UOB staff going blackface

Posted on February 12, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Seeing red over blackface photos’, 12 Feb 2012, article by Jennani Durai, Sunday Times Several Chinese employees of United Overseas Bank have raised eyebrows online after posting pictures of themselves in ‘blackface’ at a Bollywood-themed staff dinner. Pictures of last Friday’s event at the Fairmont Hotel were posted on social networking site Facebook yesterday. [...]

Filed under: 1980s, 2011, 2012, Banks/Credit cards, Dress sense, Fun and games, Racism | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 18 Comments »

Temasek Revealed’s Hoax NSF death

Posted on January 29, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Blog post on NSF’s death a hoax’, 29 Jan 2012, article by Jessica Lim, Sunday Times The Defence Ministry (Mindef) has refuted as a hoax a blog post claiming that a full-time national serviceman (NSF) was shot dead last Friday during a live-firing exercise. The post appeared that evening on a blog which calls [...]

Filed under: 1930s, 1950s, 2011, 2012, Army, Bloggers, Fun and games, Funerals/Death, Police officers | Tagged: , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Pig on the Kaaba as flame bait

Posted on November 24, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Blogger probed for offensive Facebook post’, 23 Nov 2011, article in Asiaone.com Police are investigating a blogger for allegedly publishing a photo that is offensive to Muslims on his Facebook (FB) page. Donaldson Tan, editor of Singapore-based current affairs commentary website New Asia Rebublic, is accused of putting up a picture of a pig [...]

Filed under: 1990s, 2000s, 2010, 2011, Advertisements, Bloggers, Pesky animals, Racism, Religion | Tagged: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Pro-Israel NS man doesn’t think Islam is a religion

Posted on November 20, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘NSF posts online picture of text criticising Islam’, 20 Nov 2011, article by Tessa Wong, Sunday Times The police are investigating an incident where a full-time national serviceman (NSF) posted on his Facebook wall a picture of text that criticises Islam. …The national serviceman, identified as Mr Christian Eliab Ratnam, had posted a picture [...]

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Huda kindergarten’s ‘young terrorist trainees’

Posted on November 19, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘PAP Youth member quits over ‘racist’ online posting’, article by Rachel Chang, 18 Nov 2011, ST A PEOPLE’S Action Party (PAP) youth wing member has resigned from the party after one of his Facebook posts sparked accusations of racism as it circulated online. Mr Jason Neo, 30, drew criticism from Malay opposition politicians and [...]

Filed under: 2000s, 2011, Bloggers, Kids, Politicians, Racism, Religion, Violence | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Social media is the Wild Wild West of the Internet

Posted on October 18, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Vital to engage digital citizens’, 18 Oct 2011, article by Reico Wong, My Paper SOCIAL media and the Internet have become standard tools that Singaporeans use to share their political views and interpret what is going on around them, Members of Parliament (MPs) said in the House yesterday. As a result, it is vital [...]

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Occupy Raffles Place is a joke

Posted on October 16, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Only a handful turn up for planned protest in Singapore’, 16 Oct 2011, article by Amanda Tan, Sunday Times The bravado for a planned protest at Raffles Place on Saturday afternoon fizzled out after fewer than 20 people turned up over several hours at the spot where it was supposed to have taken place. [...]

Filed under: 2011, Bloggers, Campaigns/Elections, Corporations | Tagged: , , , , | 3 Comments »

Chen Show Mao disinvited to dinner

Posted on August 21, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Chen Show Mao ‘uninvited’ from communal event”, 21 Aug 2011, article by Benson Ang in tnp.sg and Chen Show Mao’s Facebook page. CONTROVERSY has broken afresh online after Members of Parliament (MPs) from the opposition ward of Aljunied were “disinvited” to at least one ghost month dinner events. Workers’ Party (WP) MP for Aljunied [...]

Filed under: 1960s, 1980s, 2000s, 2011, Bloggers, Bureaucrats, Festivals, Politicians | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments »

McDonald’s playing Muslim prayers over dinner

Posted on August 19, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Man complains about Muslim prayers at McDonald’s outlet‘, 19 Aug 2011, article by Faris Mokhtar, sg yahoo news. A man has generated heated debate online after he posted comments questioning why McDonald’s allowed the Muslim prayers to be played at one of its restaurants. The debate first started after a man known as Alex [...]

Filed under: 2011, Bloggers, Fast food, Festivals, Local food, Racism, Religion | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 6 Comments »

‘Rachelle Ann Beguia’ likes to bootlick MPs

Posted on August 13, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Netizens outraged after foreigner insults Singaporeans’, 12 Aug 2011, article in insing.com …Netizens are now outraged after a netizen posted disparaging comments about Singaporeans…”Rachelle Ann Beguia”, reportedly from the Philippines, wrote on MP Penny Low’s Facebook page: “These moronic ‘Singaporeans’, their code, their morals, their ‘loyalty’ and ‘patriotism’… all dropped at the first sign [...]

Filed under: 2000s, 2011, Army, Bloggers, Foreign workers, Justice system/Lawsuits, Politicians | Tagged: , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

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