Man loses S$2,200 after his DBS debit account got ‘hijacked’, says he’s given ’empty promises’ on resolution from bank
SINGAPORE — A member of the public has published an open letter of complaint to DBS Bank after losing over S$2,000 from his bank account to fraudulent transactions. The account holder was scheduled to receive a new debit card within seven days; however, when the given period came, it went with no updates.
“My bank account was hijacked, and there was an unauthorised transaction carried out to Korean Style Clothes Ba Ng,” the account holder wrote on Facebook group Complaint Singapore on Saturday (Dec 31). On Dec 8, 2022, I was defrauded of S$2,263.72. I contacted DBS Bank to let them know and was told by ‘Herfie’ that DBS would be looking into it and would be returning my money as well as deactivating my debit card,” he noted. When the said date came, and the money didn’t arrive, the bank client called Herfie, who “continued to give empty promises” that the money would be returned within another week.
Singaporean questions the function of “weird looking lamps” at MRT station, says “Do these do anything other than lighting?
SINGAPORE — After an online user questioned the function of the “weird looking lamps” in Singapore’s MRT stations, other Singaporeans shared their two cents on the matter.
A netizen shared a photo of an MRT station on Wednesday (Dec 28) with an online news forum. “Do these weird-looking lamps do anything other than lighting? Saw these at MRT station…felt it looked weird and slightly out of place,” the caption read.
US traveller in TikTok video says ‘Singapore is the real-life Disney World’ but netizens say ‘try Yishun’
SINGAPORE — A couple from the United States is travelling around the world and documenting their journey on TikTok. And while they have many nice things to say about the 100 or more countries they’ve visited, including nearby Malaysia and Thailand, there is something about Singapore that impressed Hudson and Emily a lot more.
In their Dec 22 TikTok video, which has received over 120,000 views, Emily says, “It seems like someone just dreamed up this city and made it happen. Like okay, I have an idea. What if we put a building on top of three other buildings? What if we made huge super trees and made yet another every night free light show? And what if we put a huge waterfall in the middle of an airport?” referring to, of course, Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the Bay and Jewel Changi Airport.
NUHS refutes Prof Paul Tambyah’s allegations that the government is losing millions from class A wards
The National University Health System (NUHS), on Thursday, Dec 29, 2022, rubbished claims made by Singapore Democratic Party chairman Professor Paul Tambyah that the government is ‘losing millions of dollars from class A hospital wards.’
In a TikTok video posted on 19 Dec, Prof Paul cited an example of the HDB financing model where he alleged that ‘the government is actually providing huge subsidies to wealthy foreigners.’ But these allegations have been refuted by the NUHS, which posted their statement on Facebook on Dec 29.
Singaporean traveller from China severely ill from COVID-19, MOH monitoring new variants & reviewing border measures
SINGAPORE — With Changi Airport seeing between 700 and 1,000 daily arrivals from China, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is now closely monitoring the hospital workload after a Singaporean traveller from China has become severely ill from Covid-19. MOH addressed the public concern about high levels of infections in China through a press release on Friday (Dec 30).
The majority of daily arrivals to Singapore comprised residents and long-term pass holders. On a weekly basis, MOH has detected between 40 and 80 Covid-19 cases among travellers. All travellers exhibited mild symptoms, except the case of the Singaporean who fell severely ill after his recent travel to China.