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Time Out
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
TamJai and SamGor releases collectable soft toys and two in-app games to win exclusive discounts
If there's one thing about Hongkongers, it's that we love TamJai and TamJai SamGor noodles. (Whether you're more a fan of the yellow bowls or black bowls is a different can of worms.) Lovers of the Yunnan-style rice noodles can now look forward to collecting some adorable plush toys from the brother brands, as well as two new mobile games where players can win exclusive promotions and discounts. Get the TamJai Club mobile app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to find a cutesy cartoon-like game where ingredients have to battle a ravenous volcano. The game is split into four chapters with five missions each, and every time players finish a chapter, they'll get awarded with a coupon to get a rice noodle bowl for just $1. Finish all four chapters to win free Hunan chicken wings for a year! In a similar vein, the SamGor Spicy Club mobile app houses a pixelated fighter game with four chapters containing five missions each. The reward for finishing each chapter is a coupon to redeem rice noodle bowls with an increasing number of ingredients for just $1, until defeating the entire game unlocks a year's worth of free Hunan chicken wings. The first 30 people to complete the game will also win a golden ticket that'll allow you to skip all queues when dining in-store in Hong Kong – an absolute score during Hong Kong's busy lunch hours. But arguably the best part of these new promotions from TamJai and SamGor is the fact that they're releasing a set of collectable plush toys, shaped like some of the most commonly ordered ingredients in their noodles. These include a Chinese chive, a beef ball, a mushroom, and a slice of century egg – and if you download the TamJai app, you'll also find that they're the fighter characters in the game. The plush toys are available to purchase at 30 select TamJai Yunnan Mixian stores across Hong Kong, at a price of $88 per character, and they'll also throw in a $40 cash voucher with every purchase. Another way to get your hands on the collectables is to lock in and be one of the first 10 people to complete the TamJai Club game, which will earn you a complete set of the toys. TamJai and SamGor's game promotions will run from July 15 to August 25, so make sure your apps are all up to date and start clicking from Tuesday!
GMA Network
10-06-2025
- GMA Network
PDEA: Sam Gor syndicate behind P7B worth of shabu found in PH waters
An international crime syndicate called the Sam Gor is behind the sacks containing over P7 billion worth of shabu recovered from Philippine waters recently, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Tuesday. "Sam Gor is a five-drug triad alliance namely: the 14K, Bamboo Union, Big Circle Gang, Sun Yeen On, and Wo Shing Wo, whose leaders are based in Hong Kong and Taiwan,' PDEA director general Undersecretary Isagani Nerez said in a statement. 'Their members simply called it 'The Company,'' he added. As of Monday, the PDEA said 56 local fishermen have surrendered a total of 1,038 kilos of suspected shabu worth P7,058,400,000 in 40 turnover incidents to authorities. This is one of the country's largest maritime seizures of illegal drugs in recent years, according to the PDEA. The sacks of shabu were found in the coastal areas of Dacap Sur, Bani; Boboy and Macaboboni, Agno; and Luciente I, Balingasay, Concordia and Poblacion, Bolinao—all located in the province of Pangasinan Some were found in Barangay Mantanas and Dili in Sta Cruz, Ilocos Sur. Floating shabu was also found off the waters of Masinloc, Zambales. 'Based on the packaging of shabu packs recovered in Philippine shores, they were contained in teabags with Chinese markings - a signature trademark associated with Sam Gor,' Nerez said. "Sam Gor gained notoriety by engaging in all sorts of unconventional methods of drug smuggling, including the use of the high seas. They dump their illicit goods to be retrieved later by contact local cohorts. It's a good thing that our hero fishermen got there first before the drugs fell into the wrong hands,' he added. Citing reports, the PDEA said Sam Gor operates in various countries across the Asia-Pacific Region, including the Philippines. 'It is largely involved in trafficking methamphetamine, and is believed to have an estimated 40 to 70 percent control of the drug market in the region, raking up profits up to more than $17 billion in revenue a year,' the PDEA said. 'Aside from shabu, the syndicate also funnels big proportions of heroin, ketamine, other synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals,' it added. The PDEA said Sam Gor is named after the nickname of its suspected founder/leader, 'Tse Chi Lop', a Chinese-Canadian who was arrested four years ago in the Netherlands. He was eventually extradited to Australia in December 2022 to face drug trafficking charges. According to the PDEA, he is considered Asia's 'El Chapo', a reference to Joaquin Guzman, a former Mexican drug lord who became one of the world's most powerful traffickers of narcotics. —RF, GMA Integrated News
