Singapore – A woman working out in a gym spotted a man looking in her direction and jumped to the conclusion that he was ogling her.
So she videod him, and included the telling hashtag “#gymcreeps” in her caption which clearly expressed her disdain for her fellow gym user, then posted the video to TikTok.
In fact, the man was actually watching the comedian Mr Bean’s show, on the TV set positioned above the aggrieved TikToker who goes by the name Michelle Lim (@michxlim).
Very quickly, Ms Lim found herself under fire for posting that video on Wednesday (Jan 19). She said had positioned her camera in the direction of the man “to confirm her suspicions.”
Photo: TikTok screengrab/michxlim
Her caption also criticised the man’s workout routine. “Exercise:10 sets of staring at girls in the gym”. Ouch.
Photo: TikTok screengrab/michxlim
As the video continued, she reminded other gym users to “sanitise before using the machine” after capturing the man touching his nose on one occasion.
“Watch how he slowly checks out the girl,” said Ms Lim in her caption as the man paced back and forth before stopping to look once more in her direction.
In response to the video, an anonymous TikTok account under the handle @dontanyhowrecord uploaded a post to clarify what happened.
“The person ‘staring’ at you was watching Mr Bean,” said the TikTok user, attaching an image taken from the viewpoint of the man.
Photo: TikTok screengrab/dontanyhowrecord
After turning off commenting on her original video and eventually taking it down, Ms Lim uploaded a statement on Jan 20 to apologise for the potential harm her video might have caused to the man.
“I remember feeling uncomfortable while doing my walking lunges as we made eye contact frequently,” she said in a bid to explain her actions. She decided to film the man’s actions as “she felt unsafe at that time”.
Ms Lim said she had left the gym shortly after shooting the video and it did not cross her mind to approach the man or the gym staff about her discomfort.
“While I was editing the video, I just wanted to get my point across that everyone should feel safe at a public space that is commonly dominated by the males. And females should be free to choose their outfits based on their likes and preferences and shouldn’t be judged for it. That’s all,” she added.
She said she was fully aware of the consequences and “should have handled the situation better” as she had no concrete evidence to prove that the man was actually staring at her.
She apologised and asked him to reach out to her so she could apologise in person.
@dontanyhowrecord also responded to Ms Lim’s apology and agreed with her point that gyms and other public spaces should be safe for women.
“I understand that you felt uncomfortable, but discreetly filming the person and posting online with no attempt to confirm the situation wasn’t right,” said the user, adding that the gym staff could handle such situations.
“Please understand your actions caused an extremely negative impact to the person in the video. I hope this incident has brought more awareness to everyone on the need to be mindful and sensitive of each other in public spaces,” the user added./TISG
Singapore — A recent survey by a US company has found that more than half of employees in Singapore feel a lack of strong support from their employers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
In Singapore, 56 per cent of the respondents said they did not receive “strong support” from their employers.
Its survey reports that slightly more than half of those interviewed on average found strong employer support lacking. In Asian countries surveyed, 46 per cent offered this response.
Such lack of support could be a source of problems, Mercer said, as employees who feel unsupported are more likely to want to quit their jobs than those who are satisfied with the support they receive.
“Now more than ever, being able to support our employees through these crucial moments will significantly boost employee morale, resilience, and confidence in the long run,” said Neil Narale, leader of Mercer Marsh Benefits in Singapore.
The company, headquartered in New York, has interests in asset management, including retirement, health & benefits, human capital, surveys & products, communication, investments, outsourcing, and mergers & acquisitions.
Of the workers in Singapore polled, 55 per cent said they faced stress daily, a higher proportion than in other Asian countries, where an average of 51 per cent of those surveyed reported feeling stressed every day. Singapore’s number is also higher than the global average of 50 per cent.
More worrying is the result that 26 per cent of the Singapore respondents polled rate their financial situation as worse than when the pandemic began, and 16 per cent feel lonelier and more isolated because of the situation.
Respondents were also asked about their mental health, and how comfortable they felt discussing this issue with medical professionals or family and friends.
In comparison with the Asian and global average of 19 per cent, only 10 per cent of those in Singapore say they feel free to talk about mental health issues. Worse still, they also find access to mental health resources challenging. Only 44 per cent of workers in Singapore say they have access to counselling services, compared with 52 per cent overall and 54 per cent in Asia.
In Singapore, 42 per cent also say they have difficulty finding quality mental healthcare, which includes counselling, therapy, and medication.
Access to mental health services is just one of two important areas where employees can ensure that workers feel supported, as identified in the Mercer poll.
The other is lifestyle modification support, with 67 per cent of those polled in Singapore saying they have no access to this. An example of this would be additional support for pregnant women or workers with chronic health issues..
The survey also showed a gap in the impact of the pandemic on men and women.
Women everywhere have had to shoulder heavier responsibilities when it comes to childcare, mostly because of on-again-off-again school closures, which were often implemented without a great deal of notice.
Many women, therefore, have had to juggle additional childcare or even remote learning duties along with their jobs.
The survey found that only 10 per cent of female respondents in Singapore report receiving “very good” support from employers during the pandemic, compared with 20 per cent for the men.
Additionally, 30 per cent of the men in Singapore said they had access to mental health counselling services through their employers, compared with just 22 per cent for women. Thirty per cent of the men said they had access to personal accident insurance, compared with 21 per cent for women.
“Catering to employee well-being and preferences allows organisations to create policies, processes, benefits, and resources that are meaningful and personal for all,” Mr Narale added in a statement.
“This is an important step towards creating a culture of health that advances diversity, equity, and inclusion, while aligning with broader environmental, social and governance principles.” /TISG
Singapore — Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that it had donated copies of its new one-volume children’s encyclopedia to the National Library Board of Singapore (NLB), making the “richly illustrated” book readily available to curious minds.
The Britannica All New Kids Encyclopedia, which was edited by world history author Christopher Lloyd, contains 424 pages packed with facts and information from the experts at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Unlike old encyclopedias that were structured from A–Z, this one has a narrative arc, telling the story of the world from the beginning of time to the present day and even glimpsing into the future, said Britannica in a press release.
For centuries, Britannica was known for printing encyclopedias before pivoting to global curriculum and digital solutions publishing.
The multi-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica was ceased in 2012, with the company instituting a new, limited program of print publications in part as a way of helping to bridge the “digital divide” and reach students around the world who don’t have reliable online access.
“NLB is delighted to receive the generous donation of the newly published Britannica children’s encyclopaedia, which will be a valued information source for our patrons,” said Ms Chow Wun Han, NLB’s Acting Director of Collection Planning and Development.
“This gift will help further our mission in enriching our collections for young readers,”
“Britannica is thrilled to support the National Library Board of Singapore to promote the reading habits of our younger learners and establish the foundation for lifelong learning,” said Theodore Pappas, executive editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
“Our children’s encyclopedia is a wonderful book for early learners, for sparking their curiosity about the wonders of the world, both big and small, and for readers in areas without easy access to the Internet or to new educational resources.”
At the end of each chapter, the children’s encyclopedia features quizzes and interviews with experts, explaining what they love about their job and what they are working to discover at the moment.
Copies of the new, one-volume children’s encyclopedia were donated to NLB, making it available to Singapore’s public libraries and mobile and van-based services. /TISG
Singapore — Samsung aired an ad that featured a Muslim mum who expressed support for her drag queen son, but then in a true blink-and-you’ll-miss-it fashion, it was taken down pretty quickly due to alleged backlash from conservative groups.
Commenters online have called out Samsung for removing the ad. However, with the internet being the animal that it is, what gets put up, stays up.
Sharp-eyed netizens were able to screenshot at least portions of the ad for Galaxy earbuds, which is part of the tech giant’s “Listen to your heart” series.
Other examples from the series can be seen here and here.
Samsung issued an apology, although it did not refer specifically to the ad.
The company acknowledged feedback from the ad, which it said “may be perceived as insensitive and offensive to some members of our local community. We acknowledge that we have fallen short in this instance, and have since removed the content from all public platforms.”
The company, however, set limits on who could comment on the post, which meant that backlash to the takedown of the ad could not be added.
However, netizens had a lot to say on other social media pages.
Here’s what they had to say on Twitter.
So apparently, Samsung aired an ad featuring a Muslim mum expressing support for her drag queen son and WAAPD members were so swift to act that they've already taken the ad down before anyone else could really see it 😂 pic.twitter.com/25TYVRscwO
Can the PAP continue to bring down corrupted senior officials, who are called “tigers” by Chinese President Xi Jinping in China’s anti-corruption campaign? If Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) can check itself, what about the Workers’ Party (WP), the leading opposition party in Parliament?
A government that has its own set of checks and balances is one that is accountable and functions well, which is why the Singapore Government’s ability to “ownself check ownself” is a virtue, Singapore Health Minister Mr Ong said on Jan 13, as reported in various Singapore media including Today.
“People can say ‘ownself check ownself’, but I see it always as a virtue — if ownself cannot check ownself, you’re in big trouble,” Ong Ye Kung said at a forum organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS).
Mr Ong also said a party that can discipline itself will govern the nation well. Multiple examples show a party can do this effectively only if it is severe with its members, otherwise external independent agents are needed.
Last year, WP leader Pritam Singh and some other senior WP members investigated former WP Member of Parliament (MP) Raeesah Khan for lying in Parliament, as she had confessed.
Last December, the Parliament’s Committee of Privileges questioned Khan, Singh and other senior WP members including Sylvia Lim about Khan’s lies. Most of the members of this committee are PAP members, except the WP’s Dennis Tan as the sole opposition member.
Although the committee has not yet announced its findings, it grilled Singh and Lim for many hours on how they conducted their investigation of Khan. This indicates the committee questioned the WP’s ability to effectively check its wayward members like Khan.
If the committee finds Singh guilty of impropriety over his investigation of Khan, it will conclusively prove that a political party, in this case, the WP, is not always a good check on itself and external investigators are sometimes needed.
Mr Ong’s words echoed an earlier statement by former Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. On Aug 27, 2015, Today quoted Goh saying, “We are our own checks.”
Perhaps an example of “ownself check ownself” is related to Goh’s son Jin Hian. The younger Goh assisted an investigation by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), disclosed on Sept 30, 2020, by New Silkroutes Group, a Singapore-listed company where Goh junior was formerly non-executive chairman. This shows in Singapore, not even a former Prime Minister’s son is above assisting an investigation. Goh junior is presumed innocent unless proven guilty of any offence.
A Prime Minister is also not always the best check on himself, as shown in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Sue Gray, a British civil servant, is investigating parties thrown by the Prime Minister’s Office in Downing Street, at least one of which was attended by Johnson. The parties allegedly violated the COVID-19 measures which Johnson’s government imposed on the rest of his country. The general consensus is Johnson will soon step down as British Prime Minister.
So widespread is the popular outrage against Johnson that current polls indicate his Conservative Party will be soundly defeated in the next general election. Hence, some members of his own party have called for his resignation. If Johnson remained as Prime Minister through the next general election, many Conservative MPs are likely to lose their seats. So it is in the Conservative party’s interest to replace its leader.
Singapore inherited the Westminster Parliamentary system from its former British colonial rulers. This means that theoretically if a Singapore Prime Minister hypothetically becomes seriously unpopular, his own party would view him as a liability and probably oust him. It can be argued this is an example of a party checking itself, as mentioned by Ong and Goh Chok Tong.
But the UK also has checks and balances, including the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, who has called on Johnson to resign, as well as a free press that has been aggressively chasing the “Partygate” scandal of the parties in Downing Street.
Ong said he does not believe that a full-fledged two-party system can arise in Singapore, Today reported on Jan 13.
Since Britain ruled Hong Kong till now when the city is part of China, Hong Kong never had full democracy like Singapore and the UK. However, Hong Kong has a press that is fairly free despite the National Security Law and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
It was the ICAC’s investigation of a former Hong Kong chief executive, Donald Tsang, which resulted in Tsang being sentenced to jail for misconduct in public office on Feb 22, 2017. Tsang was released from prison on Jan 15, 2019. The imprisonment of this former Hong Kong chief executive shows the Independent Commission Against Corruption deserves the word “Independent” in its name.
Just as the ICAC helped make Hong Kong one of the least corrupt jurisdictions in the world, the late Lee Kuan Yew’s strict stance against corruption made Singapore one of the cleanest countries. Lee’s tenure as Singapore Prime Minister saw the downfall of two ministers. In 1975, Wee Toon Boon, a minister of the ruling PAP, was jailed for corruption. Another PAP minister, Teh Cheang Wan, committed suicide in December 1986 while under investigation for corruption.
So, as questioned earlier, can the PAP continue to bring down corrupted senior officials, who are called “tigers” by Chinese President Xi Jinping in China’s anti-corruption campaign? Since Xi launched the campaign in late 2012, over 100 tigers have been taken down. This includes Zhou Yongkang, who was formerly China’s most senior police official and was sentenced to life in prison in 2015.
If only China’s police department, the Ministry of Public Security, investigated itself, Zhou would be unlikely to be punished because when he was Public Security Minister, he would have blocked investigations against himself. Zhou was instead investigated by China’s anti-graft agency, the Central Committee for Discipline Inspection.
Although China is a one-party state, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) checks itself by having different government departments check each other. If the PAP is to effectively check itself, it must be as ruthless as the CCP in catching its own tigers.
Beyond having different government departments check each other, the CCP fosters internal competition. This is explained by Xu Chenggang, a former professor at Hong Kong University. According to Xu, Chinese officials are assessed by their superiors on how well they performed in administering the cities or provinces under their control.
The Chinese officials who performed best would be promoted. In this way, Chinese officials competed against each other in an internal tournament. This was one of the reasons China prospered, and the CCP did so well in governing China even though China is not a democracy, explained Xu when I attended his lectures while studying for a Master’s of Economics at Hong Kong University.
Going forward, if the PAP is to govern Singapore, as well as the late Lee Kuan Yew did, the party must promote vigorous internal competition to select Singapore’s next prime minister. Ong Ye Kung, Lawrence Wong, Chan Chun Sing and Tharman Shanmugaratnam should vigorously compete with each other to determine the best leader of the PAP and Singapore.
Toh Han Shih is chief analyst of Headland Intelligence, a Hong Kong risk consultancy. The views expressed in this article are his own.
Singapore — How does one tell the difference between a genuine message and a phishing attempt from a scammer hoping to empty your bank account? The problem only gets more knotty when elderly people are the targets.
There has been a sharp rise in cases of scammers sending out SMS messages to all and sundry, purporting to be from a bank and including links that could hack into banking information and passwords.
In December last year, OCBC Bank said it detected and initiated a takedown of 45 phishing websites, which is about eight times more than the average takedown requests every month.
The bank warned its clients to be vigilant of “SMSes containing a link to a fraudulent website disguised as a legitimate bank website requesting banking information and passwords”.
In the last two weeks of December, another 469 OCBC clients fell victim to the phishing scam, with at least one family so far going public about losing their life’s savings in five unauthorised overseas transactions.
Nothing succeeds like success. So it was no surprise that scammers were then revealed to be targeting Singapore’s largest bank, DBS Bank.
On Wednesday (Jan 19), DBS released an advisory on its Facebook page that scammers impersonating the bank were targeting clients via SMS phishing.
Photo: FB screengrab/DBS
“Please do not click on any SMS with clickable links. DBS will never ask for your account details or OTP over the phone, email or SMS. Please be assured that we are actively taking down such phishing sites,” said DBS.
In response to the issue, more than a few concerned netizens highlighted that the push for digitalisation through e-tokens, internet banking and third-party payment platforms might pose problems for those who are less tech-savvy, such as elderly clients.
“How is an elderly member going to differentiate between a real DBS SMS sending them OTP and a scam phishing SMS that clearly states ‘DBS’ with a DBS link, when they can barely tell the difference between a MacBook and a laptop?” asked a Facebook user.
“If there is no means to identify the source of a message in SMS environment, why are banks even using them? It is unfair and there is no way for the general public, especially the uneducated or the elderly to clearly identify such differences. Not everyone is tech-savvy,” added another concerned individual.
Based on a comment made by a client on its advisory, DBS has turned off SMS alerts to clients since Wednesday evening, as part of tightened measures.
Photo: FB screengrab/DBS
The sample SMS from DBS looked like the screenshot below:
Photo: FB screengrab/DBSPhoto: FB screengrab/DBS
One of the most forthright criticisms came from Mr Leslie Fong, former editor of The Straits Times, who expressed cogently what many people are thinking: “It is not enough to keep asking us taxpayers and customers to be vigilant. Be very careful, we are told. That’s it? Is that all they can do?”
Mr Fong said in a lengthy public post on Facebook on Wednesday that he wondered “whether MAS, the cybercrime sleuths in the police force, all the three major telcos, all the banks in Singapore and whichever relevant government outfit have set up a joint task force to tackle such crimes“.
He questions specifically what the banks and the telcos have done to block the scammers, and asks pointedly: “Have they even tried?”
He concludes: “If in the end, the combined might of all our agencies cannot do a damn thing, then maybe we should think twice before charging ahead with rapid digitalisation of banking and all types of services, which entails making citizens who are not tech savvy go cashless. Put in more safeguards, for goodness sake.” /TISG
Singapore — Opposition leader and now restauranteur Chee Soon Juan was dreaming aloud about the possibilities for his café, Orange & Teal, in his latest Facebook post.
“J K Rowling, TS Elliot and Ernest Hemingway did much of their writing in cafes. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Orange & Teal could be the nest for the next great S’porean writer?,” he wrote on Wednesday (Jan 19).
Dr Chee, the secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party, was marking the sixth-month anniversary of his café, which he called the fulfilment of a long-term dream when he announced Orange & Teal’s opening at Rochester Mall in June of last year.
In his post, Dr Chee thanked everyone who has supported his efforts in opening the café, saying that the first half-year has “been an exciting start – not without its bumps – and we look forward to the next 6 months.”
The veteran politician also wrote that Orange & Teal is also “a miniature version of my vision for Singapore – a place where intelligence, grace and compassion flourish.”
He then proceeded to further explain this vision:
I want to create a space where intelligent conversation and even intense debates take place, where thinkers come to exercise their minds and writers run wild with imagination.
I want to foster a community where grace and culture soothe our tired souls; create a playground where our artists and musicians come to comfort and inspire us.
I want to build a home where compassion becomes second nature to us, a place where we extend a hand to others and lift them up.”
He closed his post by saying that this is something he’s been working for all his life “to build in Singapore, and now I get a chance to demonstrate it in a small but real way at this little corner at Rochester Mall.”
Dr Chee also invited others to share this vision.
“Come by and have a meal or a cup of coffee and, in the process, help me build that vision of an intelligent, cultured and compassionate Singapore.”
Many netizens responded to his post, with some already calling the café, which opened amid the challenges of the pandemic, a success.
Others shared photos of their own visit to Orange & Teal.
One commenter even compared the café with the coffee shop in the hit US sitcom, Friends.
Photo: Taken from unsplash.com/MChe Lee/used for illustration purposes only
A father in China decided to donate the organs of his nine-year-old daughter who died from injuries suffered after she tripped when pushed by a classmate and hit her head on a wall.
The accident happened when the girl, Tongtong, and her classmates were running “excitedly” out of their classroom in a primary school in Qinzhou, in southern China.
Tongtong is said to have passed out after she bumped her head into a wall in a corridor. Her father, Mr Huang Qin said on social media recently that surveillance camera showed a physical education teacher half-carrying half-dragging his unconscious daughter to the teachers’ office, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Jan 14.
Tongtong came to moments later and was given some red sugar water and her form teacher asked if she felt uncomfortable. The girl shook her head as if to say that there was nothing wrong, according to reports.
Meanwhile, the teacher summoned the student who had pushed her, and asked Tongtong if she could forgive her classmate, and Tongtong agreed.
“She was so young that she didn’t realise the seriousness of her injury. She then ran out to attend the PE class,” said Mr Huang.
It was only hours later on that day, Oct 20, 2021, that a teacher called to tell Mr Huang Tongtong’ had been injured. When he got to his daughter, he said he saw an egg-sized lump above her ear. He called an ambulance, but while waiting, decided to drive her to the hospital himself.
He recalled what his daughter said. “She told me she forgot to eat lunch at noon. This is the last sentence my daughter left me.”
“I was distraught. I scolded the teachers, blaming them for not detecting the problem earlier.”
Doctors told him there was blood in her brain, an indication that they should refrain from operating on her, according to SCMP.
She died from brain damage nine days later.
In an update, Mr Huang said he decided to donate seven of his daughter’s organs, including her corneas, heart and kidneys.
“When I signed the organ donation document, I cried and my hands shook. The images of my child, so lively and cute, appeared in front of me,” said the mourning father.
“I don’t want to be a hero praised by others. I just want to let my daughter’s heart continue beating,” he said.
“I hope she could stay in this world in another way. It is also a motivation for us to live on. I feel relieved that she has helped other people and saved their lives. We have received warmth from society before and now we’ve tried our best to return to society. I believe my daughter will support my decision.”
Mr Huang also said that the school has apologised to him and promised to strengthen how they handle safety.
KidsHealth advises parents to seek medical attention when children or teenagers suffer any head injury, especially if they lose consciousness for more than a few minutes, and there is vomiting, confusion, seizures and worsening headaches./TISG
This was originally posted on Parliament of Singapore’s Facebook and Instagram accounts on the same day.
The Speaker called the graphic “a simple piece to help the public understand some of the rules governing the business in Parliament.”
The rules, he added, are put in place “so that we can be consistent, fair, allow business to proceed and provide time for more members to speak” and are not imposed merely for the sake of being restrictive.
Mr Tan also added that he has taken “a more expansive approach” allowing for more free-flowing debates, but this should not be taken as permission for anyone to follow their own will.
“If every member decides to speak and debate and question just because they feel like they ought to, it’d be chaotic and it would be inappropriate.
In these instances, when members are so denied that space to speak, it is because they have been out of order or there are no provisions for them to do so.”
When MPs cross boundaries, the Speaker said it’s his role to make sure that discipline and dignity are maintained in the House.
“I also expect members to be able to substantiate what they say in Parliament,” he added.
Mr Tan acknowledged that MPs have been “in most cases… responsible and matured in their behaviour and conduct,” and that he has hardly needed to enforce the rules of order.
“But if I need to be firm, I will not hesitate to do so. It’d certainly be remiss of me to do otherwise,” he wrote.
In parliamentary procedure, a point of order occurs when someone draws attention to a rules violation in a meeting of a deliberative assembly.
Mr Tan had called on Mr Leong to make a “personal explanation” of a point he had made the day before concerning children in schools not being subject to vaccination differentiation.
After the NCMP began to speak, he was interrupted by the Speaker Tan, who said, “Mr Leong, this is not to make another speech, you were meant to clarify, I think, the source of some of the feedback you provided.”
When Mr Leong responded that he would address it, Mr Tan replied: “You can come to that fairly immediately.”
As Mr Leong continued speaking, Mr Tan interrupted him again and said: “Mr Leong, I’m not going to repeat myself, you are here to clarify the source of the points that you made, not to repeat another speech”.
Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh later stepped in asking for clarification and was told by Mr Tan that it was a Point of Order.
Mr Singh then said, “I understand, it started with a request for a personal explanation”.
I understand it was on the basis of a personal explanation, which is how you introduced the subject which Mr Leong then started to speak about”. /TISG
A handbag by Lee Suet Fern again prompts stylistic comparisons with Ho Ching
Singapore — With Lee Suet Fern and Ho Ching being daughters-in-law of the late Lee Kuan Yew and Madam Kwa Geok Choo, netizens seem to find it irresistible to compare the two.
The latest episode sees a handbag featured in a Facebook post, in which the younger Lee scion describes his wife Lee Suet Fern’s “latest piece of craftsmanship”. It seemed inevitable that netizens would compare this handbag to the one carried by Madam Ho.
Jamus Lim to MAS: Let Singdollar strengthen to boost our purchasing power
Photo: Facebook screengrab/ Jamus Lim
Singapore — The exchange rate is not something that usually attracts the attention of most netizens but a Facebook post by Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim not only drew decided opinions, but also an unusually large crowd of netizens to join the conversation.
The Sengkang GRC MP, an associate professor of economics at ESSEC Business School, had earlier addressed the subject in Parliament. Speaking on the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Bill on Jan 11, he underlined the potential costs of an undervalued Singapore dollar.
Top 10 Chinese Women list taken down due to objections from netizens over the inclusion of Lee Jinglei and Du Meizhu
Photos: IG screengrab/ Lee Jinglei, Twitter screengrab/ c-ent translations
Mandopop singer Wang Leehom’s ex-wife Lee Jinglei may have won a lot of support from many as the messy split between the couple unspooled, but not enough it seems for her to be considered among the Top 10 Chinese Women for 2021.
A post on social media platform Weibo said that Chinese culture magazine New Weekly took down its list of Top 10 Chinese Women for 2021 due to strong objections from netizens over the inclusion of Ms Lee and 19-year-old influencer Du Meizhu.
Lim Tean: I am fully sympathetic to those who have chosen not to or cannot be vaccinated
Photo: Fb screengrab/ limtean
Singapore — Lawyer Lim Tean criticised the PAP government’s policy on Covid-19 vaccinations in a Jan 18 Facebook post, adding that he is “fully sympathetic to those who have chosen not to vaccinate or cannot be vaccinated.”
Mr Lim, who heads the People’s Voice party, clarified at the start of the post that he is fully vaccinated, having gotten Sinovac jabs, and also received a booster shot last month.
MOE says it has disciplined schoolgirls who beat up a student in carpark, public calls for harsher punishment
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Singapore — Netizens called for harsher punishment – at least expulsion – of several schoolgirls filmed ganging up to beat up a student.
A video that went viral on social media including WhatsApp messenger on Tuesday (Jan 18) shows two girls beating up a third in a car park. At least two others were present, one of whom filmed the clash while the other stood by.
