Compiled by ALLISON LAI, FAZLEENA AZIZ and R. ARAVINTHAN
IT was a case of “more haste, less speed” for the drivers of four luxury cars who cut queue on the Tuas Second Link when travelling back to Singapore.
They were made to turn around instead, Nanyang Siang Pau reported.
The Sunday afternoon incident saw the four Singapore-registered Porsche cars cutting right into the car lane from the motorcycle lane on a heavily congested road.
After misusing the motorcycle lane to get ahead of other cars, the four drivers attempted to cut back into the car lane.
According to a video shared on the SG Road Vigilante Facebook group, two cars first squeezed into a gap after illegally crossing over the double white lines.
Worse, they held up the vehicles behind them to give space to two other cars that zipped in from the motorcycle lane.
The driver in one of the two cars even stuck his hand out in a “thank you” gesture.
However, moments later, the four cars were seen travelling away from the Tuas Checkpoint on the opposite side towards Malaysia.
A check confirmed that the Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) had noticed the queue-cutting and sent the four cars packing.
The ICA action earned praise from many online users, who commended the Singapore authorities for ordering the drivers to make a U-turn.
> A man had a harrowing experience when his four-wheel drive vehicle was swept 10m away by fast-rising river water while camping near Teratak Riverview in Tanjung Malim, Perak, reported Oriental Daily.
There were no casualties but the car ended up with bumps and dents.
Muallim OCPD Supt Mohd Hasni Mohd Nasir said the car owner did not lodge a report about the incident that happened on Oct 14 evening.
The man is said to be preparing to move his car after washing it by the river but found it stuck due to the water level that had risen quickly because of heavy rain upstream.
The raging water caused the man to flee for safety.
He managed to retrieve his car with the help of friends later on.
> A man from China was advised by his father not to rent his house to senior citizens or those with non-communicable diseases regardless of the person’s financial status, China Press reported.
Feeling that it was a rather callous call, the man took to social media to ask for opinions.
His post sparked a debate with many siding his father.
“You will know where your dad is coming from if a lone and old tenant dies in your house,” one wrote.
Some told him that elderly care facilities were the government’s responsibility.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
