From ‘Should Petain Road be renamed?’ 20 March 2012, article by Tommy Koh, ST, and ‘Petain Road’, 24 March 2012, My Point, ST Forum …There is a road in the Jalan Besar area called Petain Road. The French community has been campaigning for many years to change the name of the road. I support the [...]
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From ‘Balakrishnan: PUB should not have used word ‘ponding’ for floods ‘, 9 Jan 2012, article by Feng Zengkun, ST …Dr Balakrishnan said during the Parliament session that the ministry checked the Stamford Canal and nearby drains after the Lucky Plaza and Liat Towers floods in December, and found no signs of blockage. He said [...]
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From Random tweets in response to a SAF mobilisation exercise on 7 Jan 2012. @Mr Brown: If SAF has units codenamed HEATSTROKE, what about units NASTY DIARRHEA, GIANT PILES and SKIN ALLERGY? @Fake PM_Lee: SAF mobilisation code HEATSTROKE activated. All unit personnel must report to Medical Centre. @Fake STcom:SAF Open Mobilisation: Following codewords are being [...]
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From ‘Why orchid for Elton’? 26 Nov 2011, ST Mailbag (Josephine Tay): I read with great disappointment that Elton John has been given the honour of having an orchid named after him (Orchid Named After Elton John, Prime, Nov 19). I am dismayed that his partner David Furnish and their adopted son Zachary (both right [...]
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From ‘Foodcourt chain’s name, S21, is undesirable’, 23 Nov 2011, ST Forum (Siew Heng Keong)…I have noticed there is a popular foodcourt chain in Singapore named S21. S-21 is a former high school in Cambodia which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge communist regime from its rise to [...]
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From ‘Bar’s name leaves bad taste for some’, article by Huang LiJie, 19 Nov 2011, ST A BAR named Aushwitz at Circular Road yesterday removed its signboard after some members of the public said they were offended by its similarity to Auschwitz, the name of a World War II German concentration camp. Bar manager Maurice [...]
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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 ‘Scoot? Likely name of SIA’s budget carrier’, 25 Aug 2011, article in asiaone.com Scoot Airlines may well be the name of Singapore Airlines’ long-haul budget offshoot. The Straits Times reported that it ran checks and found that New Aviation, SIA’s wholly owned subsidiary that will run the new entity, has registered “Scoot” as the [...]
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From ‘Solve quandary by having both names for museum’, 16 Aug 2011, ST Forum and ‘Don’t sever museum’s historic link’, 12 Aug 2011, ST Forum (Ong Sheue Ling): IN THE near future, Singapore will have a new natural history museum. However, I am saddened to learn that the new museum will be named Lee Kong [...]
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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 [...]
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