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Stories you might’ve missed, July 18

Resident receives calls from ‘HDB’ about her noisy dogs but she only has 2 kids, no dogs

 

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Photo: Taken from unsplash.com/Kevin Han

Residents lodging a complaint to the Housing and Development Board (HDB) about a neighbour blasting music through the night or smoke reaching their flat is quite common.

However, a resident was surprised to receive a call from an alleged HDB officer regarding an anonymous complaint about her dogs’ incessant barking, because she didn’t have dogs.

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Student says Chinatown is ‘Singapore’s dirtiest place’ and too horrible to look at, more enforcement officers may be required

 

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Plastic cups with unidentified liquids, empty bottles and rubbish everywhere – a student in Singapore said that Chinatown in Singapore was now “synonymous with dirtiness.”

A nearby eatery with empty beer bottles and more rubbish strewn on the floor further proved the student’s claims.

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How motorists change lanes make others angry: netizens on road rage a ‘real and big issue’ in S’pore

 

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Members from the online community have voiced their opinions on the increasing road rage incidents, hinting that COE, which stands for Certificate of Entitlement, refers to the motorist’s attitude and not so much the right to own or use a vehicle in Singapore.

Facebook community pages like ROADS.sg and SG Road Vigilante – SGRV often upload camera footage of aggressive driving behaviour, whether it’s reckless swerving, honking, or giving another road user a middle finger for being called out.

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Police investigate ‘pitch invaders’ who ran into field after Liverpool match

 

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Photo: FB screengrab/David Wang

The Singapore Police Force is investigating two male fans who got a little too close after the English Premier League match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace on Friday (July 15).

Videos of the men running into the pitch have spread online, including one from TikToker @hafiz_rhd.

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OPINION | Do we have a merry-go-round type of communication on food prices & death penalty in Singapore?

 

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There have been many complaints about the rising costs of hawker food of late. Most recently, Facebook page Complaint Singapore member Anna Chai who was also staff from Singapore General Hospital highlighted on Thursday (July 7) that her mixed rice order from Outram Community Hospital food court included tiny servings.

She ranted that her meal, which initially cost S$6.70, was not worth the price, especially since the pork chop was about the size of a spoon. “When I ordered the potatoes, I saw only left a very small portion, and I ask the staff do they have some more and is it enough for 1 portion? The staff answered yes (sic),” said Ms Chai.

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Chinese national man, 47, gets S$560K fine in Singapore for evading over S$60K in customs duty on more than 28K bottles of duty-unpaid beer

The 47-year-old man faces 164 days in jail after failing to pay the penalty for false declarations of bringing thousands of beer bottles into Singapore

Air quality in Singapore reaches unhealthy range in central region due to transboundary haze from Indonesia fires

Dry weather and smoke from fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan pushed haze levels higher, prompting daily advisories from Singapore’s environment agency

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