Last Week in Reality

APRIL

26 MON
Look, No Hands The jail term meted out to a 69-year-old magician who sexually assaulted his 12-year-old apprentice has been upped from six to 10 years. The jail term was increased after an appeal from the prosecution. The offences were discovered by chance when a neighbor saw the man walking around naked in his flat while the boy was inside.

27 TUE
The Time Of Sands Marina Bay Sands was finally opened to the public, at the auspicious time of 3.18pm. 36,000 patrons, many Singaporeans, gathered to try their luck on the opening day. Locals had to pay their $100 levies before being given a queue number to wait for their turn on the casino floor. In return, they received a commemorative silver coin, and were treated to free food and entertainment as they waited.

28 WED
Sports City? Hosting the first Formula 1 night race and the inaugural Youth Olympic Games has rocketed Singapore into second spot at the Ultimate Sports City awards. The award, given out by the UK’s Sport Business Group, recognizes a city’s quality as a host of sporting events. The ranking is based on sporting events held in the past, and also considers future events to be hosted. This is Singapore’s first appearance on the list and only Melbourne was ranked higher.

29 THU
Ultra Beatdown Two men are in court, charged with beating up a full-time National Serviceman. The 18-year-old was abducted and brought to a cemetery at night where he was beaten by six men, one of whom carried a samurai sword. One of the men is the father of a 14-year-old girl who was the girlfriend of the NSF, and the beating was delivered in an attempt to end the relationship.

30 FRI
The Birds And The Bees The Ministry Of Education has called for transparency from schools that engage a third party organization to complement their sexuality education program. Six vendors have been approved to provide the service, and they will be required to make the information they provide available to the public. The MOE’s stance on sexuality education avoids making calls on abortion, masturbation, and oral or anal sex, and does not promote homosexuality, promiscuity or sexual experimentation.

1 SAT
I Do Two A new service launched by the Ministry for Community Development Youth and Sports allows Singaporeans to search through marriage records. Names, part of the NRIC numbers and the marriage date of the two parties can be obtained. This information might be relevant for dating agencies, private investigators and anyone who wants to ensure that their partner is not already married. To prevent abuse of the system, each user is only allowed two searches a year.

2 SUN
Assassins Freed Street Wars comes to Singapore on May 10. For a fee of $50, participants are given a hitlist of people who need to be "taken care of," and they have three weeks to rub them out using H2O as ammunition. The only weapons allowed are water guns and water bombs, and the targets are other players of the underground game. First played in New York City five years ago, "assassins" can perform the jobs alone or team up with other like-minded killers to snuff out competitors with a squirt of water.

Source: IS Magazine