The Straits Times' News In A Minute: Dec 16, 2015
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Today's top news headlines: Employers' past maid also given bread and instant noodles, 10-day birthday celebration for Singapore's polar bear Inuka, and CASE to look into guidelines for laundry industry.
In today's The Straits Times News In A Minute video, we look at:
*A Singaporean couple, who allegedly underfed their Filipino maid, giving her only bread and instant noodles to eat, also put their previous Indonesian maid on the same diet.
*The Singapore Zoo kicked off a 10-day birthday celebration for polar bear Inuka, who turns 25 on December 26, with a photo exhibition about the arctic habitat of polar bears.
*The Consumers Association of Singapore is looking into a standard set of guidelines for the laundry industry, after a survey showed that most shops failed to explain clearly to customers the important points in their terms and conditions.