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Wednesday #sgroundup: What will S'pore's shisha smokers do now?

Elizabeth Soh
·Elizabeth Soh

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Shisha ban: What will Singapore smokers do now?

A customer smokes a shisha pipe at a cafe in Singapore, on November 4, 2014
A customer smokes a shisha pipe at a cafe in Singapore, on November 4, 2014



Following the news that the government plans to ban shisha tobacco later this month, Singapore users of the Turkish water-pipe are naturally upset.

So what will these people do now?

Yahoo Singapore spoke to several shisha smokers to find out and get their reactions to the ban.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/shisha-ban--what-will-singapore-smokers-do-now-065940186.html?linkId=10368037


Vietnamese tourist left in tears after begging for refund at Sim Lim shop

<span id=yui_3_9_1_1_1414994139938_1294 class=yom-figure yom-fig-right style=width: 630px;><span class=legend>Salesmen wait at their shops on a slow day at Sim Lim Square (Yahoo! Photo)</span></span>
Salesmen wait at their shops on a slow day at Sim Lim Square (Yahoo! Photo)



What was supposed to be a happy vacation for a Vietnamese tourist turned into a nightmare, as he was left in tears over the weekend after trying to get a refund for an iPhone 6 from Sim Lim Square shop MobileAir.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/vietnamese-tourist-left-in-tears-after-begging-for-refund-at-sim-lim-shop-040244285.html

Exit poll: Nation in a funk turns to Republicans

Americans trooped to the polls Tuesday in key midterm elections, with Republicans expecting to claim the Senate majority on a day of reckoning for Democrats weighed down by an unpopular president. Duration: 01:06
Americans trooped to the polls Tuesday in key midterm elections, with Republicans expecting to claim the Senate majority on a day of reckoning for Democrats weighed down by an unpopular president. Duration: 01:06



The glum voters who handed Republicans full control of Congress on Tuesday feel the U.S. is stagnating under President Barack Obama's leadership, but put little faith in politicians of either party.

Most voters leaving polling places said they don't have much trust in government and feel the nation is off on the wrong track. They were twice as likely to predict life will be worse for the next generation than to say it will get better. Those feeling pessimistic were more likely to vote for Republican congressional candidates.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/exit-poll-voters-unhappy-obama-gop-221713761--election.html

Japan restaurant ordered to pay $500,000 damages after suicide

A menu displays a non-tipping policy in Japanese restaurant Riki, in New York on May 1, 2014
A menu displays a non-tipping policy in Japanese restaurant Riki, in New York on May 1, 2014



A Japanese court has ordered a restaurant chain and two personnel to pay more than half a million dollars damages to the family of a man who killed himself after being forced to work nearly 200 hours overtime a month.

Tokyo District Court said the president of Tokyo-based Sun Challenge, a steak house chain, and another official had been culpable in failing to stop the unidentified employee from working excessive hours.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/japan-restaurant-ordered-pay-500-000-damages-suicide-074654584--finance.html

MOM rolls out stricter rules for large worker dormitories

Foreign workers, covering their faces from dust and the blazing sun, work inside the Khouris central processiong oil facility, 160 km east of Riyadh, on June 23, 2008
Foreign workers, covering their faces from dust and the blazing sun, work inside the Khouris central processiong oil facility, 160 km east of Riyadh, on June 23, 2008



Hefty fines await erring operators.

The Ministry of Manpower moved to impose tighter regulations on large worker dormitories by introducing the Foreign Employee Dormitories Bill in Parliament yesterday.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/mom-rolls-stricter-rules-large-022000990.html