A Singaporean trainee surgeon has pleaded guilty in Australia to secretly filming hundreds of female colleagues while they used toilets and showers in three major Melbourne hospitals.

According to The Straits Times, on Jul. 9, Ryan Cho, 28, pleaded guilty to all 13 charges, including stalking, producing an intimate image, and installing an optical surveillance device.

Cho committed the crimes at the Austin Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre between 2021 and 2025 after graduating from Monash University.

Cho initially faced more than 900 charges, but Australian prosecutors and defence lawyers agreed to combine them into 13 charges, according to ST.

After the 30-minute hearing on Jul. 9, Cho was released on bail.

Australian Magistrate Michelle Mykytowycz also acknowledged the victims who attended the session both in-person and online.

Crimes involved production of thousands of intimate images

Cho's crimes involved the production of thousands of intimate images and videos of several hundred victims.

According to ABC News, he also secretly filmed a former housemate.

Mothership previously reported that Cho was arrested in 2025 after one of his cameras was discovered in a restricted staff toilet at the Austin Hospital.

He was found with 4,500 intimate videos of at least 460 alleged victims.

One of the laptop hard drives seized from Cho contained 10,374 videos and images.

Free on strict bail conditions

According to ABC News, Cho has been on bail for around a year and had been living with his parents, who put up an A$50,000 (S$44,840) surety.

He has been required to complete compulsory medical treatment and is banned from attending hospitals unless in an emergency.

According to ST, Cho's parents had previously told the court that one or both of them would live in Melbourne for the duration of the proceedings to support their son and his compliance with bail conditions.

Cho's strict bail conditions include reporting to police three times a week, no contact with any witnesses or potential witnesses, and not having access to photographic or video devices outside of his home.

The court heard that he had already surrendered his passport.

ST reported that his next court appearance is on Nov. 23 and marks the start of a three-day pre-sentence hearing in Melbourne's County Court, where he is expected to hear his victims' impact statements.

Around 100 victims, mostly women, have reportedly lodged human rights complaints against the three hospitals where Cho worked on the grounds of sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has announced plans to develop new homes at Gillman Barracks and Sunset Way.

To redevelop the sites sensitively, HDB commissioned studies and engaged stakeholders, including nature and heritage groups, to identify measures to mitigate the impacts of development.

The studies, published on Jul. 10, will guide the conceptual plans for the two housing developments before detailed planning begins.

Gillman Barracks will be redeveloped into a residential estate comprising both public and private homes, while the Sunset Way site in Clementi will be developed for public housing.

In response to Mothership's queries, HDB said that the number of dwelling units will take into account the land size, the study findings, and public feedback. More details on the plans for the sites will be shared when ready.

Environmental and heritage studies conducted

Gillman Barracks was built in 1935 as a British military garrison to house servicemen and their families.

It has served many purposes, including housing the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) battalions and acting as the site for St Andrew's Junior College and the Pasir Panjang Vocational Institute.

Currently, offices, arts, and food and beverage establishments occupy the brownfield site.

To prepare for the redevelopment of Gillman Barracks, HDB commissioned environmental and heritage studies covering a 47-hectare site.

This comprised an approximately 40-hectare development area bounded by Depot Road, Alexandra Road, Telok Blangah Road/West Coast Highway and Telok Blangah Street 31 as well as a seven-hectare green area north of Telok Blangah Heights.

What are the Gillman Barracks buildings that will be retained?

The heritage study assessed all 86 buildings across seven clusters, evaluating each for its historical, architectural and technological, social and communal, and contextual value.

All four buildings assessed to be of "Exceptional" heritage significance will be retained.

These are Blk 3 within the Preston Road School Cluster, and 6, 9 and 22 Lock Road in the Lock Road cluster.

21 of the 27 buildings rated "High" significance will also be retained, while the remaining six will make way for essential infrastructure such as roads.

4 clusters to be largely retained

HDB also plans to largely retain four historically and architecturally significant clusters: Preston Road Housing Cluster, Preston Road School Cluster, Lock Road Cluster, and Malan Road Cluster.

The Preston Road Housing Cluster comprises 16 garrison-style semi-detached houses built between 1935 and 1939 and used to house military personnel and former Alexandra School staff.

The school was the first school constructed in the area to serve the British army community.

The Lock Road Cluster has one of the last remaining sections of original 1935 barracks built for British Infantry regiments.

The Malan Road Cluster's building served utility and support functions, including workshops, garages, stores and medical facilities.

Based on the studies and input from stakeholders, HDB's conceptual plan proposes that the former barrack buildings along Lock Road and Malan Road can be repurposed to provide commercial offerings and amenities.

How does HDB plan to reduce biodiversity impacts?

The environmental study found Gillman Barracks contains a mix of forest, scrubland and urban vegetation.

Researchers identified 293 plant species and 178 fauna species, of which 22 plant species and 11 fauna species were of conservation significance and largely concentrated in the native-dominated secondary forest and streams.

Animals include the violet cuckoo and bamboo bat.

To minimise biodiversity impacts, HDB plans to safeguard ecological corridors with a minimum width of 30 metres, retain the forest stream and most of the native-dominated secondary forest within the green area, and implement an Environmental Monitoring and Management Plan (EMMP).

The EMMP includes a phased directional clearance plan allowing animals to move to adjacent greenery before site work

Together with a new green link planted with native species, the retained ecological corridors will create an approximately 8ha green area connecting Telok Blangah Hill Park with Berlayer Creek and Labrador Nature Reserve.

According to HDB, the continuous forest structure will help support bird movement and attract species such as the Straw-headed Bulbul.

Sunset Way site development

An environmental study was also carried out for the approximately 23-hectare Sunset Way greenfield site in Clementi (Maju Forest).

Based on its findings, HDB proposes retaining about 8 hectares of the study area to provide refuge for wildlife and facilitate fauna movement.

The retained area will include a natural freshwater stream and its surrounding riparian buffer, and the area around the Old Jurong Line where a nature trail is being studied.

Riparian refers to a strip of land directly bordering a body of water and has high biodiversity value.

Before construction begins, plants of conservation significance within the development area will be salvaged where feasible, and phased site clearance will also be implemented.

The future estate will also incorporate biophilic landscaping using native plants to maintain ecological connectivity.

Together with Clementi Neighbourhood Park, the future Clementi Nature Trail and Old Jurong Line Nature Trail, the green spaces are intended to provide residents with recreational options.

Public feedback

The full environmental and heritage study reports for both sites have been published on HDB InfoWEB.

Members of the public can submit feedback from Jul. 10 to Aug. 6, 2026.

HDB said feedback received during the consultation period will be considered as it refines development plans for both sites.

With retail investing brokerages taking off in numbers, a layperson like me can now dabble in buying a share of the world’s largest companies right from the palm of my hands.

I must admit, however, I’m neither a high-volume trader nor a professional.

I just read up about companies or industries I’m interested in and invest in them whenever I feel my wallet allows for it.

What I look out for as a casual investor

When choosing brokerages, the differentiation to a casual investor like me comes down to things like fees and commissions and user-friendliness.

One such broker is uSMART, a Hong Kong-founded brokerage which offers lifetime zero commissions on U.S. stocks.

This brokerage has a growing presence in Singapore, having opened their second physical branch in Orchard in October 2025, and is also celebrating their eighth anniversary this year.

Their offer was enough to get me curious about them so here’s what I found about the brokerage.

Getting started

Setting up an account was straightforward. You download the app, enter your email or phone number and it asks for permission to retrieve your personal details via SingPass.

There are quite a few questions to answer about your source of income, net wealth, investment experience and goals, but this isn’t a bad thing to me.

They’re standard and also make me trust the broker more, knowing that they pay attention to such background checks.

There are three account types to choose from — Trader, Standard and Intel — and each has its own fee structure and feature access.

A minimum net asset value requirement of more than S$2,000 is required to be eligible for the Intel account.

The Intel account is also subject to slightly higher platform fees, but account holders get access to uSMART’s investment tools, such as unlimited access to pattern insights and real-time daily hot picks.

I went with the Standard account to cater to my casual trading needs.

On the uSmart Standard account, I can access some of the features mentioned above, but usage is limited.

For example, while users of the Intel account have unlimited access to the “Pattern Insights” feature, as a Standard account user, I only have 10 uses per day.

Within a day, my account was opened. I even got a message from one of uSmart’s relationship managers the next day with information on how I could start trading.

Using the app

Once your account is up, the app takes you to the trading page where a watchlist of various stocks and ETFs has already been compiled, which I thought would be helpful for new investors.

I found the trading interface simple enough to use while still including information that I believe both novice and advanced traders might find useful.

One interesting feature is the community section, which lets users vote ‘up’ or ‘down’ on stocks, crowdsourcing user sentiments.

Crowd sentiment is hardly the best way to pick investments, but I thought it was interesting to get an idea of how people are thinking about the different stocks.

I also found that the video guides available on the app are useful for getting acquainted with trading topics, such as on margin accounts and scam prevention.

Higher interest rate promotion on wealth management fund

Aside from trading, uSMART also offers wealth management products that may help grow your capital with managed risk.

To be eligible for the higher interest rate, new joiners will have to make a net investment of between S$2,000 and S$8,000 during the promotion period on the Maybank Money Market Fund.

According to uSMART, the higher interest rate is supported by a top-up from uSMART if the fund's actual return falls short.

This promotion is also available to existing uSMART users who have not previously invested in uSMART's wealth management funds.

New joiners who deposit S$5,000 and above will also receive a portable fan as a welcome gift, while stocks last.

FX, crypto and commodities, all-in-one app

Besides the stocks and wealth management funds, uSMART also offers access to a range of markets, from US to Hong Kong and Japan.

I also found the option to trade foreign exchange, cryptocurrency, options and commodities.

Quite the all-in-one app, I would say.

Zero commission

Overall, I found uSMART’s trading platform intuitive and simple but also filled with enough tools to help sophisticated investors make the right call.

Those who are looking to take fewer risks can also put their money into wealth management products to grow their capital.

Apart from that, the idea of lifetime zero commission appeals to me as a casual investor. Why spend on commission fees and take home less?

While there are platform fees, they are fixed at US$0.88 (about S$1.13) per order, which makes costs predictable.

So if you’re looking for a brokerage to switch to or start your investing journey, consider giving uSMART a go.

The fact that they now have two physical branches — one at Robinson Road and one at Orchard — also means there is a point of contact with the brokerage should you ever need help with your account or investments.

Download the app, available on iOS and Android, or visit their website to open an account now.

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A valet attendant at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) along Bukit Timah Road has been accused of repeatedly soliciting tips from a driver, who said he did not have any cash.

"Aggressively solicited" for a tip

In an anonymous post on the Facebook group Complaint Singapore, the individual claimed that during a recent visit to the hospital, he was "aggressively solicited" for a tip by a valet attendant.

According to the post, the attendant had asked him for a tip three times.

Even after the driver told the attendant that he did not have any cash on hand, the attendant allegedly continued to persist in asking for money.

"This is not merely an awkward interaction; it is unprofessional, coercive, and unacceptable," the individual wrote in the post.

A quick check on KKH's website showed that its valet parking service is free for patients and visitors.

Users are only required to pay the prevailing parking charges.

The parking charges listed on KKH's website are as follows:

Tipping is entirely discretionary: KKH

In response to Mothership's queries, the director of Operational Support Services at KKH, Michael Ng, said the hospital was aware of the incident involving its valet service.

"We understand that a recent experience with our valet service has fallen short of the standards we aim to provide, and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused," he said.

Ng added that the valet service is provided as a convenience for patients and visitors, with standard car park charges applicable.

He also stressed that tipping is entirely discretionary and that valet attendants are prohibited from soliciting tips.

"We take all feedback seriously and have promptly reinforced service guidelines with the service provider to reiterate clear instructions to all staff," he said.

"KKH is committed to service excellence, ensuring that every interaction reflects the care and professionalism the hospital is known for."

A Singaporean man, who was supposed to teach mathematics and English to children, punched and beat them with a clothes hanger, and starved them as well.

He even forced a boy to drink his own urine.

The 31-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse, one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, and one count of providing false or misleading information to the Ministry of Manpower on Jul. 9.

He cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the identities of the victims.

Worked in educational facility

The man was hired to work as a manager in 2016 at his aunt's educational facility, despite not having any teaching or childcare qualifications, according to court documents seen by Mothership.

The facility provided accommodation for students and workers, as well as management consultancy services for foreign students.

His responsibilities included taking care of students residing at a particular unit, teaching the primary-school-aged students mathematics and English and checking on their school homework.

Abused the pupils

Court documents showed that the man's victims were three boys from China, aged 11, 10, and six.

All three boys were hit by the man at one point and made to go up into a push-up position.

Prosecutors said he would punish the six-year-old frequently after the boy moved into the facility in January 2023.

Besides requiring that the boy hold a push-up position, he would also force him to sleep in the toilet and only provide him with bread and water instead of proper meals.

The man also hit the boy with a hanger numerous times on the buttocks and later took videos of the injuries.

18 hours of abuse

On Mar. 9, 2023, the man had made the six-year-old boy hold a push-up position while studying English at about 3:45pm.

This continued until about 5pm when the boy cried out that he was hungry, prosecutors said.

However, the man mocked the victim and did not release him from the push-up position.

He deliberately did not allow the boy to eat even as other students ate their dinner.

The boy was instead forced to hold the push-up position until the next morning.

At about 1:15am on Mar. 10, the man punched the boy and stomped on him while he was in that position.

He would then periodically hit him from 2am to 7:05am with a hanger.

At one point, the man placed a chair on the boy and sat on it, forcing the boy to lower his body in the push-up position.

He also made the boy urinate in a basin instead of using the toilet, and drink his own urine when he was thirsty.

Child was too weak to stand

At around 6am on Mar. 10, he called the boy’s father to seek permission to discipline him, which the father allowed.

However, he did not mention that he would use physical punishment, nor did he tell the father about what he had already inflicted on the boy.

The abuse continued until the night, with the man hitting and stomping on the boy at one point.

By 6:05pm, the boy was weak and unable to walk on his own, court documents said.

The man then carried him to the toilet, sprayed him with water, and asked him to wake up.

The aunt arrived at the unit at about 7:03pm and saw the state that the boy was in. She told the man to stop physically punishing the boy, but he did not listen.

He only stopped after the aunt carried the boy out of the toilet and away from him.

While the aunt had wanted to send the boy to the hospital immediately for medical attention, the man dissuaded her as he was "very scared and worried" that he would be arrested by the police.

Prosecutors said the man physically abused the boy for about 18 hours — including hitting him not less than 620 times on various parts of the body and stomping on him not less than 45 times on his back and buttocks.

During this time, the man also continued to attend to the students under his care.

Injuries

The aunt eventually brought the boy to the hospital on Mar. 14 when he complained of breathing difficulties and was coughing badly.

He was transferred immediately to the Children’s Intensive Care Unit, where he remained until Mar. 28, 2023.

The boy was assessed to have lung injury caused by blunt force to his chest, which led to a abnormal buildup of fluids in his lungs.

He also had kidney failure caused by blunt force to his back, which required nine days of dialysis.

Other injuries included muscle injury involving muscle breakdown, severe hypertension caused by kidney failure, and multiple rib fractures.

The hospital reported the boy’s injuries to the police, and the man was arrested that same day on Mar. 14, 2023.

The man was later released on bail on Mar. 30, 2023.

The boy was eventually discharged more than a month later on Apr. 28, 2023.

The man's sentencing is set for Aug. 21, 2026.

On the way home from class, two children were in a relative's car at an intersection when a tall tree across the road suddenly fell on top of their car.

It happened around 7:45pm on Jul. 8, during a heavy storm near Sembawang Hills Estate, their mother, who was waiting at home at the time, told Mothership.

Her children, aged 10 and 12, recalled seeing flashes of lightning in the sky shortly before hearing a loud thud.

Given the torrential weather, the mother, who wishes to be known as Ms A, believes the tree collapsed after being struck by lightning.

Though no one was hurt, the family was shaken by what happened, she said.

Thought it was a car crash

Along with the thud, the children and their relative felt the whole car shake.

"Everyone thought it was a car crash, like someone had banged into them," Ms A said.

It was only when the relative stepped out to check what had happened that they realised a tree had fallen on the car.

According to a video taken by the relative, a tall, skinny tree had snapped, and its trunk had fallen across the road onto the roof of the car.

Although several cars drove past, no one stopped to help them because of the heavy rain.

That was until a man cycling by stopped and offered to help the relative push the tree trunk off the car.

It took a while as the tree was very heavy, according to Ms A.

Tree was removed

About two hours after the incident, when the rain finally cleared, Ms A's husband drove back to the intersection.

The fallen tree trunk was no longer there, Ms A said. She believed someone might have removed it.

As a result of the incident, the car had a pronounced dent on its roof, but she was relieved that her family was not hurt.

She had to calm her children down once they got home, as they were still fearful, thinking that something worse could have happened to them.

"I myself am shaken, even though I wasn't in a car, because what are the odds that such a thing can happen?" she told Mothership.

"I'm just so thankful that the tree wasn't any heavier, because the car was a small one, and it could have just gotten crushed. The people inside could have gotten crushed."

She added that her family has reported the incident to the National Parks Board (NParks).

Mothership has reached out to NParks for comment.

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has charged a 24-year-old man, Sheikh Omar Bin Mohamed Ismail, in court on Jul. 2, 2026, for the alleged importation of etomidate vaporiser pods, or Kpods.

According to an HSA press release on Jul. 9, Sheikh was detained by Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers while entering Singapore through Woodlands Checkpoint on Jun. 30.

ICA officers discovered two vaporisers and 100 vaporiser pods concealed in the car and alerted HSA.

HSA officers attended the scene and took over investigations.

Two other vaporisers seized from home

Two other vaporisers were seized from his home, and laboratory testing confirmed that the seized pods contained etomidate.

Sheikh was remanded for a week to assist with further investigations.

The case was mentioned again in court on Jul. 9, and has been adjourned to Aug. 18.

According to the press release, investigations are ongoing.

Penalties

Under the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993 (TVCA), etomidate and other similar substances are listed as specified psychoactive substances.

If convicted, importers face a sentence of three to 20 years’ imprisonment and five to 15 strokes of the cane.

Suppliers face a sentence of two to 10 years’ imprisonment and two to five strokes of the cane upon conviction.

A night-shift nurse who rented a room in a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat has won a claim against her landlord after a dispute over air-conditioning use escalated into harassment and ultimately led to the early termination of her tenancy.

According to grounds of decision released on Jul 7, the tribunal ordered the landlord to pay the nurse S$1,536.47, including the return of an S$800 security deposit that had been withheld.

Air-conditioner usage arrangement

The claimant, a Malaysian national, worked as a nurse at a public hospital in Singapore and was a former tenant of the respondent.

Although the respondent did not live in the five-room HDB flat, her daughter and son-in-law occupied the master bedroom.

The remaining two furnished common bedrooms and a study room were rented out to tenants.

From September 2024, the claimant rented one of the common bedrooms under a one-year tenancy agreement.

Another Malaysian nurse, who was also her friend, rented the other common bedroom.

As both nurses worked rotating night shifts, they negotiated an additional term in their tenancy agreements allowing them to use the air-conditioner for up to eight hours a day, regardless of the time of day.

This meant they were not restricted to using the air-conditioner only at night..

Landlord's daughter was unhappy with the arrangement

According to the judgement, the landlord's daughter took issue with two aspects of the tenancy.

First, she was unhappy that both tenants occasionally brought their boyfriends to their rooms without first obtaining permission from, or providing their particulars to the landlord.

Second, although each tenant stayed within the agreed daily eight-hour air-conditioning limit, their differing work schedules meant the air-conditioner sometimes ran for up to 16 hours a day.

For example, one nurse would sleep during the day after completing a night shift (while using the air-con), while the other would use the air-conditioner in the evening after working a regular shift.

As a result, the arrangement led to higher electricity bills, which the landlord's daughter paid, and she became increasingly upset.

She also frequently shouted at the tenants in common areas and disrupted their rest by switching off the air-conditioner's main power supply while they were sleeping after overnight shifts.

Tipping point

The dispute came to a head on Nov. 1, 2024, during a heated discussion between the two tenants and the landlord's daughter.

According to the judgment, the daughter gave the nurses three options: Increase their monthly rent from S$800 to S$1,000 while continuing to use the air-conditioner during the day; continue paying S$800 but limit air-conditioning use to between 11pm and 7am; or move out.

She also warned that if they did not make a decision, she would harass them daily till they did.

The two nurses subsequently informed the landlord that they would vacate the flat by the end of November 2024.

After they moved out, the landlord withheld both their S$800 security deposits, prompting each of them to file separate claims in the Small Claims Tribunal.

Earlier claim by other tenant

The claimant's friend had succeeded in an earlier claim to recover her deposit.

In that case, the landlord counterclaimed for an additional S$299 on top of the S$800 security deposit, alleging that the claimant's friend had damaged a bedframe.

She alleged that the the claimant's friend was "very big and heavy and plump", estimating that she weighed about 150kg.

However, the magistrate rejected the claim, calling the landlord's description and estimate of the tenant's weight "grossly inaccurate".

Landlord absent from hearings

In the present case, both parties represented themselves.

The landlord failed to attend the first hearing in August 2025, claiming she had fractured her leg.

Although the medical certificate she submitted did not satisfy court requirements, the magistrate adjourned the hearing to give her another opportunity to attend.

However, she failed to appear again on Sep. 30, 2025.

After hearing evidence from the claimant and her witness, the tribunal ruled in the claimant's favour.

A week later, the landlord applied to have the judgment set aside — she claimed she had suffered broken bones and was unable to walk.

She also sought permission to attend the hearing via Zoom, but failed.

The magistrate had rejected those arguments after finding that the landlord had known about the hearing date, adding that she had repeatedly been informed of the type of medical certificate required to excuse her attendance yet failed to produce one.

He also found that she was physically capable of participating in the proceedings.

“It was more likely than not that she was physically able to attend the trial... but chose not to."

“The irresistible inference was that the respondent was selective in her attendance of judicial proceedings – present when it suited her, and absent when it did not," he wrote.

The magistrate also dismissed the landlord’s explanation that she did not know how to ask her doctor for a certificate excusing her from attending court.

The landlord had told the tribunal: “Every time I do not know how to tell the doctor this. It is just an MC issued by a doctor and I don’t know how to say that I was unable to walk. I don’t know how to tell the doctor that I was required to attend court proceedings. I don’t know everything."

The explanation is self-contradictory, said the magistrate, saying that it "[rang] hollow" and further noting that the landlord had been able to explain exactly those points during the hearing.

"If she could articulate those very things before the tribunal, there was no reason why she could not have said the same to her doctor."

Found no reason for landlord to withhold security deposit

The magistrate ultimately found that none of the landlord's reasons justified withholding the security deposit.

The landlord had alleged that the claimant improperly brought her boyfriend to the room and had committed immoral acts "by engaging in private activities, e,g. [sic] sexual intimacy, behind closed doors with an [sic] young male visitor".

She also claimed the claimant had exceeded her agreed air-conditioning usage and had terminated the tenancy prematurely.

However, the magistrate found there was no contractual requirement for the tenant to obtain permission before having visitors, and no evidence that she exceeded the agreed daily air-conditioning limit.

There was also no clause allowing the landlord to forfeit the security deposit because the tenancy ended early.

He also rejected the landlord’s argument that increased electricity bills entitled her to keep the deposit.

"The respondent bore the risk of any fluctuation in the bills as part of the fixed monthly rent of S$800. That was the bargain she struck – and it cut both ways," he wrote.

“If electricity usage or prices fell and the bills decreased, the respondent would have been the beneficiary. She could not therefore look to the security deposit when the arrangement did not suit her."

In dismissing the landlord's application to set aside the judgment, the magistrate said the tribunal should be "most reluctant" to do so where a party had deliberately chosen not to attend court.

He added that requiring the claimant and her witness to testify all over again would not be fair, especially since the claim concerned a relatively modest sum and the need for a retrial arose solely due to the landlord’s deliberate absence.

The magistrate also described the landlord as having an "airy disregard" for the trial dates that were scheduled and that her attitude was "marked by a conspicuous lack of respect for the judicial process".

A Multi-Generation (MG) flat spanning 1,776 square feet at Bishan Green has been listed at S$1.59 million or S$894.64 per square foot.

For context, the average four-room Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat has a floor area of 958 to 1,012 square feet, according to EdgeProp.

According to a YouTube video by realtors Christine Tan Min Chin and Jason Lee, the mid-floor flat is located at 137 Bishan Street 12.

Flat layout

Based on its listing description, the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home was built in 1987.

It comprises a three-bedroom main unit and a separate 1-bedroom studio space, with each section having its own living facilities, including separate kitchens and living rooms.

Based on listing details, the home's main unit and studio unit are approximately 1,244 and 507 square feet respectively.

What is an MG HDB and a dual-key layout?

According to its listing details, there are around 495 MG flats, with only 93 located in Bishan.

MG flats share one address but consist of two units, a studio and a main unit, each with a separate living zone.

The dual-key layout refers to how the units, which share an entrance foyer, have separate front doors.

HDB announced the introduction of MG flats in their 1986/87 annual report.

The report said that the flat type would "help sustain the Asian tradition of extended family living. In these flats, two entrances provide some measure of independence between the old and the young".

However, in 1987, The Straits Times reported that these units had poor demand, resulting in HDB suspending production.

A 43-year-old man in Singapore was sentenced to four months, four weeks and 12 days' jail for driving under the influence of alcohol, fleeing nearly 10km following a collision with a motorcycle, and injuring two people during his escape.

He also had his driving licence suspended for five years.

According to Lianhe Zaobao, the offender, Xie Junliang (transliteration), faced a total of five charges, including drink driving, dangerous driving, and failing to stop after an accident.

He pleaded guilty to four charges, with the remaining charge taken into consideration during sentencing.

The case

Citing court documents, Zaobao reported that Xie had been drinking with colleagues near Merchant Road at about 6.30pm on Oct. 25, 2024, and had consumed at least three beers.

He later drove home to Tampines between 9pm and 10pm.

While travelling along Simei Road towards Tampines Avenue 5, Xie rear-ended a motorcycle that was stationary at a red light at an intersection, scratching its exhaust pipe.

The female motorcyclist then asked him to get out of the vehicle.

Instead of getting off, Xie reversed against the flow of traffic and drove away.

The female motorcyclist immediately called the police before pursuing Xie on her motorcycle.

Witnessing the incident, other motorcyclists also sounded their horns and signalled for Xie to stop.

In an attempt to flee, Xie drove about 9.5km from Simei Road through Upper Changi Road and the Tampines area.

Over the course of the roughly 20-minute pursuit, he repeatedly drove dangerously by reversing against traffic, speeding, making an illegal U-turn and mounting a road kerb.

At one point, the female motorcyclist and another woman attempted to stop his vehicle, but Xie continued driving and struck both women on their right legs.

Dashcam footage from Xie's vehicle showed him listening to music and humming after the collision, although his speech was slurred.

The pursuit ended when three motorcyclists surrounded Xie's vehicle and directed him to stop near a bus stop along Tampines Street 84.

Arrest and sentenced

According to Zaobao, when police officers arrived, they detected a strong smell of alcohol on Xie.

A breathalyser test showed that he had 79 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath, more than twice Singapore's legal limit of 35 micrograms.

The female passerby sought medical treatment for her right leg injury, and Xie later reimbursed her about S$81 in medical expenses.

The female motorcyclist did not seek medical treatment.

The prosecution argued that Xie's conduct was highly irresponsible, saying that he not only drove while intoxicated, but also fled after the initial collision and repeatedly endangered other road users during his attempt to escape.

It sought a jail term of between eight and 10-and-a-half months, along with a driving disqualification of between 60 and 72 months.

In mitigation, Xie's lawyer said his client was his family's sole breadwinner and that a lengthy custodial sentence could jeopardise his construction business.

The defence also noted that no one suffered serious injuries and said Xie had expressed remorse, urging the court to impose a lighter sentence.