From ‘Gift shop in a fix for selling halal stickers’, 5 Nov 2011, article by Jennani Durai, ST A GIFT shop in Simei is being investigated for selling stickers bearing a logo which indicates that the food or drink is permitted for consumption by Muslims. Because the stickers with the halal logo were not issued [...]
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From ‘Sandwich chain Subway sues S’porean company Subway niche’, 5 oct 2011, article by Selina Lum, ST The American owner of the Subway chain of sandwich shops has sued the boss of local nonya kueh chain Subway Niche for trademark infringement. A two-day hearing into the case began in the High Court on Tuesday. Subway, [...]
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From ‘Singapore’s best’, 30 Aug 2011, My Point, ST Forum (MR JONATHAN WOOD): ‘As a visiting businessman, I was very surprised and slightly disappointed to read that the joint winners of the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award were a glorified hawker food operator and an Apple product retail on-seller (‘Joint winners for top entrepreneur [...]
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From ‘Big, fat, but oh so common’, 31 July 2011, articles in Sunday Times …There are restaurants with the word ‘big’ in their names – Big O, Big Bad Wolf, The Big Bird, Big Bites…Owner Derek Chan,63, said: ‘Big Bird is the yellow chicken in Sesame street so it’s appropriate since we sell chicken rice’. [...]
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From ‘Penang assam laksa tastier than chilli crab?’ 25 July 2011, article by Wong Ah Yoke in ST …Chilli crab was ranked 35th on the list published online in the news channel CNNGO lifestyle guide (World’s 50 most delicious foods), with chicken rice just slipped in at 45th. …Well known Singapore food consultant Violet Oon, [...]
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From various contest entries in ‘If you were overseas, how would you describe Singapore to Foreigners’, article in Challenge online. (Barkathnisha Begum Binte Abdul Razzak, MOE, winning entry): Singapore is like a garden salad, and its people like the different ingredients that retain distinctive flavours to make up the salad’s overall taste. We are made [...]
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From ‘Be inclusive:PM Lee urges’, 18 Jul 2011, article by Victoria Barker in myPaper Mr Lee, who is an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, noted that although Singaporeans travel widely and many live and work overseas, they must remember where they come from. “Home means you must have memories, shared experiences…some sense of where [...]
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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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From ‘Secret Cooks Club’s novel dinners spark interest’, 19 June 2011, article by Amelia Tan, Sunday Times, and ‘Secret cooks club lets diners eat sushi off naked woman’, 18 June 2011, article in insing.com BORING is certainly not a word that can be used to describe a dinner hosted by the Secret Cooks Club. Since [...]
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From ‘Ovation-goodbye for Joanne Peh’, 1 June 2011, article in insing.com translated from LHWB Joanne Peh posted on Twitter her “experience” two days ago at a restaurant in Tanglin Mall. Peh had gone to the restaurant “Nando’s” with her Caucasian boyfriend Bobby Tonelli after filming a programme, “Ladies Nite” nearby. However, before the couple could [...]
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