VIDEO: Sengkang coffeeshop hawker repeatedly beats boy with ladle after boy threw a tray at him

 

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A 17-year-old teenager who was seen being beaten up by a noodle stallholder with a ladle in a coffee-shop in Sengkang has been sent to a hospital. In a video which has gone viral on social media, the teen can be seen arguing with the stallholder before he flipped a tray at the stallholder.

The video appears to be footage from CCTV. It is unclear how the argument started or what it was about because the video has no sound. The stallholder who got enraged by the behaviour of the teen then took matters into his own hands and gave the boy a beating of his life using a ladle.

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‘Economical bee hoon no more econ(omical)’ — Netizen says as prices shoot up

 

Photo: FB/Voice Your Grievances/Bob Sim

Tracking the prices of “Economical” Bee Hoon (fried noodles), one netizen pointed out the price jump, adding that he would starve to death soon if prices kept increasing.

In a post to popular Facebook group Voice Your Grievances, a netizen who goes by the name of Bob Sim writes: “Economical beehoon no longer econ”.

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Letter to the Editor: Gov’t can certainly afford to spend a bit more than just CDC $100 vouchers to help S’pore citizens

 

Photo: FB screengrab/Complaint Singapore

Dear Sir/Madam,

I refer to the article, ‘Eggs are not expensive, if you compare to pm salary most expensive in the world’ — Netizens express concern over high food prices by Ms Anna Maria Romero

While I understand that supply chain problems affected the prices of goods including eggs, the war in Ukraine does not help.

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Customer says food delivery rider spills Starbucks order & marks it as delivered, Rider says ‘Starbucks order, very hard to get 100% no spillage! Coffee Bean package more tip top!’

 

Photo: FB screengrab/Misshopper Boutique

In a post on the popular online Misshopper Boutique Facebook page on Sunday (Apr 24), Ms Lerine Yeo wrote that she had ordered seven drinks from Starbucks the night before, which never arrived, although it was marked as delivered and her credit card was charged.

She had placed the order because she invited some friends over that night. Later on, they found the remnants of their drinks on the ground floor outside her condominium, which they ended up cleaning.

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Farrer Park Swimming Complex will be no more as site makes way for new HDB flats & integrated sports facilities, Ang Peng Siong bids farewell ‘after 18 years of using it as our training base’

 

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Farrer Park site to be redeveloped after Lawrence Wong said that site cannot be preserved because “the facilities in the… area were less frequently used as competitive sports venues.”

A 10ha site in Farrer Park will be redeveloped into a public housing estate with about 1,600 HDB flats, integrated with sports and recreational facilities including a new sports centre at the location of the Farrer Park Swimming Complex.

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