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Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story Jul 15, 2011 Woman avoids jail over forged diploma By Selina Lum A 25-YEAR-OLD Chinese national will not have to go to jail after all. Initially sentenced to four weeks' jail for providing false information about her educational qualifications while applying for a work pass, Pan Hongling was on Thursday handed the maximum $15,000 fine instead. In allowing her appeal against the jail term handed down by a district judge in May, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong noted that since she never started work here, nobody had been deceived except the system. In December 2008, Pan paid 1,500 yuan (S$280) to an employment agent for a forged certificate from Dalian University, which stated that she graduated with a degree in accountancy. Through the agent, an online application was submitted to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to obtain an S Pass for her to work as an assistant accountant in a carbon fibre company. Pan later signed a form declaring that the particulars of the forged diploma were true, and the pass was issued. Omigosh, from this incident, I can't help but feel that now PRC also enjoys preferential judgement. To me, a forgery is still a forgery regardless whether the forger started work or not. And I wonder how many out there and getting away with it.

STOMPer Ave said the her dad almost got into an accident when a car suddenly came speeding against the flow of traffic on the CTE today morning (May 6), at 5.45am. Said the STOMPer: "My father almost could not react to the oncoming car travelling on the same lane at the wrong direction! "This shocking scene took place this morning, at 5.45am at CTE expressway. " http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...fic_on_cte.html How can this be possible? Drunk driving?

With many drivers like to "keep close keep tight" on the road, this fellow is d**n lucky to be alive..