S’pore chickens now $80 per kilo on Carousell, seller bought new fridge to stock up 500kg of chickens — Netizens say this can’t be for real
There is a looming shortage of chicken in Singapore after Malaysia announced on May 23 that it would halt imports of fresh chicken starting from June 1 to ensure its own supply. This led to widespread speculation that the price of chicken will increase, and there have been reports that people have started buying fresh chicken in bulk at wet markets and grocery stores.
And now some commenters seemed to ask concerning a Carousell ad for chicken selling at a whopping $80 per kilo! $80 per kilo sure is taking it to the next level. In comparison, a whole fresh chicken weighing 1.4kg is priced at $10.30 on the FairPrice website. The Carousell ad caused so much surprise online that it gained a Reddit thread of its own.
Guy says he no longer dates women who don’t work out on a regular basis, he then gets trolled with a gender-flipped response
On Wednesday (May 25) a man posted on the NUS Whispers Facebook page saying he has no desire to date a woman who doesn’t go to the gym “3-4 times a week for at least an hour”. His post received a lot of comments from netizens, many of which were negative.
One netizen, however, took things a step further, and put up the exact same post the following day (May 26), only this time, with the genders flipped. And while some commenters took the post seriously, others saw what the OP was up to right away. “Balance is restored to the Force,” as one netizen put it.
Fresh chickens vs frozen chickens: KF Seetoh says “Don’t panic, much of what you eat, are frozen fowls”
Ever since Malaysia announced its plans to halt chicken exports, Singaporeans have been panic-buying, finding alternatives to poultry and debating the topic of fresh versus frozen meat. Weighing in on the latter is KF Seetoh, who says that most of what we consume is frozen poultry anyway.
In a Facebook post on May 27, the founder of Makansutra and advocate for all things hawker wrote: “80% of our chickens, largely frozen, come from places like Brazil and Argentina. Only 20% freshly chilled ones come from across the Causeway”.
Netizens react to S’pore chicken panic buying spree, snapping up birds from wet markets & supermarkets, is this really necessary?
After Malaysia announced an export ban on chicken effective June 1, some Singaporeans rushed out and decided to stock up. Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a statement on Monday (May 23), “The government’s priority is our own people.” The ban is to ensure that Malaysians have enough supply.
Some wet markets and supermarkets saw a run on fresh chicken after the announcement from Malaysia. A May 25 Straits Times report said that at wet markets in Bedok, Ghim Moh, Bishan and MacPherson, chickens had sold out by 9:30 in the morning, several hours before it normally does.
VIDEO | Chinese teacher viciously beats & kicks student, another teacher fights with student, and one teacher used an iron rod to hit students
Although corporal punishment has been prohibited in China since 1986, many schools still use it, and it’s not every day that a video of a cranky teacher from a Chinese school becomes a viral hit. Here’s one who made it to China’s infamous hall of fame.
In the video (below), the teacher can be seen trashing the student who is on the floor. He can be seen beating the unfortunate student with a stick or rotan. The pupil screams and struggles against the teacher, and they both tumble to the ground in a display of the action’s intensity.