At 11 36pm all singapore stuff issued an official apology for publishing the article containing the false claim.
Punggol waterway terrace roof collapse.
On friday afternoon alternative news site all singapore stuff published an article with the following claim from a person it described as a contributor.
The top floors of punggol waterway terraces collapsed.
Previous the owners of the built to order bto flats had taken to the internet to voice their unhappiness over the poor.
But soon it was revealed that it s not true.
Wooden seat collapsed without warning.
The 2016 hoax photo of the roof collapse.
Tan s shorts were also ripped in places and he sustained multiple injuries including abrasions a bruise on his.
Singapore the housing and development board hdb is filing a police report over a hoax photo of build to order project waterway terraces in punggol that has been circulating online.
An article published on this site today which claimed that the roof of punggol waterway terraces had collapsed was posted and removed within 20 minutes of publication after our editors realized it was a hoax.
We had no intention to cause any alarm to the public.
The ministry for communications and information mci has drawn flak for taking out a facebook advertisement for a video it created using the punggol waterway terraces roof collapse hoax to.
A photo that has been circulating online appears to show the roof of a waterway terraces building crumbling and in a collapsed state.
It is unclear whether the photo is of waterway terraces i or ii.
Either the image is an innocent optical illusiondue to the design of the building and its surrounding building or it was a hoax.
The whole matter of the punggol waterway terraces roof collapse was resolved in the span of a day.