It's only rubbish..

At Raffles Place MRT Station

I had alerted station staff but was assured that its a rubbish bag that shops always leave outside for collection.

Shops should be discouraged from such practice as anyone with ill intention can easily slip in a bomb among the rubbish and it would escape detection as everyone will think it is a rubbish bag. Bombers can also place multiple bombs in bags outside several shops and possibly no one will suspect a thing.

This is espcially true in shopping centres or integrated transport-cum-shopping hubs.

I've informed SMRT as well as Ministry of Home Affairs on my concerns. I really hope the appropriate advisory can be quickly sent out to the management of these shops.