Sunday, January 16, 2011

Concrete blocks topple onto Gilstead Road

A HUGE pile of concrete blocks stacked next to Gilstead Road came crashing down on Sunday morning. According to SP Power Grid in another news report, the impact caused a gas leak from a valve, which has since been shut down by the Singapore Civil Defence Force. Described Amarela, on citizen journalism site Stomp: 'A pile of boulders located at a condominium construction site beside a church compound along Gilstead Road, fell and spilled over onto the road and obstructed the two-way road this morning at about 8.20am, whilst worshippers attend Sunday morning services.' In response to a Stomp query, the police said that it 'received a call today at about 8.30am requesting for assistance at Gilstead Road'. No injuries have been reported so far, and police are still investigating.


Maid survives 9-storey fall from Bukit Panjang flat

A MAID survived a nine-storey fall from her employer's flat in Bukit Panjang on Friday afternoon, a day after another maid died when she fell from a sixth-floor window while cleaning it. Police confirmed the Friday incident, saying they responded to a call at 1.35pm that day about a woman who had fallen nine storeys at Block 534, Jelapang Road. She was found lying at the foot of the block, and was taken to the National University Hospital with fractures to her legs and pelvic bone, said a police spokesman. When The Sunday Times visited the employer's flat yesterday, the family declined to be interviewed, but said that the maid was not alone in the flat at that time.Shin Min Daily News reported that the maid was a 23-year-old Indonesian who was hired just over a month ago to work for the family. An eyewitness told the evening daily that the maid was found on the ground with bamboo poles and clothes beside her, and that she could have fallen out of the window while trying to retrieve laundry when it started to rain in the afternoon.


Hawkers query rents at new food centre

HAWKERS from the iconic Bedok Food Centre are worried about possible rent hikes after they move to a new centre. At yesterday's East Coast Remaking Our Heartland launch, six representatives peppered Senior Minister S. Jayakumar and fellow East Coast GRC MP Lee Yi Shyan with questions about their future after their lease expires in May 2014. Last month, about 50 of the 70 hawkers there had petitioned the Government to retain the centre. Yesterday, they were happy to hear that a new food centre will be built next to the existing one, and that they would be given priority at the new site, targeted to be completed by the time the lease expires. But it has not been decided whether the new centre will be run by the National Environment Agency or a private developer. 'If a private developer takes over, the rent can reach $5,000 to $6,000 a month,' said fishball noodle seller Richard Teo, 51, chairman of the centre's hawkers' association, who initiated last month's petition. The stall owners now pay $1,100 to $1,400 a month. 'We don't want to raise our food prices because of the rent,' said wanton noodle seller Ivy Tan, 47. 'This is a place for HDB heartlanders to have their three meals.' The hawkers said Mr Lee had told them that more details would be available in one or two weeks.


Young S'poreans keen to hear MM Lee's views

WHEN Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew stepped down as prime minister in 1990, Mr Cheo Ming Shen was just six, so his memory of Singapore's founding leader is hazy at best. But that did not stop the 27-year-old co-founder of Internet start-up Netccentric from ordering an autographed copy of a new book on Mr Lee. He was among 60 donors who will get a limited edition signed copy of the book, having donated $10,000. Proceeds go to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund.





Gillman Village takes a break

GILLMAN Village, the laidback enclave off Alexandra Road, will be emptied out by the end of next month. A Sunday Times check found that there are currently seven tenants. In all, there are five eateries, a dance studio, a furniture shop and some warehouses. All will move out by end-February, with furniture store Originals the first, by Jan 25. It will move to Bukit Timah.







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