Singapore e-trading website SGbuy4u sued for selling counterfeits from China
A Singapore e-trading website selling counterfeit goods from China was sued by fashion designer Calvin Klein when the latter purchased two sample Calvin Klein goods from it. The Singapore High Court...
View ArticleSingapore PR Indonesian jailed 6 weeks for MRT chikan molest
A Singapore permanent resident Indonesian was jailed 6 weeks today (Oct 6) for grinding his groin against a 27-year-old woman’s butt on the MRT. On April 5 this year, Sasmita Tjakra, 41, saw the...
View ArticleFormer Air Force General: Let’s scrap LRT, return to buses
According to SMRT’s managing director and former Air Force general Ling Wee Lee, SMRT is considering to scrap the Bukit Panjang LRT train system and return to buses. The backpedaling idea was proposed...
View ArticleLee Hsien Loong offends India: Learn from Singapore
After offending China with his pro-US comments on the South China Sea, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong dished a number of unsolicited advice on India’s domestic affairs yesterday (Oct 6). Lee...
View ArticleMinister Tan Chuan Jin: Legalising online gamling doesn’t exacerbate social...
Minister of Social and Family Affairs Tan Chuan Jin defended his decision to legalise online gambling in Singapore claiming that only online gambling with the two government-linked companies are...
View ArticleFormer churchgoer use Taoist offerings to create mischief at church
A former churchgoer of Lighthouse Evangelism church who was angry with the church placed Taoist offerings like joss sticks and chicken heads outside the church in Woodlands to create mischief....
View ArticleNUS graduate Malaysian jailed for taking upskirt of 8-yo girl
A Malaysian National University of Singapore (NUS) graduate was sentenced to 20 weeks’ jail for taking upskirt videos of young girls. Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) Wong Jia Wei, from Butterworth...
View ArticleMinister Lim Swee Say talk down on fresh grads: You are too picky
Speaking at an employment dialogue yesterday (Oct 8), Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say talked down more than 50 fresh grads at the session telling them not to be “too picky” when job hunting. Minister...
View ArticleMinister: BTO flats will still have to wait 2-3 years, levy might increase,...
In his first media interview ever since he became the Minister of National Development (MND) for over a year, Lawrence Wong said that HDB built-to-order (BTO) flats will still have to wait 2-3 years...
View ArticlePTC refuse to give 5.7% reduction on transport fares, changing formula
Singapore’s Public Transport Council (PTC) is refusing to follow its existing fare formula which is giving a 5.7% reduction due to falling oil prices. Instead, PTC chairman Richard Magus wants to...
View ArticleMinister Tan Chuan Jin: I don’t know how many people are illegally gambling...
When questioned if the government is able to provide statistics to reflect the effectiveness of the Remote Gambling Act passed in 2015, Minister of Social and Family Development Tan Chuan Jin said...
View ArticleSingapore Police: No action taken against former NMP Calvin Cheng
The Singapore Police will not be taking any action against former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Calvin Cheng for his insidious hate speech on killing children. On 17 Nov 2015, the PAP...
View ArticleMinister Lim Hng Kiang: No recession, just negative GDP
Minister of Trade Lim Hng Kiang was caught playing with words in Parliament yesterday (Oct 10) claiming that there is no recession in Singapore, but only “some quarters of negative growth”: “Our...
View ArticleMinister Josephine: Fathers should thank PM Lee Hsien Loong for 2 weeks...
In a media interview with state media Straits Times, Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo said that Singaporean fathers should thank Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for the approval of 2 weeks’...
View ArticleMinister Josephine Teo: “You do not need much space to have sex”
Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo went kinky in her interview with state media Straits Times and told the reporter that Singaporeans do not need to get HDB BTO flats to have children. The...
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SPH The New Paper shut down due to poor circulation
One of Singapore’s propaganda state media papers, The New Paper, infamous for spreading falsehoods is shutting down due to poor circulation. The New Paper will merge with My Paper and will be free for...
View ArticleUOB officer from China stole S$95K from bank to gamble in Macau
A United Overseas Bank (UOB) bank officer from China who stole S$95,291.75 from his employer UOB was sentenced to 3 years and 5 months’ jail on Tuesday (Oct 11). Hong Jing Guo, 33, a bank officer who...
View ArticleMinister Josephine Teo blame Straits Times for “sex” comment: No stable jobs...
Facing criticisms over her “sex” comment on lack of depth on low fertility rate, Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo blame state media The Straits Times for “not capturing everything” she intended...
View ArticleHDB: We lost S$1.64 billion from building HDB flats
According to the Housing Development Board (HDB)’s latest annual report released today (Oct 13), the government lost S$1.64 billion from building new HDB flats in the latest financial year. You may...
View ArticleEditor’s note: Granted Australian PR
Hi STR readers, Thank you for your support over the year and a half. Those who have followed STR after the shut down of The Real Singapore, thank you for your loyalty. I will continue to write more...
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