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Delivery riders undoubtedly lead a hectic life as they have to travel across multiple locations and make deliveries in order to make a living, be it rain or shine. A tragic story recently surfaced on social media after a delivery rider who was looking forward to seeing his family again after a long day at work had his life cruelly cut short by fate. ‘Tonight I’ll come home and bring your favorite dish’ In a viral Threads post, the OP wrote that the incident reportedly took place at KL, where the delivery rider suddenly collapsed on the side of the road while delivering the final order for the day. For illustration purposes only. Photo via Canva Although passersby quickly rushed over to help him, it proved to be too late as he had already breathed his last. When police arrived at the scene, they went through the victim’s phone and found the following WhatsApp message addressed to his mother: Mom, I’ll finish a bit more work. Tonight I’ll come home and bring your favorite dish.” Only slept 3 hours a day The OP further claimed that the victim, who lived at a low-cost flat (PPR) with his mother, only slept three hours each day and worked hard so that he could earn enough to pay for her kidney treatment. AI-generated illustration “When his body was brought home, neighbors and fellow riders gathered in large numbers, with some weeping while praying. “Inside his bag, there was a RM10 mosque donation slip, a small contribution he had made every week without fail,” the OP added. While she grieved over the loss of her son, the victim’s mother said she accepted his passing and expressed pride over the good he had done while he was still alive. My son didn’t make it home to eat with me. But I’m proud of him because he died while striving to earn an honest livelihood.” At the end of the post, the OP reminded others not to despise people based on their job as everyone has a story that’s not visible to the public eye.

(Singapore, June 6) A batch of raisins imported from India was found to contain an undeclared allergen , prompting the Singapore Food Agency to order a recall. The Singapore Food Agency said in a statement on Thursday (November 6) that a 100-gram pack of Ohm brand raisins imported from India was found to contain the undeclared allergen sulfur dioxide, with an expiration date of September 30, 2026. The Singapore Food Agency said in a statement on Thursday (November 6) that a 100-gram pack of Ohm brand raisins imported from India was found to contain sulfur dioxide, an allergen that was not declared. The Food Bureau has instructed the importer, Santhiyaasree Marketing Pte. Ltd, to recall the aforementioned products, and the process is underway. If food contains excessive sulfur dioxide, people with severe sulfite allergies may experience symptoms such as hives, itching, stomach pain, diarrhea, and vomiting after consuming it. According to relevant regulations in Singapore, manufacturers must list any ingredients that may cause allergies in consumers on food packaging labels, and all ingredients should be listed in descending order of proportion to protect public health. However, apart from consumers who are intolerant or allergic to sulfites, sulfites do not pose a safety problem to the majority of consumers. If you have purchased any of the above products and are intolerant or allergic to sulfites, you should stop consuming them. If you have already consumed them and are concerned about your health, please seek medical advice.

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An Ikea staff member allowed a woman to bypass the queue at the Swedish furniture chain's bistro to get ice cream for her diabetic father, who had suddenly experienced low blood sugar. In a 47-second TikTok clip, the woman explained to her father how she had managed to skip the line after asking the ice cream staff: "Can you let me go first because my dad has low blood pressure?" Posted on Nov 4 with the caption, "Thank you Ikea for selling ice cream but no thank you to your maze that I had to sprint through so my dad would live another day", the video has since garnered over 729,600 views, 74,500 reactions, and 159 comments. The woman later rushed to the Ikea bistro, describing the store as a "maze", and managed to get ice cream without joining the queue after explaining her father's situation to the staff. She then delivered the ice cream back to her father, who recovered from the episode after a 15-minute rest. "She (the bistro staff) looked very upset," the woman recalled, but say that the staff later gave in and said, "Okay lah go". Netizens react and share diabetes tips Some viewers praised the staff's action. "Actually, this video is so important. Thanks for sharing," one netizen said, as others found it logically contradictory that a diabetic father could have low blood sugar. According to the National University Health System website, diabetic patients have the tendency to face low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) when taking diabetes treatment such as insulin or glucose lowering tablets. These medications reduce blood glucose, which may drop too low if a patient delays a meal, skips eating, or engages in strenuous activity after medication. Other users shared tips with the TikToker on managing diabetes, including advice such as, "You should carry some sweets in your handbag," and "please standby some soft drink." Stomp has reached out to the TikToker and IKEA for comment.

Food caterers saw sales jump 17.8 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, compared with restaurants, which saw a 6 per cent dip. SINGAPORE: Dim sum restaurant Yum Cha, a 25-year-old brand long reliant on walk-in diners, officially launched its catering arm only last month — and the move is already paying off. With two outlets, the restaurant said it has seen a clear decline in dine-in demand this year compared with last, as customers turn more price-sensitive. But since launching its catering website, there is already a "significant" increase in revenue, with catering already making up 5 per cent of the brand's total sales. “Those that love good quality dim sum for a change instead of the usual catering fare will try us out,” a Yum Cha spokesperson said. Buoyed by the response, Yum Cha plans to expand its catering operations, though it has no immediate plans to open more outlets. “We’ll continue to innovate our menu and service offerings,” the brand said. Yum Cha is among a growing number of F&B operators pivoting towards catering this year, amid a turbulent period for restaurants. According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), restaurant sales fell 6 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025. The red ink comes as several well-known eateries have shut down — including the Prive restaurant chain, heritage zi char stalwart Ka-Soh, and Haidilao’s Bedok Mall and Clarke Quay outlets. In total, over 3,000 F&B establishments closed in 2024, the highest number in nearly two decades. But even as restaurants struggle, catering has emerged as a rare bright spot, owing to the growth of Singapore's events industry as well as the growing trend of employees working from offices instead of home. Food caterers saw sales jump 17.8 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, according to MTI's figures. CAFES AND RESTAURANTS JOIN THE CATERING TREND Café chain Hello Arigato also hopped on the catering bandwagon earlier this year. Co-founder Colin Chen said the brand has started accepting bulk orders for private and corporate events to capture rising demand. Like Yum Cha, this decision was made amid a “softening in walk-ins”, said Mr Chen, which he attributes to more travel plans keeping his usual customers out of town. While dine-in and delivery still make up the bulk of revenue, catering now accounts for 3 to 5 per cent of the group’s business — a share Mr Chen expects could grow to 15 per cent. “We’re definitely putting more resources there,” he said. At nasi lemak restaurant The Coconut Club, catering sales have also shown “steady growth” this year, prompting product and packaging tweaks to better suit off-site dining — from individual bentos to porcelain ware for premium events. It has also seen a rise in requests for live stations, where chefs prepare dishes such as chendol, laksa and rojak on the spot. The Coconut Club, which went into the catering business in 2023, noted that it had undergone a recent operational restructuring and declined to provide details on the revenue from its catering operations. Hello Arigato has rolled out mobile matcha and coffee carts for event pop-ups, while Yum Cha now offers live dim sum and roast meat stations at functions. A worker carries a bowl of fruit cocktail at Rasel Catering's central kitchen, Oct 8, 2025 (Photo: CNA/Wallace Woon) Established caterers are likewise enjoying brisk business. Rasel Catering reported a 10 per cent increase in demand this year, mainly from weddings and home celebrations. Managing director Alan Tan noted that while more couples are hosting smaller weddings, overall volume remains healthy. Lavish Dine Catering said sales have surged 20 to 30 per cent, driven by both new and returning clients. Chilli Api Catering recorded a 10 to 15 per cent rise in large-scale bookings, especially for corporate and social events. Shiok Kitchen Catering said it benefited from a series of major MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) events this year, including serving as the official caterer for the World Aquatics Championships in July and August. Managing Director of Rasel Catering Mr Alan Tan, Oct 8, 2025 (Photo: CNA/Wallace Woon) Industry players point to several factors behind the surge: The push by companies to bring employees back to the office; a rebound in events and social gatherings; and consumers preferring the comfort of home or workplace functions over eating out. Chilli Api said that many companies have been bringing their workers back to office and resuming more client-facing activities. As such, corporate buffets and cocktail receptions have become their “primary revenue driver”. One frequent consumer of catering services told CNA that such services in the comfort of someone’s home is preferable to eating out. While 28-year-old Theng Juay either hosted or went to about 10 catering events last year, he has already attended 10 this year and expects to go to at least 15 by the end of the year. These have been a mix of housewarmings, birthdays and public holiday festivities. “At home, you can control the environment as compared to outside,” said Mr Theng, who works in the healthcare industry. “Especially when your guests have certain needs, you know for sure you can cater to those needs.” He said he used to cook for the gatherings, but as life commitments stacked up, doing so became “more of a hassle”. He added that it is easier to host people until late at home as opposed to at a dine-in establishment. When eating out, inconveniences like having to look for transport home would add to the final bill for the night. INDUSTRY WATCHES FOR SIGNS OF SLOWDOWN While catering firms are making hay while the sun shines, they are also aware that the good times may not last. Rasel’s Mr Tan warned that rising food and manpower costs remain a key challenge. “While we welcome the current upswing, we remain sceptical about its longevity given the uncertainties in the shifting economy,” he said. Chilli Api echoed similar concerns, noting that a weaker economy could prompt firms to cut corporate event budgets. Mr Thomas Chia, secretariat of the Association of Catering Professionals Singapore (ACAPS), said caterers have some advantages over restaurants — notably, less reliance on walk-in traffic and more predictable institutional contracts serving schools, hospitals and workplaces. But he added that the sector's growth is uneven. “Larger players and those with diversified service lines – such as institutional catering, events, and business-to-business contracts – tend to benefit more, while smaller caterers may not see the same level of uplift,” said Mr Chia. Latest figures from the Department of Statistics show that catering sales growth slowed to 4.8 per cent year-on-year in August 2025, down from double-digit gains earlier this year. “This signals a softening market,” said Mr Chia, adding that ACAPS is working on initiatives to help smaller caterers build resilience. “While caterers are performing better than last year, the industry is not insulated from wider economic pressures.” The new list of Michelin-star restaurants in Singapore will be out on Jul 24. But while winning the accolade puts the eateries on the culinary map, it is not always enough for them to thrive and survive. Rising costs…see more Source: CNA/jx(nj)

A mother has shared her heartbreak after her only son took his life weeks after his eight-year relationship ended and he was made to cancel his Build-To-Order (BTO) flat. The 29-year-old man and his girlfriend, also 29, had been together since their polytechnic days and were planning to move into their new home between June and August 2026. But according to his mother, Stomper Madam Tan, everything changed when the relationship ended in late July 2025. "They were together for eight years," she said. "The BTO was going to be ready next year. "We had already prepared $50,000 for renovation and $10,000 for the wedding. "She made him cancel their BTO before officially breaking up. "His whole world collapsed." She said her son attempted suicide the day after the break-up on July 28 but was rescued in time. "We tried to distract him with a cruise and a Shanghai trip," she said. "But he couldn't get over it. Eventually, he took his life on Sept 6." The family, still reeling from the loss, has not told his 92-year-old grandmother what happened. "Now that he is gone, we have no one to carry our family tree down," Madam Tan said. "The trauma of finding your loved one like that - it's something no parent should ever face." Her son, who held a Diploma in Mechatronics from Temasek Polytechnic, later pursued aerospace engineering at Nanyang Technological University but left after two years when home-based study during Covid-19 proved difficult. He worked as an engineering technician at Applied Materials for three years, where he received a performance award, and was described as thrifty and responsible. "He wasn't ambitious, but he was a good son," Madam Tan said. "He did Lalamove and even changed jobs in May to please her, though it wasn't suitable. "I was against it because riding a motorbike for deliveries is dangerous. "He had over $200,000 in savings and investments. "He never dated another girl. He was sincere and loyal. What more did she want?" The mother said she could not understand why the girlfriend decided to end things after so many years together. "My take is, why wait till so late to realise he's not good enough?" she asked. "Why still talk about weddings with us if you already have doubts? "She even came for Chinese New Year gatherings." Madam Tan added that her son would have inherited the family's assets as their only child. "We're in our mid-60s," she said. "Once we're gone, everything would have gone to him - even our car. "His grandma still asks when he's coming to visit." In a message seen by Stomp, the girlfriend explained that she ended the relationship after years of "emotional exhaustion", saying she had tried to encourage him to improve himself but no longer felt they shared the same outlook in life. "With all due respect, I've come to notice that [he] tends to give up when things become difficult - whether in studies or work," she wrote. "I didn't want to get married when I already had these concerns. I've been hoping and waiting for him to outgrow them over the past eight years, but there hasn't been any change." She expressed sorrow for the break-up and asked the mother to "watch over him", saying she feared he might not understand her reasons. Madam Tan said her son had felt "useless" in his final note, and she believes more could have been done to help couples handle the emotional fallout from a break-up. "HDB doesn't have a counselling service for couples who cancel their BTO," she said. "Every couple sees it as a final step toward marriage. Maybe if there was support, things could have turned out differently." She said over 100 friends and colleagues attended his wake. "If he was a bad person, would so many have come? Seriously, I am still in shock - what did she see as a bad trait in my son?"

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[SINGAPORE] Of the retail food establishments that closed this year, more than four-fifths of the newer ones – that is, those that had been registered for up to five years – had never turned a profit. From Jan 1 to Oct 23 this year, there were 3,357 new retail food establishments and 2,431 closures, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong on Wednesday (Nov 5). Of those that closed, 63 per cent had been registered for five years or less. Of these, 82 per cent had never recorded a profit in their annual tax declarations. DPM Gan shared the figures in two separate written parliamentary replies to Member of Parliament Foo Cexiang (Tanjong Pagar GRC). Some 882 of the establishments that closed, or 36.3 per cent, had been registered for under three years. Another 650 or 26.7 per cent had been registered for three or more years, but fewer than five. The data was from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra), which does not have records of businesses’ actual period of operations. The duration of registration refers to the difference in years between an entity’s registration date and cessation date. Retail food establishments include restaurants, cafes, fast-food outlets, food courts, hawker centres, coffee shops and canteens, food and drinks kiosks mainly for takeaway and delivery, pubs, stalls selling cooked food and prepared drinks, and food caterers.

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SINGAPORE - Less than a year after its official opening, agri-tech farm Growy Singapore is winding up and is in liquidation, The Straits Times has learnt. This is the latest casualty in a series of farm closures and delays that have been plaguing the local farming sector since 2023 or so. The Dutch firm – which produces baby leaves, salad mixes and microgreens – officially opened its 8,000 sq m indoor vertical farm in Changi in mid-November 2024. According to a notice published in the Government Gazette on Nov 4, Growy is in provisional liquidation, and the firm’s director Ramasamy Chockalingam wrote: “The company cannot by reason of its liabilities continue its business.” ST’s checks on the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) portal show that the firm has been incurring losses since at least the 2022 financial year, and its losses more than doubled from $2.17 million in 2023 to $5.5 million in 2024. The firm was incorporated in 2019. Growy has appointed staff from audit and advisory firm KPMG Services as its provisional liquidators, according to another gazette posting on Nov 4. Provisional liquidators typically preserve the company’s assets and maintain its operations until a decision on the company’s future is made. News of the farm’s closure comes as Singapore announced on Nov 4 that it will be scrapping its original farming target to locally produce 30 per cent of food consumed here. Revised targets were set instead, one of which is for Singapore to produce 20 per cent of the country’s consumed fibre – a category that comprises leafy and fruited vegetables, bean sprouts and mushrooms – by 2035. Another goal is for local production of protein – comprising both eggs and seafood – to meet 30 per cent of total domestic consumption within the same timeline. Financial statements for the 2023 financial year on Acra show that the firm’s independent auditor had noted that the company’s liabilities and loss cast significant doubt on its ability to operate for the foreseeable future. Growy’s vertical farm in Changi Logistics Centre is partially funded by the Singapore Food Agency’s (SFA) 30x30 Express grant. The grant was established in 2020 to support the quick ramp-up of local production, as the country wanted to locally produce 30 per cent of its nutritional needs by 2030. ST has contacted the KPMG team and SFA for comment. It was reported previously that Growy also owns vertical farms in the Netherlands, Germany and Kuwait. Growy’s last Instagram post on Oct 22 stated that its produce – from kale mix to wasabi mustard packs – is sold at some FairPrice outlets, including FairPrice Xtra and Finest stores. When it opened, the vertical farm – occupying space slightly larger than a football field – had a fully automated system to transport seedlings from the preparation room to 16 levels of growing space, and finally to the harvesting area. As at its official opening on Nov 15, 2024, the farm had about 20 employees. It was then reported that Growy had plans to build a second vertical farm in Singapore with better technology and lower energy consumption to grow produce such as strawberries, mushrooms and tomatoes. Singapore’s vegetable and seafood production has been on the decline year on year since 2021. In 2024, about 8 per cent of fibre consumed in the Republic was produced domestically. The figure for protein stood at 26 per cent. In announcing the revised farming targets on Nov 4, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said that the agri-food sector – including those overseas – has faced headwinds due to supply chain disruptions, inflationary pressures on energy and manpower costs, and a tougher financing environment. ST had in 2024 reported on a few local farms closing down or scaling back on expansion plans. For example, VertiVegies abandoned its plans to build an indoor vertical farm in Lim Chu Kang and returned the land to SFA in April 2022. In April 2024, indoor farm I.F.F.I closed the doors to its 38,000 sq m facility in Tuas. In 2023, sea-based farm Barramundi Group was hit by a fish virus outbreak that grounded its commercial operations. It was also revealed that the group was making plans to exit Singapore.

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Six-day remand for Namewee as police investigate Taiwanese influencer’s death | Malay Mail Namewee's lawyer was also Rosmah's lawyer

PARIS (Reuters) -French judicial authorities said on Tuesday they had opened an investigation into Chinese social media platform TikTok and the risks of its algorithms pushing young people into suicide. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the probe was in response to a French parliament committee's request to open a criminal inquiry into TikTok's possible responsibility for endangering the lives of its young users. She said a report by the committee had noted "insufficient moderation of TikTok, its ease of access by minors and its sophisticated algorithm, which could push vulnerable individuals toward suicide by quickly trapping them in a loop of dedicated content". TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Paris police cybercrime brigade will look into the offence of providing a platform for "propaganda in favour of products, objects, or methods recommended as means of committing suicide", which is punishable by three years' imprisonment. It will also look into the offence of enabling "illegal transactions by an organised gang", punishable by 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of 1 million euros ($1.2 million). PARLIAMENT REPORT SAID TIKTOK ENDANGERS LIVES OF USERS The parliamentary report sought to examine the psychological effects of TikTok on young people after seven families accused the platform in a 2024 lawsuit of exposing their children to content pushing them to commit suicide. The committee's chairman said on September 11 that TikTok "has deliberately endangered the health and lives of its users" and therefore referred the matter to the court. TikTok said at the time it "categorically rejects the Commission's misleading presentation, which seeks to make our company a scapegoat for issues that concern the entire sector and society as a whole". The prosecutor's office said that besides the parliamentary report, the inquiry would include other findings including a 2023 Senate report highlighting risks in terms of freedom of expression, data collection and offensive algorithms. It also cited a 2023 Amnesty International report warning that TikTok algorithms are addictive and pose a risk of self-harm among young people. It added that a February 2025 report by French state agency Viginum, which tracks foreign digital interference, warned of a risk of manipulation of public opinion in an electoral context. ($1 = 0.8575 euros)

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