PUB confirmed the leak, and also said that the right lane of Tanjong Katong Road towards Mountbatten Road is closed to facilitate the repair works.

Eye witnesses said that even though the water was flowing out slowly, the gravel on the road had began to pop.

Franck Louis Maurice Peltier, 51, pleaded guilty to causing hurt to Mr Chapman at the Employees Only pub in Amoy Street at around 12.20am on Dec 22 last year. Peltier used to work for financial data management company Asset Control. Based on reports, he was made redundant at the company in January this year. Peltier was also accused of outraging the modesty of a woman at the same nighspot just 20 minutes before he smashed the glass on the victim.

A pub worker was jailed and caned for attacking a customer with a wine opener around Peace Centre. Jerriek Chen Weixiong was angry at the male customer for trying to chat up his manager's girlfriend and followed him as he was leaving the pub. Armed with a wine opener, he punched the guy repeatedly with the sharp end of the opener in between his fingers, deliberately causing the man to get scratched and to bleed a lot.

Two other pub workers followed his example and attacked the victim. They were all arrested after the police arrived at the scene. The victim, Mr Tay, suffered injuries to his face and was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he got multiple stitches. Loyal or stupid?

With water prices rising soon, with the government saying this is so that Singaporeans can understand the importance of water, another PUB pipe burst, showing just how important water is, and who the main culprits of wastage are.

The burst water pipe occured on Tuesday morning between two HDB blocks at Aljunied Crescent, affecting some 75 households. These households were provided alternative water supply from PUB and the Town Council. And less you hting this Aljunied blocks were in opposition ward, they are not. They are in the Marine Parade Town Council.

An M1 contractor performing cable works along Claymore Road accidentally burst one of the main Public Utilities Board pipes today, causing a huge flood of water to choke up the street.