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‘He pushed me violently’ — Bangkok tuk-tuk driver turns aggressive on Singaporeans over $6 fare; demands more money!

 

A tuk-tuk driver was caught on camera being aggressive towards his passengers and demanding more money than what was previously agreed upon.

“We took the tuk-tuk from CentralWorld at about 2:45 pm on Sept 2. I told him to go to our condo near BTS Surasak and agreed on the price of 160 baht (S$6),” said the passenger in an email shared with The Independent Singapore.

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Jamus Lim prepares for Jeju Island trip by hiking at Southern Ridges; WP invites hikers for 5-day hiking tour with Jamus

 

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Ahead of their hiking trip to South Korea, Sengkang GRC member of parliament Jamus Lim met up with a group of residents to walk along the route of the Southern Ridges.

“It was the first time that I experienced the trail. But having spent my childhood years in the Telok Blangah area, and now that I work around the Kent Ridge area, the starting and ending points of the hike were metaphorical bookends for my own Singaporean journey,” posted Jamus on his Facebook page.

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Man asks if he should give up $2.6K salary in India for $8K salary in Singapore; says he plans to save at least $4.5K/month

 

A single guy asked if it was worth it for him to take up a job with a salary of S$8,000 in Singapore when he intended to save around $4,500 monthly.

In a Facebook post to group Singapore Indian Expats, the netizen wrote that his current salary in India was about S$2,652 (1.5 LPM), but he also had another offer of S$3,536 (2 LPM) in India.

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Woman with knife stabs herself in the stomach outside St Hilda’s Secondary School

 

Photo: FB screengrab

A 53-year-old woman was tasered and arrested by the police after stabbing herself in the stomach outside St Hilda’s Secondary School.

A video of the incident is circulating online, with at least eight Singapore Police Force (SPF) officers cautiously approaching the woman who stood outside the gates.

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Maid says her employer asked her to lie to MOM about working in different houses; claimed they threatened to send her home if she didn’t do so

 

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A foreign domestic worker put in a difficult situation took to social media to ask others what to do.

In an anonymous post to Facebook group FDW in Singapore on Friday (Sep 16), a maid sought advice from netizens after being asked to lie to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) regarding her working conditions.

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