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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 ― A Kedah woman may have been disappointed by her husband’s cheeky prank ― but had to laugh when she saw the lighter side of it. Facebook user Junairah Ab Rahman took the chance to share a snippet of her husband’s witty side where he surprised her with a couple of red boxes, commonly used for storing jewelry. Junairah who thought that her husband had gifted her gold bars was left stunned after realising the “gold bars” were in fact, chicken stock cubes. “The wife is completely surprised after receiving red boxes containing gold bars,” she captioned her post. “This is what happens when the husband understands the wife’s taste and interest completely. “Thank you, Mr. Husband, I lap you (I love You) tau, very cheeky of you to pull this prank on me.” Junairah’s post earned over 500 likes and has been shared 1,600 times on Facebook. Facebook expressed their amusement in the comment section while others jokingly tagged their loved ones in the comment section, offering to buy the same type of “gold bars” for them.

We let you in on the best restaurants and buffets in Singapore that serve satisfaction in the form of succulent beef steaks at pocket-friendly prices. There’s just something about having a steak that makes the entire meal feel a little fancier and celebratory than others. Perhaps it is because of the wide range of cuts available, preparation skills involved and specialised cooking apparatus that almost-always includes a sous vide machine or a $500 cast iron pan that gives it the much sought after char and smokiness. If you find yourself nodding in agreement, it can only mean one or two things. First, when it comes to celebrations, there’s nothing better than a perfectly seasoned and well-prepared steak. Second, you want to know where you can find a nice steak in Singapore and its accompanying price tag. So, whether it’s to satisfy an insatiable craving, celebrate a work-win or to wine and dine with your better half during Valentine’s Day (read: if you’ve yet to make a reservation, this is a friendly reminder to), this is your quintessential guide to the best restaurants and buffets in Singapore that serve juicy slabs of steaks. Last updated on 24 February 2021. Prices listed here are subject to change without prior notice. Restaurant A la carte/buffet Address Contact number Operating Hours Price (approximate) Stirling Steaks A la carte and buffet (lunch only) 115 East Coast Rd, Singapore 428804 8940 4245 Monday to Friday: 12pm to 3:30pm and 6pm to 10pm Saturday and Sunday: 12pm to 10pm From $9.90 for a la carte $32 for buffet lunch Meat n Chill A la carte 805 Bukit Timah Road #01-04, 6th Avenue Centre, Singapore 279883 8812 4455 Tuesday to Sunday: 11:30am to 2:30pm and 5om to 9pm Closed on Monday From $19 Bizen Okayama Wagyu Steakhouse A la carte 68 Orchard Road #N3-10, NomadX @ Plaza Singapura, Singapore 238839 107 North Bridge Road #B2-22, Funan Mall, Singapore 179105 6219 3463 or 6970 0481 NomadX @ Plaza Singapura: 11.30am to 9:30pm daily Funan Mall: 11.30am to 10pm daily From $18.90 iSteaks A la carte Multiple outlets islandwide 6285 8839 11am to 10pm daily From $20 The Feather Blade A la carte 61 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088482 – Tuesday to Friday: 6pm to 10:30pm Saturday: 11:45am to 4pm, 6pm to 10:30pm Sunday: 11:45am to 4pm Closed on Monday From $21 The Armoury Craft Beer Bar A la carte and buffet (lunch and dinner) 36 Beach Road #01- 01, Singapore 189766 – Tuesday to Sunday: 11:30am to 10:30pm (kitchen closes from 2:35pm to 5pm) Closed on Monday From $23 for a la carte $33 (Tuesdays to Thursdays and Sundays) or $35 (Saturdays) for buffet lunch and dinner Dallas Restaurant & Bar A la carte and buffet (Saturdays and Sundays at Boat Quay only) 31 Boat Quay, Singapore 049820 2 Bayfront Avenue #01-85, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018972 6532 2131 or 6688 7153 Boat Quay: 11:30am to 10:30pm daily Marina Bay Sands: 11:30am to 10:30pm daily and 8am to 11am (Saturday, Sunday and public holidays) From $38 for a la carte $35 Steak & unlimited frites weekends at Boat Quay Huber’s Bistro A la carte 22 Dempsey Road, Singapore 249679 6737 1588 Tuesday to Friday: 11am to 10pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 9:30am to 10pm Closed on Monday From $19 Culina Bistro A la carte Blk 15 Dempsey Road Singapore 249675 6474 7338 Monday to Friday: 12pm to 10pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 11am to 10pm From $45 Les Bouchons A la carte, free-flow fries 60 Robertson Quay, #01-02, Singapore 238252 7 Ann Siang Road, Singapore 069689 6733 4414 or 6423 0737 Robertson Quay: Tuesday to Thursday: 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 10pm Friday: 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 10:30pm Saturday: 6pm to 10:30pm Sunday: 12pm to 3pm and 5pm to 9pm Closed on Monday —– Ann Siang: Monday to Thursday: 12pm to 2pm and 6.30pm to 10pm Friday: 12pm to 2pm and 7pm to 10.30pm Saturday: 7pm to 10.30pm Closed on Sunday From $47 Source: Stirling Steaks Stirling Steaks A la carte and buffet (lunch only) Address: 115 East Coast Rd, Singapore 428804 Contact number: 8940 4245 Operating hours: Monday to Friday: 12pm to 3:30pm and 6pm to 10pm Saturday and Sunday: 12pm to 10pm Price: From $9.90 for a la carte, and $32 for buffet Stirling Steaks is the place to be if you’ve an insatiable steak craving and on a tight budget. For just $32, enjoy unlimited serving of grilled sirloin, ribeye, rump and hanger steak. For palate cleansing purposes, this meaty buffet includes a selection of other grilled meats (pork belly, chicken thigh, dory fillet), green salad and fries. However, just note that Stirling Steaks only offers the buffet during lunch hours with a 1.5 hour time limit. And if your gut’s not ready to be stretched or you’re visiting during dinner, consider giving their hanger steak a try. Priced at just $9.90, this 150g cut comes topped with salsa verde, and the option to add a serving of fries for $1.50. Source: Meat n Chill Meat n Chill A la carte Address: 805 Bukit Timah Road #01-04, 6th Avenue Centre, Singapore 279883 Contact number: 8812 4455 Operating hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 11:30am to 2:30pm and 5om to 9pm Closed on Monday Price: From $19 There are two things that you can expect when visiting this restaurant. Firstly, to indulge and sink your teeth into generous servings of meat. Secondly, a cosy atmosphere where you can let loose with your family or group of friends. Meat n Chill has been around for a couple of years now, and the great thing about them is that they are consistent in terms of quality, quantity and service, regardless of the day or time you visit. Prices here start from an affordable $19 for a 250g New York strip served with your choice of sauce and two sides. Looking for something more substantial? Try the 500g version that’s served with your choice of sauce and two sides for $38 (burp!). Source: Bizen Okayama Wagyu Steakhouse Bizen Okayama Wagyu Steakhouse A la carte Address: 68 Orchard Road #N3-10, NomadX @ Plaza Singapura, Singapore 238839 107 North Bridge Road #B2-22, Funan Mall, Singapore 179105 Contact number: 6219 3463 or 6970 0481 Operating hours: NomadX @ Plaza Singapura: 11.30am to 9:30pm daily Funan Mall: 11.30am to 10pm daily Price: From $18.90 A relatively new kid on the block, Bizen Okayama Wagyu Steakhouse is Astons Group’s (yes, that coffeeshop store which turned into a mega steakhouse chain) foray into Japanese style steaks and everything beefy. You’ll be spoiled for choice here as their menu is not just beef-centric but one of the most extensive I’ve ever seen. They offer a dizzying array of more than 20 wagyu steak cuts (that would even make the most well-seasoned foodie like myself a little giddy), including lesser known ones like teres major, knuckle, tri tip and pope’s eye. Source: iSteaks iSteaks A la carte Address: Multiple outlets islandwide Contact number: 6285 8839 Operating hours: 11am to 10pm daily Price: From $20 iSteaks is a no frills family-centric steak restaurant that’s fast gaining popularity due to its reasonable prices and extensive menu, which features a range of grilled meats (beef, lamb, chicken, pork), pasta and a tonne of side dishes. Their most value-for-money steak, in my humble opinion, is the 200g char-grilled striploin served with sauce and two side dishes of your choosing for $20. The only downside to iSteaks is its consistency, or lack thereof. Some days when you order a medium-rare steak, you get just that, and on other days, you get an exceptionally dry medium-well steak. But hey, at $20 a pop, you can bet your last dollar that the risk is worth it and this deal-loving-foodie will still go back for more (just maybe not at peak hour). Source: The Feather Blade The Feather Blade A la carte Address: 61 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088482 Operating hours: Tuesday to Friday: 6pm to 10:30pm Saturday: 11:45am to 4pm, 6pm to 10:30pm Sunday: 11:45am to 4pm Closed on Monday Price: From $21 No, they’ve not closed down, they’ve just moved a couple lanes down. Simple, easy and no fuss, at The Feather Blade they only serve one type of steak and that’s a perfectly grilled 200g of feather blade topped with smoked salt (cue salt bae meme). Where are the essential sauces, toppings and sides, you may ask? Well, they all come at an additional cost, which ranges from $2 to $16 per serving. Source: The Armoury Craft Beer Bar The Armoury Craft Beer Bar A la carte and buffet (lunch and dinner) Address: 36 Beach Road #01- 01, Singapore 189766 Operating hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 11:30am to 10:30pm (kitchen closes from 2:35pm to 5pm) Closed on Monday Price: From $23 for a la carte Buffet lunch and dinner on Tuesdays to Thursdays and Sundays: $33 Buffet lunch and dinner on Saturdays: $35 Located slightly off the main Raffles City and Suntec City shopping stretch is where you will find The Armoury Craft Beer Bar. If you so decide to dine here, do come ready to eat because their buffet menu is pretty extensive. For $33 or $35, you get unlimited servings of striploin, ribeye, bbq pork ribs, baked dory, chicken thigh, mantou, nacho chips, chicken drumlets, chicken satay and a whole lot more. Not up for a hearty meal? The Armoury Craft Beer Bar also offers a la carte options that start from $23 for a 220g Black Angus Striploin served with your choice of two sides. Source: Dallas Restaurant & Bar Dallas Restaurant & Bar A la carte and buffet (Saturdays and Sundays at Boat Quay only) Address: 31 Boat Quay, Singapore 049820 2 Bayfront Avenue #01-85, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018972 Contact number: 6532 2131 or 6688 7153 Operating hours: Boat Quay: 11:30am to 10:30pm daily Marina Bay Sands: 11:30am to 10:30pm daily and 8am to 11am (Saturday, Sunday and public holidays) Price: From $38 for a la carte Steak and unlimited frites on Saturdays and Sundays: $35 Think dark wood flooring, lush fixtures, hearty plates and a wooden countertop bar that’s decked out with more bottles of liquor then you can name, because that’s Dallas Restaurant & Bar in a nutshell. Here, a hefty 250g prime rib steak served with sauce and two side dishes of your choice goes for $38. Considering the ambience and location of their restaurants, I think that’s a pretty reasonable amount to charge for a steak. But if you’re looking for more and find yourself along the Singapore River during the weekends, head over to their Boat Quay outlet. For $35 a person, you get an Australian Black Angus prime rib topped with Béarnaise sauce, fresh salad and unlimited servings of truffle fries. Source: Huber’s Bistro Huber’s Bistro A la carte Address: 22 Dempsey Road, Singapore 249679 Contact number: 6737 1588 Operating hours: Tuesday to Friday: 11am to 10pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 9:30am to 10pm Closed on Monday Price: From $19 If the name sounds familiar, that’s because this is part of the famed meat store, Huber’s Butchery, and its menu definitely reflects this. You’ll find a tonne of meaty options that range from beef to pork, lamb, duck and chicken options on it. If you are a carnivore at heart, this is definitely the right place to meat meet. Huber’s Bistro offers two types of steaks, a hearty 250g U.S. time sirloin accompanied with homemade brown sauce, side salad and fries, and the no frills flat-iron steak that comes topped with herbed butter and a generous portion of fries. Source: Culina Bistro Culina Bistro A la carte Address: Blk 15 Dempsey Road Singapore 249675 Contact number: 6474 7338 Operating hours: Monday to Friday: 12pm to 10pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 11am to 10pm Price: From $45 Dining at Culina Bistro is a little different because ordering a steak (or any other grilled meat) doesn’t happen tableside. After being shown to your seat, you head right up to their counter, choose a slab of steak, let the staff know how you would like it prepared. Let them knowif you would like it with any sauce or sides, then head back to your table and wait for magic to be served. Prices are slightly steep and vary depending on the cut and quality of the meat (they only carry premium cuts like prime USDA, wagyu and Angus), preparation method and accompaniments. In general, you can expect to pay around $45 to $50 for a 200g MB3 or MB4 steak served with sauce and a side of your choosing. Source: Les Bouchons Les Bouchons A la carte, free-flow fries Address: 60 Robertson Quay, #01-02, Singapore 238252 7 Ann Siang Road, Singapore 069689 Contact number: 6733 4414 or 6423 0737 Operating hours: Robertson Quay: Tuesday to Thursday: 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 10pm Friday: 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 10:30pm Saturday: 6pm to 10:30pm Sunday: 12pm to 3pm and 5pm to 9pm Closed on Monday Ann Siang: Monday to Thursday: 12pm to 2pm and 6.30pm to 10pm Friday: 12pm to 2pm and 7pm to 10.30pm Saturday: 7pm to 10.30pm Closed on Sunday Price: From $47 Dim lights, small rectangle tables, white tablecloths and wooden chairs, this is the sort of place you bring your better half to on special occasions. There are a couple of steak options here, with the most affordable option being their signature Angus beef filet. Priced at $47, it is served with herbed butter, mixed salad and free-flow fries. 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SINGAPORE - Singapore’s second-largest bank OCBC was cautiously optimistic on its outlook as it reported on Wednesday (Feb 24) a 9 per cent decline in fourth-quarter earnings owing to a drop in overall income, which more than offset the company’s reduction in expenses. Outgoing group CEO Samuel Tsien said: “Looking forward, we believe most countries are exiting from the trough of this crisis although the recovery continues to be sectorial. We will continue to be cautious and we believe that a strong recovery will probably not be seen until towards the end of this year and stronger into next year.” He expects that recovery will be even stronger if ongoing sociopolitical events around the world die down. “It is also very important for the United States market to pick up, not only from a China-US trading perspective. The US is a very strong consumer market and if that market can recover, as is now expected with the proper policies put in place, we have high hopes that the recovery will be stronger than what we even expect right now,” said Mr Tsien at his last earnings briefing. He will hand over the reins to Helen Wong, the bank’s deputy president and head of global wholesale banking, in mid-April. Earlier this month, OCBC’s larger peer DBS reported a 33 per cent fall in fourth-quarter earnings as the bank’s net interest margin fell and it set aside higher allowances for potential bad loans amid the pandemic. But DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta was upbeat on the year ahead, saying the latest economic data supports a solid rebound this year and that the bank’s strong performance in January provided a head start to the year. OCBC posted a fourth-quarter net profit of $1.13 billion, down from $1.24 billion a year ago. Its earnings beat the $968 million average estimate of seven analysts polled by Bloomberg. The board declared a final dividend of 15.9 cents a share, down from 28 cents a year ago, to which the scrip dividend scheme will apply. OCBC’s net interest income for the quarter tumbled 11 per cent year on year to $1.44 billion. Its net interest margin, a key gauge of profitability for banks, fell 21 basis points to 1.56 per cent. Allowances for the quarter were up 37 per cent to $285 million, while total allowances for the full year more than doubled to $2.04 billion amid the uncertain economic and market outlook. OCBC’s non-performing loans ratio was 1.5 per cent as at Dec 31, unchanged from a year ago. Earnings per share stood at 99 cents for the quarter, down from $1.11 a year ago. The bank’s full-year net profit dropped 26 per cent to $3.59 billion, from a record of $4.87 billion in 2019. Its net interest margin was dented by a sharp drop in market interest rates and higher expected credit loss allowances to buffer against the pandemic-induced deterioration in macroeconomic conditions. OCBC counts Singapore, Greater China and Malaysia, among its key markets. Wealth management income, a bright spot, dipped just 1 per cent to $3.37 billion from a record a year ago. Although net fee income fell, wealth management fees climbed 5 per cent to a new high, driven by strong customer investment activities in a low interest rate environment. As for debt holidays, Mr Tsien noted that just 2 per cent of the group’s total loans making up $5.7 billion were under moratorium as at Jan 31. In Singapore, loans under moratorium also make up 2 per cent of the bank’s total loans made here, amounting to $2.7 billion. Most of these were made to consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises. Mr Tsien said the exit of loan relief programmes has been smooth in the group’s various markets due to good coordination with regulators, client selection and customer engagement. “Majority of these exposures are secured, even for those under the second relief programme, the performance ratio is over 90 per cent, meaning they are able to meet the requirements of repayment under the second relief programme,” he said. OCBC shares were up 2.3 per cent at $10.85 as of 4.17pm on Wednesday, while DBS shares gained 2.8 per cent to $26.38. UOB will report its results on Thursday.

SINGAPORE - Singapore has purchased enough vaccines for everyone here so that all who are eligible can get vaccinated. Once the vast majority of the population is protected against Covid-19, Singapore should be able to fully open its borders, and life can start returning to normal. But that can happen only if everyone who is eligible gets vaccinated. The question is: Will all such people be willing to get inoculated? If significant numbers don't, it can jeopardise the entire programme. This is because eligible people who do not get vaccinated not only put themselves at risk - which we can argue is their choice - but will also endanger children and those who, for medical reasons, are not suitable for the vaccine. Associate Professor Alex Cook of the National University of Singapore (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health said the percentage of people who need to be vaccinated depends on the R0 - the reproduction number - or how transmissible the virus is. The higher the R0, the larger the number of people who need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity in the country. The various measures countries have put in place to prevent the spread of the virus have made the computation of the R0 difficult. Experts estimate it to be between two and three, which means one person will likely infect two to three others. Assuming an R0 of 2.5 and vaccine effectiveness of 90 per cent, Prof Cook said 67 per cent of the population will need to be vaccinated to prevent an epidemic, although small clusters of cases may still occur. However, some new variants, such as B117 from England, are said to be 50 per cent to 70 per cent more transmissible, which pushes up the R0 to about four. Any R0 that is above one would result in rising numbers. The higher the number, the faster the spread. The 1918 flu pandemic that is estimated to have killed 50 million people had an R0 of between 1.4 and 2.8. Prof Cook said a virus with an R0 of four would mean 85 per cent of the population need to be vaccinated to prevent an outbreak, if no other mitigating measures are in place. "Then we'd be in trouble and some safe management measures will have to continue," said Prof Cook, as these figures also assume that vaccination prevents transmission - and the jury is still out on that. All that has been proven is that the vaccines significantly reduce severe illness and deaths. However, Prof Cook said that realistically, there should be some reduction in transmission from people who have been vaccinated. Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, pointed out that some vaccines have been found to be less effective against the variants from England and South Africa. Professor Ooi Eng Eong of Duke-NUS Medical School, who specialises in viral research and immunology, agreed that some variants "could present challenges for the current versions of Covid-19 vaccines". But he added that this is currently only theoretical, and based on antibodies needed, without looking at the role of T cells. "Vaccines that generate good T cell responses, in addition to antibodies, would not be significantly impacted by these variants and would remain highly efficacious," he said. The concern is that not all vaccines do that. Prof Teo said: "If the effectiveness of vaccines does decrease as a result of these new variants, we will actually need to vaccinate more people to achieve the level necessary for herd immunity." Hotel staff getting their Covid-19 vaccine shots at a vaccination centre in Raffles City Convention Centre, on Jan 28, 2021. PHOTO: ST FILE Those eligible for the vaccine account for roughly 85 per cent of the population, since more than 10 per cent are children aged 15 and younger for whom the vaccine is currently not recommended. There are also people who, for medical reasons, should not be vaccinated. To protect these vulnerable people, it would help if everyone else is vaccinated, to cut the spread of the coronavirus in the country. People who refuse to get vaccinated do so for various reasons, such as fear, misinformation or even complacency, given the low community spread here. They may also be anti-vaxxers who refuse all vaccines. The Government has promised that Covid-19 vaccination is voluntary, unlike for diphtheria and measles where immunisation is compulsory by law. So it is up to people to decide if they want the protection. But is a decision not to get vaccinated fair to others? Will their fear, stubbornness or selfishness put those who are unable to get vaccinated at higher risk? Said Prof Cook: "If there are substantial vaccine refusals among those who are able to be vaccinated, it does potentially put those who genuinely cannot be vaccinated for health reasons at risk of harm." If Singapore is unable to "get below the critical threshold", outbreaks would still happen, he said, and some would reach high-risk unvaccinated people. While both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines Singapore is using give very high levels of protection, they are not 100 per cent effective. "We will be operating in quite tight margins until children can be vaccinated," he added. For the rest of the population, should unvaccinated people get infected and become severely ill, payment for the cost of their treatment, whether through insurance and/or subsidies, comes out of everyone's pockets. One solution is to mimic what the Government has done with regard to citizens and permanent residents who left the country after March 27, in spite of warnings not to do so. For them and others who returned this year, the Government no longer bears the cost of tests, quarantine and any treatment they might need - since it was their decision to leave the country, or not to return within the stipulated period. They may, however, tap subsidies and claim against their medical insurance if such treatments are covered by their plans. These people may have had very valid reasons for the timing of their travel or return. But should people who put themselves at risk of getting the disease, when a vaccine is available, be allowed to use government subsidies and insurance to pay for their tests and treatment? Since it is their choice not to get the protection offered, they should be willing to bear the consequences of their decision - be it illness or the cost of treating it. Full coverage would of course be extended to people who are not eligible to be vaccinated, or who get infected in spite of the vaccine. The Government has already gone the extra mile by offering compensation of $225,000 should there be permanent severe disability or death as a result of getting a Covid-19 vaccine. It does not do this for any other vaccine, including those on the national immunisation list. Similarly, to support the vaccination drive, all the insurers offering Integrated Shield Plans will cover any complications arising from the vaccine. Again, they do not all normally cover for vaccination-related illness or treatments, although the basic MediShield Life does. Nothing is 100 per cent safe, not even the safest of vaccines. It is a matter of weighing the risk of taking the vaccine against the risk of getting the disease. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) receives around 340 reports a year of vaccine-related adverse reactions. But no one has died here in the past decade as a result of getting vaccinated. The HSA spokesman said: "Similar to medicines, no vaccine is completely free of side effects. "Fever, pain or swelling at the injection site and rash are common side effects associated with vaccines such as seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccines. "These are known side effects that are generally associated with vaccinations and usually resolve within a few days." A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that there were 66 cases of anaphylaxis, or severe allergic reaction, out of 17.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines administered between Dec 14 last year and Jan 18 this year. Of these, 34 were treated in an emergency department. Of the remaining 32 who were hospitalised, 18 needed intensive care, of whom seven had to be intubated. This works out to 4.7 cases per million doses for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 2.5 cases per million doses for the Moderna vaccine. These are far better odds than the 22,000 deaths per million people infected globally, and 318 deaths per million population. Even in Singapore where the spread has been relatively well controlled, the Covid-19 fatality rate stands at 485 per million people infected, and five deaths per million population. No matter how you look at it, it would be better to get vaccinated than to risk getting the disease. The question that doubters must ask themselves is not what are the risks they face if they take the vaccine, but what are the risks they face by not getting vaccinated once Covid-19 measures are eased - as they surely will, one day. When that day comes will largely depend on how many people have been vaccinated, and on the vaccine remaining effective against any mutated strains. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/those-who-refuse-covid-19-vaccine-endanger-themselves-and-others

I have not come across a single person that has demanded an apology that staying small space is very depressing

Should suggest to the environmentalists to use solar panel car but no battery. Tell them environment is very important

This type of human also have . If I can, hard labour for 30yr

Some roads are less travelled by for a good reason. In a video uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday (Feb 23), a man was spotted leisurely strolling along Upper East Coast Road while pushing a baby pram in front of him. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1140921129671294&t=0 Despite the potential danger, he appeared unperturbed by his proximity to the moving vehicles. He did, however, gesticulate wildly and raised a middle finger after a car sounded its horn at him, the post said. Netizens didn't hold back on their criticisms, scolding the man for putting not just himself, but his child and other motorists in danger because of his actions. PHOTO: Screengrab/Facebook They also ridiculed him for his vulgar reaction despite being in the wrong. PHOTO: Screengrab/Facebook It remains a question as to why the man chose to walk on the road. A netizen shared that there was a diverted footpath available behind the barricade. The footpath was also highlighted in the video with a caption explaining that it led towards Bedok Corner Food Centre. PHOTO: Screengrab/Facebook According to the Singapore Road Safety Council, pedestrians are expected to use footpaths and other walkways whenever possible. Under the Road Traffic (Pedestrian Crossings) Rule, no one is allowed to stand, sit, squat, loiter, walk or run on the road as it might interfere with the lawful movement of traffic.

yuck chicken, should rename as LSC aka lousy salty chicken

Chilling footage of an emaciated domestic worker being grabbed by the hair and shaken like a rag doll was played in court on Tuesday (Feb 23). Her Singaporean employer, the wife of a police officer, admitted that she had starved, tortured and ultimately killed her 24-year-old Myanmar helper. Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for Gaiyathiri Murugayan, 40, after she pleaded guilty to 28 charges, the most serious being one of culpable homicide. For close to 10 months, the maid, Ms Piang Ngaih Don, was physically assaulted almost daily, deprived of food and rest, and made to shower and relieve herself with the toilet door open. In the last 12 days of her life, she was tied to the window grille at night while she slept on the floor. The Myanmar national weighed 24kg when she died on July 26, 2016, from the final assault, having lost 38 per cent of her body weight since she started working for the family on May 28, 2015. Ms Piang Ngaih Don was physically assaulted almost daily for close to 10 months before her death. Photo: Helping Hands For Migrant Workers The ordeal she suffered in the last month of her life was captured on CCTV cameras that Gaiyathiri and her husband, Kevin Chelvam, 41, had installed in various parts of their Bishan flat to monitor the maid and their two children. In one incident, the couple's one-year-old son could be seen toddling around as his mother assaulted the maid. Gaiyathiri's mother, Prema S. Naraynasamy, 61, who often stayed at the flat, was also seen in the footage. Both Prema and Chelvam face multiple hurt-related charges in connection with the victim. Their cases are pending in the State Courts. The defence is seeking a global jail term of 14 years for Gaiyathiri, noting she developed major depressive disorder while she was pregnant with her son, and this amplified her obsessive compulsive personality disorder. But prosecutors argued that her psychiatric condition had already been taken into account when the charge related to Ms Piang's death was reduced from murder to culpable homicide. Justice See Kee Oon will give his decision on the sentence at a later date. The court heard that Ms Piang, who had a three-year-old son, was working outside Myanmar for the first time and was not allowed to have a mobile phone or have any day off. Gaiyathiri was unhappy with her performance and felt she was slow, had poor hygiene practices and ate too much. She established a set of rules involving hygiene and order, and would shout when she felt Ms Piang was being disobedient. This escalated to physical abuse in October 2015. CCTV footage showed Gaiyathiri pouring cold water on Ms Piang, slapping, pushing, punching, kicking her and stomping on her while she was on the ground. She also hit Ms Piang with objects like a plastic bottle or metal ladle, pulled her from the ground by the hair, burned her with a heated iron and choked her. The maid's meals often comprised sliced bread soaked in water, cold food straight from the refrigerator or some rice at night. She was allowed to sleep for only about five hours a night and did her chores wearing multiple layers of face masks as Gaiyathiri found her unhygienic. Between 11.40pm and 11.55pm on July 25, Gaiyathiri assaulted Ms Piang for being too slow in doing laundry. Gaiyathiri and Prema then took turns to pour water on her and assaulted her together, and left her tied to the window grille without any dinner. Between around 4.55am and 5am, Gaiyathiri repeatedly kicked and stomp on Ms Piang's head and neck area repeatedly, grabbing her by the hair and pulling her head back such that her neck extended backwards twice, and choking her repeatedly. At 7.30am, Ms Piang was found motionless, and Chelvam left for work. After failing to revive her, Prema suggested they call for a doctor. Gaiyathiri called a nearby clinic between 9.30am and 9.45am and asked for a house call, lying to the nurse she found the victim on the kitchen floor. Dr Grace Kwan, through the nurse, suggested calling for an ambulance but Gaiyathiri insisted on waiting for the doctor. While waiting, the two women changed Ms Piang out of her wet clothes and carried her to the living room sofa. Police officers escorting Gaiyathiri Murugayan (left, in red) and her mother Prema Naraynasamy (right, in red) to their home at Block 145 Bishan Street 11 for investigations into the case on Aug 3, 2016. Photo: The Straits Times When Dr Kwan arrived at about 10.50am, she told both women the maid was dead, but they expressed shock and lied that she had moved just minutes earlier. Dr Kwan insisted they call the police but Gaiyathiri asked for some time to call her husband. When the doctor asked Gaiyathiri if she had beaten the victim, she denied doing so. After a few minutes, Dr Kwan called for an ambulance. Paramedics arrived at about 11.30am and pronounced Ms Piang dead. An autopsy report found a total of 31 recent scars and 47 external injuries all over the maid's body. It found that the repeated choking of the victim on July 25 had led to oxygen deprivation to the brain, which resulted in death.

A 68-year-old car driver who was in a traffic accident with two other vehicles had allegedly suffered a heart attack and subsequently died in hospital. The police told Stomp that they alerted to an accident involving a bus and two cars at the junction of Punggol East and Punggol Central on Saturday (Feb 20), at 1.58pm. "A 68-year-old male driver was unconscious when conveyed to Sengkang General Hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced dead," police added. According to Shin Min Daily News, the driver died after suffering cardiac arrest. However, it is unclear if the cardiac arrest occurred before or after the accident. A resident in the vicinity said he heard a loud crash from his home and immediately went downstairs to help. A female doctor who happened to be passing by the scene also tried to resuscitate the driver, but was unsuccessful. Police investigations are ongoing.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): Karex Bhd saw its net profit grow 27 times to RM2.79 million in the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2020, from RM102,000 a year earlier, thanks to strong condom sales and noteworthy personal lubricant sales. Revenue rose 6.1% to a record high of RM115.75 million, from RM109.09 million previously, the group's bourse filing showed. "In spite of the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, condom sales volumes to both the tender and commercial markets continued to expand," said Karex. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, however, the second-quarter net profit was 37.5% lower compared with RM4.46 million in the first quarter, despite a 13.8% increase in revenue from RM101.73 million. This, the group said, was due to a less favourable sales mix coupled with higher Covid-19-related costs and one-off corporate exercise expenses. For the cumulative six-month period ended Dec 31, 2020, Karex reported a net profit of RM7.24 million, versus a net loss of RM65,000 in the previous corresponding period due to a more favourable sales mix. Revenue for the period grew 6.18% to RM217.48 million from RM204.82 million, on the back of stronger condom sales in the commercial market, particularly in the Asia and Americas regions. On prospects, the group remains confident that it is uniquely poised to overcome the operational hurdles, arising from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, in order to take advantage of potential opportunities presented by the renewed global emphasis on hygiene and disease prevention. Karex noted that condoms remain an essential tool for family planning as well as preventing the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. "Our manufacturing experience, cost competitiveness and breath of offerings are compelling competitive advantages that will allow us to capture orders within the condom space that has been shifting from a government subsidised model to one that is more commercial in nature during recent times," said Karex. It added that its branded segment is also expected to expand into new regions during the year, enabling Karex to continue to capture a greater share of the value within the industry. Karex's shares closed half a sen or 0.66% lower at 75 sen today, valuing the group at RM790.1 million. Over the past year, the counter has grown 66.7% from 45 sen.

Not long after Japan ramped up its fight against the coronavirus last spring, Nazuna Hashimoto started suffering panic attacks. The gym in Osaka where she worked as a personal trainer suspended operations, and her friends were staying home at the recommendation of the government. Afraid to be alone, she would call her boyfriend of just a few months and ask him to come over. Even then, she was sometimes unable to stop crying. Her depression, which had been diagnosed earlier in the year, spiraled. “The world I was living in was already small,” she said. “But I felt it become smaller.” By July, Ms Hashimoto could see no way out, and she tried to kill herself. Her boyfriend found her, called an ambulance and saved her life. She is speaking out publicly about her experience now because she wants to remove the stigma associated with talking about mental health in Japan. "The world I was living in was already small," Nazuna Hashimoto of Osaka, Japan, says of her struggle with depression last year. "But I felt it become smaller." New York Times While the pandemic has been difficult for many in Japan, the pressures have been compounded for women. As in many countries, more women have lost their jobs. In Tokyo, the country’s largest metropolis, about 1 in 5 women live alone, and the exhortations to stay home and avoid visiting family have exacerbated feelings of isolation. Other women have struggled with the deep disparities in the division of housework and child care during the work-from-home era, or suffered from a rise in domestic violence and sexual assault. The rising psychological and physical toll of the pandemic has been accompanied by a worrisome spike in suicide among women. In Japan, 6,976 women took their lives last year, nearly 15 per cent more than in 2019. It was the first year-over-year increase in more than a decade. Nazuna Hashimoto at her home in Osaka, Japan, on 10 February, 2021. New York Times Each suicide — and suicide attempt — represents an individual tragedy rooted in a complex constellation of reasons. But the increase among women, which extended across seven straight months last year, has concerned government officials and mental health experts who have worked to reduce what had been among the highest rates of suicide in the world. (While more men than women killed themselves last year, fewer men did so than in 2019. Overall, suicides increased by slightly less than 4 per cent) The situation has reinforced long-standing challenges for Japan. Talking about mental health issues, or seeking help, is still difficult in a society that emphasises stoicism. The pandemic has also amplified the stresses in a culture that is grounded in social cohesion and relies on peer pressure to drive compliance with government requests to wear masks and practice good hygiene. Women, who are often designated as primary caregivers, at times fear public humiliation if they somehow fail to uphold these measures or get infected with the coronavirus. A woman retrieves mail in the lobby of an apartment building in Osaka, Japan, on 20 February, 2021. New York Times “Women bear the burden of doing virus prevention,” said Yuki Nishimura, a director of the Japanese Association of Mental Health Services. “Women have to look after their families’ health, and they have to look after cleanliness and can get looked down upon if they are not doing it right.” In one widely publicised account, a 30-something woman who had been recuperating from the coronavirus at home killed herself. The Japanese media seized on her note expressing anguish over the possibility that she had infected others and caused them trouble, while experts questioned whether shame may have driven her to despair. “Unfortunately the current tendency is to blame the victim,” said Michiko Ueda, an associate professor of political science at Waseda University in Tokyo who has researched suicide. Ms Ueda found in surveys last year that 40 per cent of respondents worried about social pressure if they contracted the virus. “We don’t basically support you if you are not ‘one of us,’” said Ms Ueda. “And if you have mental health issues you are not one of us.” Experts have also worried that a succession of Japanese film and television stars who took their own lives last year may have spurred a string of copycat suicides. After Yuko Takeuchi, a popular, award-winning actress, took her life in late September, the number of women taking their own lives in the following month jumped by close to 90 per cent compared to the previous year. Nao, a blogger whose last name has been withheld to protect her privacy, at her home in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan on 3 February, 2021. Shortly after Ms Takeuchi’s death, Nao, 30, started writing a blog to chronicle her lifelong battles with depression and eating disorders. She wrote candidly about her suicide attempt three years earlier. Such openness about mental health struggles is still relatively rare in Japan. The celebrity suicides prompted Nao, whose family name has been withheld at her request to protect her privacy, to reflect on how she might have reacted if she had hit her emotional nadir during the pandemic. “When you’re at home alone, you feel very isolated from society and that feeling is really painful,” she said. “Just imagining if I was in that situation right now, I think the suicide attempt would have happened a lot earlier, and probably I think I would have succeeded.” A worker waits for customers at a Tokyo restaurant on 19 March, 2020. New York Times During the pandemic, women have suffered disproportionate job losses. They made up the bulk of employees within the industries most affected by infection control measures, including restaurants, bars and hotels. About half of all working women hold part-time or contract jobs, and when business flatlined, companies cut those employees first. In the first nine months of last year, 1.44 million such workers lost their jobs, more than half of them women. Although Nao quit her consulting job voluntarily to seek psychiatric treatment, she remembers feeling wracked with insecurity, no longer able to pay her rent. When she and her then-fiancé decided to accelerate their wedding plans, her father accused her of being selfish. “I just felt like I lost everything,” she recalled. Those feelings, she said, triggered the depression that led to her suicide attempt. After spending some time in a psychiatric hospital and continuing medication, her self-confidence improved. She found a four-day-a-week job working in the digital operation of a magazine group and is now able to manage the workload. Women walking in Tokyos business district on 8 September, 2020. About one in five women in the city live alone. NYTNS In the past, suicide rates in Japan have spiked during times of economic crisis, including after the burst of the property-based bubble in the 1990s and the global downturn in 2008. During those periods, it was men who were most affected by job losses and who killed themselves at higher rates. Historically, suicides among men in Japan have outnumbered those among women by a factor of at least 2-1. In Ms Hashimoto’s case, fears of financial dependence contributed to her sense of hopelessness. Even when the gym where she worked as a personal trainer reopened, she did not feel emotionally stable enough to return. She then felt guilty about relying on her boyfriend, emotionally and financially. She had met Nozomu Takeda, 23, who works in the construction industry, at the gym, where he was her training client. They had been dating only three months when she confided that her depression was becoming untenable. Unable to afford therapy and suffering severe anxiety attacks, she said she identified with others who “felt very pushed into a corner.” When she attempted suicide, all she could think about was freeing Mr Takeda from the responsibility of taking care of her. “I wanted to take the burden off him,” she said. Families walking in Tokyo's Ueno Park on 23 February, 2021. AAP Even those who have not lost jobs may have come under extra stress. Before the pandemic, working from home was extremely rare in Japan. Then women suddenly had to worry not only about pleasing their bosses from afar, but also about juggling new safety and hygiene protocols for their children, or protecting elderly parents who were more vulnerable to the virus. The expectations to excel did not change, but their contact with friends and other support networks diminished. “If they can’t get together with other people or share their stresses with other people, then it’s not really surprising” that they are feeling pressured or depressed, said Kumiko Nemoto, a professor of sociology at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. Having survived her own suicide attempt, Ms Hashimoto now wants to help others learn to talk through their emotional problems and connect them to professionals. Mr Takeda says he appreciates how Ms Hashimoto speaks openly about her depression. “She is the type of person who really shares what she needs and what is wrong,” he said. “So it was very easy for me to support her because she vocalises what she needs.”

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The campaign, titled "Colonel’s Guarantee", will run from Feb. 24, 2021. It allows customers to request a one-for-one exchange if they are unsatisfied with their Original Recipe or Hot & Crispy Chicken — simply head over to the counter for a new serving. For this campaign, KFC’s cooks have completed "intensive re-training" to fulfil the Colonel’s Guarantee that their fried chicken is "fresh, tender, juicy and good" at any and every outlet. How to exchange Here's how you can get your portion exchanged. Dine-in: Bring the uneaten/ partially eaten chicken to the counter Fill out a feedback form by scanning a QR Code Takeaway: Basically the same thing, except you'll have to return to the store on the same day. Exchange must be made in person at the same store of purchase, on the same day of purchase Show your receipt and the uneaten/partially eaten chicken to KFC staff at the counter, and fill out a feedback form by scanning a QR Code Show the completed feedback form to KFC staff to get your replacement chicken

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SINGAPORE - Patients who have recently taken the Covid-19 vaccine are advised to reschedule their yearly mammogram screenings as the presence of swollen lymph nodes, which is one of the known side effects of the jab, could be mistakenly identified as a sign of breast cancer. Doctors have advised them to move their mammogram screenings to either before receiving their Covid-19 vaccine or a few weeks after their second dose, to avoid confusion. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can cause swollen lymph nodes on the neck or arms, though it usually gets better by itself in a week or so, according to the Ministry of Health. Dr Tan Yah Yuen, a breast surgeon at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital, said the recent Covid-19 vaccination may cause swollen underarm lymph nodes on the vaccinated arm, which could lead doctors to "falsely suspect" an early sign of cancer. "If the clinical suspicion is that the swollen lymph node is due to the vaccination and not breast cancer, then a repeat ultrasound can be done in two to three months to follow up on the swollen lymph nodes for resolution," she added. So far, she has seen two patients, both healthcare workers, who had their mammogram and ultrasound screenings after receiving their Covid-19 vaccinations. Both had enlarged lymph nodes on their underarm where the jab was given. Since there were no other "suspicious signs" of breast cancer, the hospital will follow up with a repeat ultrasound. All other patients who just received their Covid-19 vaccinations have been informed to reschedule their check-ups, said Dr Tan, noting that the American Society of Breast Surgeons has recommended that women should consider scheduling mammogram or ultrasound checks before taking the first vaccine dose, or four to six weeks after the second dose. Women who are in cancer remission should also discuss with their doctor the appropriateness of rescheduling their mammogram or ultrasound checks, and they should seek to have their vaccine jab on the opposite arm if possible to avoid false alarms of cancer recurrence, she advised. Dr Ong Kong Wee, medical director of K W Ong Breast and General Surgery Clinic, said the concern over enlarged or swollen lymph nodes in the underarm is that it could be a sign of breast cancer spreading to the lymph nodes. But this could also be due to infection or autoimmune diseases. He also advised patients to schedule their mammogram screenings before going for their vaccine as this would prevent them from being subjected to more "extensive and invasive tests", such as a needle biopsy. Agreeing, infectious diseases expert Paul Tambyah, who is also president of the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, said that it would be prudent to schedule mammograms at least two weeks after receiving the vaccine, or before the vaccination to "avoid unnecessary anxiety". He added that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine trial found that there were 64 cases of swollen lymph nodes among the vaccine recipients, versus six cases who had received the placebo. Both groups had more than 20,000 people each. The report from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on the international trial had also stated that the lymph node swelling lasted an average of 10 days, added Prof Tambyah. However, he noted that the trial recipients were not specifically asked if they had experienced lymph node swelling, so the figures from the trial might be under reported. On the other hand, results from the Moderna vaccine trial conducted in the US had found that 14 per cent, or 2,090 of the 14,677 vaccine recipients had developed swollen lymph nodes, against 3.9 per cent of the placebo recipients. These typically lasted for around seven days after the vaccination. Professor Dale Fisher, a senior infectious diseases specialist at the National University Hospital, said it would not be surprising to find swollen lymph nodes after a vaccine jab as it is a major site for the body's immune response. He also advised separating both medical procedures, where possible, in case one affects the other.