People Who Smashed Up Porridge Stall Jailed: 6 Topics S’poreans Talked About Today (4 May)

If you’ve ever harboured dreams of riding down the road in a Harley Davison, or just any motorbike, you’ll know that your parents don’t really approve of it.

It’s dangerous.

After all, whether it’s your fault or not, you’ll come out worse from any road accidents.

Now, before that, let’s look at something that shows us that if you’re not happy with your bills, you shouldn’t smash up the stall. Like, really.

Men and Woman Who Raged At Upper Serangoon Porridge Stall Jailed

Remember them?

Tan Sung Meng, Ang Sim Poh and Pang Pei Pei smashed up Heng Long Teochew Porridge on 27 May 2017.

When a waitress, Chia Ai Cheng, presented them with a $28 bill, she was unable to provide a breakdown of the bill.

Pang got agitated and threw a bowl of porridge into the stall. Ang and Tan joined in and started trashing the stall as well.

Damages from the one-minute long tantrum amounted to almost $10,300.

Legend has it that they had drunk before going to the porridge stall.

Ang and Tan were each sentenced to 4 weeks jail. Pang, who had a history of being remanded at Institute of Mental Health (IMH), was jailed for two weeks.

Compensation was not made to Heng Long Teochew Porridge.

For mischief causing losses above $500, they could’ve been jailed for two years and fined.

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Motorcyclist Injured After Accident With Reckless Driver On CTE

On 1 May, a 22-year-old motorcyclist was thrown off his bike after a reckless driver made a sudden swerve along the Central Expressway (CTE) towards Seletar Expressway at 5.13 pm.

In a video uploaded by Roads.sg, the motorcycle could be seen travelling along the fourth lane, while the car is on the second.

The car signalled left and made a sudden swerve. It all happened so fast the motorcyclist was unable to react in time.

The left side of the car hit the motorcycle and the rider flew off.

The rider was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in a conscious state.

You can watch the video for yourself below:

Police investigations are ongoing.

NUS Student Fell To Her Death At Sheares Hall After Locking Herself Out

Seen those comedies where people locked themselves out of the room and tries all sort of ways to get back in?

It might be funny on screen, but in real life, it can get serious pretty fast.

On 3 May, it was reported that 18-year-old South Korean national Jung Haelin fell from the seventh floor of Sheares Hall in NUS back in Oct 2017.

She was trying to get into her room after accidentally locking herself out of her room.

The doors at Sheares Hall automatically locks when it closes.

CCTV footage showed Jung knocking on other doors, but the occupants did not respond.

In the end, she went into the pantry and likely tried to leap to her room’s ledge. Unfortunately, she missed her footing and fell.

Two NUS students found her motionless body on the ground and alerted the Sheares Hall manager as well as the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).

After the incident, students at Sheares Hall now have to lock the door themselves.

In addition, the school said that at any point in time, one of the five resident fellows or hall manager will be on duty.

The resident fellow’s flat is on the first floor of every hall, which doesn’t require an access pass to enter.

SPF To Issue Smartphone With Special Apps To Officers & Use Robots To Patrol The Streets

The future is now.

On 3 May, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) announced that they’ll be issuing smartphones with custom-built apps to their officers.

This device will allow police officers to respond faster to incidents even when they’re off duty.

Some of the apps include:

• Secured messaging
• SPF knowledge management database
• Location of private CCTV cameras
• Investigation diary
• Match-It app that helps identify student’s uniforms

But that’s not the juicy part.

Meet your (possible) future patrol officers

The S5 Pan-Tilt-Zoom Patrol Robot can patrol a street by itself and transmit video feeds to a command post.

Plus a Police “customer service officer”

This robot is aptly named Matar. Its touchscreen panel allows it to interact with the public and it’s able to navigate by itself both indoors and outdoors.

It’s 2018, but it feels lik 2080 now.

And since you’re here, why not check out a video we’ve done with SPF?

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For The Month Of May, 7 MRT Stations Along NSL To Close Earlier, Open Later

Finally, after two months of the EWL getting affected by closures, it’s time for the NSL to suffer again.

SMRT announced on their Facebook page that from 4 to 27 May, 7 stations along the North-South Line (NSL) will be affected by early closures and late openings.

The stations affected are Khatib, Yio Chu Kang, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Braddel, Toa Payoh and Novena.

Early Closure at 11 pm Every Friday & Saturday

The stations will close early at 11 pm on every Friday and Saturday of the month. Namely 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26 May.

Check out the last train timings for May along the NSL below:

Towards Jurong East MRT Station

Towards Marina South Pier

Late opening at 8 am Every Saturday and Sunday

The stations will open late at 8 am every Saturday and Sunday of the month. Namely 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27 May.

Check out the first train timings for May along the NSL below:

Towards Jurong East MRT Station

Towards Marina South Pier

There will be shuttle buses available to help commuters travel during this period.

And because only part of the lines are closed, you can still take the NSL between Jurong East & Yishun, and between Newton & Marina South Pier as per normal.

Lucky Man Wins $18.5K After Guessing 987FM’s Secret Sound

If you’re an avid listener of radio like me, you’d know that 987fm was running a secret sound contest.

And it’s been driving every listener crazy.

With the prize money starting at $5,000, it increases by $500 every single day if no one guesses it correctly to $18,500.

And finally, on 3 May, a man called Mr Lee won the pot of money.

The answer to the sound that everyone’s really curious about? It’s the sound of adjusting a computer monitor’s height (that one got sound one meh?!).

Netizens, of course, were stumped at how anybody could guess that.

Some suspect it’s an inside job.

But here’s an interesting thing. This Mr Lee is an I.T engineer.

Damn, and here I was thinking cutting paper at Art Friend was the right answer.

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