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After consuming alcohol, a man looked down at a group of people having a barbecue by the pool two floors down from his condominium unit and threw a wine bottle towards them. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/man-threw-bottle-spottiswoode-condominium-man-died-andrew-gosling-admits-crimes-2518996

The proposal by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to make Malay the lingua franca of Asean has been shot down by an Indonesian minister, saying that it should be Bahasa Indonesia (BI) as it is the largest language spoken in Southeast Asia. Read more: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/04/05/bahasa-indonesia-not-malay-should-be-aseans-main-language-says-minister/

Malaysia police are investigating after a Singaporean couple filmed themselves driving their Tesla hands-free on autopilot to Penang during a multi-day road trip. https://mothership.sg/2022/04/hands-free-tesla-malaysia-police-investigate/

The names of three pairs of primary schools and five pairs of secondary schools to be merged over the next three years have been finalised, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced on Wednesday (April 6). Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/primary-secondary-school-mergers-1866906

Former Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak took to Facebook on April 3, 2022 - two days after the land borders between Singapore and Malaysia reopened, to call out foreign cars pumping cheap petrol in his country. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/singapore-ron95-malaysia-petrol-clampdown/

The Ministry of Law aims to establish a Public Defender’s Office (PDO) by the end of this year, announced Law Minister K Shanmugam on Monday (Apr 4). Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/public-defenders-office-provide-criminal-legal-aid-k-shanmugam-2606361

A growing number of people think that racism remains an important problem even while the overwhelming majority believe everyone in Singapore can become rich or successful regardless of their race, according to a survey on race relations conducted by CNA and the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/racism-discrimination-singapore-survey-ips-2601276

We talk about death. A very unlikely topic of discussion for a very likely fate.

A leaked video featuring a university professor scolding a university student for using a mobile phone for an online class as he apparently could not afford a computer has gone viral overnight, eliciting outrage from netizens. Read more: https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/57434/video-of-professor-berating-b40-student-for-not-having-laptop-goes-viral

All women between 21 and 35 will be allowed to freeze eggs "We will provide all women aged 21 to 35 years the choice to undergo Elective Egg Freezing. EEF will be implemented with sufficient safeguards from early 2023," said Sun Xueling in her post. This is in line with one of the recommendations in the White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/03/egg-freezing-legal-singapore/