Serious accident on PIE involving a TP bike

A morning accident on 31 May along PIE resulted in a major traffic standstill. Not your typically accident as this involved a Traffic Police bike as well.

From the photos can't really deduce what happen but I suspect is that the Traffic Police might have been coming fast from the back trying to enforce something then suddenly the blue car might have just change into the Traffic Police lane without early signal hence causing the accident.

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Explosion on engine of Malaysia Airline flight

Small sparks caused by an explosion on the left engine of Malaysia Airlines flight MH1438 while it was 20,000 feet off the ground, caused panic among passengers on board a flight bound for Langkawi on 20 May 2014.

Reported some passengers cry when they heard the explosion... MAS is the most unsafe Airline to travel with currently... Especially with the tragic MH370 incident to continue to be warning to passengers travelling with them...

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5 youths arrested for Toa Payoh graffiti case

5 17-year old youths have been arrested by the police for Toa Payoh graffiti case.

Wow impress by the speed at which the Singapore Police investigate and arrested the youths... From the photos it does look like the 5 youths are recruits serving their NS...

Wonder what do they have against PAP... They are not impacted by raising housing cost since non can buy one yet, not paying any any taxes except GST, not voting...Don't tell me the issue they have against PAP is actually NS?

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Graffiti spotted at the top of 22-storey high HDB block in Toa Payoh

Red graffiti targeted towards the People Action Party (PAP) was spotted at the top of a 22 storey high HDB block in Toa Payoh on 08 Mar, 2014 morning.

I am surprise someone could actually gain access to the rooftop especially since measures have been put in place since the case of a women body found in the water tank on rooftop. But this act was totally unnecessary and does not serve any purposes at all... Nothing is going to change just because of the graffiti and worst now the police are investigating the case and the guy who did it would be charge with vandalism...

Is it worth to go against the law and endanger one's future just to express the unhappiness toward PAP?

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Toddler almost knock down not once but twice at Bedok North road

A toddler was almost knock down not once but twice at Bedok North road and the mother of the toddler was seen chasing the toddler  and finally caught up with him only near the bus stop.

The toddler was very lucky to be alive and all thanks to the alertness of the driver who not only stop in time but press his horn to warn the cab beside him of the toddler running across the road.

Parents please always hold on to your child when crossing the road. Being a parent of a 3 yrs old boy I never allow my boy to cross the road alone. Even crossing a zebra crossing I would have him wait for me to hold his hands and cross together. Hopefully the mother in the incident would learn from this and in future always hold on to the child hand.

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Man speeding on the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) at 100kmh on the run

A 32-year-old was guilty of failing to stop for a police officer, dangerous driving, driving under disqualification and failing to render assistance after an accident jump bail.

A chiongster indeed, did a police chase along KPE at 110kmh, negotiated slip roads on the expressways at close to 150kmh and even clocking a top speed of 185khm. Reading the report really like watching a real live action movie. He drove against the traffic, ran a red light and crashed his car into a police motorcycle and a patrol car... Never thought this would really happen in Singapore.

Now he even jump bail... Really pity his wife...

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S'pore magazine director and Taiwanese woman killed after Volkswagen crashes into tree on ECP

A fatal accident which resulted in a Singaporean man and a Taiwanese woman killed after the Volkswagen they were travelling in crashed into a tree on the East Coast Parkway on May 1.

What make me wonder is the number of people in the Volkswagen... It is suppose to be a performance car where the max capacity is 5 including the driver but in this accident there were actually 4 adults at the rear of the car (rather packed for the Volkswagen)...

From the video footage captured it seem that the car was travelling at a high speed so as to reach the exit... Personally I have been driving for quite a while and for me missing an exit is quite common due to poor GPS response or simply travelling on the far right lane. I usually will just take the next exit (sometime even the next next one) as I feel it is alot safer not only for me but my passengers as well as other road users. Not worth taking the risk if you ask me especially if there are so many passengers in the car.

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Video footage of the last moments on SEWOL

A mobile phone video shot by 17-year-old Park Su-hyeon on board Sewol reveals the scene on the ferry as it started to list.

Just moments before this there students were all still enjoying themselves on their excursion trip to Jeju... A very tragic event indeed...

The Captain should be held full responsible for this. My understand is should any ship meet with similar accident, Captain (or the next highest ranking officer) should stay on board and coordinate the safe evacuation of the passengers. Only until the last passengers he can account for is safe only should he board the safety boat or rescue himself... Sadly this is not the case for SEWOL...

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Michael Schumacher not out of coma yet!

Latest news is Schumacher not out of coma yet and rumors of him out of coma and speaking to his wife are not true!

Schumacher suffered a severe brain haemorrhage after a skiing accident in the French Alps of Meribel and was in a medically induced coma since December last year. News back then was that he was in critial but stable condition. There are short moments of consciousness and he is showing small signs of progress.

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Tipper truck fall in a large hole along Upper Changi Road East

A section of Upper Changi Road East caved in on Thursday morning causing a tipper truck to fall into the large hole.

The accident happened about 50m away from a construction site for the upcoming Downtown Line 3 leaving some to wonder if the accident was related to the construction...

Recently there have been many cases of cave in on Singapore roads, maybe LTA should start to look into road maintenance on a more regular basis especially since Singapore always boast about having world class roads.

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MH192 landed safely in KL after landing gear scare

First it was MH370 and now MH192, luckily it landed safely else one would wonder if Malaysia Airlines is really safe to travel with...

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH192, a Bangalore-bound flight, landed safely in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Monday morning after what seem to be a malfunctioned landing gear. The Boeing 777 hovered above the Straits of Malacca for more than 3 hours before landing thus sparking concerns over the safety of the 166 people on board...

All passengers had been sent to nearby hotels to rest while the flight is being rescheduled at 3:30pm on Monday.

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SQ322 Made An Emergency Landing At Changi Airport

SQ322 (A380) made an emergency landing at Changi International Airport at around 3am 19 Apr, Saturday.

A sensitive topic to talk about especially with the recent MH370 case but glad this everyone on board was fine and manage to get on their route to London although with a delay till 11am.

The incident started with the AC not working when the passengers boarded the plan. After about 2 hours of repair it took off at 2.25am Sat. However about 35 minutes in flight, the plane turned back and did an emergency landing at Changi Airport which resulted in several tyres deflated. The passengers disembarked the plane on tarmac instead of the aerobridge at the terminal...

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Philippines Independence Day celebration at Ngee Ann City

The Pilipino Independence Day Council Singapore (PIDCS), a group of Filipino volunteers, put up a post on Facebook about the event to held  the Philippines Independence Day celebration at Ngee Ann City last weekend and drew fire almost immediately from Singaporeans especially.

Personally dun think there is anything wrong with celebrating Independence Day or National Day as even Singaporeans do so when they are overseas. I have friends in Aust who celebrated Singapore's National Day in hotel function halls while some simply do so with a simple gathering at friend's home.

The trigger I believe which cause such negative feedback is actually the venue rather than the fact of celebrating. Some nationals celebrated their Independence day in Singapore by holding events similar to this but none actually organised in the city area before or at least not that I know of.

The feedback came as a shock to PIDCS, though they still intend to proceed with the celebration on June 8 at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza, pending approval of permits from the authorities.

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Comfort Cab crashes into East Coast bar, injured 5

Recently there have been quite a number of accidents involving cabs in Singapore and the latest being one which crash into Georges Mad Bar & Grill located along East Coast Road which resulted in 5 injured.

The five casualties, three women and two men, were send to Changi General Hospital by two SCDF ambulances. Eyewitness reported two loud bangs were heard before the cab crashed into the bar. Police mention that taxi had been involved in an accident with a car earlier. It is believed to have subsequently smashed through another cafe, which was closed at the time, before crashing into the bar.

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Singaporean suffers burns after he set himself on fire om JB

A 42-year-old Singaporean man is now in critical condition after suffering burns to his body after he set himself on fire near a petrol pump station at Century Gardens (JB) on Sunday.

The victim, suffered 100 per cent burns to his body and is currently being warded at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital.

Initial investigations revealed that the victim had used a four-litre oil bottle to buy petrol on the pretext that his car had broken down at the station at 9.20am. Following that, he walked off from the petrol station while dousing himself with petrol and lighting himself with a cigarette lighter. The victim then ran and shortly fell into a drain which was about 50 metres from the petrol station.

The victim is now in critical condition following the burns he suffered. The police are in the process of identifying the victim's family with assistance from the Singapore consulate's office.

Deutsche Bank Found Inappropriate Communication Between Staffer And MAS

A top Deutsche Bank AG saleswoman was placed on leave after the Deutsche Bank found what it regarded as inappropriate communication between her and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Kai Lew, a director of sales at Deutsche Bank is tasked with handling central-bank clients, was put on leave because the bank concluded that she had communicated improperly with the MAS.

When WSJ approached MAS for comments initially, MAS said it "does not comment on its dealings with individual financial institutions".

MAS said that it has been in touch with financial institutions which including Deutsche Bank and are investigating on the forex markets, and that it is looking into all allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

One dead after 5-vehicles collision at Ang Mo Kio

A fatal accident involving five vehicles in Ang Mo Kio on Wednesday (09 Apr 2014) morning has claimed the life of an Indian man in his 20s, who was the motorcyclist. The accident happened at the junction between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and 6 where the tipper truck hit two cars, a motorcycle and a minibus that had stopped in front of it. The impact was so strong that one of the cars and the motorcycle was crushed between the tipper truck and the minibus...

The driver of the tipper truck, Mr Soh Choon Seng, 59 was arrested for the accident. Four people were sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where three were later discharged and one was warded for further assessment.

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Fight at Compass Point Shopping Mall

A fight occured on 06 Apr (Sunday) at Compasspoint Mall!

Do not really know who is right or wrong nor who started it first simply based on this video but the women in black (seem like the spouse of the man in green) did caused quite a stir in this video as she ask the man in orange to mind his language, dun use vilguraties, but seconds later she was heard saying "shut the FXXX up"!

Lorry slammed into a car outside Founder Bak Kut Teh along Balestier Road

Barely a week after the kopitiam burned down in Balestier Road now an accident which involve a lorry and car... Balestier Road seemed to be cursed...

A lorry slammed into a car outside Founder Bak Kut Teh along Balestier Road earlier this evening. At least two people are known to be injured.

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NUS research lab on fire

A fire broke out at a National University of Singapore (NUS) laboratory in the engineering faculty on Friday night.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted at about 10.15pm and took about an hour to bring it under control. 2 men, a research student and a security guard were send to National University Hospital (NUH) for smoke inhalation.

Personal views - Was just wondering why during the Qing Ming period...

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