Daily Briefing: What did a Singaporean do to be fined S$4,710?

Here are the day’s stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about.

Yahoo reported that a 40-year-old Singaporean was fined $4,710 for failing to pay his two foreign domestic workers’ salaries punctually, as required under the work permit conditions. Read the full article here.

Justice Philip Pillai ruled that there is no requirement in Singapore’s constitution to call elections to fill elected Member of Parliament vacancies, and therefore no prescribed time by-elections must be called. View the story here.

Feng Tianwei wins Bronze! See what Singaporeans are saying here.

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