From ‘Thanks, but spending $4m for S’pore Day is too much’, 14 April 2012, ST Forum (Liang Kaicheng): I AM one of thousands of happy Singaporeans based in the United States who will be making their way by plane, car or bus to New York City today for Singapore Day. But I am also embarrassed [...]
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From ‘Cane re-enactment draws debate’ 16 Dec 2012, article by Corrie Tan, Life! and ‘Why show Brother Cane again?’, 18 Feb 2012, Life! Mailbag, …Artist and film-maker Loo Zihan, 28, is re-enacting Brother Cane, a 1993 performance by Josef Ng which protested the arrests of 12 men during an anti-gay operation in 1992. The performance [...]
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From ‘Food fight over yusheng’, 5 Feb 2012, article in Lifestyle, Sunday Times The auspicious yusheng or raw fish salad is meant to bring harmony and unite people during Chinese New Year. But the popular festive dish has instead triggered a food fight in the media in Malaysia and Singapore. For the past week, a [...]
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From PM Lee: Singapore’s fertility rate up last year, 22 Jan 2012, article by Judith Tan/Lydia Lim, Sunday Times Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) picked up slightly last year to 1.20, up from a historic low of 1.15 in 2010. The Prime Minister announced the figure on Saturday in his Chinese New Year message, which [...]
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From ‘S’poreans queueing overnight for bak kwa’, 15 Jan 2012, article in insing.com, translated from SM Daily …Singaporeans are even queuing up through the night to get their bak kwa this time round. Well known bak kwa store Lim Chee Guan saw its stock sold out within 75 minutes of its opening at 9am this [...]
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From ‘Night Safari axes Halloween Horrors event after feedback’, 16 Sept 2011 and ‘Staff split over decision to cancel event, 19 Sept 2011, articles by Amanda Tan, ST The Night Safari has canned a Halloween event – even though 1,000 tickets have been sold – because of feedback that it has no relevance to conservation. [...]
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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 [...]
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From ‘ Please, not in the bedroom’, 21 March 2011, My Point, ST Forum (MR PATRICK MOK): ‘I am not at all comfortable with the idea of having a legendary icon like the Merlion confined in a bedroom. It is a national symbol and should be out there in the open for both residents and [...]
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From ‘Biennale’s Kallang site not ideal’, 17 March 2011, article by Deepika Shetty in Life!ST The choice of Old Kallang Airport as a venue to display artworks for the Singapore Biennale may be inspired, but the ‘check in’ is causing turbulence for some visitors. …Old Kallang Airport is at 9 Stadium Link off Geylang Road. [...]
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From ‘Lost at River Hongbao’, 11 Feb 2011, ST Forum online. Thanks to auntielucia. (Kunwar Bir Singh): ON SUNDAY evening, I took my family to the River Hongbao carnival to understand and get to know more of the country I am trying to embrace as my permanent home. We enjoyed it a lot and were [...]
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