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“No lease” with CBA Speaking to BT, Lim said it was “inappropriate and premature” of CBA to claim backdated rent and legal costs, as NOC has no lease agreement with the association. Lim also argued that the legal and territorial status of the ORA was unclear, as NOC had placed tables, chairs and potted plants in the area for 15 years without issue. “The alfresco area currently in dispute has been used consistently over this time, just like the other businesses on Smith Street and Sago Street, many of whom have similarly made use of the street frontage for decades,” he said. Smith Street used to house Chinatown Food Street, a 100-metre stretch of hawker carts that closed in October 2021 during the pandemic. The venue had been managed by food and beverage operator Select Group since 2014. Lim said Select Group had “never claimed ownership or control” over its ORA, nor imposed rental fees or “attempted to regulate this space in such a manner”. CBA’s actions are thus inconsistent with precedent, he said. He added that CBA provided only a “faint, undetailed map” when asked for proof of its ORA ownership, and refused to provide a copy of their lease with SLA. In addition, CBA’s subtenancy offer for the ORA space was only for business owners who met two conditions: holding a valid tenancy agreement for the ground floor unit, and having obtained written consent from their shophouse landlord to rent the ORA space. NOC leases three floors of the shophouse from Yau Shing Land Investment, a real estate player headquartered in Hong Kong. Lim said he had informed CBA that entering a rental arrangement with the association would be in conflict with NOC’s existing tenancy agreement. He had also proposed a meeting with CBA on Jun 23 “to resolve the matter amicably”, but this did not materialise. He argued that the association’s behaviour was at odds with its aim to “enhance Chinatown’s business environment and promote the welfare of businesses”. “The current conduct suggests a focus on commercial gain at the expense of existing heritage stakeholders, which runs counter to that mission,” he said. Lim requested CBA to pause all enforcement action “until the rightful status and authority over the space” is confirmed by SLA and its landlord. He also asked for any rental arrangement “to be subject to a clearly documented, mutually agreed contract” and for CBA to enter “into a meaningful and transparent discussion, in good faith”. Full story @ https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/chinatown-business-association-seeks-over-s77700-backdated-rent-nanyang-old-coffee-outdoor
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A 70-year-old man was allegedly hit by a cyclist behind a bus stop at Yishun Avenue 9. Stomper Sasi told Stomp the incident happened on June 10 at noon and suggested that a 'dismount and push' sign be installed along the pathway near the bus stop. The pathway in question is a separated path. According to the National Parks Board's website, such paths are divided into pedestrian and cycling lanes, typically marked with red continuous or dotted lines and feature "PCN" imprints or cyclist icons. However, areas directly behind bus stops are known as 'attention zones'. These areas are marked with red dotted lines, indicating a shared area for all users. In these zones, cyclists and personal mobility device (PMD) users are expected to slow down and give way to pedestrians. The Attention Zone behind the bus stop where a cyclist reportedly hit Stomper Sasi. PHOTO: STOMP Sasi said: "Bus commuters are prone to colliding with cyclists in this area. "I feel that increased awareness through Stomp will allow for faster action to be initiated." The Stomper shared that he sustained mild injuries as he was shielded by an umbrella he was holding, and has since made a full recovery.
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summary Four males, aged 16 to 23 Muhammad Izz Iryan Mod Ali, 23, aka brother of Muhammad Izz Irshad Mod Ali, 18 Muhammad Noraidilsahiq Muhammad Norasif, 20,
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SINGAPORE - A new money laundering scheme caused Sheng Siong to temporarily suspend PayNow cash withdrawals from its Simple Teller Machines ($TMs) recently. The withdrawal service allows users to scan a PayNow QR code at the machines to withdraw cash of up to $1,000 a transaction. But in early June, criminals appeared to have abused the service to launder illicit funds, causing the supermarket chain to temporarily suspend the service from June 19. It was restored on June 23. The scheme was discovered after Sheng Siong noticed large cash withdrawals were made simultaneously from multiple $TMs across Singapore by the same PayNow account on June 18. There are more than 60 $TMs at Sheng Siong outlets islandwide. When the same account was used to withdraw more cash on June 19, Sheng Siong staff detained the people who had taken the cash and called the police. Four males, aged 16 to 23, were charged on June 21 in relation to the scheme. They are believed to have responded to “fast cash job” advertisements on Telegram. The supposed job required them to go to a $TM and use it to generate PayNow QR codes, which they took photos of and sent back to the Telegram group. Shortly after, the machine would dispense the cash, which they were to take and hand over to another person. It is believed criminals in the Telegram group were using compromised bank accounts to make the PayNow payments remotely via the photos of the QR codes. On June 26, the police took two of the accused persons back to $TMs in Sengkang and Tampines. Muhammad Noraidilsahiq Muhammad Norasif, 20, allegedly withdrew $8,000 from a machine on June 19 at the Sheng Siong outlet in Sengkang West Avenue, where he was taken back during investigations. Muhammad Noraidilsahiq Muhammad Norasif allegedly withdrew $8,000 from the machine on June 19 at the Sheng Siong outlet in Sengkang West Avenue.PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS He faces one charge under the Penal Code for receiving the stolen property. Muhammad Izz Iryan Mod Ali, 23, was allegedly found with $20,300 that amounted to the benefits of criminal conduct. He was taken to the $TM at the Sheng Siong outlet in Tampines Street 86 and faces one charge under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act. Muhammad Izz Iryan Mod Ali was allegedly found with $20,300 that were benefits of criminal conduct.PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS His 18-year-old brother, Muhammad Izz Irshad Mod Ali, is also one of the accused persons. He allegedly took $4,000 in cash from the $TM at the Sheng Siong outlet in Jurong West Street 42 between June 9 and 13. He faces one charge under the Penal Code for receiving the stolen property. More on this Topic Married couple cheated wife’s boyfriend of $220k; husband thought victim was her ‘friend’ Jail for man who set up bank account that received over $338k in scam proceeds The fourth person charged is a 16-year-old who allegedly took $19,500 from the $TM at the Sheng Siong outlet in Serangoon North Avenue 5 on June 18 and 19. He also faces one charge under the Penal Code for receiving the stolen property. All four have been remanded and their cases are expected to be heard again on June 27. Sheng Siong’s customer and operations director Lin Zikai told the media on June 26 that Sheng Siong had noticed the abnormal withdrawals on June 18 and suspended the service on June 19. The service was restored on June 23 after it implemented an additional safeguard limiting the maximum number of transactions per PayNow account to five. The withdrawal service allows users to scan a PayNow QR code at the machines to withdraw cash of up to $1,000 per transaction.PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS Mr Lin said before this, users could make cash withdrawals of up to $1,000 a transaction, but the number of transactions was limited only by the PayNow account’s limit. While the default daily limit for PayNow transactions is $1,000, users were able to change it to a maximum of $200,000. This meant they could make up to 200 transactions of $1,000 each daily. With the new safeguard, the maximum withdrawal from a single PayNow account is now capped at $5,000. “This case was actually detected by our Sheng Siong HQ office,” said Mr Lin. “They realised there were multiple transactions from the same (PayNow) user at different outlets at the same time. “That’s when we contacted the bank and made a police report.” Those convicted of receiving stolen property can be jailed for up to five years and fined.
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I REFER to the article, “For Integrated Shield Plan insurers, raising premiums should be a last resort”. (BT, Jun 24) But as the French would say, it’s “au contraire”. For years, insurers have followed the path of least resistance – raise premiums or amend policy terms to suit their financial interests. Policyholders’ protests and concerns be damned. All in the name of sustainability; ironically, sometimes with the encouragement or tacit approval of the government. The introduction of co-payments under IP policy riders (originally sold on the basis of eliminating co-payments under the main policy) is a case in point. The supporting narrative used by both insurers and the government is that claims are much higher than anticipated for a variety of reasons: high healthcare cost inflation, rapidly ageing population (didn’t they know?) and some abuses by doctors as well as patients. Our insurers have obviously made wrong actuarial claims assumptions. Should they not take more responsibility for their mistakes? Why pass the buck to policyholders? In what other business can a company ask their customers to pay for their mistakes? If insurers need to make a course correction, they should apply their new rules/premiums to new policies. Many existing policyholders have paid premiums for years or decades. But now we are trapped; we cannot switch insurers due to our age. Insurers know. My family is a case in point. My five family members have been insured under Income Insurance’s IncomeShield policies (with riders) for more than two decades. Until about two years ago we had never made a claim. In March 2025, when I renewed, the total premiums for my own Enhanced IncomeShield Preferred policies (main policy and rider) rose 48.3 per cent while the premium for my plus rider policy jumped 70.7 per cent. Over the last three years, my Enhanced IncomeShield Preferred premium more than doubled and the premium for the rider jumped 144.5 per cent. This is after being required since 2021 to make co-payments on the rider in the event of a claim. Much of the talk of sustainability seems to have been confined to concerns about the financial interests of insurers. But many policyholders have already reached or passed their end point. As has been reported, some had to abandon their policies while others were forced to downgrade their coverage due to huge premiums increases – sadly just at the time when they need the coverage most. Singapore’s Integrated Shield insurance scheme is clearly broken. It is imperative that the government takes the lead to study how reforms can be effected to ensure long-suffering policyholders can in fact be spared their detriment.
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The Chinese renminbi (RMB) has suffered a substantial setback in its internationalisation efforts, according to the latest SWIFT RMB Tracker report released today for the month of May. The currency has dropped one position to become the sixth most active currency for global payments by value, with its market share declining to 2.89%. The SWIFT RMB Tracker is published monthly and provides statistics on renminbi usage in international payments, trade finance, and foreign exchange markets based on transaction data from more than 11,000 financial institutions across 200 countries and territories. Data from this report indicates that RMB payments value decreased by 23.07% compared to April 2025, a dramatic decline that far outpaced the general market contraction of 6.81% observed across all payment currencies.
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https://thumbsnap.com/i/vF8gFPMe.mp4 Nilai: A man received 400 stitches all over his body after being stabbed by a group of suspects following a fight in front of a fast food restaurant in Bandar Baru Nilai, early Sunday morning. Nilai District Police Chief, Superintendent Abdul Malik Hasim said, following this, four suspects were arrested but no weapons were seized. "So far, we have arrested four suspects involved in the fight since last Sunday and all of them have been remanded until tomorrow to assist in the investigation. "They were detained around Nilai. Meanwhile, the victim who was stabbed was also arrested on suspicion of rioting and remanded for two days, but was released on police bail," he said. He explained that the victim said he received about 400 stitches all over his body as a result of being stabbed with a machete in the incident at around 2.30am. "The local male victim in his 30s was only allowed to be remanded for two days due to his health condition," he said. Abdul Malik said the case was being investigated under Section 148, Section 326 and Section 427 of the Penal Code. The media had earlier reported that a man in his 30s was injured in the head and leg after being attacked by a group of unknown individuals in a fight at the location. The victim, who was stabbed with a machete and a stick, was rushed to the hospital in a bloodied condition before being admitted to the red zone for immediate treatment.
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this is still funny to this date
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the amount of caffine in the kopi
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the caffin lever nvm ts del liao
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An aerial view on June 21, 2025, showing the existing site in Sengkang that has been earmarked for the upcoming integrated community hub. SINGAPORE – Residents of Sengkang, Woodlands North and Yio Chu Kang can look forward to having recreational facilities and other amenities under one roof at new integrated community hubs proposed for the towns. Meanwhile, those living in the north-west may get up to four new parks in future as the authorities fine-tune plans for Kranji Nature Corridor, which comprises green spaces and water bodies, as well as roadside greenery that will aid ecological connectivity and increase leisure options. These plans were laid out at the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) Draft Master Plan 2025 exhibition, which launched on June 25 at The URA Centre in Maxwell Road. Among other plans for new recreational facilities are a park in Orchard Road, a new bridge connecting Bay East Garden and Marina Centre in downtown Singapore, as well as a revamped Jurong Hill and Jurong Bird Park. At the exhibition’s launch, National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat said that the hubs in Sengkang, Woodlands and Yio Chu Kang – to be built in the next 10 to 15 years – will be located near public transport nodes and combine sports facilities, healthcare and community spaces in one location. An example of an integrated hub is Our Tampines Hub, which houses a regional library, a community club, a football field and a hawker centre, among other amenities. The Sengkang hub will be located near Compass One mall, while the hub in Woodlands North will be near the upcoming Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link terminus. An artist’s impression of Sengkang integrated community hub.PHOTO: URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY The Yio Chu Kang hub will likely be located on the site of the town’s existing sport centre, which the authorities have plans to redevelop. As for the parks under study as part of the Kranji Nature Corridor, all four will be near existing water bodies in the area and complement the upcoming 72.8ha Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat Nature Park, which is set to open in 2028. A planned park by Kranji Reservoir that is about 26ha in size will have waterfront habitats, while a park of about 10ha next to Sungei Pang Sua will incorporate elements of the Keretapi Tanah Melayu railway line that ran in the area. Two parks will be situated along Sungei Mandai – one in an upcoming residential estate at the former Singapore Racecourse in Kranji, and another farther north that will be about 5ha in size and include mangrove habitats. Also on display at URA’s exhibition were winning proposals for the Jurong Hill and Jurong Bird Park area that were submitted for an ideas competition launched in October 2024. The authorities plan to transform the 39ha site into an area for work and play that is integrated with the Jurong Industrial Estate. An artist impression of a future park at Sungei Pang Sua.PHOTO: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD The competition drew 10 submissions in the professional category, which was open to those trained in architecture, urban design, urban planning, real estate, environmental planning and related fields, and 27 in the open category, which welcomed submissions from the public and tertiary students. More on this Topic New housing areas in Dover, Defu, Newton and Paterson unveiled in URA’s Draft Master Plan 2025Bishan town centre to get new office space, polyclinic, hawker centre Topping the professional category was architectural assistant Kenneth Chiang, 29, whose entry featured a central loop connecting research labs, commercial offices and play areas. One idea in his plan was to house a museum dedicated to Singapore’s industrialisation in Jurong Hill Tower and its surrounds, from where visiting foreign dignitaries once enjoyed panoramic views of the Jurong Industrial Estate. Architectural assistant Kenneth Chiang proposed that the iconinc Jurong Hill Tower could be repurposed as a museum that showcases Singapore’s industrial heritage.PHOTO: KENNETH CHIANG The winning entry in the open category – by a team of students and fresh graduates who studied urban planning and architecture and who call themselves Bird’s Eye View – proposed that the former Jurong Bird Park’s Waterfall Aviary be repurposed as a wellness facility with pools, saunas and steam rooms. Meanwhile, in the heart of the city, a new park will be created by combining the existing Istana Park, Dhoby Ghaut Green as well as a 500m stretch of Orchard Road and include a play area inspired by nature. Pedestrian connectivity between this park and Fort Canning Park will be improved with a new elevated pedestrian bridge. An artist’s impression of an elevated link, which is under study, to connect Dhoby Ghaut Green to Fort Canning Park.PHOTO: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD A pedestrian and cycling bridge will also be built by 2029 near Benjamin Sheares Bridge to link Marina Centre and Bay East Garden, where the Founders’ Memorial is slated to open in 2028. This bridge will give cyclists a more direct link between the city and East Coast, said URA. On Singapore’s southern coast, a continuous waterfront promenade will be developed in phases, alongside developments that are part of the Greater Southern Waterfront. The waterfront promenade will allow users to get from West Coast Park to Marina Bay. They will pass areas such as a new residential estate at the former Keppel Club, as well as the Keppel Terminal and Keppel Distripark, where new homes will be built under the next phase of the Greater Southern Waterfront’s development.
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pap = in France, “PAP” most commonly refers to “De Particulier à Particulier”
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