2013-12-09, 03:08 | Link #32121 | |
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2013-12-09, 03:30 | Link #32122 | |
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2013-12-09, 03:47 | Link #32123 | |
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To them, policemen are corrupt, real justice is only served when the criminal dies. Trials are a sham to them. Rule of law des not apply to them because they are not local. And to the posh brainless local population, they are barbarians and slaves who "should be glad they got paid and have a place to work here because most of us are too highly educated to do their menial jobs". Pfft.
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2013-12-09, 06:25 | Link #32125 | |||
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Sometimes I feel for them; an average construction worker here earns S$800-$1000 for up to 6D12H shifts per month. To them, it is alot of money, in India that is around 30k rupee, lodging paid for. I once worked as a guard dealing with these workers, they are simple people; one of them told me he took up the job so he could send his son to Mumbai to study in university; and had sold his tea stand to come here. The troublemakers are those that are single and not married, most of them told me, getting drunk, bringing girls into the dorms, etc.
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2013-12-09, 06:44 | Link #32126 | |||
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Deceased foreign worker in Little India Riot was drunk: Police Quote:
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2013-12-09, 06:54 | Link #32128 | |
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2013-12-09, 09:38 | Link #32131 | |
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This case certainly highlights the flaws of the local system, in regards to the foreign talent policy, the general apathy or overzealous responses shown by the public, and also more deep-lying issues that still need time to iron out. In other words, it brought about the Ugly in Singapore (well, a quarter of it anyway...) While every person is an idiot to an extent, I do find solace that there was at least a sane foreign worker who tried to stop his countryman. I suppose this case certainly will be a wake-up call (then again, every single mishap has become one...just look at SMRT for example). It is human nature to be complacent, but the hardship will certainly mean that there is a need to step up. Apparantly, after the guy got chased off the bus, the driver tried to turn left (note, in Singapore, the bus doors are on the left), and then the guy got knocked down. Looking at it, it seemed he wanted to block the bus, but didn't think it through, and it cost him his life.
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2013-12-09, 09:40 | Link #32132 |
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Thai Premier Calls for Elections, but Protests Continue
Other than frustration with their inability to win elections, and a general veneer of sour grapes, what exactly does the Thai Democrat party and its supporters really want? The current unrest seems remarkably similar to that before the 2006 military coup which deposed Yingluck's brother and sent him into exile. Luckily, for now, the military seems disinclined to intervene once more. I haven't seen much discussion of the types of people who are protesting in Thailand. Are they young? Old? Royalists? Middle-class liberals? The poor? The well-off? To an outsider with limited information, this conflict looks more like a turf war between contending elites than a popular movement with an agenda for policy change. The contrast with the people in the streets of Kiev, who have a clear objective of forcing the government to sign the accord with the EU, is striking.
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2013-12-09, 10:06 | Link #32134 | ||
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Her initial brief was for me to go down to the scene in the morning to report the damage and gather reactions from people in the area. I immediately checked social media. A colleague of mine, the social-media queen in our team, had already been Whatsapp'ing us the developments as early as 11pm. By that time, the Special Operations Command was already well on the way of dispersing the crowd. Hardly any of us were paying attention to the news at the time — it was Sunday night, after all, with expectations of a slow news day the next day. By midnight, practically the entire reporting team at my station was awake. We were rapidly updating each other as quickly as possible over our private Whatsapp group. I decided, heck, I should be a busybody. I was the only one in the team with a car, so I drove off in T-shirt, bermudas and sandals (and with my recording equipment, of course), intending just to catch sight of events unfolding first-hand. The e-mail from Police Headquarters arrived at just after midnight, calling a news conference at 1.30am. I immediately called my editor and turned back to get changed. One of my colleague was dispatched to the incident scene right away, while I sped off to the police headquarters in the wee hours. By the time my colleague arrived, the rioting was already over. The situation was under control, the cordon set up. But the damage was still there. Wrecked vehicles, including the smoking skeletons of police and civil-defence vehicles that had been set on fire. News conference during the wee hours Meanwhile, practically the entire press corps had gathered at the Police news conference room. 1.30am came and went. It was until around 2am before the Deputy Prime Minister arrived with his colleague, the Second Minister for Home Affairs, along with the Police Commissioner and his deputy. The DPM and 2MIN had just returned from the incident site and the delay was because they were being debriefed by police officers of the latest figures and news. My colleague at TV was desperate to beam the news conference live, but unfortunately the reception was poor, so it ended up being broadcast late. Soundbites gathered, I rushed back to the newsroom, clocking in at around 3.30am. Hammered away the first reports and it was 5.30am by the time the first "writes" and "radio SOTs" were written, vetted and put on queue for the first bulletins at 6am. Throughout this time, the reporter colleague of mine at the scene had been taken into the cordoned area by police officers. He and other reporters took photos of the aftermath. He got back to the newsroom at about 5am, just as I was finishing up my reports. It was already near dawn. My colleague had been tasked to cover reactions from shopkeepers and residents in the area first thing in the morning. I was supposed to head back home for rest, to return at 12pm for follow-ups, but I was running on adrenaline, so my colleague and I headed down to the scene again. We arrived at about 6am. I think my colleague and I, plus another reporter from TV were the only reporters on scene at that time. The damaged vehicles were being cleared, with the private bus that sparked the whole incident towed away at about 6.30am. After videoing that, I dropped by the newsroom again to upload the clip before heading back home to sleep. The next whirlwind round From 12pm, it was a mad whirl of keeping up with the updates while chasing the relevant authorities for comments and reactions. Caught wind of a social-media initiative for people to meet in the area later on Monday evening to spread "flowers of peace and reconciliation". Tracked down the person who started the initiative via mutual Facebook friends and interviewed him. Filed the story at about 3.30pm. Next learnt that police were holding another news conference at 5pm, but they had forgotten to inform us radio reporters. We learnt about it from a report on a rival news website at 4.45pm. Mad rush to the police headquarters, getting there just in time (I'm glad now that I drive!). Hence the above report. Going to crash out now. This was what I signed up for, recording and writing the first rough draft of history. It'll be a weekend to remember for a long, long time. |
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2013-12-09, 10:55 | Link #32136 | |
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I'm speculating, but it's likely he got off the bus in an alcohol-fuelled daze, wandered to the left-rear side of the bus while it was turning left into Race Course Road from Tekka Lane. By the way, vehicles are right-hand drive in Singapore. That is, the driver is on the right side of the vehicle. The bus doors are on the left side of the vehicle. The deceased would have got off, therefore, on the left. As most of us well know, the turning radius of a bus is huge. And the crowds in the area are usually huge at that time of Sunday night, with people milling about and jaywalking all over the place. Meaning to say it would have been a nightmare for any driver of a large vehicle to navigate. The deceased was found pinned under the left-rear tyre of the bus after the driver got off to investigate a loud bang. The aerial view of the area compiled by The Straits Times should help clarify what went on. The bus is the blue-and-white vehicle at the junction of Tekka Lane and Race Course Road. Notice its position. As I said, it was turning left into Race Course Road from Tekka Lane when the accident occurred. |
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2013-12-09, 11:37 | Link #32138 | |
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Since it seems to be under the radar for most people here: North Korea images confirm removal of Kim Jong-un's uncle Chang Song-thaek
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2013-12-09, 12:43 | Link #32139 | |||
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The problem is with assigning proper manpower to deal with them; namely less women, or send the timekeeper for security licensing. Technically speaking, it would be the best interests of the public that the worker was brought back to the dorm ASAP, but the drunkard was deemed too much of a hassle to deal with by the driver and the timekeeper to be on board; at least in the bunk, his buddies can dump cold water over him to wake him up. And the police commissioner of the district needs to be decommissioned. The place has been a traffic nightmare for years and the TP only watches out for illegal parking around Tekka and Mustafa. Also, when I was traveling about today, I saw a number of middle aged men exiting the police KINS training facility. Looks like they are NSmen being recalled on short-notice to standby for flareups, given their potbellies. Quote:
I wonder what kind of impact this has got on the laidback mood every day after work/weekend at Tekka market. Usually the vendors make good business matching beer and food to cater to the low-skill Bangladeshi/Indian workers, but without the alcohol flowing, will it be a bigger case for a fight, or will they bring their drinks from elsewhere like the nearby Mustafa Centre, which actually sells stronger alcohol? Doesn't help that the fact that the driver is Chinese and the timekeeper is female. The workers come from a very chauvanistic society, AND being a political and economic enemy to China, it certainly doesn't help to have two people who are seen to be against them. Oh nice someone called for an alcohol free zone : Singapore MP wants to turn Little India into alcohol-free zone Quote:
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2013-12-09, 13:39 | Link #32140 | |
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