Stories you might've missed, May 6
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Stories you might've missed, May 6

Obbana Rajah
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Letter to the Editor: Improve public transport for the elderly, especially those with mobility issues

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Dear Editor, Currently, there are two SBS feeder bus services serving residents from Block 601 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and its surrounding blocks, to Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and to the Cheng San market. These are SBS feeder bus services 265 and 269. Read more here

Netizens weigh in on possibility of 4-day work week in Singapore

Photo: AFP

After lawyer and opposition leader Lim Tean asked in a social media post if Singapore is “progressive enough” to adopt a four-day working week, netizens had a lot to say.

Mr Lim posted a screenshot of an article titled “Japan Inc. turns to 4-day work week to offer flexibility to employees.” It was posted on May 3 by Kyodo News and said that more Japanese companies are offering employees the opportunity to work for four days per week instead of five, as this offers more flexibility and work-life balance.

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Workers’ Party Veteran pays surprise visits to Gerald Giam, He Ting Ru

Photos: FB screengrab/ Gerald Giam, He Ting Ru

A surprise visit was paid by Mr Lim Ee Ping to not one but two Workers’ Party Members of Parliament recently, as he dropped by their Meet-the-People Sessions (MPS).

Mr Giam called him “one of the pillars in the Workers’ Party.”

Photos of the visit from veteran Mr Lim, who is now in his 80s and who joined the WP in 1959, were posted on Facebook by Ms He Ting Ru (Sengkang GRC) and Mr Gerald Giam (Aljunied GRC) on Wednesday night (May 4).

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Money Heist: Korea-Joint Economic Area’s Netflix debut, release date revealed

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The Korean remake of the popular Spanish crime series Money Heist will be available for streaming on Netflix come June 24th. Part 1 of Money Heist: Korea-Joint Economic Area depicts an unprecedented hostage robbery within the background of the unification of the Korean Peninsula, where genius strategists and robbers with different personalities fight against extraordinary variables. Read more here

Justin Bieber reveals all about his emotional breakdown and how he thought marriage would fix his problems

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Justin Bieber opened up about his early days being married to Hailey Bieber saying that he had actually had an emotional breakdown at that time. He told Apple Music’s Ebro Darden that he believed marriage was the answer to his problems and he thought having a partner was a solution. It took him a long time to realize that marriage isn’t the answer. “I remember when I first got married, I hit a little bit of an emotional breakdown because I thought marriage was going to fix all my problems and it didn’t. It just kind of was a reflection of like, man, you’re a bit of a hypocrite man. Like you want your wife to do something that you’re not doing. And… it’s hard sometimes to look in the mirror and really have to realize. Man, maybe you’re not the person that you necessarily thought that you were. And you know that’s just the result of trauma and life circumstances.” Read more here  

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