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A 12 year-old girl was found dead at the foot of Block 410 at Sembawang Drive yesterday evening at 5.35PM.

The first reports that came out just noted her as a 64 year old woman, knocked down by husband, and succumbing to injuries. Then, it emerged that the dead woman was actually a long serving civil servant with the Ministry of Manpower. Finally today, we are informed by the media that the dead woman was a senior deputy director at the Ministry of Manpower's foreign manpower management division. That is quite a high civil servant post. So high, in fact, that former Manpower Minister Tan Chuan Jin even posted a message on his Facebook page, about how dedicated and respected she was, and that they had lost a well-loved colleague. While this was a sad accident, and no one should have lost their lives in such tragic circumstances, how come a Minister only post about how well respected the unfortunate woman was? Probably because of her high ranking, then she is well remembered. Don't know how many MPs actually posted their condolences to the family of the boy who died in unfortunate circumstances when a goalpost fell on him. He died a day earlier than the senor deputy director at MOM. Also in tragic circumstances. Didn't see any Ministers react as such on his Facebook page. Why ah?

Mr Ilzam Odit, a Singaporean engineering officer working with PSA Marine, was found dead in the Karimun Anak waters near the Riau Islands on Friday (23 December). It is believed he fell into the sea while at work.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted to the accident at 8.50pm, which took place at an open air car park at Block 475, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10.

A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regular was found unconscious at the foot of a building in Chong Pang camp early this morning.