The main customers to the supermarket, situated at Toh Guan Road in Jurong East, are migrant workers, according to Ms Mo Mei Lian, 43, owner of the store. She told Lianhe Zaobao since last month their rival reached out to the workers at their dormitory areas. On 23 August, it came to their attention that the new mart distributed flyers just outside workers’ dormitory. On 10 September, they were surprised that their rival was offering free lorry rides for workers to visit their store at Jurong West.
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FIRE AT YUHUA VILLAGE FOOD CENTRE, ONE MAN INJURED
SCDF said that the fire involved an exhaust duct linked to one of the stalls. The injured man, in his 30s, was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital for cuts to his right hand. A spokesman for the Jurong-Clementi Town Council said that the fire damaged the exhaust fan, metal roof and fittings of affected stalls. It said all stalls were closed on Wednesday, and some continue to be close do Thursday, while the gas supplier and electricians conducted another round of safety inspections.
Read More »7 SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER FIRE AT JURONG EAST FLAT
A HDB unit had caught fire at Jurong East this morning, causing 7 people to be sent to hospitals for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Read More »POSTMAN THREW LETTERS AT VOID DECK AND NOT IN LETTERBOX, WIN ALREADY
Our reader who stays at Jurong East told us about an irresponsible postman who allegedly left residents' letters lying around at the void deck. What's so difficult about putting them into letter boxes? You only had one job.
Read More »SO MANY TAXI APPS, BUT ALL USELESS DURING MRT BREAKDOWNS
I was so tired after a long day at work wanting to head home, then there comes an MRT disruption. The whole place was in chaos. So decided to book grab, I was shocked to see grab's fare from Jurong East to Woodlands was a whopping $55!
Read More »MAN THROWS HIMSELF ON WOMAN @ JURONG EAST & GROPE HER BREASTS
A local Indian woman became the victim of a dirty molest trick on Thursday evening after she was groped by an Indian male while alighting from the MRT at Jurong East MRT platform. According to the netizen, the incident took place at about 7.10PM after she alighted from the East-West MRT line at Jurong East. She was walking over to the North-South MRT line platform when she almost knocked into a man, who had abruptly stopped in the middle of the path of the already congested walkway.
Read More »SMRT: URGENT TRACK REPLACEMENT WORKS, ADDITIONAL TRAVELING TIME FOR JURONG EAST TO JOO KOON
Urgent works to replace a track point (which guides the direction of train travel) near Joo Koon Station began last night. Due to the short work window available each night, this typically takes two to three nights to complete and is normally planned to take place over a weekend to minimise the impact to commuters on weekdays. In this case, we decided to carry out this work outside of the weekend window due to its urgency and criticality
Read More »FANCY A $188 UBER TRIP FROM JURONG TO EAST COAST PARK?
Would you pay an Uber driver $188 for a trip from Jurong East to East Coast Park today on a normal Monday? Well, someone just did!
Read More »FEMALE STUDENT TRAUMATISED AFTER OLD MAN STROKED HER THIGHS ON THE PUBLIC BUS
I was on bus 335 going towards JE from school around 2pm at Jurong. I was sitting at a window seat nearer to the exit. After a few stops, the uncle sat beside me. Then he started sitting very closely towards me and I had to move further into the seat. Out of a sudden, he put his right hand on my left thigh and moved his hand up. Immediately, I stood up and stood on the bus. Afterwards, he moved into my seat and touch an Indian woman in front of him and she scolded him afterwards. But no action was taken after that. I was traumatized by the incident hence, I did not take any action.
Read More »LADY REFUSED TO GIVE UP SEAT TO PREGNANT COMMUTER BY PRETENDING TO NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH
I board the train from Jurong East together with pregnant lady, I approach the lady in front of me sitting at reserved seat. Can you please give up your seat to the pregnant lady? She didn't give up her seat & continue playing her phone. She pretended don't understand a simple English.
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