Cabby hit by mini-bus while helping female passenger with luggage

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A simple act of kindness cost a cabby his life.

Mr Ou Eng Hock was hit by a mini-bus after he got out to help a female passenger with her luggage. The accident happened at Gul Circle on Friday morning.

When police arrived at the scene, the 57-year-old was already unconscious and was taken to the National University Hospital.

He died 14 hours later, at about 1am yesterday, without regaining consciousness.

The female passenger, 37, was also taken to the same hospital. It is unclear what her condition is. The New Paper on Sunday understands that it was a hit-and-run accident.

A police spokesman confirmed that the driver of the mini-bus has been arrested and investigations are ongoing.

Mr Ou was a taxi driver for almost 20 years. His family said that he was quick to accept responsibility for the family as a child.

He stopped his studies before completing primary school and worked odd jobs to support the family.

"His main priority was always to take care of his family," said the younger Mr Ou.

And Mr Ou's kindness was nothing out of the ordinary as he had always been compassionate towards others.

His brother said: "He often took part in charity events, where he'd help to distribute food to the less fortunate. That was the kind of man my brother was - always taking care of others."

Mystery man helps put out car fire at Woodlands Checkpoint

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Stomp contributor StarWriter was impressed by a man in civilian clothes who helped put out a fire at Woodlands Checkpoint.

Thanks to the man, the fire was extinguished quickly before the fire department arrived.

The contributor wrote:

"A car was on fire last weekend at Woodlands Checkpoint. While security personnel were trying to put out the fire from afar, a man in a red T-shirt took his fireman's helmet from his car and helped put the fire out. I believe the man is from SCDF. Kudos!"

New mobile app for diabetes patients to be introduced

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Doctors from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Integrated Health Information Systems (iHiS) have come up with the mobile app which helps diabetes patients to take the correct amount of insulin every day.

The app, called SGH Diabetes Pal, informs users how much insulin to inject, based on their daily blood sugar readings. So if their blood sugar reading is high, the app will advise the patient to inject more insulin. Safety features are built in so that the patient avoids injecting too much insulin.

To investigate if the mobile app does help diabetics to control their condition better, the agencies are running a clinical trial.

The first such trial involving mobile apps in the hospital setting, a total of 80 patients who are new to insulin therapy will be roped in. They will be asked to use the app for six months and have their results compared with a group that did not use the app.

Man in CCK stabbing incident tells police: Come arrest me

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A 20-year-old man who stabbed his schoolmate at a Choa Chu Kang mall on Tuesday night waited coolly for the police to arrive.

His 19-year-old victim was bleeding from the stomach after the attack but he was still standing.

“The attacker just walked around, waiting for the police to come," said Mr Frederick See, 32, a customer relations executive who got to the scene a few minutes after the stabbing.

Mr See said he saw the attacker later offering his hands to be handcuffed by police.

The victim was taken to National University Hospital still conscious and investigations are ongoing, said police.

Man allegedly beat a kitten to death with a baseball bat while intoxicated

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A Clay County (Kentucky) man told police he'd snorted enough meth to kill Hitler, and couldn't wait to kill a cop, his family, and church-goers.

Earlier, he had also allegedly beaten a kitten to death with a baseball bat while under the influence of drugs.

Brandon L. Garrison, 23, is charged with cruelty to animals; controlled-substance public intoxication; menacing; two counts of terroristic threatening; resisting arrest; and escape, according to the Clay County Detention Center.

Deputy Ryan Lanigan said that when he responded to investigate, Garrison ran off.

Lanigan said he went back about an hour later and parked some distance from the house to keep Garrison from seeing him coming down the driveway. He found Garrison sitting on the back deck listening to music.

"He told me that he killed the cats and enjoyed it. He said he pictured them to be humans," Lanigan said.

Garrison said he had killed three or four kittens, but Lanigan said he saw only one dead animal.

During the walk to Lanigan's police cruiser, Garrison had also resisted and tried to run away. On the way to jail, Garrison made a statement about killing his family, said he couldn't wait to kill a police officer, and threatened to go into a church and "off" a bunch of people, Lanigan said.

He also said he had snorted enough meth to kill Hitler, Lanigan added.

The case for work-life balance (Forum letter)

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In the light of the continuing difficulties faced by some European economies and the increased competitiveness of our regional neighbours, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's warning that others seek to "steal our lunch" seems timely ("Work-life balance? 'Know trade-offs too'"; Sept 25).

However, I hope our leaders do not dismiss off-hand the desire for work-life balance and will empathise with this goal of Singaporeans.

First, wanting work-life balance is a legitimate aspiration.

It is natural for humans to have higher aims. American psychologist Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs posits that after meeting their physiological and safety needs, humans seek to meet higher-order needs: love and belonging, esteem and, finally, self-actualisation.

Do we want a Singapore where the only concerns are material ones?

Second, work-life balance and economic competitiveness are not mutually exclusive.

Surely, economic competitiveness comes from higher productivity and creativity, not longer working hours?

It would be great if people could work diligently, yet efficiently, up to 6pm each day and then, focus on other aspects of their lives.

But the culture in many organisations, probably even some government agencies, is for people to work late. A stigma attaches to those who leave punctually.

But as Parkinson's law states: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

Often, inefficient meetings and processes suck up time. Do employees really achieve more by spending additional hours at the office?

Third, work-life balance will positively impact family life and volunteerism - goals that the Government promotes.

Mr Lee said many young people are very altruistic.

They could act on these altruistic impulses even more if they had the time.

And wouldn't work-life balance probably have far greater impact than any financial incentives could have on couples wanting to have more children?

I believe Singaporeans can have our lunch and eat it too. And perhaps have a family to eat it with.

Tan Soon Meng

Cop assaulted at train station as bystanders whip phones out to record the fight

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A SEPTA transit cop struggles with an alleged fare jumper, and it was all caught on camera. It happened at the Cecil B. Moore station near Temple University (Philadelphia).

What would you do if you saw a cop getting beat up? Would you call for help? Or would you take your phone out to record the fight?

Police said the suspect, Ernest Hays, was avoiding arrest as he threw SEPTA police officer Samuel Washington on the ground and then pinned him under a bench.

Officials said he was wanted in connection with a SEPTA ticket scam when Officer Washington stopped him. The chief said not a single SEPTA passenger called for help though one lady did take out her phone... to record the fight.

The cashier called for help but only after the officer was on the ground kicking the glass.

Officer Washington seen hurt in the video has still not returned to work due to his injuries.