So says a local survey done recently. What is the cause and is this phenomenon here to stay?

A cult leader in Thailand who allegedly asked his followers to eat his waste, including excreta, mucus and dandruff, has been arrested by police in the central province of Chaiyaphum. Thawee Nanra, 75, claimed to be “the father of all religions” and alleged that he could cure illnesses.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/thai-cult-leader-thawee-excreta-b2075541.html

A man was sentenced on Wednesday (May 11) to four weeks' jail and fined S$5,000 for trying to bribe a Traffic Police officer and for other traffic offences. Krishna Rao Narisama Naidoo was also disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for 30 months.

Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/drunk-driver-jail-fine-bribe-traffic-police-officer-2678061

Dozens of listings on e-marketplace Carousell offer ghostwriting services for school assignments and even dissertations. Some are even offering to take online timed exams on students’ behalf.

Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/some-ghostwriters-see-growing-demand-services-school-assignments-projects-and-even-exams-1896966

Read more: https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/92qryd/grab_prices_are_getting_out_of_hand/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Ben Davis has come back to haunt former country Singapore by opening the scoring for Thailand in their emphatic 5-0 Group B win on Monday, as the 16-time record gold medallists picked up their first points at the 31st Southeast Asian Games.

Read more: https://www.espn.com.sg/soccer/thailand/story/4662073/ben-davis-comes-back-haunt-singapore-thailand-claim-massive-first-win-southeast-asian-games

The “societal cost” of enlisting women into National Service (NS) now will “far outweigh” the benefits, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told Parliament on Monday (May 9).

Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/women-national-service-ns-ng-eng-hen-2672736

Muslims in Singapore will celebrate Hari Raya Puasa on Tuesday (May 3) with Ramadan this year lasting for 30 days, the Mufti of Singapore said in a statement released early Monday morning. The crescent moon for the Islamic month of Syawal was not visible in Singapore at sunset on the 29th day of the Islamic month of Ramadan, said the statement.

Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/crescent-moon-not-visible-mufti-clarifies-why-singapore-muslim-community-celebrates-hari-raya-puasa-may-3-1888226

ESM Goh Chok Tong received backlash for his Hari Raya greeting on Facebook that struck many netizens as distasteful. The offending post featured ESM Goh posing beside a scarecrow dressed in baju melayu and decorated with green packets and ketupat.

Read more: https://planb.sg/malay-scarecrow-esm-goh-under-fire-for-hari-raya-post-featuring-scarecrow-dressed-up-for-hari-raya/

The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said that it has taken down a Hari Raya video to “avoid controversy and argument” during the festive period following online backlash that the video stereotypes the Malay community.

Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/mci-hari-raya-video-removed-online-backlash-criticism-racial-stereotype-malay-2659456