Foreign Inflow to Be Adjusted

Minister Chan Chun Sing, the Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports said on Saturday that foreigner inflow will be constantly adjusted.  This is done so as to maximize the social benefit while minimizing social tensions as the government finds a balancing point between the two.   There is quite a bit of a social tension in the society as the large influx of foreigners are felt through traffic jams and overloading of the public services.   It is glad that the government is taking this into consideration and constantly adjusting the inflow to lessen the tensions.

Student False Report to Police

A student is currently under investigation for falsifying a police report saying that he was extorted of $250 by a woman.   He said that the woman tried to extort him for $250 after relieving him of his student EZ-link card at Blk 127 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6.   He had actually lost his card and was trying to cover this up from his parents.   Such a move is a crime and he is liable to a jail term of up to one year, or with a fine of up to $5,000, or both if found guilty.

I would like to make these points.  The Police and especially its hotline 999 is extremely crucial.  They are meant for the report of real crimes.   By tying up the resources of the police by making fake reports, you are actually hampering the police efforts in capturing other criminals and also it is a waste of tax payers money.  Help the Police Help Ourselves by being considerate citizens!   Losing an ezlink card is really a small case which the boy should simply tell his parents.  At most he will get some scolding and that's about it.  But by faking a police case, he is now in very serious troubles.

Poh Lee Guan Expelled from Workers' Party

Dr Poh Lee Guan who stood under the Workers' Party (WP) banner in the last election at Nee Soon GRC was expelled from the party.   The Workers' Party expelled Dr Poh on the 10th Jul 2012 under Article 22 of the WP Constitution.  This should be due to the Hougang By Election when the Workers' Party announced their candidate as Mr Png, Dr Poh still proceeded to obtain a political donation certificate.   According the the WP, this was not done with their knowledge.

Downtown East Bugis MRT Line

The construction of Downtown East Bugis subway ran into problems as the temporary scaffolding collapsed causing 8 injuries with 2 still missing.   Praying that the 2 missing will be found safe and sound.   This incident however will not affect our developments in the vicinity.

More on the Paramount Hotel Fire

This is a major fire in the Marine Parade area, below are the video clip of the fire.

Paramount Hotel Fire

There was a major fire at Paramount Hotel now known as the East Village Hotel in Marine Parade.   The blaze took the Singapore Civil Defence Force or SCDF 4 years to put down with 9 hospitalized and 50 civilians evacuated.   The fire was a major disaster at one point of which more than 80 SCDF staff fighting the fire.   The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Ex-teacher pleads guilty to installing cameras in girls' toilet

A male teacher was charged with installing cameras in the school girls' toilet to film them.   Bertrand Ngien Wen-Tseah, 37 was charged with a total of 8 charges.  The Chinese Press was saying that he installed three cameras in the girls' toilet.   This was discovered by a student who alerted the staff.   The staff searched and found 3 such cameras and took them into the staff room.   Bertrand then removed the memory cards from the cameras to destroy the evidence.  The act was captured by the staff room security CCTV.   The case will adjourn in court on July 25 for sentencing.