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Independent Singapore
2 days ago
- Independent Singapore
Police investigate after someone else spends S$400+ of family's SG60 vouchers
SINGAPORE: A man said that a sizable portion of his SG60 vouchers, which were made available only this month, had been spent by someone else. He has filed a police report, and the matter is under investigation. According to a report in Shin Min Daily News on Sunday (Jul 13), someone else had used more than S$400 of the SG60 vouchers belonging to the household of a certain Mr Li, which had received a total of S$800 in vouchers. On Jul 2, the 64-year-old resident of Chinatown had claimed his vouchers at Kreta Ayer Community Club. To make it convenient for him, they were printed out by a staffer. The problem with the vouchers first came up on Jul 5, when his wife attempted to use S$12 in merchant vouchers when she was making a payment. She was told that one of the vouchers worth S$10 had already been used. The following day, Mr Li, who lives in Chinatown, attempted to use vouchers worth S$20 at a Sheng Siong grocery. To his surprise, he was informed that one of the vouchers he presented, also worth S$10, had already been used. When he alerted the community club staff about the issue, they asked Mr Li if any of his other family members had used the vouchers. After finding out from his two sons that they had not, Mr Li proceeded to lodge a report at the Police Cantonment Complex on Jul 7. An officer helped him access the transaction record of the vouchers via Mr Li's SingPass account. It showed that the person who used them began doing so on Jul 3, the day after they had been claimed. He also found out that the person who had used their household's vouchers had spent S$417 by Jul 12. In contrast, he and his wife had spent just S$42. Many of their vouchers were used in establishments such as a Jalan Kukoh medical hall, Old Airport Food Centre, and Redhill Food Centre—all of which are some distance from where Mr Li and his family live. He said that his vouchers were used to buy food such as buns, fish ball noodles, economy rice, and nasi lemak. Also, when the vouchers were used at a store in Chinatown, he asked if he could watch the camera footage from the store, in an attempt to find the person responsible for using their vouchers. He was told, however, that only the authorities can do so. All this came as a complete surprise to Mr Li and his wife, who have never claimed nor shared their vouchers online. The police confirmed with Shin Min Daily News that Mr Li had filed a police report and that they are looking into the matter. /TISG Read also: Singaporeans swap tips on stretching their SG60 vouchers—from durian to dental treatments
Independent Singapore
25-06-2025
- Automotive
- Independent Singapore
Xiaomi SU7's fatigue detection feature alerts Chinese man with 'small eyes' 20 times to 'focus on driving'
CHINA: A Xiaomi car's fatigue detection system mistakenly went off 20 times, repeatedly issuing voice alerts to a Chinese man with 'small eyes' to 'focus on driving'. According to Must Share News, Mr Li (name transliterated from Chinese) was driving his sister's Xiaomi SU7 Max in Zhejiang, China, on Wednesday (June 18) when the alerts started. Even though he changed his posture, the system kept telling him to 'please focus on driving'. Mr Li later suspected the system couldn't detect that his eyes were open in the sunlight, reported the Chinese outlet Sohu. 'When I forced my eyes wide open, the alarm stopped. But when I let my eyes return to their normal state, it started again,' he said, adding that because his eyes are small, the system kept assuming he was falling asleep. He also noted that his sister did not encounter the same issue while driving the same car, but when he does, the alerts go off over 20 times. According to Xiaomi's customer service, the monitoring feature is installed in all SU7 Max vehicles to enhance protection and programmed to flag possible fatigue by detecting behaviours such as closed eyes, yawning, turning the head, or being distracted by a phone. The company noted that while the feature may be overly sensitive in some cases, users have the option to disable the feature, Dimsum Daily reported. This is not the first time the Xiaomi SU7 has come under scrutiny. In March, three university students died in a crash involving the SU7 that was travelling in NOA (Navigate on Autopilot) mode on a highway in Anhui province. The car had detected an obstacle and braked but still hit the side of the road at a speed of 97 km/h, according to Car News China. also reported that the driver's mother had warned her not to trust the car's intelligent driving function blindly, but her daughter brushed it off, saying the car was 'safe to use'. See also The flood of foreigners? The crash led to a sharp drop in Xiaomi Group's stock price over two trading days. In March 2024, Xiaomi launched the SU7 in Standard, Pro, and Max variants in Beijing, marking its official entry into the electric vehicle market as a competitor to Tesla's Model 3. /TISG Read also: 73% Singapore car buyers are interested in electric cars, but many remain wary of high costs
CNA
21-06-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Billionaire FAS president Forrest Li has the financial means and the zeal, but are these enough to revive Singapore football?
Fans and commentators also pointed to organisational development as another area that Mr Li and his team can address in the near term. Mr Yeo the football observer said: 'FAS has been critically short on technical staff, and marketing and communications staff. Both are essential if the association is to run well and engage fans better.' Indeed, engagement and communication with its supporters is an area where fans believe more can be done. An example of this is the organisation's online presence. Mr Chuan Rei Hern, a 19-year-old student and avid follower of Singapore football, noted that 'basic statistics' such as information on the SPL's top goal scorers cannot be found on FAS' websites. He believes such issues that can be quickly solved and improved upon should be the new council's first order of business. 'How do new fans even get into the Singapore football circle when baseline information is so disjointed and difficult to reach?' he asked. Although it is undoubtedly more complicated than updating a website, focusing on improving the standard of coaching is another aspect that could feasibly be done during Mr Li's tenure. Mr de Roo, who previously held roles as technical director in Australia's FFA Centre of Excellence and the Football Association of Malaysia, identified Mr Gavin Lee – assistant coach of the Singapore men's national team and former BG Tampines Rovers head coach – as one of the most promising coaches in the nation today. However, he noted that this prominence is a product of an individual effort to go 'above and beyond' to improve himself, as opposed to being a product of the coaching education here. 'If you want to develop better players for your senior national team, the players have to work with better coaches and that means you have to develop better coaches.' WHAT MIGHT BE OUT OF REACH? However well-resourced or well-connected Mr Li might be, there are other fundamental challenges that he and his council may struggle to solve. At the heart of these challenges is that not everything in football is controlled or dictated by the football association alone, observers said. One common problem raised was the lack of unity across the ecosystem. While clubs, schools and private academies all contribute to the sport, they often operate in silos with little alignment in objectives or standards. Mr Vengadasalam, who now runs the Woodlands Lions FC, said that he often has players who are unable to train with his club's academy, for instance, due to clashes with the schedules of their schools' co-curricular activities. Mr Vengadasalam believes such a disconnect between the school system and academies like his means that player development is often halted. It is this fragmentation in the fraternity that might be a hurdle too large to overcome, Mr Raymond said. 'The schools' football system is an entire ecosystem on its own,' he added. 'It's a challenge to bring them all together and to agree on a technical strategy or a certain point of action.' Mr Yeo the football observer believes that one of the most intractable challenges Mr Li and the new FAS council faces is infrastructure, or the lack of control over it. 'No club apart from the Sailors owns any facility whatsoever. Even if they're a top team and they play in the SPL, they don't own a stadium,' he noted. This is not unique to Singapore. Professional clubs in Japan, for instance, do not own their stadiums either. However, Mr Yeo pointed out that Japanese local governments work closely with clubs to ensure facilities are prioritised for football use. 'Priority does not mean that other sports cannot use those facilities,' he said, but there must be a 'football lens' when infrastructure is built or refurbished. He gave the example of Singapore's National Stadium, which has a 'lay-and-play' natural grass pitch system that involves laying specially grown turf for major events. This allows for quick pitch replacement and ensures a high-quality playing surface. 'But land scarcity is the biggest problem. Even if we have a bottomless pit of money, you can't just build stadiums for every single club or even training pitches. There are so many parties with conflicting agendas when it comes to land in Singapore," he added. 'So you have a difficult situation that I don't think even (Mr Li) can resolve. He has to try to convince the government as to why it's important to build these facilities that can improve football professionalism." He continued: 'This would be the biggest challenge, even bigger than developing talent.' Still, those in the fraternity remain hopeful that change is possible, as long as it is done collaboratively and with conviction. Mr de Roo said: 'It starts with recognising where (things) go wrong, how to fix it and then appointing quality people to do that. 'Then make sure that they have the authority to do so, because there's no point appointing quality people if they are still hamstrung. Back them up, facilitate them and be strong. 'With infrastructure, you have the involvement of the ministries and other stakeholders. Sit at the table – you all want the same outcome, discuss how you are going to do that. 'Everybody tries to tell me that Singaporeans don't care about football. That's not true. They love football, but they've just lost faith.'
Bloomberg
06-06-2025
- Bloomberg
In Congo, Chinese Hustlers Seek Relief From Pressures Back Home
A white SUV with tinted windows pulls over as two Chinese trucks packed with copper and cobalt ore squeeze past each other on a dirt road in Democratic Republic of Congo. Seated in front is a Congolese soldier gripping a semi-automatic rifle, his face obscured by a camouflage hat and scarf. Behind him, a window slowly lowers and an empty can of Kombat energy drink flies out into the dust. A man's face appears in the back seat, and he lights a cigarette. 'I'm here to make money,' says the passenger, Mr. Li, a Chinese businessman whose Congolese employees call him 'Big Show' because of his penchant for fist fights.
