When eating durian in a hotel can be a ‘costly' affair
A CHINESE national holidaying in Singapore was slapped with a S$200 (RM659) fine for eating durian in a four-star hotel in Orchard Road, reported Kwong Wah Yit Poh.
The tourist shared her experience on her RedNote social networking account on May 26 that she was unaware of hotel regulations in South-East Asian countries like Singapore and Malaysia prohibiting guests from bringing durian into the premises.
'Some netizens shared online that they had been fined S$500 before. So, I think S$200 was still a reasonable amount and I requested the cleaner to get rid of the leftover durian in my room,' she said.
The tourist said she arrived in Singapore on May 24 and the next day, she bought packets of durian and other fruits and took it back to the hotel as there was no place to eat them.
The following day she received a note from the hotel informing that the housekeeper discovered durian smell in her room and that the hotel would impose a S$200 cleaning fee to get rid of the smell.
> Taiwanese actress Joe Chen has hit back at those who criticised her over her lack of knowledge on appendicitis, China Press reported.
Netizens had commented on Chen's experience of undergoing a surgery in Malaysia to remove her appendix that she posted on her social media accounts on May 27.
The 46-year-old hit back on her Weibo account: '... I don't know my diagnosis has become one of the most searched topics.'
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
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