Dance like no one's watching

By Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 13 April 2009 2057 hrs SINGAPORE: A new Bill to manage public law and order has been passed in Parliament. It rationalises current rules for public assemblies and processions by moving away from rulings based on the number of persons involved in these activities. Instead the focus is […]

This must be the weirdest news in March! STRAITS TIMES March 18, 2009 Lesbian attacks wife with sperm PITTSFIELD (Massachusetts) – ONE HALF of a lesbian married couple has ended up in custody after allegedly attempting to forcibly impregnate her ‘wife’ with her brother’s sperm. According to a number of website reports on Wednesday, Stephanie […]

We all know how enthusiastic the government can be when it comes to matchmaking the people of Singapore… now, even the birds are involved… (albeit not by the government) STRAITS TIMES March 23, 2009 Wild hornbill seeks Mr Right By Grace Chua WANTED: A mate for Singapore’s only wild rhinoceros hornbill living in the Bukit […]

This is good food for thought. MM Lee on Singapore’s population SINGAPORE: Even after the millions spent on Baby Bonuses and other parenthood incentives, policy-makers are confounded by a problem that goes to the very heart of survival: Singaporeans are still not reproducing themselves. And on Friday, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew reflected on this […]

WASHINGTON: US insurance giant AIG is to receive up to an additional 30 billion dollars in federal assistance in the latest overhaul of its government bailout, US media reported Sunday. Under the new plan, American International Group, Inc. is to repay most of the 40 billion dollars it owes the Federal Reserve with equity stakes […]

See underlined portion below.  I hope this means no more calls from telemarketers pushing personal loans!  Woohoo! Minimum income requirement for unsecured credit relaxed to S$20,000 SINGAPORE: From next month, more people will be eligible for unsecured credit facilities. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has lowered the minimum annual income requirement from S$30,000 to […]

Saw on the CNA website that President Nathan visited the Marina Barrage for the time yesterday.  I’m sure, being the President, he was busy and thus couldn’t find time to visit earlier.  But when you read the headlines, and in consideration that the Marina Barrage has been opened for some time now… don’t you think […]

Read another article in CNA about a top civil servant getting reprimanded for writing about this family’s vacation at a top French cooking school.  Apparently, some people felt that it was insensitive of him to publicise it ‘cos it showed how out of touch he was with your average Singaporean.  One woman that CNA spoke […]

Was feeling a little sleepy after lunch so I was reading the news on CNA.  Saw this article about how Shiseido is increasing its sales of whitening products this year. Somewhere in the middle of the article is a quote from Miriam Yeung that says, “I quite easily get dark in the sunlight. I will […]

Member of Parliament (MP) Seng Han Thong (in my opinion), must be the most unfortunate MP in the history of Singapore.  He was assaulted by a cabbie some years back over a taxi licence revocation issue that the cabbie wanted Mr. Seng’s help with, and now some guy who’s mentally unstable splashed kerosene on him […]