A fire broke out late on Wednesday night at Geylang, engulfing two shophouses in the process. The fire first broke out at the building at Geylang Lorong 14, at about 8:35pm, and the fire was so huge that twelve emergency vehicles and 70 firefighters were deployed to the scene, The area was also cordoned off by the police to facilitate the firefighting.

Ms Vanessa Ho, director of sex workers' rights group Project X, believes increased police raids on unlicensed brothels in Geylang could have resulted in businesses moving to public housing. "We know a handful of sex workers who work out of HDB flats, and I estimate that there must be hundreds of such brothels," she said.

Enforcement action since January shows at least 82 women have been arrested for suspected involvement in vice activities within residential areas and units.

A 80 year old cardboard-collecting man was bullied by 2 shopkeepers who accused him of stealing tissue paper and demanded that he pay $200 as punishment. Police had to intervene in the matter, which was finally resolved after the old man offered to pay $1.90 for the cost of the tissue.

A netizen is appealing for witnesses for an accident that took place along Sims Avenue near Lorong 27 Geylang on 5 July, 2.45PM to 3PM.

According to some eye-witnesses, the man was seen trying to stop a fight between two groups. It was not known what transpired between the two groups, or whether the dead man had any connections with either group.