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MND: We’re open to housing foreign workers on offshore islands

A question was asked in Parliament if the Ministry for National Development would consider housing foreign workers, especially construction and shipyard workers, on some of the nearer offshore islands. In a written reply yesterday (8 Apr), MND said they are open to such an idea. MND said, "We have in fact housed workers on Jurong...

SGs experienced significantly fewer acts of kindness & graciousness

The latest Graciousness Index, an annual study that tracks the perception and experience of kindness and graciousness in Singapore, declined 8 points to 53 this year, the lowest in the past 5 years. It found that respondents felt that they were experiencing significantly fewer acts of kindness and graciousness in Singapore over...

Filipino ‘tourist’ jailed for offering $20 bribe to cops

A Filipino woman, Prisbelle Pascua Abalos, was jailed for three weeks on Monday (8 Apr) for offering a $20 bribe to two police officers to not take action against her for littering. She was in Singapore on a social visit pass when the incident occurred on 22 August last year. Interestingly, the incident happened near Orchard...