Two massage establishments at Geylang Road were found on Aug 26 to be operating illegally, said the police in a Sept 30 statement. Two men, aged 45 and 57, are being investigated for offences under the Massage Establishments Act. Between Aug 24 and Sept 1, 15 women, aged between 20 and 53, were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter. This follows a series of multi-agency enforcement operations led by Bedok Police Division and supported by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Singapore Customs from Aug 23 to Sept 1. These operations aimed to clamp down on illegal activities in Geylang area, such as illegal gambling, vice activities, illegal sale of health products, drug-related activities and illegal hawking.   A total of 22 men and 19 women are being investigated for various offences, and 13 men and one woman were issued with composition sums. Officers from the CID, Bedok Police Division and CNB conducted a series of checks at public entertainment outlets, massage establishments and hotels as well as carried out anti-vice operations at Geylang Road and the Geylang "lorongs". On Aug 23, five public entertainment outlets along Geylang Road and Aljunied Road were found to have breached licensing conditions. Three male licensees and one female licensee, aged between 35 to 60, were issued with composition sums, while another 53-year-old male licensee will be investigated for the breaches. On Aug 25, officers from Bedok Police Division and ICA conducted a series of enforcement operations against illegal gambling activities along Ubi Avenue 3 and Ubi Road 2, where five men and four women, aged between 37 to 69, were arrested while another seven men, aged 60 and 78, are being investigated. Between Aug 26 and 29, officers from Bedok Police Division, HSA, ICA, and CNB conducted raids at Geylang "lorongs" such as Lorong 11, Lorong 20, Lorong 21 and Lorong 35, targeting the illegal sale of health products and illegal drug activities. Unregistered health products, including cough syrup, with an estimated total street value of about $9,100 were seized. Three men, aged between 23 and 33, are being investigated. On Aug 29, officers from the Singapore Customs conducted enforcement operation against duty-unpaid cigarettes in Geylang and 10 men, aged between 30 and 40, were issued with composition sums for possessing such cigarettes. On the same day, officers from LTA targeted illegally modified personal mobility devices (PMDs) and power-assisted bicycles (PABs). Two men, aged 23 and 72, are being investigated, and one PMD and one PAB were impounded. On Aug 30, a 31-year-old man was arrested for an offence under the Societies Act. On Sept 1, a 53-year-old man was arrested for offences under National Registration Act and Immigration Act. Investigations against the 41 individuals are ongoing.

She shared that she is determined to keep the village running for as long as she is alive and hopes that the next generation will continue the tradition.       singapore land acquisition act enter the chatroom

While many Singaporeans may have only experienced kampongs through stories or old photographs, one such village, Kampong Lorong Buangkok, still stands today.  Valued at a staggering $70 million, its owner, Sng Mui Hong, has steadfastly refused to sell it. Madam Sng was recently interviewed by TikTok duo Wan and Zal who produce property-related content. Wan and Zal visited Kampong Lorong Buangkok which was bought in 1956 by Madam Sng's father, Sng Teow Koon, a traditional Chinese medicine seller. "This village has been here for 69 years," she said proudly in fluent Malay while sitting astride a bicycle.   Despite receiving several offers, she refused to break her promise to her late father that she would not sell the land. "He wanted me to keep this land for his children and grandchildren," she said.   She shared that she is determined to keep the village running for as long as she is alive and hopes that the next generation will continue the tradition. "They know my grandfather's promise and said they want to keep the land as it is," she said. Wan and Zal explained in their video that because the land is freehold, no authority can acquire it as long Madam Sng holds on to it. The video, which has over 730,000 views, has struck the hearts of netizens who admired Madam Sng's loyalty and were impressed at how fluent she is in Malay. "A real rich person but living a simple life," said one commenter. "Wow, one of the few people who aren't materialistic and keep their promises," said another TikTok user.

A woman was amused and impressed by her Tada driver selling his wife's handmade jewellery in his car. Stomper Christina even bought a bracelet after booking the ride with him on Aug 20. She recounted: "On the way back home, I came across this driver helping his wife selling jewellery inside his car. "it is a unique experience because I always book a ride home and the PHV (private-hire vehicle) driver usually has stickers on the back like 'no smoking, eating or drinking' but this driver had something else."   A sign hung on the back of the front passenger seat read: "Hi, do support my wife Shopee if you love handmade jewellery." It also listed the prices of the items for sale in the car. "And this made me laugh also. It says, 'Wife: Any questions, can ask my driver cum salesman'," said the Stomper. "I thought I would share this since I find the husband very supportive of his wife by helping her display all this, I know most guys have big egos and wouldn’t display all this girl stuff." The passenger bought the $12 bracelet for her friend. "She likes this bracelet stuff," explained the Stomper. She added that the driver was the very quiet type and didn’t talk much. "He did answer some of my questions like how long he drives like every day. He said he drives about 10 hours," said the Stomper.