Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

Central District Community Service Consultative Council member Cheong Sok Leng said yesterday that overweight schoolbags were not only a burden on pupils’ backs, but also adversely affecting their health, urging the government to tackle the issue of overweight satchels.Cheong made the remarks during a regular meeting of the government-appointed council at the Patane Municipal Market Complex on the peninsula.Cheong noted that in recent years the government has focused more on international

Two non-resident workers (NRWs) have been arrested separately for theft, one for stealing two bottles of white wine and the other a mobile phone she found on the street, according to separate Public Security Police (PSP) statements on Sunday.According to the statement, a shopkeeper recently reported to the police that two bottles of white wine had been stolen. Police made use of their citywide CCTV surveillance system and identified the suspect as a male NRW in his fifties and arrested him last