Loh Kean Yew “first S’porean to be crowned badminton world champion” — Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: Yung Raja also honoured in the list
Loh Kean Yew may not have gotten the medal he wanted at the recently concluded SEA Games in Hanoi, but he was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. In fact, Loh, 24, is the only athlete from the Little Red Dot on the list for Entertainment & Sports this year, with the distinction of being “the first Singaporean to be crowned badminton world champion.”
Rapper Yung Raja, who was featured on The Tonight Show last year, also made the list. Born Rajid Ahamed, he rose to fame after he was signed by U.S. label Alamo Records last year.
VIDEO | Drunk UK man in S’pore bar refuses to queue to use toilet, strangles teenager, cuts another with broken glass, hurls vulgarities at female SPF officer
A Caucasian man was arrested by police for refusing to properly line up to use the restroom and causing a commotion at the scene.
“He was drunk, and he strangled a teenager at the bar Drunk Skunk. The manager called the cops. Then he got arrested,” wrote Instagram page @sgfollowsall on May 23, quoting a witness.
Netizens say S’pore passport long processing time is a lesson to renew early instead of waiting last minute — you had 2 years to do so
Amid a surge in passport applications resulting in longer processing time, Singaporeans are now putting off travel plans. However, netizens have noted that this issue can be avoided if people would renew their passports on time, as everyone had two years during the Covid-19 pandemic to do so.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) announced on May 11 that it was receiving over 7,000 passport applications daily, compared to 2,000 before the pandemic. Adding to the demand is the recent easing of travel restrictions and the upcoming school holidays. The average waiting time for passport processing is at least six weeks from the time of application, said ICA.
‘FYI, not all Asians are Chinese’ — Netizens say Henry Golding looks more Southeast Asian and suitable for lead role in Crazy Rich Asians than Simu Liu
Simu Liu, who made a splash last year in Marvel’s Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, revealed in a recent Indiewire interview that he had been up for the male lead for the 2018 blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians, but lost it, and he was told he didn’t have the “It factor”.
In response to a tweet from Indiewire, some netizens said that Henry Golding, who had found great success as the movie’s lead, had been cast because he is half-white, which gave him the right “look” for the movie. This caused an uproar among Southeast Asian Twitter users, who said that Golding, who is half-Malaysian with Iban roots, actually looks more Southeast Asian than Liu, who was born in China and raised in Canada.
The Importance of Personal Accident Insurance in Singapore
Last year, we wrote an article about the odds of getting into a car accident, and what we found was shocking: From 2020 to 2021, the number of fatal accidents rose from 80 to 100 annually. We have about 12.96 traffic deaths per 100,000 cars in Singapore, slightly below the average worldwide, but only 35% of Singaporean households own a car.