helper was given a six-month jail sentence for serious mistreatment of her seven-year-old charge. When the little girl misbehaved, the helper stuffed a chilli padi into her mouth, caned her on the shoulder and hit her on the head with a scratching board for cats.

Indonesian domestic helper Hamida was found guilty of inflicting cruel punishments on the little girl when her parents were not at home, as first reported by another media source.

Hamida, who is 33, had worked for the family for a solid seven years before the offence. Her employers had two little girls, aged nine and seven.

The court heard that the incident happened on July 29, 2018, when Hamida was at home alone with the two girls. Hamida became angry when the younger girl had urinated on herself and was too scared to speak when the helper asked her why her pants were wet. To add to Hamida’s already growing fury, the little girl had also refused to do her homework.

That’s when Hamida started cruelly punishing the little girl. Another media source reported that Hamid took a chilli padi that was about 1cm to 2cm in length and forced it into the victim’s mouth. According to the prosecution, this was classified as an act of cruelty, as Hamida was fully aware that the girl was afraid of and could not handle spicy food.

But the sadistic punishments did not stop there. Hamida then caned the girl on her shoulder and then took a wooden scratching board for cats weighing 1.3kg and hit the little girl on the side of her head.

When the girls’ mother returned home, the older sister reported Hamida’s cruel actions to her mother, who then immediately called the police. Hamida was arrested shortly.

On December 10, the court sentenced Hamida to six months in jail for cruelty and serious mistreatment of her (now former) charge.

Auntie sells carrot cake for only $2, wants to keep food affordable for other elderly folks

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Auntie sells carrot cake for only $2, wants to keep food affordable for other elderly folks

It’s all high praise for an elderly woman at Ang Mo Kio still selling carrot cake at S$2 in order to keep prices affordable for other elderly people in the vicinity.

Netizen Daniel Young took to Facebook to share an exchange he had with the auntie. In his post on Tuesday, December 11, he added that the woman’s stall was located at Block 133, Ang Mo Kio Street 12.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155921462988671&set=p.10155921462988671&type=3&theater

His post went viral, with more than 3,400 reactions, over 300 comments and almost 5000 shares.

In his post he wrote that he asked the auntie of the stall why she kept the price of her food so low.

She replied, “I need to keep the cost low, as there are many old folks living here. $2 food”.

Daniel then asked her how she makes money since she sold her food at cheap prices.

She added, “just enough can already”.

Many netizens wrote in with rather sad comments, yet they still had high praise for the auntie.

TISG has reached out to Daniel Young for further comment.

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