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. [...]

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Singaporeans are less peeved at work than Indians

Posted on September 30, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘S’pore No. 2 in peeves tally’, 30 Sept 2011, article by Jennani Durai, ST …Singapore has come in second in a survey of 16 countries tallying the number of pet peeves in the office. In the No. 1 spot was India, according to the findings released yesterday by professional networking site LinkedIn. The 17,000 [...]

Filed under: 1980s, 2000s, 2011, Complaining, Corporations, Dress sense | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

No MRT stations named after Indians

Posted on August 6, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ”Is there an MRT station named after a prominent Indian Singaporean?’, 5 Aug 2011, ST Forum (MR DANNY CHUE):…Is there an MRT station here named after a prominent Indian Singaporean? At the start of the Japanese Occupation, Lim Boon Keng represented the Chinese community at the Syonan Memorial and Srish Chandra Goho, better known [...]

Filed under: 1940s, 1980s, 2011, MRT, Names, Public works, SBS Buses | Tagged: , , , , , | 3 Comments »

No Indians at 1973 Sultan Gold Cup

Posted on July 10, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘No mention of Indian fans at soccer event’, 10 July 2011, Your Letters, Sunday Times (Menon Jaya Narayanan): In her column  last Sunday (Dangerous to be colour blind), Dr Lee Wei Ling recalled the 1973 Sultan’s Gold Cup soccer final at the national stadium, in which Singapore Malays played against Kelantan Malays. She wrote [...]

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Pariahs beat drums to attract attention

Posted on June 25, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Avoid touchy word’, 25 June 2011, Mailbag, ST Life! (Shanmuguam Kasinathan):…Firstly I think the playwright (Alfian Bin Sa’at) is myopic in the sense that there are so many issues to dramatise, but he has chosen this one to highlight. To me , he is immature and his play (Pariah) is not worth attending. He [...]

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SDP wants us to Sack that Bugger

Posted on May 5, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘ SDP’s b….. word’, 5May 2011, ST Forum (MS TANG LISHAN): ‘I took my eight-year-old child to the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) rally two nights ago and was appalled by the language used by one speaker. He openly referred to the People’s Action Party using a derogatory term ‘Sack the bugg..’. His remark worked [...]

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Indians teaching English

Posted on April 9, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Teachers from India’, 9 April 2011, My Point, ST Forum. (MR NICHOLAS LOH): ‘Thursday’s article (‘Teachers from India join Singapore schools’) highlighted how teachers from India are being recruited to teach subjects including the Indian mother tongue language, English, history, geography and economics. While teachers from India may be well-suited to teach the Indian [...]

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Children call each other Naan the nay

Posted on January 31, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Naming of bread unfortunate’, 31 Jan 2011, ST Forum online (Sathesh Sivabalan): POPULAR bakery Bread Talk has named a bread “Naan the Nay”, which mimics an insensitive allusion to the way Indians speak. What is there to stop people of other races from starting to call other food items with similar insensitivity? I had [...]

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Thaipusam participants dance like mad people

Posted on January 13, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Thaipusam: Consult Hindu community first’, 13 Jan 2011, ST Forum (Shasikala Kalai Silvan): THAIPUSAM is an important Hindu celebration that also involves the participants’ friends, who sing and cheer to the music. However, the new rules laid down by the Hindu Endowments Board for the annual procession, which will be held on Jan 19 [...]

Filed under: 1950s, 2011, Bureaucrats, Festivals, Noise, Religion | Tagged: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Tommy Koh’s stupid Indian friends

Posted on December 12, 2010 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Wikileaks: Singapore diplomats on region’, 12 Dec 2010, The Sunday Times …Ambassador (Tommy) Koh was quoted in a cable detailing a September 2009 meeting with US officials. He was commenting on Japan and India in relation to the impact of China’s increasing regional might on both countries. …Koh described Japan as ‘the big fat [...]

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