Plan B

Ben Davis has come back to haunt former country Singapore by opening the scoring for Thailand in their emphatic 5-0 Group B win on Monday, as the 16-time record gold medallists picked up their first points at the 31st Southeast Asian Games. Read more: https://www.espn.com.sg/soccer/thailand/story/4662073/ben-davis-comes-back-haunt-singapore-thailand-claim-massive-first-win-southeast-asian-games

The “societal cost” of enlisting women into National Service (NS) now will “far outweigh” the benefits, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told Parliament on Monday (May 9). Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/women-national-service-ns-ng-eng-hen-2672736

Muslims in Singapore will celebrate Hari Raya Puasa on Tuesday (May 3) with Ramadan this year lasting for 30 days, the Mufti of Singapore said in a statement released early Monday morning. The crescent moon for the Islamic month of Syawal was not visible in Singapore at sunset on the 29th day of the Islamic month of Ramadan, said the statement. Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/crescent-moon-not-visible-mufti-clarifies-why-singapore-muslim-community-celebrates-hari-raya-puasa-may-3-1888226

ESM Goh Chok Tong received backlash for his Hari Raya greeting on Facebook that struck many netizens as distasteful. The offending post featured ESM Goh posing beside a scarecrow dressed in baju melayu and decorated with green packets and ketupat. Read more: https://planb.sg/malay-scarecrow-esm-goh-under-fire-for-hari-raya-post-featuring-scarecrow-dressed-up-for-hari-raya/

The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said that it has taken down a Hari Raya video to “avoid controversy and argument” during the festive period following online backlash that the video stereotypes the Malay community. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/mci-hari-raya-video-removed-online-backlash-criticism-racial-stereotype-malay-2659456

Fans of KFC's french fries are in for another round of disappointment as the fast food chain has announced that they're out of fries again. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/kfc-no-fries/

A High Court judge in Singapore released the names of the six trainee lawyers who had cheated during the Bar exams. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/names-lawyers-cheat-bar-exam-singapore/

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A sizeable proportion of employees here prefer to retain flexible work arrangements rather than work from the office or from home on most days, a study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) has found. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/work-home-pandemic-ips-survey-return-office-workplace-2645741

For flipping his tray. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/sengkang-tray-hawker-fight-hospital/