Migrant workers with salaries of $18 a day cannot afford bicycles; charity asks for donations
A not-for-profit organization has reached out to the public for donations to equip migrant workers with bicycles to help them easily reach their dormitories and work sites.
ItsRainingRaincoats (IRR), a group that champions the needs of Singapore’s migrant workers, said on June 3 that many workers walk a long distance around their dormitories and work sites or even getting to and from their nearest public transport stations.
Viral Tiktok: Woman complains that many Universal Studios rides & restaurants still closed
One TikToker was very unhappy about the closures at the Universal Studios park at Sentosa, especially since she had forked over $90 for tickets.
Shannen, who goes by @pekkooooooo on the platform, posted a video of the attractions at the theme park that were not available during her visit, including Canopy Flyer and the Battlestar Galactica rides.
I don’t have dignity and I regret everything: Househusband whose wife’s family prefers her ex seeks advice
Until very recently, men have typically been the breadwinners of the family and when roles are reversed, it can cause some discomfort on both sides.
This is the dilemma of one man who posted on the NUS Whispers Facebook page, who works online from home and takes care of his wife “after long day of work.”
M’sia Govt doing the right thing on chicken shortage but might lose S’pore export market for good — Economists
Economists in Malaysia have noted that the ongoing chicken supply crisis has exposed structural issues needing sustainable reforms. Malaysia University of Science and Technology professor Geoffrey Williams said that Malaysia’s chicken export ban had created a shortage in Singapore, although it is not a problem for Malaysia.
Meanwhile, another economist, Carmelo Ferlito of the Center for Market Education, said that the export ban would deprive poultry farmers of their main export market. This could push some producers to shut down, thus affecting the local chicken supply. “While Malaysia plays a suicidal game, we can’t expect the rest of the world to sit down and wait for us. It is expected for them to look for chicken elsewhere,” he said when asked about the news that Singapore plans to import 10 times more chilled chicken from Thailand.
9-year-old swallows 14 magnetic balls, intestines punctured, netizens say both parents & child should know better
Magnetic balls, a popular toy among children and marketed to boost creativity, resulted in the punctured intestine of a nine-year-old who swallowed them. The child had swallowed a total of 14 magnetic balls, causing her to repeatedly throw up green vomit over two weeks.
Doctors could not deduce the problem at first as they had not known the child swallowed the magnetic toys, reported The Straits Times. The culprit was eventually discovered after a scan, and the child underwent emergency surgery last month to remove the magnetic balls, measuring 3mm to 5mm in diameter.