‘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.
Jamus Lim prepares for Jeju Island trip by hiking at Southern Ridges; WP invites hikers for 5-day hiking tour with Jamus
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.
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.
Woman with knife stabs herself in the stomach outside St Hilda’s Secondary School
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.
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
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.