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Maid told by employer to clean house roof too? — Netizen shares video, says ‘this is not helper job, dont follow your boss…’

 

Image: from Facebook / Singapore Incidents / @Wonge Berjuang

 

A video of a maid in Singapore sitting on a roof has made online netizens speculate whether her employer made her do roof work. While some assumed she was instructed to do so, others were more open to a different narrative, such as the helper simply climbing to the roof to get a mobile phone network signal.

An online user on Sunday (Oct 16) took to an online Facebook group to share a video of a domestic helper sitting on the roof of a house. “This is not (a) helper’s job, don’t follow your boss,” the caption read.

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Parent says items purchased in school more expensive than outside, ‘we have needy students, don’t mark up so much’

 

Photo: FB screengrab/Complaint Singapore

A concerned parent took to social media to question why items purchased in schools were more expensive than retail prices elsewhere. She was referring to a pair of safety spectacles often used in school during lab experiments.

“Why sell so expensive in school S$10?” asked a Facebook group Complaint Singapore member on Monday (Oct 17). “I thought school should be cheaper? I called the supplier, only about S$7,” said the parent. She added, “We have needy students. Don’t mark up so much mah, 40 per cent is a lot.”

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700 vehicles stuck in one lane at Tuas Second Link, ‘what are highly paid ministers doing to solve this problem’ — Netizens ask

 

 

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A three-minute video showing a continuous stretch of cars, buses, motorcyclists and trucks stuck in a traffic jam on Tuas Second Link has gone viral.

Massive jams on the Causeway and Tuas Second Link towards Singapore were reported on Monday morning (Oct 17), with motorists sharing their plight on social media.

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Maid spikes baby’s milk with Panadol in CCTV footage; parents trusted her because of her good job performance & attitude

 

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Parents of a newborn son were shocked to see through CCTV footage that their domestic helper was abusing their child.

The family also discovered hundreds of pills in their helper’s drawer, which the latter used to spike the three-month-old baby’s milk on multiple occasions.

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KF Seetoh: Hawker food business in Singapore not sustainable; Urban Hawker $23 chicken rice in US should not be the news, SG’s low $4 price should be instead

 

Photo: Makansutra

Urban Hawker, Kf Seetoh’s passion project that brought Singapore’s hawker cuisine to New York, has been in the news lately not just for its good reviews and long queues, but because some have been shocked at the prices of the food offered at the Times Square eatery.

Netizens have expressed surprise that chicken rice at Hainan Jones costs over US$16 (S$23), while in Singapore it can cost as little as S$4 or even less.

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