Paul Liew, third generation co-owner of
Keng Eng Kee, a popular
tze char (stir fry) eatery that operates out of an airy coffee shop in Bukit Merah Lane 1, for whom such recognition seemed inevitable. “Singapore has always been a gourmet destination offering the whole gamut of experiences, from fine-dining to hawker fare,” he said
To market the local food industry in recent years, the Singapore Tourism Board has hosted multiple large-scale gourmet events like the
World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards in 2019, and the annual
Michelin awards and gala dinner. With these, Liew says, tourists have been flocking to the city state to savour food served in award-winning restaurants, thus helping to put the ‘Little Red Dot’s’ dining scene on the map. But with Singapore’s hawker culture now officially recognised by UNESCO, he believes that tourists will also be educated about the local hawker culture, bringing a more holistic angle to the uniquely Singapore gourmet experie
By J. Dennis Robinson
It’s enough to make anyone believe in miracles. On Jan. 30, 1981, a $10.5 million FB-111A jet bomber plummeted directly toward the most densely populated section of Portsmouth. Roughly 2,500 people lived in the low-rent apartment complex then known as Sea Crest and Mariner’s Village. A spray of jet fuel set buildings on fire as the pilotless plane ripped into the earth. But 40 years later, what might have been the world’s worst aviation disaster is scarcely a footnote in local history. There was a cascading liquid fire burning across the tops of the buildings, police officer Albert Pace recalled years later. It looked like a great wave at the beach coming in only it was all flames of liquid fuel. It was pretty spectacular.
December 23, 2020
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SINGAPORE - A man used unregulated private-hire car services such as Ride Kakis and SG Hitch on messaging platform Telegram to scour for potential victims.
Muhammad Hafiz Maksah, 27, duped three women into believing that he would transport them to their destinations and drove them instead to secluded places, where he molested them.
The Singaporean was sentenced on Wednesday (Dec 23) to five years and 10 months jail with six strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to three molestation charges involving three women. A molestation charge linked to a fourth victim and one count of criminal intimidation were taken into consideration during sentencing.
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Trapped in a car with a sexual predator, a woman became so distressed she cut and burned herself. She also submitted to his demand of sucking his toes in the hope of escaping his clutches.
Yesterday, Muhammad Hafiz Maksah, 27, dubbed a clear danger to the public by the prosecution, was jailed for five years and 10 months and given six strokes of the cane.
He pleaded guilty via video-link yesterday to three molest charges involving three victims. Another charge linked to a fourth victim and one count of criminal intimidation were taken into consideration.
The former Grab driver made use of unregulated private-hire car services to look for victims and violated them at secluded spots.