Letter to the Editor: Poor maintenance of public area, park benches broken, upgrade delayed 3 years, town council still says wait

 

Letter to the Editor: Park benches broken and poor maintenance of public area complain

Dear Editor,

I have lived in Woodlands for the last 5 years and did not have too many problems with the Marsiling Yew Tee town council as things got rectified and looked into promptly.

Sadly, we got a new property executive and a new MP running the show, and things got bad.

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Letter to the Editor: Noisy neighbour, uses chilli pounder, can’t sleep, town council won’t help, so poured urine to stop problem

 

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Dear Editor,

Editor’s note: We do not condone this action nor do we encourage that you take matters into your own hands. The best thing to do is to refer this matter to the authorities and do seek the help of your MP to resolve the dispute.

I refer to the article, HDB: ‘Really can go mental staying under crazy neighbour’ who bangs floor at 4am by Hana O.

My upstairs noisy neighbour uses a chilli pounder so loud until my sick mother can’t sleep well. As mentioned by one writer, if a complaint is made to the police, they’ll refer you to HDB, NEA or town council’s, and in the end, nothing is done to solve the problem.

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Letter to the Editor: CDC e-vouchers go-where?

 

Dear Editor,

Sometimes I feel like the government is making us run in circles, like the song by Post Malone. They come up with some brilliant ideas, but their implementation is far from being practical. It often smacks of a government that has gone past its prime.

Recently, my parents encountered a bad situation with regard to CDC vouchers. The government announced that it’ll give every Singaporean household $100 vouchers to boost/support the faltering local hawker business.  In reality, it is nothing more than an eyewash.

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M’sia former PM Mahathir admitted to hospital for ‘several investigations’

 

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Kuala Lumpur — Former Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to the country’s National Heart Institute (IJN).

The 96-year-old, longest-serving former premier of Malaysia was admitted to the hospital on Thursday evening (Dec 16), according to a statement by the heart institute.

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Hotel room booking scam on Carousell & social media: S$430,000 lost, two people arrested

 

Photo: Taken from SPF and Sengkang Neighbourhood Police Centre

Singapore — After a series of incidents involving bogus hotel bookings conducted through e-commerce platform Carousell and social media with an estimated S$430,000 lost, the authorities have confirmed arresting two individuals linked to the scam.

Amid the ongoing travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it appears that scammers have found an opportunity and began targeting those in need of a staycation.

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