tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59702325298622722812024-03-28T09:13:45.858+08:00Under The Angsana TreeUnder The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4502125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-51889834402846979712024-03-28T00:28:00.006+08:002024-03-28T08:49:25.155+08:00Diarrhoea Bank of Sinkapoor DBS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsu4qOf9sBUYvtHPhb5ZgE05dwFM_p7mG8belABhD_6ACEGGl4NjpJZD42AIj6Y71ejJtrF77z9YO5lk47SwsgCygMtulzPcJAh-Szx2fcHZ5kkPMUjGupxJKp359ifPcNZ-kzu1C7dRb2L8M2trR3nkoQBKNFb4Nb9gW7nz5nMxjEAWmC3Ojm0eK_pM/s1051/IMG_20240322_163133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="595" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsu4qOf9sBUYvtHPhb5ZgE05dwFM_p7mG8belABhD_6ACEGGl4NjpJZD42AIj6Y71ejJtrF77z9YO5lk47SwsgCygMtulzPcJAh-Szx2fcHZ5kkPMUjGupxJKp359ifPcNZ-kzu1C7dRb2L8M2trR3nkoQBKNFb4Nb9gW7nz5nMxjEAWmC3Ojm0eK_pM/w226-h400/IMG_20240322_163133.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvd9mFfhAzTLVZ1NlkHq5SEdZcDrftlICJJVkvXfYBz_6XbKI3O7lSocHF-8_feVKxM7T3wOKOqzfTC5B8hUIfVj9CM9Fq7FyLr0IEh2YcoYJba8vYuvxGztp2F943qtPSI2gDn0INu7IqltcmSDWzTtl6KWrWvWelrTLUrJ4CG0M5j4T_wuDb6J3a1s/s1149/IMG_20240322_163225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="588" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvd9mFfhAzTLVZ1NlkHq5SEdZcDrftlICJJVkvXfYBz_6XbKI3O7lSocHF-8_feVKxM7T3wOKOqzfTC5B8hUIfVj9CM9Fq7FyLr0IEh2YcoYJba8vYuvxGztp2F943qtPSI2gDn0INu7IqltcmSDWzTtl6KWrWvWelrTLUrJ4CG0M5j4T_wuDb6J3a1s/w205-h400/IMG_20240322_163225.jpg" width="205" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrzMPOu0WiYOq_pH_EZCTAGlkQyd_lgtfNgWeqFn6ljv115zV2iORUVJHb0oVxiJ-Hta7GdJrhSaWimPvg6W8Ks2U-5ZHdmlcw723MP8yZ9vt_wZWXZ_gFc9vAxR9Pn7vbVAbounUo39_B1VgtiL0H1u-Tmuyui3tpVjSygte4ANlPHsggmlLHSR9fHE/s1080/IMG_20240322_163325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="580" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrzMPOu0WiYOq_pH_EZCTAGlkQyd_lgtfNgWeqFn6ljv115zV2iORUVJHb0oVxiJ-Hta7GdJrhSaWimPvg6W8Ks2U-5ZHdmlcw723MP8yZ9vt_wZWXZ_gFc9vAxR9Pn7vbVAbounUo39_B1VgtiL0H1u-Tmuyui3tpVjSygte4ANlPHsggmlLHSR9fHE/w215-h400/IMG_20240322_163325.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJLFa2hieMdy05-opqpt-ofekalF7WiljHmKY1wt9wXaW62kuP9iAewidJjFu4EGzi64ayGqsMrn0tXJwoy624ZGLxAJEyxXZ4M9v-tyotxhi06lfd5y9fejLRSQ2XJ_YA1kLRlG6x3cCy9rrdqOxf1Pvl7x9fiiwluH4SfXE-5pN-da-fxsErm0uMuE/s952/IMG_20240322_164035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="582" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJLFa2hieMdy05-opqpt-ofekalF7WiljHmKY1wt9wXaW62kuP9iAewidJjFu4EGzi64ayGqsMrn0tXJwoy624ZGLxAJEyxXZ4M9v-tyotxhi06lfd5y9fejLRSQ2XJ_YA1kLRlG6x3cCy9rrdqOxf1Pvl7x9fiiwluH4SfXE-5pN-da-fxsErm0uMuE/w245-h400/IMG_20240322_164035.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbe5JkIPMZxPGHhXA-pJ6VTd2i5nTJauf87tfsU2FvZkmfbgoG34pj3_HzC7_AitPTIinXtQ5WdltY0m19EmjGGr1nGu7nL1twb86hF9iCG4JE1q9n9RcV4AjVeczTpYcNktzrgvQdcGfxYXL5YqgtClhvrK1zO-8yFrrj0vOZygw3zppRNF-Q64QjGE/s848/IMG_20240322_163601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="590" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbe5JkIPMZxPGHhXA-pJ6VTd2i5nTJauf87tfsU2FvZkmfbgoG34pj3_HzC7_AitPTIinXtQ5WdltY0m19EmjGGr1nGu7nL1twb86hF9iCG4JE1q9n9RcV4AjVeczTpYcNktzrgvQdcGfxYXL5YqgtClhvrK1zO-8yFrrj0vOZygw3zppRNF-Q64QjGE/w279-h400/IMG_20240322_163601.jpg" width="279" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Without offence, this Viral Whatsapp message must surely be the m</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ost H</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ilarious</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Joke of all times. His Witty reply that before he could "Think, Blink or Turn" on the light, it's already done. He definitely Outwits his 3 Opponents. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">HaHaHa!</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>DBS CEO Piyush Gupta’s 2023 pay cut by 27% to $11.2 million</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRlU1lJR_4DoPdGVOWE1YzyZg3aXTPfKmiOC6wXDYtuq8-9BGld3g8YTvsrGk1BpuHf8yIbOpTkQ7E1afId-voLuuW7aaikh5CxN7sdPtoL-gGuXiCy6MDMOSirHpy4khdikWel0JybBfuayYBTgPTyMzSqJ85hIflzpRhEKHWnAKkp7Edhr9WDT5C5c/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRlU1lJR_4DoPdGVOWE1YzyZg3aXTPfKmiOC6wXDYtuq8-9BGld3g8YTvsrGk1BpuHf8yIbOpTkQ7E1afId-voLuuW7aaikh5CxN7sdPtoL-gGuXiCy6MDMOSirHpy4khdikWel0JybBfuayYBTgPTyMzSqJ85hIflzpRhEKHWnAKkp7Edhr9WDT5C5c/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The lower pay for Mr Piyush Gupta and other senior management reflected their accountability for digital disruptions in 2023. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI</span></i></div><br /><div><div>DBS Bank chief executive officer Piyush Gupta was paid $11.2 million in 2023, the bank said in its annual report on March 6, a drop of 27 per cent from the <a href="https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/dbs-chief-piyush-guptas-annual-salary-rises-132-s154-million-2022"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">$15.4 million he brought home in 2022</span></a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>This follows the bank’s announcement in February that the 2023 variable compensation for its <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/dbs-ceo-piyush-gupta-gets-30-cut-in-2023-variable-pay-for-bank-s-digital-disruptions"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">CEO and other members of the group management committee was cut</span></a> to hold them accountable for a series of digital disruptions in 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div>DBS said in the report: “While the bank fared well against most priorities on its balanced scorecard, it fell short in technology resiliency. “This and the resultant impact on customers and the franchise were taken into account when determining the scorecard performance of both the group and the CEO.”</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/dbs-ceo-piyush-gupta-s-2023-pay-cut-by-27-to-112-million"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-85666496798830552502024-03-27T00:27:00.018+08:002024-03-28T09:13:12.100+08:00Cases where POFMA has been invoked<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Factually Cases of </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Corrections and Clarifications</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually270324"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarifications Regarding Falsehoods Concerning LTA’s Award of Contracts to Mr David Lum Kok Seng’s Companies</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually220224"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding falsehood on building flats for multi-generational living</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually180224"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding a falsehood in article and posts published by Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam on 16 February 2024 and republished by Gutzy Asia and The Online Citizen Asia</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually150224"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding falsehoods in Mr Leong Mun Wai’s social media posts (12 Feb 2024) and republished by The Online Citizen and Gutzy Asia</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually021123"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in article, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X posts published by Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam on 22 October 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually161023"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding a false statement of fact in articles and social media posts published by Singapore Eye, Gutzy Asia and The Online Citizen Asia on 12 and 13 October 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually130923-b"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in article and post published by East Asia Forum on 18 August 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually130923-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements in Plan B’s Spotify podcast interview with James Raj and other related posts on Instagram published on 6 and 7 Sep 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually300823-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in article and posts published by Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam on 21 August 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually240823-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding falsehoods on public housing policies</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually220823-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in posts published by Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam on 18 August 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually200823-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and clarifications regarding false statement of fact on CPF policies in TikTok video published by “dr.ishhaq.jay” on 12 August 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually180823"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding falsehood in TikTok video by "dr.ishhaq.jay" posted on 17 July 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually020823"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statement of fact in posts published by Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam on 27 July 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually250723"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in Mr Lee Hsien Yang’s Facebook post published on 23 July 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually210723"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Correction regarding a false statement of fact in a Facebook post by Andrew Loh and a TikTok post by user “jansenng1”</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually200723-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in Political Sophistry article “Upfront and transparent? A timeline of the CPIB investigation into Transport Minister Iswaran”</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually160723-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in an article published by Kenneth Jeyaretnam, and a Facebook post by Thamil Selvan</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually160723-b"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in Jom’s article “Singapore This Week” published on 7 July 2023</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually260523"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact in Asia Sentinel’s article “Singapore kills a Chicken to Scare the Monkeys” published on 24 May</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually190523"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false statements of fact concerning the capital sentence that was meted out to Tangaraju S/O Suppiah</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually070523"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding false allegations against the Police concerning an incident at Yishun Avenue 5 in 2021</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/singapore-is-it-really-the-most-expensive-place-to-live"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Singapore: Is it really the most expensive place to live?</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually181122"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and clarifications regarding the Government’s fiscal surpluses and Singapore’s Reserves</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually141022-b"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding HDB’s deficits and Singapore’s Past Reserves</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually141022-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding XBB wave in Singapore</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually040922"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding HDB’s BTO programme</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually290722"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">What is the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the Government Financial Statements?</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually120522"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Correction of falsehood regarding woman who claimed to need urgent financial help but had no one to turn to</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually220422"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding article about Minister for Law and Home Affairs K Shanmugam’s video interview with Vanakkam Malaysia</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually260322"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections regarding patient who allegedly suffered miscarriage after four-hour wait at KKH</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually120222"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarifications on falsehoods by Wake Up, Singapore regarding the recommendations of the Committee of Privileges</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually031221"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarifications on falsehoods regarding content about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant in Facebook posts by Goh Meng Seng</span></a></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually291121"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarifications regarding con</span>t<span style="color: #3d85c6;">ent about COVID-19 Vaccines in a blog post by Cheah Kit Sun</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually241021"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarif</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">ic</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">ations regarding content about COVID-19 by “Truth Warriors” website</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually081021"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING MINISTER K SHANMUGAM'S COMMENTS IN PARLIAMENT ON 4 OCTOBER 2021</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually150821"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarifications Regarding Falsehoods on alleged death of three-year-old girl from COVID-19</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually210521"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">CLARIFICATIONS ON ONLINE POSTS ALLEGING POLICE BULLYING</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually200521"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING FALSEHOOD ON “SINGAPORE” STRAIN</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually070521"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarifications Regarding Falsehoods About Arrival of Travellers from South Asia</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually150421"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarifications Regarding Falsehoods on COVID-19 Vaccination</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually050720a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Clarification regarding falsehood published by the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS), The Online Citizen Asia (TOC), CNA and New Naratif on MOM’s advisory on testing of migrant workers</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually040720a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Correction and clarifications regarding falsehoods on population target and HDB CEO’s remarks on living density</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually030720a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and clarifications regarding posts of falsehoods from an article by The Online Citizen</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually020720a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Correction and clarifications regarding a falsehood and misleading statement in Peoples Voice Political Party’s Facebook Video on 1 July 2020</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually290620"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehood on cross-border travel arrangements between Singapore and Malaysia</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually270520"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and clarifications regarding Facebook post by National Times Singapore (“NTS”)</span></a></span></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/corrections-and-clarifications-regarding-falsehoods-and-misleading-statements-by-mr-thum-ping-tjin"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods and misleading statements by Mr Thum Ping Tjin</span></a></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehood-posted-by-sst-on-covid-19-cases-in-schools"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and clarifications regarding a falsehood published by Singapore States Times on COVID-19 cases in schools</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-corrections-on-falsehoods-on-annual-salary-of-temasek-holdings-ceo-ho-ching"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections Regarding Falsehoods on the Annual Salary of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd's Executive Director and CEO Ms Ho Ching and Additional Clarifications</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-sst-on-reporting-of-covid-19-cases-in-singapore"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and Clarifications Regarding Falsehoods Published by Singapore States Times on the Reporting of COVID-19 Cases in Singapore</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarification-on-falsehood-posted-by-ttr-on-food-delivery-rider"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Clarification on falsehood posted by TTR on food delivery rider</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarification-on-falsehood-posted-by-sst-on-quarantine-of-foreign-workers"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Clarification regarding falsehood published by Singapore States Times on quarantine of foreign workers</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-about-resilience-budget"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods about the resilient budget</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-on-safra-jurong-dinner"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods that dinner event</span></a></span></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-gilbert-goh-and-tisg"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods by Gilbert Goh and The Independent Singapore</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-str-on-covid-19-situation"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods published by States Times Review on COVID-19 situation</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-str-on-availability-of-face-masks"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods published by States Times Review on availability of face masks</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-abtc-city-news"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods published by AB-TC City News' website</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-on-woodlands-mrt-closure"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods that Woodlands MRT closed for disinfection</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-on-hardware-zone-forum-post"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods posted on HardwareZone Forum Post</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-lawyers-for-liberty"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods posted by Lawyers for Liberty</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-corrections-on-falsehoods-posted-by-mr-lim-tean"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods and misleading statements in Mr Lim Tean’s FB posts of 12 December 2019</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-corrections-on-falsehoods-posted-by-sdp"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections And Clarifications Regarding Falsehoods Posted By The Singapore Democratic Party</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-corrections-on-falsehoods-posted-by-states-times-review"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods posted by the States Times Review</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-mr-brad-bowyer"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods posted by Mr Brad Bowyer</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-misleading-toc-article-on-pofma"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Clarifications on misleading TOC article on POFMA</span></a></li></ul></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/factually?topic=POFMA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;">Update 27 Mar 2024: Goh Meng Seng issued POFMA order over Facebook posts linking Lum Kok Seng with Iswaran and LTA</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhWCoZJfVl3x8NpCAV2D1c6Ui8Smame6PhILWSCPlfX1AswFMi3ISFMSdGhDBRmgeUXBOwY34A8xu62PHKTcBJ2h-z4VAvy8eBuiuugfhMoaUEcCMJyS1bfwt4aa_C2Tihto2DqThkB4dhzgi8rwwyNB3ZjovAs2hFVf-25LBleZQC_uxwKJzczxknXk/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhWCoZJfVl3x8NpCAV2D1c6Ui8Smame6PhILWSCPlfX1AswFMi3ISFMSdGhDBRmgeUXBOwY34A8xu62PHKTcBJ2h-z4VAvy8eBuiuugfhMoaUEcCMJyS1bfwt4aa_C2Tihto2DqThkB4dhzgi8rwwyNB3ZjovAs2hFVf-25LBleZQC_uxwKJzczxknXk/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><div>A correction direction was issued to opposition politician Goh Meng Seng on Wednesday (Mar 27) over a false claim he made in two Facebook posts on links between Mr <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-lum-kok-seng-charges-lum-chang-brompton-golf-whisky-4219486"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Lum Kok Seng</span></a>, S Iswaran and the Land Transport Authority (LTA).</div><div><br /></div><div>Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue the order to Mr Goh, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) said in a media release. LTA is a statutory board under the ministry.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the posts published on the Goh Meng Seng and Goh Meng Seng People's Power Party Facebook pages on Tuesday evening, Mr Goh alleged that a company belonging to Mr Lum was awarded a "huge contract" by LTA while Iswaran was the Minister for Transport. The two posts had the same wording. MOT said this claim was false.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/goh-meng-seng-issued-pofma-order-over-claims-lum-kok-seng-iswaran-lta-links-4226101" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></b></b></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;">SDP leader Chee Soon Juan issued POFMA order over social media posts on public housing policies</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87wH87gSsWBq0WzIr3dtdq9q6iiYiOmw007dHjZag8LUnBhswPCrAIFfA2jNGrYEwcS3PrOBGrRYcl_X7__4f41R7tF_Np78emxg2-mpW0S_wvdrQ63JC5Y8NmW4RPSuyrkF0DWMHY8EcrR2SiPIwvnYAdh8Ncycz1HE7jFewKI78YPVjhMGPVD4TAUw/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87wH87gSsWBq0WzIr3dtdq9q6iiYiOmw007dHjZag8LUnBhswPCrAIFfA2jNGrYEwcS3PrOBGrRYcl_X7__4f41R7tF_Np78emxg2-mpW0S_wvdrQ63JC5Y8NmW4RPSuyrkF0DWMHY8EcrR2SiPIwvnYAdh8Ncycz1HE7jFewKI78YPVjhMGPVD4TAUw/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><div>Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leader Chee Soon Juan was on Thursday (Feb 22) issued a correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) over a recent video he shared on social media regarding public housing polices. The video was posted on Dr Chee's Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts on Feb 17. </div></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div>Minister for National Development Desmond Lee instructed the POFMA Office to issue a correction direction to Dr Chee and a targeted correction direction to TikTok in relation to the posts, the ministry said in a press release on Thursday. Dr Chee was required to carry correction notices on his Instagram and Facebook accounts and create a new TikTok post containing a correction notice. These notices must state that the video posted on Feb 17 contained a "false statement of fact". A link to the government’s clarification must also be provided. "This will allow viewers to consider both versions and draw their own conclusions," said the Ministry of National Development.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dr Chee posted the notices as of 7am on Friday. However, he also said on Facebook that he "categorically reject(s) the government's interpretation/explanation on the matter", adding that he will explore the option of mounting a legal challenge to the government's stance. TikTok is required to communicate a correction notice to all end-users in Singapore that had accessed the TikTok post, the ministry added.</div></span></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/sdp-chee-soon-juan-pofma-video-hdb-flats-policies-claims-false-4141926" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></b></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;">Kenneth Jeyaretnam given sixth POFMA order over Ridout Road comments</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w0IT9cGP0Ak8Ebr2ZH_gdMqhFITqUKEzi2jxr2K2b7CsJjt2R-fzT4NSHKh3H8mkDS0Qta8R3eVUSHQpSGp5mjzVeDffrnkgcQK1kwlmhzv0veTvv4aQtZ9EODy0psGMgUysFSBzkOe5HNnoAMwkQhrT1vgO3RSuAkDypAKNZDiGPaUwsou4hja2oqI/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w0IT9cGP0Ak8Ebr2ZH_gdMqhFITqUKEzi2jxr2K2b7CsJjt2R-fzT4NSHKh3H8mkDS0Qta8R3eVUSHQpSGp5mjzVeDffrnkgcQK1kwlmhzv0veTvv4aQtZ9EODy0psGMgUysFSBzkOe5HNnoAMwkQhrT1vgO3RSuAkDypAKNZDiGPaUwsou4hja2oqI/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The state bungalows at 26 and 31 Ridout Road were rented to ministers K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan</span></i></div><div><br /></div>Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam has been issued his <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-kenneth-jeyaretnam-ridout-road-government-spending-healthcare-3891706"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">sixth correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act</span></a> (POFMA) over comments he made on Friday (Feb 16) about the rental of black-and-white bungalows at Ridout Road by two ministers.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong had instructed the POFMA order to be issued to Mr Jeyaretnam for his article on The Ricebowl Singapore website, as well as his posts on Facebook, X and LinkedIn. Correction directions were also issued to Gutzy Asia – for an article on its website and its Facebook post – as well as The Online Citizen Asia for its Facebook post.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Mr Jeyaretnam claimed that the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) had charged ministers K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan rent at below market value for 26 and 31 Ridout Road respectively, and had given them preferential tenancy terms. This claim was also republished by Gutzy Asia and The Online Citizen Asia. "This is untrue," said an article on the government's <a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually180224"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Factually website</span></a>.</div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/kenneth-jeyaretnam-sixth-pofma-order-correction-direction-gutzy-toc-ridout-road-4132636" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Leong Mun Wai issued Pofma correction order for false post on West Coast couple not getting aid</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wBtrkCzyMWRagpw8SmdqA1USGBMviTsy2TN-JqfElQtCksBxFKs1vHLu4CRv1UtY4QWsJNRo8op4Cv7JsX0duY6eCIsLS_RvC6FWXVjomK4kxV_Z817HWf-DGy6tAUZTn4XZSD6S1ppOSo2VO7WZqT9B_HzSEJTHocfga2jpz6yUUmSSxtsraa1z7KU/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wBtrkCzyMWRagpw8SmdqA1USGBMviTsy2TN-JqfElQtCksBxFKs1vHLu4CRv1UtY4QWsJNRo8op4Cv7JsX0duY6eCIsLS_RvC6FWXVjomK4kxV_Z817HWf-DGy6tAUZTn4XZSD6S1ppOSo2VO7WZqT9B_HzSEJTHocfga2jpz6yUUmSSxtsraa1z7KU/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr Leong Mun Wai has been ordered to carry a correction notice alongside false claims he made in a Facebook post about a West Coast couple. ST FILE PHOTO</span></i></div><div><br /></div>Progress Singapore Party (PSP) Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai has been issued an order under Singapore’s fake news law to carry a correction to a Facebook post he made about a couple who purportedly needed financial assistance for their health problems but had been overlooked by government agencies.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>The couple, who live in West Coast, have trouble getting around. The man, 60, lost his sight from glaucoma several years ago, and his wife, 55, broke her ankle in a fall in 2023. Mr Leong claimed in his post on Feb 12 that other than a Home Caregiving Grant – a monthly grant given to caregivers to help ease their financial burden – the couple were not receiving any financial assistance from public sector agencies for their daily expenses.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>In a statement issued on Feb 15, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said these claims are false. MSF said the couple are receiving financial assistance from various agencies, including transport vouchers. It added that the woman still has more than $60,000 in her MediSave account and did not have to pay out of pocket for the physiotherapy sessions. The falsehoods in Mr Leong’s post were later republished by The Online Citizen on Facebook, as well as Gutzy Asia on Facebook, X and the Gutzy Asia website. Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (<a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually150224"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Pofma</span></a>) Office to issue a correction direction to Mr Leong, Gutzy Asia, and The Online Citizen. All three were required to carry a correction notice alongside their posts.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/leong-mun-wai-issued-pofma-correction-order-for-false-post-on-west-coast-couple-s-financial-help" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Kenneth Jeyaretnam issued fifth POFMA order over comments on government spending, Ridout Road rentals</b></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></b></div><div><span><div>Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam has been issued a correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) - <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-kenneth-jeyaretnam-national-day-rally-money-laundering-ridout-road-3734326"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">his fifth this year</span></a> - over claims he made about government spending, healthcare expenditure and the rental of black-and-white bungalows at Ridout Road by two ministers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong instructed the POFMA office to issue the order to Mr Jeyaretnam, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Thursday (Nov 2). </div></span></div><div><span><div>Mr Jeyaretnam made the claims in an article published on his website The Ricebowl Singapore on Oct 22, as well as in subsequent posts on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X, formerly Twitter.</div><div><br /></div><div>He will be required to publish the correction notice on all these platforms. He had received similar orders earlier this year over comments he made about the National Day Rally package disbursements, the <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-foreign-pressure-money-laundering-arrests-iswaran-cpib-probe-3715056"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">billion-dollar money laundering arrests</span></a> and the <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/kenneth-jeyaretnam-pofma-ridout-road-rental-3672951"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ridout Road rentals</span></a>.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-kenneth-jeyaretnam-ridout-road-government-spending-healthcare-3891706" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;">3 news websites issued Pofma correction directions for false claims about death of woman in Yishun</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVq2qzAyFzJh42HapNe80acjWrMrp8gvQpNmH7LDhSgz6Nz7UWdA1Noya0yjpBLegJdWPyQ5mSGkj3STOkxTMmFer6Qy0bdcDvj1tm9NFIcQgEDla6rwU9BB0L-JkjSIOVGJhXylRBnoWXmNY8taWDWXFlQBiGIx9MSQDgT3GPDvdMizVIOHhFk_51r0/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVq2qzAyFzJh42HapNe80acjWrMrp8gvQpNmH7LDhSgz6Nz7UWdA1Noya0yjpBLegJdWPyQ5mSGkj3STOkxTMmFer6Qy0bdcDvj1tm9NFIcQgEDla6rwU9BB0L-JkjSIOVGJhXylRBnoWXmNY8taWDWXFlQBiGIx9MSQDgT3GPDvdMizVIOHhFk_51r0/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The three outlets are Gutzy Asia, The Online Citizen Asia and Singapore Eye</span></i></div><br /></div><div><span><div>Three news portals falsely claimed that a woman who had fallen off a building in Yishun and died was a Filipino maid or a Filipino worker.</div><div><br /></div><div>The outlets – Gutzy Asia, The Online Citizen Asia and Singapore Eye – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sgministryofmanpower/posts/688501293381895?ref=embed_post"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">have been ordered</span></a> under Singapore’s Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) to publish a correction notice on their website and online platforms. They must also include a link to the Government’s clarification.</div><div><br /></div><div>The notices will apply to Gutzy Asia’s article last Thursday, Singapore Eye’s report last Friday, and relevant social media posts by all three news portals last Thursday and Friday.</div></span></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-east-asia-forum-article-singapore-scandals-3768221" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;">Singapore invokes fake news law for Australia-based academic website article on 'spate of scandals'</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div>Australia-based academic website East Asia Forum was on Wednesday (Sep 12) issued a correction direction by Singapore's Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office.</div><div><br /></div><div>The order relates to claims made in an article titled "A spate of scandals strikes Singapore", written by Dr Ying-Kit Chan from the National University of Singapore. The piece contains false statements in relation to matters including the independence of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's approach in addressing extramarital affairs among parliamentarians, said the Prime Minister's Office.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>East Asia Forum will be required to carry a correction notice at the top of the article and the main page of their website, as well as at the top of the corresponding Facebook post and on their Facebook page. The Forum is based out of the Australian National University and content it publishes is peer reviewed and "checked for factual accuracy", according to its About page. </div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-east-asia-forum-article-singapore-scandals-3768221" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Pofma order issued over ex-inmate’s false claims about prison treatment in podcasts</b></div></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmvR0iHZzo4ZNwQ8hM7I_q7Y15-AxdDMwVn50oCYf919QExGziau4m7dZZUB9bdEyhYxKHX97NUAXnJCNfsl-RxZJGm0HNYbS8X2LKvqWgR8YllCRQDKtc3C-aeaBYeaPwyepl0C0pxJIaHtMJ0WquqtBLgEAcdSDzPPmV3_nWK-yANCp_4nQYuVTs80/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmvR0iHZzo4ZNwQ8hM7I_q7Y15-AxdDMwVn50oCYf919QExGziau4m7dZZUB9bdEyhYxKHX97NUAXnJCNfsl-RxZJGm0HNYbS8X2LKvqWgR8YllCRQDKtc3C-aeaBYeaPwyepl0C0pxJIaHtMJ0WquqtBLgEAcdSDzPPmV3_nWK-yANCp_4nQYuVTs80/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr James Raj Arokiasamy had made several false claims in three podcast episodes uploaded to Spotify on Sept 6. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM DZARISMAIL/INSTAGRAM</span></i></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><div>Former inmate James Raj Arokiasamy made several false claims in three podcast episodes uploaded to Spotify on Sept 6, dealing with his treatment in prison, among other things, said the <a href="https://www.mha.gov.sg/mediaroom/press-releases/issuance-of-correction-direction-under-the-protection-from-online-falsehoods-and-manipulation-act-to-plan-b/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ministry of Home Affairs</span></a> (MHA).</div><div><br /></div><div>In a statement late on Wednesday, MHA said the false claims made by Mr James Raj, who goes by the pseudonym Messiah, were reproduced on Sept 7 on Instagram posts by Plan B – a local current affairs podcast show. It added that Plan B’s Spotify and Instagram accounts will also be required to put up the correction notices that have been issued.</div><div><br /></div><div>A correction direction was issued by the Minister for Home Affairs and the Minister for Law under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma), with Plan B having to put up a notice against each of its posts, with a link to the Government’s clarifications.</div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;">related: </b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/tiktok-bans-account-of-singaporean-hacker-who-claimed-he-hacked-mindef"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">TikTok bans account of Singaporean hacker who claims he hacked into Mindef’s systems</span></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pofma-correction-order-issued-after-ex-inmate-makes-false-claims-about-prison-treatment-in-podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Kenneth Jeyaretnam issued fourth POFMA order over comments on National Day Rally, Ridout Road rentals and money laundering</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><div>Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam has been handed a fourth correction order in just over a month, over comments he made about the National Day Rally package disbursements, manpower statistics and the Ridout Road rentals, among other issues.</div><div><br /></div><div>Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong instructed that the correction direction be issued to Mr Jeyaretnam under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), the Ministry of Law said on Wednesday (Aug 30).</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>In his comments posted on Facebook, X (formally known as Twitter) and LinkedIn, dated Aug 21, Mr Jeyaretnam said that the government does not expect to fully disburse to the intended beneficiaries the money set aside for funds to support the Majulah Package, Pioneer Generation Package, and Merdeka Generation Package disbursements. A statement on the government's fact-checking website Factually said that this was untrue.</div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-kenneth-jeyaretnam-national-day-rally-money-laundering-ridout-road-3734326" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b>TikTok user issued another POFMA order, this time over claims about public housing policies</b></div></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0P_nhkvOwXx7eZFdB8c0W0rJimaCZ3X2bfQT33ZZCyMnGeQcr_M0IT29fKrC-Y4N7KPWlVcRS0EyO-UFP-3SVY6nVzCZfzskxPmF5zeordlnXAVxZzHY8VCwMSsq_Ij7zsPKShHBrabkeTVzs0LnakifLHg8CTJVoPWPcjSLclzByTAuoAPwB6KrrXs/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0P_nhkvOwXx7eZFdB8c0W0rJimaCZ3X2bfQT33ZZCyMnGeQcr_M0IT29fKrC-Y4N7KPWlVcRS0EyO-UFP-3SVY6nVzCZfzskxPmF5zeordlnXAVxZzHY8VCwMSsq_Ij7zsPKShHBrabkeTVzs0LnakifLHg8CTJVoPWPcjSLclzByTAuoAPwB6KrrXs/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>A screengrab of a TikTok post discussing public housing policies by user dr.ishhaq.jay</i></span></div><br /><div>A man who had received two correction directions this month was issued with another one on Thursday (Aug 24), this time for making false claims about public housing policies in two TikTok videos, said the Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Law in a press release.</div><div><br /></div><div>The man, who goes by the username "dr.ishhaq.jay", falsely claimed in a TikTok post on Aug 17 that the Housing and Development Board (HDB) prices and sells BTO flats to make a profit. He also falsely claimed in a TikTok post on Aug 18 that HDB makes a profit from selling BTO flats, and also falsely stated that the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) charges a premium when selling land used for HDB flats, and that SLA makes profits from land sold to HDB.</div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Minister for National Development Desmond Lee instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue the correction direction to the man, and a targeted correction direction to TikTok over the two posts.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-order-correction-direction-tiktok-user-public-housing-policies-hdb-3721791" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam was issued his third POFMA order in just over a month</b></div></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div>Foreign pressure was not behind the arrests of 10 foreign nationals for forgery and money laundering offences, and the corruption probe against Transport Minister S Iswaran, the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) said on Tuesday (Aug 22). On the arrests, the ministry said the police identified the suspects “through intelligence probes and extensive investigations including the analysis of suspicious transaction reports”.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Ten foreign nationals were charged in court on Aug 16 in one of Singapore’s largest money laundering probes. About S$1 billion (US$736 million) in assets, <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/money-laundering-suspects-police-probe-raids-gcb-condo-prime-areas-seized-3703491"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">including properties, vehicles, luxury goods and gold bars</span></a>, have also been seized or frozen. “These operations and the planning of the arrests had been in the works over many months,” MinLaw said “They were not at the behest or because of any foreign party.” It added no foreign parties had been informed of the cases before the arrests. MinLaw also denied that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau’s (CPIB) probe into Mr Iswaran was a result of foreign pressure.“ CPIB was investigating a separate matter, and came across some information concerning Minister Iswaran,” it said. “It then looked into the matter.”</div><div><br /></div><div>The clarifications were made by MinLaw in response to posts by Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam on Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter. Mr Jeyaretnam claimed that the arrests of the 10 foreign nationals were a result of China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and China’s pressure on Singapore. He also claimed the probe into Mr Iswaran and property tycoon Mr Ong Beng Seng was a result of foreign pressure. Additionally, the opposition politician claimed in a Facebook post that the rental rates paid by Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs minister Vivian Balakrishnan for the Ridout Road properties are "locked in over nine years”.</div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-foreign-pressure-money-laundering-arrests-iswaran-cpib-probe-3715056" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>TikTok user issued POFMA correction order again for making false claims about CPF</b></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><div>Minster for Manpower Tan See Leng has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue a Correction Direction to TikTok user @dr.ishhaq.jay and a Targeted Correction Direction to TikTok in relation to a TikTok video posted on Aug. 12 by the said user.</div><div><br /></div><div>Just two days prior, the same TikTok user was issued with a POFMA order for a TikTok video posted on Jul. 17.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>In @dr.ishhaq.jay's <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.ishhaq.jay/video/7266349954304642305?lang=en"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">TikTok video</span></a>, he falsely claimed that no one among low and middle income CPF members who utilised their CPF monies to repay their HDB loan has met either the Basic Retirement Sum (BRS) or Full Retirement Sum in their CPF accounts.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://mothership.sg/2023/08/tiktok-user-pofma-again-cpf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Pofma order issued to TikToker over false claims Govt can trace votes to voters</b></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div>A TikTok user has been issued a correction notice under the law against fake news, for a post on the social media platform that contained false claims regarding vote secrecy.</div><div><br /></div><div>In a statement on Friday, the Elections Department (ELD), which falls under the Prime Minister’s Office, said TikTok user dr.ishhaq.jay had in a post on July 17 falsely claimed that the Government is able to trace votes back to the voter in order to penalise them.</div><div><br /></div><div>The correction order was issued by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) office under the instruction of Minister-in-Charge of the Public Service and Education Minister Chan Chun Sing.</div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pofma-order-issued-to-tiktoker-over-false-claims-govt-can-trace-votes-to-voters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Kenneth Jeyaretnam issued second POFMA order over comments on Ridout Road rentals</b></div></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUM1w0yZnpUc-OAOK2vs3XezKvYTs3DwDQHoeTWd541AVwGoyl7_yvFf5oRy8CsrotqHzG8OJzR3lZZVpPl-UKFZNvigSAhKtC2UTBpIE2O9GSA_JeqxSV3Zzpc21hRrFSpkWmMtoeLd6QfM9BSOR_qbwOEPvOsQeNQeOiz3OGhCCzZOVoc7TN8BveeQM/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUM1w0yZnpUc-OAOK2vs3XezKvYTs3DwDQHoeTWd541AVwGoyl7_yvFf5oRy8CsrotqHzG8OJzR3lZZVpPl-UKFZNvigSAhKtC2UTBpIE2O9GSA_JeqxSV3Zzpc21hRrFSpkWmMtoeLd6QfM9BSOR_qbwOEPvOsQeNQeOiz3OGhCCzZOVoc7TN8BveeQM/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A composite photo showing Reform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam and an aerial view of the Ridout Road estate. (Image: Facebook/Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Screengrab)</span></i></div><br /><div><div>Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam has been issued a second correction direction over comments he made about the rental of black-and-white bungalows at Ridout Road by two ministers. </div><div><br /></div><div>His latest comments, posted on Facebook and LinkedIn on Jul 27, alleged that the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) had charged Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan rent at below market value for the Ridout Road properties. This is an untrue statement, the Ministry of Law said in a media release on Wednesday (Aug 2). Under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), Mr Jeyaretnam will be required to carry a correction notice on his Facebook and LinkedIn posts, stating that it contains a false statement of fact, and include a link to the government's clarification.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>"As established in the <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ridout-road-shanmugam-vivian-balakrishnan-state-bungalows-cpib-investigations-3592041"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">review conducted by Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean</span></a>, the rental paid by both Ministers were at fair market value and not below market valuation," said MinLaw. "There was no evidence that the Ministers were given favourable rental rates due to their positions." The ministry added that the rental paid by the ministers for both properties was not less than the respective guide rents.</div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: bold;">related: </b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ridout-road-pofma-orders-kenneth-jeyaretnam-thamil-selvan-jom-false-statements-3632036"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">POFMA correction directions issued to Kenneth Jeyaretnam, online publication Jom over Ridout Road articles</span></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/kenneth-jeyaretnam-pofma-ridout-road-rental-3672951" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Lee Hsien Yang issued Pofma correction direction for Facebook post on Ridout Road, SPH Media</b></div></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYQAUQvTlVXzF2baKBqGM2Snc8Vu-ouXFTpPNvN5uZjP0dgFidzGjEOeZWWNEYRpmbF8Cxhc_L7gMgQptW1pPEN6teWo-tSUx-cPA6UclX07fE-SeCuD0eybAoQBF4lWPbsE4PdxouqDa3M9aSdZp3qCyEKDjpu31SlRaPbE3PCsNmjWyzGqA6uCAN3k/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYQAUQvTlVXzF2baKBqGM2Snc8Vu-ouXFTpPNvN5uZjP0dgFidzGjEOeZWWNEYRpmbF8Cxhc_L7gMgQptW1pPEN6teWo-tSUx-cPA6UclX07fE-SeCuD0eybAoQBF4lWPbsE4PdxouqDa3M9aSdZp3qCyEKDjpu31SlRaPbE3PCsNmjWyzGqA6uCAN3k/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr Lee Hsien Yang will be required to carry a correction notice on a Facebook post that had three untrue statements, according to the Law Ministry. PHOTO: ST FILE</span></i></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div>Mr Lee Hsien Yang has been asked to carry a correction notice on a Facebook post he made on Sunday that commented on the Ridout Road saga.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Mr Lee, the younger son of Singapore’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and the brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was issued the correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma), Singapore’s fake news law.</div><div><br /></div><div>The direction to do so was issued by Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong. A press release from the Law Ministry said on Tuesday that Mr Lee’s Facebook post on July 23 had made three untrue statements:</div></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>That the state had paid for the renovations to No. 26 and 31 Ridout Road because the properties were leased by Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.</li><li>That trees at the two properties were allowed to be felled because the properties were leased by the two ministers.</li><li>That SPH Media Trust had fraudulently inflated its circulation numbers.</li></ul></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/lee-hsien-yang-issued-pofma-correction-direction-for-facebook-post-on-ridout-road-sph-media" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>POFMA orders issued over online posts falsely stating that Committee of Privileges was convened to look into Pritam Singh</b></div></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupzV6oyXyx91sqDqzksY5MmDoGHS8d2jHmaVqVaHwqpO57ZwztOSxUYeBCUBTiynb1Tb0zUKKhTo_-ObosjpGcHNmSSnddVB4xrNAWx9Hxj_trHMtDD2avOb_OJ11_siMyINq4iBPNEauc1Fv-itCE10C8QNCKb0CqMh_0rv3Af6F-a97GyPFA_Z6EXs/s468/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="414" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupzV6oyXyx91sqDqzksY5MmDoGHS8d2jHmaVqVaHwqpO57ZwztOSxUYeBCUBTiynb1Tb0zUKKhTo_-ObosjpGcHNmSSnddVB4xrNAWx9Hxj_trHMtDD2avOb_OJ11_siMyINq4iBPNEauc1Fv-itCE10C8QNCKb0CqMh_0rv3Af6F-a97GyPFA_Z6EXs/w354-h400/0.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Screengrab of the Facebook post which contained a false statement of fact that a Committee of Privileges was convened to look into Workers' Party (WP) secretary-general Pritam Singh’s alleged non-disclosure of his knowledge of former party member Raeesah Khan’s lies. (Image: Facebook/Andrew Loh)</span></i></div><div><br /></div>Correction directions have been issued over social media posts that stated a Committee of Privileges was convened to look into Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh’s alleged <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pritam-singh-faisal-manap-wp-cop-raeesah-khan-police-2656796"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">non-disclosure of former party member</span></a> Raeesah Khan’s lies.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>This assertion is false, according to the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah, who on Friday (Jul 21) said she had instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to hand out correction directions to one Facebook user Andrew Loh, as well as TikTok.</div><div><br /></div><div>In his Facebook post, dated Jul 18, Mr Loh asked why a Committee of Privileges had not been convened to look into Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's non-disclosure of <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/tan-chuan-jin-cheng-li-hui-inappropriate-relationship-3633821"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">former Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin's extramarital affair</span></a>, when one - Mr Loh asserted - had been convened for Mr Singh's alleged non-disclosure in the Raeesah Khan case. A statement on the government fact-checking website Factually said this assertion is false. While a Committee of Privileges had been convened over the conduct of Ms Khan - a former Member of Parliament - Mr Singh himself was not the subject of the Committee of Privileges.</div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-correction-directions-facebook-tiktok-pritam-singh-committee-privileges-3644656"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></div></span></div></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><div><b>The Prime Minister's Office said this as it issued POFMA correction orders to the blog Political Sophistry.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>In their respective comments on the <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-cpib-assist-investigations-ongoing-pm-lee-3622586"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">anti-graft probe involving Transport Minister S Iswaran</span></a>, both Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy Prime Minister <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-cpib-investigation-leave-absence-mps-west-coast-lawrence-wong-3622871"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Lawrence Wong</span></a> did not want to deviate from what the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) had announced in its initial statement on the investigation as it was "related to operational matters", the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Thursday (Jul 20).</div><div><span><div><br /></div><div>This was revealed as part of a correction direction issued to Political Sophistry, a blog on Singapore politics, under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). In its press release, PMO said an article published on Jul 16 - “Upfront and transparent? A timeline of the CPIB investigation into Transport Minister Iswaran” - had falsely conveyed that Mr Lee and Mr Wong did not want to disclose that Mr Iswaran had been arrested because it was "politically embarrassing".</div></span></div><div><span><div><br /></div><div>The article, according to PMO, also suggested that Mr Wong had “deliberately withheld information” as he wanted to "conceal the truth". These statements are false, said PMO.</div></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><b><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-political-sophistry-blog-iswaran-cpib-arrest-probe-investigation-3642306" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></b></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span><b><div>ISSUANCE OF CORRECTION DIRECTION UNDER THE PROTECTION FROM ONLINE </div><div>FALSEHOODS AND MANIPULATION ACT (POFMA) TO POLITICAL SOPHISTRY</div></b></span></div></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><br />The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Ms Indranee Rajah, has instructed the<br />POFMA Office to issue a Correction Direction to Political Sophistry for their article “Upfront<br />and transparent? A timeline of the CPIB investigation into Transport Minister Iswaran”<br />published on 16 July 2023 (“Article”).</span><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Article falsely conveyed that:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">On 12 July 2023, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (“PM”) and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (“DPM Wong”) did not want to disclose the fact of Mr Iswaran’s arrest because it was politically embarrassing.</span></li><li>In his doorstop interview on 12 July 2023, DPM Wong deliberately withheld information that two arrests had been made in connection with the case because he wanted to conceal the truth.</li></ul></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These statements are false.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><b><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.pofmaoffice.gov.sg/files/media-releases/pofma-pr-pmo-20july2023-01.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></b></b></div></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Pofma order issued to online blog Political Sophistry over article on CPIB Iswaran probe</b></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><div>Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong did not disclose Transport Minister S. Iswaran’s arrest when they spoke about the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau’s (CPIB) probe on July 12 as revealing such information is CPIB’s decision to make.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Thursday that it is usually CPIB, and not ministers, that releases information on people that have been arrested in connection with its investigations.</div><div><br /></div><div>PMO revealed this in its statement that online blog Political Sophistry has been asked to put up a correction notice, under the law against fake news, on its article about CPIB’s investigation into Mr Iswaran.</div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pm-lee-dpm-wong-did-not-disclose-iswaran-s-arrest-as-it-is-cpib-s-call-to-make-pmo"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></div></span></div></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Pofma orders issued to Kenneth Jeyaretnam, FB user and online site over Ridout Road rentals</b></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A38JNxU15a6u_bIvvfPNi4xl0ojmUdfEu2GM3w0bgtACIb9i1d_zY73MAnXfZ6JHZv1TFOjGK23lGawSkdU7UVtDEk4PnIfhRg3KYb1axOj4ZhiROM6IKRYVd8tkiQVKEEknSxdZDZ7-S4vBVw7FJJ9cA-1fq6pG0P5WaiCTg1rjVIcFzv9LAF5tisY/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A38JNxU15a6u_bIvvfPNi4xl0ojmUdfEu2GM3w0bgtACIb9i1d_zY73MAnXfZ6JHZv1TFOjGK23lGawSkdU7UVtDEk4PnIfhRg3KYb1axOj4ZhiROM6IKRYVd8tkiQVKEEknSxdZDZ7-S4vBVw7FJJ9cA-1fq6pG0P5WaiCTg1rjVIcFzv9LAF5tisY/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Pofma correction orders were issued over false statements regarding the rentals of 26 Ridout Road (left) and 31 Ridout Road. PHOTOS: ST FILE</span></i></div><br />An opposition politician, a Facebook user and the website Jom have been asked to <a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually160723-a"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">put up corrections</span></a> under the law against fake news over articles and social media posts that contain false statements about the Ridout Road saga.</span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) on Sunday said Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong had issued the instructions to Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam and Facebook user Thamil Selvan.</div><div><br /></div><div>The orders are in relation to an article published by Mr Jeyaretnam titled “Will SLA issue a statement denying the rumours that they have awarded any contracts to Shanmugam’s son’s company?” on July 2 on his website The Ricebowl Singapore, as well as Mr Thamil’s Facebook post on July 1. Mr Tong also issued a correction direction to <a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually160723-b"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">online publication Jom</span></a>, said MinLaw and the Ministry of Communications and Information in a joint statement on Sunday.</div></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pofma-correction-orders-issued-to-kenneth-jeyaretnam-facebook-user-and-online-publication-jom-over-false-claims-about-ridout-road-rentals"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></div></span></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Singapore to block Asia Sentinel website for not complying with POFMA correction direction</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Internet access service providers in Singapore have been ordered to block the online publication Asia Sentinel after its <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-asia-sentinel-mha-shanmugam-ktv-andy-wong-lee-hsien-yang-m-ravi-nikkei-3517651"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">non-compliance with a correction direction</span></a> under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said on Friday (Jun 2). The California-registered publication was required to carry a correction notice alongside its May 24 article, which the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said contained several falsehoods.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Infocomm Media Development Authority has been directed to issue access blocking orders following Asia Sentinel’s non-compliance with the correction direction, MCI said in its press release on Friday. MCI said that the correction direction issued to Asia Sentinel required the facts to be juxtaposed against the falsehoods, so that end-users in Singapore can read both versions and draw their own conclusions. "While Asia Sentinel carried the correction notices, this was not done in compliance with the requirements of the correction direction for the respective correction notices to be situated at the top of the article and at the top of the main page of the website,” MCI added.</div><div><br /></div><div>The access blocking orders require internet access service providers to disable access for end-users in Singapore to the online location where the falsehoods were communicated, it said. The access blocking orders will be cancelled should Asia Sentinel subsequently comply with the "full requirements" of the correction direction.</div><div><br /></div><div>related: <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/asia-sentinel-main-page-pofma-correction-notice-pritam-singh-janil-puthucheary-3674356"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Asia Sentinel had to carry POFMA notice on main page to reach as many readers as possible</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-block-asia-sentinel-website-not-complying-pofma-correction-direction-3533176" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Pofma correction order issued to Asia Sentinel over false claims</b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><div>Online publication Asia Sentinel has been asked to put up a correction notice, under the law against fake news, on one of its articles published on Wednesday containing several false statements.</div><div><br /></div><div>These statements were related to a Nikkei Asia article, suspended lawyer M. Ravi, and Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife, Mrs Lee Suet Fern, who are under police investigation for possible offences of giving false evidence in judicial proceedings.</div><div><br /></div><div>The article, titled “Singapore kills a chicken to scare the monkeys”, was written by the publication’s editor John Berthelsen.</div></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>related: </b></span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/online-access-to-asia-sentinel-blocked-for-users-in-singapore-after-not-complying-with-pofma-orders"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Online access to Asia Sentinel to be blocked in Singapore after site did not comply with Pofma order</span></a></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/asia-sentinel-issued-pofma-correction-order-over-false-claims" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Correction of falsehood regarding woman who claimed to need urgent financial help but had no one to turn to</b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span>On 24 April 2022, Gilbert Goh published a Facebook post featuring an appeal he purportedly received from “A”, who claimed that there was “no one [she] can turn to” for help and that she needed urgent financial assistance for herself and her partner, as well as adult diapers, transportation, and food. Goh’s post gave the impression that “A” and her partner have not received any assistance from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and other agencies. This is false.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">“A” is known to MSF as Mdm A:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Mdm A has been receiving ComCare assistance from MSF since June 2015 without any pause in monthly assistance. Mdm A’s last ComCare assistance period was from December 2021 to April 2022, before the current renewal from May 2022 to August 2022. Also, her monthly assistance sum was increased from May 2022 onwards.</li><li>Her partner has been receiving ComCare assistance for various periods since June 2015. His last assistance period was from October 2021 to March 2022. It was renewed from April to September 2022.</li></ul></div></span></div><div>Besides MSF, Mdm A and her partner also receive financial and non-financial help from other agencies and community partners, including the Agency for Integrated Care, MUIS (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, THK Family Service Centre @ MacPherson and Home Nursing Foundation. Together, Mdm A and her partner are currently receiving more than $2,000 in financial assistance from MSF and other agencies each month. This includes cash, rental assistance, assistance for service and conservancy charges, utility assistance and Public Healthcare Assistance.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually120522" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Corrections regarding article about Minister for Law and Home Affairs K Shanmugam’s video interview with Vanakkam Malaysia</b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><div>On 21 April 2022, “The Independent Singapore” (“TISG”) published an article on its website, Facebook page and Twitter account, containing a false statement. The author of the article, Mr Toh Han Shih (“Mr Toh”), also shared TISG’s article on his Twitter account on 21 April 2022.</div><div><br /></div><div>The article had the headline “K Shanmugam says he may step down as Singapore’s Minister of Law and Home Affairs”. The headline was clickbait, giving the false impression that the Minister for Law and Home Affairs said he may be stepping down from his ministerial positions.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first paragraph of the article further stated that the Minister had “revealed” in a video interview with Vanakkam Malaysia that “he may step down as a minister, but gave no specific time as to when he might do so”. This again gave the false impression that the Minister said he may be stepping down from his ministerial positions.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually220422" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><b>Corrections regarding patient who allegedly suffered miscarriage after four-hour wait at KKH</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>The Ministry of Health (MOH) is aware that “Wake Up, Singapore” (WUSG) had posted allegations across its website, Facebook, and Instagram pages on 23 March 2022, which claimed that a COVID-positive patient who was 20 weeks pregnant had suffered a miscarriage after waiting four hours to see a doctor at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) A&E department in February 2022. These allegations are false.</div><div><br /></div><div>Facts of the case:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>KKH had identified the patient in question based on a screenshot of a hospital bill accompanying WUSG’s posts, which contained discrepancies with the patient’s account of events.</li><li>Subsequent investigations by KKH have confirmed that the patient had been seen by a doctor within an hour of her arrival at KKH in February 2022, and did not suffer any miscarriage.</li><li>On 25 March 2022, WUSG published further posts on its Facebook and Instagram pages, stating that they have been informed by the patient that her recollection was false, and that WUSG “may have been fed lies at every turn”. WUSG has also apologised to KKH for publishing these allegations.</li></ul></div><div><span><div>The allegations are serious and have been circulated to various other platforms. This could lead to the erosion of public trust in the credibility and professionalism of our healthcare system and institutions. Accordingly, the Minister for Health has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue a Correction Direction to “Wake Up, Singapore” in respect of the falsehoods, to ensure that the public is provided with the full facts. “Wake Up, Singapore” is required to publish the correction notices as specified by the POFMA Office for each webpage and social media post containing the falsehoods.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually260322" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>ISSUANCE OF CORRECTION DIRECTION UNDER THE PROTECTION FROM ONLINE FALSEHOODS AND MANIPULATION ACT 2019 ON FALSEHOODS REGARDING PATIENT WHO ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED MISCARRIAGE AFTER FOUR HOUR WAIT AT KKH</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><div>The Ministry of Health (MOH) is aware that “Wake Up, Singapore” (WUSG) had posted allegations across its website, Facebook, and Instagram pages on 23 March 2022, which claimed that a COVID-positive patient who was 20 weeks pregnant had suffered a miscarriage after waiting four hours to see a doctor at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) A&E department in February 2022. These allegations are false.</div><div><br /></div><div>KKH had identified the patient in question based on a screenshot of a hospital bill accompanying WUSG’s posts, which contained discrepancies with the patient’s account of events. Subsequent investigations by KKH have confirmed that the patient had been seen by a doctor within an hour of her arrival at KKH in February 2022, and did not suffer any miscarriage.</div><div><br /></div><div>On 25 March 2022, WUSG published further posts on its Facebook and Instagram pages, stating that they have been informed by the patient that her recollection was false, and that WUSG “may have been fed lies at every turn”. WUSG has also apologised to KKH for publishing these allegations.</div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/issuance-of-correction-direction-under-the-protection-from-online-falsehoods-and-manipulation-act-2019-on-falsehoods-regarding-patient-who-allegedly-suffered-miscarriage-after-four-hour-wait-at-kkh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>POFMA correction order issued to Wake Up Singapore over KKH falsehoods</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LSXXO7ImFASldPyH9Utd8l_VBfOOVw8tFeSqOhhOiLe8NmRTY91g6Sx42Bx9oIMcDOQwWCKnIj0YU3Uof6mTQlve3_1OByMCyvKP9C5edP557Gm_ySPh5Gm_rfqmEIO6koG1_QMqYljYjokBqrEYTryb0aaTTQOFHTDDXnvys6eSnnDhui25j9Uc/s780/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LSXXO7ImFASldPyH9Utd8l_VBfOOVw8tFeSqOhhOiLe8NmRTY91g6Sx42Bx9oIMcDOQwWCKnIj0YU3Uof6mTQlve3_1OByMCyvKP9C5edP557Gm_ySPh5Gm_rfqmEIO6koG1_QMqYljYjokBqrEYTryb0aaTTQOFHTDDXnvys6eSnnDhui25j9Uc/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Wake Up Singapore is required to publish the correction notices as specified by the POFMA Office for all its posts containing the falsehoods. Alternative news site Wake up Singapore (WUS) has been issued a correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) for publishing a woman’s claims that she bled and lost a baby during a four-hour wait at the accident and emergency department at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH).</div><div><br /></div><div>In a <a href="Wake Up Singapore is required to publish the correction notices as specified by the POFMA Office for all its posts containing the falsehoods. Alternative news site Wake up Singapore (WUS) has been issued a correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) for publishing a woman’s claims that she bled and lost a baby during a four-hour wait at the accident and emergency department at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). In a media release on Sunday (27 March), the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that it has instructed the POFMA Office to issue a Correction Direction to WUS in respect of the falsehoods. MOH said that despite the apology from WUS, the allegations are serious and have been circulated to various other platforms. “This could lead to the erosion of public trust in the credibility and professionalism of our healthcare system and institutions,” the ministry added. Hence, to ensure that the public is provided with the full facts, WUS is required to publish the correction notices as specified by the POFMA Office for each webpage and social media post containing the falsehoods. It added that the Government takes a serious view of these falsehoods and that the matter has been referred to the relevant authorities for investigation."><span style="color: #3d85c6;">media release</span></a> on Sunday (27 March), the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that it has instructed the POFMA Office to issue a Correction Direction to WUS in respect of the falsehoods. MOH said that despite the apology from WUS, the allegations are serious and have been circulated to various other platforms. “This could lead to the erosion of public trust in the credibility and professionalism of our healthcare system and institutions,” the ministry added.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hence, to ensure that the public is provided with the full facts, WUS is required to publish the correction notices as specified by the POFMA Office for each webpage and social media post containing the falsehoods. It added that the Government takes a serious view of these falsehoods and that the matter has been referred to the relevant authorities for investigation.</div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://unscrambled.sg/2022/03/28/pofma-correction-order-issued-to-wake-up-singapore-over-kkh-falsehoods/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Corrections and Clarifications on falsehoods by Wake Up, Singapore regarding the recommendations of the Committee of Privileges</b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span>On 10 February 2022, Wake Up Singapore published posts on its Instagram and Facebook accounts (“the posts”) which contain a false statement of fact.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Falsehood:</span></div><div><span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The posts falsely convey that the Committee of Privileges (“the Committee”) recommended that Mr Pritam Singh (“Mr Singh”) and Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap (“Mr Faisal”) be referred for criminal proceedings, even though there was no finding by the Committee that they lied.</li><li>This is false in various respects.</li><li>The Committee expressly found that Mr Singh, Ms Lim and Mr Faisal had lied in their evidence before the Committee.</li><li>The Committee’s recommendation that Mr Singh be referred to the Public Prosecutor was based on this finding which it made, that Mr Singh had lied on oath (which is a possible offence of perjury).</li><li>The Committee did not recommend referring Mr Faisal Manap to the Public Prosecutor for lying to the Committee. The Committee recommended referring Mr Faisal for repeatedly refusing to answer relevant questions put to him by the Committee.</li></ul></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually120222" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Corrections and Clarifications on falsehoods regarding content about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant in Facebook posts by Goh Meng Seng</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9lcWxNerw6iXH0va5v_jqZWCca1anCRg2dVTTe_UlG2vvY1hVIHL2Qn_W0iJSOUoKAYy0wn5BMYhM5dQjuhXUvx6HchJB4bx5_iUI1RpnecK4mV_jCWpf5FfBJFDcD6qMa4ry5C2zxRCpQx1RS4MLeq3KBDcrUVSUn7JlePSjCMBQC8ZybvEnqeF7=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9lcWxNerw6iXH0va5v_jqZWCca1anCRg2dVTTe_UlG2vvY1hVIHL2Qn_W0iJSOUoKAYy0wn5BMYhM5dQjuhXUvx6HchJB4bx5_iUI1RpnecK4mV_jCWpf5FfBJFDcD6qMa4ry5C2zxRCpQx1RS4MLeq3KBDcrUVSUn7JlePSjCMBQC8ZybvEnqeF7=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Misleading information about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant</span></i></div><br /><div>A video posted by Goh Meng Seng on 27 November 2021 on various online locations on Facebook contained false and egregious claims about the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. In particular, there is currently no basis to conclude that:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>(i) The COVID-19 and HIV viruses could combine and become another air-borne virus; and</li><li>(ii) Omicron is vaccine-resistant, and vaccines are totally useless against it.</li></ul></div></span></div><div><span><div>Here are the facts:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fact #1: The COVID-19 and HIV viruses cannot combine and become another virus which has the characteristics of the HIV and COVID-19 viruses.</li><li><span>Fact #2: The COVID-19 and HIV viruses cannot combine in a fully vaccinated patient to become an airborne HIV virus which is vaccine resistant.</span></li><li><span>Fact #3: The Omicron variant is not a combination of the HIV and COVID-19 viruses.</span></li><li><span>Fact #4: There is no evidence to suggest that the currently available COVID-19 vaccines are totally useless against the Omicron variant.</span></li></ul></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually031221?fbclid=IwAR3jCa5enIX3in8PkqCtaXAfMrEbUwl5XBrTW_nTCkVKIL06y9wk05GEfzw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Goh Meng Seng Served with 3rd POFMA Correction Direction This Year for Claims About Omicron</b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span>On 27 Nov, People’s Power Party chief, Goh Meng Seng posted a 44-minute video on Facebook containing false claims about the Omicron variant.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div>Some of the false claims that he mentioned in the videos are:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Omicron variant is vaccine-resistant and vaccines are useless against it</li><li>COVID-19 and HIV could combine and become another air-borne virus</li></ul></div></span></div><div><span>The Ministry of Health (MOH) was not having any of his shenanigans and decided to <a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually031221?fbclid=IwAR3jCa5enIX3in8PkqCtaXAfMrEbUwl5XBrTW_nTCkVKIL06y9wk05GEfzw"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">release the facts</span></a> so that the public do not get misled.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://goodyfeed.com/goh-meng-seng-pofma-dec-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Two issued Pofma correction direction after sharing vaccine misinformation</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYJ5-3-NSNqw59xIOK3YbRrNzngXGjeLa9Sj7g1ou4chYxlcbPn2HTk9kf9Gbutn1Kdxpn9X-0h7lSR4SeV8Wq9HIRDdXO3RySSi4dEq3Kdo5H2uKtu8CuhzzydzGJoMs41iuIeHYD9XAcJGT88rT-BZIUXR2WT4RdEZBSrv7RrE3_VjSpKXPprLLu=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYJ5-3-NSNqw59xIOK3YbRrNzngXGjeLa9Sj7g1ou4chYxlcbPn2HTk9kf9Gbutn1Kdxpn9X-0h7lSR4SeV8Wq9HIRDdXO3RySSi4dEq3Kdo5H2uKtu8CuhzzydzGJoMs41iuIeHYD9XAcJGT88rT-BZIUXR2WT4RdEZBSrv7RrE3_VjSpKXPprLLu=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">MOH said that Covid-19 vaccines approved for use here have been assessed to be safe and effective by reputable health and scientific agencies worldwide. PHOTO: ST FILE</span></i></div><br />Two men have been issued correction directions under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) for sharing misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>They are local author Cheah Kit Sun - who wrote a blog post in October titled Do Not Participate In A Society That Rejects You - and opposition party chief Goh Meng Seng, who shared the post.</div><div><br /></div><div>Each will have to publish correction notices at the top of each webpage or social media post containing the false statements.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/two-issued-pofma-correction-direction-after-sharing-vaccine-misinformation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>POFMA correction directions issued to Cheah Kit Sun, Goh Meng Seng over COVID-19 vaccine falsehoods</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAgSkRRbY5L0pzrAfa1meTZSZwMFu-GWL8XJN-gXmKEsV8zZioeTcMKo8WkeH1OVxFOf6tjWX1jT3CKvqq3QPAMhRtTkw_9IizUKTuojY4WBn0ctEFQhOG61DneBtcrwUem6Gvwz00Q8R2kGZREcwu089o4DhhrYOZVHWMr5s79Z43nCvs9csXNlRe=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAgSkRRbY5L0pzrAfa1meTZSZwMFu-GWL8XJN-gXmKEsV8zZioeTcMKo8WkeH1OVxFOf6tjWX1jT3CKvqq3QPAMhRtTkw_9IizUKTuojY4WBn0ctEFQhOG61DneBtcrwUem6Gvwz00Q8R2kGZREcwu089o4DhhrYOZVHWMr5s79Z43nCvs9csXNlRe=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The COVID-19 vaccine being administered at Kolam Ayer Community Club, Singapore, on Apr 21, 2021. (Photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)</span></i></div><br />Correction directions have been issued to author Cheah Kit Sun and opposition politician Goh Meng Seng over a blog post that "falsely" exaggerates the dangers of COVID-19 vaccines and discourages people from taking them, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Nov 29). </span>"It is important to correct these falsehoods, especially given the <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-booster-dose-jabs-5-months-vaccination-moh-2327321"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">ongoing vaccine booster exercise</span></a>," said the ministry.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr Cheah's blog post, titled Do Not Participate in a Society that Rejects You, was published on Oct 20 on various online locations. It was also shared on the Facebook page of Mr Goh, the founder of People's Power Party, on the same day.</div><div><br /></div><div>The directions, issued under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), require them to carry a correction notice alongside their blog post and social media post.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-covid-19-cheah-kit-sun-goh-meng-seng-2345141" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><b>POFMA Office instructed to issue correction direction to Truth Warriors website for falsehoods on COVID-19 vaccines</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office has been instructed to issue a correction direction to local website Truth Warriors over falsehoods relating to the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and for promoting ivermectin to treat the coronavirus.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Many of the materials published on the Truth Warriors website mislead people into thinking that COVID-19 vaccines are not effective in reducing transmission rates of COVID-19, and promote the safety and efficacy of ivermectin in preventing viral infections and treating COVID-19," said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Oct 24). MOH added that these materials are from unverified and dubious sources, and individuals who heed the advice on the website can endanger themselves and the people around them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has instructed the POFMA Office to issue the correction direction to Truth Warriors, MOH said. The website is required to publish the correction notice at the top of each webpage containing the falsehoods.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-office-instructed-issue-correction-direction-truth-warriors-website-falsehoods-covid-19-vaccines-ivermectin-2265516" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>HO Ching <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1883827675138391&id=100005335308340&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAdi5gtmB97kWz_q-kJypCUCU_jMyfbtQXy-sOym5OzLtaiLnvTPCz_qLTbwqRQFjwUTRcaZeBQb255ao0HbByB4aqEunCJ7zkAqJEmqo_x0hG3yX6kYXskSSv0-GnkMiq2hKzLZ3RCtBSQ35UjlzCLPVxrfcy24oQ77iJkTdufHhxyPaHsqJxD8iQRfiVjD7L6z7zQpmiEegBLZgJ8UnCNgCJITDOzVf9z0QBGpYG0udb1s2DBDohkYTfDZPipqS1MyGQ_Tf2CbIElSJCHFuXo_IwLx2tV14EAvK8JOuuFRwsLdrMM&__tn__=-R"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">24 October at 16:13</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1883827675138391&id=100005335308340&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAdi5gtmB97kWz_q-kJypCUCU_jMyfbtQXy-sOym5OzLtaiLnvTPCz_qLTbwqRQFjwUTRcaZeBQb255ao0HbByB4aqEunCJ7zkAqJEmqo_x0hG3yX6kYXskSSv0-GnkMiq2hKzLZ3RCtBSQ35UjlzCLPVxrfcy24oQ77iJkTdufHhxyPaHsqJxD8iQRfiVjD7L6z7zQpmiEegBLZgJ8UnCNgCJITDOzVf9z0QBGpYG0udb1s2DBDohkYTfDZPipqS1MyGQ_Tf2CbIElSJCHFuXo_IwLx2tV14EAvK8JOuuFRwsLdrMM&__tn__=-R" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3TMdoggWxERz4oUsBlMzM3_UBzLrni0o5vel8MHamvLIbmCP6ltPorUm0KQ1r5v8kR1YQ9rR15KJVQAbIqh9AGGs-dEBvOroigsNqmkVuUSfS24jUwcL0IjZVUh___MoaAEa8ytnCH1a-hVNGk7HFRzenrzP3epvVoGpAQRGxXpwntctrjU0ETAY3=s320" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div>The so-called “Truth Warriors” are really snake oil salesmen and saleswomen with dubious motivations.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Some are downright wicked. Others are gullible.</div><div><br /></div><div>Many live in their own world of imagined conspiracy and hollywood constructs.</div><div><br /></div><div>A few want to be heroes the easy way.</div><div><br /></div><div>While others carry chips on their shoulders, or are blinded by hate or unhappiness.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1883827675138391&id=100005335308340"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>POFMA correction direction issued to Facebook for post falsely claiming 3-year-old died from COVID-19</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglq9r2MLc-gcLZOyEK5f9zCtDOclhX06-JQTh44o_qnqFN-AOgJXpUhMsJ1URRBfzkChgXWBsqemW2Nt0EekoehaqIQNLcKUwO37_juzbRoi5vNguHKS_4TAmT0Z2DAZ_on7FMTKHSYwd7DKHd6gKJTjUjaA7fNOrOran7jA1kf1U0MLVe7RDK9ekU/s1067/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="1067" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglq9r2MLc-gcLZOyEK5f9zCtDOclhX06-JQTh44o_qnqFN-AOgJXpUhMsJ1URRBfzkChgXWBsqemW2Nt0EekoehaqIQNLcKUwO37_juzbRoi5vNguHKS_4TAmT0Z2DAZ_on7FMTKHSYwd7DKHd6gKJTjUjaA7fNOrOran7jA1kf1U0MLVe7RDK9ekU/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A prompt on Facebook's news feed seen on Aug 15, 2021, visible only to Singapore users</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>A correction direction has been issued to Facebook over a post that falsely claimed a three-year-old girl had died from COVID-19 at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and that the death was not reported.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue the correction direction to Facebook, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Aug 15).</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Facebook is required to carry the correction notice to all end-users in Singapore who use the platform. "The Government takes a serious view of the deliberate communication of these false statements, and criminal investigations under POFMA will be conducted," said MOH.</div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/moh-covid-19-pofma-facebook-3-year-old-died-kkh-2114221"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>POFMA directive to be issued to Twitter over Jolovan Wham’s post about Shanmugam's remarks on rule of law</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjptZNdTIlvi5XRF36qiH7sieNp2Rww05Z-16wWP3lnPOSNP1ZEhWdCp526k3IRnNrym_jfaAZ_MHuKB8BujIhuwEWo3Kfp6TLT77e7xG6DKxpxxxYv6ttpqKVTf6p41KMMZvdzWMmCRBDUChB51aqD4I7iSfUdabRGw-ihTHRIKqqpX5uEk59zm79n=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjptZNdTIlvi5XRF36qiH7sieNp2Rww05Z-16wWP3lnPOSNP1ZEhWdCp526k3IRnNrym_jfaAZ_MHuKB8BujIhuwEWo3Kfp6TLT77e7xG6DKxpxxxYv6ttpqKVTf6p41KMMZvdzWMmCRBDUChB51aqD4I7iSfUdabRGw-ihTHRIKqqpX5uEk59zm79n=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jolovan Wham arrives at the State Court in Singapore on Feb 21, 2019. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)</span></i></div><br /><div>The Minister for Home Affairs has instructed the POFMA (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act) Office to issue a targeted correction direction to Twitter, following Mr Jolovan Wham’s non-compliance with a <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/jolovan-wham-pofma-correction-direction-mha-shanmugam-2230961"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">correction order issued to him</span></a> on Friday (Oct 8), said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday.</div><div><br /></div><div>Under the targeted correction direction, Twitter is required to alert users who have seen Mr Wham’s tweet that it contains false claims about Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam's views on the rule of law.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Mr Wham’s tweet on Oct 6 "communicated the falsehood that the Minister for Home Affairs adopts the view that the rule of law does not operate anywhere in the real world, including in Singapore", said MHA. The latest directive comes after MHA said on Friday that it was aware of "falsehoods" circulated online by Mr Wham, which "misrepresented" what Mr Shanmugam had said in Parliament on Oct 4.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-twitter-jolavan-wham-shanmugam-rule-law-2232381" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pofma Office to issue targeted correction direction to Twitter after activist Jolovan Wham's non-compliance with order over Shanmugam tweet</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl2DlivS-k18W3XwblJeXSRkvichEyIeZTfqstdEjRGWFtoztcZdJrVkeJulJUMZnbwFFDYjdACRf5KdqpJ2h4zJvECzHbTcTUg8bsDTQoguTU2h9oQ7GT6WoGgqxJCtoNQ00EW6P7o69t0hzYeuLNTOyu2_xyXEV4dTAmHfNE5z1uwEu3gznoK1Zu=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl2DlivS-k18W3XwblJeXSRkvichEyIeZTfqstdEjRGWFtoztcZdJrVkeJulJUMZnbwFFDYjdACRf5KdqpJ2h4zJvECzHbTcTUg8bsDTQoguTU2h9oQ7GT6WoGgqxJCtoNQ00EW6P7o69t0hzYeuLNTOyu2_xyXEV4dTAmHfNE5z1uwEu3gznoK1Zu=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr Jolovan Wham had previously been instructed to publish a correction notice on his online platform. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG</span></i></div></div><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam has instructed the Pofma Office to issue a targeted correction direction to Twitter, said the ministry on Saturday (Oct 9).</div><div><br /></div><div>This comes after activist Jolovan Wham's non-compliance with the <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/mha-issues-pofma-correction-direction-to-activist-jolovan-wham-for-falsehoods"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">correction order issued to him</span></a> on Friday (Oct 8).</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr Wham had made comments on social media network Twitter that misrepresented what Mr Shanmugam had said on the rule of law in Parliament on Monday (Oct 4).</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/pofma-office-to-issue-targeted-correction-direction-to-twitter-after-activist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Court of Appeal partially allows SDP's POFMA appeal in landmark judgment; other correction directions upheld</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeQIDOrmP4hJynS0Dy_DKn0njq9l96iNeft07xB4GCsoz3vn-ZxLNNmjz677n1_MI9frokekK5uhZu3S0Gy7q9fdh7ThboqqgeV_vgVz4MNQUFQ8HInCaiaEcDHdn1Wh2VWhdn-uXJhC5iBaZObxKpN_ZKPk7mn8Ehk-bEMrEs4ReyXpK9FvI5-qCg=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeQIDOrmP4hJynS0Dy_DKn0njq9l96iNeft07xB4GCsoz3vn-ZxLNNmjz677n1_MI9frokekK5uhZu3S0Gy7q9fdh7ThboqqgeV_vgVz4MNQUFQ8HInCaiaEcDHdn1Wh2VWhdn-uXJhC5iBaZObxKpN_ZKPk7mn8Ehk-bEMrEs4ReyXpK9FvI5-qCg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan and chairman Paul Tambyah speaking at a press conference on Sep 2, 2015. (File photo: Sarah Yang)</span></i></div><br /><div>The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has secured a partial win in its court battle against <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/sdp-singapore-democratic-party-fake-news-pofma-facebook-844801"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">correction directions issued</span></a> under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA).</div><div><br /></div><div>In a first, the Court of Appeal overturned part of a correction direction issued by the Ministry of Manpower against the SDP for statements it had made about unemployment in Singapore. However, the court upheld two other correction directions against SDP, as well as the other part of the third correction direction.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A 156-page landmark judgment released on Friday (Oct 8) by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and Appeal Judges Andrew Phang, Judith Prakash, Tay Yong Kwang and Steven Chong laid out, for the first time, a five-step framework for a court to determine whether or not to overturn a correction direction under POFMA.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pofma-sdp-appeal-partially-upheld-2230361" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Manpower Minister issues new, narrower Pofma direction to SDP</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZm9Y4f3DpmjDX0EkyXwtaUsJN-FjoyqzrO9_vL5B2Fxe9HgkIT99NWherDuIp7UIq6zL5a3vkSbh8hw34eMSPJTHsWObeTBUPZPkdDWZ6uRrTqxhhIE22UvEwPFsWRpQ47XTLZ2drO9TaL6l0BKvPzB5kTIjAne_mBA6N3Zvar7TCUsGcU9BBo7O1=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZm9Y4f3DpmjDX0EkyXwtaUsJN-FjoyqzrO9_vL5B2Fxe9HgkIT99NWherDuIp7UIq6zL5a3vkSbh8hw34eMSPJTHsWObeTBUPZPkdDWZ6uRrTqxhhIE22UvEwPFsWRpQ47XTLZ2drO9TaL6l0BKvPzB5kTIjAne_mBA6N3Zvar7TCUsGcU9BBo7O1=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The High Court had upheld correction orders, ruling that the SDP's statements were false, based on MOM's statistics. PHOTO: ST FILE</span></div><br /><div>The Minister for Manpower on Friday night (Oct 8) issued a new correction direction to the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) under the fake news law.</div><div><br /></div><div>This came after the Court of Appeal set aside part of an original direction given to the opposition party for a falsehood that had to do with the employment situation in Singapore.</div><div><br /></div><div>The <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/correction-order-issued-under-fake-news-law-against-sdp-over-facebook-posts-article"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">SDP had been issued three such directions</span></a> on Dec 14, 2019, under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) for false statements in its Facebook posts and in an article on its website titled SDP Population Policy: Hire S'poreans First, Retrench S'poreans Last.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/manpower-minister-issues-new-narrower-pofma-direction-to-sdp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Health Minister orders POFMA correction directions to States Times Review, Facebook over COVID-19 post</span></b></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdm25Dy72XW90wWfG9B-vrSLXntCqUzOKRNBqn1C2CzXsIPEmoIaAGdqNKQGAezBpgYq9jz5O5bhCrp8JcsplGLf8CF9UTxSptTuxgxRVvXD2RgGl7be4SJX5LCRUzk8nnQWoP6qfyO-VXZGIOVTImTbRocBeEfmK0HdTi4EsmyDgJT3eJ652mTDxV=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdm25Dy72XW90wWfG9B-vrSLXntCqUzOKRNBqn1C2CzXsIPEmoIaAGdqNKQGAezBpgYq9jz5O5bhCrp8JcsplGLf8CF9UTxSptTuxgxRVvXD2RgGl7be4SJX5LCRUzk8nnQWoP6qfyO-VXZGIOVTImTbRocBeEfmK0HdTi4EsmyDgJT3eJ652mTDxV=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">People were seen wearing masks at Orchard Road, Singapore on Feb 3. (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan)</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Health Minister Gan Kim Yong has instructed that a correction direction be issued to Mr Alex Tan, the owner of the States Times Review (STR) Facebook page, said the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office on Friday (Feb 14). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>He also ordered that a targeted correction direction be issued to Facebook, which hosted the Feb 13 post by STR that is said to contain "multiple false statements" about the COVID-19 situation. STR's correction direction requires it to carry a correction notice alongside the article, while Facebook's targeted correction direction requires it to publish a correction notice on the relevant STR Facebook post.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Facebook had <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/states-times-review-facebook-post-correction-12140226"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">issued a correction</span></a> notice last year for another STR post, in a first for the platform. According to a Factually article on the Gov.sg website, the COVID-19 post claimed five points that were "entirely false". </div></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/coronavirus-covid19-pofma-states-times-review-facebook-777326" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION DIRECTS POFMA OFFICE TO ISSUE DISABLING ORDER</span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Minister for Communications and Information has directed the POFMA Office to order Facebook to disable access for Singapore users to States Times Review (STR)<br />Facebook page, under Section 34 of the Protection against Online Falsehoods and<br />Manipulation Act.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2. The STR Facebook page has repeatedly conveyed falsehoods and not complied with any of the POFMA Directions that it has been served with. After being served a Declaration on 15 Feb 2020 notifying that it was declared a Declared Online Location (DOL), the STR Facebook page has not carried the required notice stating that it has been declared a DOL, which serves to warn visitors of the previous falsehoods that this page communicated.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">3. For facts of the case, please refer to the Factually article, “Corrections And<br />Clarifications Regarding Falsehoods Published By States Times Review on the COVID-19 </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Situation”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>(</span><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-stron-covid-19-situation"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-clarifications-on-falsehoods-posted-by-stron-covid-19-situation</span></a><span>).</span></span><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.pofmaoffice.gov.sg/documents/media-releases/2020/Feb/mci%20access%20disabling%20order%20media%20statement%2017%20feb.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Singapore introduced tough laws against fake news</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFWw_T1HlJSRFBf7Yxl8NsZI4sRZcmuqfH4rEhAHTTRYUDtU5PXdsBjV8Op8sACcs9s_SdvVs7ARpi2XYsE2UGkqqOujuP-HAX5dyva7bXZR8huAixCHL8ITaMZx8VrxIjjpApm6WP5PfAivdgLeE7JRyBvxstbCjP0M5179UkUHmbQPuXp7_t3rup=s540" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="540" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFWw_T1HlJSRFBf7Yxl8NsZI4sRZcmuqfH4rEhAHTTRYUDtU5PXdsBjV8Op8sACcs9s_SdvVs7ARpi2XYsE2UGkqqOujuP-HAX5dyva7bXZR8huAixCHL8ITaMZx8VrxIjjpApm6WP5PfAivdgLeE7JRyBvxstbCjP0M5179UkUHmbQPuXp7_t3rup=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A man checks his phone outside an empty Apple store in Singapore on Sunday. The city-state is using fake-news laws to target what it deems to be false assertions about its response to the coronavirus outbreak. (Ore Huiying/AFP/Getty Images)</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>At their sprawling Asia headquarters last month, Facebook executives considered the latest order from Singapore's authorities: <a href="https://www.pofmaoffice.gov.sg/documents/media-releases/2020/Feb/mci%20access%20disabling%20order%20media%20statement%2017%20feb.pdf"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Disable local access</span></a> to a page that the city-state's government said contained <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/coronavirus-covid19-pofma-states-times-review-facebook-12435898"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">false statements</span></a> about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Legal analysis gave the company little choice, Facebook concluded. If it did not comply, the company would be found guilty of an offense and fined up to $14,400 a day under the law.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Within a day Facebook had blocked local access to the page, States Times Review. But in an unusually strong statement, the social media giant said it was “deeply concerned about the precedent this sets for the stifling of freedom of expression in Singapore.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/exploiting-fake-news-laws-singapore-targets-tech-firms-over-coronavirus-falsehoods/2020/03/16/a49d6aa0-5f8f-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Online Citizen taken offline, ahead of deadline set by IMDA after failure to declare funding</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaqQvzt-QOFgAdoyqwJbnInt9rXiBRV0FR4iCkcnOO318Wmj7xqG25vOtM0VM2EK_j5i1kR-5CePAFqak96G5Nn3ZWlgBL2P7QG7mW9300cfcxotQrWvcJK-jPjf33cLa_MoDwkS1hmsraxu_B7OheSzMu-ReRO1KAhRGwYi1XFUvdbcryvl_SdNW4=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="600" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaqQvzt-QOFgAdoyqwJbnInt9rXiBRV0FR4iCkcnOO318Wmj7xqG25vOtM0VM2EK_j5i1kR-5CePAFqak96G5Nn3ZWlgBL2P7QG7mW9300cfcxotQrWvcJK-jPjf33cLa_MoDwkS1hmsraxu_B7OheSzMu-ReRO1KAhRGwYi1XFUvdbcryvl_SdNW4=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><div>Socio-political website The Online Citizen (TOC) and its various social media channels were taken offline on Thursday morning (Sept 16), ahead of a 3pm <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/imda-suspends-the-online-citizens-class-licence-website-told-to-stop-posting-content-by"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">deadline set</span></a> by the Infocomm and Media Development Authority (IMDA).</div><div><br /></div><div>Attempts to access the TOC website returned an "access denied" error. The website was also not accessible from outside Singapore.</div><div><br /></div><div>TOC’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram profiles were deactivated, while all video content on its YouTube channel was delisted.</div><div><br /></div></span></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/the-online-citizen-goes-dark-ahead-of-deadline-set-by-imda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></a></span></span></b></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pofma issues correction directions to NUSS, CNA, TOC and New Naratif over Tambyah's statements on Covid-19 testing of migrant workers</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Professor Paul Tambyah speaking at the NUSS Pre-General Election Forum 2020 on July 3, 2020.ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE</span></i><br />
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Five correction directions have been issued to the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS), Channel News Asia (CNA), The Online Citizen Asia (TOC) and New Naratif, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a joint statement on Sunday (July 5).<br />
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The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office was directed to issue these correction directions by the alternate authority for the Minister for Manpower. It is the first time that a mainstream media outlet has been issued a correction direction by the Pofma Office.<br />
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The directions were issued for the following:<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">A video titled "NUSS Pre-General Election Forum 2020", published by NUSS on July 3 on YouTube</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">A Facebook post and video titled "Dr Paul Tambyah reveals MOM's role in outbreak of Covid-19 within dormitories", published by TOC on July 4</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">A video titled "TOC GE2020 Livestream - Afternoon session 2 July 2020", published by TOC on July 2</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">An online article titled "GE2020: Focus on public health could have been lost in March amid talk of early election, suggests SDP's Paul Tambyah", published by CNA on July 4</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">An audio recording titled "An Interview with Dr Paul Tambyah", published by New Naratif on July 5</span></li>
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Clarification regarding falsehood published by the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS), The Online Citizen Asia (TOC), CNA and New Naratif on MOM’s advisory on testing of migrant workers</b></span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">False statements were made in a video, “NUSS Pre-General Election Forum 2020”, published by NUSS on 3 July 2020 on YouTube; a Facebook post and videos titled “Dr Paul Tambyah reveals MOM’s role in outbreak of COVID-19 within dormitories”, published by TOC on 4 July 2020; a video titled “TOC GE2020 Livestream – Afternoon session 2 July 2020”, published by TOC on 2 July 2020 on Facebook; an online article “GE2020: Focus on public health could have been lost in March amid talk of early election, suggests SDP’s Paul Tambyah”, published by CNA on 4 July 2020; and an audio recording titled “An Interview with Dr Paul Tambyah”, published by New Naratif on 5 July 2020.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The NUSS forum video, TOC’s Facebook post and videos, CNA online article and New Naratif audio recording featured the following claims by Dr Paul Tambyah:</span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">MOM issued a statement to all the employers that if they brought their foreign workers for COVID-19 testing, they would lose their work pass privileges.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">MOM actively discouraged the testing of workers.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">MOM made these decisions without consulting public health medical professionals or MOH.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Correction directions have been issued to the Facebook pages of two political parties contesting the general election, two other Facebook pages and a website.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM POFMAOFFICE.GOV.SG</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Facebook pages of two political parties contesting the general election have received correction directions under Singapore's fake news law, along with two other Facebook pages and a website.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The pages belong to Peoples Voice and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), as well as The Online Citizen Asia's website and Facebook page, and the "Sin Rak Sin Party" Facebook page.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office issued the correction notice over claims that Dr Cheong Koon Hean, chief executive of the Housing Development Board, had suggested at the IPS-Nathan Lectures in 2018 that Singapore's population would increase to 10 million by 2030.</span><br />
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<b>Correction and clarifications regarding falsehoods on population target and HDB CEO’s remarks on living density</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Several Facebook posts – Singapore Democratic Party, The Online Citizen Asia, Sin Rak Sin Party, Lim Tean of Peoples Voice (Facebook Live video), Louis Chng, and a website article (The Online Citizen Asia) have claimed that Dr Cheong Koon Hean, Chief Executive Officer of the Housing & Development Board, had confirmed that our population would go up to about 10 million by 2030. They cite a lecture by Dr Cheong at the IPS-Nathan Lectures in April 2018.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Facebook Live video by Lim Tean of Peoples Voice also claims that the Government was planning, or had intentions, to move towards 10 million population by 2030, referencing the same lecture by Dr Cheong.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These allegations are false. Dr Cheong made no statement suggesting that our population would increase to 10 million by 2030. This is a continuation of falsehoods alleging that the Government has a population target of 10 million, which the Government has clarified.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>POFMA order issued to Facebook pages of SDP, PV and TOC over false 10m population statement</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The POFMA Office has issued correction orders to the Facebook pages of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and Peoples Voice (PV) for a false statement that the CEO of the Housing & Development Board had suggested Singapore’s population will increase to 10 million by 2030.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The orders, on the instruction by the Alternate Authority for the Minister for National Development, were also issued to The Online Citizen Asia with respect to an article on its website and Facebook page, as well as the Facebook page of Sin Rak Sin Party.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“This is with regard to false statements of fact claiming that a statement made by Dr Cheong Koon Hean at the IPS-Nathan Lectures in 2018 suggested that our population would increase to 10 million by 2030. Dr Cheong made no statement suggesting that our population would increase to 10 million by 2030,” said the POFMA (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act) Office.</span><br />
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<b>Correction directions issued to three people, Facebook page for posting screenshot</b><br />
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The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office has been instructed to issue correction directions to several Facebook users and a Facebook page for communicating a falsehood related to a purported “10 million population” plan.<br />
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The Facebook users were identified as “Ryann Smith”, “Jafri Basron” and “Denise Fletcher”, while the Facebook page was identified to be the “Sin Rak Sin Party”.<br />
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They had posted screenshots of, or linked to, an article first published by The Online Citizen which contained a false statement that the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has released a plan “to build underground infrastructure ready for 10 million population”.<br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Corrections and clarifications regarding posts of falsehoods from an article by The Online Citizen</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Several Facebook users – “Denise Fletcher”, “Jafri Basron”, and “Ryann Smith” – as well as a Facebook page “Sin Rak Sin Party” have recently posted screenshots of, or links to, an article first published by The Online Citizen (TOC) on 4 April 2019, which contained a false statement that the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has released a “plan to build underground infrastructure ready for 10 million population”.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is false for the following reasons:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Government has not proposed, planned nor targeted for Singapore to increase its population to 10 million;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Government does not have any population target;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">URA’s underground plans are not meant to serve any population target.</span></li>
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<b>Pofma correction directions issued to Peoples Voice party's Facebook page and Lim Tean's YouTube channel</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A correction direction was issued on Thursday (July 2) by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to the Facebook page of the Peoples Voice (PV) party over a video containing a false statement about government spending on foreign students.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Pofma Office also issued another correction direction to the YouTube channel Tean Lim of the party's leader, Mr Lim Tean, where the video was also posted.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mr Lim and PV are respectively the first candidate and political party contesting this year's elections to receive a Pofma correction direction.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Correction and clarifications regarding a falsehood and misleading statement in Peoples Voice Political Party’s Facebook Video on 1 July 2020</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Facebook video by Peoples Voice Political Party on 1 July 2020 contains a false and misleading statement.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">M</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">r Lim Tean states that “We spend a quarter of a billion dollars providing free education for foreigners every year.”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">This is false and misleading. MOE does not spend a quarter of a billion dollars to provide free education for foreigners every year.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">While MOE spends about $238 million on foreign students a year as stated in a parliamentary reply on 5 August 2019[1], the significant majority of these students are still required to pay fees higher than those of local students and/or fulfil a bond obligation after graduation.</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The alternate authority for the Minister for Foreign Affairs has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue a correction direction each to the Facebook pages belonging to State News Singapore and Mr Alex Tan. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The alternate authority also issued Facebook a targeted correction direction, the Office said in a media release on Monday (Jun 29).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is the first instance of an alternate authority issuing correction directions under POFMA, which states that during an election period, ministers may appoint public officers to issue orders under POFMA. The Act defines an election period as the period between the day a writ of election is issued and the close of Polling Day.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“The ‘State News Singapore’ Facebook page made false statements of fact about cross-border travel arrangements between Singapore and Malaysia in a post published on 27 June 2020,” the POFMA Office said. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“This false statement of fact was shared by Mr Tan’s Facebook page.”</span><br />
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<b>Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehood on cross-border travel arrangements between Singapore and Malaysia</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is a false statement of fact contained in a Facebook post by State News Singapore (SNS) on the cross-border travel arrangements between Singapore and Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On 27 June 2020, SNS published a Facebook post stating that “[d]espite Lee Hsien Loong personally calling Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin requesting Malaysia to open up daily commute, the Malaysian authorities refused to accede to his request”. This is false.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We wish to clarify that the telephone call between the two Prime Ministers was initiated at the request of Prime Minister Muhyiddin. As Prime Minister Muhyiddin has publicly stated, he proposed that the Singapore Government consider a daily cross-border commuting arrangement.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>National Times Singapore issued correction direction over false POFMA statements in Facebook post</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Law Minister K Shanmugam has instructed that a correction direction be issued to the National Times Singapore Facebook page about statements made on the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A targeted correction direction has also been issued to Facebook, which requires the social media platform to communicate a correction notice to all users in Singapore who access the falsehood through its service, said the Ministry of Law on Wednesday (May 27).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Government website </span><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually270520" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Factually</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> listed the following as "false and misleading statements" in the National Times Singapore Facebook post, which was published on May 15: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">“Every criticism has been outlawed by the Singapore government through its new POFMA legislation, where the politicians in power get to decide what is truth.”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Minister for Law had issued a POFMA direction to ban a video.</span></li>
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<b>Corrections and clarifications regarding Facebook post by National Times Singapore (“NTS”)</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A post on the NTS Facebook page contains several false and misleading statements. The NTS page is run by Mr Alex Tan, who lives in Australia, and claims to be an Australian citizen.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On 15 May 2020, NTS published a post, claiming, amongst other things, the following:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">“Every criticism has been outlawed by the Singapore government through its new POFMA1 legislation, where the politicians in power get to decide what is truth.”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Minister for Law had issued a POFMA direction to ban a video.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The above are false, for the following reasons:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">It is false that “politicians in power get to decide what is truth” under POFMA. This had previously been explained when an earlier POFMA direction was issued. POFMA applies only to factual statements that are false (Section 2(2) of POFMA). It does not apply to opinions. If there is a dispute as to whether the statement is false, or whether it is a statement of fact, the dispute can be determined by the Courts. The Courts have, over centuries, developed criteria for assessing falsehoods, and will be the final arbiters of whether there is a falsehood under POFMA.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">For the reasons above, it is therefore also untrue to say that POFMA outlaws every criticism of the Government. Before and after POFMA came into force, the Government has been regularly criticised on various matters. These criticisms have not been subject to POFMA.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Minister for Law has not issued a POFMA direction to ban any video. The video subject to an earlier POFMA direction remains accessible to the public.</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Historian Thum Ping Tjin complies with Pofma order but says he will challenge it</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Pofma Office issued correction directions to historian Thum Ping Tjin as well as the New Naratif website.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM GOV.SG</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Historian Thum Ping Tjin has put up a correction notice on his Facebook page alongside his online video on Singapore’s fake news laws, complying with </span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/thum-ping-tjin-new-naratif-website-issued-correction-order-over-video-on-pofma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">correction directions</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> he received on Wednesday, but only after receiving a warning.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">While he had put up a notice on the New Naratif website he founded, he had not done so on his Facebook page by the deadline set by the Pofma (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act) office until he received a warning from the office.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yesterday, he said he intends to challenge the directive. He also reiterated his criticisms of Pofma, saying that with the extremely broad definitions of falsehoods and public interest in the legislation, any criticism of the Government could fall foul of the law.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Thum Ping Tjin and New Naratif to be issued correction orders over POFMA video</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Screenshot of Thum Ping Tjin's video uploaded on 8 May. (Photo: YouTube screengrab)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on Wednesday (13 May) instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) office to issue correction orders to online site New Naratif and its managing director Thum Ping Tjin over a video about POFMA uploaded on several platforms.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a press release, the POFMA office said that the video contained “false statements about the scope of POFMA, when and how it can be used, and the role of the courts”. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The video, entitled “The Show with PJ Thum - Ep 8 - How bad laws are created and abused in Singapore (A POFMA case study)”, was posted on New Naratif’s YouTube page, Facebook page and webpage, and Dr Thum’s Facebook page on 8 May. The video, which is still available on New Naratif’s YouTube channel, has garnered more than 8,000 views as of Wednesday afternoon.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Government website <a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/factually-corrections-on-falsehoods-about-pofma-by-thum-ping-tjin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Factually</a> clarified the statements made by Dr Thum on its page on Wednesday, rebutting the allegations that he had made in his video.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods and misleading statements by Mr Thum Ping Tjin</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>False and misleading statements made in a YouTube video by Mr Thum Ping Tjin</i></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A YouTube video by Mr Thum Ping Tjin contains several false and misleading statements.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On 8 May 2020, Mr Thum published a YouTube video episode of The Show by PJ Thum on the New Naratif YouTube channel, claiming, amongst other things, the following:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), the definition of “false” means that “even if one bit is found to be wrong or misleading, the whole statement can be considered false. The definition is so broad that the omission of a fact, accidentally or otherwise, is sufficient for something to be considered misleading. The problem is, it’s impossible to include every single fact about anything in the statement. You can’t! And even if you could, anyone could selectively quote it, so that what they quote is misleading. So under this law, every statement can be considered false in some way”.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">POFMA makes all criticisms of the Government illegal.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">There is no recourse in law for the Court to overturn a POFMA direction if it is an abuse of the powers under POFMA.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">POFMA “means that the truth will be whatever the party says it is”.</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The above are false.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Corrections and clarifications regarding a falsehood published by Singapore States Times on COVID-19 cases in schools</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>False statement made in a Facebook post by Singapore States Times</i></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is a false statement of fact contained in a Facebook post by Singapore States Times (SST) on COVID-19 cases in schools.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On 4 May 2020, SST published a Facebook post stating that “Education Minister Ong Ye Kung is responsible for numerous infections in schools after he refused to close down the schools. The schools were only closed on April 3rd, but at least 50 students and teachers were already infected.” These statements imply that at least 50 students and teachers had become infected with COVID-19 by 3 April 2020 as a result of transmission in schools, which is false.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As of 3 April 2020, 69 students and staff in MOE schools, including the Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs), were reported to have been infected with COVID-19. Based on contact tracing and investigations by MOH, all the cases (except for 3 which are still unlinked) were attributed to transmission via overseas travel, within households, social settings, and a non-school workplace (for a part-time student). In short, none of the 69 infections were traced back to MOE schools, including the IHLs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mr Shanmugam was also asked why a Singaporean man was <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-to-be-charged-for-spreading-fake-news-on-covid-19-circuit-breaker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">charged</a> in court on Monday, instead of being served a correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma), for allegedly posting false claims that supermarkets would only open two days a week as part of enhanced measures.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The man was charged with communicating a false message under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act. If convicted, he can be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $10,000.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The High Court will decide if a Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) order should be upheld, in a case relating to Temasek Holdings' CEO Ho Ching's salary.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sociopolitical website The Online Citizen (TOC) was one of four parties to be <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pofma-hardwarezone-user-temasek-review-toc-ho-ching-salary-12656976" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">issued correction directions</a> on Apr 19 under the falsehoods act in relation to statements about Mdm Ho's salary.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"On Apr 29, 2020, The Online Citizen filed an application to the High Court seeking judicial review of the decision to issue the correction direction," Second Minister of Finance Indranee Rajah told Parliament on Tuesday (May 5).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Parliament: TOC applies for judicial review of Pofma direction on Ho Ching's pay</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Four parties have been asked to correct their false claims on the annual salary of Temasek's chief executive Ho Ching.PHOTO: ST FILE</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Online Citizen (TOC) has applied for a judicial review of the Government's decision to </span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/temasek-holdings-rebuts-claims-that-ho-chings-salary-is-around-100-million" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flag as fake news</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> several online posts about the pay of Temasek's chief executive and executive director Ho Ching.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This was disclosed in Parliament on Tuesday (May 5) by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah in her reply to Non-Constituency MP Leon Perera.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The website was among four parties which were asked to correct their false claims that the annual salary of Ms Ho, who is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's wife, is "NT$2.1 billion", "about 100 million SGD" or "S$99 million a year"</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>4 correction directions issued over claims about Ho Ching’s Temasek Holdings salary</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Minister of Finance has instructed that four correction directions be issued over claims that Temasek Holdings’ chief executive Ms Ho Ching's annual salary is "around S$100 million".</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“Several online posts carried a false statement regarding the remuneration of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd's Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Ms Ho Ching,” the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) office said in a news release on Sunday (Apr 19).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The correction directions will be issued to HardwareZone user “darksiedluv”, The Temasek Review’s Facebook page, and The Online Citizen’s Facebook page and website. It will also be issued to Singaporean lawyer Mr Lim Tean for “sharing the falsehood on his Facebook page”.</span><br />
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<b>Corrections Regarding Falsehoods on the Annual Salary of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd's Executive Director and CEO Ms Ho Ching and Additional Clarifications</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There were false statements of fact contained in a number of social media posts on Facebook and HardwareZone Forum, as well as an article on The Online Citizen website (collectively, the “Authors”) concerning the annual salary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited’s Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (“Temasek CEO”).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Authors made various claims that the annual salary of Temasek CEO Ms Ho Ching is “NT$ 2.1 billion”, “about 100 million SGD” or “S$99 million a year”. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">All of the above claims are false. Please refer to <a href="https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/news-and-views/news-room/statements/2020/temasek-compensation-framework"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/news-and-views/news-room/statements/2020/temasek-compensation-framework</span></a>.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://kenjeyaretnam.com/2020/04/20/singapore-fact-checking-website-refutes-ho-ching-salary-claim-without-giving-facts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Singapore Fact Checking Website Refutes Ho Ching Salary Claim Without Giving Facts</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Singapore watchers might be forgiven for thinking that Heng Swee Keat is Ho Ching’s house elf.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Somehow yesterday this civil servant got the Finance Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister to issue 4 Protection from Online Falsehood and Manipulation Act (POFMA) notices against various individuals and bloggers.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apparently, a post by the Taiwan News report that Ho Ching is paid $100 million a year is not true.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Minister of Finance orders 4 POFMA correction directions over posts about Temasek CEO Ho Ching’s salary</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Minister of Finance has instructed the POFMA Office to issue four correction directions under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) relating to posts made about the salary of Temasek Holding’s CEO Ho Ching, who is also the wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong</span></i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a <a href="https://www.pofmaoffice.gov.sg/documents/media-releases/2020/April/pofma-pr-mof-19-apr-2020.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">statement</span></a> on Sunday (19 April), the POFMA office said that the instructions from the Minister of Finance were to issue correction directions to HardwareZone user ‘darkseidluv’, The Temasek Review’s Facebook page, The Online Citizen’s Facebook page and website and Mr Lim Tean for sharing this falsehood on his Facebook page.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The correction order noted that is the opinion of the Finance Minister that it is in the public interest to issue these directions.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, while the correction notice made references to social media posts made on the subject on Facebook and HardwareZone Forum, it did not identify the Taiwan news outlet that made the initial claim as the source of the alleged false claim. Media query to the POFMA office has not been responded.</span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 400;">related: </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2020/04/20/netizens-call-for-transparency-over-ho-chings-salary-dissatisfied-by-temaseks-statement-on-the-matter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Netizens call for transparency over Ho Ching’s salary; dissatisfied by Temasek’s statement on the matter</span></a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: arial;">Singapore States Times issued correction direction over Facebook post about MOH's reporting of Covid-19 cases</span></b></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Health Minister Gan Kim Yong has instructed that a correction direction be issued to Singapore States Times over a Facebook post about his ministry's reporting of Covid-19 cases, said the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office on Saturday (April 18).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Facebook post, published on Saturday, contained "multiple false statements", said the Pofma Office.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It alleged that the number of new Covid-19 cases in Singapore on Friday was 1,146, and that the total number of confirmed cases was 5,573.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Corrections and Clarifications Regarding Falsehoods Published by Singapore States Times on the Reporting of COVID-19 Cases in Singapore</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are false statements contained in a Facebook post on the COVID-19 situation in Singapore.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On 18 April 2020, Singapore States Times published a Facebook post on the COVID-19 situation in Singapore claiming that:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection on 17 April was 1,146, and the total number of confirmed cases was 5,573;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Health Minister Mr Gan Kim Yong ordered the reported numbers to be halved to minimise public panic, by reporting numbers in the afternoon instead of later at night;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Singapore Government earlier covered up the number of uncontactable suspect cases, then covered up the flight information and profiles of imported cases, and subsequently tried to cover up the total number of cases by reporting only the number of discharged cases and daily increases; and</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The States Times Review (STR) had called out the Government and Ministry of Health (MOH) on the cover up and MOH had to comply with STR’s post.</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Minister for Home Affairs instructs Pofma Office to issue correction direction to The Temasek Review Facebook page</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue a correction direction to The Temasek Review (TTR) Facebook page</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue a correction direction to The Temasek Review (TTR) Facebook page over a post alleging that police officers fined a food delivery rider for wearing a piece of cloth as a mask or for illegal parking.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Pofma office said in a statement on Friday (April 17) that TTR posted a picture of a GrabFood delivery rider standing next to a police officer on its Facebook page on Wednesday.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Accompanying the picture, which showed the police officer writing something down, was the caption: “Grabfood delivery rider issued summon by SPF officers of fine of S$300 for alleged wearing cloth as mask or illegal parking?”</span><br />
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<b>Clarification on falsehood posted by TTR on food delivery rider</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A false statement was made on The Temasek Review’s ("TTR") Facebook page on 15 April 2020, alleging that a GrabFood delivery rider was fined $300 by Police officers for wearing a cloth as a mask or for illegal parking.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">TTR said in their post: "Grabfood delivery rider issued summon by SPF officers of fine of $300 for alleged wearing cloth as mask or illegal parking?"</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is false. The police officers were in fact rendering assistance to the delivery rider who had approached them for help. The GrabFood delivery rider had thought that items were stolen from his motorcycle and approached the Police officers for help. The Police officer in the photo of TTR’s Facebook post was actually taking a statement from the delivery rider. No summons was issued to the delivery rider, and the event had nothing to do with the circuit breaker measures or illegal parking.</span><br />
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<b>Manpower Minister orders correction directions to Facebook post about quarantined foreign workers' pay: POFMA Office</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Monday (Apr 6) ordered correction directions to be made to Mr Alex Tan and the Singapore States Times Facebook page for falsely claiming that quarantined foreign workers would not be paid their salaries.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A post by Mr Tan containing the falsehood was published on the Singapore States Times Facebook page on Sunday at 8.43pm, said the POFMA Office, which enforces the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mr Tan and the Singapore States Times Facebook page would be required to publish a correction notice on their post, while Facebook has also been issued a targeted correction direction, requiring the Internet intermediary to put up a correction notice on the offending post, said the office. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The post was made after authorities announced that <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-nearly-20-000-foreign-workers-in-quarantine-in-s11-12611426" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">two foreign worker dormitories</a> which have seen a “significant” climb in new COVID-19 infections had been gazetted as isolation areas.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Clarification regarding falsehood published by Singapore States Times on quarantine of foreign workers</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A false statement was made on the “Singapore States Times” Facebook page on 5 Apr 2020, concerning the quarantine of two foreign worker dormitories due to COVID-19.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Falsehood - </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The post claimed that the foreign workers in t hese two dormitories would not be paid their salaries while under quarantine – “they are not getting a single cent from 14 days of quarantine”.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is completely false. The workers will continue to be paid their salaries for the duration of their quarantine. Their period of absence from work is treated as paid hospitalisation leave, as part of the worker’s leave eligibility. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The facts above were published before the post on “Singapore States Times”, and could have easily been verified. To find out more, please read the </span><a href="https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/additional-measures-to-minimise-further-spread-of-covid-19-within-foreign-worker-dormitories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">official statement</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> here.</span><br />
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<b>Facebook user issued Pofma notice for false claims on Resilience Budget</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>The user must now display a correction notice and providing access to the correct facts.PHOTO: GOV.SG</i></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The </span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/resilience-budget-will-save-jobs-support-firms-and-help-households-in-singapores-biggest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">$48 billion Resilience Budget</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> will not go specifically to Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Temasek Holdings, said the Government on Wednesday (April 1) as it invoked Singapore's law against fake news against a Facebook user.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue a correction direction to Facebook user tifinnytara, the Pofma Office said in a statement on Wednesday.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On March 29, the user posted on her Facebook page that almost one third of the support provided by the Resilience Budget would go to SIA.</span><br />
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<b>Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods about the Resilience Budget</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There were false statements of fact contained in a Facebook post by user ‘超静’ (‘tifinnytara’) dated 29 Mar 2020, concerning Singapore's Resilience Budget (Supplementary Budget 2020) ("Resilience Budget").</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I. Source of funding for Singapore Airlines' S$15 billion capital raising exercise</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In the Facebook post, the author stated, "Don't be too happy that you have $48b. The bulk of almost 1/3 goes to SIA, 55% TEMASEK OWNED (how did our national carrier became temasek own at 55%???). Cash n immediate release to SIA!” The author has claimed that almost one third of the support provided under the Resilience Budget will be provided to Singapore Airlines ("SIA"). This is false.</span><br />
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<b>Pofma office orders opposition politician Lim Tean, 2 Facebook users to correct posts alleging PA event led to S'pore's largest coronavirus cluster</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>All three posted or shared links saying the People's Association and residents' committees were responsible for the infections linked to an event held at Safra Jurong.PHOTOS: JASON QUAH, GOV.SG</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Three Facebook users, including opposition politician and lawyer Lim Tean, have been issued correction directions by the Government for alleging that the People's Association (PA) and residents' committees (RCs) were involved in the organisation of an event that has emerged as </span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/5-new-covid-19-cases-in-spore-including-4-linked-to-a-new-cluster-a-private-dinner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Singapore's largest coronavirus cluster</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Protection from Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) office said in a statement on Wednesday (March 18) that the deputy chairman of PA, Mr Chan Chun Sing, has initiated the latest correction order on posts about the </span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/coronavirus-6-new-cases-confirmed-3-linked-to-safra-jurong-cluster-12-in-critical" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feb 15 Safra Jurong Chinese New Year function</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> that has so far surfaced 47 cases of confirmed Covid-19 infections here.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">All three - Mr Lim, "Henryace Ace" and Mr Sebastian Ying - posted or shared links saying the PA and RCs were responsible for the infections linked to the event.</span><br />
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<b>Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods that dinner event at SAFRA Jurong was organised by People’s Association</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">False statements were made in several Facebook posts about the dinner event at SAFRA Jurong on 15 February 2020, which a COVID-19 cluster has been traced to.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Between 8 March 2020 and 17 March 2020, there were posts by several Facebook users claiming that the People’s Association (“PA”) and/or the Residents’ Committees (“RCs”) were involved in the organisation of the dinner event at SAFRA Jurong on 15 February 2020 which a COVID-19 cluster was later traced to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">This is entirely false. PA and the RCs were not involved in the organisation of the dinner event at SAFRA Jurong on 15 February 2020, and were not in a position to cancel it. PA and the RCs also did not fund nor publicise the dinner event. The event was a private dinner function organised by a singing instructor for members of her singing groups.</span></li>
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods by Gilbert Goh and The Independent Singapore</span></b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Facebook post by Gilbert Goh (Goh) and article by The Independent Singapore (TISG), contain false statements on the housing situation of a single mother with six children.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">On 19 February 2020, Goh published a Facebook post alleging that a single mother ‘Lina’ and her six children had been evicted from their rental flat due to rental default, and that they have been staying at her sister’s house.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">On 21 February 2020, TISG published an article and Facebook post on ‘Lina’ reiterating the same claims, after it approached Goh to obtain more details.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The claims listed in both articles are entirely false, for the following reasons:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">First, HDB did not evict ‘Lina’ from her rental flat. ‘Lina’ was previously living in a HDB rental flat with her husband and children. The family did not have any overdue rent throughout the period of the last tenancy. ‘Lina’’s husband terminated the tenancy for the rental flat and returned the keys to HDB in early February 2020.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Second, ‘Lina’ and her husband have bought a new flat from HDB, which has been paid for in full. ‘Lina’ and her family have since moved into their new HDB flat.</span></li>
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<b>Govt directs political activist, The Independent Singapore to correct posts on alleged HDB flat eviction</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong has told the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act Office to issue a correction notice against political activist Gilbert Goh, and alternative news site The Independent Singapore.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM GOV.SG</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">An online account of a woman who was allegedly evicted from her Housing Board rental flat is not true, said the Ministry of National Development (MND) on Wednesday (Feb 26) as Singapore’s law against fake news was invoked on the matter.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Earlier this month, political activist Gilbert Goh put up a Facebook post on the eviction issue, while alternative news site The Independent Singapore (TISG) posted an article on its website and put up a post on Facebook about it.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On Wednesday, MND said that National Development Minister Lawrence Wong has told the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue a correction notice against Mr Goh and TISG over this.</span><br />
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<b>MND issues correction directions to Gilbert Goh and The Independent Singapore over online posts on 'evicted' mother</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">National Development Minister Lawrence Wong has instructed that correction directions be issued to local activist Gilbert Goh and socio-political website The Independent Singapore (TISG) over their online posts on the plight of a single mother.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Facebook posts published by both parties as well as an article on the TISG website said that a single mother had supposedly been evicted from her flat after defaulting on rent.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The correction directions issued under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) require Mr Goh and TISG to carry a correction notice alongside their posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Activist Gilbert Goh and The Independent Singapore website published material claiming that a single mother of six had been evicted from her government-built rental flat because she could not pay the rent</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A sociopolitical website and an activist are to be directed to carry correction notices alongside two Facebook posts and an article on a single mother of six children who, they claimed, were evicted from her government-built rental flat because she could not pay her rent.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Ministry of National Development (MND) said in a statement on Wednesday (Feb 26) that it had directed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue these correction directions to The Independent Singapore website and Mr Gilbert Goh. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“They will be required to carry a correction notice alongside their posts,” it said.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On Feb 19, Mr Goh had published a post on his personal Facebook page alleging that a single mother named Lina and her six children had been evicted from their Housing and Development Board (HDB) rental flat due to a rental default, and that they have been living at her sister’s house. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This post was later republished by The Independent Singapore on its website on Feb 21 with the headline: “Single mum with six kids evicted for failing to pay rent”, after it approached Mr Goh for more details. The same allegations were made in a Facebook post by the website on Feb 21.</span><br />
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<b>Health Minister orders POFMA correction directions to States Times Review, Facebook over COVID-19 post</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Health Minister Gan Kim Yong has instructed that a correction direction be issued to Mr Alex Tan, the owner of the States Times Review (STR) Facebook page, said the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office on Friday (Feb 14).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He also ordered that a targeted correction direction be issued to Facebook, which hosted the Feb 13 post by STR that is said to contain "multiple false statements" about the COVID-19 situation.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">STR's correction direction requires it to carry a correction notice alongside the article, while Facebook's targeted correction direction requires it to publish a correction notice on the relevant STR Facebook post.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">related: </span><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pofma-facebook-disable-singapore-states-times-review-covid19-12443134" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Govt orders Facebook to disable Spore users' access to States Times Review page</a><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Pofma invoked against two fake posts on masks, Singaporean cases</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The latest correction orders came after the Government invoked the law twice earlier in relation to the virus.PHOTO: GOV.SG</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a separate case, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing yesterday instructed the Pofma Office to issue a correction direction against Mr Alex Tan and a targeted correction direction to Facebook over a post that Mr Tan made on his States Times Review Facebook page which falsely claimed that Singapore had run out of face masks.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mr Tan, the founder and editor of States Times Review, was an opposition party member and is now an Australian citizen.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yesterday's correction direction was the second to be issued against the States Times Review. In November last year, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam issued a correction direction against Mr Tan over a Nov 23 post on the States Times Review Facebook page about People's Action Party member Rachel Ong and a Nussu-NUS Students United Facebook post.</span><br />
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<b>Correction directions issued over claims of Singaporeans contracting Wuhan coronavirus, shortage of masks</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Several correction directions have been issued over false claims to do with the Wuhan coronavirus situation in Singapore, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office said.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One article, posted by a website called AB-TC City News on Thursday (Jan 30), claimed that five Singaporeans had contracted the virus without travelling to China.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong has instructed the POFMA Office, which is responsible for the administration of the law, to issue a correction direction against AB-TC City News.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Two Facebook posts, put up by different accounts, falsely claimed the Woodlands MRT station was closed for disinfection.PHOTO: GOV.SG</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Woodlands MRT station was not closed because of a suspected case of the Wuhan coronavirus, as claimed by several Facebook posts, said the Government on Tuesday (Jan 28) as it invoked Singapore's law against fake news for the second time in relation to the virus.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As </span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/wuhan-virus-pofma-will-be-used-to-take-action-against-the-spread-of-falsehoods-says" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">misinformation swirled online about the virus</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, two posts circulating on Facebook told people to avoid the Woodlands MRT station, claiming a suspected case was discovered there.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The posts, put up by different accounts, also falsely claimed the station was closed for disinfection.</span><br />
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<b>POFMA Office issues correction notice to SPH Magazines over HardwareZone Forum post on Wuhan virus</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The office overseeing the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) has been instructed to issue a general correction notice to SPH Magazines over a post on HardwareZone Forum. (Photo: Factually)</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The office overseeing the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) has been instructed to issue a general correction notice to SPH Magazines over a post on HardwareZone Forum.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This came at the instruction of Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, the POFMA Office said in a media release on Monday (Jan 27).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“A false statement was made in a HardwareZone forum post, claiming that a man has died from the Wuhan coronavirus infection in Singapore. HardwareZone is required to carry the Correction Notice to all end-users in Singapore who use HardwareZone.com,” said the POFMA Office.</span><br />
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<b>MHA refutes Malaysia NGO's claims against S'pore's execution method, issues Pofma correction orders against parties</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Malaysia-based LFL said in a statement that the Singapore Government approved of the "unlawful methods" that are used to cover up an execution if the rope breaks during the execution.PHOTO: GOV.SG</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has slammed Malaysia-based non-governmental organisation Lawyers for Liberty's (LFL) allegations about Singapore's execution method as "untrue, baseless and preposterous".</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It has also invoked the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) and ordered the LFL and three parties that have shared the allegations - Singaporean activist Kirsten Han, The Online Citizen website and Yahoo Singapore - to correct the false statements.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is the fifth case where Pofma has been invoked since it came into effect on Oct 2 last year.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Govt directs opposition member Lim Tean to correct falsehoods on education spending</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>In his posts, opposition member Lim Tean had said that the MOE spends more on foreign students than local ones</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a statement on Monday (Dec 16), the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office said that Education Minister Ong Ye Kung had instructed it to issue a correction directive to Mr Lim in relation to the posts he made last Thursday. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In his posts, Mr Lim had said that the MOE spends more on foreign students than local ones. The correction direction would require Mr Lim to carry the full correction notice at the top of both Facebook posts.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is the fourth such direction the Government has issued since the fake news law kicked in two months ago. On Saturday, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) was directed to correct two Facebook posts and an article on its website that related to manpower issues. Directions have also been issued to Progress Singapore Party member Brad Bowyer and the States Times Review.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a post on Facebook, Mr Lim said he is considering his legal options regarding the notice. Calling the correction direction "absurd", he added: "Anyone who read my post and the series of posts I made on this subject last week would have been under no mistaken impression that I was discussing the amount of money spent on grants and scholarships and not the overall spending on all Singaporean students."</span><br />
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<b>SDP directed to correct Facebook posts and article under online falsehoods law</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>A screenshot of the Factually post citing the corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods posted by the Singapore Democratic Party. (Image: www.gov.sg)</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has been directed to correct two Facebook posts and an article on its website that are related to manpower issues, the authorities said on Saturday (Dec 14).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“The Minister for Manpower (MOM) has instructed the POFMA Office to issue three Correction Directions (CD) to the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), on the false statements made in two Facebook posts and a website article by SDP,” said the POFMA Office in a news release on Saturday (Dec 14).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“The Correction Directions require SDP to carry in full, the correction notice at the top of both the Facebook posts, as well as the website article,” it said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A screenshot of the corrections and clarifications regarding falsehoods posted by States Times Review on Facebook. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">GOV.SG</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The person who runs the Facebook page of alternative news site States Times Review was directed on Thursday (Nov 28) under the Republic's fake news law to correct false statements in a post on the page.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is the second time the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) has been invoked after it was used on Monday in relation to a separate Facebook post by opposition party member Brad Bowyer.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Pofma Office said on Thursday that it was instructed by Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam to issue a correction direction to Mr Alex Tan Zhi Xiang over a post on the States Times Review Facebook page on Nov 23.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Fake news law used for 1st time over PSP member's FB post</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The correction direction was issued on the instruction of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat and relates to a Facebook post made by Progress Singapore Party Member Brad Bowyer. (IMAGE: Factually microsite)</span></i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The government has invoked the Protection against Online Falsehoods and Manipulations Act (POMFA) for the first time, as the POFMA Office issued a correction notice to opposition party member Brad Bowyer.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The notice was issued on the instruction of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat and relates to a Facebook post made by Bowyer, a Progress Singapore Party (PSP) member, on 13 November, said the POFMA Office in a statement on Tuesday (26 November).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“The Correction Direction requires Mr Bowyer to carry in full, the correction notice at the top of his Facebook post,” the statement added.</span><br />
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<b>Clarifications on misleading TOC article on POFMA</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The website The Online Citizen published an article and Facebook post on 5 Oct 2019 titled “Has anyone thought about this one way top down enforcement of so called ‘fake news’?”. The article makes false allegations that Ministers can exercise POFMA powers during the election period in order to influence election outcomes, and use POFMA to silence critics.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Update: 7 Oct 2019 - Terry Xu/The Online Citizen made a statement falsely alleging that there was a “Hep C cover up prior to the GE2015”. Below is MOH’s clarification:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Terry Xu’s/The Online Citizen’s statement that there was a “Hep C cover up prior to the GE2015” is false. An Independent Review Committee conducted an objective and critical review of the incident and found no evidence of deliberate delays by SGH or MOH in escalating the Hepatitis C outbreak, let alone a cover up. Public healthcare professionals and MOH officers carry out their duties professionally with patients’ best interests in mind. The timeline of key events was disclosed by MOH. Questions on the incident were raised in Parliament, to which the Minister for Health provided full responses.</span></blockquote>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-25220473807372840032024-03-26T00:26:00.006+08:002024-03-26T00:26:00.125+08:00Anchor Beer since 1933<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>ANCHOR SMOOTH DRAUGHT – REAL BEER FOR REAL MOMENTS</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGpvRogJo7Qqy5NvioZnPWJjbXgLBUF7Zm6U8T1-Ht4Bh3MuXGVcXqxPP_8yRZYfLuz6T7MaTkQZdzqmgVd78EJJMmrnQZUAqG2KzIQHU6Xygf6RsjVpucEh1hzLIPP9SGZOZ8v67AnNsRTcK_Bys-fwXeoT8Y_ivG_KncFUIMUlkhQRhE3biLgRHLYs/s800/0b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGpvRogJo7Qqy5NvioZnPWJjbXgLBUF7Zm6U8T1-Ht4Bh3MuXGVcXqxPP_8yRZYfLuz6T7MaTkQZdzqmgVd78EJJMmrnQZUAqG2KzIQHU6Xygf6RsjVpucEh1hzLIPP9SGZOZ8v67AnNsRTcK_Bys-fwXeoT8Y_ivG_KncFUIMUlkhQRhE3biLgRHLYs/s320/0b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I remember growing up seeing my dad and uncles drinking Anchor Beer, one of the leading choices of beer from one generation to another that has blazing through 84 years of heritage in Malaysia.</div><div><br /></div><div>Brewed locally with several methods that have evolved with time, ranging from the traditional German pilsner brewing method to the latest advancements in brewing technology, one thing still remains unchanged – the same traditional European recipe for an authentic smooth taste without compromising its quality. “Our commitment to continue offering an unchanging taste that is smooth and refreshing has made Anchor the fastest growing brand with a double digit growth in 2016. This success is a result of the team constantly ensuring the quality remains at its most original form as our brewing methods evolve over the years, while staying connected to our loyal consumers,” said Jessie Chuah, Marketing Manager of Anchor.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anchor has stayed true to its identity and original taste since it was first introduced and is widely known as “Malaysian favourite since 1933”. In the same light of being real and genuine, the brand will embark on a new campaign called ‘Real Beer for Real Moments’ that is set to inspire Malaysians to celebrate realness with their friends and families.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://foodmsia.com/2017/05/anchor-smooth-draught-real-beer-for-real-moments/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Real beer for real moments</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzESFllveLrX8teQ42GCnZHOUTjHJor2vQPByT0CSknjurqWIgwav1KeipiXImsyEZHZoDS5dl4KmVaUsVAAikERR9oB2amOqqYIpFQyUNno3wYN4EleKCWM-zqr0JtmRWrCnhttszzoBqZqMamNnwYHFYv2IN9NlbMq4v3zIqh21-_Fj2LeNLQ0uLBZY/s954/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzESFllveLrX8teQ42GCnZHOUTjHJor2vQPByT0CSknjurqWIgwav1KeipiXImsyEZHZoDS5dl4KmVaUsVAAikERR9oB2amOqqYIpFQyUNno3wYN4EleKCWM-zqr0JtmRWrCnhttszzoBqZqMamNnwYHFYv2IN9NlbMq4v3zIqh21-_Fj2LeNLQ0uLBZY/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A popular brew with a smooth, refreshing taste</span></i></div><div><br /></div>A Malaysia favourite since 1933, Anchor was birthed from a Europe recipe. This champion beer has won many international awards but still tastes the same at your neighborhood tai chow, staying true to its identity as a local brand.<div><br /></div><div>Brewed locally with several methods that have evolved with time, ranging from the traditional German pilsner brewing method to the latest advancements in brewing technology, one thing still remains unchanged – the same traditional European recipe for an authentic smooth taste without compromising its quality.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anchor’s quality is benchmarked against international quality standards, making its mark globally through various accolades. This includes three consecutive Monde Selection Gold Awards, an international quality label since 1961.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.heinekenmalaysia.com/brands/anchor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Guinness stout 'Ang Ji Gao' since 1759</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhSzVrkopNZjpG_m6VQBMACviZfOWwFaz7MyA2AREt75m1y0qMtJOSHlhdmXjPRV0Ak3s7VPxcxzKicjLjg8Uhe4TaMAk8rgSNZrPU30fEA6lTWgaGkc-0Cu4Mz2gO7cXZLfh3K2-IsI1IwMqUID-ngtsdtXdBmU7MgwQLXMtxfgtf9ka8dcahI4uey0/s1624/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhSzVrkopNZjpG_m6VQBMACviZfOWwFaz7MyA2AREt75m1y0qMtJOSHlhdmXjPRV0Ak3s7VPxcxzKicjLjg8Uhe4TaMAk8rgSNZrPU30fEA6lTWgaGkc-0Cu4Mz2gO7cXZLfh3K2-IsI1IwMqUID-ngtsdtXdBmU7MgwQLXMtxfgtf9ka8dcahI4uey0/s320/0.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div>It takes a thirst for adventure to do things the Guinness way. From our humble beginnings in 1759 to the present day, we’ve gone to extraordinary lengths to bring you exceptional beer. But we’re not ones to rest on our laurels. As we like to put it: our greatest work is yet to come. At this stage you'd be forgiven the story of ‘Arthur Guinness’ was a myth. But he was very real, and every pint served around the world is one more pint of his undeniable legacy. Arthur Guinness was the first in a long line of Guinness Master Brewers and the craft of brewing at St. James’s Gate Brewery was handed down from generation to generation. Arthur himself most likely developed his passion for brewing from his father, Richard, who was said to be in charge of brewing in the Celbridge estate of Dr. Arthur Price, later Archbishop of Cashel.</div><div><br /></div><div>On 31st December 1759, the man signed a NINE THOUSAND YEAR lease on St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin. If that’s not belief, we don’t know what is. And now we can see that his belief was a vision. A vision he saw before any of us were even born. His entrepreneurial spirit was on another level. Arthur Guinness was a philanthropist, a pragmatist, an innovator, a family man, and a fighter. The terms of the lease granted him use of a limited supply of water, and when Dublin Corporation tried to cut off the supply due to overuse, it’s written that ‘Mr Guinness violently rushed upon them wrenching a pickaxe from one and declaring with very much improper language, that they should not proceed’. You see, signing the lease was one thing. Holding onto it, was another thing altogether. And Arthur was not about to let go during his lifetime. So, the journey continued. More beer was brewed. More jobs created. And more tastebuds tantalised.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you see the cover of an Irish passport, you’ll see nothing but a Harp. It’s the official national emblem of Ireland. You’ll notice the harp on Irish coins too. In fact, if you see someone tossing a coin in Ireland, you might even hear them call ‘Heads or Harps?’ instead of ‘Heads or Tails.’ The design stems from the15th Century "Brian Boru" harp, a symbol that reflects Irish culture and arts. But it was Guinness that staked a claim on the harp first. By the 1860’s, Guinness stout was available all over the world and the Guinness family were in search of a symbol that would firmly identify Guinness as an Irish product and the harp was recognised as the symbol of all that was great about Irish culture and heritage. Therefore, when the Irish Free State was created in 1922, the Irish government in turn had to position their harp facing the other way due to trademark registration. If you’re looking back at old Guinness memorabilia, you’ll notice that the number of strings on the Guinness Harp varies. That’s because the design became more minimal over the years, losing strings along the way, since it first made its appearance on a Guinness bottle label in 1862.A designer called Gerry Barney was instrumental (excuse the pun) in the Harp’s evolution having re-designed the Harp in 1968, and again in 2005. Cheers, Gerry! And if you’re ever in Dublin, before you pop into the Guinness Storehouse, slip into the Trinity College Library. You can see the real "Brian Boru" harp, sitting unaware of its own history. Or is it?</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/10/guinness-stout-ang-ji-gao-since-1759.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Tiger Beer since 1932</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaHTXNQRFa_kFjznMLfW1gwr30W95ViCYz5P43rsyVLxT1y9Vt_xmcMfe_vraYst34HOUmlZD8SuPB0IMBM-0LIrnzCkfleI1UWTDuPsKYAsbOrdSE_WWhmZEMrIiuyV7laYASEZXdBOjZfTz7n9WICQhCnFs9KCXT2bCWtvqUQmMFJpjpq_D1l-Q_pY/s418/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaHTXNQRFa_kFjznMLfW1gwr30W95ViCYz5P43rsyVLxT1y9Vt_xmcMfe_vraYst34HOUmlZD8SuPB0IMBM-0LIrnzCkfleI1UWTDuPsKYAsbOrdSE_WWhmZEMrIiuyV7laYASEZXdBOjZfTz7n9WICQhCnFs9KCXT2bCWtvqUQmMFJpjpq_D1l-Q_pY/s320/0.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Tiger Beer is a Singapore brand of beer first launched in 1932. It is currently produced by Heineken Asia Pacific, formerly known as Asia Pacific Breweries. The company is a joint-venture between Heineken N.V. and Singaporean multinational food and beverage company Fraser and Neave.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Tiger Brewery Tour is a tourist attraction located at the Tuas district of the country, which offers guided visits as to how the beer is brewed. According to a Brand Finance report, Tiger is amongst Singapore's top 10 most valuable brands.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Launched in 1932, Tiger beer became Singapore's first locally brewed beer. It is a 5% abv bottled pale lager. Heineken Asia Pacific's flagship brand, it is available in more than 60 countries worldwide.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/12/tiger-beer-since-1932.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-65658284042266437992024-03-25T00:25:00.001+08:002024-03-25T00:25:00.120+08:00ENERGY DRINKS & ITS HARMFUL IMPACTS ON THE BODY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ITdOCc2A8zXjKP7HrLDGlQSz6h5-S3uVjHK5Mj5OY73j9tFNDoqG0ANT4VnqhtxGXuS6HDRoIy8PnCa49tw-S5Y4MT64WT4QjzXPEOLis8HysAdKKFOwvcFdEygRMaliDyXMKm6dTK79hIV9q_JXgl-OoQHU-bvjMvjbl96kSbFJth89g9zv2IIa/s530/0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="530" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ITdOCc2A8zXjKP7HrLDGlQSz6h5-S3uVjHK5Mj5OY73j9tFNDoqG0ANT4VnqhtxGXuS6HDRoIy8PnCa49tw-S5Y4MT64WT4QjzXPEOLis8HysAdKKFOwvcFdEygRMaliDyXMKm6dTK79hIV9q_JXgl-OoQHU-bvjMvjbl96kSbFJth89g9zv2IIa/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>All of us have witnessed a sharp increase in the consumption of energy drinks, especially among the youth. There are specific claims that these brands make to offer a day of energy along with the ability to stay alert throughout the day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, we will undoubtedly bust a series of myths in this blog. No matter which brand you are going for and how much the terms ‘natural’ and ‘fresh’ are used on their packaging, you must keep yourself away from making its consumption a habit. The key aspects that make it such a harmful habit are the presence of two great ingredients, i.e., sugar and caffeine. An energy drink’s detrimental impact is much more complex than coffee consumption. In the long run, it will not only ruin your health to a greater degree but also drastically impact your concentration levels.</div><div><br /></div><div>The energy drinks available in the market are commonly known to be a perfect fit if you want a sudden boost in your energy levels. Specific research papers suggest this sudden boost will tamper with your functionality and give you a series of health concerns. In this blog, let’s understand why it harms our bodies:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Extra Caffeine</li><li>Sugar Will Alter Your Appetite</li><li>Poor Impact On Teeth</li><li>Added Vitamins Might Also Be Harmful</li></ul></div><div><a href="https://www.vitaminews.com/health/energy-drinks-harmful"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-13277848660017148562024-03-24T00:24:00.003+08:002024-03-24T08:22:14.016+08:00The World's Youngest Grandmothers<div><b>Ah Girls Go Army actress Shirli Ling becomes grandma at 34</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgXGNpYrOTf3iLOg5XPbxOb91CYUc-OiMNRpuGb4Vli84LZvAUJvEo6UtH8tq75MVXct8KBvsx1FEG1wbSIcuHTtLhWxNtCoHzHqvuBBTgxiTAkICUsuktaj_YZZTbsd_bn11vQ2DMPquPbVJ6Dqi0S83-gBq3_D6WyOpfo3f7qTbmjGFBG2hXENjEJA/s848/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="848" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgXGNpYrOTf3iLOg5XPbxOb91CYUc-OiMNRpuGb4Vli84LZvAUJvEo6UtH8tq75MVXct8KBvsx1FEG1wbSIcuHTtLhWxNtCoHzHqvuBBTgxiTAkICUsuktaj_YZZTbsd_bn11vQ2DMPquPbVJ6Dqi0S83-gBq3_D6WyOpfo3f7qTbmjGFBG2hXENjEJA/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Since it's already happened, I'll teach them how to face it'</span></i></div><br /><div><div>Shirli Ling shocked netizens recently when she announced that she became a grandmother at age 34. Although the Ah Girls Go Army actress, now 35, has <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C01Op0iy2oV/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">previously mentioned it briefly</span></a>, she discussed her experience in greater detail in an Instagram video on March 7. In her caption, she wrote that becoming a grandma at that young age was both "good and bad". "Depends on how you look at it and how you manage it," she added.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Shirli, a mother of five, gave birth to her first son at 17. Her oldest son turns 18 this year and her other children are aged 17, 13, 10 and eight. She revealed in a follow-up video yesterday (March 11) that her son was also 17 when he got his girlfriend pregnant last year. "When he told me that his girlfriend got pregnant, I felt that I wanted them to decide for themselves and be responsible for their own actions," she shared.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Shirli explained that she couldn't make the decision to keep or give up the child for them, "because this is your future". "If I help you decide, you will dislike me if you regret it in the future," she said. She added that she would never "encourage" her children to have kids young, as she knows the difficulties as a young mother herself. "Being a parent at a young age is not advisable, but since it's already happened, I'll teach them how to face it, how to decide, how to be responsible for your own actions," she said. Shirli added that she can't guarantee if they aborted the first baby, that they wouldn't have another one. "If they don't know how to think, they will still make the same mistake," she said.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/ah-girls-go-army-actress-shirli-ling-becomes-grandma-34-its-already-happened-teach-them-face-it"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Woman Became World's Youngest Grandmother At The Age Of 23</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMrx3xt3lAO21eqiF9X7rFEdC3PhyphenhyphenFYttEAlfsKW5thSXdRv1VSlxptcqjPONa-bmNMnUqAfGNC1N8nae6VQkSiC99LQHUxfskHC5fkdx5-ToTx-cv7mYc83hveJzOYbRBnRIk4v6Z21_A9DESqjTQyhxotYOhJnlXwKp1VGVl9ujEsRPXKofS0GAEtiY/s906/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="906" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMrx3xt3lAO21eqiF9X7rFEdC3PhyphenhyphenFYttEAlfsKW5thSXdRv1VSlxptcqjPONa-bmNMnUqAfGNC1N8nae6VQkSiC99LQHUxfskHC5fkdx5-ToTx-cv7mYc83hveJzOYbRBnRIk4v6Z21_A9DESqjTQyhxotYOhJnlXwKp1VGVl9ujEsRPXKofS0GAEtiY/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rifca Stanescu gave birth to daughter Maria when she was just 12 years old. But despite her mum's warnings, Maria fell pregnant even younger</span></i></div><br /><div>A Romanian woman who gave birth at the age of 12 holds the title of the world's youngest grandmother, having welcomed her first grandchild into the world at the age of just 23. Rifca Stanescu gave birth to daughter Maria when she was just 12 years old, but despite warning her child not to follow the same path, she had a child of her own when she was only 11.</div><div><br /></div><div>The young grandmother, from the village of Investi, Romania, told how she pleaded with her daughter to stay in school, but she fell pregnant with son Ion at an even younger age. Rifca, who is now in her early 30s, <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/413020/worlds-youngest-granny-is-just-23/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">told the Sun in 2011</span></a>: "I am happy to be a grandmother but I wished something else for Maria - and something else for me. "Ion is a good boy - and he is already engaged to a girl aged eight. Boys are always good to have - they don't have to suffer as much girls, I think."</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Born in 1985, Rifca rebelled and went against her family's wishes for her by running away with jewellery seller Ionel Stanescu when they were 11 and 13 respectively. The two got married and soon after that Rifca fell pregnant. She said: "I wanted to marry him, so I agreed, and of course after we had spent the night together then there was no way anyone could separate us. I had been promised to another boy's family since I was two years old but I didn't want that." In Rifca's culture, women are married early to guarantee their virginity, thus ensuring a good dowry from the families of prospective husbands.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.ladbible.com/community/interesting-a-romanian-woman-became-the-worlds-youngest-grandmother-at-age-23-20180124"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Woman, 23, Becomes World's Youngest Grandmother</b></div><div><br /></div><div>A woman from Romania said she became the world’s youngest grandmother – at the age of 23. Ridca Stanescu, who gave birth to her daughter Maria when she was just 12 years old, said she urged her daughter not to follow in her footsteps – but Maria gave birth to her son when she was just 11.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now 25, Stanescu, said she wanted more for her daughter. “I am happy to be a grandmother but I wished something else for Maria – and something else for me,” she said. Stanescu said “marrying young” is a way of life in the Romanian gypsy culture. She was married at the age of 11.</div><div><br /></div><div>“I did not try to stop my daughter getting married because this is the tradition, it's what happens,” she said. The youngest British grandmother was an unnamed 26-year-old from Rotheram, Yorkshire, whose 12-year-old daughter gave birth in 1999.</div><div><br /></div><div>read more</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>UK Grandmother at 26</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9fgFxnSnXgKBWYscyhx1JqOv6T6oSLgDRo_7t9YSnjGRd1uRB2xIKexN0CflncTQRhSUJ0j0L-fDzJHBS4dRUZ5lrtRgQI6LDXsIQx-rylLCF6KL7BzOA4FGIiEz8YfcEeCpK84L_Aiy5arTityp8tUovSAWzRitwDlzs1ALe3Vyj1d6d9SwXdCuJsg/s300/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="300" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9fgFxnSnXgKBWYscyhx1JqOv6T6oSLgDRo_7t9YSnjGRd1uRB2xIKexN0CflncTQRhSUJ0j0L-fDzJHBS4dRUZ5lrtRgQI6LDXsIQx-rylLCF6KL7BzOA4FGIiEz8YfcEeCpK84L_Aiy5arTityp8tUovSAWzRitwDlzs1ALe3Vyj1d6d9SwXdCuJsg/s1600/0.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Britain's youngest grandmother has spoken of her shock over learning that her 12-year-old daughter had given birth. The 26-year-old woman said she had been devastated by the news but intended to support her daughter and baby grandson. The youngster, who is in her second year at comprehensive school, had the baby in the bathroom of their home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire on Thursday. She had not known she was pregnant. The girl and child were taken to Rotherham District General Hospital, where they are both said to be doing well.</div><div><br /></div><div>The baby's grandmother, who gave birth herself at 14, told a news conference at Rotherham police station: "We had no idea she was pregnant. Nobody in the family did. "She had put on a little bit of weight but we didn't suspect anything. "I couldn't believe it when it started happening and I even threatened to smack an ambulance man when he said she had given birth." The family revealed the youngster had been to see her GP in the weeks before the birth but the pregnancy had not been detected. The day before the birth the girl was at hospital for a dental visit, but again nobody realised anything was amiss. The grandmother, who lives in a council house, described her daughter as a normal youngster who enjoyed playing on her bike, watching television and listening to pop music. Her favourite group is Boyzone. The child's grandfather added: "It would have been better if this had happened in a few years' time but we won't turn her away. "We are obviously all upset but our main concern has to be the child and the baby in hospital. We just want to be left alone to get on with things." Police and social services are investigating and will question the girl about the identity of the father.</div><div><br /></div><div>A spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said: "We are treating this as a 12-year-old girl who is a victim of crime. "The sexual offences unit is investigating but we will not be able to speak to the girl until after the weekend. Her welfare is paramount." Rotherham has one of Britain's highest incidences of teenage pregnancy. Only this week its health authority announced that more cash was being provided to tackle the problem. In some parts of the town, one in six pregnancies involve girls under the age of 19. Britain's previous youngest grandmother is understood to have been 28 when her daughter gave birth.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/432463.stm"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>'Becoming a grandmother at 29 is my worst nightmare' says mum after discovering her 14-year-old daughter is pregnant</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96CyRaZT9PmZ1ej3ww2CMJD2lrRR1a2OsiNPMVujbn_VhC6m2u2r8lmNb61KCHb6eicXYnqDC-hzMfkptMRGDVqnYr62K216f4GySPKnMMYaj4GbWWXAa6ZYS9IDyRR4i5T6bccqTyYB6eZ7IeCGb8G-2AWNzTOUUuhqZtyqUZuTIgQWyJplu_lpjBDA/s468/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="468" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96CyRaZT9PmZ1ej3ww2CMJD2lrRR1a2OsiNPMVujbn_VhC6m2u2r8lmNb61KCHb6eicXYnqDC-hzMfkptMRGDVqnYr62K216f4GySPKnMMYaj4GbWWXAa6ZYS9IDyRR4i5T6bccqTyYB6eZ7IeCGb8G-2AWNzTOUUuhqZtyqUZuTIgQWyJplu_lpjBDA/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">History repeating itself: Kelly John and Shem Davies became parents at 14 - now their daughter Tia is expecting a child with her boyfriend Jordan Williams</span></i></div><br /><div>A woman who is set to become Britain's youngest grandmother at 29 said it was 'her worst nightmare' when she discovered her 14-year-old daughter was pregnant. Kelly John said she always hoped Tia would not repeat her mistake and become pregnant at 14. But after getting over the shock, the grandmother-to-be has vowed to do 'everything' to bring up the new baby.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Schoolgirl Tia and her baby-faced 4ft 11in 15-year-old boyfriend Jordan Williams have vowed to prove they can be good parents despite their age. But Tia's father - Shem Davies - who split with her mother years ago, said at the same age he had expected to stay with Kelly forever and bring up his daughter. He told the News of the World: 'I just didn't know how to be a dad - I was still a kid myself.' The couple broke up at the age of 15 - and now his daughter has fallen pregnant he is hoping she will not do the same thing. Tia and her boyfriend Jordan said they usually used condoms - and see the baby as a blessing.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The teenager, from Bridgend, Wales, was preparing to break the bombshell news to her mother when she found the positive pregnancy test results. Kelly told the Sunday newspaper: 'My worst nightmare has always been that Tia would repeat my mistake and get pregnant young. '(When I found out) I felt the colour drain from my face and all I could do was cry.' Kelly, a £92 per week cafe waitress, have vowed to help her daughter to get through her GCSEs while the baby grows up. Father-to-be Jordan is hoping to become a fitness instructor in the marines - as long as he gets good enough GCSE results. When Tia's child is born in August there will be six generations of the same family still alive - including the newborn's 92-year-old great great great grandmother Mabel. Tia's unemployed father Shem still lives six doors away and has a newborn 16 week old son with his 21-year-old partner. Both the schoolgirl and her mother went to the Ynysawdre school in the Welsh town. Kelly John lives with boyfriend Carl Zaccardelli, Tia and three other children from a marriage that collapsed.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361162/Becoming-grandmother-29-worst-nightmare-says-mum-discovering-14-year-old-daughter-pregnant.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>I’m becoming a grandma at 32 — and I’m ready for it</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FeMkHsTZW_iwswfj4J-HSwPNLM14vIanBEWegoX5ipaGkJHuWz8g1pCzPKWeQT7gemNX8b3W_l5nS82XduxkWbucfdVCj7BcbfBZ8-QZsQpiqPW_vV_t9LbRUM0v-xmRDMaTKcWQ96v9Nroei2-nb51bbng-vf5BGaxnv9fXOvuBOto9J3sQb4dHF1g/s934/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="934" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FeMkHsTZW_iwswfj4J-HSwPNLM14vIanBEWegoX5ipaGkJHuWz8g1pCzPKWeQT7gemNX8b3W_l5nS82XduxkWbucfdVCj7BcbfBZ8-QZsQpiqPW_vV_t9LbRUM0v-xmRDMaTKcWQ96v9Nroei2-nb51bbng-vf5BGaxnv9fXOvuBOto9J3sQb4dHF1g/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>She’ll be one glam gran. A young TikToker is going viral after revealing she’s set to become a grandmother at the tender age of 32. The British blond — known only as Shannon — shared the news in a video earlier this month, revealing that her teenage daughter, Molly, is set to welcome a baby boy in early 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>“You’re a mom to a 16-year-old and now she’s carrying your first grandchild,” the nana-to-be wrote in the clip, which has garnered more than 338,000 views. The footage shows Shannon sassily dancing around with pregnant Molly who sports a burgeoning baby bump.</div><div><br /></div><div>“She’s my double,” Shannon further cooed in the caption, appearing thrilled about her 16-year-old’s pregnancy. “10 weeks to go!! I got her fully! I had her at 16 with no support & I swear on my life I’ll never ever let them down! I got you fully.”</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>related:</b> <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/im-a-34-year-old-grandma-and-i-still-get-asked-for-my-id/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I’m a 34-year-old grandma — and I still get asked for my ID</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/16/im-becoming-a-grandma-at-32-and-im-ready-for-it/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Woman becomes Britain's 'youngest grandma' at just 33 years old</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaHOmM7pVPN_ID10DusPlcARGbHhWjeyVpK_LnkkCHgPQPWfjXvSpSxnpaUKCN15J1Pl3Vc1pKckfTVA2mKNI66-cnl2KSjuvuMlne7EsgTENy2U-WUJIl-_81ae1u5FhYEh7Uxwv4wRQcgupn1yVffx96rWiEYaM-GryreC3iCXwcF6W-oCOf6qGGMY/s1200/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1200" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaHOmM7pVPN_ID10DusPlcARGbHhWjeyVpK_LnkkCHgPQPWfjXvSpSxnpaUKCN15J1Pl3Vc1pKckfTVA2mKNI66-cnl2KSjuvuMlne7EsgTENy2U-WUJIl-_81ae1u5FhYEh7Uxwv4wRQcgupn1yVffx96rWiEYaM-GryreC3iCXwcF6W-oCOf6qGGMY/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/real-life/woman-becomes-britains-youngest-grandma-27160047"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ruth Clayton</span></a> gave birth when she was 15, with her own daughter then giving birth at 18 years old. A woman has become a grandmother aged just 33. Ruth Clayton, now 34, gave birth to her daughter Rose in 2005, aged 15, while she was still at school. Rose then had her own daughter last year, aged 18 - making Ruth one of Britain's youngest grandmothers.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>The support worker from Lincoln says she initially tried to talk Rose out of having birth but, is now delighted with granddaughter, Cora, reports SWNS. Ruth, 34, said: "Once I knew Rose was serious about having this baby I was fully on board and so, so excited. "I met up with her boyfriend's family. They were so amazing; they are the most amazing family. I was in tears watching her give birth - she was like a warrior. Seeing my daughter turn into an amazing mum is the best gift she could have given me."</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Ruth fell pregnant with Rose when she was 14 and decided to have an abortion, but on the way to the clinic she realised she couldn't go through with it, which she now says was "the best decision ever". Ruth said: "I arranged for an abortion but me and my friend got on the bus to Lincoln and I turned to her and said, 'I can't do it'. It was the best decision ever. I still got my GCSEs, went to college and everything was fine." Ruth gave birth to her daughter Rose on May 17, 2005 at home, Rose weighed 7lbs 9oz. Rose then told Ruth she was pregnant in February 2022, when she was 17.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/real-life/woman-becomes-britains-youngest-grandma-27160047"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Grandma, 34, Reveals She And Her Daughter, 18, Are Often Mistaken For Sisters</b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthZqvlufCcCQ0s_4vP6kNYItykjhdBdtW0qBmThaBWQfJ8XhLZGtc8ZPaxyi-GYt5yNFXGFtBsIYqMmEqIqbin8DqjOBfq7Z8Vy1sq4A0eRNu20RShPOQQg6iZtGv94exq1YPnFbF-TJx5G-LUm33Oo5CyRJRjTZJXiOgetC5fuF4gfa2clnvKpbDc4s/s900/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="715" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthZqvlufCcCQ0s_4vP6kNYItykjhdBdtW0qBmThaBWQfJ8XhLZGtc8ZPaxyi-GYt5yNFXGFtBsIYqMmEqIqbin8DqjOBfq7Z8Vy1sq4A0eRNu20RShPOQQg6iZtGv94exq1YPnFbF-TJx5G-LUm33Oo5CyRJRjTZJXiOgetC5fuF4gfa2clnvKpbDc4s/s320/0.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Mother and daughter welcomed babies together, which has “brought them closer than ever.” Last year Clare Milner, 34, welcomed her youngest son Hunter. Within just a few months, her oldest daughter, Elisse, 18, fell pregnant with her son Lucas. Having the amazing opportunity to raise their babies together, the mother-daughter due have never felt so close to one another.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly, the young grandma shares strangers often assume she is actually Elisse’s sister, especially when they are out and about with the babies. Speaking to Daily Mail, Clare said: “Becoming a mum again at a similar time to my daughter has brought us closer together than we have ever been before.”</div><div><br /></div><div>The 34-year-old granny revealed she is no longer in a relationship with Hunter’s father because his behavior drastically changed when she told him she was pregnant. Instead of chasing after him, she decided to raise her baby on her own. With the help of Elisse, of course. Clare explained: “I decided to leave the relationship and go it alone, for my own sake and the children’s sake. I have three elder children, Elisse, 18, Makenzie, 16, and Macauley, 13.”</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://iheartintelligence.com/grandma-34-reveals-she-and-her-daughter-18-are-often-mistaken-for-sisters/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>'I became a grandma in same year I had my son - at 34 I'm one of UK's youngest nans'</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-PxtRVuTjPOJ7OC-1RNzkH4RTNY5EQZA4OTsoNBnpFnm9B0-OnWCuduBPBnP2bZNEsFu4o4Vw4S78u6qUO7_VXtXkYWDb9C9qq7PdZ5CR7dq9O4LzaZTcuATzb8fJSI0PXJvcknrSIUJzCIYJ0aFmxrzwjoj3IWWnNbFRd1ry7UQcwS2DaeRJc0pmgE/s917/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="917" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-PxtRVuTjPOJ7OC-1RNzkH4RTNY5EQZA4OTsoNBnpFnm9B0-OnWCuduBPBnP2bZNEsFu4o4Vw4S78u6qUO7_VXtXkYWDb9C9qq7PdZ5CR7dq9O4LzaZTcuATzb8fJSI0PXJvcknrSIUJzCIYJ0aFmxrzwjoj3IWWnNbFRd1ry7UQcwS2DaeRJc0pmgE/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Clare and her daughter Elisse are raising their sons together</span></i></div><br /><div>Clare Milner, from Newport, Shropshire, had her eldest child when she was just 16 years old. Now her daughter has welcomed her own son into the world - just a year after Clare's youngest was born. A woman has become a grandmother in the same year she welcomed her own baby boy - and is now helping to raise both children.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Clare Milner from Newport in Shropshire is often confused for 18-year-old daughter Elisse's sister, after having her when she was just 16 years old. And now Elisse has welcomed a baby boy, Lucas, making Clare one of the UK's youngest grandparents. Just 12 months earlier, Clare welcomed a son of her own - little Hunter. Now the pair take their boys - who are uncle and nephew at just a year apart - out together in the pram, confusing people on the street who think the mum and daughter are siblings.</div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>But Clare is used to turning heads after becoming a teenage mum and brushes off a lot of comments she receives. "People would tell me I was too young to be a mum and then when my daughter fell pregnant people were saying I'm too young to be a nana," she said. "If Elisse and I are out together with Hunter and Lucas, they assume we are sisters rather than mother and daughter. "Or people assume that both of the boys are my kids when in fact, one is my son and the other is my grandson."</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/i-became-grandma-same-year-25847324"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Woman reveals what it was like to be a grandmother at 34 years old</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBEw-TLR1jtatrZSLamkddnNMKQ4fmfGECuKOuMdt8dxHbknj30DZdHXErcEPm4mFv12Wx3AZYn75W-STp7F34Uhtb3I7b9n_OsqqjmtdQyLjP17TGMsnAbMqhZxZjzTeeSSKccaA1DBgmMPg1iHOh6y7CXEVD-LRA8fP0EVp0V7XuPWjiC9cm75Osko/s1008/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1008" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBEw-TLR1jtatrZSLamkddnNMKQ4fmfGECuKOuMdt8dxHbknj30DZdHXErcEPm4mFv12Wx3AZYn75W-STp7F34Uhtb3I7b9n_OsqqjmtdQyLjP17TGMsnAbMqhZxZjzTeeSSKccaA1DBgmMPg1iHOh6y7CXEVD-LRA8fP0EVp0V7XuPWjiC9cm75Osko/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The UK woman discovered she was pregnant at 15 and last year her 17-year-old daughter announced she would be having a child as well. A model has revealed she has become a grandmother at the age of 34 – yet still gets asked for identification when she goes to the pub.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>UK woman Rachel McIntyre had her first child after finding out she was pregnant at 15 and, last month, became a grandmother after her 18-year-old daughter gave birth. She said she had some reservations about being a grandmother so young, knowing the difficulty of being a teenage mother, and often gets mistaken for her grandchild’s mother. Rachel, who is an OnlyFans model and swinger, told Caters News: “My daughter’s only just turned 18, and I was very shocked when I found out she was pregnant.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>“But once it sunk in, I started getting excited. I knew that I was obviously going to support her as well. “People don’t even believe I’m my daughter’s mum. They look at me in complete shock when I tell them. They’re like, ‘Wait, are you not sisters? When I say I’m a granny too, it’s even more of a shock.’ “I always get asked for ID because I look so young. It’s annoying, but it’s a bit of a compliment too.” Rachel, who also has a 10-year-old daughter, also revealed it was stressful watching her daughter experience labour, adding it was a horrific birth but her granddaughter was a well behaved baby.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/pregnancy/woman-reveals-what-it-was-like-to-be-a-grandmother-at-34-years-old/news-story/1712c5be147b0c9972cf4cabfe3f3b59"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>I Was A Grandmother At 34</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLHVvLKanUvwwTApboyXreyj-1UCYBCLbazkEzwap6o4oyShUw4SSOY_kgBnexNshiBwdUKzCYCHwcWHqQmf4SE-ZdZHjwLM0iSc2-sfSrT2K2y_eBHxJfPuLucwaHsBsxuNLEAtx-MN4B33t9Ecul6SaTpxbKHIww6rrpxNNojEuShS5crrERikjNUw/s720/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLHVvLKanUvwwTApboyXreyj-1UCYBCLbazkEzwap6o4oyShUw4SSOY_kgBnexNshiBwdUKzCYCHwcWHqQmf4SE-ZdZHjwLM0iSc2-sfSrT2K2y_eBHxJfPuLucwaHsBsxuNLEAtx-MN4B33t9Ecul6SaTpxbKHIww6rrpxNNojEuShS5crrERikjNUw/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I learned that it’s OK to not have my life revolve around my grandchildren</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>When Julie Baines discovered she was going to become one of <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/young-grandmother-age-35-grandchildren_n_5dc1d2ffe4b0f5dcf8fc6236"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Britain's youngest grandmothers</span></a> at the age of just 34, she was shocked and disappointed. "I became a first-time mum at 15 years old and had tried to instil in my own kids the importance of having the chance to grow up yourself before becoming a parent.</div><div><br /></div><div>"But here was my own daughter repeating my mistake and facing a teenage pregnancy, just as I had," she explains. Her daughter Jade was 18 when she told Julie she was pregnant. Julie adds that she didn't feel ready to become a grandma when many of her own aged friends were just starting their own families. "I half expected the tabloids to come knocking on my door," laughs Julie, who is mum to Charlotte, 22, Jade, now 21, Rebecca, 18, and Sam, 10.</div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Indeed, there's only a handful of British grandmothers reported to be younger than Julie, although the youngest one on record had her first grandchild at just 26 in 1999. But Julie admits she has been surprised and impressed by her daughter's parenting skills. "Having had her son, who is now three, Jade went on to have a little girl, who is eight months old and she's a good mum.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/i-was-a-grandmother-at-34_n_7369494.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Woman who still gets asked for ID becomes one of the UK's youngest grandmothers at 34</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijB3aRRLEIrErDn5XacLpKeL5IWyraW4xmv6motTFl9h3_32mcm4BVNmLcAHyvLXrYgOmozuPuKyGD29dy-obAXhICvJqpFDV9n5BuPUNPx4BhdD19c-BaNXrTDnNGx3-wGHEkG1IkQLpRt5QADpAOZMa8xNziJM3TilUA4pS80VaJ6QeAzGRXwXnzMI/s960/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="960" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijB3aRRLEIrErDn5XacLpKeL5IWyraW4xmv6motTFl9h3_32mcm4BVNmLcAHyvLXrYgOmozuPuKyGD29dy-obAXhICvJqpFDV9n5BuPUNPx4BhdD19c-BaNXrTDnNGx3-wGHEkG1IkQLpRt5QADpAOZMa8xNziJM3TilUA4pS80VaJ6QeAzGRXwXnzMI/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rachel McIntyre has become one of the UK's youngest grandmothers at the age of just 34. (@rachelmcintyre6/Caters)</span></i></div><div><div><br /></div><div>A woman, who <a href="https://news24online.com/trending/youngest-grandmother-in-history-mum-in-early-30s-set-to-make-headlines/191013/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">looks so young that she still gets asked for ID</span></a>, has become one of the UK's youngest grandmothers at the age of just 34. <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/15/woman-becomes-one-the-britains-youngest-grandmas-aged-just-34-19335472/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Rachel McIntyre</span></a>, a model from Edinburgh, Scotland, welcomed her first grandchild at the end of July and shared the happy news on social media, where users claimed she looked far too young to be a granny and others congratulated her on what they assumed to be hew own newborn.</div><div><br /></div><div>McIntyre found herself pregnant for the first time when she was just 15, so when she discovered that her then 17-year-old daughter was pregnant last year, she had some reservations about being a young granny because she knows how hard it is being a young, full-time mum. "My daughter's only just turned 18, and I was very shocked when I found out she was pregnant," McIntyre explains. "But once it sunk in, I started getting excited. I knew that I was obviously going to support her.</div><div><br /></div><div>"People don't even believe I'm my daughter's mum," the new gran continues. "They look at me in complete shock when I tell them. They're like, 'Wait, are you not sisters? When I say I'm a granny too, it's even more of a shock.' "I still get asked for ID because I look so young," McIntyre adds. "It's annoying, but it's a bit of a compliment too."</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://uk.style.yahoo.com/woman-uk-youngest-grandma-grandmother-at-34-094713442.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEHRRepi4rqURNOIpuC4DUOnkCVMMRNLAHNS7i9_JtpCOIcZg5mx7AANdSMJkq_S8dWu7-vOX8PxiQEh4_0Qp-NM3WWqtqKnvvhkNUf5DyIJDd_O9fHZ62YQyUMDTdpEbvsXY2f-IEed0MtK44JOdBFyY6fjBU2NMLIzqjrSzOaD"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Youngest grandma at 34</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzm3ZpbaEUIFRby7XOg0FcCWqhSWLzw3uzGvoVIwEiYZ84KkPJOix7bYxbVP1cWblUpHm_lVAQK9O1tLg1z8Um7p6C7stiPdhRcwxHW40J-IVISCGMc1Jwhdb6W6K3sxVT3tm46YH5vfoeK-reHzHbaA2rzJzrGGa-6HG_Q9eAMw2FKwCrBjus20RVLgA/s810/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="810" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzm3ZpbaEUIFRby7XOg0FcCWqhSWLzw3uzGvoVIwEiYZ84KkPJOix7bYxbVP1cWblUpHm_lVAQK9O1tLg1z8Um7p6C7stiPdhRcwxHW40J-IVISCGMc1Jwhdb6W6K3sxVT3tm46YH5vfoeK-reHzHbaA2rzJzrGGa-6HG_Q9eAMw2FKwCrBjus20RVLgA/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>AT the age of just 34 Shila Begum is one of Britain's youngest grandmas. In fact Shila, from Werneth, Oldham, was just 32 when little Mehrunnissa was born.</div><div><br /></div><div>"When people find out I'm a grandma they are always really shocked, but it's brilliant and I love every moment of it," she said. Mum-of-four Shila gave birth to daughter Rubaiyath at the age of 16 and she also had her first baby at just 16.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Shila said she is glad to be a young grandma so she has the energy to help her daughter with childcare. She realised that she is among Britain's youngest grandparents after a TV programme called `Britain's Youngest Grannies' spotlighted a 34-year-old woman.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/youngest-grandma-at-34-915457"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>GRAN YOU BELIEVE I’m a nan at 34, I wasn’t happy when I found out my grandson was on the way and I refuse to be called granny</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CtxNIEY_X0CoODxp0Q20lpqKwhEqpxCoXiUkwsgbqDGxu4d-TR6voNJhP3Ivj2vXlwlm7g0IkOAtYAxmd_9rjsTiGnlr0ZUgSaDhhyMGjNd9ybVP3oVfuEyVqREW7sfoL15Nlg-jECczA_A7KaJRNPzgEkI3OwyCB14qE40VtUk-Kpz1dglCZpmjKR8/s1093/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="820" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CtxNIEY_X0CoODxp0Q20lpqKwhEqpxCoXiUkwsgbqDGxu4d-TR6voNJhP3Ivj2vXlwlm7g0IkOAtYAxmd_9rjsTiGnlr0ZUgSaDhhyMGjNd9ybVP3oVfuEyVqREW7sfoL15Nlg-jECczA_A7KaJRNPzgEkI3OwyCB14qE40VtUk-Kpz1dglCZpmjKR8/s320/0.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><div>A 34-year old woman who has become a grandmother says everyone thinks her grandson is her child. Rosie Morant, from Edinburgh, always knew she would be a young grandmother, as she had her daughter Morgan at 16.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>However, Rosie had not even reached her mid-30s last November when now 19-year-old Morgan,gave birth to baby Rox. Rosie has since turned 35, and says that she had mixed emotions becoming a nan so young. She said: "I knew I would always be younger than most grandparents but I didn't think it would happen so soon." "I was apprehensive and I had no idea what I wanted to be called to my grandson because I wasn't comfortable with any of the terms" she added.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rosie said that she felt uncomfortable being a granny at her age, and when she is out with baby Rox people assume she is his mum. "But I am totally not surprised because why on earth would they think I would be his gran?" she said. Although surprised, Rosie sai she happy she gets to have such a good oppertunity to bond with baby Rox. "Although I was nervous about the whole thing, it has been a really good experience and I am happy to take such an involved role in my grandson's life."</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/3615216/nan-34-happy-found-grandson-refuse-called-granny/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Ups and Downs of Being a Young Grandparent</b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUK904SFYTTRWcK9iSmZWEFDXixf1uYN4zrtJeE0gfVws2soQa4O9tVbHRwuuMpSMjFxAPUCcHkxmp1zUD8BhTjVRyHrEMXMYwUn72F5MEU1ToCU52SafGOn1vcOKXoyCtB0pR12EKqv0r6xOgUbIKq6If4H2h1N0EfNwv_LVZW1eqBos6iUh_Ns36JXY/s750/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUK904SFYTTRWcK9iSmZWEFDXixf1uYN4zrtJeE0gfVws2soQa4O9tVbHRwuuMpSMjFxAPUCcHkxmp1zUD8BhTjVRyHrEMXMYwUn72F5MEU1ToCU52SafGOn1vcOKXoyCtB0pR12EKqv0r6xOgUbIKq6If4H2h1N0EfNwv_LVZW1eqBos6iUh_Ns36JXY/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Many grandparents are more running shoes than rocking chairs, more social media than social security. The average age of becoming a grandparent is 50, although many individuals become grandparents even earlier, perhaps even in their 30s. These younger grandparents may face a number of challenges. Becoming a grandparent at a young age can scramble all expectations for the second half of life. It can also increase joy and, ironically, keep grandparents young.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>It's possible to become a grandparent at a very young age by marrying someone older who has children from an earlier marriage. Technically, those who acquire grandchildren in this way are step-grandparents, but for many, the difference is academic. They consider themselves grandparents. The way most young grandparents are created, however, is when a parent who reproduced at a young age has a child who does the same. Of course, this is happening less often, as the average age of first-time childbearing has risen to over 26 for American women. Still, teen pregnancies continue to occur, accounting for approximately 13% of first births. Many times, young grandparents-to-be are more concerned about the young parents' situation than they are their own. The statistics on teen pregnancy are fairly scary. The infant mortality rate is considerably higher than average when the mother is a teenager, particularly for Black mothers who may have less access to quality prenatal care.3</div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Only around 40% of teen moms finish high school, and as a group, they are much less likely to earn a college degree than their peers—only 2% have graduated from college by age 30.4 Teen fathers aren't as well tracked, but what data there is suggests a similar pattern. Of course, grandparents are concerned. Translating that concern into the right kind of assistance can be tricky. Give too much help, and young parents may not mature into fully responsible adults. Give too little, and everyone in the young family could be at risk. Grandparents want the best for their grandchildren. In seeking to make that happen, it's easy for them to overstep boundaries. In the end, families have to find their own way. Measures that work for one family may not work for others. Clear communication helps, but what helps the most is for grandparents to let the parents do it their way as much as possible while being available when needed.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.verywellfamily.com/the-challenges-and-rewards-of-being-a-young-grandparent-4136949"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Too young to be a grandparent</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweS5FC4QqcFmFZFT1leqwFmU9HaXhI7G0VbXHWvvKmqLXS8qCxF0Js2rPEszN_NbqHY9Mkbtr-3j9zLDhjHuFAIEdwcoggmgGDeEH34P2zeG5BX4WQVKgcv6EJgRUR_l8R9MQd3FVqkwJUHX-T581cFqyoFfLSiivCrHcxRB8GXFR-Fy48JlgWz4-kLk/s848/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="848" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweS5FC4QqcFmFZFT1leqwFmU9HaXhI7G0VbXHWvvKmqLXS8qCxF0Js2rPEszN_NbqHY9Mkbtr-3j9zLDhjHuFAIEdwcoggmgGDeEH34P2zeG5BX4WQVKgcv6EJgRUR_l8R9MQd3FVqkwJUHX-T581cFqyoFfLSiivCrHcxRB8GXFR-Fy48JlgWz4-kLk/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>People who become grandparents at 40 or 50 may have more energy to keep up with their grandchildren but may also experience conflicted feelings. When her daughter gave birth to a baby girl, Ms L. Loh found it hard to accept becoming a grandmother at the age of 43. She asked her granddaughter to call her "auntie", but the girl, now five, persisted in calling her "ah ma".</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Putting aside the joy of welcoming a new addition to the family, becoming a grandparent in your 40s and early 50s can be unsettling. There can be an uncomfortable period of self- scrutiny, with conflicting emotions. Some, like Ms Loh, a manager in the logistics industry, feel that being called "grandma" or "grandpa" makes them feel old. Others, like Mr Mohd Shariff Mohd Yatim, 55, feel they want to look more mature. When his first grandchild, Ryanna Sofia Raihan, was born five months ago, he grew a beard. The executive director of Jamiyah Halfway House, a rehabilitation centre, wanted to signal - to others and himself - that he was "ready to lead as a grandfather". But when people started offering him their seats in public places, he felt embarrassed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Young grandparents may experience other kinds of conflicted feelings about arriving at a stage of life earlier than expected, says Ms Theresa Bung, principal therapist at the non-profit Family Life Society. She specialises in counselling families and couples. Some have to set aside projects or plans. Some may still be working and feel guilty about the limited time they can spend with their grandchildren, especially if they have their own children to care for. Some are unhappy that their unwed teenaged children become parents. But those The Sunday Times interviewed say there are more advantages than disadvantages to their early grandparenthood.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.asiaone.com/women/too-young-be-grandparent"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><b>Lina Medina, the world’s youngest mother gave birth at 5</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJduwVrZAYCgk82anc-zX8lrOAXQA36afVnazqqBY-6BHbnbopkBXHX704Fr0-zoRnJsB66Y2HV8mAZHEdKBuJTh7Q-nJ0AuX2WGpO-67QMdlfVnygoZIFSpf00iZySIhdFcgEB1wRO2xEyk-tDXc0Hc86wDrRjMSzCHcD75d8_BlJ28WfImmeyWv9hU/s1600/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJduwVrZAYCgk82anc-zX8lrOAXQA36afVnazqqBY-6BHbnbopkBXHX704Fr0-zoRnJsB66Y2HV8mAZHEdKBuJTh7Q-nJ0AuX2WGpO-67QMdlfVnygoZIFSpf00iZySIhdFcgEB1wRO2xEyk-tDXc0Hc86wDrRjMSzCHcD75d8_BlJ28WfImmeyWv9hU/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lina Medina with her baby born on 14 May 1939</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>In 1939, in the remote area of a small Peruvian village, Lina Medina became what historians consider the youngest mother in the world at the age of 5. While hard to believe, doctors determined that Lina was physically able to get pregnant due to a rare medical condition called precocious puberty. Many of the circumstances around the young girl’s pregnancy remain unknown to this day, and her situation has baffled doctors and drawn public attention for the last century.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was early spring when Lina’s parents noticed their daughter’s engorged stomach. As one of nine kids, the family lived in one of the poorest villages in Peru. But upon discovering their daughter’s stomach, they feared she had a tumor or some other deadly condition. They rushed her to the closest hospital in Pisco — a two-hour drive through the bumpy roads of Peru’s countryside. Upon examination by the doctors, it was determined that the cause of Lina’s enlarged stomach wasn’t due to cancer — she was in her seventh month of pregnancy. Based on her September birthday, it was determined that Lina got pregnant at the age of 4. Word began to spread across the world that there was a five-year-old girl in Peru pregnant, as fascination and curiosity took over the world. Newspapers and reporters from all over the world asked the interview her, and there were scientific institutions that wanted to record her birth for educational purposes. However, Lina and her family adamantly did not want to be a part of the international attention that this was bringing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Just a few weeks after the pregnancy was discovered by doctors, Lina gave birth to a baby boy via a Caesarian section on May 14, 1939. The small size of her body didn’t allow for a natural birth, but the baby’s delivery was successful and safe. The baby was named Gerardo, after Dr. Gerardo Lozada, the overseeing doctor on Lina’s case. Front page headlines worldwide read, “Five-and-Half-Year-old Mother and Baby Reported Doing Well.” Doctors worldwide tried to study and understand how a four-year-old girl could get pregnant and successfully carry a healthy baby to full term. After giving birth, Lina brought the baby back to their village, where they lived a mostly normal life. Doctors who visited her post-birth determined that Gerardo was a “perfectly normal” baby with an “above normal intelligence.” For the first several years of baby Gerardo’s life, he was raised to believe that Lina was his sister — not his mother. But when Lina was 15, he discovered that his sister was his mother.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2024/05/worlds-youngest-mothers.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-70870341528170623162024-03-23T12:11:00.064+08:002024-03-24T09:20:34.323+08:00Zero shadow at 1.11pm on March 23 in Singapore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Zero Shadow Day</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j602aF3w3Ee-rT0RzhuzzdevRWq6OGrXgwyEN3hdqckJkxy2gPlPL6X12oIqTm9yRXNDwrjDdZC-QCO9OnIljH0WKGjnD0K0xuXHnRCQJaLOVJAscrHVSw7_IfPTMS4sTTckkT1jxoR3JXAJb94u11UOmzXf3JG9dwC6TgqOWUyR3OKqEgxvf0fGxUI/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j602aF3w3Ee-rT0RzhuzzdevRWq6OGrXgwyEN3hdqckJkxy2gPlPL6X12oIqTm9yRXNDwrjDdZC-QCO9OnIljH0WKGjnD0K0xuXHnRCQJaLOVJAscrHVSw7_IfPTMS4sTTckkT1jxoR3JXAJb94u11UOmzXf3JG9dwC6TgqOWUyR3OKqEgxvf0fGxUI/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The bollards outside Stadium MRT station did not cast a shadow at 1.11pm on March 23. ST FOTO:SHINTARO TAY</span></i></div><br /><div><div>A Lahaina Noon phenomenon, where one’s shadow appears minimal, took place at 1.11pm on March 23 in Singapore. Also known as zero shadow day, it is a natural event in which objects standing upright, such as a stick or pole, will cast no shadow.</div><div><br /></div><div>Professor Matthias Roth, who teaches geography at the National University of Singapore, said the phenomenon will also happen on Sept 19 at 12.58pm, when the solar altitude is as close to or at 90 degrees. He noted that the phenomenon on March 23 comes about four days after the start of the spring astronomical season, which is determined by the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>As Singapore is not exactly on the Equator, the midday sun will be overhead only about four days after the astronomical spring equinox, Prof Roth added. The astronomical spring equinox results in an equal amount of daylight and darkness. “Due to historical reasons, Singapore’s time is one hour ahead compared with the solar time. This means that solar noon does not occur until about 1pm, rather than noon, which also explains why sunrise and sunset times are observed at about 7am and 7pm respectively.”</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/zero-shadow-at-111pm-on-march-23-in-singapore"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lahaina Noon</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQY0TlSXpa1_IIG1U2StNF_Lotk4Wlq8rl8-3YBRze2bnBENSwgPEuHt-yaj3Vu6hfK-YpyGlv0aXxSYpudbKWqh5jMFdqovJqALl6FZ1VpmuiLJjx7WftByJJ-yS1ev7xx7C6KBWPa9_cUuuENyztfdRNTk0pBJfKWbRlGfNLbekUEir-94wC5K5zWo/s340/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQY0TlSXpa1_IIG1U2StNF_Lotk4Wlq8rl8-3YBRze2bnBENSwgPEuHt-yaj3Vu6hfK-YpyGlv0aXxSYpudbKWqh5jMFdqovJqALl6FZ1VpmuiLJjx7WftByJJ-yS1ev7xx7C6KBWPa9_cUuuENyztfdRNTk0pBJfKWbRlGfNLbekUEir-94wC5K5zWo/s320/0.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A level photographed during Lāhainā Noon in Hawaiʻi</span></i></div><br /><div>Lāhainā Noon, also known as a zero shadow day, is a semi-annual tropical solar phenomenon when the Sun culminates at the zenith at solar noon, passing directly overhead (above the subsolar point). As a result, the sun's rays will fall exactly vertical relative to an object on the ground and cast no observable shadow.</div><div><br /></div><div>A zero shadow day occurs twice a year for locations in the tropics (between the Tropic of Cancer at latitude 23.4° N and the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.4° S) when the Sun's declination becomes equal to the latitude of the location, so that the date varies by location. The term "Lāhainā Noon" was coined by the Bishop Museum in Hawaiʻi. The subsolar point travels through the tropics. Hawaiʻi is the only US state in the tropics and thus the only one to experience Lāhainā Noon. In 2022 and 2023, the phenomenon occurred in Honolulu on May 26 and July 16. Hawaii and other locations between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn receive the sun's direct rays as the apparent path of the sun passes overhead before and after the summer solstice.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Lāhainā Noon can occur anywhere from 12:16 to 12:43 p.m. Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time. At that moment objects that stand straight up (flagpoles, bollards, telephone poles, etc.) cast no outward shadow. The most southerly points in Hawaii experience Lāhainā Noon on earlier and later dates than the northern parts. For example, in 2001 Hilo on the Island of Hawaiʻi encountered the overhead sun around May 18 and July 24, Kahului, Maui, on May 24 and July 18, Honolulu, Oʻahu, on May 26 and July 15 and Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi, on May 31 and July 11. Between each pair of dates, the sun is slightly to the north at solar noon. Chosen in a contest sponsored by the Bishop Museum in the 1990s, Lāhainā Noon was the selected appellation because lā hainā (the old name for Lāhainā, Hawaii) means "cruel sun" in the Hawaiian language. The ancient Hawaiian name for the event was kau ka lā i ka lolo which translates as "the sun rests on the brains.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina_Noon"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-56673898262051943972024-03-23T00:23:00.019+08:002024-03-23T00:23:00.240+08:00Remembering Lee Kuan Yew 2024<div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjokQS8gcg8Xxfji9n9T62U3IjaGmSRjfdVVizC1_tjtG4ErOv0f6wqg9Q-Fjn65hT7R61HighB29roH168GpwusOuSLsg9j5a-zQYLQObpzqGjKyLQ6bGkHrFwMpwl64Df4Xewrc77y7aNSlcmU2NaNa7mLVsEPqKyW-UBkNS6x3avwXQ8QeV3a3q/s768/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="725" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjokQS8gcg8Xxfji9n9T62U3IjaGmSRjfdVVizC1_tjtG4ErOv0f6wqg9Q-Fjn65hT7R61HighB29roH168GpwusOuSLsg9j5a-zQYLQObpzqGjKyLQ6bGkHrFwMpwl64Df4Xewrc77y7aNSlcmU2NaNa7mLVsEPqKyW-UBkNS6x3avwXQ8QeV3a3q/s320/0.png" width="302" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;"><a href="https://graphics.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/2015/lky-8day-coverage/docs/24.pdf"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Born 16 Sep 1923 & Died 23 Mar 2015 aged 92 yrs</span></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWulyF3bH3zO5GE7CDbspgTQHYEQ1D8-zL2ZDAocOvsogNHQvkE-AVmtvnYtiHE0ACTKMKWupbSpgA1-XaP4CFNCmFe1WYkUnplFSfRu4GgFCb18it4YFQdaZINkO_I5lYf8u5bg0UAre6vTEHIPTQ4ITqAnvHuntcX5gFfr4n1U8Ee1T11Pu7POB_/s1920/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWulyF3bH3zO5GE7CDbspgTQHYEQ1D8-zL2ZDAocOvsogNHQvkE-AVmtvnYtiHE0ACTKMKWupbSpgA1-XaP4CFNCmFe1WYkUnplFSfRu4GgFCb18it4YFQdaZINkO_I5lYf8u5bg0UAre6vTEHIPTQ4ITqAnvHuntcX5gFfr4n1U8Ee1T11Pu7POB_/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0RvTMLtR8"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">A Tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew to remember his Life Journey</span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A glimpse into the private life of Lee Kuan Yew</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM4FsTDhGLLw6KSBNaCV2mChCmJnxlMVu_KCKdvg6J859GTDil3cH7uAeFixD11vihw5EfjnK0iIpM3A1UnPjy6EpZ0nSLvKJIokh23GOboAJA1anbJ2NSPVmdm31dLNuvcx_Tdetqqb_vsrzqEwRP11nG9Vm5-aKqV6ACS6eZq27n4f3mEMfzzUeGek/s981/0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="981" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM4FsTDhGLLw6KSBNaCV2mChCmJnxlMVu_KCKdvg6J859GTDil3cH7uAeFixD11vihw5EfjnK0iIpM3A1UnPjy6EpZ0nSLvKJIokh23GOboAJA1anbJ2NSPVmdm31dLNuvcx_Tdetqqb_vsrzqEwRP11nG9Vm5-aKqV6ACS6eZq27n4f3mEMfzzUeGek/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Lee Kuan Yew (back row, centre) outside his Norfolk Road home in 1936 with siblings (front, from left) Suan Yew, three; Monica, seven; Freddy, nine; and Dennis, 11; and parents Chua Jim Neo, 29; and Lee Chin Koon, 33</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbNXAHjBZnAndGaaeCYMiIgmuNu5l1N9OORibOx_oyYFLkWhU2br4_aI3i9HwCkrO-XyaL3RDQCwZ9o2bur3jsuHyidw714l1kssq_NQkgp3Suh3mJ3spYLAcc6Fpcv2lq7mJ8cJmbAyZXBC7iHZ3O09utQlzzN4m_xbwq8O9akF4G_HFwenjkvbEgTM/s846/0b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="846" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbNXAHjBZnAndGaaeCYMiIgmuNu5l1N9OORibOx_oyYFLkWhU2br4_aI3i9HwCkrO-XyaL3RDQCwZ9o2bur3jsuHyidw714l1kssq_NQkgp3Suh3mJ3spYLAcc6Fpcv2lq7mJ8cJmbAyZXBC7iHZ3O09utQlzzN4m_xbwq8O9akF4G_HFwenjkvbEgTM/s320/0b.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>The night before Mr Lee (standing, centre) left for England, his family had a steak dinner at Pavilion Steakhouse in Orchard Road before walking to nearby Lloyd Studio for this family portrait, taken in 1946. (Clockwise from top left) Siblings Monica, Dennis, Freddy and Suan Yew, and parents Chua Jim Neo and Lee Chin Koon. Source: Lee Kuan Yew</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqujMz_fmJUS_y_aDLZaLiiwhK_Tmdq6ECsy3f6w7eiyKNVNv7Q9yHdEyO-DkglMPfMWr4cH3oF8sFnuMWvSELCddWYVcgiIOBojFKVxtzgtqiuimt6M6zGk5FRmepHW3zYJ7WtRQWtzQ_AP5vmw5YD8B8JyZM0e5N2hzodrIaDKPKqrhmKILWgBBLLw/s1241/0a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1241" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqujMz_fmJUS_y_aDLZaLiiwhK_Tmdq6ECsy3f6w7eiyKNVNv7Q9yHdEyO-DkglMPfMWr4cH3oF8sFnuMWvSELCddWYVcgiIOBojFKVxtzgtqiuimt6M6zGk5FRmepHW3zYJ7WtRQWtzQ_AP5vmw5YD8B8JyZM0e5N2hzodrIaDKPKqrhmKILWgBBLLw/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Mr Lee asked his cousin Harold Liem to take photos of him and Ms Kwa together on Sept 5, 1946, in anticipation of the three years the couple would be apart while he studied law in England and she remained in Singapore</span></i></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6g4JOCGPzTSnseHaMqrr04rrjJNiHrpWfwCpXS4L8HJe3d18yc9hiRfkTj80R_2zCbwAJTu1I_E-pRrgyuDTiTG9nbqBzLkkephuTAJ6s_JhGZSa4dN79KxsUooeEE7yAPuuBSmbKVR5EPnebm5NqcZEvYw2qIlvWvYgEtHsHYNldBldvGi7sC9e4Kk/s1020/0e.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1020" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6g4JOCGPzTSnseHaMqrr04rrjJNiHrpWfwCpXS4L8HJe3d18yc9hiRfkTj80R_2zCbwAJTu1I_E-pRrgyuDTiTG9nbqBzLkkephuTAJ6s_JhGZSa4dN79KxsUooeEE7yAPuuBSmbKVR5EPnebm5NqcZEvYw2qIlvWvYgEtHsHYNldBldvGi7sC9e4Kk/s320/0e.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>The couple, seen here in academic robes, graduated from Cambridge University on June 21, 1949, and was called to the Bar a year later</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RwCj5Fqki7oDVU_7uPyqrR9eWiH2x3Y1lcjPicdH8Z_aSDtVVPR0wXs_XVfqSz026gINd9bCkGuVLdvcIqd6R9txCyoetWam0ATVi4HAKuaPrNJbATNmoZdIT02N1SUTn2SJOVJNqM1kC8G0bnCyFhxQWcSFjxoo3KH3vSio9yRLO12EHqEoUXJ__sk/s1006/0d.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1006" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RwCj5Fqki7oDVU_7uPyqrR9eWiH2x3Y1lcjPicdH8Z_aSDtVVPR0wXs_XVfqSz026gINd9bCkGuVLdvcIqd6R9txCyoetWam0ATVi4HAKuaPrNJbATNmoZdIT02N1SUTn2SJOVJNqM1kC8G0bnCyFhxQWcSFjxoo3KH3vSio9yRLO12EHqEoUXJ__sk/s320/0d.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Mr Lee on a marine patrol boat named Tekong with (from left) Hsien Loong, Wei Ling, Hsien Yang and Mrs Lee on a Sunday outing in 1965. Source: Lee Kuan Yew</i></span></div><br /><div>Growing up in colonial Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew was like any typical child – footloose and fancy-free. The boy who would grow up to become prime minister would catch fighting fish from drains, fly kites and take leisurely swims in the sea. Born on Sept 16, 1923, to a wealthy Straits Chinese family, he was the eldest of five children of Shell Oil Company depot manager Lee Chin Koon and Mrs Chua Jim Neo. In 1935, he topped his school in an islandwide examination and clinched a place at the prestigious Raffles Institution. He was active in scouting, playing cricket and tennis, and debating.</div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>Four years later, he came in first in Singapore and Malaya in the Senior Cambridge examinations, winning a scholarship to read English, economics and mathematics at Raffles College. His education was interrupted by World War II. A resourceful survivor, he found work as a clerk and an English-language editor for the Japanese propaganda department. He traded food on the black market, started a stationery gum business with Mr Yong Nyuk Lin in 1944, where he met Mr Yong’s sister-in-law, Ms Kwa Geok Choo, a former Raffles College classmate whom he started dating.</div><div><br /></div><div>After the war, Mr Lee sailed for England in 1946 on his 23rd birthday. He enrolled in the London School of Economics to read law but transferred to the more idyllic Cambridge University the next year. Ms Kwa won the Queen’s Scholarship and joined Mr Lee at Cambridge in 1947 to read law. Eager to start their life together, Mr Lee and Ms Kwa married secretly on Dec 23, 1947, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Both Mr Lee and his wife graduated from Cambridge on June 21, 1949, with first class honours, with Mr Lee winning the only star for distinction on the final Law Tripos II honours list. A year later, they were called to the Bar at Middle Temple and returned to Singapore on Aug 1, 1950.</div><div><br /></div><div>They held their official wedding at the Registry of Marriages on Sept 30, 1950, and began married life at the Lee family’s two-storey bungalow at 38 Oxley Road. Both found jobs as pupils at Laycock & Ong in Malacca Street. Five years later, they founded their own law firm, Lee & Lee, with Mr Lee’s brother Dennis.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr and Mrs Lee have three children, Hsien Loong, Wei Ling and Hsien Yang, and seven grandchildren. Mrs Lee died on Oct 2, 2010, at the age of 89, and Mr Lee on March 23, 2015, at the age of 91.</div></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 16px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2023/09/lky-personal-life/index.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Kuan Yew In His Own Words</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0oVn7cXDIDiSUirVkNJp_lA1MbkKd3hMxsSbjLfS6vAGFA2Z6Odbxs4EkFsUGt6zaYdPmFMPsOLLjm3-4s7_ijEimKOf4vK-Ays3vLKRJaTs494SjYxFowiqqjZtiI5WK7huCWdzolv5mPwaHFSxYRoJPp11F1hqULoXJI9W8VUAMHSo5oiMw618SXI/s876/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="876" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0oVn7cXDIDiSUirVkNJp_lA1MbkKd3hMxsSbjLfS6vAGFA2Z6Odbxs4EkFsUGt6zaYdPmFMPsOLLjm3-4s7_ijEimKOf4vK-Ays3vLKRJaTs494SjYxFowiqqjZtiI5WK7huCWdzolv5mPwaHFSxYRoJPp11F1hqULoXJI9W8VUAMHSo5oiMw618SXI/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew was a man equally at home whipping up a crowd at a rally or commanding attention on the international stage. Known for his acumen, foresight and wit, he held his own with the brightest minds and most powerful leaders and laid the foundation for the country's success.</div><div><br /></div><div>To commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth on Sep 16, CNA looks back at 10 of his more memorable quotes that were synonymous with the country's milestones and development:</div><div><ul><li>On separating from Malaysia - For me, it is a moment of anguish because all my life ... You see, the whole of my adult life ... I have believed in Malaysian merger and the unity of these two territories.</li><li>On taking a long-term view for Singapore - I am calculating not in terms of the next election ... I am calculating in terms of the next generation; in terms of the next 100 years; in terms of eternity.</li><li>On how Singaporeans are not a people who can be bullied - You know, some people think: Oh well you know, we are a small place - they can put the screws on us. It is not so easy. We are a small place in size yes, geography.</li><li>On how governing Singapore is not simply a game - Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him or give it up. This is not a game of cards. This is your life and mine.</li><li>On micromanaging people's private lives - I am accused often of interfering in private lives of citizens. And I say without the slightest remorse that we wouldn't be here, we would not have made the economic progress if we had not intervened on very personal matters</li><li>On what it takes to be a good minister - Remember this: Good ministers are not just those who kiss babies and smile and have dialogue sessions; you can have endless sessions, it's very good, you keep on listening and so on.</li><li>On how political leaders are judged - Political leaders are judged, first, by how effectively they have exercised their authority in the interests of their people.</li><li>On being an ardent advocate for Singapore's success - Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqkjmLo1Ej4"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I will get up</span></a>.</li><li>On saving and investing for a rainy day - They say we got enormous reserves. Yes, we do. But, you know, a few years of a recession, an economic setback, and all that will suddenly be depleted.</li><li>On what he cherished most - I cannot say I planned my life. That's why I feel life is a great adventure - exciting, unpredictable, and at times exhilarating and sometimes excruciating.</li></ul></div></div></span></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/interactives/lee-kuan-yew-quotes-100th-anniversary-his-own-words-3766806"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOp809R5BIpjI3UpaTx_g5x0UNIfX0R9xzXscJ7xC5EHxrqo3pZqdwSBCioyqmnNUfH50mRoaEm0X7FYDga-d_jpk1-2rrb3BHWQWbwtcifby1sdWppWNIbDZ9DPAwV7h35EyJguIEP1RXE39JXpWUcYGQckT77hRcwI6BEbMZ0cUVUB2KFylkw_vt/s426/0a..gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="234" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOp809R5BIpjI3UpaTx_g5x0UNIfX0R9xzXscJ7xC5EHxrqo3pZqdwSBCioyqmnNUfH50mRoaEm0X7FYDga-d_jpk1-2rrb3BHWQWbwtcifby1sdWppWNIbDZ9DPAwV7h35EyJguIEP1RXE39JXpWUcYGQckT77hRcwI6BEbMZ0cUVUB2KFylkw_vt/s320/0a..gif" width="176" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXLArogGOLYjShlAGrdWPGPoJxwzxM_ZSoD0gBabKvFFDSykNqZ-4ZETpR1fEEkTgwkRg9FNxFlzbp0VQYZwSsYjcNcbogizrrHgEAzFxL3MRocoJ9DmjdpM7_6HMmLu-w04M48XDbkny_78DA8RfnaUZeSnyJd8YshoLqGP2REP8ftSNsaT4lppE/s814/0q.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="814" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXLArogGOLYjShlAGrdWPGPoJxwzxM_ZSoD0gBabKvFFDSykNqZ-4ZETpR1fEEkTgwkRg9FNxFlzbp0VQYZwSsYjcNcbogizrrHgEAzFxL3MRocoJ9DmjdpM7_6HMmLu-w04M48XDbkny_78DA8RfnaUZeSnyJd8YshoLqGP2REP8ftSNsaT4lppE/s320/0q.png" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTl6ysK_9aJUtPxcAMM-_xcKRJQbRyi_CECVvJ8lm_b9uJnnUDpBbGroIznPtbGn5xRZkNh8xreRa4TLfPdK9RV1e1w4cM4fhq45tZamNfLfXzV6cdQNiXSSulEuz1101-lFXmO7WopkiE5jxoj011Grxj7hA6a0QPaLC9ma0_xGRGAvoMFsWzQ3m/s880/0r1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="880" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTl6ysK_9aJUtPxcAMM-_xcKRJQbRyi_CECVvJ8lm_b9uJnnUDpBbGroIznPtbGn5xRZkNh8xreRa4TLfPdK9RV1e1w4cM4fhq45tZamNfLfXzV6cdQNiXSSulEuz1101-lFXmO7WopkiE5jxoj011Grxj7hA6a0QPaLC9ma0_xGRGAvoMFsWzQ3m/s320/0r1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Born: 16 September 1923 / Died: 23 March 2015</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400;"><b>Lee Kuan Yew Doppelganger Spotted At Coffee Shop On 18 May 2022</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDhsLKMRBsKtp-w56Qt_4OEAf8QTCkAhCo53b2SFI0l3LFc_dz7RvkneJQs3euErBEZK8hfPbX9gRUV0E0OF8nBBatmgrk6ZIkZbfkUvsomVO80uCTUW3jLHT6rXlF9YhWwMenTTnY3dMnWtW0LobraLqcdojTRCYucJfnRQew3HrmXzv1bcf1JvB/s1500/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1500" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDhsLKMRBsKtp-w56Qt_4OEAf8QTCkAhCo53b2SFI0l3LFc_dz7RvkneJQs3euErBEZK8hfPbX9gRUV0E0OF8nBBatmgrk6ZIkZbfkUvsomVO80uCTUW3jLHT6rXlF9YhWwMenTTnY3dMnWtW0LobraLqcdojTRCYucJfnRQew3HrmXzv1bcf1JvB/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Resemblance Leaves Internet Shook</span></i></div><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><div style="font-weight: 400;">The term doppelganger is used to describe someone who is a spitting image of another, although they are entirely biologically unrelated. While it’s incredibly rare to meet one in person, it’s not entirely impossible, as seen in this video posted on 18 May.</div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: 400;">In the clip, a man resembling the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew chows down on a meal at a coffee shop. Perhaps it’s the camera’s angle, but the uncanny resemblance left the Internet shook. The video, which a Facebook user shared in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/singaporeincidents/posts/328168872728038"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Singapore Incidents</span></a> group, left commenters reeling from laughter, and they spared no expense when cracking jokes.</div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: 400;">One joked that the man was the late Mr Lee’s body double. He had probably lost his job since the Minister Mentor (MM)’s passing. With the latest release of the CDC vouchers, another person suggested that he might be taking the opportunity to use them to pay for his lunch. Considering how eerie it must be to see the likes of someone who has passed, a Facebook user said the OP should count his lucky stars that the encounter happened in broad daylight.</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-size: 16px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2022/03/remembering-lee-kuan-yew-2022.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Iving Iving <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/singaporeincidents/posts/328168872728038"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">May 18</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxL56BqiSyhl1tgVJntBvzSiUVuRaj7JyHZrmYPkdy2QMhWK9hSlEFQh5TLMG37s2PyEg7gFRtELjNtAgikqQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><div style="font-weight: 400;"><div><b>Look like LKY having his meal !!!</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-size: 16px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/singaporeincidents/permalink/328168872728038/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div></div></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RememberingLeeKuanYew?__cft__[0]=AZVLEvnosbtCGJTokD_TDNN0UCKpZ091dAWmdoSCkB9_YPpcc7XI2GrYIFCN4ioMgc6tWAwBRO66VxTxZLvNFxaa1krYrhZzyfqCoFwp4VCjgZ1Pwk-G9ZJ4kdspM0IJ6oSnBNZs_WbiMhdqVBx0jWcamvlmwkfu1GevydCFKgxIk1pUq1F_oYkDyNAeL9_qeLLghC0_VFoxVFcCkjKwLfPa&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Remembering Lee Kuan Yew</span></a> @ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RememberingLeeKuanYew/posts/1175841119123002?__cft__[0]=AZVLEvnosbtCGJTokD_TDNN0UCKpZ091dAWmdoSCkB9_YPpcc7XI2GrYIFCN4ioMgc6tWAwBRO66VxTxZLvNFxaa1krYrhZzyfqCoFwp4VCjgZ1Pwk-G9ZJ4kdspM0IJ6oSnBNZs_WbiMhdqVBx0jWcamvlmwkfu1GevydCFKgxIk1pUq1F_oYkDyNAeL9_qeLLghC0_VFoxVFcCkjKwLfPa&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">March 24, 2016</span></a></span></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGQoXn_qZe6I2wtAaB8QkgZUUckrCJkDDoed9zlOU-YLw4WdVTDL1ahOhYG6ycDJ6aiwUi083IuOF3fn_PVGupoOmgRDWKIq7_90PUba6cm9YJBaVN5bnPMTs3MdpWjGwomvRYY7c3BZ3vS8t553MsprG7sbXdrVK4IeeBYig106rKizsF54jw35o/s2048/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="2048" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGQoXn_qZe6I2wtAaB8QkgZUUckrCJkDDoed9zlOU-YLw4WdVTDL1ahOhYG6ycDJ6aiwUi083IuOF3fn_PVGupoOmgRDWKIq7_90PUba6cm9YJBaVN5bnPMTs3MdpWjGwomvRYY7c3BZ3vS8t553MsprG7sbXdrVK4IeeBYig106rKizsF54jw35o/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hengsweekeat/photos/a.202086256496574/1046651925373332/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Heng Swee Kiat @ 23 Mar 2016</i></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>"Singapore really was a venture then. Together with the pioneer leaders, he didn’t just raise funds, he mobilised a whole people. We were a people who had little else besides our spirit, but our pioneers energised us, gave us the faith, strength and vision to draw together as one and move forward in the same direction. In doing so, we showed the world that we are a people who can get things done, and we built something special and enduring – our Singapore.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't think Mr Lee would want us to grieve over his passing. I think he would expect us to keep that spirit alive, and carry on with the work of building this nation. He would hope that all of us continue to stay united and think long term; be courageous and bold to find new ways and to try and try again until we succeed; and to leave no one behind, and always do our best for one another and for Singapore."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RememberingLeeKuanYew/posts/1175841119123002"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Remembering Lee Kuan Yew</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb5Su7rcgz0DYOdq1TOutHmJ14AiLtGLPI8jsEYJhTVfvy0PziXkGH9Ot7IJXUQUdBmZ75Dq5bLoYwWAfSvE_XoZ2k8NLgLU5Gj6IFRTecDcIWzY7JXe3e7LgJI1jJG34d2Nu7w_QtL9ChSgd86dGplW-HxC6zemvwOrc1x_p5XU6skfjfX_3bM9v/s823/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="823" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb5Su7rcgz0DYOdq1TOutHmJ14AiLtGLPI8jsEYJhTVfvy0PziXkGH9Ot7IJXUQUdBmZ75Dq5bLoYwWAfSvE_XoZ2k8NLgLU5Gj6IFRTecDcIWzY7JXe3e7LgJI1jJG34d2Nu7w_QtL9ChSgd86dGplW-HxC6zemvwOrc1x_p5XU6skfjfX_3bM9v/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Photograph by Tara Sosrowardoyo, National Museum of Singapore Collection</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>Mr Lee Kuan Yew died on March 23, 2015 at the age of 91. In his long years as Singapore’s first Prime Minister, he spearheaded policies that not only changed the country but also shaped the Public Service to be what it is today. As a tribute to the man and his ideas, the Challenge team has produced a special edition to commemorate his impact on the Public Service.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">“As a young civil servant, Mr Lee’s leadership left a deep impression on me and I had the great privilege of watching, from close up, the way he handled many important issues, such as relations with major countries, in both good and bad times. For Mr Lee, if something was worth doing for Singapore and Singaporeans, it was worth doing it very well. We saw this, for example, in his dedication to the cause of the trade unions, so that workers can have a share in the fruits of the nation’s progress; his promotion of home ownership so that every Singaporean has a stake in the country; his personal attention to the greening of Singapore which he saw as a means of gifting to every Singaporean, no matter his station in life, a very conducive urban environment. The list is endless. As we mourn the passing of a great leader, an astute statesman and an exceptional Singaporean, let us seek to emulate his passion and dedication in serving Singapore and Singaporeans. Let that be Mr Lee’s legacy to the public service.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">“Mr Lee embedded in us the psyche of survival and security when it comes to water, and it has been our guiding principle in PUB ever since. I recall the most critical afternoon meeting with him (in 2002) when my officer and I had to persuade him that our water master plan with NEWater is the answer to our water challenge. In the midst of the discussion, he fell strangely silent for some time, deep in thought. Suddenly he turned to me and pointedly asked me, as if cross-examining me in a court of law, whether we could deliver on our plan to wean Singapore out of water dependency on imported water. After spending so many afternoons with him, listening to his intense concern for water, how else could I respond except to give him a resounding “Yes”. A man of his vision and passion demanded and deserved nothing less. I remembered so well his reaction. He fell back into his chair, became silent again for a long while, and then to my amazement, he gave a smile the likes of which I have never seen before from him. With that, he rose and left the meeting. I knew he had decided we could make it. I was left in awe at the very calculated way he weighs the risks and takes a firm decision with no turning back.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.psd.gov.sg/challenge/ideas/feature/remembering-lee-kuan-yew"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Commemorative coin, exhibition among initiatives to mark 100th anniversary of Lee Kuan Yew’s birth</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9VGFQHazlGJPzGLBmKUBS9c79-wt43vePeW9XNpzURGKStPuszDXH_6wV1flYH5wrh9t7xQ5XjmUZJez4TLuvU_EJceT2BRTBvc4jS6_2DHlJfHebVzRBzVfiq7Savgi_Fkz8L3Zm-GJJnDfmfhql99X3mMzxYmF1MtARi6-IRqxcGyzhZ_v4hkC/s830/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="830" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9VGFQHazlGJPzGLBmKUBS9c79-wt43vePeW9XNpzURGKStPuszDXH_6wV1flYH5wrh9t7xQ5XjmUZJez4TLuvU_EJceT2BRTBvc4jS6_2DHlJfHebVzRBzVfiq7Savgi_Fkz8L3Zm-GJJnDfmfhql99X3mMzxYmF1MtARi6-IRqxcGyzhZ_v4hkC/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew waves as he attends an event in Tokyo in 2011</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>A commemorative coin will be launched this year, along with exhibitions and other ground-up initiatives, to mark the 100th anniversary of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s birth.</div><div><br /></div><div>The late Mr Lee, Singapore's founding Prime Minister and co-founder of the ruling People's Action Party, was born on Sep 16, 1923. He died on Mar 23, 2015, at the age of 91. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 7), Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng said some government agencies have planned initiatives to pay tribute to Mr Lee. For instance, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will issue a commemorative coin later this year “as a reminder of Mr Lee’s values and vision”, he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>The National Heritage Board has an ongoing travelling exhibition for the Founders’ Memorial, which will be developed to commemorate the legacy of Singapore's pioneers. Later this year, the agency will put together a more extensive exhibition at the National Museum on key historical milestones. “This year also marks the 60th year of Singapore’s greening journey since Mr Lee launched the first tree planting campaign in 1963 and NParks will have various activities to mark this milestone,” Dr Tan said. "As our founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew holds a special place in Singapore’s history," he told the House, adding that many groups from the community have also come up with ideas to pay tribute to him.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/commemorative-coin-exhibition-among-initiatives-mark-100th-anniversary-lee-kuan-yews-birth-2102531?mibextid=Zxz2cZ"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“Not appropriate” to celebrate LKY’s 100th birth anniversary given ongoing family feud</span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmFRvSmFDvh-IjbxZP4lgMS2VJzmXaqJWIBVOuNVPpvdEZ49ZPDSI-YNxcLfcsxDdg2UIhGbkjjJR4H2wpphzXXJ5D2pr8ixkWTAlqXH5q_voktJxRSvPE9mn5m57Rtdrcib0XEdpQMNCC-VrVIY7kLyU_RZdUwjm_m08zZmmoOnC0_K4alRgeF8l/s696/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="696" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmFRvSmFDvh-IjbxZP4lgMS2VJzmXaqJWIBVOuNVPpvdEZ49ZPDSI-YNxcLfcsxDdg2UIhGbkjjJR4H2wpphzXXJ5D2pr8ixkWTAlqXH5q_voktJxRSvPE9mn5m57Rtdrcib0XEdpQMNCC-VrVIY7kLyU_RZdUwjm_m08zZmmoOnC0_K4alRgeF8l/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Ms Henson asserted the view that Mr Lee Kuan Yew did want his house at 38 Oxley Road demolished after his death which was the main point of contention in the brothers' feud</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Veteran journalist Bertha Henson has suggested that it <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/not-appropriate-to-celebrate-lky-s-100th-birth-anniversary-given-ongoing-family-feud-veteran-journalist/ar-AA18cVrv?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=42e14e6e1b3d4124b2ce9eb30a879321&ei=45"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">may not be appropriate</span></a> to celebrate founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s centennial birth anniversary, given the ongoing feud between the late elder statesman’s children. Her comment comes just days after Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean revealed that Mr Lee’s son and daughter-in-law, Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Suet Fern, are being investigated by the police for allegedly lying in a legal proceeding relating to his <a href="https://theindependent.sg/lawyer-jeannette-chong-aruldoss-cannot-be-that-lee-kuan-yew-didnt-read-the-demolition-clause-in-his-last-will/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">last will</span></a>. Mr Lee Hsien Yang subsequently hit out at the continued “<a href="https://theindependent.sg/lee-hsien-yang-protests-continued-persecution-amid-police-probe-related-to-lee-kuan-yews-will/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">persecution</span></a>” against his family by the Singapore authorities.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>The police probe marks what some have perceived to be an escalation of a longstanding and bitter dispute between Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his estranged elder brother, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Calling the latest development “wranglings,” Ms Henson – a heavyweight editor who spent 26 years at Singapore Press Holdings – wrote on Facebook yesterday (3 Mar): “Do we really want to celebrate LKY’s 100th birth anniversary given all this wrangling going on? Not appropriate methinks. He needs to rest in peace.” Asserting her view that Mr Lee Kuan Yew did want his house at 38 Oxley Road demolished after his death – the main point of contention in the brothers’ feud – Ms Henson added, “In any case, I doubt he would have wanted a celebration, just like I don’t doubt he wanted his own house demolished.”</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Government announced last month that it is putting together initiatives to pay tribute to the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary. Alongside exhibitions, publications and even an education fund, the Government is also set to launch a commemorative coin later this year “as a reminder of Mr Lee’s values and vision.” At the time, Ms Henson said on Facebook: “I wonder what LKY would make of all this…”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://theindependent.sg/not-appropriate-to-celebrate-lkys-100th-birth-anniversary-given-ongoing-family-feud-veteran-journalist/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bertha.henson.54"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bertha Henson</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> @ </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bertha.henson.54/posts/pfbid0swaAGCPZqoheNvEeb8undNNNd7zx4rmJBiXTS7cW6uaxpZTpnXp9dWCFB4QSR7HJl"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">March 3 at 9:24 AM</span></a></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFUgQ4XPiex3HeNvH22PV1VvNSzTnm-S-PzTFSpIr2foW06hfILATFKoZ_JSQ28mXr-pmHU57ahDb3paDEIGgCo1C7OJGz5W-rTXqmjIg_zlVFrQFHj5KD2QhY4sDvBTA0NYE5739IUNSz9PNfVluWAytgtBGagjI-Kqf9G2Jl5HWl-GhlGnwEl5R/s1398/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="1398" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFUgQ4XPiex3HeNvH22PV1VvNSzTnm-S-PzTFSpIr2foW06hfILATFKoZ_JSQ28mXr-pmHU57ahDb3paDEIGgCo1C7OJGz5W-rTXqmjIg_zlVFrQFHj5KD2QhY4sDvBTA0NYE5739IUNSz9PNfVluWAytgtBGagjI-Kqf9G2Jl5HWl-GhlGnwEl5R/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Do we really want to celebrate LKY’s 100th birth anniversary given all this wrangling going on? Not appropriate methinks. He needs to rest in peace. In any case, I doubt he would have wanted a celebration, just like I don’t doubt he wanted his own house demolished.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bertha.henson.54/posts/pfbid0swaAGCPZqoheNvEeb8undNNNd7zx4rmJBiXTS7cW6uaxpZTpnXp9dWCFB4QSR7HJl"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lee Hsien Yang & Lee Wei Ling say LKY would have “cringed” at hero worship in commemorative coin, exhibition to mark 100th anniversary of his birth</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cIWixbNP27U69f1eFxpUFlDTrO_zMtnUmidOYOnk165MyPGEZqrupWKvHs9mXm-Up7QCYTnAKzIkyl-5y4_8Nu3meoXLhBNaP7DYO9xhl7tjznnHLqPMvO07KULmAPpdpWGnK2V6SGZxH9pALpOxRVp8Tgjp1EjfPXV8mG5tofxeD5DevrcyGhFQ/s696/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="696" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cIWixbNP27U69f1eFxpUFlDTrO_zMtnUmidOYOnk165MyPGEZqrupWKvHs9mXm-Up7QCYTnAKzIkyl-5y4_8Nu3meoXLhBNaP7DYO9xhl7tjznnHLqPMvO07KULmAPpdpWGnK2V6SGZxH9pALpOxRVp8Tgjp1EjfPXV8mG5tofxeD5DevrcyGhFQ/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>"Papa was dead set against a personality cult and any hint of cronyism... He is a rare politician and leader, who did what he had to do with no thought to any gain for himself", she wrote</i></span></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Lee Hsien Yang was quick to point out his sister’s comments that their father Lee Kuan Yew would have cringed at the hero worship just one year after his death. The younger Mr Lee’s comment came in response to an article shared by former ST editor <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bertha.henson.54/posts/2492226707582764"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bertha Henson</span></a>. Ms Henson shared an article titled ‘Commemorative coin, exhibition among initiatives to mark 100th anniversary of Lee Kuan Yew’s birth’. In her post, Ms Henson wrote: “I wonder what LKY would make of all this…”</div><div><br /></div><div>Some in the comments section had tagged Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s younger brother. Responding to them, the younger Mr Lee commented: “My sister Ling never minces her words”. He also referenced a Mothership article ‘Lee Wei Ling says her dad “would have cringed at the hero worship just one year after his death”‘. A commemorative coin will be launched this year, along with exhibitions and other ground-up initiatives, to mark the 100th anniversary of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s birth.</div><div><br /></div><div>The late Mr Lee, Singapore’s founding Prime Minister and co-founder of the ruling People’s Action Party, was born on Sep 16, 1923. He died on Mar 23, 2015, at the age of 91. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 7), Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng said some government agencies have planned initiatives to pay tribute to Mr Lee. For instance, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will issue a commemorative coin later this year “as a reminder of Mr Lee’s values and vision”, he said. A year after her father’s death, on Mar 25, 2016, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/weiling.lee.980/posts/214054645616853"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dr Lee Wei Ling wrote</span></a>: “Lee Kuan Yew would have cringed at the hero worship just one year after his death”. “Papa was dead set against a personality cult and any hint of cronyism”, she wrote.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://theindependent.sg/lee-hsien-yang-lee-wei-ling-say-lky-would-have-cringed-at-hero-worship-in-commemorative-coin-exhibition-to-mark-100th-anniversary-of-his-birth/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Oxley Saga Hasn’t Ended</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuWRjqK1rwd-B9WMqmadeC8qPkuhRY47bhv_yyZSyqpyn4qhtgwPyafKorxBgTjDJB1u3iUCk7BlENJzrJzW1qJGySLTMsnZvHrvRco_Ktvx0thMkgMcTH6FemUo5RvVereWg1cG8jOXHgLT6BJSpp_x3y1EMyWIg-Q__gErwSZrTEGL6RVLnNIAQ/s1200/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuWRjqK1rwd-B9WMqmadeC8qPkuhRY47bhv_yyZSyqpyn4qhtgwPyafKorxBgTjDJB1u3iUCk7BlENJzrJzW1qJGySLTMsnZvHrvRco_Ktvx0thMkgMcTH6FemUo5RvVereWg1cG8jOXHgLT6BJSpp_x3y1EMyWIg-Q__gErwSZrTEGL6RVLnNIAQ/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Overwhelming Grief & Support For Lee Hsien Yang As He Flees The Country</span></i></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div>On 7 Mar, Lee Hsien Yang made a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeeHsienYangSGP/posts/pfbid031XadrTsnAoPuBzZM2Tr9s4xNoJ7HTzwSPmVFszK5LfA5hz9LweNqJ8tqofgDteijl"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Facebook post</span></a> describing how he has been made a <a href="https://theindependent.sg/overwhelming-support-pours-in-for-lee-hsien-yang-to-contest-in-the-elections-as-he-shares-about-masks/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">fugitive by his own country</span></a>. This happened just because he stood up for a promise to his father Lee Kuan Yew. Both he and Lee Wei Ling have been fighting for what the late Lee Kuan Yew wanted – that he didn’t want his house to be preserved.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Oxley Road saga is a controversial dispute among Lee Kuan Yew’s children, over the fate of their family home. Lee Kuan Yew had expressed in his will that he wanted the house to be demolished after his passing. This is to prevent it from becoming a place of worship or a political shrine. However, Lee Hsien Loong argued that the house should be preserved as a historical monument. Lee Hsien Yang noted that his brother had political motivations for preserving the house and accused him of abusing his power as Prime Minister to influence the decision. The dispute became public in 2017 when Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling accused their brother of abusing his power and of not fulfilling their father’s wishes. The government formed a ministerial committee to examine the options for the house. However, the siblings noted that committee was biased and lacked transparency.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 2020, the government announced that it would not demolish the house, but would instead preserve it and open it to the public for visits. However, they did not only continue to go against Lee Kuan Yew’s wishes. They also continued to prosecute Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling. He has been his sister’s caregiver ever since the death of their father. Yet he is forced to leave the country because his family has been subjected to harassment and smear campaigns. Lee Hsien Yang expressed sadness that he is “unlikely ever to be able to see my sister face to face again”, and it pains him “beyond words”.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>related: </b><a href="https://kuanyewism.com/2021/09/why-is-our-prime-minister-suing-his-own-citizens/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Why is our Prime Minister suing his own citizens?</span></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 16px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://kuanyewism.com/2023/03/overwhelming-grief-support-for-lee-hsien-yang-as-he-flees-the-country/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The famiLEE feud hots up over LKY's last will</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUUOyC9KydCD82qdIUEBB2lb7n0GRtDmugBOoCVEZgicW5tTTL8xfucXO-9fwpCmuQguXq3YUiKVh_xT4dM6HdE4FKnqfPvqILMCz6pHCAJPCVqIAv7QVwD2sAQYRyBDBnmoKwqmK4tQooviSbMWVgDZRkXzLQmyDUNGMClMRf1Tuvrq6yO1hL2nc/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUUOyC9KydCD82qdIUEBB2lb7n0GRtDmugBOoCVEZgicW5tTTL8xfucXO-9fwpCmuQguXq3YUiKVh_xT4dM6HdE4FKnqfPvqILMCz6pHCAJPCVqIAv7QVwD2sAQYRyBDBnmoKwqmK4tQooviSbMWVgDZRkXzLQmyDUNGMClMRf1Tuvrq6yO1hL2nc/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife Mrs Lee Suet Fern left Singapore and remain out of the country during the police's investigations, says Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-weight: 400;" /></span><div style="font-weight: 400;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife, lawyer Lee Suet Fern, are being investigated by the police for potential offences of giving false evidence in judicial proceedings over Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s will.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As part of the investigations, the police requested an interview with the couple, and they initially agreed to attend the interview, said Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean in a written parliamentary answer on Thursday (Mar 2). But the couple later had a change of heart and refused to attend the interview, Mr Teo added. In response to CNA's queries, the police said on Thursday night that it started investigations against the couple following a referral in October 2021.</span></div></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The police contacted both of them in June last year and asked them to assist in investigations by attending a police interview. "They agreed to assist but requested a different date. The police acceded to the request and scheduled an interview in July 2022 based on their availability," the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said. But the couple did not turn up on the agreed date and sent a letter via email stating that they would not take part in the investigation. The police have advised them to reconsider taking part in investigations, but they left Singapore and have remained out of the country, said Mr Teo. In a Facebook post on Thursday night, Mr Lee Hsien Yang responded to the latest developments by claiming that the "persecution of my family by Singapore authorities continues unabated" and that he "was the real target".</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>related: </b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ebook-lee-kuan-yew-will-inaccuracies-sudhir-thomas-vadaketh-3318711"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">E-book on Lee Kuan Yew's will contains inaccuracies 'calculated to mislead' and 'completely at odds' with court findings</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-familee-feud-hots-up-over-lkys-last.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">The famiLEE feud: PM Lee "I'm not sure that it is solved"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DprGE4bk4fhq8BbW7fNmtij4VeXVd4JWhZmPC2Cg7KIla5DjfjpZp-SqVr_13AO8zg9UD7fbw256owDx27MAJuz9H7XwalnV3Ogxhgruak3cm7ICrW7UrI-bDxdZ3LZ7deu6Wd2kohY/s1024/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DprGE4bk4fhq8BbW7fNmtij4VeXVd4JWhZmPC2Cg7KIla5DjfjpZp-SqVr_13AO8zg9UD7fbw256owDx27MAJuz9H7XwalnV3Ogxhgruak3cm7ICrW7UrI-bDxdZ3LZ7deu6Wd2kohY/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ms Kwa Kim Li (pictured), a managing partner at law firm Lee and Lee, prepared the wills for the late Lee Kuan Yew</span></div><div><br /></div><div>The siblings of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong are seeking the convening of a disciplinary tribunal to investigate the conduct of their cousin, Ms Kwa Kim Li, who prepared six wills for their late father Lee Kuan Yew. Ms Kwa, a managing partner at law firm Lee and Lee, prepared the wills for Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding prime minister, between Aug 20, 2011 and Nov 2, 2012.</div><div><br /></div><div>Court documents obtained by TODAY showed that Dr Lee Wei Ling and Mr Lee Hsien Yang, who are executors and trustees of Lee Kuan Yew’s estate, filed the High Court application against the Law Society (LawSoc) on Sept 21 last year. The Lee siblings’ application states that an inquiry committee investigated Ms Kwa following three complaints made in 2019.</div><div><br /></div><div>The application seeks an order from the High Court directing the LawSoc to apply to Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon “for the appointment of a disciplinary tribunal for a formal investigation into the conduct of Ms Kwa Kim Li” over three of the 2019 complaints.</div><div><br /></div></span></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 16px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-familee-feud-pm-lee-im-not-sure.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></span></span></span></div></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">MAS unveils commemorative S$10 coin to mark Lee Kuan Yew's 100th birth anniversary</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2BgXNAHbwGSFMAPyglvtRVyVSZMigFb4TH5kRFgBEYefaNr2BwXcuy0pC9YmGHzz-dMKE--sZbhyn__pO7ImSGhwxeYnqLFef8EjyO8qZzNdwYTHBZgWCHfPMCn9QCAtImiBCOgmP_kRaFnaTpeKMoCIoNOMUeCkRI_ZXdEKoEfgZbwvhBG2OSBA/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2BgXNAHbwGSFMAPyglvtRVyVSZMigFb4TH5kRFgBEYefaNr2BwXcuy0pC9YmGHzz-dMKE--sZbhyn__pO7ImSGhwxeYnqLFef8EjyO8qZzNdwYTHBZgWCHfPMCn9QCAtImiBCOgmP_kRaFnaTpeKMoCIoNOMUeCkRI_ZXdEKoEfgZbwvhBG2OSBA/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidr1bt2VnzjVQ9jVqSOd_mTiXT46MZhgeJwhKul4lnyn_B8EZO66rlceFe91bHrlvVAiDzGHJhb-03LbDBGzdleoaAhtY_-ULQrdPcI5iy7frld2GnynU-UV4YZVqTLY6iNKbYK2G7CPnvi9x8UgXK9TjU27H94FAVRcTzTwJ917oJXrXq5rUF6nNc/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidr1bt2VnzjVQ9jVqSOd_mTiXT46MZhgeJwhKul4lnyn_B8EZO66rlceFe91bHrlvVAiDzGHJhb-03LbDBGzdleoaAhtY_-ULQrdPcI5iy7frld2GnynU-UV4YZVqTLY6iNKbYK2G7CPnvi9x8UgXK9TjU27H94FAVRcTzTwJ917oJXrXq5rUF6nNc/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The front of the coin features a dual latent image that shows the year 1923 when viewed from one angle and the year 2023 when viewed from another. (Image: Monetary Authority of Singapore)</span></i></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>A commemorative S$10 coin marking the 100th birth anniversary of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was unveiled by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday (May 15). Minted in aluminium bronze, the gold-coloured LKY100 coins will be available at face value by application. The coins will have a diameter of 30mm, making them about 22 per cent larger than the Third Series S$1 coins currently in circulation.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>"The coin pays tribute to his strategic vision, boldness and indomitable spirit that transformed Singapore from a regional trading port to a global manufacturing, business and financial hub, creating opportunities for all Singaporeans," MAS said in a news release. </span>"The design features a portrait of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, accompanied in the foreground by the Marina Barrage, representing Mr Lee's vision to build a freshwater reservoir in the city, strengthening Singapore's water resilience," the central bank added, describing the design on the coin's reverse.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">"The backdrop is the skyline of the Raffles Place financial district, and two heritage buildings which have witnessed significant milestones in Singapore's history – Fullerton Hotel (formerly the Fullerton Building/General Post Office) and National Gallery Singapore (formerly the Supreme Court and City Hall)." In addition to the Singapore Coat of Arms, the front of the coin features Mr Lee's name, his years of birth and death, the words "100th Birth Anniversary" and a dual latent image that shows the year 1923 when viewed from one angle and the year 2023 when viewed from another. The coin was designed by local artist Weng Ziyan, whose previous works include banknotes commemorating Singapore's 50th year of independence, Singapore's bicentennial and the 50th anniversary of the Brunei-Singapore Currency Interchangeability Agreement.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div><b>related:</b></div><div><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/tan-see-leng-marking-100th-anniversary-lee-kuan-yews-birth-3259456"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Tan See Leng on marking 100th anniversary of Lee Kuan Yew’s birth</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/pap-grow-10000-trees-its-wards-commemorate-lee-kuan-yew-video-3471146"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">PAP to grow 10,000 trees in its wards to commemorate Lee Kuan Yew | Video</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lee-kuan-yew-100th-birth-anniversary-commemorative-coin-events-3259361"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Commemorative coin, exhibition among initiatives to mark 100th anniversary of Lee Kuan Yew’s birth</span></a></div></div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/03/commemorative-coin-to-mark-100th.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lee Kuan Yew medallion range to mark his 5th death anniversary “temporarily suspended” by Singapore Mint</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9ksVLfaJgnzc-Y3FotPG7oWf-HGfzmv5EDq3-_QHhfn94PqHnCgBV916bSKS-I82O0XupdgY4A4QsmCsqwzfdtLmBKfS8pRV9ejREDDeijdPcKJkHqDS0k1QAbQMOpxjUJJaRB5QLH79e18zJ7M5RxpLzIBkoNPyWgOoplaRRctaV78OsH6C3N0J/s1000/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="1000" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9ksVLfaJgnzc-Y3FotPG7oWf-HGfzmv5EDq3-_QHhfn94PqHnCgBV916bSKS-I82O0XupdgY4A4QsmCsqwzfdtLmBKfS8pRV9ejREDDeijdPcKJkHqDS0k1QAbQMOpxjUJJaRB5QLH79e18zJ7M5RxpLzIBkoNPyWgOoplaRRctaV78OsH6C3N0J/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Just hours after launching a series of medallions and busts dedicated to the founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, The Singapore Mint has decided to “temporarily suspend” the range. At around 12.45pm on Monday (2 March), The Singapore Mint revealed in a statement that it had released medallions with the face of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s face engraved on it, as well as busts resembling him to mark his fifth death anniversary.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Titled “The Pride of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew”, the series comprises of four commemorative gold, silver, and base-metal medallions, and made-to-order copper busts that come in two sizes. This latest range is part of the Singapore Salute collection. The ½ oz 999.9 fine gold and 1 oz 999 fine silver medallions in an oval shape are engraved with late Mr Lee portrait on it. The copper and nickel-plated zinc medallions also have pictures of sampans and Singapore’s skyline on the other side, showcasing the country’s development from its earlier days. As for the copper busts, they come in two different sizes – 110mm and 430mm.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Based on the Singapore Mint, the collection is “meticulously engraved and sculpted by the Singapore Mint’s master engravers with their skillful craftsmanship”, with a “dignified interpretation” of late Mr Lee’s image. “Mr Lee’s great foresight and determined pursuit of Singapore’s growth have played an important role in bringing Singapore to where it is today, and shaping the history of modern Singapore.” It continued, “The Pride of Singapore medallion range also seeks to remind Singaporeans to be resilient and indomitable to concur challenges and adversity in unity”. However, as of 7pm on the same day of the launch, the medallions and busts, priced between S$10 and S$1,888, were not available for orders anymore on The Singapore Mint’s website. The website has now a notice saying, “We have temporarily suspended this program until further notice.”</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2020/03/03/lee-kuan-yew-medallion-range-to-mark-his-5th-death-anniversary-temporarily-suspended-by-singapore-mint/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></span></span></span></div></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Parliamentary Statement by PM Lee Hsien Loong on calls to honour Mr Lee Kuan Yew, on 13 April 2015</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZF1f7hM5iAaQAUJ0S09UcUwd0TWVVDo8bJRHwoYFbziN8tLRYFNdUUDEsNqwBClygx2r1aDEl9d7Roi5Az_OTaowjvCyv5xoCsthTZeccesK8eBG-e2k6si0tQspgdPgM9s7jYzjLPTV0_1i9YWaH_KxFDvcNoYCoxoxVdwzW7d08cOFAXZoyoVPa/s1874/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1874" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZF1f7hM5iAaQAUJ0S09UcUwd0TWVVDo8bJRHwoYFbziN8tLRYFNdUUDEsNqwBClygx2r1aDEl9d7Roi5Az_OTaowjvCyv5xoCsthTZeccesK8eBG-e2k6si0tQspgdPgM9s7jYzjLPTV0_1i9YWaH_KxFDvcNoYCoxoxVdwzW7d08cOFAXZoyoVPa/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M3AxTLZC1k"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">An Outpouring of Grief and Gratitude</span></a></i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div>During the month of Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s final illness, and the week of National Mourning after he passed away, Singaporeans experienced a tremendous outpouring of emotions – gratitude, sorrow, and solidarity. People prayed for, grieved over and paid their last respects to the founding father who had done so much to create today’s Singapore. Many wrote touching messages in condolence books and cards, and made special tribute books and items. During the Special Session of Parliament, Members spoke movingly about Mr Lee’s contributions, what he meant to them, and their personal experiences of him. I thank this House, and all Singaporeans, for their tributes to my father.</div><div><br /></div><div>Those of us who lived through this special moment in our history, and experienced this sense of togetherness in our shared grief, will remember it for the rest of our lives. Mr Lee’s passing brought us closer together as one people and intensified our sense of nationhood. It was his last gift to us. How should we remember and honour him – his person, his contributions, his ideals? Members of the House and the public have made many suggestions. There were several questions on the Order Paper today. Ms Foo Mee Har and Dr Lily Neo suggested printing his image on our currency notes and coins; Mr Ang Wei Nang and Dr Lily Neo suggested re-naming Changi Airport after him; and Ms Foo Mee Har suggested designating a day to commemorate our founding fathers every year. And there are many more suggestions.</div><div><br /></div><div>These are all good ideas. But we should not rush into making decisions on this matter, especially so soon after Mr Lee has passed away. We should allow some time to pass, consider the ideas carefully, and make calm, considered decisions which will stand the test of time. We want to honour Mr Lee, but we must do so in the right way:</div></div><div><ul><li>Ideals, not Monuments</li><li>Currency Notes</li><li>38 Oxley Road</li><li>A Founders’ Memorial</li></ul></div><div><br /></div></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/parliamentary-statement-calls-honour-mr-lee-kuan-yew-prime-minister-lee-hsien-loong-13"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">rea</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">d more</span></a></span></b></span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqkjmLo1Ej4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1z-W1EGn9x3cZT11AYs7TYmrFSwiWmR0nfAigAiDSiHJXlE53RR0v1VoXP8UI3uViGlDlfSkHILEHIuvtw41wQ-C3_510NcfSxRlA1MusaLpKAriGKyiQnNdk7pl6_IUYw09gJ92FrHIYbgn3Co8ThfY2Tb61ZyyMvcOO1QvCY13MjQhKBoRaK73Q/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Lee Kuan Yew: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqkjmLo1Ej4"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I WILL GET UP!</span></a></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">related:</span></b></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/03/commemorative-coin-to-mark-100th.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Commemorative coin to mark 100th anniversary 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Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-82331384485974886022024-03-22T00:22:00.011+08:002024-03-24T08:37:53.324+08:00Beatlemania in the 60s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3NTVkHwD5I" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1903" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_mVcZjtZUJkOsceFxb-k0ccjH6fb6Ue8AIm-iF8HTigEBJ-HHkwwdftQojB-NNRbk88sXSSyqJTkB29-3w7sKnZ99JGcsKlkIMG1J_Qn3c7_0u_iO4dfAPjVa6K0bP79V4Qo2GISii364-wSr3ZUc1VcS0saiBAFzXaMJg0HQcsuzFYYw_eXNLjTm-o/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3NTVkHwD5I"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>The Beatles - Please Please Me</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZN-__Dn638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1899" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-AjfmaGCRkG3QJWHdiMQvnEdwrgl3slgvPu-7s_-5Y1sB-oN5dYyYP2TrdXphNJIx-hDV9f4GyYg_x-PI9pWC7V3R4beywHj10GAeCL_51pu6bSnHYv1fVDjmBCjT1h8syowg44n0hz23NiY3xND_H8VsLvb4kfv9iVGji0THI5nl_91l99TlLAW6H4/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZN-__Dn638"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>The Beatles' Final Single - Now and Then</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPlldUnGAgo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1896" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN11xEMfIkXBXyOv5pz0Vone-pitHZnOSqQCBU4iNKg54kvh1fUnvrenbEIlpai9OXsrf-lZMaWdaIDsn_1DFbfeVk6A0kvcj4bfIw8nO8x7s64v-vT5EZpPYd1zzvNifgNQd3BJoNEvDNt_cl6-r4NhoVT4etwIzOgvkcIPqQD88WnZ5k7IB3Cypms0/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPlldUnGAgo"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Now & Then | The Full Story Behind The Beatles' Final Single</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ED8AU9XxQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1892" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGblgzALnOmVklNf_TK2G55Clv39i_Lgyl_VXXtouaxL-klwcTgvk-Tl8WNZPbQXTN1RvOKkCW_W8Dh-Jgbbsm6pHmVzo9XhT-k0JzlS0HJF1M2ZCx9VzS4ADOWx7K7jK0Hrvh3aqDeniUwtbtNUAl3zE6bztF_4h9ICeir3fYkFGx8WK4YkOzFPAtiUg/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ED8AU9XxQ"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>How the Beatles Changed the World</i></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Colouring The Past</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Colouringpast/videos/1209357670025083/?app=fbl" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1008" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJLo33VhZWY-CPt_RZdK9L7O1AkmxEyARcNDQJn9y-2MLIBLV8FcxutRQkQxthyphenhyphenQzBodv1wWxmiv8AsJA3iTW8V7z00H4oORWOj8i9hMMV2l2m85OctTxxawnuWajPYm0sDmn3gp4RPLYrjsLV5w0jwHZ7yByx8K1dPpCqV5oFZXq06bH_WmGVK8a7no/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>On this date in 1963, The Beatles released their debut studio album, "Please Please Me" (March 22nd, 1963), marking the beginning of an unparalleled musical phenomenon that would forever change the course of popular music.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>After signing with EMI's Parlophone label under the guidance of producer George Martin, the band began recording "Please Please Me" in an astonishingly brief period, completing the entire album in just under 13 hours on February 11, 1963. "Please Please Me" showcased the band's raw talent, tight harmonies, and undeniable chemistry, as well as their unique blend of rock and roll, pop, and skiffle influences. The album featured 14 tracks, including original compositions like "I Saw Her Standing There," and "Love Me Do," as well as a selection of cover songs such as "Twist and Shout," "Anna (Go to Him)" and "Chains."</div><div><br /></div><div>Upon its release, "Please Please Me" quickly climbed the UK charts, reaching the #1 spot and remaining there for an incredible 30 weeks. The album's success marked the beginning of what would come to be known as "Beatlemania," a cultural frenzy that swept across the UK and eventually the entire world.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Colouringpast/videos/1209357670025083/?app=fbl"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>THE BEATLES</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-v5MLS9rz-Tt__SQuif07BGa1JxX73ExDFHz0BzFQXKda3GODUUHifKD7sPvFcZU102Yw52WzJrXVEXPSdQZ23POR67_tsUEEquBrz-X9nZi64kYjxKhqodUl4dZsbK2uOZW8hDWLOTJvKLrwWwmwuxFv3Ln_LnF0tS-63nWJ5GgAPUAdoJn9rLQC3x4/s528/0,jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="528" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-v5MLS9rz-Tt__SQuif07BGa1JxX73ExDFHz0BzFQXKda3GODUUHifKD7sPvFcZU102Yw52WzJrXVEXPSdQZ23POR67_tsUEEquBrz-X9nZi64kYjxKhqodUl4dZsbK2uOZW8hDWLOTJvKLrwWwmwuxFv3Ln_LnF0tS-63nWJ5GgAPUAdoJn9rLQC3x4/s320/0,jpg.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>One of history’s greatest music groups, the Beatles, took the world by storm in the 1960s. The Liverpool band’s domination began when a surprise hit captured ears and hearts.</div><div><br /></div><div>A fresh-faced <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/john-lennon/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">John Lennon</span></a>, <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/paul-mccartney/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Paul McCartney</span></a>, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr released their debut single, “Love Me Do,” in 1962. It performed shockingly well. Then came “Please Please Me.” The single topped the U.K. charts, and Beatlemania spread across England. From there, the Fab Four launched the British Invasion, taking over American pop charts in 1964 with “<a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-day-beatles-fans-broke-into-the-abbey-road-studios.html/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I Want to Hold Your Hand</span></a>.”</div><div><br /></div><div>The ensuing years saw <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-beatles-paul-mccartney-said-jumped-each-others-backs-song-hit-no-1.html/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">hit after hit</span></a>, including “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Help,” “Yesterday,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Hey Jude,” “Let It Be,” and “Come Together,” the last off arguably the Beatles’ best album, Abbey Road. But more than 10 years and 21 studio albums after Lennon formed the band, <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-beatles-officially-broke-up-happiest-place-earth-john-lennons-former-girlfriend.html/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">it dissolved</span></a>. When all was said and done, the Beatles boasted 34 Top 10 hits and 20 number-one singles on the Billboard charts, a record that still stands.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/the-beatles/"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fun Facts About the Fab Four</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNcHr2-obRZBK0MC4-eGHgUzewFCkwziduXMAKW0efyFQlmUTyhJjpLE4rLiQusKrQ5l47BKd18Z6Tff90HSPIR_xT0Sg8frGcKGima1Tbih94YPa8dIma8OEO2E63zDrhNDZVOR79aOddCuiopxBj7hntX7S-sQ-F2sx9td40Jgpn8ZkG8gb_9Mpalg/s800/01a.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="800" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNcHr2-obRZBK0MC4-eGHgUzewFCkwziduXMAKW0efyFQlmUTyhJjpLE4rLiQusKrQ5l47BKd18Z6Tff90HSPIR_xT0Sg8frGcKGima1Tbih94YPa8dIma8OEO2E63zDrhNDZVOR79aOddCuiopxBj7hntX7S-sQ-F2sx9td40Jgpn8ZkG8gb_9Mpalg/s320/01a.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There were shirts, wigs, hats, branded instruments, board games, ice cream bars, wallpaper, bed sheets, and pillowcases. Nowadays you can find pretty much anything you want with The Beatles’ name on it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kaboodle Kits (kind of like a lunchbox), Paul and Linda McCartney Animatronic Caricature Heads, costumes, rings, party cake decorations, nylon stockings, hairspray, ice cube trays, salt and pepper shakers, CD players, wooden nesting dolls, and far, far more have graced store shelves and fan collections. As the most famous people in the world, you can bet there were plenty of ways to support The Beatles that weren't their albums. There were shirts, wigs, hats, branded instruments, board games, ice cream bars, wallpaper, bed sheets, and pillowcases. Nowadays you can find pretty much anything you want with The Beatles' name on it.</div><div><br /></div><div>With a total of a hundred and thirty-two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, The Beatles are in a league of their own. It's by far the most of any artist, and we guess we shouldn't be surprised. Who could possibly defeat them? Michael Jackson? Whitney Houston? It turns out the second most is Garth Brooks, with a mere fifty-two weeks. Hey, that's still a whole year. They've also had a total of twenty-one number one hits on the Billboard 100 in the United States, also the most of any artist. They also had seventeen number one hits in the United Kingdom.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.daily-stuff.com/fun-facts-about-the-fab-four-part2/2?xcmg=1"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Beatlemania</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUjY2BcIIKo7EtrqoKPX7PpEGgz1fWldxz-2Ex0hTKuiouc1XI_9UeQH_nsMbDHqrRxMaP1v8gTaffg2nHY0f1V133ofv-vl_JUwSVpyCbC-641u1ZResjFe10hCqLtuAAsjUcfxyIJGnBFuki8kd3pKAuPt28fKkMYIhpUHAdHvAae2w1das4kjnrio/s390/00.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="390" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUjY2BcIIKo7EtrqoKPX7PpEGgz1fWldxz-2Ex0hTKuiouc1XI_9UeQH_nsMbDHqrRxMaP1v8gTaffg2nHY0f1V133ofv-vl_JUwSVpyCbC-641u1ZResjFe10hCqLtuAAsjUcfxyIJGnBFuki8kd3pKAuPt28fKkMYIhpUHAdHvAae2w1das4kjnrio/s320/00.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Beatlemania was the fanaticism surrounding the English rock band the Beatles in the 1960s. The group's popularity grew in the United Kingdom throughout 1963, propelled by the singles "Please Please Me", "From Me to You" and "She Loves You". By October, the press adopted the term "Beatlemania" to describe the scenes of adulation that attended the band's concert performances. From the start of 1964, their world tours were characterised by the same levels of hysteria and high-pitched screaming by female fans, both at concerts and during the group's travels. Commentators likened the intensity of this adulation to a religious fervour and to a female masturbation fantasy. Among the displays of deity-like worship, fans would approach the band in the belief that they possessed supernatural healing powers.</div><div><br /></div><div>In February 1964, the Beatles arrived in the United States and their televised performances on The Ed Sullivan Show were viewed by approximately 73 million people. There, the band's instant popularity established their international stature, and their unprecedented domination of the national sales charts was mirrored in numerous other countries. Their August 1965 concert at New York's Shea Stadium marked the first time that a large outdoor stadium was used for such a purpose, and with an audience of 55,000, set records for attendance and revenue generation. To protect them from their fans, the Beatles typically travelled to these concerts by armoured car. From the end of that year, the band embraced promo clips for their singles to avoid the difficulties of making personal appearances on television programmes. Their December 1965 album Rubber Soul marked a profound change in the dynamic between fans and artists, as many Beatles fans sought to appreciate the progressive quality in the band's look, lyrics and sound. In 1966, John Lennon controversially remarked that the group had become "more popular than Jesus". Soon afterwards, when the Beatles toured Japan, the Philippines and the US, they were entangled in mob revolt, violence, political backlash and threats of assassination. Frustrated by the restrictions of Beatlemania and unable to hear themselves play above their fans' screams, the group stopped touring and became a studio-only band. Their popularity and influence expanded in various social and political arenas, while Beatlemania continued on a reduced scale from then and into the members' solo careers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Beatlemania surpassed any previous examples of fan worship in its intensity and scope. Initially, the fans were predominantly young adolescent females, sometimes called "teenyboppers", and their behaviour was scorned by many commentators. By 1965, their fanbase included listeners who traditionally shunned youth-driven pop culture, which helped bridge divisions between folk and rock enthusiasts. During the 1960s, Beatlemania was the subject of analysis by psychologists and sociologists; a 1997 study recognised the phenomenon as an early demonstration of proto-feminist girl power. The receptions of subsequent pop acts – particularly boy bands and Taylor Swift – have drawn comparisons to Beatlemania, although none have replicated the breadth and depth of the Beatles' fandom nor its cultural impact.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-54729697083841848712024-03-21T00:21:00.004+08:002024-03-21T09:58:53.345+08:00Singapore's Lau Pa Sat, Indonesia<div><b>Food centre similar to S'pore's Lau Pa Sat to open in Indonesia by end-2025</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3WGUZJb9PtJ1tG_BCo7HidLXz-P84stCGVyM9cQmmJI6wd2hlQnGNxNLuC0jbdh6Y-4n6NqtMu0zIU4MlT4GyTjRLHu1-Oqn6p1SKATsWk8_sxiAIANoYih0zw93gRZOf0gq3oqF9LyQf5VAwnjCjJiJEaRZ270gdjLyu-fcPa-JnB2daJ0TPI20IAQ/s1280/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3WGUZJb9PtJ1tG_BCo7HidLXz-P84stCGVyM9cQmmJI6wd2hlQnGNxNLuC0jbdh6Y-4n6NqtMu0zIU4MlT4GyTjRLHu1-Oqn6p1SKATsWk8_sxiAIANoYih0zw93gRZOf0gq3oqF9LyQf5VAwnjCjJiJEaRZ270gdjLyu-fcPa-JnB2daJ0TPI20IAQ/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><div>A food centre similar to Singapore's famous Lau Pa Sat is set to open in Indonesia. The food centre will reportedly have over 50 stalls and its own Satay Street, when it is ready in 2025.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">T</span>he food centre is part of a mixed development named "Rukan Lau Pa Sat" situated in the up-and-coming Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK2) township. PIK2 has been dubbed "The New Jakarta City" and is located in the northern part of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. It is a <a href="https://www.asiapropertyawards.com/en/project-spotlight/pik2-sedayu-indo-city/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">joint venture</span></a> between property developer Agung Sedayu Group and Salim Group, Indonesia's biggest conglomerate.</div><div><br /></div><div>Agung Sedayu Group will be recreating Lau Pa Sat's colonial-themed architecture and orange roofing for the food centre in PIK2. Stalls at the food centre will mostly serve Indonesian cuisine, as well as food from the region, The <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/food-centre-based-on-singapore-s-lau-pa-sat-to-open-in-indonesia-by-end-2025"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Straits Times</span></a> (ST) reported. There will also be different types of sate from different parts of Indonesia because people love to "have satay and chill", Agung Sedayu Group chief executive Steven Kusumo told ST.</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://mothership.sg/2024/03/lau-pa-sat-indonesia/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div><span><b>Indonesia to Build Food Centre Modelled after Singapore's Lau Pa Sat</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eu4Wo75QOVI80JygSLJ3fqRqdgQUsYtGO16NY1eMZg3-UiN8f3ruXip4ZdC42p83uLul0NDXBHd6qRiBDub54D5FoVPWoMUPvNZu-6D1aw1MTKzRJU-mJf_gtw2Psnfkdq0EOBjjp_zY2pbAErgfXskbwnAzm6OzD4DQLOBTzAlO-4M2b9dOen-54s4/s1280/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eu4Wo75QOVI80JygSLJ3fqRqdgQUsYtGO16NY1eMZg3-UiN8f3ruXip4ZdC42p83uLul0NDXBHd6qRiBDub54D5FoVPWoMUPvNZu-6D1aw1MTKzRJU-mJf_gtw2Psnfkdq0EOBjjp_zY2pbAErgfXskbwnAzm6OzD4DQLOBTzAlO-4M2b9dOen-54s4/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">An artist's impression of the Lau Pa Sat food centre to be built in the Pantai Indah Kapuk township outside Jakarta. PHOTO: AGUNG SEDAYU GROUP</span></i></div><br /><span>By the end of 2025, Indonesia will have a food centre in the capital city <a href="https://headtopics.com/sg/food-centre-based-on-singapore-s-lau-pa-sat-to-open-in-49478761"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">modelled after Singapore’s Lau Pa Sat</span></a>, complete with dozens of stalls offering various regional delicacies as well as an open-air Satay Street.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Property developer Agung Sedayu Group will be constructing the food centre, complete with signature colonial-themed architecture and orange roofing, in the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) area.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span>We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/food-centre-based-on-singapore-s-lau-pa-sat-to-open-in-indonesia-by-end-2025?utm_source=headtopics&utm_medium=news&utm_campaign=2024-03-16"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">here</span></a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://headtopics.com/sg/indonesia-to-build-food-centre-modelled-after-singapore-s-49512497"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><b>read more</b></span></a></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span><b>Lau Pa Sat</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRjbh7UOondb7Qz6rE5nQ0TgGEilfDnT-_n-sDwSehk1I3Vaf2fh_iGO2oJ7AZy9s3q1j4zlXgnUW8oT81qSFiNjY_-5xhRQ8Yr60tyj_ec9eidQUNOv-s09RmlA9UaIdlMyuhACO9rfCj0HjxpPLEqsu51z0OjiWF4yzFdFKz7BCdFG3UHPMJr05Q-E/s922/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="922" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRjbh7UOondb7Qz6rE5nQ0TgGEilfDnT-_n-sDwSehk1I3Vaf2fh_iGO2oJ7AZy9s3q1j4zlXgnUW8oT81qSFiNjY_-5xhRQ8Yr60tyj_ec9eidQUNOv-s09RmlA9UaIdlMyuhACO9rfCj0HjxpPLEqsu51z0OjiWF4yzFdFKz7BCdFG3UHPMJr05Q-E/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Lau Pa Sat (or “old market” in the Hokkien dialect), this beautifully restored cast iron heritage site was Singapore’s first wet market that dates back over 150 years ago to the time of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore.</div><div><br /></div><div><span><div>It was subsequently converted into a famous gourmet paradise and has been gazetted as a national monument since 1973.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today Lau Pa Sat Festival Market is one of Kopitiam’s most well-known outlet offering Singaporeans and even tourists the best of authentic local and international cuisines.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><a href="https://www.laupasat.sg/our-heritage/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><b>read more</b></span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span><b>Lau Pa Sat</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIuZUr_GBOsLfCm8bPlp-SG41l4_pLqRp5akEXCchRtBwmezo12AquDBu7O5r3n4_mFlBB4CmCCSXTDdFGYRtT3joyN9nsh0WPOc2wyimGNe7wXSw2Sr-WZkaJS5bbIA04bQ9bKaphw47W_zeC_oDKVHE4yCNWVZQYPs_9_6S6-IWvBVzw8YEbXVyeFc/s320/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIuZUr_GBOsLfCm8bPlp-SG41l4_pLqRp5akEXCchRtBwmezo12AquDBu7O5r3n4_mFlBB4CmCCSXTDdFGYRtT3joyN9nsh0WPOc2wyimGNe7wXSw2Sr-WZkaJS5bbIA04bQ9bKaphw47W_zeC_oDKVHE4yCNWVZQYPs_9_6S6-IWvBVzw8YEbXVyeFc/s1600/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div><a href="https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/national-monuments/former-telok-ayer-market-now-known-as-lau-pa-sat"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Lau Pa Sat</span></a> (Chinese: 老 巴 刹; pinyin: Lǎo Bāshā; lit. 'Old Market'), also known as Telok Ayer Market (Malay: Pasar Telok Ayer; Chinese: 直 落 亚 逸 巴 刹), is a historic building located within the Downtown Core in the Central Area of Singapore. It was first built in 1824 as a fish market on the waterfront serving the people of early colonial Singapore and rebuilt in 1838. It was then relocated and rebuilt at the present location in 1894. It is currently a food court with stalls selling a variety of local cuisine.</div><div><br /></div><div>The market remains one of the oldest Victorian structures in South-East Asia and one of the first structures built in pre-fabricated cast iron in Asia. It is also the only remaining market left that served the residents in the central district of early Singapore. Telok Ayer Market (Malay: Pasar Telok Ayer; Chinese: 直 落 亚 逸 巴 刹) is named after Telok Ayer Bay. In the early nineteenth century, the market was a simple wooden building located on piles just over the waters of Telok Ayer Bay before land reclamation work filled in the bay. The Malay name Telok Ayer means "bay water", and the then coastal road Telok Ayer Street was located alongside the bay before land reclamation work started in 1879.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lau Pa Sat (Chinese: 老 巴 刹; pinyin: Lǎo Bāshā) means "old market" in the vernacular Hokkien Chinese of Singapore. Lau (老) means old; pa sat is the Hokkien pronunciation of the Persian loanword "bazaar" (market) which is pasar in Malay. The original Telok Ayer market was one of the oldest markets in Singapore; a new market called Ellenborough Market was later built along Ellenborough Street (now the site of The Central shopping mall, next to Tew Chew Street), and that market became known to the locals as the "new market" (Pasar Baru or Sin Pa Sat, Ellenborough Street was known as Sin Pa Sat Kham meaning "the mouth of the new market"), while the Telok Ayer Market in turn became known colloquially as the "old market" or Lau Pa Sat. Because of its Victorian iron structure, the market is also referred to in Malay as pasar besi (market of iron).</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau_Pa_Sat"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><b>read more</b></span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The "Raffles City" of Chongqing, China</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht94sspFUlu7q-ml8BSEJ9mtqJH1C6nMCb4cOWAmjGA2paix7NVkalq8cBfpargYGgaAFyzGPozcUZC_9HcrvCeIu8QSGaIO6mgPifaYdk5Iv_RbYEavq_Au6SpKVPl-lG31tyiGPBjJBeNC3JFvxXOE5Jl_jxsZViDY_2TYpaP1Z5U-islIndNqTT/s1366/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht94sspFUlu7q-ml8BSEJ9mtqJH1C6nMCb4cOWAmjGA2paix7NVkalq8cBfpargYGgaAFyzGPozcUZC_9HcrvCeIu8QSGaIO6mgPifaYdk5Iv_RbYEavq_Au6SpKVPl-lG31tyiGPBjJBeNC3JFvxXOE5Jl_jxsZViDY_2TYpaP1Z5U-islIndNqTT/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DXMXGWdWkA"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Raffles City Chongqing 2020, China</i></b></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Raffles City Chongqing, designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie, is developed by Singapore’s own CapitaLand, whose president and group CEO calls it the “largest and most complex integrated development” ever undertaken by the real estate company by far. The project will hold a shopping mall, residences, offices and a hotel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Complicated, indeed. The megastructure consists of four 250m-tall skyscrapers topped with a 300m-long curved horizontal sky bridge, which will feature an outdoor patio with see-through glass flooring as a viewing deck. The enclosed structure — longer than Singapore’s tallest building laid on its side — will also have swimming pools, sky gardens, and dining facilities.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">If all this sounds familiar, it should be. Raffles City Chongqing is what happens when someone one-ups Marina Bay Sands by taking the original concept wholesale and adding more parts to it. CapitaLand’s description about their development says nothing about the similarities to MBS, but noted that Safdie drew inspiration from Chongqing’s “thousand years of waterway transportation culture” to create “an image of powerful sails upon the river”. To be fair, Safdie did design MBS after all, so he’s at liberty to replicate the same thing somewhere else. The construction is expected to be completed by the middle of 2018 and will open in phases next year.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-raffles-city-of-chongqing-china.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The "Singapore" of Medan, Indonesia</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbzaIyyuZpfUXE8I0t89iuT_K6cqsil7KAoEiqnwLeEUh8bTy0c4-cBWnDRiH27L6SvALunfIA3iuJJG4tI8rBItYeRvJAvnS9cqQqlfiHP1wWfUrlkGPLSrZQi3S0OHS-N_pguIKZpZd6Xav32os0KMg9hsCh6u0tWnX-MeocMyIcawLdbDnUF3W/s875/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="875" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbzaIyyuZpfUXE8I0t89iuT_K6cqsil7KAoEiqnwLeEUh8bTy0c4-cBWnDRiH27L6SvALunfIA3iuJJG4tI8rBItYeRvJAvnS9cqQqlfiHP1wWfUrlkGPLSrZQi3S0OHS-N_pguIKZpZd6Xav32os0KMg9hsCh6u0tWnX-MeocMyIcawLdbDnUF3W/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z03kRs6DVCA"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>THE SINGAPORE OF MEDAN || Tempat Hunting Terbaru Medan Di Tahun 2020</b></i></span></a></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">A <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5970232529862272281/4756362780770167263#"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">video</span></a> of a neighbourhood in Indonesia has made the rounds lately due to some unusual features, including a merlion and Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The residential area is called the “Singapore of Medan” and can be seen in this video from 2020. Singaporeans will definitely find some familiar sights. Whoever thought of the neighbourhood’s design must be a huge fan of the Little Red Dot.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The developer of the residence is CitraLand Gama City (which explains the CLGC on the gantry), and it will occupy 211.57 hectares of land, including a shopping district called—you guessed it, Orchard Road. In response, Singaporean netizens appear to be having a lot of fun with the “Singapore of Medan.”</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-singapore-of-medan-indonesia.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-59081800290432298522024-03-20T00:20:00.002+08:002024-03-24T09:02:17.520+08:00Spring Equinox 2024 春分 Chūnfēn<div><b>Update 23 Mar 2024: Zero shadow at 1.11pm on March 23 in Singapore</b></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j602aF3w3Ee-rT0RzhuzzdevRWq6OGrXgwyEN3hdqckJkxy2gPlPL6X12oIqTm9yRXNDwrjDdZC-QCO9OnIljH0WKGjnD0K0xuXHnRCQJaLOVJAscrHVSw7_IfPTMS4sTTckkT1jxoR3JXAJb94u11UOmzXf3JG9dwC6TgqOWUyR3OKqEgxvf0fGxUI/s860/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j602aF3w3Ee-rT0RzhuzzdevRWq6OGrXgwyEN3hdqckJkxy2gPlPL6X12oIqTm9yRXNDwrjDdZC-QCO9OnIljH0WKGjnD0K0xuXHnRCQJaLOVJAscrHVSw7_IfPTMS4sTTckkT1jxoR3JXAJb94u11UOmzXf3JG9dwC6TgqOWUyR3OKqEgxvf0fGxUI/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The bollards outside Stadium MRT station did not cast a shadow at 1.11pm on March 23. ST FOTO:SHINTARO TAY</span></i></div><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><div style="font-weight: 400;"><div>A Lahaina Noon phenomenon, where one’s shadow appears minimal, took place at 1.11pm on March 23 in Singapore. Also known as zero shadow day, it is a natural event in which objects standing upright, such as a stick or pole, will cast no shadow.</div><div><br /></div><div>Professor Matthias Roth, who teaches geography at the National University of Singapore, said the phenomenon will also happen on Sept 19 at 12.58pm, when the solar altitude is as close to or at 90 degrees. He noted that the phenomenon on March 23 comes about four days after the start of the spring astronomical season, which is determined by the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun.</div></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: 400;">As Singapore is not exactly on the Equator, the midday sun will be overhead only about four days after the astronomical spring equinox, Prof Roth added. The astronomical spring equinox results in an equal amount of daylight and darkness. “Due to historical reasons, Singapore’s time is one hour ahead compared with the solar time. This means that solar noon does not occur until about 1pm, rather than noon, which also explains why sunrise and sunset times are observed at about 7am and 7pm respectively.”</div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2024/03/zero-shadow-at-111pm-on-march-23-in.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div>What Is the Equinox?</b></span><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg03-Lmov5JYVBn8P4-wUBtxaRzagVxSq_w6glOnL_Xer2O4X-93hwqG2e7CbDb_kr0UfOZ41ADZ44EwzEWHRlk0GB2iRh2ZJ3insFw9-sQbrbb4eFZBOMMwh8PH3BrouDIeBczuj7GVy9H3jIQQYXF1UondL_bZf5ZrRg4WWwJ7hZE4AO4zLgXex62=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg03-Lmov5JYVBn8P4-wUBtxaRzagVxSq_w6glOnL_Xer2O4X-93hwqG2e7CbDb_kr0UfOZ41ADZ44EwzEWHRlk0GB2iRh2ZJ3insFw9-sQbrbb4eFZBOMMwh8PH3BrouDIeBczuj7GVy9H3jIQQYXF1UondL_bZf5ZrRg4WWwJ7hZE4AO4zLgXex62=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Earth, like nearly all the planets, orbits the Sun in a tilted fashion</span></i></div><br /></span><div><div>There are only two moments each year when neither pole points toward the Sun, and the Sun lies directly above Earth’s equator. These moments are the equinoxes.</div><div><br /></div><div>The March equinox happens sometime between March 19 and 21. The September equinox occurs sometime between September 21 and 24.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the Northern Hemisphere, the March equinox is also known as the spring or vernal equinox; the September equinox can be called the fall or autumnal equinox. In the Southern Hemisphere, the names are the other way around. On the date of the equinox, at any location, the lengths of day and night are roughly equal.</div></div>
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<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/equinox-solstice.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a><div><br /></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>What is an Equinox?</b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyaStlgUkIuPN1CVtNqA1oeUfeQYHBVGxcHnpQZ92wIeeEVxKPEolVWQxXB45wXV24_ssyCF-7XsBERmS0_EoMKAxgK_3J_aGv_XNh4M6HlhBwwxFvFsLHfEQ3dbJ6R_toeSi65x9dBRyBSx4ikHk_2B6ijK0qyquJXrJhM5d7TsjbYrgSaUP7QtjV=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyaStlgUkIuPN1CVtNqA1oeUfeQYHBVGxcHnpQZ92wIeeEVxKPEolVWQxXB45wXV24_ssyCF-7XsBERmS0_EoMKAxgK_3J_aGv_XNh4M6HlhBwwxFvFsLHfEQ3dbJ6R_toeSi65x9dBRyBSx4ikHk_2B6ijK0qyquJXrJhM5d7TsjbYrgSaUP7QtjV=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>An <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/equinox#editors-notes-section-0"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">equinox</span></a> is one of the two times of the year when the amount of daylight and nighttime hours are just about of equal length. The two equinoxes occur around March 20–21 and September 22–23.</div><div><br /></div><div>The equinoxes occur on these days, but an equinox is not the whole day—it is the moment when the sun is directly above Earth’s equator. The word equinox can also refer to the position of the sun at this moment. This can also be called the equinoctial point. The equinoxes are traditionally considered to mark the start of spring and fall. In the Northern Hemisphere, the vernal equinox (or spring equinox) occurs in March and the autumnal equinox occurs in September. In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the reverse.</div><div><br /></div><div>In contrast, a <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/solstice#editors-notes-section-0"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">solstice</span></a> is one of the two times of the year when the positioning and tilt of Earth relative to the sun results in the most amount of daylight time or the least amount of daylight time in a single day. There are two solstices during the year: one that occurs around June 20–22 (usually June 20 or 21) and one that occurs around December 20–23 (usually December 21 or 22). In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs in June and the winter solstice occurs in December. In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the reverse.</div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>related:</b> </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/fall-equinox-solstice/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">“Equinox” vs. “Solstice” - The Difference Between Them Is Like Night And Day</span></a></div></div><br /><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/equinox#editors-notes-section-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-14542419802608039012024-03-19T00:19:00.001+08:002024-03-19T00:19:00.138+08:00Monosodium glutamate (MSG)<div><b>What the science says about its safety</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVf1bCOlcBX227pMURFMpF20ZBOoyloR0c-pd3Ou5dkccCL2GxRALb8VV37AzWxvZRdTW9HYUqLVoTdnY4UGzWZCT9-DVuLGb3tXC2ez72RU46aNG7hWTyIE0YBVBa0w5GAqKqH6lC2teyu9iPIWkPo22FdEDbAuEayMgVCO3QDF8hyfLf3EmoRR8f/s1024/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="1024" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVf1bCOlcBX227pMURFMpF20ZBOoyloR0c-pd3Ou5dkccCL2GxRALb8VV37AzWxvZRdTW9HYUqLVoTdnY4UGzWZCT9-DVuLGb3tXC2ez72RU46aNG7hWTyIE0YBVBa0w5GAqKqH6lC2teyu9iPIWkPo22FdEDbAuEayMgVCO3QDF8hyfLf3EmoRR8f/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Monosodium glutamate (MSG) continues to be a controversial food additive used around the world. In this Honest Nutrition feature, we explain the benefits and risks of MSG and dispel popular myths</span></i></div><br /><div>MSG, also known as the fifth taste or umami, is the sodium salt of glutamate — an amino acid naturally occurring in many foods and food additives and an important building block of protein in the body.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Glutamate was discovered from kombu seaweed in 1908 by Japanese professor of physical chemistry, Prof. Kikunae Ikeda. He later extracted the amino acid, dissolved it in water, and neutralized it with sodium hydroxide to form MSG. Glutamate itself is bitter, but MSG has a unique flavor that led Ikeda to coin the term umami expanding upon four basic tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, and sour. MSG occurs naturallyTrusted Source in various foods, such as carrot, onion, cabbage, potato, egg yolk, cheese, soy sauce, anchovies, and shrimp.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>It is also produced through the fermentation of animal-based or plant-based foods, including molasses, sugarcane, sugar beet, beans, mushrooms, and seaweed. Debunking MSG myths:</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>MSG is high in salt, or sodium - Fact: Sodium is an important nutrient the body needs in small amounts to maintain blood volume and blood pressure.</li><li>Foods that contain MSG also contain gluten - Fact: GlutenTrusted Source is a protein present in wheat-based foods that is a health concern for people with Celiac disease or gluten sensitivity.</li><li>If food package labels do not have ‘MSG’ on them, the food is MSG-free - Fact: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Trusted Source requires food manufacturers to list added MSG as “monosodium glutamate” in their ingredient panel.</li><li>The body is unable to process MSG effectively - Fact: There are numerous glutamate receptors throughout the gut and nervous system.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/msg-what-the-science-says-about-its-safety"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Monosodium glutamate</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlkv0TazkvmL_pdiRTaah9l5eG24huhXMbKBUvDC_jOag-gVzpfUx6omyDIL92-w_AfRB_bF91prF_b3PP-yv-myRzTxXQNUvkE0quMjR3hTriuNTVIYyrbSYhlRHH2YuIa8nuMd1ZiCtl4FT3Nlx30OZKqE1TJL0gLnd4rX0UXmahkvbF9WJTE8D/s330/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="330" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlkv0TazkvmL_pdiRTaah9l5eG24huhXMbKBUvDC_jOag-gVzpfUx6omyDIL92-w_AfRB_bF91prF_b3PP-yv-myRzTxXQNUvkE0quMjR3hTriuNTVIYyrbSYhlRHH2YuIa8nuMd1ZiCtl4FT3Nlx30OZKqE1TJL0gLnd4rX0UXmahkvbF9WJTE8D/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Monosodium glutamate (MSG), also known as sodium glutamate, is the sodium salt of glutamic acid. MSG is found naturally in some foods including tomatoes and cheese in this glutamic acid form. MSG is used in cooking as a flavor enhancer with an umami taste that intensifies the meaty, savory flavor of food, as naturally occurring glutamate does in foods such as stews and meat soups.</div><div><br /></div><div>MSG was first prepared in 1908 by Japanese biochemist Kikunae Ikeda, who was trying to isolate and duplicate the savory taste of kombu, an edible seaweed used as a base for many Japanese soups. MSG balances, blends, and rounds the perception of other tastes. MSG is commonly used and found in stock (bouillon) cubes, soups, ramen, gravy, stews, condiments, savory snacks, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given MSG its generally recognized as safe (GRAS) designation. It is a popular belief that MSG can cause headaches and other feelings of discomfort, known as "Chinese restaurant syndrome". Several blinded studies show no such effects when MSG is combined with food in normal concentrations, and are inconclusive when MSG is added to broth in large concentrations. The European Union classifies it as a food additive permitted in certain foods and subject to quantitative limits. MSG has the HS code 29224220 and the E number E621</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-56705798840215049112024-03-18T00:18:00.044+08:002024-03-18T00:18:00.130+08:00From Kampongs to Flats<div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizvhAW_wnuxMdILmVjeUYjGmJttd5lPI32iLgsG64BkKI6IeOKIb0vag9xvfyGEKOfs2HSpVkU66eKiGITklkgHINID2dUgCavLOUWX8hxGwUZ7lVKyw38vey9FOHVI_UNXJFlWLghrRYYVwAYR87pCZEm7HywISpP356aX7RKXQ9av7c0CVA3-AX/s1920/0a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizvhAW_wnuxMdILmVjeUYjGmJttd5lPI32iLgsG64BkKI6IeOKIb0vag9xvfyGEKOfs2HSpVkU66eKiGITklkgHINID2dUgCavLOUWX8hxGwUZ7lVKyw38vey9FOHVI_UNXJFlWLghrRYYVwAYR87pCZEm7HywISpP356aX7RKXQ9av7c0CVA3-AX/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug-8gZ9bA3w" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lost Kampongs in Singapore</i></span></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3zOSsmNHaaFfqlj4qVav8uQETC8FTRELJG5RFoAzlcbzghn38-OOSqrMaSMtR8mTTU9BseRnckS_YXxvzMpItPf0NhrtrmkMdVUAnoBDJa4HGiQpWVSiRi6kHpN-5znBxatarmK4LKNZKwXm-JjLHP11ahblxOZQsXjBBsLjO2pTX0bbi9So1VxU/s1920/0a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3zOSsmNHaaFfqlj4qVav8uQETC8FTRELJG5RFoAzlcbzghn38-OOSqrMaSMtR8mTTU9BseRnckS_YXxvzMpItPf0NhrtrmkMdVUAnoBDJa4HGiQpWVSiRi6kHpN-5znBxatarmK4LKNZKwXm-JjLHP11ahblxOZQsXjBBsLjO2pTX0bbi9So1VxU/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AA0xdyWHR0&t"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kampong Buangkok: The last village in Singapore</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvFrQYVZ5Agvl7iiqJcJSioxN6W9Bynvu6vLM0D9Li8OKs930zXTYHeeEAlJ_asIh8QhQd9n1gbzrr4SZjmTKMBFXWUzWjfb6CQdP9Cs7jJGa9Zh382k-JPQ6JEcO-qjCHLYUfk2AAqBWOBNgmKw7pjXi5H-bjVNfVJPc9snhJh4maN5sS5QVJo31/s1920/0a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvFrQYVZ5Agvl7iiqJcJSioxN6W9Bynvu6vLM0D9Li8OKs930zXTYHeeEAlJ_asIh8QhQd9n1gbzrr4SZjmTKMBFXWUzWjfb6CQdP9Cs7jJGa9Zh382k-JPQ6JEcO-qjCHLYUfk2AAqBWOBNgmKw7pjXi5H-bjVNfVJPc9snhJh4maN5sS5QVJo31/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_uKbiHBUHo&t"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Last Village in Singapore: Kampong Lorong Buangkok</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7nrAOjb1MnK1WoePCI7z8DLef85hxTib1-EzFMnum3DXtZDBy25b9SFVYcByfEb55-uMzrL2_EchWOMC3PVH9gkB4164Spue8_FEjXsW3sG1oMCjHvNXepbfUrJHiZIKxv5wn0B9gJOW1vMVmA1pKnN9FdGFp4Qz3uHFyiSvNeMn9AZ-e6kqYrKV/s1920/0a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7nrAOjb1MnK1WoePCI7z8DLef85hxTib1-EzFMnum3DXtZDBy25b9SFVYcByfEb55-uMzrL2_EchWOMC3PVH9gkB4164Spue8_FEjXsW3sG1oMCjHvNXepbfUrJHiZIKxv5wn0B9gJOW1vMVmA1pKnN9FdGFp4Qz3uHFyiSvNeMn9AZ-e6kqYrKV/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3DbrHkbaRU"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kampong Lorong Buangkok || The Last Kampong Village in Singapore</i></span></a></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>From Villages to Flats – The Kampong Days</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKmJ1yE2vxPvW3j0ZBuPD-WVLp3i8CZ364GZA-d4ODFVbGkL9Y4W_1KOZY5_bYBgO0TqgyAS7FKKLAMLdbBd14KDZV0SzGSNBogS_VGcInCjtP6Bx6zAAlpCg2mfQu6-plkZF8lm_La1dJvTH9jGtRf8-SG631GpZQdPnNXVf-KZbJNaJ_5Rlx0fW/s640/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="640" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKmJ1yE2vxPvW3j0ZBuPD-WVLp3i8CZ364GZA-d4ODFVbGkL9Y4W_1KOZY5_bYBgO0TqgyAS7FKKLAMLdbBd14KDZV0SzGSNBogS_VGcInCjtP6Bx6zAAlpCg2mfQu6-plkZF8lm_La1dJvTH9jGtRf8-SG631GpZQdPnNXVf-KZbJNaJ_5Rlx0fW/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The rapid urbanisation of Singapore in the past four decades has seen hundreds of villages demolished and the lands freed up for redevelopment. The life of many Singaporeans of the last generation changed dramatically as they shifted from their kampong to the high-rise public flats. The days of living in dilapidated wooden attap houses with hygienic concerns and limited supplies differed greatly from the comfort of the public housings fitted with electricity, water and gas.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>On the other hand, the community, or kampong, spirit is lost when more people tends to coop themselves up in their own flats nowadays, and interaction with neighbours become a rarity. Children of the newer generation have also lost the chance to come in contact with nature; many of them probably have not seen a live rooster in their life.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nevertheless, there is still one kampong existing on mainland Singapore today, although the land it is standing on is currently facing the prospect of being acquired by the government. <a href="https://remembersingapore.wordpress.com/kampong-lorong-buangkok/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kampong Lorong Buangkok</span></a>, established in 1956, has a mixture of Chinese and Malay residents living in harmony. There are about 28 single-storey zinc-roof houses here, on a landsize roughly equaled to three football fields. The land belongs to the Sng family, who lives here among the residents and collects only small tokens from the other families as rental fees.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://remembersingapore.org/2012/04/04/from-villages-to-flats-part-1/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>From Kampongs to HDB – Singapore Through the Years</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduBLuXmKw7XzcmcpCADewfw4U92gXI0dS7VlNezDkw6BuRdj4Cj0YFXCue3uMhbSboX4Tk58nQxYnpz2VcIoAM2DYQ-hPfV9BeabRjPaPAqjkEvikXHEpP4vYOlfFBJ8ytvAgOzqQZeqGugPfCWLVm17TzjV0-Ee-pStDPAaGgbrEaXG62nxutY9R/s1920/0a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduBLuXmKw7XzcmcpCADewfw4U92gXI0dS7VlNezDkw6BuRdj4Cj0YFXCue3uMhbSboX4Tk58nQxYnpz2VcIoAM2DYQ-hPfV9BeabRjPaPAqjkEvikXHEpP4vYOlfFBJ8ytvAgOzqQZeqGugPfCWLVm17TzjV0-Ee-pStDPAaGgbrEaXG62nxutY9R/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>With more than 80% of the population living in HDB houses now, it is a stark contrast to how most of our grandparents from the pioneer generation grew up in villages or Kampongs then. Back in the 1960s, most families lived in unhygienic slums and were living in overcrowded squatter settlements. Only 9% of the population owned a flat and it was quickly becoming a housing crisis that gained the attention of the government.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>The Housing and Development Board (HDB) was then set up to solve this crisis swiftly, and they did. In a matter of three years, 21,000 flats for public housing were built and 54,000 in five years. Slowly, HDB relocated people living in the Kampongs to newly built high-rise flats with accessible running water and electricity. By 1969, HDB was resettling 6000 families per year. The relocation process usually involves government officials measuring land to calculate compensation for the owners, before allocating them a unit in a HDB flat in the same estate and notifying them of their resettlement period.</div><div><br /></div><div>While most families were initially reluctant to move to HDB flats, they soon changed their minds after moving as they realised how much living conditions were improved at flats. In the past when people used to live in villages, doing the laundry involved drawing water from the well. After moving to flats, doing household chores were much easier since water was readily available from taps at home in flats. Grocery shopping at the nearest market no longer took a one and a half hour bicycle ride, and there was no longer a need to rear livestock at home at HDB flats. Other major improvements include having sheltered concrete walkways that linked blocks to bus stops. Gone are the days where paths would become streams of mud whenever it rained! Roofs no longer leaked during rainy nights and sleeping on straw mats on the floor became a thing of the past when comfortable mattresses became readily available in flats.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://homepropertyagent.com/2021/08/09/from-kampongs-to-hdb-singapore-through-the-years/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>From Villages to Flats - Public Housing in Singapore</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xv4Zm1bchsRoXm1ug-f4M-jzpde8HK4uZpFegiW-o7pnUTvyPhihqxyL_rRwCx-uK60qM5ntHjETJyMIAQyQgIoW4VG6gWu1OXL76mNsP4mx3kp5h7jxGdTZ7WP2j_NT5LyuT3QvlRCvs-Dwn88GbQEBWe-L9IxuRnouxxl9s1eJTAdG5uVurw-qDCw/s640/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xv4Zm1bchsRoXm1ug-f4M-jzpde8HK4uZpFegiW-o7pnUTvyPhihqxyL_rRwCx-uK60qM5ntHjETJyMIAQyQgIoW4VG6gWu1OXL76mNsP4mx3kp5h7jxGdTZ7WP2j_NT5LyuT3QvlRCvs-Dwn88GbQEBWe-L9IxuRnouxxl9s1eJTAdG5uVurw-qDCw/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">One of the oldest housing estates in Singapore, Tanglin Halt has a common name known among the local Chinese as chup lau, which was derived from the ten-storey flats built here. The other estate with the same nickname of chup lau is at Circuit Road.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The history of the public housing in Singapore is largely divided into two sections: The Singapore Improvement Trust’s (SIT) period and the Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) era. Two minor players that had also contributed in the building of public housing were Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) and Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) Private Limited.</div><div><br /></div><div>The percentage of the local population living in public housing was raised from 9% in 1959 to 23% in 1965. Since 1985, at least 80% of the Singaporeans live in HDB flats.</div><div><br /></div><div>For decades, kampong and flats actually co-existed on this island. Today, the <a href="https://remembersingapore.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/from-villages-to-flats-part-1/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">kampong days were long gone</span></a>, cherished by many older generations, while most of the younger generations have their childhoods spent in HDB flats, playgrounds and other facilities that are common in a typical new town.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://remembersingapore.org/2012/05/11/from-villages-to-flats-part-2/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Kampong Life: The last villages in Singapore and the stories behind them</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_WWgE3bNbK--zMC6z6MkG4g3cHApAresxmz_ZCheex_NQzAyfetWKIQ5ryEXU9fsoO-n1kZaiHu4X9EQbO1qdLOLQR15P9oPsxOYyNG27gdlxZPdGGBpK-cj-XO4NCC8uF10Xbp7REFPWN63gjkLE3zUndKEUhMWTlcv1DjxTxolQUHJ8GhjR6FF/s1024/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1024" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_WWgE3bNbK--zMC6z6MkG4g3cHApAresxmz_ZCheex_NQzAyfetWKIQ5ryEXU9fsoO-n1kZaiHu4X9EQbO1qdLOLQR15P9oPsxOYyNG27gdlxZPdGGBpK-cj-XO4NCC8uF10Xbp7REFPWN63gjkLE3zUndKEUhMWTlcv1DjxTxolQUHJ8GhjR6FF/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Let’s be real: Singapore isn’t synonymous with the rural idyll. The slick, modern city-state is known for its urban sprawl, and shiny, soaring skyscrapers. And even if you think of Old Singapore, you’re likely to picture the iconic, colourful shophouses instead. However, back before brick and mortar are a thing, pockets of verdant land were occupied by villages – or ‘kampung’ in Malay. Each kampung featured traditional Malay attap houses, complete with thatched roofs made with attap leaves, and walls made with hardwood planks overlapping each other. Some had houses with zinc roofs instead – this is the more common version in Singapore’s last remaining villages.</div><div><br /></div><div>As your grandparents – or even parents – would tell you: kampung life was simple back then. The elderly would sit out in their verandas, the chickens would cluck away in the coops, the neighbours would pop by unannounced, and the whole village would come to your rescue if you needed any help. Rooted in the country’s humble past, the kampung spirit refers to a culture of camaraderie, trust and generosity. While this continues to exist in modern Singapore, it’s more apparent in the kampung where residents are close-knit and neighbourly towards each other – something you rarely see in HDB flats anymore.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>However, with the increase in high-rise buildings, many kampung houses have been bulldozed. Today, there are only two villages left in Singapore, but their future remains uncertain. This piece of heritage could soon be nothing more than a memory if not preserved. Here, we shine a light on the last remaining ones and the tours that will give you a taste of kampung life, as well as some known villages that are gone but not forgotten:</div><div><ul><li>Kampong Lorong Buangkok - This historic slice of land has narrowly avoided redevelopment once, but its future remains uncertain.</li><li>Pulau Ubin - Other remaining kampung can be found on the offshore island of Pulau Ubin where time seems to have stood still since the 1960s.</li><li>Kampung Khatib Bongsu - Said to have existed by 1889, it was situated in the forested area in Yishun, near the mouth of Sungei Khatib.</li><li>Geylang Serai - Geylang Serai’s roots can be traced back to the 1890s when the Malays and Orang Laut were forced by the British to relocate further inland and away from their original settlements at the mouth of the Singapore River.</li><li>Nee Soon Village - Located at the intersection of Thomson Road and Sembawang Road, Nee Soon Village was one of the oldest Chinese kampungs.</li><li>Changi Village - Changi was an idyllic village in the pre-war years, then somewhere between the 1890s and 1920s, the British troops moved in and transformed it into a bustling place of recreation where military men and their families, as well as local bargain hunters, gathered for cheap buys and more.</li><li>Kampong Gelam - Back in the 1820s, Kampong Gelam was a fishing village due to its location by the Rochor River. It was also once reigned by Malay Sultans and housed Sultan Hussain Mohammed Shah, his family and entourage – all reportedly to be over 600 people.</li><li>Pulau Tekong - Before it became the setting for many National Service (NS) ghost stories, Pulau Tekong was a thriving trading station for Pulau Ubin and Johor and by 1898, the offshore island had many kampungs dotted around the island.</li><li>Pulau Seking - Pulau Seking was Singapore's second last offshore village with 44 kampung houses and no roads and cars. It's believed to have roots dating before 1819, with villagers being descendants of the original Orang Selat.</li></ul></div><div><a href="https://www.timeout.com/singapore/things-to-do/kampung-life-the-last-villages-in-singapore-and-the-stories-behind-them"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Kampung spirit not a wish to revert to the past, but a longing for togetherness</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2GM2MhiCyFGtfsMoT229g-z3smY8LDQqIvnz3OFabbRDJnkEaX_m5pQ8g70TnRJiVqYsfOEbN-PU-gvTzmsyUruCD2oAW2I9kRoZp9KUVah16iEb1bqNnixE2RgBLVfGu8M7FBfOq8tu5XLWF8ZWpDQZpxfSqQJkUYQXUTR5LpT0TnEPPbiQougf/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2GM2MhiCyFGtfsMoT229g-z3smY8LDQqIvnz3OFabbRDJnkEaX_m5pQ8g70TnRJiVqYsfOEbN-PU-gvTzmsyUruCD2oAW2I9kRoZp9KUVah16iEb1bqNnixE2RgBLVfGu8M7FBfOq8tu5XLWF8ZWpDQZpxfSqQJkUYQXUTR5LpT0TnEPPbiQougf/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">They sweat it out planting edibles in their community garden, not only for their consumption but also for their entire precinct</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Kampung spirit is a positive attitude. It is a value, not an object of heritage that has relevance only in the past. The term can be misleading, prompting some people to assume we have to return to that way of life in the kampung before we can develop a kampung spirit. But much as I have a passion for people to cultivate and develop a kampung spirit, I would never suggest that we return to those impoverished days. This nation has come so far, and progressed in leaps and bounds.</div><div><br /></div><div>We should not regress to those days of poor sanitation, poor housing and poverty. But we can cherry-pick that gracious way of living, community concern and incorporate it into our modern lives. Kampung life was full of hardships and deprivations. I can vouch for it, being born and brought up in Kampung Potong Pasir, just off Upper Serangoon Road. Throughout those years, my family never had a tap in our house nor a telephone. We always had to share our toilet and bathroom with our neighbours. Life was indeed a challenge. The majority of us had little food or any luxury. Store-bought toys or clothes was beyond our meagre pockets. Our wooden houses with attap roofs had no electricity or running water. A communal stand-pipe provided us with drinking water. For baths and general washing, we had to haul water out of a deep well or make use of rainwater we caught in kerosene pails and buckets. We took every opportunity to be jolly rather than moan our plight. The majority of people in the country were poor. But we were rich in spirit.</div><div><br /></div><div>Many children lacked the opportunity to go to school, including myself. If my mother had not sold nasi lemak, I wouldn’t be writing. Nostalgia about the kampung does not mean that I romanticise about the past. I do write about smelly jambans. But the precious qualities of resilience and sense of community we shared in the kampung are qualities to emulate to build a strong, united nation. No one was left to die in loneliness. We talked to neighbours and looked out for each other. Each weekend evening, we came together outdoors to chat, recite poetry, tell stories and sing songs. This was kampong spirit at its best. I like the Malay term, gotong royong, which refers to a community coming together to do things in unison.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/singapore-kampung-spirit-not-a-wish-to-revert-to-the-past-802006"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Singapore has lost its compassionate soul along with its kampong spirit</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB6yUpQ-o4fiOlN9-dBP-dng2aLN7NIo3OC1954PbLEXSnbGdCa_y58CLKoZmvvD-4tNFR1DirWKZvtp7zWCVdUVUA5i0ZywbaEMi0Oc4Mubyochx1zmFKFY2R1bmLx03V2wn_i1bab-c9pBTGBPTYO7e7gNu5PvengPWmqFGvUdzjr8e7HOvzsHI/s620/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="620" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB6yUpQ-o4fiOlN9-dBP-dng2aLN7NIo3OC1954PbLEXSnbGdCa_y58CLKoZmvvD-4tNFR1DirWKZvtp7zWCVdUVUA5i0ZywbaEMi0Oc4Mubyochx1zmFKFY2R1bmLx03V2wn_i1bab-c9pBTGBPTYO7e7gNu5PvengPWmqFGvUdzjr8e7HOvzsHI/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>What has become of Singapore? Have we successfully evolved to become a society of binary minded beings, where the mind only sees Ones and Zeros in our day to day living? A neighbour of mine is in the middle of shifting out and like most of us living in high rise HDB flats, we get help from movers. By all logical thinking for accessibility, the lorry driver temporarily parked the vehicle he was driving on a No Parking lot that has a concrete gradual slope making it easy for the workers to push trolleys of heavy furniture and boxes.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Then came along a parking warden demanding the vehicle be moved while workers were in the middle of loading the lorry. According to him, someone called to complaint and there are white lots nearby (buffered by a metre and a half divider of drainage, grasspatch and tree roots) where the lorry can park. This is very strange because according to my neighbour, there wasn’t anyone obstructed by the vehicle (there is another sloping no parking access 10 mtrs to the right) thus it is either the person who made the complaint (if any) is irrational or the warden lied about it. In any case, what is the issue here? Firstly, there is no loading and unloading bay in a HDB carpark, secondly, the move was done outside peak hours, thirdly this is a one off event (just like weddings, funerals, elections…). My take is that the warden is one that may not be living in a HDB flat, has no discretionary capacity and has successfully evolved into a mechanical enforcer like judge dread.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is perhaps another of the many examples that appear over the next week in week out reflecting the evolution of Singapore society. Especially in the last 10 years, it does seem that Singapore has lost its compassionate soul that has for many decades long before independence allowed multi ethnicity to thrive and blend its own Singapura flavour. To the leaders of Singapore, do note that The Kampong Spirit is not simply a slogan to rally and move your constituents to do what your boardroom committee draw up. Military dictators achieve the same effect through propaganda. Where Kampong spirit exist, neighbours would have gathered to help out in the moving process and bid a heartfelt farewell to the leaving neighbour. Today, this neighbour of mine might just have had a bitter memory imprinted on their last day in the neighbourhood.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://theindependent.sg/singapore-has-lost-its-compassionate-soul-along-with-its-kampong-spirit/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Kampong Life</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFbH4svrrvSwF5CUAIXmtg4lBS2GLYsoOKI3o7AAvNIlnowOfELGn_xSbKHVUQw4fRBe4EiB3WcquEikNROhxB40P1SRXQuyldmKzomo8hhn96NlnOWsSVIUDoit2X5icuI3j9vC-5O2w8MucSCqrgMwzD60Jd-vGQRNzQXDBHPkOVl5hlbH_PUm-/s370/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="370" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFbH4svrrvSwF5CUAIXmtg4lBS2GLYsoOKI3o7AAvNIlnowOfELGn_xSbKHVUQw4fRBe4EiB3WcquEikNROhxB40P1SRXQuyldmKzomo8hhn96NlnOWsSVIUDoit2X5icuI3j9vC-5O2w8MucSCqrgMwzD60Jd-vGQRNzQXDBHPkOVl5hlbH_PUm-/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Pulau Ubin was formerly a cluster of 5 smaller islands separated by tidal rivers. Local Malays once called the island "Pulau Batu Jubin" or "Granite Stone island". This is because, in the old days, the granite from the island was quarried to make floor tiles or jubin in Malay. The name of the island was later shortened to Pulau Ubin. In the 16th century, Ubin was part of the Johor-Riau Empire. The earliest inhabitants of the island were the Orang Laut (or “Sea People”) and indigenous Malays of Bugis and Javanese origins.</div><div><br /></div><div>By the mid-1800s, a sizable Chinese community moved to the island to work at the quarries. Pulau Ubin became a hotbed for granite quarrying. The granite was used for the construction of the Horsburgh Lighthouse on Pedra Branca completed in 1851, Fort Canning in 1858 and the Causeway in 1923. Many Kheks (Chinese dialect group) also settled on the central and western parts of the island, adding to the vast labour force which worked at the quarries. Granite quarrying activities on Pulau Ubin peaked in the 1930s when private quarries operated on the island. Besides granite quarrying, the island was also opened up for commercial crop cultivation. Coffee, nutmeg, pineapple, coconut, durian, tobacco and rubber plantations were started at different times across the island. Other activities included prawn farming, fishing and poultry rearing. Pulau Ubin retains much of its 1960s charming kampong setting. With its wooden kampong houses and scenic winding forest paths, it offers visitors a unique off-the-beaten-track experience. About 38 villagers continue to live on the island, such as the family of the late village head, Lim Chye Joo, and Madam Samsiah Abdullah, who lives in her 100-year-old kampong home. These villagers depend on traditional farming and fishing for subsistence, while others run provision stores, eateries and bicycle rental shops to support the tourist trade.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the Ubin village, aside from the restaurants and bicycle rental kiosks, one can also find an old Wayang (“Chinese Opera”) stage and a colourful Chinese temple built in 1969. The former farms, rubber plantations and the now abandoned quarries allow visitors to enjoy a variety of sights around the island. In true kampong-style living, there is no tap water or electricity provided on Pulau Ubin. Residents obtain their water supply from wells, and operate diesel generators for electricity. In 2013, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) embarked on a micro grid test-bed using solar panels and biodiesel to generate electricity in a less pollutive and more environmentally sustainable manner for residents and businesses at the jetty area.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.nparks.gov.sg/pulau-ubin/heritage/kampong-life"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Bukit Timah had kampongs up until the 1980s</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExJB4lL1t-LDmdmM_-P8pptx-eqX_pnyG9UKOoYLgGO8a8g7nmFLahiDXxlviYylANGD3b-m8fJ_zgE9QwHVb1wLCd7sANDHlZMjmfCIxMgc1OT22wEssysymbEvrNp5iRaZLDKHSz0g8SVoO34-HW2-YqXI0fG-XNNefigqk40HiYQLFVam2XREZ/s1568/0a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1568" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExJB4lL1t-LDmdmM_-P8pptx-eqX_pnyG9UKOoYLgGO8a8g7nmFLahiDXxlviYylANGD3b-m8fJ_zgE9QwHVb1wLCd7sANDHlZMjmfCIxMgc1OT22wEssysymbEvrNp5iRaZLDKHSz0g8SVoO34-HW2-YqXI0fG-XNNefigqk40HiYQLFVam2XREZ/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Bukit Timah, widely considered an upscale district in Singapore today, was once home to humble kampongs. But they were cleared out by the 1980s, when the authorities notified landowners they had to redevelop their wooden houses into proper houses according to building standards of the day. Many villagers eventually moved out because of this.</div><div><br /></div><div>With urban development, much of Bukit Timah's kampong past has slowly been forgotten. And chances are, if you didn't grow up there from the 1950s to 1970s, you would never have heard of Kampong Chamar, Kampong Quarry or Kampong Coronation. While many of these villagers have moved into high-rise flats, one of the oldest residential estates in Bukit Timah can still be explored today. Nestled behind Rail Mall, Fuyong estate was built in the 1950s by philanthropist Lee Kong Chian to provide affordable modern .housing during Singapore’s housing shortage. Currently, the Fuyong estate residents remain a close-knit community.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 2009, a group of them got together to try to secure a longer lease for the neighbourhood, as the lease for Fuyong estate was due to expire in 2046. It was also reported that the group has also extended help to families in the area who needed assistance. Even though some of these kampongs have largely disappeared from our urban environment, some tangible structures within that area remain.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://mothership.sg/2018/05/bukit-timah-history-trail-kampong-past/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>More than 1 type of kampong in Singapore</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4rsuc_s7jIdJ2LoyWF1PTUs40JrieqzBE6twXfXkZ_L4_Nbm_AuiCB__BHfsYCT-RWUCv3Q6EVkAHQ04xxkzzWocg52SzNCtuf3XhNJsYB4FFGMJv3vuxTLVFM8J5jiR2UhntPffoae--fh-FuwlOSygvkNhvfwtUNQgyEWOxob8gd6WPnexRmI6/s320/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="320" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4rsuc_s7jIdJ2LoyWF1PTUs40JrieqzBE6twXfXkZ_L4_Nbm_AuiCB__BHfsYCT-RWUCv3Q6EVkAHQ04xxkzzWocg52SzNCtuf3XhNJsYB4FFGMJv3vuxTLVFM8J5jiR2UhntPffoae--fh-FuwlOSygvkNhvfwtUNQgyEWOxob8gd6WPnexRmI6/s1600/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is what a kampong where pig-rearing was carried out looked like. Hard to believe that this was Singapore just one generation ago eh?</span></i></div><br /><div>My young friend PY of Oceanskies 79 once wrote an article about her visit to Sentosa where she learned about kampong life in Singapore in the old days. I pointed out to her that what she learned was essentially about a Malay kampong. Chinese kampongs like the one I grew up in were quite different actually. Come to think of it, not only were Chinese kampongs different from Malay kampongs, among the Chinese kampongs there were differences too. So I take this opportunity to tell you what I know was different. I consulted my good friend Chuck who grew up in the Hillview area next to a Malay kampong in nearby Bukit Gombak.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>First of all there are the games. I believe that the games played by the Malay kids and us were quite different. In PY’s article, she mentioned games like gasing and congkak. But as you have probably read from my articles (you can click on the label Toys Were Us on the right side to read these articles) the games we played were quite different. There were also a number of things in a Chinese kampong that you would not find in a Malay kampong. These were usually related to the difference in religious faiths; Malays being mostly Muslims. For example, in a Chinese kampong like Lorong Kinchir which I grew up in, pigs roaming freely was a common sight. Another thing which was mandatory in a Chinese kampong was the Tua Pek Kong temple and wayang stage. Depending on the size of the kampong, the size of these two features also tended to be different. During the Lunar 7th Month, opera shows would be performed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another thing we had was the Chinese Medicine Shop. Practically all Chinese kampongs had one of these. Today, they are still a common sight in our HDB heartlands. Another thing I can think of is the village school. In our kampong, we had a small Chinese school called Chong Boon School (崇 文). I spent one year there in fact doing primary one. But later I went to primary one again, but this time in an English school. In those days, they were not particular about ages and so even though I did two years of primary one, I was not over-age. As I said before, even among the Chinese kampongs there were differences. This was mainly due to differences in economic activity. For example, compared to our closest neighbour which was Potong Pasir, we had more fish ponds whilst they had a lot of vegetable farms. We also had quite a bit of rubber estates. especially towards the Thomson end of Lorong Kinchir. Potong Pasir was to our south and separated from us by Braddell Road. It was mainly a Cantonese area. We used to refer to it as San Par.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-than-1-type-of-kampongs-in.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>A Malay kampong house</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSkKVvmexfmSeP0uXr3ItD_qvMUbV7Lg1w-KcK55DIHuDfLRytKES6YbVKrQY2vqq03y1pQovGoI2leTY_DB7wMjNax-WIn_TxWAUrDJcBozUF9pm4nhPZjzxL_C616uGqkrIhpBfrFR_O8VGkl2zgjApWX5-IXRz8dKRX0IT2MLxPKsrz9QGkIh7/s986/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="986" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSkKVvmexfmSeP0uXr3ItD_qvMUbV7Lg1w-KcK55DIHuDfLRytKES6YbVKrQY2vqq03y1pQovGoI2leTY_DB7wMjNax-WIn_TxWAUrDJcBozUF9pm4nhPZjzxL_C616uGqkrIhpBfrFR_O8VGkl2zgjApWX5-IXRz8dKRX0IT2MLxPKsrz9QGkIh7/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The traditional Malay attap house is usually found in rural villages known as ‘kampongs’. Such houses have thatched roofs made using attap leaves while the walls are constructed with horizontal overlapping hardwood planks.<div><br /></div><div>The main section of the house is referred to as the ‘rumah ibu’, which means ‘mother house’. Extensions to the main structure are often constructed to serve as a porch area for receiving guests or as the household kitchen. The house's post-and-lintel structure is supported by timber pillars buried in the ground without the aid of concrete or wooden bases.</div><div><br /></div><div>Modifications to the traditional dwelling involve the incorporation of modern construction techniques and materials. An example would be the use of zinc sheets, brick tiles or wooden shingles instead of attap leaves for constructing the roof.<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1148541"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The last Kampongs in Singapore</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_WWgE3bNbK--zMC6z6MkG4g3cHApAresxmz_ZCheex_NQzAyfetWKIQ5ryEXU9fsoO-n1kZaiHu4X9EQbO1qdLOLQR15P9oPsxOYyNG27gdlxZPdGGBpK-cj-XO4NCC8uF10Xbp7REFPWN63gjkLE3zUndKEUhMWTlcv1DjxTxolQUHJ8GhjR6FF/s1024/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1024" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_WWgE3bNbK--zMC6z6MkG4g3cHApAresxmz_ZCheex_NQzAyfetWKIQ5ryEXU9fsoO-n1kZaiHu4X9EQbO1qdLOLQR15P9oPsxOYyNG27gdlxZPdGGBpK-cj-XO4NCC8uF10Xbp7REFPWN63gjkLE3zUndKEUhMWTlcv1DjxTxolQUHJ8GhjR6FF/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Let’s be real: Singapore isn’t synonymous with the rural idyll. The slick, modern city-state is known for its urban sprawl, and shiny, soaring skyscrapers. And even if you think of Old Singapore, you’re likely to picture the iconic, colourful shophouses instead. However, back before brick and mortar are a thing, pockets of verdant land were occupied by villages – or ‘kampung’ in Malay. Each kampung featured traditional Malay attap houses, complete with thatched roofs made with attap leaves, and walls made with hardwood planks overlapping each other. Some had houses with zinc roofs instead – this is the more common version in Singapore’s last remaining villages.</div><div><br /></div><div>As your grandparents – or even parents – would tell you: kampung life was simple back then. The elderly would sit out in their verandas, the chickens would cluck away in the coops, the neighbours would pop by unannounced, and the whole village would come to your rescue if you needed any help. Rooted in the country’s humble past, the kampung spirit refers to a culture of camaraderie, trust and generosity. While this continues to exist in modern Singapore, it’s more apparent in the kampung where residents are close-knit and neighbourly towards each other – something you rarely see in HDB flats anymore.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>However, with the increase in high-rise buildings, many kampung houses have been bulldozed. Today, there are only two villages left in Singapore, but their future remains uncertain. This piece of heritage could soon be nothing more than a memory if not preserved. Here, we shine a light on the last remaining ones and the tours that will give you a taste of kampung life, as well as some known villages that are gone but not forgotten:</div><div><ul><li>Kampong Lorong Buangkok - This historic slice of land has narrowly avoided redevelopment once, but its future remains uncertain.</li><li>Pulau Ubin - Other remaining kampung can be found on the offshore island of Pulau Ubin where time seems to have stood still since the 1960s.</li><li>Kampung Khatib Bongsu - Said to have existed by 1889, it was situated in the forested area in Yishun, near the mouth of Sungei Khatib.</li><li>Geylang Serai - Geylang Serai’s roots can be traced back to the 1890s when the Malays and Orang Laut were forced by the British to relocate further inland and away from their original settlements at the mouth of the Singapore River.</li><li>Nee Soon Village - Located at the intersection of Thomson Road and Sembawang Road, Nee Soon Village was one of the oldest Chinese kampungs.</li><li>Changi Village - Changi was an idyllic village in the pre-war years, then somewhere between the 1890s and 1920s, the British troops moved in and transformed it into a bustling place of recreation where military men and their families, as well as local bargain hunters, gathered for cheap buys and more.</li><li>Kampong Gelam - Back in the 1820s, Kampong Gelam was a fishing village due to its location by the Rochor River. It was also once reigned by Malay Sultans and housed Sultan Hussain Mohammed Shah, his family and entourage – all reportedly to be over 600 people.</li><li>Pulau Tekong - Before it became the setting for many National Service (NS) ghost stories, Pulau Tekong was a thriving trading station for Pulau Ubin and Johor and by 1898, the offshore island had many kampungs dotted around the island.</li><li>Pulau Seking - Pulau Seking was Singapore's second last offshore village with 44 kampung houses and no roads and cars. It's believed to have roots dating before 1819, with villagers being descendants of the original Orang Selat.</li></ul></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-last-kampongs-in-singapore.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Kampong Lorong Buangkok: Singapore’s last village</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapgvCUojweTtgH5FuO6SYjVMhnamU7xp9PXPX3xyfVqQ1GphcRZlVmNC5PUkMNOctbUKL8VPJpQXpXutyUzwO8AjkZjwH4pzAQzNH7cPbCzQut2u6RH6mVRTyq0EcjSTVNYkKNaggK7IjWQkj7gsE_VRKON7tKJjjyi7IRjooKbAkqGw3kgAeOc_v/s600/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapgvCUojweTtgH5FuO6SYjVMhnamU7xp9PXPX3xyfVqQ1GphcRZlVmNC5PUkMNOctbUKL8VPJpQXpXutyUzwO8AjkZjwH4pzAQzNH7cPbCzQut2u6RH6mVRTyq0EcjSTVNYkKNaggK7IjWQkj7gsE_VRKON7tKJjjyi7IRjooKbAkqGw3kgAeOc_v/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kdQRUO888g"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Singapore's Last Surviving Village: Kampong Lorong Buangkok</i></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A beautiful memory of the past still exists in the North-Eastern part of Singapore – Kampong Lorong Buangkok. Although Singapore is surrounded by many villages and islands, many of them are inaccessible to the public. Kampong Lorong Buangkok is the last surviving village on mainland Singapore, which once had 220 scattered kampongs around Singapore. Before it was a kampong, this place was once a swamp that was vastly different from the kampong we see today. In 1956, a traditional medicine seller named Sng Teow Koon bought the land and rented out small plots of it to Malay and Chinese families. These families then built their own houses, which are the houses that we see today.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nicknamed Kampong Selak Kain, it refers to the way villagers used to hitch up their traditional skirts as they made their way through the floodwaters. Stilt houses built with wooden walls and thatched roofs made with palm fronds (also known as attap) were the basis of a Kampong house. However, these materials were fire hazards, and along with the high population density, this increased the risk of fires in villages. This resulted in the demolition of the kampongs, eliminating the “kampong spirit” that brought the community together. The team at Walk Walk personally went down to Kampong Lorong Buangkok to take a look for ourselves. When you arrive at that area, it is pretty obvious where the Kampong is from the looks of it. Situated in the middle of all the HDBs, you will walk past the Coast to Coast Trail on the way. When you first arrive at the entrance of the Kampong, you will be greeted by a sign as shown below.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kampong Lorong Buangkok now houses less than 30 families, including Sng Teow Koon’s daughter, Sng Mui Hong. While housing prices have increased in the surrounding areas of the village, Sng Mui Hong still keeps her monthly rent for each house more or less to the original rate of S$4.50 to S$30 (£2.40 to £16.20) today. The low monthly rental is thus arguably the most affordable housing one can get in Singapore. However, getting a house in the village is not that simple. These houses can only be occupied if someone has moved out or passed away, and the new occupant has to be connected to the past and present tenants. The community remains tight-knitted as they are all long-time occupants of the village and/or descendants of the occupants, helping to keep everyone close together. This village’s community spirit relives the memories of the “kampong spirit”, long lost with the development of HDBs in Singapore. Though the government has tried to maintain the “kampong spirit” through communal living and shared spaces in housing estates, the “kampong spirit” within Kampong Lorong Buangkok differs from that of the HDBs. If you look closely at the area around the kampong, you will notice that nearby power cables hang overhead, which is a feature of the past in Singapore. Singapore’s rapid development has shifted the power cables underground, which prevents safety risks compared to overhead power cables. So, the next time you visit the area around Kampong Lorong Buangkok, be sure to look out for the overhead cables!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/03/kampong-lorong-buangkok-singapores-last.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Last Kampong in Singapore</b></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajJmT6fZV8P5GboObwKpEtoj7jMS5CyuAC1XVJWMzzdty8fMJwRsGtZhVRz0Q8ohRIKPh9AdNyAJlU8rqZY_Tk7gNU-BNHQlIg9cJfdMIaUcCmpIyZ7IUxeBnyk9vawj9QlEh13SHULEkEXBypnTH52TwT3B80rMMr1vhiRwoUHIPk9IpYRukG6mH/s320/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="320" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajJmT6fZV8P5GboObwKpEtoj7jMS5CyuAC1XVJWMzzdty8fMJwRsGtZhVRz0Q8ohRIKPh9AdNyAJlU8rqZY_Tk7gNU-BNHQlIg9cJfdMIaUcCmpIyZ7IUxeBnyk9vawj9QlEh13SHULEkEXBypnTH52TwT3B80rMMr1vhiRwoUHIPk9IpYRukG6mH/s1600/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">As the last surviving kampong on the mainland, Kampong Buangkok serves as a juxtaposition against the modern cosmopolitan city, highlighting the camaraderie and kampong spirit that is paradoxically absent in today's world</span></i></div><br /><div>In cosmopolitan Singapore, everyone and everything is hectic and fast-paced. Yet in a corner of Singapore, exists a place where time slows down to a peaceful pace, and residents enjoy a simple yet relaxing lifestyle, content with their status quo.</div><div><br /></div><div>This xanadu of greenery and nostalgia exists in the North-Eastern part of Singapore. Established in 1956, Kampong Lorong Buangkok is the last surviving kampong (Malay term for village) on Singapore's mainland. The kampong was also known as Selak Kain, which meant 'hitching up one's skirt' as people used to hitch their skirts up to wade through floods whenever the kampong experienced flash floods in the 20th century</div><div><br /></div><div>The land was first acquired by Mr Sng Teow Hoon, a traditional Chinese medicine seller, who rented out land for people to build homes. It was later handed down to his children, one of whom is Miss Sng Mui Hong, who is currently still living in the kampong. Kampong Buangkok used to house about 40 familes, but has since shrunk to the size of approximately two soccer fields with less than 30 families now. Each family pays a token sum of less than $30 to Miss Sng as monthly rent.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-last-kampong-in-singapore.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-40172829390274493922024-03-17T00:17:00.002+08:002024-03-17T00:17:00.135+08:00Last Words of Steve Jobs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxcYgrAMVi4JBffL5t3vxuYd-lh7sp7gRE3a3_k0sMLJ85c6GE55Os-aK0LsnDWJKzJ-Yzvl3FbYeMtU6QV0Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Last Words of Steve Jobs who passed away on 5 Oct 2011 at the age of 56</span></i></div><br /><div><b>Steve Jobs</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LhWFiV2UZcWyDh-4Wdu0XCHi3nknxpavjvMvH8_izT8k_OG2z2FXsvt1gMIXflWu17DMb516Wknf_N8usSD99kMK0yV0-WTqRNpMpwlDvrUiFE9IxMDq6ntLndUtcQx_j10KDiZ8_ukBQ6yXa7wQpSluYkUoRz52tDjJFW2B1ysj3VRpgGBcQYSK/s800/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="800" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LhWFiV2UZcWyDh-4Wdu0XCHi3nknxpavjvMvH8_izT8k_OG2z2FXsvt1gMIXflWu17DMb516Wknf_N8usSD99kMK0yV0-WTqRNpMpwlDvrUiFE9IxMDq6ntLndUtcQx_j10KDiZ8_ukBQ6yXa7wQpSluYkUoRz52tDjJFW2B1ysj3VRpgGBcQYSK/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jobs introducing the iPhone 4 in 2010</span></i></div><br /><div><div>Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, business magnate, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. He is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jobs was born in San Francisco to a Syrian father and German-American mother. He was adopted shortly after his birth. Jobs attended Reed College in 1972 before withdrawing that same year. In 1974, he traveled through India seeking enlightenment before later studying Zen Buddhism. He and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Together the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with production and sale of the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto in 1979, which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface (GUI). This led to the development of the unsuccessful Apple Lisa in 1983, followed by the breakthrough Macintosh in 1984, the first mass-produced computer with a GUI. The Macintosh introduced the desktop publishing industry in 1985 with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter, the first laser printer to feature vector graphics.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 1985, Jobs was forced out of Apple after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO, John Sculley. That same year, Jobs took a few Apple employees with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets. In addition, he helped to develop the visual effects industry when he funded the computer graphics division of George Lucas's Lucasfilm in 1986. The new company was Pixar, which produced the first 3D computer-animated feature film Toy Story (1995) and went on to become a major animation studio, producing over 25 films since.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 1997, Jobs returned to Apple as CEO after the company's acquisition of NeXT. He was largely responsible for reviving Apple, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. He worked closely with English designer Jony Ive to develop a line of products that had larger cultural ramifications, beginning with the "Think different" advertising campaign and leading to the Apple Store, App Store (iOS), iMac, iPad, iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and iTunes Store. In 2001, the original Mac OS was replaced with the completely new Mac OS X (now known as macOS), based on NeXT's NeXTSTEP platform, giving the operating system a modern Unix-based foundation for the first time. In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. He died of respiratory arrest related to the tumor on October 5, 2011, at the age of 56. In 2022, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-29136999913380961392024-03-16T00:16:00.082+08:002024-03-16T00:16:00.127+08:00Rod Stewart @ Marina Bay Sands 16 & 17 Mar 2024<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBlrMtFprKs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1902" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFofCpEQ7fGvvTjCggOFCk4ZjXCbhnqUQLeBaPTX9n2KKVUhjRjUjroDGI8h-NQDJOC-BxJM82QdVJzIeYKXzbRly-FJI9KteNjJg_vA2EcO827CrvPm6KJmzG4Qcux6K9-508I_kvOJTcYF6HNuMFmbbDs_I1mR2bq5UBxkBiV9xZAiS_JpjlAd2GD4s/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBlrMtFprKs"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Rod Stewart - Maggie May</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOt3oQ_k008" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1881" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd7qsZyAYmu6SxwufPf8T03xBSv-6xjf2JA4vr84XMdTOWfI-czhCn5sIXWVcgISvOcN1-RlXrray1ERUuaPJaguTndviFk9Bpa-liEC37gAveHbcfUhL9Nh3fz8RhAf458N8nObcgRPNP2jkiqn211K5HlHmxTGIYITRwiWaVmamLP8RX4d2eFuw1n0/s320/0b.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOt3oQ_k008"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Rod Stewart - Sailing</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf1hefgJbak" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1883" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-w98OJsishKkiHZZjKLd6hSZvFM3oszsQM_PVi1NFzataFmN-JqaNsjlYpvJ_B8rEGF8Zpfhp__bSvVM7xvC9oSWIkJh0a6mGus9iTp80C09CYhtNHimv2t0h6pjFagUmxEc6BoY05PCp2_Qv9vuB8IXBFYU1ONNbKbg0-HVcTzqDPIGwnO-xy_WAm_o/s320/0c.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf1hefgJbak"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately</i></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rod Stewart to perform in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands on 16 and 17 March 2024</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_My8kINSx22zNU9pl8C9qUFNbEVJ_ucSwLBX9sZX2J2edZPldyNe_YWhRGJzEEprLWvSJuh-vKMr2hQBd54gOdDnvfFuAhMT54dFxkUKv1FyEANYAi4cSRzxZTG1iNdVNjdnAwW0KmnVx2gGCy13x3kGbWxGrpb-ZsLgr0LN8BluvOe9rmzIoEak-p3A/s960/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_My8kINSx22zNU9pl8C9qUFNbEVJ_ucSwLBX9sZX2J2edZPldyNe_YWhRGJzEEprLWvSJuh-vKMr2hQBd54gOdDnvfFuAhMT54dFxkUKv1FyEANYAi4cSRzxZTG1iNdVNjdnAwW0KmnVx2gGCy13x3kGbWxGrpb-ZsLgr0LN8BluvOe9rmzIoEak-p3A/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>British pop-rock star, 78, last performed in Singapore in 2009; general tickets to go on sale on 10 November</i></b></span></div><br /><div>Pop-rock star <a href="https://sg.style.yahoo.com/tagged/rod-stewart/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Rod Stewart</span></a> - who sang classic hits such as "Maggie May", "Sailing" and "Have I Told You Lately" - will return to Singapore to perform at the Sands Grand Ballroom on 16 and 17 March next year. The 78-year-old British singer-songwriter - who last performed in the city-state at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in 2009 - will be embarking on the Asia leg of his “Live in Concert, One Last Time” tour in March, his first concerts in Asia after 15 years.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Besides Singapore, the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is also set to perform in Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines and Japan. Stewart will be performing hit songs as well as covers across his five-decade career. Fans will also get to witness a dynamic stage production, which includes 12 band members and backup vocalists.</div><div><br /></div><div>“It has been 15 years since my last Asian tour, which is far too long! I truly cannot wait to return with a setlist of all my biggest hits and one of the most extraordinary productions of my career. It's going to be quite a bash," he said in a media release on Wednesday (25 October). The Singapore stop is part of Marina Bay Sands’ "Sands Live" concert series, which was first unveiled in 2014 and relaunched in March this year. The concert series has brought in performers such as The Rolling Stones, Michael Bublé, and Celine Dion.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>related</b>: <a href="https://sg.style.yahoo.com/rod-stewart-penny-lancaster-renew-203000569.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster Renew Their Wedding Vows - 10 Years Later</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://sg.yahoo.com/news/rod-stewart-perform-singapore-marina-bay-sands-march-044550554.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>ROD STEWART "LIVE IN CONCERT, ONE LAST TIME"</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPM-aGc_WjZBkriUevfyV29nZYZtHPBIuG7z4WjWVNVvTBWgV36-ednBpM9FkSYPdwor19uUqqhFxQ7B4zloT_0l7sSvxb7iW6sgGU3AkH4x_ObclPeijtmPtDLpXrjSNSYHLmPqGjulnuGDyu5Ju5ZWAjkQnG-iGSfrzzlyjQAeRrz9hzTxpJcC_RDU/s770/0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="770" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPM-aGc_WjZBkriUevfyV29nZYZtHPBIuG7z4WjWVNVvTBWgV36-ednBpM9FkSYPdwor19uUqqhFxQ7B4zloT_0l7sSvxb7iW6sgGU3AkH4x_ObclPeijtmPtDLpXrjSNSYHLmPqGjulnuGDyu5Ju5ZWAjkQnG-iGSfrzzlyjQAeRrz9hzTxpJcC_RDU/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>One of the best-selling music artists of all time, Sir Rod Stewart CBE, has sold more than 250 million albums and singles worldwide during a stellar career that includes hits in all genres of popular music from Rock, Folk, R&B and even the American Standards.</div><div><br /></div><div>This versatility has made him one of the few stars to enjoy chart-topping albums throughout every decade of his career, now spanning over fifty years. Some of his biggest hits include ‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’, ‘Have I Told You Lately’, ‘Maggie May', ‘Rhythm of My Heart’, ‘Tonight’s the Night’ and ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy’.</div><div><br /></div><div>One of the most loved entertainers worldwide, Sir Rod kicked off one of the biggest tours of his career in 2022, as well as the 11th year of his hit Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace. For 2 nights only, Sir Rod Stewart will take Singapore by storm in his "Live in Concert, One Last Time" Asia tour, which will see him perform both here and in Tokyo.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.marinabaysands.com/entertainment/shows/rod-stewart-concert.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-81799924975079369722024-03-15T00:15:00.004+08:002024-03-15T07:37:18.412+08:00The Cola War - Coke vs Pepsi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwL1Jzab0A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1905" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBL8PyhZ-0Fhmyxg5QdHa060buTU0493l9j7klcfjprGumCkrza6yZ3NoOrk_iTCE-_9I2kbPKFoyPjyX0j1226RkdBW2f4JmjoauBtD0seCso7V_-dIPKvtG8OsCAaMHPWVpNOJ4zN1k3j2ZoZGfY4l1YYmOPL8bOZoDbkbfPAF97NfYJVLQblT6rEZQ/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwL1Jzab0A"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Coke Vs Pepsi</i></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Cola Wars</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxf-3nGFTS3Y0t66ceTnqGLiAKeV3tE5ZPTQUfY6JhLr63DazZxugXYq1agmuC-auy5LDK79YXZjoy0J2grCcWZ40AnNLRQpKJXMU9zSf9AiXHSNcXl4a_R9IUNO1f50aa055u2cjsBsMBgBmmwR-9-i-51HmpiTA52atglzgGmlHxYn43iBKbm1BxNdE/s640/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxf-3nGFTS3Y0t66ceTnqGLiAKeV3tE5ZPTQUfY6JhLr63DazZxugXYq1agmuC-auy5LDK79YXZjoy0J2grCcWZ40AnNLRQpKJXMU9zSf9AiXHSNcXl4a_R9IUNO1f50aa055u2cjsBsMBgBmmwR-9-i-51HmpiTA52atglzgGmlHxYn43iBKbm1BxNdE/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The Cola wars are the long-time rivalry between soft drink producers The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo, who have engaged in mutually-targeted marketing campaigns for the direct competition between each company's product lines, especially their flagship colas, Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Beginning in the late 1970s and into the 1980s, the competition escalated until it became known as the cola wars.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>In 1886, John Stith Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia, developed the original recipe for Coca-Cola. By 1888, control of the recipe was acquired by Asa Griggs Candler, who in 1896, founded The Coca-Cola Company. Two years later, in 1898, Caleb Bradham renamed his "Brad’s Drink" to "Pepsi-Cola," and formed the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1902, prompting the beginning of the cola wars.</div><div><br /></div><div>The two companies continued to introduce new and contemporary advertising techniques, such as Coke's first celebrity endorsement and 1915 contour bottle, until market instability following World War I forced Pepsi to declare bankruptcy in 1923. In 1931, Pepsi went bankrupt once more, but recovered and began selling its products at an affordable 5 cents per bottle, reigniting the cola wars through to today. Pepsi offered to sell out to Coca-Cola following both of its bankruptcies during this time, but Coca-Cola declined each time.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola_wars"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Cola Wars Timeline: What Went Down</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNAYjjyGVWQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1901" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jtOI3w708bZuTlj8g9YnwNITOpdSFoOwWj4gi-kONHJmbHV214WQLdFm4nlezJ9hysOJTxH5uDa8kiSZNbgbaHYMcwmdbuKxx0UnT1BS1xFKvBGUrboHHdUjedhcNsaTqTpun_npjZ6oykoXglTQ0OH8s4SAS1uDc4wSaFp6O_DuwptkGswyViHMWy8/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNAYjjyGVWQ"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cola Wars: A Timeline</i></span></a></div><br /><div><div>The incredible Cola Wars is stuff legends are made of. For more than a century, The Coca Cola Company and PepsiCo have been feuding through television advertisements and marketing campaigns to outdo the other. The bouts of intense competition between the two soda brands in the peak of the era went so far as to feature taste tests to sway the consumers.</div><div><br /></div><div>The complex relationship Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo began in the 1980s, when Pepsi began running television commercials around the country, in what they called the Pepsi Challenge. At malls, shopping centers, and other public locations a Pepsi representative set up table with two white cups: one marked M and one marked Q. Shoppers were encouraged to taste both drinks and select the one they prefer. The general consensus leaned towards the cup marked M, and M would be revealed as Pepsi. Coke performed its own tests and discovered the same thing. Since Pepsi was sweeter than Coke, the devastated executives at the Coca-Cola Company decided to change its formula. This was New Coke; and it horribly backfired.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>What makes the Cola Wars so interesting is that their products are identical. They’re brown, sugary, and carbonated beverages. They don’t taste that different. So why jump through the hoops to generate brand loyalty? The Cola Wars timeline will give you a look at some of the biggest spats between the twin American icons:</div></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>KAMIKAZE MARKETING - When Crystal Pepsi was released, Coca-Cola released a competitor called Tab Clear as an intentionally bad product to destroy the Crystal Pepsi brand. The ‘kamikaze’ strategy, where Coca-Cola would create a terrible tasting beverage to create consumer confusion, was successful and both the products were dead 6 months later.</li><li>A PLOT TO BETRAY COKE - In 2006, three agents tried to sell Coca-Cola’s secret ingredient to Pepsi. Undercover FBI officers posted as Pepsi executives and pretended to broker the deal which resulted in the arrest of the three agents.</li><li>COMPETING FOR BURPS IN MEXICAM SHAMANS - When PepsiCo discovered that Mexican shamans used Coca-Cola in their religious rituals to heal worshippers, they offered commissions for using Pepsi instead. Coca-Cola found out and they began paying; and thus the Mexican shamans became a battleground for Cola Wars between Pepsi and Coke. Soon rival religious group were formed based on which soft drink they use.</li><li>RUM AND COLA? - Rum and Coke or Rum and Pepsi? Or Jack and Pepsi? A flavor scientist could tell you which one, and why. Or, perhaps, a songwriter?</li><li>COLA WARS IN SPACE - In the summer of 1985, the two soda brands reached peaked rivalry by taking their marketing spat into outer space. When Pepsi got wind of Coca-Cola’s gravity-free can for NASA, it started developing a space can of their own. The spat got so ugly that several Senators and even the White House got dragged into it. The shuttle mission finally launched with four cans of Coke and four cans of Pepsi aboard.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><a href="https://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/the-cola-wars-timeline-what-went-down/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>This Is the Real Flavor Difference Between Pepsi and Coca-Cola</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvaemUcZ1rGAitQYDmjqYRLgsjGG6DWA2uSflIZZFb26sT3jt9_LVEvg7XuAJycSD-IWrbG2zzoQaxxWES2Tdj4sS3mbh_EZK6qGdAZgW-coq4AE0YQjgeLgpFWwB1xsKybuMczce2IR_kP3EjY4gXIAC9Y33nxKW5p3h4zlk92giO1FLw8vk3VA_LyA/s680/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvaemUcZ1rGAitQYDmjqYRLgsjGG6DWA2uSflIZZFb26sT3jt9_LVEvg7XuAJycSD-IWrbG2zzoQaxxWES2Tdj4sS3mbh_EZK6qGdAZgW-coq4AE0YQjgeLgpFWwB1xsKybuMczce2IR_kP3EjY4gXIAC9Y33nxKW5p3h4zlk92giO1FLw8vk3VA_LyA/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">No, your taste buds aren't playing tricks on you! Despite their similar qualities, there is an actual difference</span></i></div><br /><div>Pepsi and Coca-Cola may be one of the most controversial drink debates of all time. A strong divide between diehard Coke drinkers and Pepsi enthusiasts has always existed. Yet, the two drinks are practically identical in every way from their caramel syrup color to their ingredients. Both sodas contain sodium, sugar, carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, phosphoric acid, caffeine, and natural flavors.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Despite their numerous similarities, Pepsi and Coca-Cola still give people two vastly different flavor experiences, which explains why people prefer one over the other. In Blink, a book about decision making and thinking, by author and journalist, Malcolm Gladwell, he writes, “Pepsi is sweeter than Coke and is also characterized by a citrusy flavor burst, unlike the more raisiny-vanilla taste of Coke.” <a href="https://www.rd.com/list/coke-vs-pepsi-find-out-which-brand-tastes-best/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Don’t miss how we settled the cola taste-test debate</span></a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>In fact, a 12 ounce can of Pepsi contains one thing Coke does not—citric acid. In addition, Pepsi also has two more grams of sugar than Coke. These two subtle differences give Pepsi its sweet, citrus-like flavor that people either love or loathe. Plus, the additional 15 mg of sodium in a can of Coke may explain why it tastes more like a club soda with a toned-down sweetness. Next, find out the fascinating origins of soda you never realized.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.rd.com/article/flavor-difference-between-pepsi-coca-cola/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>How to Tell the Difference Between Coke and Pepsi</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-bGJDovFk27lfdgTfQkNUa_AyThF0tX8GB_Ge71mHwzu0_OA9CckOKUcA6rXndPFMl5d5IwB_OAbDi3Zm0DMQ4X5yBzwGpWqOdDigThRHHEKiE3_OyOwkdyj-_KoiVNUgSZEro25TLal5VGkV1qS7aaKN-TYmW3HD3L8Q0yMaH01BAKgyUY7zS2cDT4/s728/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="728" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-bGJDovFk27lfdgTfQkNUa_AyThF0tX8GB_Ge71mHwzu0_OA9CckOKUcA6rXndPFMl5d5IwB_OAbDi3Zm0DMQ4X5yBzwGpWqOdDigThRHHEKiE3_OyOwkdyj-_KoiVNUgSZEro25TLal5VGkV1qS7aaKN-TYmW3HD3L8Q0yMaH01BAKgyUY7zS2cDT4/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Perhaps because they are so similar, Coke and Pepsi have been in a fierce competition for fans for decades. Learning how to taste the difference between these two iconic sodas is great as a parlor trick or simply for personal enjoyment. Keep in mind, however, that the differences are minor — in blind taste tests, most people can't tell which is which:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Judging Its Taste - Judge its flavor qualities. Coke and Pepsi taste quite similar, but their flavors aren't exactly the same. Start by taking a sip of your drink. Concentrate on the flavor — ask yourself, "What else does this taste like?" Everyone's sense of taste is different, but a few popular comparisons are as follow - Coke is often said to resemble raisins with a hint of vanilla & Pepsi is often said to resemble citrus fruit.</li><li>Judge its intensity. A soda's flavor isn't just about what other things it tastes like — it's also about how those tastes feel in - your mouth. Take another drink of your soda. Concentrate on how the soda feels as it moves over your tongue and down your throat. Again, everyone's opinion is different, but some common observations are below - Coke has a flavor that many define as "smoother." The flavor rises gradually and recedes gently. It should go down your throat easily & Pepsi has a flavor that many define as "sharper." The flavor has a stronger "attack" — it rises in a sudden "burst" of flavor. It should be a little more intense as it goes down your throat.</li><li>Judge its sweetness - Take another drink. This time, concentrate on the sugar content in the drink. Is the sweetness overpowering, or is it more subtle? This can be difficult to judge unless you have both drinks in front of you so that you can compare them. According to official nutritional information - Coke has a little less sugar, so it is slightly less sweet & Pepsi has a little more sugar, so it is slightly more sweet.</li><li>Feel the carbonation level - Hold a sip of the soda in your mouth for a few seconds. Concentrate on the feeling of the carbonation bubbles. Is the drink quite fizzy, or slightly "flatter" than you're used to in a soda? This, too, is difficult to tell unless you have both drinks for comparison purposes. See below - Coke has more carbonation, so it is slightly fizzier & Pepsi has less carbonation, so it is slightly "flatter."</li><li>Smell its aroma - If you still aren't sure, try smelling your drink as you gently swirl it in its glass (like a wine snob). This releases a little more of the aromatic chemicals into the air so your nose can pick them up. Concentrate on the aroma — if you had to choose, does it remind you of raisins and vanilla (like the flavor of Coke) or citrus fruits (like the flavor of Pepsi)?</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Tell-the-Difference-Between-Coke-and-Pepsi"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Pepsi vs. Coke: What's Really the Difference?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNde2UxnZNXL3NUaOmjdkAI92bzc3_jVCmYjAiRt5CSOFp_cUvoD6xG0MXDmZ7aVL510hFsK4oUqBRH7cfCukeT228WNDfF5_CfwGYwP6QwporTqenWbKESao32vuc9u0jb4Wn9rJypoXQ1dluyMDxyD4UQd4M6RH2inVJcQxCZegJsDhxq0bpgxdMMs/s2560/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="2560" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNde2UxnZNXL3NUaOmjdkAI92bzc3_jVCmYjAiRt5CSOFp_cUvoD6xG0MXDmZ7aVL510hFsK4oUqBRH7cfCukeT228WNDfF5_CfwGYwP6QwporTqenWbKESao32vuc9u0jb4Wn9rJypoXQ1dluyMDxyD4UQd4M6RH2inVJcQxCZegJsDhxq0bpgxdMMs/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>The orange juice in your refrigerator probably came from Coca Cola. The oatmeal you eat with it? That's probably a Pepsi jam. In fact, together these two companies make up an enormous proportion of the drinks and snacks you may have on a daily basis. Coca Cola (COKE) alone claims more than 500 brands worldwide.</div><div><br /></div><div>These two companies have expanded enormously since their founding in the late 19th century. Still, all the sports drinks and sun chips in the world don't change their core mission: winning the cola wars. Ever since Coke and Pepsi (PEP) hit the shelves they have been direct competitors, a head-to-head that by now has become a part of American culture. Some people swear by the bright blue can. Others won't even use the word "soda" when they can ask for a Coke.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's what you (probably don't really) need to know the next time a waiter asks, "Coke or Pepsi?":</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>What to Know About Coke - Coke was invented in 1886 by a chemist named John Pemberton. While specific stories vary, most records agree that Pemberton was trying to create an anesthetic syrup. (Some records indicate that Pemberton, a Confederate veteran, was trying to replace morphine, upon which he had become dependent during the Civil War.)</li><li>What to Know About Pepsi - Pepsi has always been the Apple to Coke's Microsoft, the Lyft to Coke's Uber. (Although that might not be fair. If Travis Kalanick had started Coca-Cola each can would cost five times as much in the summer and the company slogan would be "Coke: It would taste better if you smiled more.")</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.thestreet.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/pepsi-vs-coke-14776822"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Coke vs. Pepsi: Who Controls the Market Share?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BBj3r3hKr5R9DX88T86JCuXyv1muTGrOPHy52xkrXcUHBBGIPF4DpBNUYjZ9Xs0ZuaBnGwY7O7f7pz0liHsRAzvy0_mvDQvTfW-3bkvwihryEcsLUwlajufiZbFY0kH-Il3NzDxc4WyFPMQwpvznhjkp99FoLBdK1uVHWu0XlvVUpL3Af9iVKMxKAz4/s750/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="750" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BBj3r3hKr5R9DX88T86JCuXyv1muTGrOPHy52xkrXcUHBBGIPF4DpBNUYjZ9Xs0ZuaBnGwY7O7f7pz0liHsRAzvy0_mvDQvTfW-3bkvwihryEcsLUwlajufiZbFY0kH-Il3NzDxc4WyFPMQwpvznhjkp99FoLBdK1uVHWu0XlvVUpL3Af9iVKMxKAz4/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Coca Cola and Pepsi control the global non-alcoholic beverage industry. Two powerhouses control the market share of the carbonated soft drink and beverage industry: PepsiCo. Inc. (PEP) and The Coca-Cola Corporation (KO).</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Since 2004, Coca-Cola Company has been the market leader. Coca-Cola, despite a brand value decline of 13% in 2021, remained the world’s most valued soft drink brand at $33.2 billion in 2021, according to Brand Finance. PepsiCo. takes second at $18.4 billion. Dr. Pepper-Snapple was the fastest-growing soft drink brand with a 40% brand value increase, followed by Red Bull’s 15% increase.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>KEY TAKEAWAYS:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>PepsiCo. Inc. and The Coca-Cola Corporation are the two powerhouses controlling the bulk of the carbonated soft drink (CSD) and beverage industry.</li><li>Both companies have a large global presence, controlling several hundred brand names each.</li><li>Since 2004, Coca-Cola Company has been the market leader, according to industry statistics.</li><li>Pepsi ranks second, followed by Dr. Pepper-Snapple.</li><li>In Q1 2022, PepsiCo had a market cap of $229.3 billion while Coca-Cola had a market cap of $268.4 billion.</li></ul></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/060415/how-much-global-beverage-industry-controlled-coca-cola-and-pepsi.asp"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Coke vs Pepsi: Modern Day Cola Wars</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn47HbF-IjximiRdcr9m93rWWvVOOrmZKsqIz-JS5NB94GboncxvaKNcvhyLbiioOjZxT7PGNItwczPwPoPFxxaT5DiO4aR2A-6FjVFttyAMpXq23HUwWOGwjLe2UM7zQgDJlCONL3HBLi6fXPTqO2o3iLFecJySn_j9MCdZwv6mHb2ivlx26i7SdRJD0/s1024/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn47HbF-IjximiRdcr9m93rWWvVOOrmZKsqIz-JS5NB94GboncxvaKNcvhyLbiioOjZxT7PGNItwczPwPoPFxxaT5DiO4aR2A-6FjVFttyAMpXq23HUwWOGwjLe2UM7zQgDJlCONL3HBLi6fXPTqO2o3iLFecJySn_j9MCdZwv6mHb2ivlx26i7SdRJD0/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Thanks to the pandemic, soda consumption is back up. So are we headed for another war between the two mainstay cola brands or is it clear that one brand rules the (modern) day?</div><div><br /></div><div><div>What were the original cola wars? Back in the 1980’s, there was an epic battle of two brands: Coke and Pepsi. Both brands clambered for market share (Little 2019). Here’s what went down:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Pepsi won a bunch of blind taste tests.</li><li>They famously shared the results in the Pepsi Challenge campaign.</li><li>For a short time, Pepsi beat Coke in sales.</li><li>Coke countered with “New Coke”, but quickly back-peddled as they faced angry Americans who loved the original product.</li><li>If you are old enough to recall that period of time, which brand did you choose? Were you a Classic Coke fan, or a Pepsi lover? And do you think your tastes have changed?</li></ul></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.greenbook.org/insights/covid-19/coke-vs-pepsi-modern-day-cola-wars"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Difference Between Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Explained</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWGr-hj_vVOnCZX2iO4yv3vlikfxK187xbOQMDFne8ZoYdpCCPWQBJids1ZMUnOJ_t6su4WScg1pFtoFS6PO5MKuRlNux2LW8wFLB0gpNqaSeY3rjzDsSp-pEPv8-dDNq5z2ahDRiC3ZF9AMMfLjOwuBSF8yadgAcOageJzq7tWoIEmbUz5mp5u4qzZ0/s900/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWGr-hj_vVOnCZX2iO4yv3vlikfxK187xbOQMDFne8ZoYdpCCPWQBJids1ZMUnOJ_t6su4WScg1pFtoFS6PO5MKuRlNux2LW8wFLB0gpNqaSeY3rjzDsSp-pEPv8-dDNq5z2ahDRiC3ZF9AMMfLjOwuBSF8yadgAcOageJzq7tWoIEmbUz5mp5u4qzZ0/s320/0.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><div>Whether you’re a casual soda drinker or a soft drink fiend, odds are you have a strong opinion when it comes to the longstanding rivalry of Coca-Cola versus Pepsi.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo are two of the largest and most recognizable food and beverage brands in history, each with hundreds of products sold in markets worldwide. From television and print ads, to celebrity endorsements and iconic product placement in feature films, the companies’ influence knows no bounds. But despite their current international dominance, both of these megabrands had humble beginnings, originating in 19th-century pharmacies in the American South.</div><div><br /></div><div>For all the Coca-Cola devotees and Pepsi fanatics out there, read on to learn more about the great Pepsi vs Coca-Cola debate, and how these two all-American sodas really compare:</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta-based chemist, developed Coca-Cola’s original syrup in 1886. After Pemberton’s sweetly flavored creation was deemed “excellent” by a local pharmacy, it was mixed with carbonated water and sold for 5 cents a pop. Despite Pemberton’s role as the brainchild, the brand’s meteoric rise has been largely attributed to Frank M. Robinson, Pemberton’s bookkeeper, who is credited as the genius behind Coca-Cola’s name and iconic logo that still graces the company’s branding today.</li><li>Unfortunately, Pemberton would not get to experience the true worth of his invention. Following Pemberton’s death in 1888, fellow Georgian Asa G. Candler purchased the rights to the company for $2,300, and launched Coca-Cola into a full-fledged empire.</li><li>Two states over and nearly a decade later in 1893, Pepsi was invented by pharmacist Caleb Bradham in New Bern, N.C. Originally called “Brad’s Drink,” the unique tonic was sold at Bradham’s pharmacy where it became a popular beverage among the locals. In 1903 Bradham trademarked his product “Pepsi-Cola” and started selling it across the state. The brand’s reach continued to expand rapidly and, by 1910, there were 240 Pepsi-Cola bottling franchises in 24 states.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://vinepair.com/articles/coca-cola-vs-pepsi-explained/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Why Coke is winning the cola wars</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEWCfnB1mxZIxS9ZLA6nN1ZuQo4O0dFQ9XpJlshJ73Oi_XucXxGkOpz5teFOqbJuAiw8l80V-9ZA4CYgdzp7puyJQxQkRivRw_LuMWJu1i2GdZU8d_dprct6LTnUo3S1-QxMW-Ec9mSyko3af6F9YaFEthinrulEjmgJTKK6cY7LdzGnzWQWHbFvT2Tk/s660/-0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="660" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEWCfnB1mxZIxS9ZLA6nN1ZuQo4O0dFQ9XpJlshJ73Oi_XucXxGkOpz5teFOqbJuAiw8l80V-9ZA4CYgdzp7puyJQxQkRivRw_LuMWJu1i2GdZU8d_dprct6LTnUo3S1-QxMW-Ec9mSyko3af6F9YaFEthinrulEjmgJTKK6cY7LdzGnzWQWHbFvT2Tk/s320/-0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Cola Wars has given way to a portfolio game, but cola remains a heavy hitter</span></i></div><br /><div><div>It's been a long time since PepsiCo just sold Pepsi and Coca-Cola just sold Coke.</div><div>Both companies now sell juice, water, sports drinks and iced coffee. And in many of these categories, Pepsi is winning.</div><div><br /></div><div>But when it comes to regular old cola, Coke is still king. In the last decade, Coke's market share has risen from 17.3% to 17.8%, while Pepsi's has dropped from 10.3% to 8.4%, according to Beverage Digest, a trade publication. Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi have both lost ground but Diet Coke is still far ahead.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's how it happened — and why it matters:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Thinking outside the can - It's a tough time for soda sellers.</li><li>Soda still matters Carbonate- soft drinks still accounted for $81 billion in sales in North America in 2016, according to Beverage Digest — way more than growing categories like water ($23 billion) and sports drinks ($9.4 billion). And soda is cheaper to make than other beverages.</li><li>Chasing Millennials - In January, Coke announced new Diet Coke flavors and a sleek new can. The campaign was aimed at a younger crowd: The new flavors, like Ginger Lime and Zesty Blood Orange, call to mind different variations of trendy La Croix seltzers.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://money.cnn.com/2018/02/20/news/companies/cola-wars-coke-pepsi/index.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>COKE VS. PEPSI: The Amazing Story Behind The Cola Wars</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaDYemcfp4yxWfZieGoYkrt6OpuX0v8hd53NqpHX_7RjP9f8hktjtLgt90LRoV-iCpDHsEc6w3WsyUSkSXcdoG4JDdgzJlbkxuLo96tFsT1NEDE1CybImEucUmH8qe80HUcvbyiwr5mpkTMuVA7wXTM3VrWpXVpInoHHI3aCaBnYFE-_uGJH0l9aJ6Mk/s400/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaDYemcfp4yxWfZieGoYkrt6OpuX0v8hd53NqpHX_7RjP9f8hktjtLgt90LRoV-iCpDHsEc6w3WsyUSkSXcdoG4JDdgzJlbkxuLo96tFsT1NEDE1CybImEucUmH8qe80HUcvbyiwr5mpkTMuVA7wXTM3VrWpXVpInoHHI3aCaBnYFE-_uGJH0l9aJ6Mk/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi is legendary. Although the feud really heated up with the Pepsi Challenge in 1975 —which prompted Coca-Cola's horrific New Coke debacle — the brands have been fighting each other for more than a century.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>And not just about product development. Things occasionally get personal, which sometimes resonates in their marketing. Earlier this year, Pepsi went after Coke's famed mascots, the polar bears and Santa. The feud has even moved into outer space and raged over social media. So how'd it become this way? The folks at CnnTees put together an amazing infographic entitled "The Soda Wars" that includes everything you'd ever want to know about the history of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.</div><div><br /></div><div>Take a look:</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The saga began in 1886, when John S. Pemberton developed the original recipe for Coke. Here's what was in it:</li><li>Pepsi-Cola was created in 13 years later by pharmacist Caleb Bradham.</li><li>Coca-Cola was already selling a million gallons per year by the time Pepsi came to be</li><li>Coke developed its iconic contour bottle, got big name endorsements and expanded to Europe. Meanwhile, Pepsi went bankrupt because of WWI.</li><li>Pepsi went bankrupt again eight years later, but this time it rebounded.</li><li>During WWII, Pepsi amped up its advertising and started selling its drink in cans.</li><li>In the 50s, Coke ads started hitting TV, while Pepsi rebranded to try to keep up.</li><li>Coke decided to go public in 1962, on the heels of its launch of Sprite, which would become one of its most successful brands.</li><li>Pepsi merged with Frito Lay in the mid-60s to create PepsiCo, setting the stage for the war today. Diet drinks popped up too, creating a whole new soda segment.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/soda-wars-coca-cola-pepsi-history-infographic-2011-11"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Ovaltine vs Milo: See Their Differences, Similarities, & Benefits</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfZEDt5GRx8TZMntfJO3VsCox3Ra0DTkqkJWQvziEXfXvjT7S4lgNF5AQSM94mIXR1p0mic5FMTDAHar6mFtAADWkXjXLI6geDeTVX_G-5_cTBQ2FgWyf6QV15qReXzehg2902w4KbCtCDsKAfbqP0Bx3rDWsW1tSrBg-0yYztLziDu-DPR4JaVmIX0Y/s702/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="702" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfZEDt5GRx8TZMntfJO3VsCox3Ra0DTkqkJWQvziEXfXvjT7S4lgNF5AQSM94mIXR1p0mic5FMTDAHar6mFtAADWkXjXLI6geDeTVX_G-5_cTBQ2FgWyf6QV15qReXzehg2902w4KbCtCDsKAfbqP0Bx3rDWsW1tSrBg-0yYztLziDu-DPR4JaVmIX0Y/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.eduvast.com/featured/milo-vs-ovaltine-whats-the-difference/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Milo Vs Ovaltine: Conclusion</i></span></a></div><br /><div>Milo and Ovaltine are two of the most popular chocolate breakfast drinks in the world, available at most supermarkets. With cocoa and several other ingredients that are similar to each other, these two products have many things in common. However, there are many differences between the two when comparing their ingredient lists and contents. You may wonder which one contains more vitamins and minerals and which one should be part of your regular diet.</div><div><br /></div><div>What is milo? = The Milo beverage is a popular beverage made with chocolate-flavored malted powder and was invented in 1934 by Thomas Mayne and manufactured by Nestle. You can generally enjoy this beverage by mixing it with cold or hot water. Often advertised as a sports drink, Milo comes in a green package (refill or tin) and mainly comes in powdered form. Other Milo forms that exist include cube forms, granola protein bars, snack bars, and cereal forms. Additionally, the ingredients and formulas used in making Milo differ according to the regions making them. While some add sugar and milk to their formula, others don’t. The use of nuts to add flavor to the beverage also exists in some regions.</div><div><br /></div><div>What is Ovaltine? - Ovomaltine or Ovaltine as it is popularly called is another brand of beverage made using chocolate milk-flavored powder. Major ingredients used in making it include malt extract, sugar, and other flavors. However, these ingredients may vary based on the country or region of production. For example, the formula used in making Switzerland’s Ovaltine does not include sugar and replaces it with honey. However, those made in the United States, use sugar as the primary sweetener.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2024/02/milo-vs-ovaltine.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-65366438347167878512024-03-14T00:14:00.044+08:002024-03-16T11:21:35.635+08:00Reduce, Reuse and Recycle<div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Three R’s: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Waste Hierarchy To Enjoy Trash Free Life</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXCWOjs4L2LiIWKuXD1sCgjSGJwaDd-fJWIWAbQy9DPyzEjSUkBdsQ82eq8HG7o9NHtORgDUeGbjvdfS3p2yPYHtoJICNGroj4tY-tFbnvUKwJ6XdSZsu3OPf9gnGulk9qVHU9DJJMwMLFP4IBxUHe3ZvPNZtVXr2DKrNisXFgE7CZBPEuV1lsfwc/s728/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="728" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXCWOjs4L2LiIWKuXD1sCgjSGJwaDd-fJWIWAbQy9DPyzEjSUkBdsQ82eq8HG7o9NHtORgDUeGbjvdfS3p2yPYHtoJICNGroj4tY-tFbnvUKwJ6XdSZsu3OPf9gnGulk9qVHU9DJJMwMLFP4IBxUHe3ZvPNZtVXr2DKrNisXFgE7CZBPEuV1lsfwc/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have heard of something called the “waste hierarchy,” then you may be wondering what that means. It is the order of priority of actions to be taken to reduce the amount of waste generated and to improve overall waste management processes and programs. The waste hierarchy consists of 3 R’s - Reduce, Reuse & Recycle. Commonly called the “three R’s” of waste management, this waste hierarchy is the guidance suggested for creating a sustainable life. You might be wondering how you can incorporate these principles into your daily life.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">They are not that hard to implement. All you need is to bring a small change in your daily lifestyle to reduce waste so that less amount of it goes to the landfill that can reduce your carbon footprint. “The three R’s – reduce, reuse and recycle – all help to cut down on the amount of waste we throw away. They conserve natural resources, landfill space and energy. Plus, the three R’s save land and money that communities must use to dispose of waste in landfills. Siting a new landfill has become difficult and more expensive due to environmental regulations and public opposition.“</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">By refusing to buy items that you don’t need, reusing items more than once and disposing the items that are no longer in use at appropriate recycling centers, you can contribute towards a healthier planet:</span></div></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The First ‘R’ Reduce - The concept of reducing what is produced and what is consumed is essential to the waste hierarchy. The logic behind it is simple to understand – if there is less waste, then there is less to recycle or reuse.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Second ‘R’ Reuse - You may have a box of things you keep that are broken or that you don’t have a use for that you hang on to in-case you find another use for them; or you may find bargains on old furniture or go trash picking and get things that you can refinish – in either case you are working towards reusing the item. Learning to reuse items, or repurpose them for use different from what they are intended for is essential in the waste hierarchy.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Third ‘R’ Recycling - The last stage of the waste hierarchy is to recycle. To recycle something means that it will be transformed again into a raw material that can be shaped into a new item. However, there are very few materials on the earth that cannot be recycled.</span></li></ul></div><div><a href="https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/reduce-reuse-recycle.php"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tips to practice the 3Rs daily</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reduce, reuse, recycle. We've all heard this refrain many times. However, did you know that the 3Rs of waste management are listed in order of priority?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reducing waste is the best option, with reusing products coming next. If the first 2 Rs are not possible, then recycle:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reduce – the best of the 3Rs. The most effective way to manage waste is to not create it. Whether at home, at work or outside, be mindful of the ways that you can reduce consumption of water, electricity, plastic and paper.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reuse – the second best R. If you are thinking of throwing away an old item, stop first and consider ways you could reuse it. Reusing or repurposing items gives them a new lease of life, and prevents unnecessary wastage.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recycle – the last stage of the waste hierarchy is to recycle what you have used. While 60% of Singaporean households recycle regularly, according to a household recycling study in 2019, a significant proportion of respondents are mistaken about what items can be recycled. For example, 67% thought that soiled paper food packaging is recyclable, and 49% believed that tissue paper can be recycled. However, both soiled food packaging and tissue paper have come into contact with contaminants like food waste and grease. A lot of tissue paper is also made from previously recycled paper – the fibres are too short and cannot be recycled. Thus, both items are not suitable for recycling and should be disposed of as general waste.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><a href="https://www.gov.sg/article/how-to-practise-the-3rs"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Simple ways to reduce, reuse and recycle at home</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_VoPlgTg4-uyDrbqKhWOfnWMl620RYnJXNuf_bH3UC06AdWrD_Oh7g5Gg_rtsyTYNHFLf-PMzxqXzcliD9jdvSLrulGXvv0UbCsNoyW4al6WxDtDq7xLy-xkmVw_hoRZJt_2iW7mIU4E7Cq68IHVxVPItT3hDHRUbKjGAO3BvF9p9Nlt6P4AfK0d/s1980/0,jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1980" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_VoPlgTg4-uyDrbqKhWOfnWMl620RYnJXNuf_bH3UC06AdWrD_Oh7g5Gg_rtsyTYNHFLf-PMzxqXzcliD9jdvSLrulGXvv0UbCsNoyW4al6WxDtDq7xLy-xkmVw_hoRZJt_2iW7mIU4E7Cq68IHVxVPItT3hDHRUbKjGAO3BvF9p9Nlt6P4AfK0d/s320/0,jpg.webp" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone has the opportunity to live more sustainably and it all starts at home. This article will show you just how easy it is to reduce, reuse and recycle.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reduce:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first step is to reduce how much you waste and how much electricity your household is using. Start by being more mindful about the items that you purchase, plastic shopping bags being one example. Investing in a few material shopping bags that can be reused will go a long way in helping the environment.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it comes to reducing your electricity usage, small things such as the temperature that you wash your clothes at, can help you reduce your electricity consumption at home. Instead of washing your clothes at 40 degrees, turn the temperature down to 30 and ensure that you’re always doing a full load of washing in order to reduce both electricity and water. The great thing is most washing powders and liquids do the exact same job of cleaning your clothes at 30 degrees as they do at 40 degrees.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, what is recycling exactly? We hear about it all the time through brands such as Mpact and The Glass Recycling Company but many South Africans don’t recycle because they don’t always know how to. Gaining a better understanding of recycling will help us practice sustainable living at home, ensuring we can do our part for the environment. This basic 3-step process involves reducing waste and electricity, reusing what we produce and recycling what we cannot reuse at home.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reuse:</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Water restrictions are a part of our daily lives in South Africa, which means we all need to be more aware of ways that we can reuse our water. It’s easier than you think too. Use a bucket to collect any extra water from your shower or bath to flush your toilets or water your plants. Soapy water is actually great as a bug repellent. Waiting for the hot water to start running so that you can wash your dishes? Instead of letting that first bit of cold water run down the drain, collect it so that you can rinse your dishes with it later. You’ll be very surprised by how much water you’ve been wasting up until now. If you want to take it one step further, why not find a way to collect rain water in order to reuse it in your home later?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">By being more aware of the packaging of the products that you buy, you can start finding ways to reuse them. Many products such as OMO and Sunlight offer refills so that you don’t have to buy a new container or plastic bottle every time. The refill packs generally have a lot less plastic than the original containers, another simple way that you can reduce waste and reuse items in your home.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recycle:</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are a number of ways that you can recycle at home.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tips on how to recycle paper - A lot of energy goes into the production of paper but recycling paper takes 70% less energy as it doesn’t require raw materials. Collecting used newspapers, print outs and receipts in a bag that can be dropped off or even collected to be recycled will go a long way in helping the environment.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tips on glass recycling and how to recycle plastic - Start by separating your plastic, glass and tin containers by placing them in labelled bins of different colours. Once the bins are full you can drop them off at a Pickitup facility or in one of the many recycling bins that you will find around your neighbourhood.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recycling is an activity that the entire family can get involved in and it’s a great way for your kids to get creative. Use old margarine tubs to create Easter baskets or empty a bubble bath bottle to make fun shakers. The paper tubes from toilet rolls or paper towels and used egg cartons are perfect for weekend art projects. If you don’t have kids in the house, why not take some of your old clothing and turn them into items that can be used around the house such as cleaning rags. If your clothes are still in good condition, donate them to an organisation that gives to the needy.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Making your household more sustainable doesn’t need to be difficult and once you get into a reduce, reuse, recycle frame of mind, it becomes second nature. Recycling doesn’t need to be expensive either; it’s all about making small changes for the greater good of the environment.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><div><a href="https://www.cleanipedia.com/za/sustainability/reduce-reuse-recycle-at-home.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0k1jPUVzRgRgerb4aGtbDUaTmcpOdnIm1TJ0O83tdQ7pZ2JyKSaBBABVzhdoyBCIoCWKNy_YY4B5MasY78NJVGbxS8VwQyzHbsLEvg4UsVuvaUlIB4jJuSzWg8mohpS2hkoC3nHr5TexEGdAg0MRlPdaRdY4P8ng9_sL-etb6Q54BaMvH4_Yldie8/s227/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="227" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0k1jPUVzRgRgerb4aGtbDUaTmcpOdnIm1TJ0O83tdQ7pZ2JyKSaBBABVzhdoyBCIoCWKNy_YY4B5MasY78NJVGbxS8VwQyzHbsLEvg4UsVuvaUlIB4jJuSzWg8mohpS2hkoC3nHr5TexEGdAg0MRlPdaRdY4P8ng9_sL-etb6Q54BaMvH4_Yldie8/s1600/0.png" width="227" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a nation, we are generating more garbage. We don’t know what to do with it. Irresponsible disposal of this waste is polluting the environment and poses a public health risk. Present disposal methods threaten our health, safety, and environment, and pose additional indirect costs to society. Most industrial, commercial, and household waste is now disposing of in landfills or surface impoundments. Waste treated in this manner is contaminating groundwater, rivers, and streams. Burning of waste releases hazardous gases into the air. The solution to this problem is in the “ Three Rs ” approach—reduce, reuse, recycle.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Among the main steps consumers can fallow to reduce waste are:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Choosing items that you need, not want</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shopping for high-quality items</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Using minimum packaging</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Buying local products</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The following are some examples of reuse:</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Items such as plastic containers and pickle bottles should be reused to store other things.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">We can also reuse cardboard boxes, wrapping papers, and chocolate boxes.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">We can give away old clothes to the needy people.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is better to use cloth bags in place of plastic bags for shopping.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Buy such products which can be reused such as rechargeable batteries</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recycle:</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Often you may find persons (the Kabariwalas) who visit our home, and to whom we sell old newspapers, bottles, tins, magazines, etc. perhaps you have never thought where these products go. These products are used as raw materials for manufacturing other items.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">In other words, recycling takes place in the manufacturing of these products. This is an important effort, as in this process, we not only reduce the load of garbage as well as conserve natural resources also.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recycling of some common items such as glass, metals, paper, plastics, cardboard, batteries, cans made of steel and aluminum, rubber, wooden furniture easily possible.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, discarding your waste, find ways to recycle it besides letting it go to landfills.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.toppr.com/guides/chemistry/environmental-chemistry/reduce-reuse-recycle/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">3 R’s of Environment – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRWU99SodD1wGbNFtbOkbwcP3KzUE39zwvxUrOh4SL1ly0w9XP-CnGzSiB3vWBlouSYl-cD7kfN-ERlV9TWQAX_JCPad_E2CaGDlVOdBhITEJgkQrd_-Lct4xcKPr1DXZvesmto0TfnKsg_r4e0fbP92ipaBLLgw3lP11UJMe0aTri64WtmSLLBI6/s500/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRWU99SodD1wGbNFtbOkbwcP3KzUE39zwvxUrOh4SL1ly0w9XP-CnGzSiB3vWBlouSYl-cD7kfN-ERlV9TWQAX_JCPad_E2CaGDlVOdBhITEJgkQrd_-Lct4xcKPr1DXZvesmto0TfnKsg_r4e0fbP92ipaBLLgw3lP11UJMe0aTri64WtmSLLBI6/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">3 R’s of environment i.e., Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, are essential parts of Waste Hierarchy. 3 R’s works together to reduce the waste generated and for the improvement of the waste management process. In short, we can call three R’s as “The principle of the waste management process.” Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle helps in reducing the amount of carbon-di-oxide in the atmosphere and save the environment. You can also be a part of this mission just by making a few changes in your daily lifestyle. Everyone’s contribution is needed to breathe healthily and live healthily. Let’s understand the 3 R’s of the environment in detail.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reduce, The First “R” of Waste Hierarchy - The first R in the waste hierarchy is “Reduce.” The crucial thing in the waste management procedure is to maintain a perfect balance in consumption and recycle & reuse. If the consumption is less, the rate of recycling or reuse will also be less. You need to set the limits where you can reduce the chances of generating waste. However, there are some useful tips given below that will help you to reduce the amount of waste:</span></div></div><div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would help if you used cloth napkins instead of using paper tissues because cloth napkins can be reused after wash, but paper napkins will only increase the amount of waste.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the very common wastages we make is “wastage of paper while printing.” You should print on both sides of a paper to minimize the wastage of paper.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of the time, people get attracted to “use & throw type of products,” but these products do not run for a long time and eventually increases the amount of waste. Hence you should choose the products with a long life.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Disposables like plates, cups, spoon, etc. are quite common in use these days. The reasons people prefer to use disposables are to minimize the workload, but unfortunately, this leads to a considerable amount of waste accumulations.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can switch to electronic mails instead of sending letters via papers.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many products come in various layers of packaging while purchase; you can avoid purchasing those products. These layers of packing ultimately increase the count of waste only.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reuse, The Second “R” of Waste Hierarchy - If you have a bag full of old things that are not in use, then you can find out a way to reuse these thrown away things. The reuse of old stuff can reduce waste and does not affect the waste hierarchy. If you do not have any use of any of these thrown away items, then you can also donate it to someone who needs it. The primary purpose of reusing old things is to minimize the amount of waste, whether you do it on your own through modifications or you donate it to someone needy. You’re thrown away item can be someone else’s take home. There are few tips mentioned below that can help you in reusing the old things:</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of the time, people have thrown away old jars that can be used to store various items in the kitchen. You can also use old jars to store other items such as computer wires, hairpins, accessories, etc.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can use old newspapers to pack old items to store. You can also use newspapers to wrap things when you are moving from one place to another.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The old tires can be best used as a swing, which is one of the favorite time-pass for kids.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have any leftover old wood, you can use it for bonfire or firewood at home during winter.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your old clothes which are not in use now and you are planning to dump them; you can donate these clothes to poor people just for charity purpose.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can donate your old books & notebooks to poor kids so that they can also study to fulfill their dreams.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recycle. The Third “R” of Waste Hierarchy - Recycling is the third stage of the waste management process. Recycling is a process in which the dumping items are transformed into a new item. You can also send your unused items to recycling centers. It is vital that you are well aware of the things that can be recycled. Choosing the correct item is the very first step in the process of recycling. You can go through the below-mentioned points to get an idea about the recycling items:</span></div></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Try to buy an eco-friendly product from the market that is composed of recyclable material. The leftover material can be easily recycled after its usage.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">As and when possible, try to choose non-toxic material or products so that it can be recycled without any hazardous effects.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can also buy those items from the market which are made up of recycled material.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can also invent different ways from your end to recycling various items and products.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><a href="https://www.earthreminder.com/3rs-of-environment-reduce-reuse-recycle/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clever Ways to ‘Reduce Reuse and Recycle’ Every Day</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1U-SInlEpza30xQv90DQJ-T382h48oaaUK5k1RWWBDIrjSjQUmsgpUhbJ5_RjJ-kRPFHKKrve2UEK8xz2hSq3ecOvzmmEFludi1CdvSbXz5ChY04WovZmavRm8tNdGRhoxaH5e3Ufdt5VsS7CnH529M_oBPHtc_iMJ8vD14xWaKispVehyfwzCz6Z/s1536/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1536" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1U-SInlEpza30xQv90DQJ-T382h48oaaUK5k1RWWBDIrjSjQUmsgpUhbJ5_RjJ-kRPFHKKrve2UEK8xz2hSq3ecOvzmmEFludi1CdvSbXz5ChY04WovZmavRm8tNdGRhoxaH5e3Ufdt5VsS7CnH529M_oBPHtc_iMJ8vD14xWaKispVehyfwzCz6Z/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">As good citizens of the world, it is our responsibility to take care of our home. Just like we want to have a safe and clean house, it’s important to maintain a safe and clean environment as well. By taking steps toward being more eco-friendly, we can help reduce the risk of some animal species going extinct, disease from pollution, unsafe drinking water, and erosion. Luckily for the human race and every other species that depend on the planet for sustenance, there are lots of changes that we can make that can help to support the healing of our planet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the easiest things we can do to help our environment can be done right at home! Think green with “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Conserve Energy Future says, “By refusing to buy items that you don’t need, reusing items more than once and disposing of the items that are no longer in use at appropriate recycling centers, you can contribute towards a healthier planet.” Essentially, by producing less waste (reduce), and reusing as much of your waste as possible, then there will be less to recycle. This is called “waste hierarchy.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The more you look for ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle, the more ways you’ll find! We asked our Yowie fans to share how they practice the 3 Rs and collected some incredible tips to share with everyone. Making small changes at home can lead to a big impact on reducing your carbon footprint. Here are a few of our favorite tips from Yowie fans on how they make a difference in their own homes.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://yowieworld.com/blog/reduce-reuse-recycle/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">20 Examples of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The slogan ‘Reduce, reuse and recycle‘ has as its main objective the environmental care with regard to consumer behavior. The three words should function as axes and horizons for the sustainable behavior of families, and also of companies. The slogan, coined by the non-governmental organization Greenpeace, is easy to interpret, and the scope of each term is not too greater than what is seen at first glance:</span></div></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reduction - It refers to the decreasing generation of waste based on the exhaustive selection of those goods that are markedly necessary.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reuse - Consists in ‘get the most out of it‘to the goods that one has already decided to use since the norm is to dispose of them long before their maximum potential.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recycling - There is the conviction that, once discarded, it is very likely that, totally or partially, it will be used for the generation of new goods, and it will not be a completely discarded object.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The message of the ‘three Rs’ is clear and concrete, this is why it is easy to disseminate. To better illustrate what is being said with it, some examples of each of the activities promoted by this message will be listed here.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Examples of reduce:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have the prudence to think before each purchase if it is strictly necessary.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Limit the use of disposable products as much as possible.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turn off all lights that are not in use in the house.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turn off the water tap when one is washing dishes, in the part that does not require the use of water.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Limit the use of products with too much wrapping or packaging.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bring your own bag to the market, so as not to need a new one there.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Close the water tap well after use.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Use the devices to the maximum of their potential, in such a way as to optimize the number of uses.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reduce the emission of polluting gases.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Examples of reuse:</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Participate in the opportunities to consume returnable (bottles, containers)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Use the paper on both sides.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Use the boxes and packaging of certain products for others.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Adapt the functionalities of products that do not have a marked use, such as jars that are transformed into glasses.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have an open mind when it comes to goods with a lot of flexibility in their treatment, such as wood that can often be modified in many ways.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Giving away clothes whose size is no longer suitable for us or our children.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Examples of recycling"</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Modify the apparent residues in such a way as to obtain a new product suitable for consumption. This is not too common, and it excels at transforming bottles into glasses, newspapers into linings or wrappers, drums into chairs, and notebooks into books.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Separate the waste around its conditions for recycling. The colors of the containers have an organization for this purpose.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">In glass and plastics, heating them can give it a new shape.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Organic matter (where food scraps appear) is often useful as compost for the soil.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Put special emphasis on the goods that take the longest to degrade from nature, such as soda or beer cans.</span></li></ul></div></div></div><div><a href="https://www.exampleslab.com/20-examples-of-reduce-reuse-and-recycle-3r/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">How to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTv72iBMWu8dhoKlUCSi6dBn7J5ZJFP72yCLhLLHVZRyi-BD2AgvjbvNmPssKtgMFkcAOInjZCX-ZeOW9vgEggzKP318057g0HnKu9OP62gPX3LptM8uL9unRjIch8Bix_xtaNt45ljGT8ul_FPPGjR2W09tqjv5NivIdllYE75RvEYfmyf3l_UBg/s728/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="728" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTv72iBMWu8dhoKlUCSi6dBn7J5ZJFP72yCLhLLHVZRyi-BD2AgvjbvNmPssKtgMFkcAOInjZCX-ZeOW9vgEggzKP318057g0HnKu9OP62gPX3LptM8uL9unRjIch8Bix_xtaNt45ljGT8ul_FPPGjR2W09tqjv5NivIdllYE75RvEYfmyf3l_UBg/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">You may be familiar with the motto from the environmental movement, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." These three actions are focused on reducing waste, whether through the conservation of raw materials and energy, or the reuse and recycling of products. You can do your part in reducing waste by watching what you buy, supplying your own packaging, and carefully considering what you do with each item you purchase once it is no longer useful to you. There are also simple habits you can develop that will allow you to consume less water and electricity. Being green isn't time-consuming—it saves you money and you derive a sense of satisfaction from making environmentally friendly choices.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reduce Your Use of Materials and Energy:</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Buy products with less packaging. Avoid single-serve or individually wrapped items. Shop at stores that have bulk dispensers for grains, nuts, dried fruits, and snacks. Bring your own plastic bag or container to put the bulk food in. And try to buy bulk sizes of food or sanitary products, which saves on packaging.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When buying produce at the grocery store, avoid packing the product in an extra plastic bag if it isn’t necessary. Vegetables such as potatoes, onions, peppers, tomatoes, beets; and fruits such as bananas, apples, plums, and melons shouldn’t require an extra bag.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Instead of buying canned soup or pasta sauce, read up in a cookbook how to prepare them at home.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Practice “precycling” by only buying products whose materials can be recycled.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Take a reusable bag with you shopping. Take durable canvas or synthetic-fiber bags, a backpack, or a basket with you to the store, enough to hold whatever you plan on buying.[4] These can usually be bought at the stores themselves. A heavy-duty plastic bag that you use multiple times can serve the purpose almost as well. However, avoid cotton bags as they have a very high environmental impact in their production and they have to be re-used 7,100 times before it breaks-even on the impact compared to disposable plastic bags.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do without disposables. Disposables contribute large amounts of waste to our environment. They include things like plastic forks, knives, plates, and cups. They also include things like diapers and razor blades. Instead of buying items that you'll throw away after using them, buy items that you can use again and again.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cut down on electricity use. Turn off or unplug any electrical appliances that aren't being used, such as the TV, radio, stereo, computer, lights, or chargers for cellphones or mp3 players. Try to wash clothes by hand, and dry them outside as much as possible. And if you purchase appliances, such as dishwashers, washing machines, and dryers, choose ones that are rated with the Energy Star classification.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Use less water. Try to reduce your shower time to between 5 and 10 minutes. Turn off the water when shampooing or scrubbing. Take fewer baths as well, since they can consume more water than a short shower.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stop junk mail and paper billing. If you’re receiving junk mail, call the sending company’s 800 number, usually found on the offer or order page, and ask to be removed from their mailing list.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Consider alternative transportation. Try to walk, bike, or take public transit to school or work. If possible, invest in an electric or hybrid vehicle--these options are more fuel-efficient and emit less carbon into the atmosphere.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Take the stairs. Escalators and elevators are convenient, but sometimes they are not necessary, especially if you only have to travel 1 or 2 floors. Not only will taking the stairs save electricity, but you'll also get some exercise in. You also won't have to wait in line.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reuse a Variety of Goods:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Save packing materials. Hang on to any boxes, envelopes, and other packing materials from products you buy or receive in the mail. You can repurpose these when you need a container to put gifts in before wrapping them, when mailing envelopes or boxes, and when you need packing materials, such as styrofoam peanuts, for a shipment.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Buy and donate used clothing. Shopping at thrift or consignment stores is an excellent way to pass up energy- and materials-wasting new products. To support these stores’ operations, get in the habit of regularly clearing out your closet, garage, and basement to find items you’re willing to donate.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Purchase reusable products. Favor food products packaged in reusable jars, bottles, and recyclable plastic bins. These can be useful for storing leftovers.[13] And by using nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries, you’ll avoid contributing to the toxic waste source of disposable batteries.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opt for a used car. It takes a considerable amount of energy and raw materials to manufacture a new car. Buying a compact, fuel-efficient used car keeps you from contributing to this waste and the pollution it produces. These vehicles also will consume less fuel, while taking up less space on the roads and in parking lots.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Save plastic and paper bags. You can reuse them to carry your groceries or even as trash bags. They’re also good for storing partially-used produce in the refrigerator, protecting fragile or potentially leaky items in a suitcase, and for general carrying around.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turn old materials into art. Fabrics, papers, cardboards, metals, and plastics can all be easily used for arts and crafts. Some items can be purely decorative, such as collages, while other items can be more useful, such as coin purses.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Getting Into the Recycling Habit:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shop for recycled products. Check the labels of paper, plastic, and metal products to see if they were made from recycled materials. Look for a phrase near the barcode that says something like, “This product was made from 50% post-consumer recycled material.”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sort your recyclables. Near your kitchen garbage can, arrange a separate waste bin or bag to hold glass, plastic, and metal recyclable materials. Place another container nearby to hold newspapers and cardboard, if your city requires these to be disposed of separately.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Take advantage of your local recycling center. If curbside pickup up of recyclables is not available in your area, locate the recycling facility nearest to your residence. Be sure to note the hours of operation, since some centers have limited access times.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check local restrictions. Take a look at the FAQ webpage for your city or county’s recycling facility, which should list which materials that are and are not accepted for recycling. Materials such as styrofoam and some plastics are commonly turned away by recycling centers.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recycle old electronics. Computers, cell phones, tablets, stereo equipment, microwaves, and similar devices contain toxic metals and other chemicals. It’s best to have these recycled to reduce their environmental impact. Check with your local recycling center about drop-off times for electronic devices. Or donate your equipment to a local non-profit, such as a community center or veterans’ association.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Compost your food and yard waste. Instead of throwing away what you don’t eat, and tossing your landscaping trimmings, why not put them towards a compost heap for your garden? This way you’ll save on fertilizer, and spare your city some change in reduced waste pickup. You can buy a plastic compost bin at most garden centers.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Reduce,-Reuse,-and-Recycle"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Waste hierarchy</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0HTzm6dVixjoZhnbNlKQ2iX-Uo6GqUBLo_L7cGb0iyLGhbod_SBzVDIxOps2Lo_FOgA-5VHmNBRIqQYmbIq1PrAYm-e93o5iPzPjxDjDQTeGDati4JjXvePTwRyRBix8BrULznOVizu5y_pINfFbh8zDlNclTusLj2wH8ZH9uWas9FxM6c_vVJaR/s1920/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1920" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0HTzm6dVixjoZhnbNlKQ2iX-Uo6GqUBLo_L7cGb0iyLGhbod_SBzVDIxOps2Lo_FOgA-5VHmNBRIqQYmbIq1PrAYm-e93o5iPzPjxDjDQTeGDati4JjXvePTwRyRBix8BrULznOVizu5y_pINfFbh8zDlNclTusLj2wH8ZH9uWas9FxM6c_vVJaR/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">The waste hierarchy refers to the "3 Rs" reduce, reuse and recycle, which classify waste management strategies according to their desirability. The 3 Rs are meant to be a hierarchy, in order of importance</span></i></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Waste hierarchy is a tool used in the evaluation of processes that protect the environment alongside resource and energy consumption from most favourable to least favourable actions. The hierarchy establishes preferred program priorities based on sustainability. To be sustainable, waste management cannot be solved only with technical end-of-pipe solutions and an integrated approach is necessary.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The waste management hierarchy indicates an order of preference for action to reduce and manage waste, and is usually presented diagrammatically in the form of a pyramid. The hierarchy captures the progression of a material or product through successive stages of waste management, and represents the latter part of the life-cycle for each product.</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The aim of the waste hierarchy is to extract the maximum practical benefits from products and to generate the minimum amount of waste. The proper application of the waste hierarchy can have several benefits. It can help prevent emissions of greenhouse gases, reduces pollutants, save energy, conserves resources, create jobs and stimulate the development of green technologies,</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_hierarchy"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where do the recyclables end up that you place in blue bins?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/lXHe20w5ySs" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1124" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiks62BCUHN7DKdII70EUwYSsGWmgxgyfJVFT2-IJgSpl2un4jP0m5w0fndH7S2Nqwbm9V2aaIpJhiDhd9HP9C-D6tpJVjz4eoNIKadq_ZeDnuVPeVLrkZSTYfL3ZUxOCm4jgtQsOiGt5ssNkPfaOVxzcNuaFdHNsEnhss9U4bCaJc_0URV_2YwMBCV208/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/lXHe20w5ySs"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Where do recyclables go?</i></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every week, housewife Veron Wong will gather up items that her family is done using, setting them aside to deal with in her free time. The 54-year-old will then painstakingly separate the different materials - removing the cap from the milk carton for example - then rinse and dry off both. Mrs Wong then lugs her week-long haul down to the void deck of her block in Punggol to place them into blue bins, or Bloobins, for recycling.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">But just recently, she was confronted with a common scene - items jumbled in disarray, some of which were not suitable for recycling and some of which could contaminate items which could be recycled. "I think we should give up on recycling, I look at the condition of the bin and how the items get mixed and drenched in the rain, I feel like I'm wasting my efforts," the dismayed Mrs Wong said.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs Wong is not alone. Others have been taking to social media to complain about the state of their recycling bins. Earlier this month, someone posted photos on Facebook group Complaint Singapore of a recycling bin - apparently in Joo Seng Heights - that was full to the brim with junk. The garbage included Old Chang Kee food packaging and other items that belonged in the garbage bin. The person who shared the pictures said in photo captions that he felt his housing block's residents were not ready for recycling. Others who commented on the post described the mess as a common sight.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">related:</span></b></div><div><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/what-can-be-recycled-plastic-paper-glass-metal-recycling-bin-box-tips-nea-3100521"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">What can you toss in the blue bin and what happens after items are collected?</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/plastic-recycling-rate-singapore-exports-bottled-water-safe-3723811"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Is recycling plastic pointless? Hard truths about what happens to your recyclable waste</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/focus-where-do-recyclables-end-you-place-blue-bins-4171776"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Karung Guni 'Rag & Bone' men</span></b></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5piwT6CHsQnHAssLkKynJGqJgj7lADDKPvZ71xXKN8KKpazNAuPSNbg0SZnuGrG9IQSEimcm-yVwgIz8EUPEcUZb6YK9vbx0Gx0UdAcY0qLUkJvQ1B2FgjLnEmTv99tnAwOzypJGlTNemBMzBb9yPqcN76TTh-uQyhXyBS_o361JscQSOVR7WyfZl/s1920/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5piwT6CHsQnHAssLkKynJGqJgj7lADDKPvZ71xXKN8KKpazNAuPSNbg0SZnuGrG9IQSEimcm-yVwgIz8EUPEcUZb6YK9vbx0Gx0UdAcY0qLUkJvQ1B2FgjLnEmTv99tnAwOzypJGlTNemBMzBb9yPqcN76TTh-uQyhXyBS_o361JscQSOVR7WyfZl/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdHqOpc9Y9E"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Karung guni men hope young Singaporeans can revive sunset industry</span></a></i></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">At a flea market in Woodlands, vendors struggled to sell their wares over the Chinese New Year holiday as a relentless downpour dampened spirits and kept customers away. For these vendors, who are traditional scrap dealers – better known as karung guni men – a dwindling customer base, low profits and waning interest are increasingly affecting their declining trade.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Market Gaia Guni at Woodlands Industrial Park, which houses 15 stalls, is only open on weekends and public holidays. The vendors collect used items including clothes, electronics, and antiques on weekdays and resell them when the market is open. While the market saw sizable crowds during previous Chinese New Years and some other holidays, peddlers said overall profits are meagre. “For those eight days a month (that our stalls are open), we make around S$1,000. After paying rent, I earn about S$600 to S$800,” said an elderly dealer who has been working in the trade for more than 40 years. “For the other days that I’m not here, I work elsewhere. No choice because on weekdays nobody comes here. Some vendors don’t get much business at all and it’s not worth it for them to set up shop here so they (leave the trade),” he added.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Karung guni” means “gunny sack” in Malay, which in the past was hauled on the backs of local rag-and-bone men as they visited homes door-to-door while sounding their horns. They traditionally collected old newspapers, used clothing, discarded electrical appliances and other unwanted items that can be resold. Today, due to the gruelling physical work and low payoffs, many of these scrap dealers have given up on the industry. Some vendors staying on in the trade said they are too old to change jobs. “I’m already old, I don’t want to change jobs. Business is not great but I’m getting by,” said another stall owner at the Woodlands market, who earns a few hundred dollars a month. “But a lot of my colleagues have changed jobs, because they can’t do physical work anymore,” he added. Shrinking interest in buying used items among Singaporeans continues to remain a challenge, said vendors at the Sungei Road Green Hub, where shops offer an immense selection of secondhand ware such as clocks, sculptures, bicycle helmets and other knick-knacks. These karung guni men are hoping that younger Singaporeans can jazz up the trade and revive the industry. “Our trade is getting smaller and smaller,” said a stall owner. “We hope that this culture can continue but it now depends on the younger generation to use new ideas. It’s not up to us.”</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-karung-guni-rag-bone-men.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sungei Road Thieves’ Market @ The Green Hub</span></b></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXMQjcVlRMi8N-acDvomSQCB1ZPkjiElLaZRFOZke6zfiu0oNHSoSJ2fe-0pJFUvn8AN7bw9WQe2uLhYc6K7LuTt5oghcDIfXzQ_vnA2GDLNYkhn8INGdUXpXJY0gio-YzW9e8jTbPZjUF55p--WKEIdN-ByLT2JlF0uMPFqYaDOpIFSyMMzzawv9/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXMQjcVlRMi8N-acDvomSQCB1ZPkjiElLaZRFOZke6zfiu0oNHSoSJ2fe-0pJFUvn8AN7bw9WQe2uLhYc6K7LuTt5oghcDIfXzQ_vnA2GDLNYkhn8INGdUXpXJY0gio-YzW9e8jTbPZjUF55p--WKEIdN-ByLT2JlF0uMPFqYaDOpIFSyMMzzawv9/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Sungei Road Green Hub is about 250 metres from the original flea market</span></i></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a street vendor, Jason Goh was known to sell some unusual wares. There were antiques, a collection of Burmese jade, and fossilised elephant sperm. Four years after his stall had to close, he says those stones with elephant sperm inside are “still very saleable”. As he used to claim, the stones serve a useful purpose: “If you work … your boss automatically would like you. You go anywhere — girls would like to make friends with you.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This former Sungei Road market vendor is one of many who have struggled to find a new home after the demise of Singapore’s most famous flea market. Where it used to be, with its 80 years of history — of people hustling for a better life — is now a barricaded grass patch. But recently, some vendors like Goh have set up shop not far away. And they are trying to keep memories of the place alive. Singapore’s oldest and largest flea market began in the 1930s as a trading spot by the banks of Rochor River. From the 1940s onwards, it became popular for its cheap goods. The vendors used to start operating in the late afternoon, offering an array of items, some of which were considered a steal while others were literally stolen or smuggled, leading to the market’s moniker, the Thieves’ Market. At its height, there were more than 300 vendors.</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In July 2017, when it had to make way for an MRT station as well as future residential and commercial developments, there were 200 vendors. Some had worked there for decades. Many of the vendors have since retired, while others took their business to night markets or took on odd jobs. Many still missed their former lives. “My heart ached,” ex-vendor David Sein says about how he felt when the market closed. So when the 58-year-old saw two vacant Housing and Development Board shop units near the old market last March, he asked The Saturday Movement, a charity, to help rent the units for a group of vendors. Six months later, the Sungei Road Green Hub was born at Kelantan Road. “They (the charity) know all these people have got no place to go. Most are already old,” says Goh, one of around 20 vendors there.</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/01/sungei-road-thieves-market-green-hub.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">read more</span></b></a></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-33803196245644657552024-03-13T00:13:00.001+08:002024-03-13T00:13:00.133+08:00Eating ginger every day for a month<div><b>This will happen to your body</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSn23ksVMo_ias-44FNkhnBLF7mvZ9Kl97oROi5g1gKL2nTiTCTDQgfaT2IynAOYnX9MlNsWSFBn_58x4Bs0CL-xXEJC7N5e6fL3Jsw-7SXHU4t2fqEIGXedbEEzNViA2Wo5rAD85W04dMYcbZTbtwLxrUUmq6C8ToOxhJEjLD5bLla2AC6SOjSQk/s780/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSn23ksVMo_ias-44FNkhnBLF7mvZ9Kl97oROi5g1gKL2nTiTCTDQgfaT2IynAOYnX9MlNsWSFBn_58x4Bs0CL-xXEJC7N5e6fL3Jsw-7SXHU4t2fqEIGXedbEEzNViA2Wo5rAD85W04dMYcbZTbtwLxrUUmq6C8ToOxhJEjLD5bLla2AC6SOjSQk/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">We didn’t know ginger is so healthy</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>Are you planning to eat ginger every day for a month? Then we will not stop you!</div><div><br /></div><div>Eating ginger daily has many health benefits. Side note: you do not have to nibble on a piece of ginger every day. Cut a large piece – about 1.5 centimeters – into small pieces and mix it with your smoothie, tea or Asian dish. Wondering what this does to your body? We will explain it to you.</div><div><br /></div><div>It does this to your body:</div><div>Anti-inflammatory - Inflammation in the body is reduced faster.</div></div><div>Nausea disappears - Are you often nauseous in the morning? We bet that eating ginger every day will help you!</div><div>Reduction of muscle pain - Do you have muscle pain or pain in the limbs? Eating ginger can have a good influence on this.</div><div>Promotes bowel movements - Eating ginger on a daily basis does a lot of good for your bowel movements.</div><div>Menstrual pain - Are you in constant pain during this time of the month? Then eating ginger daily may help you.</div><div>Lowers cholesterol - Eating ginger every day for a month can help lower “bad” cholesterol in the body.</div><div>Boosts the Immune System: The anti-inflammatory properties in ginger strengthens the immune system.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.tips-and-tricks.co/health/happens-body-eat-ginger/2/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Health Benefits of Ginger</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZ_ZYlke6Y43Ls2_o2lFDVGH5bPfaU2p0x7YM-Nxb-0tRK2f7lVMESXex-sUZNMZn2lixNfRqu25RCg4nThBtYur31oriUNhU0JalD5qHB8aGcrxRdPVsI6tfAI1pHF2WguZvCVcs_jb9JQ5OI1arlO7xLHulnoeLHh2mK9vkyhZPSvZ6ktY3Wqhl/s644/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="644" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZ_ZYlke6Y43Ls2_o2lFDVGH5bPfaU2p0x7YM-Nxb-0tRK2f7lVMESXex-sUZNMZn2lixNfRqu25RCg4nThBtYur31oriUNhU0JalD5qHB8aGcrxRdPVsI6tfAI1pHF2WguZvCVcs_jb9JQ5OI1arlO7xLHulnoeLHh2mK9vkyhZPSvZ6ktY3Wqhl/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The root has been used medicinally for more than 2,000 years (Photo: grafvision/Shutterstock)</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>Ginger is well-known for its tummy-calming properties, but it also can help with painful menstruation and migraines.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you’ve ever taken ginger ale for an upset tummy, you understand the health benefits of ginger. Going back more than 2,000 years in China, the herb has been used to treat nausea, upset stomach and help with digestion and diarrhea.</div><div><br /></div><div>Used in stir-fries and Asian cooking, the spicy, pungent underground rhizome of the ginger plant is firm with a striated texture. It may be yellow, white or red, depending on the variety, and is covered with a thin or thick brownish skin, depending on whether the plant was harvested mature or young.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2016/01/health-benefits-of-ginger.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Health Benefits of Fruits</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVU26b-EOLCetD83DTXpVlhxoHAswXh4MzSyZbJRLX-2DP4m11RVhbmSuYLFxOgEb1sJWBsdJ_8ijysLH3J6mjvA42ZSZ4YCastmqmoKjE1jHisyj9wT2XGwMA4FEzFLYrLv5_BkJY8FpbnKgw_w-61ccTaXnrG5lu8gjB3f8ShppJ_Jjlap8oHeP7/s320/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="320" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVU26b-EOLCetD83DTXpVlhxoHAswXh4MzSyZbJRLX-2DP4m11RVhbmSuYLFxOgEb1sJWBsdJ_8ijysLH3J6mjvA42ZSZ4YCastmqmoKjE1jHisyj9wT2XGwMA4FEzFLYrLv5_BkJY8FpbnKgw_w-61ccTaXnrG5lu8gjB3f8ShppJ_Jjlap8oHeP7/s1600/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Health Benefits of Apples</span></i></div><br /><div>Apples have been a symbol of health for thousands of years, coming in over 7000 varieties and each packed with superior nutrition and health benefits.</div><div><br /></div><div>They can be pressed into a delicious golden juice, eaten sliced, chopped, grated or whole. They can also be baked into pies, tarts and beautiful desserts and can be added to salads and smoothies, as well as often being made into healthful apple cider vinegar. They are delicious and juicy, filled with fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and have been known to keep the Doctor far, far away. Studies have shown that apples can lower cholesterol, improve digestion, strengthen the heart, stimulate weight loss and prevent illnesses and disease.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are 12 reasons to pack an apple in your bag wherever you go:</div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>They Stimulate Weight Loss</li><li>They Balance Blood Sugar Levels</li><li>They Strengthen Immunity</li><li>They Improve Your Eyesight</li><li>They Are Great for Your Teeth and Gums</li><li>They Build Stronger Bones</li><li>They Give You Energy</li><li>They Relieve Muscle Tension</li><li>They Improve Fertility in Women</li><li>They Improve Cardiovascular Health</li><li>They Improve Brain Function</li><li>They Are Incredibly Alkalizing</li></ul></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2022/07/health-benefits-of-fruits.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-28572356512270719842024-03-12T00:12:00.028+08:002024-03-12T00:12:00.127+08:00Michelle Yeoh: Miss Malaysia 1983 & Oscars 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">95th Oscars 2023: Michelle Yeoh – Miss Malaysia 1983</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLjZKdU6uncbB-lrD28TSonDGDOjelBUKXxlws8Q4Ug878uSguHUYbPoygEtBq8ydzc6OiuJZ7WQpnYLXbwxDkq5niEriKHVEhCv71WjOXJN60-npwRiSglqLi6zl5fCr75bo3g7pNrpPuqiR5nUvROFLLxe8vYrPYqoeeBbl_t1h9Njnse8WiXfa/s693/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="693" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLjZKdU6uncbB-lrD28TSonDGDOjelBUKXxlws8Q4Ug878uSguHUYbPoygEtBq8ydzc6OiuJZ7WQpnYLXbwxDkq5niEriKHVEhCv71WjOXJN60-npwRiSglqLi6zl5fCr75bo3g7pNrpPuqiR5nUvROFLLxe8vYrPYqoeeBbl_t1h9Njnse8WiXfa/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mglWP_n1FDY"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Michelle Yeoh won Miss Malaysia 1983</i></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Did you know Yeoh was crowned Miss Malaysia in 1983? As her country’s representative, she placed 18th out of 72 contestants at the 1983 Miss World pageant in London. That same year, she also travelled to Australia where she won several other pageants, including Miss Moomba International and Queen of the Pacific.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In one interview for The Graham Norton Show, she revealed that she entered and won the Miss Malaysia beauty contest in 1983 to “shut her mother up". “I did it to shut her up. Because she wouldn’t stop about it, so we had a deal. If I do this, you will never do something like this again,” Yeoh said about her mother Janet, who signed her up for the beauty pageant when she was in her early 20s.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Incidentally, her late father, Yeoh Kian Teik, was also a prominent Malaysian, a former chairman of the Perak Malaysian Chinese Association, lawyer and businessman who founded the Sri Maju express bus service.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/michelle-yeoh-oscars-best-actress-everything-everywhere-all-once-351186"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh Miss Malaysia 1983</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83qOAcf77F2IpPuseNc09D5JrFSHHnwRAYozR0c2uCIIlFavVHYjNLBcjQB2SbP0yfflDyHGf6s19u2nYVpNpWrOKITGk1MkMc4eko4iGyXN7zld5pCA4LrqK0WC5q6htW3uHIuBlDk4Nq-L6gSenTQT8jyHxPsadVi9GmzPLwo9gp5gbiG-yoENN/s320/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="320" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83qOAcf77F2IpPuseNc09D5JrFSHHnwRAYozR0c2uCIIlFavVHYjNLBcjQB2SbP0yfflDyHGf6s19u2nYVpNpWrOKITGk1MkMc4eko4iGyXN7zld5pCA4LrqK0WC5q6htW3uHIuBlDk4Nq-L6gSenTQT8jyHxPsadVi9GmzPLwo9gp5gbiG-yoENN/s1600/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Inspired by fame and her passion for ballad, Michelle Yeoh enrolled in the royal academy of dance in London where she attained an advanced level degree. Surname Yeoh, Michelle is a Malaysian actress, best known for her works in the Hong Kong action film industry.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle is Miss Malaysia 1983 at the age of 20. She is also known for her international roles in the James Bbond film, 'Tomorrow never dies'. Born in the mining town of Ipoh, Malaysia, Yeoh earned an international standing as a teenage athlete. Actress, model & dancer Michelle Yeoh, is a famous Malaysian actress who later rose to fame from the 1990's up to this time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Known for action films — and for performing many of her own stunts — Yeoh became a Hong Kong favorite after landing the lead role in the martial arts films. One can imagine the tremendous talent and grit that Yeoh possess that allowed her to swing, somersault, punch and kick her way through the. Her parents, having returned to Malaysia for a summer break in 1983, Michelle was shocked to discover that her mother had secretly entered her for Miss Malaysia contest. Named Miss Malaysia in 1983, Michelle Yeoh went on to become one of Asia's top film stars. Michelle Yeoh was at the Miss World pageant in London, November 1983 where she was placed 18th out of 72 contestants. She was just 20 years old at that time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://ikotogunaeda.blogspot.com/2021/07/michelle-yeoh-miss-malaysia-1983.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh reveals she won Miss Malaysia to ‘shut her mother up’</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZKf39GEE9kFaNac6dSQzbJDqP1rTJXeLgqZ8laYZMRwH_DNxUN1LA159pt44zSXIlXb7szdw9MS7LbhkbzCKd8P9nsv9iIS_ZLmfGQk9sjbyxBHHsyqGSd3FeqDBolAqj2VqzXnbSaI5iGIskkboGYI3VxUgW-dT_gsKzzxPMSoQEOK7AzVfUSFW/s705/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="705" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZKf39GEE9kFaNac6dSQzbJDqP1rTJXeLgqZ8laYZMRwH_DNxUN1LA159pt44zSXIlXb7szdw9MS7LbhkbzCKd8P9nsv9iIS_ZLmfGQk9sjbyxBHHsyqGSd3FeqDBolAqj2VqzXnbSaI5iGIskkboGYI3VxUgW-dT_gsKzzxPMSoQEOK7AzVfUSFW/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh revealed that she entered and won the Miss Malaysia beauty contest in 1983 to “shut her mother up.” In an interview on “The Graham Norton Show” on Feb. 3, Yeoh recalled how her mother, Janet, signed her up for the beauty pageant when she was in her early 20s.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” actor, 60, recounted coming home for the holidays from England when she was 21 years old to find her mother was “suddenly looped into this whole thing about” how she should be on stage more.</span></div></div><div><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m thinking, "What on earth is she on about?" Next thing I knew, my brother – she looped my brother into doing [the same], he was like, "Yeah, yeah, you should try that." She had entered me for Miss Malaysia. She actually signed the form, so technically, I’m not legit.</span></blockquote></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As Yeoh laughed along with the audience, host Norton said, “But you’d think, ‘Oh, terrible thing to do’, but – you won!” “I did it to shut her up. Because she wouldn’t stop about it, so we had a deal. If I do this, you will never do something like this again,” Yeoh replied. In the interview, Yeoh also spoke about how her strict mother would chaperone her dates when she was a teenager.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/michelle-yeoh-reveals-she-won-223120571.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Malaysian Actress Michelle Yeoh in Miss World 1983</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaF7bMtuLERGjSnSpHCBNMlIzIG6RPz1IDxGqeqaQ88ue855gOjw2-t_jFEWu9aroGatqtIT2UzbbBZygJEQA2jPF-edSt6oBsW79a9Bqa8jYq1dL3ksVGjStx7Ahdj1sTnXkP-LUuy9uXtj6IrZ2WEJU47pbkC7le3UDiF1unFKKtX9DVYpNfHry/s989/0c.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="989" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaF7bMtuLERGjSnSpHCBNMlIzIG6RPz1IDxGqeqaQ88ue855gOjw2-t_jFEWu9aroGatqtIT2UzbbBZygJEQA2jPF-edSt6oBsW79a9Bqa8jYq1dL3ksVGjStx7Ahdj1sTnXkP-LUuy9uXtj6IrZ2WEJU47pbkC7le3UDiF1unFKKtX9DVYpNfHry/s320/0c.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1983, at the age of 21, Yeoh won the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">She was also Malaysia's representative at the 1983 Miss World pageant in London. She was placed 18th out of 72 contestants, the winner was Sarah Jane Hutt who was born in Poole, England. United Kingdom and who has won the Miss World title five times.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh went on to compete later that year in Moomba Miss Tourism International 1983 held in Australia and won the crown for Malaysia. In some of her past interviews she never mentioned the fact that she competed for Miss World and her international beauty title.She is only 5'4" by the way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://missosology.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=105771"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh at Miss World 1983</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5JotrBGO2TB8Z_ZCowg5L_T5UfZ6VrOgniU0m_cry3QO5QC5SDUrz9oifYIrxcHq6lRFUbn9KwW2zZ1vd4HJzQNicJLzqixlNzA1Y3YrfVpip16QvsWv8xpBmd1eaNbxkRjDXhhpcyqViSju7ZV1dsQlNhbcIUH_jcI_YjGWkc86yaHOdPrc5kjk/s1920/0a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5JotrBGO2TB8Z_ZCowg5L_T5UfZ6VrOgniU0m_cry3QO5QC5SDUrz9oifYIrxcHq6lRFUbn9KwW2zZ1vd4HJzQNicJLzqixlNzA1Y3YrfVpip16QvsWv8xpBmd1eaNbxkRjDXhhpcyqViSju7ZV1dsQlNhbcIUH_jcI_YjGWkc86yaHOdPrc5kjk/s320/0a.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh at the Miss World pageant in London, November 1983 - Parade of Delegate. She went with her Chinese name "Yeoh Choo-Kheng".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks for the upload! I never knew about her pre-H.K.-films career until now. I didn't even know she was born and raised in Malaysia.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">She so pretty back then.....but she gots more beautiful as time goes by! I like her before but I want her today and I'm gonna love her tomorrow! She looks great and awesome .... adorable in all her movies!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm gonna be a huge fan of her,forever and ever! LOVEYEOH!</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A9Nud5VgU8"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh at Miss World 1983</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNE-ivvp8K6RCvYYqUxkuZ7nD4157b2B5y1MyvnTiwTGIKKnhYsLPEbZ4bEw8mw4vCv8HVyIZi9eVxXVCZtIZuirUKH0ewavlT5B_W-K7K6c_2mvjQZ4eE7g5TbLunfKkk6CJlTV25jz6AOX1Gicgk15d4BAporuLYvl4IyfLhvsb73tbCy_kIJdr/s1920/0b.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNE-ivvp8K6RCvYYqUxkuZ7nD4157b2B5y1MyvnTiwTGIKKnhYsLPEbZ4bEw8mw4vCv8HVyIZi9eVxXVCZtIZuirUKH0ewavlT5B_W-K7K6c_2mvjQZ4eE7g5TbLunfKkk6CJlTV25jz6AOX1Gicgk15d4BAporuLYvl4IyfLhvsb73tbCy_kIJdr/s320/0b.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh at the Miss World pageant in London, November 1983. She went with her Chinese name "Yeoh Choo-Kheng".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">She was a friend of mine back in 1982 when we were the same year on the Creative Arts degree at Crewe and Alsager College [now part of Manchester Met Uni]. Choo, as we all knew her then, studied Dance and Drama and I studied Music and Drama. A very lovely and gentle person.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">From miss to the martial art and became the icon, what a legend. Can't wait for Shang Chi.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGpigq158F0"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh wins OSCARS 95 best actress</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipK9T8H0GPqBp1TUMnPFctt7CH1txhsgD9ugDXHAkWWD10FugVZP9vkXqvWliVkmulftq_GrpYe-_nG3g1h5VfgvXsUaaJYxFsCiyCXPqEeXhfa72lB6fz8RapCUJSJ3-3B3AfEDEu6pZH-EE2GrY7EIS_Vuoks2SjtH56Vpn1OpoTDvIprS90hwhR/s1920/0c.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipK9T8H0GPqBp1TUMnPFctt7CH1txhsgD9ugDXHAkWWD10FugVZP9vkXqvWliVkmulftq_GrpYe-_nG3g1h5VfgvXsUaaJYxFsCiyCXPqEeXhfa72lB6fz8RapCUJSJ3-3B3AfEDEu6pZH-EE2GrY7EIS_Vuoks2SjtH56Vpn1OpoTDvIprS90hwhR/s320/0c.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kin0rnEkgHw"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Michelle Yeoh - Best Actress in 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'</i></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan to present at the 96th Oscars 2024 on 11 Mar 2024</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gbNES55oFvjbXVjFu0lyRdfOwq8Nk6eFWq4hfdBUWkURlXYULJj3nldjAwhejb4X7awSCzZ4hybZkVcbV5j9qaY_vKXxu7VCxG46UhD1mYA_mInDBjPdX_rAcYYrRoDwIhBAA9GXzYelJ8sDKTrPk53woDDsdekzmvzLa3tAmJuib3kd3P2VZEXAcMc/s900/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gbNES55oFvjbXVjFu0lyRdfOwq8Nk6eFWq4hfdBUWkURlXYULJj3nldjAwhejb4X7awSCzZ4hybZkVcbV5j9qaY_vKXxu7VCxG46UhD1mYA_mInDBjPdX_rAcYYrRoDwIhBAA9GXzYelJ8sDKTrPk53woDDsdekzmvzLa3tAmJuib3kd3P2VZEXAcMc/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://nextshark.com/tag/michelle-yeoh"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Michelle Yeoh</span></a> and Ke Huy Quan, named best actress and best supporting actor at last year's Oscars, have been tapped to return this year as presenters.</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Breaking the news: The Academy announced on Monday its full line-up of presenters for the 96th Oscars, which will take place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 11. Aside from Yeoh and Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, who won the best supporting actress category for her role, will also return to present.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Other presenters include Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Rockwell and Zendaya.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://sg.news.yahoo.com/michelle-yeoh-ke-huy-quan-195204038.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Malaysians celebrate Michelle Yeoh's historic Best Actress Oscar win</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5YoDS7P1mMjNUrlmo1HmEVOygPrLrFAMdMgGZeOAq_pNdEtPvAkypwCnqEJSXVR17uE4PJaGwNZO7nM2_G7vFGZff_3beBK2kfTXhiS7DE9xLmX179Dr3ub9jwOpMsdy8U4TOG-AR4tDtNbzSCddTsf9CD_U-4G7LrExQT5PXKEGH_BOz8vcHXT6/s847/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="847" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5YoDS7P1mMjNUrlmo1HmEVOygPrLrFAMdMgGZeOAq_pNdEtPvAkypwCnqEJSXVR17uE4PJaGwNZO7nM2_G7vFGZff_3beBK2kfTXhiS7DE9xLmX179Dr3ub9jwOpMsdy8U4TOG-AR4tDtNbzSCddTsf9CD_U-4G7LrExQT5PXKEGH_BOz8vcHXT6/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt after her historic win. Photo: Michelle Yeoh/Instagram</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Internet was filled with words of praise and congratulatory messages for Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh after she won Best Actress at the <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/oscars-2023-watch-ahead-hollywoods-biggest-night-97684798"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">95th Academy Awards</span></a> held Sunday (March 12) in Los Angeles.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yeoh, 60, won the coveted acting prize for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, making her the first actress of Asian descent and first Malaysian to win the award in the Academy's 95-year history. She beat her closest contender, two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (Tar) for Hollywood's top acting honour. Other nominees in the category include Ana De Armas (Blonde), Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) and Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans). Hundreds of Malaysians flocked to social media to congratulate Yeoh for putting Malaysia on the map.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In a comment on The Star's Instagram page, @rfionahc commented: "I am extra proud to be a Malaysian today! Congratulations Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh. l am mighty proud of this lady. In fact, all Malaysians should be proud of her." "It will be a very, very long time from now before the next Malaysian (gets a nomination or wins) another Oscar. Well done Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh," Peter Cheah wrote on Facebook.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">related:</span></b></div><div><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2023/03/13/michelle-yeoh-wins-best-actress-at-the-oscars"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh wins Best Actress at the Oscars: 'I'm bringing this home'</span></a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2023/03/13/039everything-everywhere-all-at-once039-wins-almost-everything-at-oscars"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">'Everything Everywhere All At Once' wins almost everything at Oscars</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2023/03/michelle-yeoh-wins-oscars-95-best.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">'Making us proud': Malaysian politicians, netizens laud Michelle Yeoh for historic Oscar win</span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtgQAYxb5ZP7WoYhB35Y5wIa2QtY-KNPero5lPLacOCvHn3WrYaQr6xOO1wybUoo9OCwmn4jnfu0LcXCDfAhJi6z0-sjGq7xTFPzfujCti7CG0xM3EPf9gaYMJs7IUVA0nrSKUJmgmJVSuKcjnUk4EzejgA9U1ix3JXArVSPhcwYr3_60-usq3ErB/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtgQAYxb5ZP7WoYhB35Y5wIa2QtY-KNPero5lPLacOCvHn3WrYaQr6xOO1wybUoo9OCwmn4jnfu0LcXCDfAhJi6z0-sjGq7xTFPzfujCti7CG0xM3EPf9gaYMJs7IUVA0nrSKUJmgmJVSuKcjnUk4EzejgA9U1ix3JXArVSPhcwYr3_60-usq3ErB/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Mrs Janet Yeoh (left), mother to actress Michelle Yeoh, celebrating her daughter's Oscars win alongside Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Nancy Shukri (centre) and Minister of Youth and Sports Hannah Yeoh (right) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Mar 13, 2023. (Photo: Twitter/@hannahyeoh)</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Malaysian politicians took to social media to congratulate <a href="https://www.mewatch.sg/episode/The-95th-Annual-Academy-Awards-Oscars-2023-E32-Michelle-Yeoh-wins-Best-Actress-In-A-Leading-Role-360988"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Michelle Yeoh</span></a> on her <a href="https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/michelle-yeoh-wins-oscars-best-actress-everything-everywhere-all-once-351356"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">historic win </span></a>at the Oscars 95th Academy Awards in the Best Actress category on Monday (Mar 13) for her lead role in hit indie film Everything Everywhere All At Once.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yeoh is the first Malaysian and Asian to win Best Actress at the prestigious award ceremony. The Ipoh-born actress won the Oscar over her fellow nominees Cate Blanchett (Tár), Ana de Armas (Blonde), Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) and Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans) for her portrayal of Evelyn Wang in the zany sci-fi film.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In a Facebook post, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim congratulated the actress on her win and paid tribute to her illustrious career. “In creating history by being not just the first Malaysian but the very first Asian actress to win in this category, we take enormous pride in her achievement, adding to a long list of successes and capping a critically acclaimed acting career spanning decades. “Coupled with this latest accomplishment, Michelle’s illustrious and exemplary career in this field will certainly continue to be a source of great inspiration and motivation to our homegrown actors and actresses and provide even greater impetus to the growth of our local industry,” Mr Anwar wrote.</span></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-michelle-yeoh-oscars-academy-awards-win-everything-everywhere-all-once-3342721"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh makes history as 1st Asian woman to win Oscar for best actress</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGJynjzaWV0xLE8Lv6lnPE3WLiM0qpmnnrWNP_2GzZhpzYkn43cxYGghUAmp9_FEG2Jmgb_Zvp9zjvVBgv0R7Cg5kkcA80xaX7IAxbvdIS4T6WeQZ16Gbm5_0HNj-hCNh06WckY9LpTihLjrCTQBOm0I2DGQ7xgbqRxUzmaQ9si77lFccvo-Pv-Oi/s992/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="992" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGJynjzaWV0xLE8Lv6lnPE3WLiM0qpmnnrWNP_2GzZhpzYkn43cxYGghUAmp9_FEG2Jmgb_Zvp9zjvVBgv0R7Cg5kkcA80xaX7IAxbvdIS4T6WeQZ16Gbm5_0HNj-hCNh06WckY9LpTihLjrCTQBOm0I2DGQ7xgbqRxUzmaQ9si77lFccvo-Pv-Oi/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Quan Wang in A24's "Everything Everywhere All at Once." </span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Courtesy of A24</span></i></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh won the Academy 95th Award for best actress at the 2023 Oscars Sunday night for her performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yeoh, who was born in Malaysia and is a legend in the Hong Kong action film world, also made history as the first Asian woman to win best actress in the 95-year history of the Academy Awards. This was Yeoh's first Oscar nomination. "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities," Yeoh said in her acceptance speech, adding, "Dream big and dreams do come true."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The actress also gave a shout-out to women, saying, "And ladies, don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up." Yeoh dedicated the win to her 84-year-old mom, who she said was watching at home in Malaysia, as well as "all the moms in the world because they are really the superheroes and, without them, none of us will be here tonight." Yeoh, who starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and 2018's "Crazy Rich Asians," played Evelyn Wang in "Everything Everywhere All at Once." The film was written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, aka "the Daniels."</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/oscars-2023-michelle-yeoh-makes-history-1st-asian/story?id=97723007"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Oscars: Michelle Yeoh is first Asian to win best actress for Everything Everywhere All At Once</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDH9zs2qfc6jgvFat-9C_UrWjxHvov5le79MQhfcyuXUPtLujGfGHSW9LONSVqvkZaMXupiuK9lZ7HkJqdkEKL0V3Xk_v-XY7eXxCWnja4_G97naJXpbHQDHZl7RKRGgn_Mqau25cSG1rvV3tBKx6JNT2ZlNlyCP9lnkKdTQijK2HWqH3eEdXLl1E/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDH9zs2qfc6jgvFat-9C_UrWjxHvov5le79MQhfcyuXUPtLujGfGHSW9LONSVqvkZaMXupiuK9lZ7HkJqdkEKL0V3Xk_v-XY7eXxCWnja4_G97naJXpbHQDHZl7RKRGgn_Mqau25cSG1rvV3tBKx6JNT2ZlNlyCP9lnkKdTQijK2HWqH3eEdXLl1E/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A still from Everything Everywhere All At Once starring (from left) Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan. PHOTO: MM2 ENTERTAINMENT</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner in the sci-fi trip Everything Everywhere All At Once. The film also bagged the Best Picture award.</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yeoh, 60, was widely regarded as the front-runner for the award after claiming a Screen Actors Guild honour and a Golden Globe award for the role. This was her first Oscar nomination. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that dream big and dreams do come true,” Yeoh said while accepting her award. “And ladies, don’t let anybody ever tell you you are past your prime.”</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In Everything Everywhere, Yeoh’s character, Evelyn Wang, is struggling to finish her taxes when she is swept into alternate universes. The science-fiction film was a critical and commercial success and also won the best picture <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/oscars-2023-watch-ahead-hollywoods-biggest-night-97684798"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Oscar</span></a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/oscars-michelle-yeoh-wins-best-actress-for-everything-everywhere-all-at-once"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh makes history with 1st Oscar win</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEYmgAYYgNyzrpclcuBSM6Y7tAYdl5S1HduXfMRKgLzNHQxHSu_aQ4wfBNJ8WoMVe4bkzhYuJwD0ht8VCyf5KA_o1i5aczg-NaVKRJSb3lDlNPuSjZG7IQKdKyou6P58fDluXhgvQ3qiS8nSFQ6EoQEym-OMLKrXp4kNbP-h9rmDodkZlK6bSr8hW/s1920/0c.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEYmgAYYgNyzrpclcuBSM6Y7tAYdl5S1HduXfMRKgLzNHQxHSu_aQ4wfBNJ8WoMVe4bkzhYuJwD0ht8VCyf5KA_o1i5aczg-NaVKRJSb3lDlNPuSjZG7IQKdKyou6P58fDluXhgvQ3qiS8nSFQ6EoQEym-OMLKrXp4kNbP-h9rmDodkZlK6bSr8hW/s320/0c.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Many of Hollywood's biggest stars were honored at the <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/oscars-2023-watch-ahead-hollywoods-biggest-night-97684798"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">95th Academy Awards</span></a> on Sunday.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">"Everything Everywhere All at Once" lead this year's Oscars, winning seven of the 11 awards it was nominated for including the night's biggest prizes of best picture and best director. Michelle Yeoh, the film's star, made history as the first Asian woman to win the Oscar for best actress.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">“This is proof that dreams ... do come true,” she said during her acceptance speech. “And ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime."</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/oscars-2023-complete-winners-list-95th-academy-awards/story?id=97744352&ref=upstract.com"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh makes history as first Asian to win best actress Oscar</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWs5-2CrjoTV7KJ7p5vyfdnl3aa_ZlJzf-1pX9fLCXCLkAHXp1iCIJttTv-47XJpO59Y6AlPyj6pz-Vw6E20_F_lEukT9HkiI_7jeK_-X5Y2owIcpAslqZgwnl23lfK33HlMy47r_AFSzotz4p6M_lZRiQYXJzA2KYMCYBaeGlF08ut5TtBdE__9O/s705/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="705" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWs5-2CrjoTV7KJ7p5vyfdnl3aa_ZlJzf-1pX9fLCXCLkAHXp1iCIJttTv-47XJpO59Y6AlPyj6pz-Vw6E20_F_lEukT9HkiI_7jeK_-X5Y2owIcpAslqZgwnl23lfK33HlMy47r_AFSzotz4p6M_lZRiQYXJzA2KYMCYBaeGlF08ut5TtBdE__9O/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner thrust into a zany multiverse in the sci-fi trip "Everything Everywhere All at Once."</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Hollywood veteran won over Academy voters with her complex take on Evelyn Wang, a Chinese American laundromat owner who is mired in a tax audit, stuck in a crumbling marriage and struggling to connect with her daughter Joy.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Oh, and she ends up traversing multiple universes to evade a powerful supernatural enemy, who happens to be an iteration of... her daughter. "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that.... dream big and dreams do come true," Yeoh said as she accepted the award. "And ladies, don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up," she said to cheers.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/michelle-yeoh-makes-history-first-041006477.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh makes history with best actress Oscar win</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAx9PnpkVE_7_NIfoSOT8l9qlsbEq1P7VziqG5j6IGv89rtyXIwmiCiEHjPSPw5KIWAN8_UOIoSkAdrOutRNlJIJyUIz6agIToSgGAAW28kLd2babRAWPCnefr7mVSX3uPisrbT1-nfZTOJ-5LsovgIdYdIkxcggSriDgxfQKsX8RFA6bIAlJD_wW/s960/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAx9PnpkVE_7_NIfoSOT8l9qlsbEq1P7VziqG5j6IGv89rtyXIwmiCiEHjPSPw5KIWAN8_UOIoSkAdrOutRNlJIJyUIz6agIToSgGAAW28kLd2babRAWPCnefr7mVSX3uPisrbT1-nfZTOJ-5LsovgIdYdIkxcggSriDgxfQKsX8RFA6bIAlJD_wW/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Michelle Yeoh accepts the Oscar for best actress for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh has won best actress at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win the award.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yeoh, who earned the trophy for her acclaimed performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” has also entered the history books for becoming the first Malaysian-born performer to be honored with a best actress Oscar. Yeoh is the fifth person of Asian descent to win an Oscar in an acting category and the first to win in a lead acting category.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof to dream big and dreams do come true,” Yeoh gushed while accepting her Oscar. She added: “Ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you’re ever past your prime.” Yeoh dedicated her Oscar to her mother, and “all the moms in the world, because they really are the superheroes and without them none of us would be here tonight.”</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/michelle-yeoh-oscars-winner/index.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLBFAQK7XQGwV5v2SkiDUgoPd8qG4Ptnb_Ekk8mKmtS9qhaj2YSwcfhfAmfJ4067WFCF9fk12ZuvmDrV-ZRkS5tba2WFJCakWT984IjSgt3mxYWZuCiqBxsYIGdVnH3nwkpE8QVS690losoVpOgIiU4UaSIeAQV_c-73rHefcTrp8yUfCxFGBLBSq/s599/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="330" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLBFAQK7XQGwV5v2SkiDUgoPd8qG4Ptnb_Ekk8mKmtS9qhaj2YSwcfhfAmfJ4067WFCF9fk12ZuvmDrV-ZRkS5tba2WFJCakWT984IjSgt3mxYWZuCiqBxsYIGdVnH3nwkpE8QVS690losoVpOgIiU4UaSIeAQV_c-73rHefcTrp8yUfCxFGBLBSq/s320/0.jpg" width="176" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Yeoh Choo Kheng born 6 August 1962 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia</span></i></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng PSM is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films, she rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts, such as Yes, Madam (1985), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992), and Holy Weapon (1993). She gained international recognition for her roles in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Ang Lee's martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The latter role earned her a BAFTA Best Actress nomination.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After a career resurgence with a multi-year recurring role on Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2020), she received worldwide praise for her performance as Evelyn Wang in the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All at Once, winning the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and becoming the first Malaysian to win an Academy Award in any category with her win for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the second woman of color to win after Halle Berry in 2002.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yeoh's other works include Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Reign of Assassins (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016), and The Lady (2011), where she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi. She played supporting roles in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). On television, Yeoh recently starred in the fantasy miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022). The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time in 2008.[8] In 1997, she was chosen by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World", and in 2009 the same magazine listed her as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties". In 2022, Time named her one of the world's 100 most influential people on its annual listicle and its Icon of the Year.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Oscars 95th Academy Awards</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZ8VHPClhZfRCtgf8xHvgLhcGZvanuKyfpFyX8hM0MlS85XgG2uF2kYQ14OqeIrgzkfG2D8a0aCg8Gi05UHbapsJDtUkkWalzjnMaYEsfGkgrXcbZ-9srE9AD14a5VJkyzWRdDCfGfMo0LBe-fJeoJCCMQ-WU2tR6vxWZGXGb4-3XD8w2CwenuivD/s353/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="282" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZ8VHPClhZfRCtgf8xHvgLhcGZvanuKyfpFyX8hM0MlS85XgG2uF2kYQ14OqeIrgzkfG2D8a0aCg8Gi05UHbapsJDtUkkWalzjnMaYEsfGkgrXcbZ-9srE9AD14a5VJkyzWRdDCfGfMo0LBe-fJeoJCCMQ-WU2tR6vxWZGXGb4-3XD8w2CwenuivD/s320/0.jpg" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">95th Academy Awards Official poster</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 95th Academy Awards were presented in a ceremony held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The awards honor films released in 2022.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The event was televised in the U.S. by ABC and was produced by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss. Weiss was also the director. Comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show for the third time, after the 89th and 90th editions of the ceremony in 2017 and 2018.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven awards, including Best Picture; Everything Everywhere All at Once also had eleven nominations, the most of the ceremony. Other winners included All Quiet on the Western Front with four awards and The Whale with two.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_Academy_Awards"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8 Facts About Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress At The 95th Oscars 2023</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnQdK9HgU2wgOwbcZdJIym_TS6huIydun_RU3lIDORGVIsBUBP2u0bXUvOitU4LfR4kPIAoF3zPdlBxrouo9y2xk2LGRtfG-xVOerSlrtFrbjdi5JYVmRsWrZtwvPCveDQ_dpq0OBl-WYjcclViCGwqHY4Iovm0R1REmB0HOW7VNpufUcrYtnrdqD/s1920/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnQdK9HgU2wgOwbcZdJIym_TS6huIydun_RU3lIDORGVIsBUBP2u0bXUvOitU4LfR4kPIAoF3zPdlBxrouo9y2xk2LGRtfG-xVOerSlrtFrbjdi5JYVmRsWrZtwvPCveDQ_dpq0OBl-WYjcclViCGwqHY4Iovm0R1REmB0HOW7VNpufUcrYtnrdqD/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y1UAuFspW0"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Michelle Yeoh bergelar Tan Sri</i></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On Sunday (12 Mar), Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh made history by becoming the <a href="https://mustsharenews.com/michelle-yeoh-ke-huy-quan-oscar/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">first Asian woman to win a Best Actress Oscar</span></a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 95th Academy Awards saw the biggest winners with ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, and Yeoh was among them. Having been involved with the entertainment industry since her debut in 1983, the 60-year-old actress is an icon for Asians all over the world. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe to martial arts films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, you will be hard-pressed to find something that Yeoh hasn’t done.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In light of Michelle Yeoh’s historic Oscar win, here are eight things you need to know about this Malaysian powerhouse:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh’s career started as a beauty queen</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Her first acting gig was a watch commercial – with Jackie Chan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">She did most of her stunts in her early martial arts films</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Became a Bond Girl in 1997, earning Hollywood fame</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">She holds noble orders in Malaysia & France</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh is a Leo</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">She used to be known as Michelle Khan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Studied ballet in London</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://mustsharenews.com/michelle-yeoh-facts/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michelle Yeoh’s granduncle was an ex-PAP MP and Speaker of Parliament</span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngDNQVob_2UZNUcPBvdckGhVJlklR_dnGKWa4dabw08JlIMXVnDCm7kPXSPdxSh3FiMuYHYGiUeqXmbemyOIxbD2D9LYU7lityVbMLSvja9s-7Z7bsL3Wp_E3fUdU_rhxe0CsVAo-tNjM4e3mpsMuOFekGCLTsyhP5v0N3VElhels0pu64JotY2va/s922/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="922" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngDNQVob_2UZNUcPBvdckGhVJlklR_dnGKWa4dabw08JlIMXVnDCm7kPXSPdxSh3FiMuYHYGiUeqXmbemyOIxbD2D9LYU7lityVbMLSvja9s-7Z7bsL3Wp_E3fUdU_rhxe0CsVAo-tNjM4e3mpsMuOFekGCLTsyhP5v0N3VElhels0pu64JotY2va/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Aside from being one of the longest-serving speakers of any parliament in the world, Prof Yeoh also <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">served briefly as the acting president of Singapore</span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As people all over the world celebrate Michelle Yeoh’s historic Best Actress win at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday (12 Mar), Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s wife Ho Ching has recounted her own connection with a member of the Malaysian star’s family.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Pointing out how well-connected the successful Yeoh family of Ipoh is, Mdm Ho said that four prominent members of the family put down their roots in Singapore and served as top surgeons. Three of the retired surgeons – Dr Yeoh Kian Hian and his two brothers – are Ms Yeoh’s uncles while the most prominent Singapore Yeoh, <a href="https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4624923/all"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Prof Yeoh Ghim Seng</span></a>, is her granduncle. <a href="https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/2e8c7fcb-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Prof Yeoh Ghim Seng</span></a>, who was described once as “the biggest but fastest Asian surgeon,” was also a ruling party politician. His political career began in 1966 when he was recruited by the People’s Action Party (PAP) to stand in a by-election in Joo Chiat.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He won by a walkover and served as the constituency’s MP for 22 years. He was too busy with medicine to become a minister and so, the PAP made him Speaker of Parliament (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeoh_Ghim_Seng"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">between 1970 and 1989</span></a>). In 1977, he became the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization’s very first president. Aside from being one of the longest-serving speakers of any parliament in the world, Prof Yeoh also served briefly as the acting president of Singapore between the death of Yusof Ishak on 23 November 1970 and the inauguration of President Benjamin Sheares on 2 January 1971.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://theindependent.sg/michelle-yeohs-granduncle-was-an-ex-pap-mp-and-speaker-of-parliament-ho-ching-recalls/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-46920344503364762702024-03-11T00:11:00.021+08:002024-03-12T10:13:37.907+08:00Ramadan رمضان 2024<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMBsyuZx88Juki2vJn04Xi5uMIMPx-EcY2ZJoF8UVduXuZyOpH2dmOGlmJt2qflTUkWGuIJAF91bpvDxw3cbPHm4KQUgUumnLMtwz76ESOXLQrvHqh7rLKQXriz1t4wRe089o__z0GoSnQLOZbB6PJtdbo6kZYQmnQ-rN1FUrtF1CwgHqsWdJ0kVuU_g/s1887/0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1887" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMBsyuZx88Juki2vJn04Xi5uMIMPx-EcY2ZJoF8UVduXuZyOpH2dmOGlmJt2qflTUkWGuIJAF91bpvDxw3cbPHm4KQUgUumnLMtwz76ESOXLQrvHqh7rLKQXriz1t4wRe089o__z0GoSnQLOZbB6PJtdbo6kZYQmnQ-rN1FUrtF1CwgHqsWdJ0kVuU_g/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxULN61_2-U"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ramadan is the Holiest Month in the Islamic Calendar</i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KHOERnY1vd7g0Xgt1fksh4pO5rUQGYXleWMRxVKocqutol3YP4catMwCckhrgy2kdjeoPtirOjf0KFPKJKue83zntrmlDR2i7amzQUlJCwKaVmzPHd_dr2c7szVEY5z3zwFyzkwI0MoETLizi4cw7xwGPtEs6ghbT7DsrXQjrMLegPfbhjEYx0w63cA/s768/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="768" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KHOERnY1vd7g0Xgt1fksh4pO5rUQGYXleWMRxVKocqutol3YP4catMwCckhrgy2kdjeoPtirOjf0KFPKJKue83zntrmlDR2i7amzQUlJCwKaVmzPHd_dr2c7szVEY5z3zwFyzkwI0MoETLizi4cw7xwGPtEs6ghbT7DsrXQjrMLegPfbhjEYx0w63cA/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div>Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. It is during this month that Muslims fast. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It is called the Fast of Ramadan and lasts the entire month. Ramadan is a time when Muslims concentrate on their faith and spend less time on the concerns of their everyday lives. It is a time of worship and contemplation.</span></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the Fast of Ramadan strict restraints are placed on the daily lives of Muslims. They are not allowed to eat or drink during the daylight hours. Smoking and sexual relations are also forbidden during fasting. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">At the end of each day the fast is broken with prayer and a meal called the iftar. In the evening following the iftar it is customary for Muslims to go out visiting family and friends. The fast is resumed the next morning.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During Ramadan, it is common for Muslims to go to the Masjid (Mosque) and spend several hours praying and studying the Quran. In addition to the five daily prayers, during Ramadan Muslims recite a special prayer called the Taraweeh prayer (Night Prayer). The length of this prayer is usually 2-3 times as long as the daily prayers. Some Muslims spend the entire night in prayer. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The holiday of Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan and the start of the next lunar month, Shawwal. This day is declared when the crescent new moon has been sighted or if sighting of the moon is not possible due to the weather, the completion of 30 days of fasting.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><a href="http://www.officeholidays.com/religious/muslim/ramadam.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-18412710799502822472024-03-10T00:10:00.001+08:002024-03-10T00:10:00.126+08:00How much water do you need to drink a day?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1ns2Wxyo48qMAFKG_WVgoYG0zpiTVzdEJp85uHtYxAa5Zw6jDzA8l-6dWobnwoWiKzCJAXSpBydcWKAsvlHRLzmlw1UxEsrGEnvfuyzN_x9yU30mc4VQZByDKP-f47Yj5EW16El6wnVM-cDDv6GPTyThlKv8V04-9DExnO3XWSNv55JtL6LRPEzj/s705/-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="705" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1ns2Wxyo48qMAFKG_WVgoYG0zpiTVzdEJp85uHtYxAa5Zw6jDzA8l-6dWobnwoWiKzCJAXSpBydcWKAsvlHRLzmlw1UxEsrGEnvfuyzN_x9yU30mc4VQZByDKP-f47Yj5EW16El6wnVM-cDDv6GPTyThlKv8V04-9DExnO3XWSNv55JtL6LRPEzj/s320/-0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Drinking water helps to clear up skin and boost energy levels. (Photo by Getty)</span></i></div><br /><div>Let's face it: not many of us drink enough water. We've all experienced feeling faint and dehydrated after opting for fizzy drinks or sugary teas instead.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Staying hydrated is essential for your body to function properly – especially in the summer heat, when we're more likely to feel groggy, and in the winter months, when cold and flu symptoms are more common. Water can help to clear out toxins, clear up skin and boost energy levels, according to studies. But how much do you actually need to drink to feel the benefits? Here's what the experts say. The NHS recommends drinking six to eight glasses of fluid per day – or about 1.2 litres – to stay hydrated. As well as water, this includes:</div></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Sugar-free tea and coffee</li><li>Lower-fat milk</li><li>Fruit juice and smoothies (no more than 150ml a day)</li></ul></div><div>Every person's body is different, so the exact amount you need may depend on factor such as your health, age, size and weight.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://sg.style.yahoo.com/how-much-water-need-drink-every-day-100549014.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-29730010326950172352024-03-09T00:09:00.003+08:002024-03-11T16:36:17.957+08:00Police raids massage parlours & entertainment outlets<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>62 people nabbed in anti-crime blitz targeting entertainment outlets, massage parlours</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqYvPUMh_XSBZzDVyBCV3mtFInc5jus6nK2TYYbwtO1gmho5MKmgnLTx7OoaEALj1vgGBUqwk54KIb_kxf_onl_r4_Y_ZHnXwNLwtG_sDmBX614oy5Ou684nBzxwLewnEaNwsUg0r07hEOQupeAEGlF5zF2-Y87ogTXLbCgSdpu-HrAst4L6N62qj1QQ/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqYvPUMh_XSBZzDVyBCV3mtFInc5jus6nK2TYYbwtO1gmho5MKmgnLTx7OoaEALj1vgGBUqwk54KIb_kxf_onl_r4_Y_ZHnXwNLwtG_sDmBX614oy5Ou684nBzxwLewnEaNwsUg0r07hEOQupeAEGlF5zF2-Y87ogTXLbCgSdpu-HrAst4L6N62qj1QQ/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>14 men and 48 women were arrested during the four-day operation from Feb 28 to Mar 2. FOTO:ARIFFIN JAMAR</i></span></div><br />Scantily clad women who tried to flee from an Orchard Road KTV lounge during a raid were arrested as the authorities cracked down on illicit activities at entertainment outlets and massage parlours. </span>In all, 14 men and 48 women were arrested during the four-day operation from Feb 28 to March 2 and are being investigated, said the police.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>The raid on March 2 at the KTV joint in Far East Shopping Centre was led by the Tanglin Police Division and was part of a five-hour blitz from 10pm. The Straits Times and other media outlets witnessed the operation, which involved more than 30 officers from the Singapore Police Force, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and Health Sciences Authority (HSA).</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>At the lounge, shoes, bags and a mobile phone were strewn across the floor as the women tried to scramble out during the 11.30pm raid by plain-clothes officers. The mostly male patrons were caught by surprise when the lights were suddenly turned on at the usually dimly lit lounge. The outlet has a few private rooms with doors that have only a small glass strip allowing a look in.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/62-people-nabbed-in-anti-crime-blitz-targeting-entertainment-outlets-massage-parlours" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Russian, Ukrainian women allegedly working illegally in Boat Quay area</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSghW_uWU9Zqg9YxVOzQF54YqrNTZwweCbN4HXCyMMTJhU8w8q4KtVHn49QyQKUop36tiGpqohWN0Ryk6HFmu-DkCrHNf3Kqw_h31B-mrlveyv8WFNgE5keBCLTsfwhOXVP6FkAbIxVhFSDG1DDMh1hjfisu5MTIqp1IokHM88oaJPyP0Z20YB2XRHxqQ/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSghW_uWU9Zqg9YxVOzQF54YqrNTZwweCbN4HXCyMMTJhU8w8q4KtVHn49QyQKUop36tiGpqohWN0Ryk6HFmu-DkCrHNf3Kqw_h31B-mrlveyv8WFNgE5keBCLTsfwhOXVP6FkAbIxVhFSDG1DDMh1hjfisu5MTIqp1IokHM88oaJPyP0Z20YB2XRHxqQ/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Customers are asked to buy drinks for the women in exchange for their company. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj_ID9uZRkI"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Each of the drinks, known as a "special", costs $100</span></a>. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG</span></i></div><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Foreigners have been spotted working illegally in the Boat Quay area, even as the authorities continued their crackdown on illicit activities at entertainment outlets around Singapore. Women from Eastern European bloc countries including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus have been operating outside a pub in Circular Road, where they get men to buy them a “special” margarita drink at $100 a glass.</div><div><br /></div><div>It buys the customer time with the women, until the drink is finished. Payment is made to employees of the bar. The Straits Times understands the arrangement sometimes leads to offers of sexual services for a fee. Entertainment outlets in the area were targeted in a series of police raids in 2022 and 2023, with the authorities seeking to crack down on illicit activities including solicitation.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>In 2022, before Covid-19 restrictions were fully lifted at public entertainment and nightlife joints, police checked more than 350 people and arrested dozens at outlets around town, including in the Circular Road area. Boat Quay and other entertainment districts like Little India, Geylang and Chinatown were again targeted in raids conducted between Nov 15 and Dec 18, 2023. Around 6,700 people were checked, with the authorities arresting 523, including women who had allegedly offered sexual services. More recently, the police and other agencies embarked on a four-day anti-crime blitz from Feb 28 to March 2, again targeting entertainment outlets. In total, 62 individuals were arrested, including 12 women for allegedly providing sexual services.</div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/russian-ukrainian-women-allegedly-working-illegally-in-boat-quay-area" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>22 women arrested in raids of massage joints, commercial units around S'pore including Orchard</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6fbok8y3PKTyakZwOIUusZ6jkwOGmnfhQfSQjaFctiHDOi_9S7h7bgtICdOl7XATij2r54wGWYGYAtVLsfUQ6_5UFbFsOtpiUaw3F6yVxDm_trzlRUbaINFVLHHAfQr2Qveau5czRMsaJcZ-OAn_SLfuYzvGn13FR-O0JTVFbOpINUAgU6GNt5seR3g/s700/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6fbok8y3PKTyakZwOIUusZ6jkwOGmnfhQfSQjaFctiHDOi_9S7h7bgtICdOl7XATij2r54wGWYGYAtVLsfUQ6_5UFbFsOtpiUaw3F6yVxDm_trzlRUbaINFVLHHAfQr2Qveau5czRMsaJcZ-OAn_SLfuYzvGn13FR-O0JTVFbOpINUAgU6GNt5seR3g/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Twenty-two women, aged between 23 and 46, were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter Act from Feb 28 to 29.</div><div><br /></div><div>The arrests were made during enforcement operations conducted by officers from Tanglin Police Division conducted against various massage establishments and commercial units located along Balestier Road, Orchard Road, Thomson Road and River Valley Road. The raids were part of a series of enforcement operations conducted from Feb 28 to March 2, where a total of 14 men and 48 women, aged between 21 and 75, are being investigated for various offences.</div><div><br /></div><div>Officers from Tanglin Police Division also conducted an enforcement operation against illegal gambling activities in Whampoa on Feb 28 and five men, aged between 65 and 75, were arrested for offences under the Gambling Control Act. Cash amounting to over $2,300, mobile phones and other gambling-related paraphernalia were seized as case exhibits.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/22-women-arrested-in-raids-of-massage-joints-commercial-units-around-spore-including" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Orchard area KTV raids: Hostesses & patrons arrested, some tried to escape</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwycjq-yhZ-lmleXEFugovitoqMLmHJ07yyW0l8QyuHQ2_haLKdY3NCb10Tp8xoY0gG55EsMf4zfnuRPTgSE1ir8zGkdarBhyphenhyphenMQH9bd_cpNrgnvHSd8l_3tYkh6WCIKanPZqgtI02aUho1CZAIk6y_gtwHFfF1bZVh4x-CKEBW4n-aGzsjz40eKSaSk3I/s1000/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1000" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwycjq-yhZ-lmleXEFugovitoqMLmHJ07yyW0l8QyuHQ2_haLKdY3NCb10Tp8xoY0gG55EsMf4zfnuRPTgSE1ir8zGkdarBhyphenhyphenMQH9bd_cpNrgnvHSd8l_3tYkh6WCIKanPZqgtI02aUho1CZAIk6y_gtwHFfF1bZVh4x-CKEBW4n-aGzsjz40eKSaSk3I/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />A total of 26 women and 3 men were arrested in a multi-agency raid on Orchard Road KTV lounges between Mar. 1 and Mar. 2, 2024.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>A Shin Min Daily News reporter who observed the operation saw at least four women and two men trying to escape during a raid on one of the KTV lounges. She said they were intercepted, and the police officers asked them why they ran. The operation, jointly conducted by officers from the Tanglin Police Division, the Criminal Investigation Department, the Ministry of Manpower, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and the Health Sciences Authority, started on a Friday (Mar. 1) night on around 10pm.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Shin Min reporter and a Lianhe Zaobao reporter followed the enforcement officers to two KTV lounges, one located at Cuppage Plaza and the other at Far East Shopping Centre, where both joints were found in the basement.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://mothership.sg/2024/03/police-raid-orchard/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Scantily-clad women offering men 'special massages' at People's Park Centre</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENremVyq5fBNG3kJJ7mPazYgrDbGnNHdjZ1Txd0zqd7kV9wwTmC0Vyaonxcbx_icC7hLV7iZOdfJJM9bUJw9sK_vWCtUVs6PZmv5bqoc3Q-UZwSMLfVjTZNBH1Y5OMouoHbEXCOcbnmprS6A_Chmc4Ds-lDcJQ6c0y2A_Nv-Uoo8b_FEr27HBTGT9JSc/s700/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENremVyq5fBNG3kJJ7mPazYgrDbGnNHdjZ1Txd0zqd7kV9wwTmC0Vyaonxcbx_icC7hLV7iZOdfJJM9bUJw9sK_vWCtUVs6PZmv5bqoc3Q-UZwSMLfVjTZNBH1Y5OMouoHbEXCOcbnmprS6A_Chmc4Ds-lDcJQ6c0y2A_Nv-Uoo8b_FEr27HBTGT9JSc/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>People's Park Centre in Chinatown is apparently seedy, with a number of its shops offering "special" massages.</div><div><br /></div><div>Shin Min Daily News was tipped off by a 55-year-old reader who said she often saw scantily-clad women at the third floor of the mall approach men who walked past their shops. A 32-year-old man the Chinese daily spoke to said he knew at least one shop on that floor offered "special" services.</div><div><br /></div><div>He had gone into the shop for a massage. The masseuse led him to the back of the shop, closed the shopfront door and switched off the lights. The man claimed that as the woman groped him, she rattled off a list of services and their prices.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/scantily-clad-women-offering-men-special-massages-at-peoples-park-centre" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Women in revealing clothes seen waiting for customers at Jurong East massage shops</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGn4ZoKSYKxsOqaUf8F-1DvB0kDzEF-nqHtJeSMYp8wGYJLTfjF2sne1L1JH8uWSMTThUrdfPj0Zb0PG4j-KrZITFLWE-ECNqmOsJ17c0YF5BZS2JTKG1XFEfWj1Brkz6FZTHa4PTESnJr5mcE5HqMMY2kA3_k2OGkK6dPnxiRI75_ZvyRDsjCKA73r10/s700/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGn4ZoKSYKxsOqaUf8F-1DvB0kDzEF-nqHtJeSMYp8wGYJLTfjF2sne1L1JH8uWSMTThUrdfPj0Zb0PG4j-KrZITFLWE-ECNqmOsJ17c0YF5BZS2JTKG1XFEfWj1Brkz6FZTHa4PTESnJr5mcE5HqMMY2kA3_k2OGkK6dPnxiRI75_ZvyRDsjCKA73r10/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Is this Jurong East neighbourhood turning into a mini red-light district?</div><div><br /></div><div>More than 10 massage establishments have sprung up in an HDB estate at Jurong East Avenue 1 in recent years. Some are suspected of providing sexual services.</div><div><br /></div><div>When a Shin Min Daily News reporter visited recently, every HDB block was found to have at least several massage establishments. Women in revealing clothes and heavy make-up sat at the door waiting for customers. Whenever a man walked by, they would try to persuade him to go in.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/women-in-revealing-clothes-seen-waiting-for-customers-at-jurong-east-massage-shops" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Women allegedly solicit for customers at Upp Paya Lebar Rd: 'Want a massage? Beautiful girls inside'</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswOMhkZzwxJ5mO6nlx4-K621IrTV2byyNg4c-6utvoTAq2vNT9QIechc_1wFfKfvVZ9uB7AfBdil_ayKcvlWkrjSuH3_r8ECzrr1MGNggTHhASpGXIFzrEi0Th9kYXm7xABQ0EjBHZsEtA3TsXJioJACDjbEpc8DoLdaoN4-dYVBn6kHkfUExwgh8UX0/s700/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswOMhkZzwxJ5mO6nlx4-K621IrTV2byyNg4c-6utvoTAq2vNT9QIechc_1wFfKfvVZ9uB7AfBdil_ayKcvlWkrjSuH3_r8ECzrr1MGNggTHhASpGXIFzrEi0Th9kYXm7xABQ0EjBHZsEtA3TsXJioJACDjbEpc8DoLdaoN4-dYVBn6kHkfUExwgh8UX0/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Sexily-dressed women have allegedly been soliciting for customers outside massage parlours along Upper Paya Lebar Road for the past six months.</div><div><br /></div><div>A resident, who declined to be named, told Lianhe Wanbao that massage parlours have been operating from a row of shophouses along the street for the past few years. They have never brought inconvenience to people until about half a year ago, when sexily-clad women began appearing at three of the massage parlours.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wearing high heels, hot pants and heavy makeup, these women would stand by the roadside outside the massage parlours to 'openly solicit' for customers, said the resident. The resident also revealed that every time he walked past the massage parlours, the women would approach him and ask, 'Want a massage? There are beautiful girls inside.'</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/women-allegedly-solicit-for-customers-at-upp-paya-lebar-road-want-a-massage-beautiful" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>102 people investigated for involvement in vice activities after two-week-long operatio</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbX3V43Ov4Q_LT4URz2N6YELGJENfA9unYCqH2qggBM37hAHRxlPD08ZIaHG_AYptLTGjdz8aDhdfE58N0iw9CgcSk3lTQuPfmzl4TxEEH0B6yByBQSsZotElMtZs4EwYdFcn88tgo-9rbCq7fLwSfAO8mEARpd7i8TxLOPVgBgeZ2x9E1xOPemEVWiM/s833/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="833" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbX3V43Ov4Q_LT4URz2N6YELGJENfA9unYCqH2qggBM37hAHRxlPD08ZIaHG_AYptLTGjdz8aDhdfE58N0iw9CgcSk3lTQuPfmzl4TxEEH0B6yByBQSsZotElMtZs4EwYdFcn88tgo-9rbCq7fLwSfAO8mEARpd7i8TxLOPVgBgeZ2x9E1xOPemEVWiM/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>The police arrested eighty-four women and 15 men, aged between 18 and 49, for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities following a two-week-long operation between Jan 4 and 18.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>A man and two women, aged between 56 and 84, are assisting in police investigations.</div><div><br /></div><div>Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the seven Police Land Divisions conducted raids at 55 locations islandwide, including massage establishments, beauty salons, hotels and residential units. Mobile phones, vice-related items, more than $27,000 in cash, and one vehicle were seized.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/102-people-investigated-for-involvement-in-vice-activities-after-two-week-long" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Three women arrested for allegedly providing sexual services at massage parlours in Jurong East</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziCAGu3qwtmHBwVdZo9XYBsnOarww9tc2v0sH4YqVO2_XLUCWufV_WOBkTf0d7cwd4Hy4QDq_yUOIxpmGvkzkj5wS4DVucx8ro8Vp53SxPN22qzJ8bwauEHDYEv35h8mVCGVVqTyK1SfRytFy5Ngwjbpt4f7mC80Vfw-oSZxAlrgARmKq0GoK8-55SJ0/s708/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="708" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziCAGu3qwtmHBwVdZo9XYBsnOarww9tc2v0sH4YqVO2_XLUCWufV_WOBkTf0d7cwd4Hy4QDq_yUOIxpmGvkzkj5wS4DVucx8ro8Vp53SxPN22qzJ8bwauEHDYEv35h8mVCGVVqTyK1SfRytFy5Ngwjbpt4f7mC80Vfw-oSZxAlrgARmKq0GoK8-55SJ0/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Three women, aged between 27 and 46, were arrested for allegedly providing sexual services at massage parlours.</div><div><br /></div><div>They were nabbed in an enforcement operation targeting such establishments along Jurong East Avenue 1 and Jurong East Street 21 on Nov 29 and Dec 12.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the same operation conducted by Clementi Police Division and the Criminal Investigation Department, two massage establishments were found to be allegedly operating without a valid licence. Vice-related activities were allegedly detected at another two licenced massage establishments.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/three-women-arrested-for-allegedly-providing-sexual-services-at-massage-parlours-in" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>35 women and 2 men arrested in police raids: Women had advertised their sexual services online</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo69TYJBCAwMwPaIrfJ4S_Osr13DzfwzU_pjig8OolJxtFPLejqaG0sd8vL4LTafS157bcRVU4mW-kWjq1cOyw7zBTUXaZte_wFE0eC_8NKp3UTlVBtZYXH6u1B6EQIeYYotV5_rju5gGqS1Oun53IfXnT-VsJ95SJHmP-5MJQgKq1fVqeHbwFq_bq-4M/s700/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo69TYJBCAwMwPaIrfJ4S_Osr13DzfwzU_pjig8OolJxtFPLejqaG0sd8vL4LTafS157bcRVU4mW-kWjq1cOyw7zBTUXaZte_wFE0eC_8NKp3UTlVBtZYXH6u1B6EQIeYYotV5_rju5gGqS1Oun53IfXnT-VsJ95SJHmP-5MJQgKq1fVqeHbwFq_bq-4M/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Thirty-five women and two men, aged between 21 and 42, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.</span></div><div><span><div><br /></div><div>The police said in a statement that officers from Tanglin Police Division and the Criminal Investigation Department conducted raids at multiple massage establishments, hotels and commercial units at Balestier Road, Outram Road, Upper Paya Lebar, and Selegie Road. The raids were conducted between Mar 1 and Mar 23.</div><div><br /></div><div>Investigations against the 37 individuals are ongoing. The two men arrested, aged 21 and 23, are being investigated for organising the provision of sexual services. "Vice syndicates have been leveraging technology to extend their reach and facilitate their operations with increasing sophistication," the police said.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/35-women-and-2-men-arrested-in-police-raids-women-had-advertised-their-sexual" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>25 people arrested at South Bridge Road, Geylang for suspected involvement in vice-related activities</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMMhA8t_5udAGiOclNxT9Cr-cjgDIunTuDoa1tNUJvWLE0W30ecWAtYdDS0AFyaiy7lBqYsXu0TqDUukDMI5D4LS1zSgCryGC9pVzkC4MOx60jk0vggnPLxex6LT4-ief3youX-i4x4qXc3-UAyfcVrFwVbLcf5dFH-1697-zBDR_odGrYH2hczQMFTs/s700/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMMhA8t_5udAGiOclNxT9Cr-cjgDIunTuDoa1tNUJvWLE0W30ecWAtYdDS0AFyaiy7lBqYsXu0TqDUukDMI5D4LS1zSgCryGC9pVzkC4MOx60jk0vggnPLxex6LT4-ief3youX-i4x4qXc3-UAyfcVrFwVbLcf5dFH-1697-zBDR_odGrYH2hczQMFTs/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Twenty-five people, aged between 18 and 38, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities, the police said in a statement on Friday (Mar 17).</div><div><br /></div><div>On Mar 7, the police conducted a raid in the vicinity of South Bridge Road and arrested four women and a 31-year-old man for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities. Through further investigations, the identity of another 32-year-old man was established and he was arrested on Mar 15.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nineteen more women were arrested in the vicinity of Geylang Lorong 12 for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities. The 32-year-old man will be charged on Friday and remanded for further investigations.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/25-people-arrested-at-south-bridge-road-geylang-for-suspected-involvement-in-vice" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>50 people under investigation after Geylang multi-agency raids</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-dWNCOxaGyxjrFaWJXom3UP5etN3hEtyPupj6ZQADBkk_TSrnE8M_-BZOySS4haD3FwkzHagssQ0F02WNNFYvX1HynwfyM_nUvtv0PijXtZoqiuLgaKJHwVOftw7-2srqKIrszhBVOkx_VEj9Hu_G2vzmPzExnYsaA27IRx6va_uXepHJGs5_Dv1l64/s830/0,jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-dWNCOxaGyxjrFaWJXom3UP5etN3hEtyPupj6ZQADBkk_TSrnE8M_-BZOySS4haD3FwkzHagssQ0F02WNNFYvX1HynwfyM_nUvtv0PijXtZoqiuLgaKJHwVOftw7-2srqKIrszhBVOkx_VEj9Hu_G2vzmPzExnYsaA27IRx6va_uXepHJGs5_Dv1l64/s320/0,jpg.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos of gambling paraphernalia and sex enhancement medicines seized in multi-agency raids from Sep 29 to Oct 9, 2023. (Photos: Singapore Police Force)</span></i></div><br /><div>A total of 50 people - comprising 47 men and three women aged between 21 and 73 - are being investigated for various offences after enforcement operations in Singapore's Geylang area, the police said in a news release on Monday (Oct 23).</div><div><br /></div><div>The 11-day multi-agency raids, led by Bedok Police Division, took place between Sep 29 and Oct 9. In one operation against illegal gambling, officers from the police and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) raided an industrial building unit along Sims Avenue.</div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Twenty-four men and one woman are now being probed for offences under the Gambling Control Act, and more than S$4,000 in cash and gambling paraphernalia were seized.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-geylang-police-crime-raid-50-people-investigated-3865686" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>95 women & 2 men arrested for vice activities in Orchard KTV police raid</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVj4V2cPk_tfq7ORKGVkzo5J7fEmuCb28cOVW3_x8PUBhekaAy0MPolgQl696_KSsMmRz7PDaNOl1RJh3BCeMOeD7pt0vKQCs83iNZo2Nk2bJg9ZQUmiQouWHQi9uHDu4R-sfy30aYFUEKcVkDiQyRzAVgVD8cBxTh2F4l-KVXGon9NZ1lE4olDis-qU/s1000/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1000" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVj4V2cPk_tfq7ORKGVkzo5J7fEmuCb28cOVW3_x8PUBhekaAy0MPolgQl696_KSsMmRz7PDaNOl1RJh3BCeMOeD7pt0vKQCs83iNZo2Nk2bJg9ZQUmiQouWHQi9uHDu4R-sfy30aYFUEKcVkDiQyRzAVgVD8cBxTh2F4l-KVXGon9NZ1lE4olDis-qU/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The police arrested two men and 95 women aged between 18 and 45 for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities at a KTV lounge.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Singapore Police Force wrote in an Oct. 7, 2023 news release that officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and Immigration and Checkpoints Authority conducted an enforcement operation in the vicinity of Orchard Road.</div><div><br /></div><div>They arrested a 20-year-old man and 95 women at a KTV lounge. The man was arrested for allegedly managing a place of assignation.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://mothership.sg/2023/10/97-arrested-orchard-ktv/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Prostitutes caught soliciting at coffee shop, some selling lottery tickets</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKgm-gmYicNrHdYbF-J47uXGA0UOjiYFVp8Q2u6arRwHSrPXqiygvyOGlWDCu5rq4E0g2QXGLWcJwVf1fs9M0Y5HEjbEZ3Aaru9bXVRQkVcEFcFYz0KYTCkB5kBbsnp_hyl51wQSspG_pNsdIBVrBGKtDOjlSHZ5khs2U7_aBf5VEP7sWs2TAK4Wu/s848/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="848" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKgm-gmYicNrHdYbF-J47uXGA0UOjiYFVp8Q2u6arRwHSrPXqiygvyOGlWDCu5rq4E0g2QXGLWcJwVf1fs9M0Y5HEjbEZ3Aaru9bXVRQkVcEFcFYz0KYTCkB5kBbsnp_hyl51wQSspG_pNsdIBVrBGKtDOjlSHZ5khs2U7_aBf5VEP7sWs2TAK4Wu/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/shinmindailynewsxinmingribao/videos/6094539703996693/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">A video captured by a passer-by shows a group of women being herded up a police truck.</span></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/shinmindailynewsxinmingribao/videos/6094539703996693/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">PHOTO: Screengrab/Facebook/Shin Min Daily News</span></a></i></div></div><br />As the cost of living continues to rise in Singapore, it seems that some streetwalkers are turning to other means to bring home the bacon. </span>Recently, some 50 women were arrested when the police conducted a raid at Geylang Lorong 23.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shinmindailynewsxinmingribao/videos/6094539703996693/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">video of the incident</span></a> has also been circulating online, showing the group of women being herded into a police truck which was parked near a coffee shop, reported Shin Min Daily News on Thursday (June 15). Some of the women were seen attempting to cover their faces, for fear of being recognised.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">An eyewitness surnamed Yang, who works as a chef in the vicinity told the Chinese daily that the police conducted the raid on Monday evening (June 12). The 50-year-old said that these women would loiter at the coffee shop, and offer to drink with the men for a small fee. As a result, the coffee shop has also inevitably attracted many drunkards who visit the premises solely for the women. "The most I've seen is about 40 or 50 women, who are mostly from Vietnam. A small number of them are from China," Yang said. After drinking with the men, they would then solicit for sexual services, charging anywhere between $100 to $200. "After they agree on a price, they will head to a hotel room. Even though police have conducted raids in this area before, these women still return because there's a demand [for their services]," he added.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/hard-times-prostitutes-caught-soliciting-coffee-shop-some-selling-lottery-tickets" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>50 arrested in Geylang: After drinking with men in coffee shop, women charge up to $200 for sex</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlDEGk2ZU1z5d22-kLllgxL7xjxEvr5K-R_W5WPWkLOEEiM3aL_HTsfu3MGsShqdUaofH97FeLpPvrXTPwurCkH_-JM2qqNbGzASuWhVJzQ_Rgj5q6aCsTKtBHkelIvbwbdfxVc6JogfOfSTQ9ZJgnrWkdKsmnMM2Uf71oZ-mAbEOtlFSjN7ZswWu/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlDEGk2ZU1z5d22-kLllgxL7xjxEvr5K-R_W5WPWkLOEEiM3aL_HTsfu3MGsShqdUaofH97FeLpPvrXTPwurCkH_-JM2qqNbGzASuWhVJzQ_Rgj5q6aCsTKtBHkelIvbwbdfxVc6JogfOfSTQ9ZJgnrWkdKsmnMM2Uf71oZ-mAbEOtlFSjN7ZswWu/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Some 50 women were arrested during a police raid in Geylang Lorong 23 on Monday evening (June 12). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, an eyewitness, Yang, who works in one of the hawker stalls in the area, said the women were prostitutes who would loiter at a coffee shop and offer to drink with patrons for a small fee. "I've seen around 40 or 50 women (at the place), who are mostly from Vietnam. A small number of them are from China," Yang said.</div><div><br /></div><div>After drinking with the men (for a fee of $20-$30), they would then solicit for sexual services, charging anywhere between $100 and $200. "After they agree on a price, they will head to a hotel room. Even though police have conducted raids in this area before, these women still return because there's a demand (for their services)," Yang added</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/50-arrested-in-geylang-after-drinking-with-men-in-coffee-shop-women-charge-up-to-200" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>43 people under probe after raids to clamp down on illegal activities in Geylang</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GYbhbxBXXpxx7UGJgf9rJTjpXaFVgeIvRAtucLIMpYcg3SO2pUdhel3LQ1HVxzidP9gyBJq98EXVJAjt9nNRWEXaBYeMP65ek2XhJBi5Aw7j_LJYCoYYq4Vx56u-Fm5HmnLkIfekD_i4aLYEfrLYSi1EsbP_6h6HQBi3_l9bONuJdCyfY4Gr6Yzb/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GYbhbxBXXpxx7UGJgf9rJTjpXaFVgeIvRAtucLIMpYcg3SO2pUdhel3LQ1HVxzidP9gyBJq98EXVJAjt9nNRWEXaBYeMP65ek2XhJBi5Aw7j_LJYCoYYq4Vx56u-Fm5HmnLkIfekD_i4aLYEfrLYSi1EsbP_6h6HQBi3_l9bONuJdCyfY4Gr6Yzb/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>A total of 31 men and 12 women, aged between 33 and 75, are being investigated for various offences following a multi-agency enforcement operation conducted from May 21 to 26.</div><div><br /></div><div>The operation was led by Bedok Police Division and supported by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department, Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Singapore Customs, Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA).</div><div><br /></div><div>The police said in a statement that it aimed to clamp down on illegal activities in Geylang, including illegal gambling, vice activities, sale of illegal sexual enhancement medication and illegal street hawking. Eighteen suspects, aged between 39 and 75, are being investigated for illegal gambling.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/43-people-under-probe-after-raids-to-clamp-down-on-illegal-activities-in-geylang" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>40 investigated in police operation: Woman advertised intimate massage package for $120</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PWNxz4xWm9bSkJMzQjK4vsHWK_HmhC26PjgUgGQDjZhy5lYM3Rga7gwTNsAqghIGPG2yfN-Zqpua1GXuky8Ij9Ef6TJDBisg8S6TUXMwadlE1J8np8ujXocbNPcuu-wxvTRLsYGqx5ssxVbFlfUWHVJ9vYixbyrPOGjX3gao3Mj4Tu3EdheUG45a/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PWNxz4xWm9bSkJMzQjK4vsHWK_HmhC26PjgUgGQDjZhy5lYM3Rga7gwTNsAqghIGPG2yfN-Zqpua1GXuky8Ij9Ef6TJDBisg8S6TUXMwadlE1J8np8ujXocbNPcuu-wxvTRLsYGqx5ssxVbFlfUWHVJ9vYixbyrPOGjX3gao3Mj4Tu3EdheUG45a/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>The 11 women hid their faces with their hands, surrounded by policemen in plainclothes during a raid on a massage parlour in Balestier Road.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>The women, all believed to be Chinese nationals, were purportedly engaged in vice-related activities and were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter.</div><div><br /></div><div>They wore heavy make-up and some were dressed skimpily. The Straits Times witnessed the raid on Sept 30.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/40-investigated-in-police-operation-woman-advertised-intimate-massage-package-for-120" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>175 arrested for vice in massage parlours, beauty salons and other locations over last 2 months</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniSM4hRhYEdp7HQPjb67UPcNURTAYN9u8bwpa_P-WGRmKX0zxOMwbaFXiI1V7bbSGaBOiunBVofo_5NBk6WsOQTBg3WnfwPDGX7zpCi6BMkvJdtb4LmT0CD_fPIhv34h-UeW74liEUZYPO0ZsinXDoNisRJfdHS1F_g0m73C3NFDrNzX5_uvvK38S/s833/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="833" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniSM4hRhYEdp7HQPjb67UPcNURTAYN9u8bwpa_P-WGRmKX0zxOMwbaFXiI1V7bbSGaBOiunBVofo_5NBk6WsOQTBg3WnfwPDGX7zpCi6BMkvJdtb4LmT0CD_fPIhv34h-UeW74liEUZYPO0ZsinXDoNisRJfdHS1F_g0m73C3NFDrNzX5_uvvK38S/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Ten men and 165 women, aged between 20 and 57, were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities from July 1 to Aug 31, said police.</div><div><br /></div><div>Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and the seven Police Land Divisions conducted coordinated raids at multiple locations island-wide, including condominiums, massage establishments, beauty salons, hotels and residential units at Lavender Street, Jurong East, Jurong West, Orchard Road, Upper Serangoon, Joo Chiat, Upper Thomson Road, Geylang and Balestier Road.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police will spare no effort to clamp down and take tough enforcement action on vice activities especially those operating elusively online.</div><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/175-arrested-for-vice-in-massage-parlours-beauty-salons-and-other-locations-over-last" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>17-year-old among 5 women arrested at Geylang massage establishment</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6B0mhx8QxKayjAzEVBXkGO5M4LpxBEFKg_gIBnmPOIFbytge_mgN_Ky6dWbRNNxEgOPvzYjv_SMMRW7vtnXTK27nVVqY5B8wcq_rKF3xWoUUD_wQEw4QSVcKiUZy2-i__PR_N8ja7igYihxZ2BrLxXGq-PbBKDqnPAqsujepWSCHCgFW02qijE8s/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6B0mhx8QxKayjAzEVBXkGO5M4LpxBEFKg_gIBnmPOIFbytge_mgN_Ky6dWbRNNxEgOPvzYjv_SMMRW7vtnXTK27nVVqY5B8wcq_rKF3xWoUUD_wQEw4QSVcKiUZy2-i__PR_N8ja7igYihxZ2BrLxXGq-PbBKDqnPAqsujepWSCHCgFW02qijE8s/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Five women, aged between 17 and 41, were arrested in an exempted massage establishment along Geylang Road for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990.</div><div><br /></div><div>Officers from Bedok Police Division conducted the enforcement operation where a 31-year-old man is also being investigated for employing a foreigner without a valid work pass.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was part of a multi-agency enforcement operation conducted from March 6 to 10, aimed to clamp down on illegal activities in Geylang, including illegal gambling, vice activities and sale of illegal sexual enhancement medication, among others. A total of 27 men and 23 women are being investigated for various offences.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/17-year-old-among-5-women-arrested-at-geylang-massage-establishment-in-multi-agency" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>35 women and 2 men arrested in police raids: Women had advertised their sexual services online</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWIsS6IhuL7DtEY50UahYAFefttoa52KTqc_1Qqqf2CeGE8Q01Bi-mH7GsX2u8rNzEwbPHmvx9Tis-M_Z1KvH8EOhH2xaFlg2YDzKo37iG8JeheExpvOh2YYsfMGgKRXtO-i_3w6TVFEo_3xjdbmwBK5XEECFRPJ_HHFUQfQH852vTJg2CKtLJjDy/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWIsS6IhuL7DtEY50UahYAFefttoa52KTqc_1Qqqf2CeGE8Q01Bi-mH7GsX2u8rNzEwbPHmvx9Tis-M_Z1KvH8EOhH2xaFlg2YDzKo37iG8JeheExpvOh2YYsfMGgKRXtO-i_3w6TVFEo_3xjdbmwBK5XEECFRPJ_HHFUQfQH852vTJg2CKtLJjDy/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><div>Thirty-five women and two men, aged between 21 and 42, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police said in a statement that officers from Tanglin Police Division and the Criminal Investigation Department conducted raids at multiple massage establishments, hotels and commercial units at Balestier Road, Outram Road, Upper Paya Lebar, and Selegie Road. The raids were conducted between Mar 1 and Mar 23.</div><div><br /></div><div>Investigations against the 37 individuals are ongoing. The two men arrested, aged 21 and 23, are being investigated for organising the provision of sexual services. "Vice syndicates have been leveraging technology to extend their reach and facilitate their operations with increasing sophistication," the police said. "The women arrested during this operation had advertised their sexual services online.</div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/35-women-and-2-men-arrested-in-police-raids-women-had-advertised-their-sexual" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">44 arrested in KTV raid, as part of largest enforcement blitz since start of pandemic</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF62-z4YVM92pLelfDWiUUS3bxNwH8hWfgTiD17qbOrnYgA3SP1v04H13mhcOyXsZZ4lvqOpoopXPkcECWE4mXg1fxf09sfP5iOY9McDSdlCIGhXWP3NM-XedxMi7-vrBT-KeknWS5bZi0ivFm64pjGs2yO1F7pZoVTtrlZqfBMAbTwBXaWbqK5Bi/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF62-z4YVM92pLelfDWiUUS3bxNwH8hWfgTiD17qbOrnYgA3SP1v04H13mhcOyXsZZ4lvqOpoopXPkcECWE4mXg1fxf09sfP5iOY9McDSdlCIGhXWP3NM-XedxMi7-vrBT-KeknWS5bZi0ivFm64pjGs2yO1F7pZoVTtrlZqfBMAbTwBXaWbqK5Bi/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Patrons at a packed three-storey karaoke lounge in Jalan Sultan had their night out cut short on Dec 9 when the police raided the outlet at 11.30pm and arrested 44 people.</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 women, aged between 20 and 37, and five men, aged between 23 and 34, are being investigated for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. </div><div><br /></div><div>The raid was part of the largest islandwide enforcement blitz since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020, with over 1,300 police officers deployed in the operation from Nov 21 to Dec 14.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/44-arrested-in-ktv-raid-as-part-of-largest-enforcement-blitz-since-covid-19" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Seven women nabbed over vice-related activities at Orchard Towers</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nAafUpguU-FdI7sSVhMhhcsoRQqYC6hQ7oRIhCbg5tjDJsALSTqP_cCgxb5h4WgPXomh8xFama5G8eOMkdeIivthV8WlAFpoWPYE3E1HblvK8UfF1xA-UqkFhMdV_ZKdeNDd2VqAZw01wHIbqC1EJ4AZoPOdNEPTGh1rCJHAOCCk-7HxAaxiro7ZapA/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nAafUpguU-FdI7sSVhMhhcsoRQqYC6hQ7oRIhCbg5tjDJsALSTqP_cCgxb5h4WgPXomh8xFama5G8eOMkdeIivthV8WlAFpoWPYE3E1HblvK8UfF1xA-UqkFhMdV_ZKdeNDd2VqAZw01wHIbqC1EJ4AZoPOdNEPTGh1rCJHAOCCk-7HxAaxiro7ZapA/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>The women were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter. PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The women, aged between 27 and 52, were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter. They are believed to have operated from individual outlets at Orchard Towers, police said.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The police said the string of operations is part of ongoing enforcement efforts to clamp down on vice-related activities in the Orchard Road shopping district. Action will be taken against operators who flout the rules and regulations under the Massage Establishments Act, and landlords are advised to ensure that tenants do not carry out illicit activities in their premises, the police added.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>"The police will continue to take tough enforcement action against those involved in criminal activities. Those found engaging in illicit activities will be dealt with sternly in accordance with the law," said Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Cheong Chee Ming, commander of Tanglin Police Division.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-charged-seven-women-nabbed-over-vice-related-activities-at-orchard-towers" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">29 women arrested after allegedly found to be working as hostesses at Middle Road</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieozt5xCVFCRoSnFP64oJwhQEE_LsxFF2GKVnGcnWQGn47AWZJuw7UHjJFfHMRnMgNt2TYY97fXIRa1cMFXpEOQ2RVYpwv27_TBHZHlwVfKtp-8Bl0OhqnwADk4w3frrrqqJMqLMiEZwT-oP4vLRAFzj0StwSsnetA5QBRqh-DPeCixuQAcn3NsC-/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieozt5xCVFCRoSnFP64oJwhQEE_LsxFF2GKVnGcnWQGn47AWZJuw7UHjJFfHMRnMgNt2TYY97fXIRa1cMFXpEOQ2RVYpwv27_TBHZHlwVfKtp-8Bl0OhqnwADk4w3frrrqqJMqLMiEZwT-oP4vLRAFzj0StwSsnetA5QBRqh-DPeCixuQAcn3NsC-/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Twenty-nine women, aged between 20 and 33, were arrested for working without a valid work permit after they were allegedly found to be providing hostessing services at two Middle Road public entertainment outlets, said police.</div><div><br /></div><div>During the joint operation by the Central Police Division and the Criminal Investigation Department on Sept 3, two men, aged 31 and 35, were also arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990.</div><div><br /></div><div>The two outlets, which allegedly provided hostessing services within their premises, were found to have contravened the Public Entertainment Act 1958, which states that any person who provides or assists in providing any public entertainment in contravention of this act carries a fine not exceeding $10,000.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/29-women-arrested-after-allegedly-found-to-be-working-as-hostesses-at-middle-road" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>25 people arrested at South Bridge Road, Geylang for suspected involvement in vice-related activities</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHc0stvTEAMxaFJPk4IgvVd2aVxcvBKa5QfAj5RBFhAGlWW12j3xLpLFNhRhJmYrsHUSzsEtoeQa-lQ5lN09q1WVf41Ri8Mkf1Y7pKXNOGN6C_XaROeDRwIw6LCkqTbXV-uDge5UNHaXDPmyskI4oKmJK8NkU_ytFVlQOo6XcME363_uljenasL9Z1/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHc0stvTEAMxaFJPk4IgvVd2aVxcvBKa5QfAj5RBFhAGlWW12j3xLpLFNhRhJmYrsHUSzsEtoeQa-lQ5lN09q1WVf41Ri8Mkf1Y7pKXNOGN6C_XaROeDRwIw6LCkqTbXV-uDge5UNHaXDPmyskI4oKmJK8NkU_ytFVlQOo6XcME363_uljenasL9Z1/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></b><span><div><span><br /></span></div>Twenty-five people, aged between 18 and 38, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities, the police said in a statement on Friday (Mar 17).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>On Mar 7, the police conducted a raid in the vicinity of South Bridge Road and arrested four women and a 31-year-old man for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities. Through further investigations, the identity of another 32-year-old man was established and he was arrested on Mar 15.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nineteen more women were arrested in the vicinity of Geylang Lorong 12 for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/25-people-arrested-at-south-bridge-road-geylang-for-suspected-involvement-in-vice" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>32 under investigation after operation against illegal gambling, vice activities and more</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitu015JtSs-tT958wVx1gCFGYN9QPG8jv_jPO-2cF-fUDukzAm9EQhrlpfnCpLdDm5adEWIsRpTH8c1vwF8qv9BnkYcIPZEpRBsbrp1NgFXYknJAGWt3cyDK-DQDwdZ0yAvipyVP4n4LJRZQjrB-zPwO1OpNG1nz9mRJhNVfkRg8LI1ZX3MEJF7FsP/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitu015JtSs-tT958wVx1gCFGYN9QPG8jv_jPO-2cF-fUDukzAm9EQhrlpfnCpLdDm5adEWIsRpTH8c1vwF8qv9BnkYcIPZEpRBsbrp1NgFXYknJAGWt3cyDK-DQDwdZ0yAvipyVP4n4LJRZQjrB-zPwO1OpNG1nz9mRJhNVfkRg8LI1ZX3MEJF7FsP/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></b><span><div><span><br /></span></div>A total of 32 individuals aged between 21 and 73, are being investigated for various offences following a multi-agency enforcement operation conducted from September 25 to October 8.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>The operation was led by Bedok Police Division and supported by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Singapore Customs, Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA).</div><div><br /></div><div>"The operation aimed to clamp down illegal activities in the Geylang Lorongs, including illegal gambling, vice activities, sale of illegal sexual enhancement medication and illegal hawking, among others," said the police in a news release on Wednesday (Oct 19).</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/32-under-investigation-after-operation-against-illegal-gambling-vice-activities-and" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">25 women arrested for allegedly working as freelance hostesses</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAu5rK0YLlQPuD3JhB3Wq2ODx462l2C0XZ-tgn9bEPym8pBlgGrJkDjJ2ILpyCG63s-tW-To8xBNryYQ6F9Tce-CLpvZ4dn--cUcIBErhmBm5qTxa4rZ9sdjimOaqvJ6iZqzqufLZV6nxJEj4CbEcFsgJGk6C14jpwE999Nm5Dj5eJAZwESLEneJyz/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAu5rK0YLlQPuD3JhB3Wq2ODx462l2C0XZ-tgn9bEPym8pBlgGrJkDjJ2ILpyCG63s-tW-To8xBNryYQ6F9Tce-CLpvZ4dn--cUcIBErhmBm5qTxa4rZ9sdjimOaqvJ6iZqzqufLZV6nxJEj4CbEcFsgJGk6C14jpwE999Nm5Dj5eJAZwESLEneJyz/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Five entertainment outlets were found to have purportedly breached a raft of rules during enforcement checks on 238 public entertainment outlets between April 27 and Tuesday (May 3).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In a statement on Friday, the police said that 25 women have also been arrested for allegedly working as freelance hostesses without a valid work permit at four of the outlets.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>The women, who are of Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese nationalities, are aged between 24 and 53 years old.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/25-women-arrested-for-allegedly-working-as-freelance-hostesses" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">9 women arrested in vice raids: 1 found in state of undress, another cried during questioning</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomkheCq3xbjhqwyxqDH3pnke4NAexWm2hY-bL4hFvhlXtuEtQTLFajxoGBAkTPbf9MQadcjxplOQaOVbUL3PflK9k5kFYcYvUFeMUrudNsUXLPNk20d9UYglEfSem_WbnufkDTmZ-OsA74GwHq3UKc82R1cjK9BE7abMfhGS61sB3aYFkjMOmPz6N/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomkheCq3xbjhqwyxqDH3pnke4NAexWm2hY-bL4hFvhlXtuEtQTLFajxoGBAkTPbf9MQadcjxplOQaOVbUL3PflK9k5kFYcYvUFeMUrudNsUXLPNk20d9UYglEfSem_WbnufkDTmZ-OsA74GwHq3UKc82R1cjK9BE7abMfhGS61sB3aYFkjMOmPz6N/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Police raided two massage parlours on Friday (April 28) afternoon and arrested three women.</div><div><br /></div><div>The third day of the raids on unlicensed massage parlours targeted those along MacPherson Road and Upper Paya Lebar Road.</div><div><br /></div><div>Police raids on unlicensed massage establishments started on Wednesday (April 26) with the first day yielding six arrests at Little India. There were no arrests made at Bukit Batok the first night nor at Clementi on the second day. A total of 15 establishments were checked over the three days.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/9-women-arrested-in-vice-raids-1-found-in-state-of-undress-another-cried-during" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>155 arrested during raids against vice activities in condos, hotels and flats</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiB6FyI90ZXll7XLR8ORvj4CTcsqMrB-6nAWArJVoWkWBDm_wODItYRed-iQ1QvhwAeeURWfOiMoarqn5XbnvB2slW3_6fAWB_paT1qLwQ_hYQaHqlDIqRVGt83lqeSLZEPwcIoIOMs82O0Ust3kTP9U_UdkAqxq0BbWylgjR9H2fFN2ItxZfMbwH/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiB6FyI90ZXll7XLR8ORvj4CTcsqMrB-6nAWArJVoWkWBDm_wODItYRed-iQ1QvhwAeeURWfOiMoarqn5XbnvB2slW3_6fAWB_paT1qLwQ_hYQaHqlDIqRVGt83lqeSLZEPwcIoIOMs82O0Ust3kTP9U_UdkAqxq0BbWylgjR9H2fFN2ItxZfMbwH/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>One man and 154 women were nabbed for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities during a 21-day enforcement operation that ended on May 12.</div><div><br /></div><div>The suspects are aged between 19 and 49, said the police in a statement on Thursday (May 16). Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and seven Police Land Divisions had conducted coordinated raids targeting online vice syndicates at multiple locations islandwide.</div><div><br /></div><div>These included condominiums, hotels and residential units in Geylang, Woodlands, Yishun, Jurong West, Hougang and Balestier Road.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/155-arrested-during-raids-against-vice-activities-in-condos-hotels-and-hdb-flats" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>9 arrested in enforcement operation conducted at Chinatown, Middle Road</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTahuhA1JQ5JG-EyqyBtBTcmuz7ccyDyvMO0QgltgILW_9LkluwZLJ0WHx533f4onjQCgCjqre4IyJ87Nfy9Y_q24BpzUg0mZz38AmO3eVEhXM1Fq0828DsZKGSiuwv8TjDA-CgSNmv-V46tvN7NldxAnXLJ5ICzypct3xmMfnt7A0eAm1Ql47YGrw/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTahuhA1JQ5JG-EyqyBtBTcmuz7ccyDyvMO0QgltgILW_9LkluwZLJ0WHx533f4onjQCgCjqre4IyJ87Nfy9Y_q24BpzUg0mZz38AmO3eVEhXM1Fq0828DsZKGSiuwv8TjDA-CgSNmv-V46tvN7NldxAnXLJ5ICzypct3xmMfnt7A0eAm1Ql47YGrw/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Eight women and one man, aged between 23 and 39, were arrested during a two-day enforcement operation against massage establishments, public entertainment outlets and liquor outlets on May 10 and 11.</div><div><br /></div><div>The operation was conducted by Central Police Division in Chinatown and along Middle Road. During the enforcement checks, officers found one unlicensed massage establishment.</div><div><br /></div><div>A woman was arrested for offences under the Women's Charter and Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. Three public entertainment outlets were found to have contravened public entertainment licensing conditions.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/9-arrested-in-enforcement-operation-conducted-at-chinatown-middle-road" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">12 women arrested in enforcement operation against massage parlours and public entertainment outlets</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgLO6NzbTCVmn2s76fGmOs-WY4TD9E7BOIngVzUT5m3iueTT4Ur7AQw2KWPsJyTfdXe2orRs2Lgl6boKYo1nLYryNGMFDHzKFyKW2XcUpETUgRdNauhUPxodnkPOYCdRDyUdEZxIPXfShgtCsNGPdzC34gzMvnsOSdjhiW6sUtZjS0zxp8sRFO8zG/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgLO6NzbTCVmn2s76fGmOs-WY4TD9E7BOIngVzUT5m3iueTT4Ur7AQw2KWPsJyTfdXe2orRs2Lgl6boKYo1nLYryNGMFDHzKFyKW2XcUpETUgRdNauhUPxodnkPOYCdRDyUdEZxIPXfShgtCsNGPdzC34gzMvnsOSdjhiW6sUtZjS0zxp8sRFO8zG/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Twelve women, aged between 21 and 43, were arrested during a two-day enforcement operation against massage establishments and public entertainment outlets on May 2 and 3, the police said in a news release.</div><div><br /></div><div>The enforcement checks were conducted by Central Police Division along Syed Alwi Road, Middle Road and Beach Road. During the operation, officers detected one unlicensed massage establishment.</div><div><br /></div><div>Two women, aged 30 and 43, were arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/12-women-arrested-in-enforcement-operation-against-massage-parlours-and-public-0" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>104 arrested for offences involving rioting, vice activities, drugs, drink-driving, scams and more</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7r83DIhiNNQuyncotNqdZ2Qw2WOrfeTh127KV7vgEv16rbeTTYT3W988kaBQ1cQe_nfBEiGMKpmI9g-6C__ePS87F1V6P2m-Cets2LqX-554ZVD_GPUTt_yWk0uK4w2e34p1v6oLD22SP_ucPnKjO9JUFJiHDVCgss_QJSHONMGLbuJIpq7f1oWM/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7r83DIhiNNQuyncotNqdZ2Qw2WOrfeTh127KV7vgEv16rbeTTYT3W988kaBQ1cQe_nfBEiGMKpmI9g-6C__ePS87F1V6P2m-Cets2LqX-554ZVD_GPUTt_yWk0uK4w2e34p1v6oLD22SP_ucPnKjO9JUFJiHDVCgss_QJSHONMGLbuJIpq7f1oWM/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>A total of 69 men and 35 women, aged between 15 and 76, were nabbed for various offences in a multi-agency joint enforcement operation conducted from April 22 to 26.</div><div><br /></div><div>The five-day operation covered various locations such as Tuas, Jurong West, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang and Bukit Batok.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was led by Jurong Police Division and supported by officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Singapore Customs.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/104-arrested-for-offences-involving-rioting-vice-activities-drugs-drink-driving-scams" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>15 arrested in enforcement operations against massage parlours and public entertainment outlets</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaNrDHrQqMrjKBfacbwoH44F9f_puEPVMEvzOQV8UYA43ywmktYplxSn3RIdj8Ubw2hwZw4amDPpJrR5Q62nsE7X_Drl9FJWOOMrnIW4yst5LBCGJ1YwTuVtN4U8Z6S6I_UP2az4fV458KqanEzS9UBi6oxGYzLjycyc1dRxqTe7A32ttMedYZhYP/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaNrDHrQqMrjKBfacbwoH44F9f_puEPVMEvzOQV8UYA43ywmktYplxSn3RIdj8Ubw2hwZw4amDPpJrR5Q62nsE7X_Drl9FJWOOMrnIW4yst5LBCGJ1YwTuVtN4U8Z6S6I_UP2az4fV458KqanEzS9UBi6oxGYzLjycyc1dRxqTe7A32ttMedYZhYP/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>One man and 14 women were arrested in a series of enforcement operations against massage establishments and public entertainment outlets on April 26 and 27.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enforcement checks along Horne Road detected one unlicensed massage establishment, said the police in a statement.</div><div><br /></div><div>Four women, aged between 29 and 43, were nabbed for offences under the Women’s Charter.</div><div><br /></div><div>A 25-year-old woman was arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act and the Women’s Charter.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/15-arrested-in-enforcement-operations-against-massage-parlours-and-public" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>KTV raid part of largest enforcement blitz since start of pandemic, 759 being probed</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6JMFAgV39aVg-2fpakzrkpvxqMPSwaoAO-FssoSxnOKL57sHs2v04wKSJNzw0RSdX4s32SoodTiq60Ho0HZ-oiEVKlQ1itkFVfWfYK5ZF0PnGYNTJ06SWIg5wBVf3IkRvLaecUWL7r1qBCkjTeclFv-rC3oaRrSCHpgOAlUZoBwME5HJF26WankN/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6JMFAgV39aVg-2fpakzrkpvxqMPSwaoAO-FssoSxnOKL57sHs2v04wKSJNzw0RSdX4s32SoodTiq60Ho0HZ-oiEVKlQ1itkFVfWfYK5ZF0PnGYNTJ06SWIg5wBVf3IkRvLaecUWL7r1qBCkjTeclFv-rC3oaRrSCHpgOAlUZoBwME5HJF26WankN/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Patrons at a packed three-storey karaoke lounge in Jalan Sultan had their night out cut short on Dec 9 when the police raided the outlet at 11.30pm and arrested 44 people.</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 women, aged between 20 and 37, and five men, aged between 23 and 34, are being investigated for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The raid was part of the largest islandwide enforcement blitz since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020, with over 1,300 police officers deployed in the operation from Nov 21 to Dec 14.</div><div><br /></div><div>Led by various police land divisions and supported by several government agencies, the multi-agency operation ended with a total of 464 men and 295 women, aged between 15 and 88, being investigated for their involvement in various offences. </div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/ktv-raid-part-of-largest-enforcement-blitz-since-start-of-pandemic-759-being-probed" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>06 women and 1 man arrested during anti-vice operation at hotels, condos and HDB flats</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEGWV_CVpmq1sRrf1iexm0P7knasRGjt0CWAAGiyNPYK0EkmS4dDbgtdbYN1FShR1REOUZ6ZG4Vf24BKaSt_TRTn8rQcYSmIljpDfc7NX7JwN6UnpAXi1HyTex0eraktlBW5cqatPvwi3IReSnA0ueEDP-rfVroLhSIB4B9cnF-gk1jCqKeXcf9-O/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEGWV_CVpmq1sRrf1iexm0P7knasRGjt0CWAAGiyNPYK0EkmS4dDbgtdbYN1FShR1REOUZ6ZG4Vf24BKaSt_TRTn8rQcYSmIljpDfc7NX7JwN6UnpAXi1HyTex0eraktlBW5cqatPvwi3IReSnA0ueEDP-rfVroLhSIB4B9cnF-gk1jCqKeXcf9-O/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div>A man and 106 women, aged between 19 and 55, were arrested during a 32-day enforcement operation against vice-related activities.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police said that between Aug 27 and Sep 27, sustained coordinated enforcement operations were conducted at multiple locations island-wide.</div><div><br /></div><div>These included condominiums, hotels and residential units in Jurong, Sims Avenue, Hougang, Geylang, Admiralty, Tiong Bahru, Kim Keat Road, Choa Chu Kang, Eastwood, Middle Road and Moulmein Road.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/106-women-and-1-man-arrested-during-anti-vice-operation-at-hotels-condos-and" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>7 women arrested, 1 man charged over vice-related activities at Orchard Towers</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQYzi8MyIiLHVEkvSBV8UW-tiLbzbCkFkwWfaHensQrDEPyEjCZw1GhYJhrdrZxFaORCCRLiUTKDq1KfObvqFqgtVGQb705h7z8-9VX57s-1gZSzY6zeSOggvsNTYiP64z-elKeDVyLbm5mkSRk7klBy9NhA-MV_yaOIB8UzMV8OvLD9lpl12YqkF/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQYzi8MyIiLHVEkvSBV8UW-tiLbzbCkFkwWfaHensQrDEPyEjCZw1GhYJhrdrZxFaORCCRLiUTKDq1KfObvqFqgtVGQb705h7z8-9VX57s-1gZSzY6zeSOggvsNTYiP64z-elKeDVyLbm5mkSRk7klBy9NhA-MV_yaOIB8UzMV8OvLD9lpl12YqkF/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>A 52-year-old man has been charged with allegedly operating an unlicensed massage parlour at Orchard Towers, while seven women were arrested for their involvement in suspected vice-related activities.</div><div><br /></div><div>This came after officers from Tanglin Police Division conducted a series of operations between July 7 and 19, targeting such activities at Orchard Towers.</div><div><br /></div><div>In a statement on Wednesday (July 27), police said the man was charged on July 20 under Section 5(1) of the Massage Establishments Act after investigations against him concluded.</div><div><b><br /></b></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/7-women-arrested-1-man-charged-over-vice-related-activities-at-orchard-towers" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>44 arrested in KTV raid, as part of largest enforcement blitz since start of pandemic</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PpYFNl6jevTO9FqAGEtFInimfXfkBOr3KCHXZln8Tz4OPhd5DxidRgNV8gzVUmr00pSTs2bcvRZtpkmCKTA0b8MZ1B4Xfo8VMh_SCzbGYJAB_Qijdh_Dobd033DqbPo59XlF9EGyCildbuC8aeV-mC2Gsd2kqrCXNx6IfH0hpfUu8fVxrxuv575_/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PpYFNl6jevTO9FqAGEtFInimfXfkBOr3KCHXZln8Tz4OPhd5DxidRgNV8gzVUmr00pSTs2bcvRZtpkmCKTA0b8MZ1B4Xfo8VMh_SCzbGYJAB_Qijdh_Dobd033DqbPo59XlF9EGyCildbuC8aeV-mC2Gsd2kqrCXNx6IfH0hpfUu8fVxrxuv575_/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The raid was part of the largest islandwide enforcement blitz since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE</span></i></div><br /><div>Patrons at a packed three-storey karaoke lounge in Jalan Sultan had their night out cut short on Dec 9 when the police raided the outlet at 11.30pm and arrested 44 people.</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 women, aged between 20 and 37, and five men, aged between 23 and 34, are being investigated for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The raid was part of the largest islandwide enforcement blitz since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020, with over 1,300 police officers deployed in the operation from Nov 21 to Dec 14.</div><div><br /></div><div>Led by various police land divisions and supported by several government agencies, the multi-agency operation ended with a total of 464 men and 295 women, aged between 15 and 88, being investigated for their involvement in various offences. Investigations against the 759 individuals are ongoing. The operation was aimed at clamping down on crime and illegal activities, such as illegal gambling, vice activities and drug-related offences, ahead of the festive season.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/44-arrested-in-ktv-raid-as-part-of-largest-enforcement-blitz-since-covid-19" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Man charged, seven women nabbed over vice-related activities at Orchard Towers</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJ3yd-aXCEeYU9waBe-L4l0hyoLrX9qLH0l-Dl9377OvnvQhZ42D5r_vHtXoUA2r-phn2Lem0D5zrhDVnZkY1ZofNe6Fn3jb7SSqwynCwrWs2YJ82ql2jjqi4eR7J2_AyCuAxGVPlsL2i3_4IEXWReTxTbnZAuv8OKaP_3m1eCXQBAwdrgTPGFzMm/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJ3yd-aXCEeYU9waBe-L4l0hyoLrX9qLH0l-Dl9377OvnvQhZ42D5r_vHtXoUA2r-phn2Lem0D5zrhDVnZkY1ZofNe6Fn3jb7SSqwynCwrWs2YJ82ql2jjqi4eR7J2_AyCuAxGVPlsL2i3_4IEXWReTxTbnZAuv8OKaP_3m1eCXQBAwdrgTPGFzMm/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>A 52-year-old man has been charged with allegedly operating an unlicensed massage parlour at Orchard Towers, while seven women were arrested for their involvement in suspected vice-related activities.</div><div><br /></div><div>This came after officers from Tanglin Police Division conducted a series of operations between July 7 and 19, targeting such activities at Orchard Towers. In a statement on Wednesday (July 27), police said the man was charged on July 20 under Section 5(1) of the Massage Establishments Act after investigations against him concluded.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The women, aged between 27 and 52, were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter. They are believed to have operated from individual outlets at Orchard Towers, police said.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-charged-seven-women-nabbed-over-vice-related-activities-at-orchard-towers" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>111 women and a man arrested for suspected vice-related activities</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNOwCqjTmNIoM9pp_ucyt81EIoPjSRhTjba-UJHj_p3-Vu5afVhKKO1yv86l8xghKkM6BfW80DAUoUGKnzZyV26_7A-CP82zuD-P5SLjK0A5jQ-4KsfNIavRnJtuoYuCHqFmCvPKo5SAqEyjN6urCXFJPkeI5_PlcPNKcJbP01c-_HKGXtIJ_UWJ6/s780/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNOwCqjTmNIoM9pp_ucyt81EIoPjSRhTjba-UJHj_p3-Vu5afVhKKO1yv86l8xghKkM6BfW80DAUoUGKnzZyV26_7A-CP82zuD-P5SLjK0A5jQ-4KsfNIavRnJtuoYuCHqFmCvPKo5SAqEyjN6urCXFJPkeI5_PlcPNKcJbP01c-_HKGXtIJ_UWJ6/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Police arrested 111 women and a man for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities after raiding multiple premises around Singapore between March and April.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>The women, aged between 20 and 50, and the man, 58, are being investigated for offences under the Women's Charter, said the police on Friday (May 13).</div><div><br /></div><div>"Some of the women arrested during this operation were believed to have advertised sexual services online," they added.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/111-women-and-a-man-arrested-for-suspected-vice-related-activities" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Police probe more than 130 people after raids on massage parlours</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9na_06Nl6_2SrT0YaJcp7UtDcMAQncC6IA-WzVpDpQWJOjd1YPR_G6yfSYczMqbjRJhktX_aKLB_fEGunGAwGgMVeOHEL-YFpNNh5PgYb4VbOhnVdQzgBC9UgBFTzPfOcNzAvi0so4dieNO0rFoOn-ULXXEOtW3hevuFS83IXXboyCNYDICqGYMb/s780/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9na_06Nl6_2SrT0YaJcp7UtDcMAQncC6IA-WzVpDpQWJOjd1YPR_G6yfSYczMqbjRJhktX_aKLB_fEGunGAwGgMVeOHEL-YFpNNh5PgYb4VbOhnVdQzgBC9UgBFTzPfOcNzAvi0so4dieNO0rFoOn-ULXXEOtW3hevuFS83IXXboyCNYDICqGYMb/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>More than 130 people are assisting with police investigations following islandwide enforcement checks on massage parlours between January and last month this year.</div><div><br /></div><div>A total of 100 massage establishments were found to have committed offences such as allegedly providing massage services without a valid licence and failing to ensure employees do not provide sexual services, said the police in a statement on Thursday (April 7).</div><div><br /></div><div>The enforcement checks were conducted on 238 massage parlours between Jan 24 and March 26 this year. Among the 138 people the police rounded up, 39 women were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter and the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/police-investigating-more-than-130-people-after-enforcement-checks-on-massage-parlours" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>399 people under investigation following police raids on massage, entertainment outlets</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ApHK147EIwr_C2O82PeI-s6Zoi91VdusfIKK2yk1ThPe6gMsygfX43uu4Q480frnWq_r7xo3t47EBxEtJRouVVwaja7V7stskgzbrq5ZY7NOUz7ffuv6pXJI6qA2lAgSoIxnyu7n1E2mjc8j7-rG7iiqhMLhXAk2SwGpje8U5eWrLry42vnP3UEp/s780/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ApHK147EIwr_C2O82PeI-s6Zoi91VdusfIKK2yk1ThPe6gMsygfX43uu4Q480frnWq_r7xo3t47EBxEtJRouVVwaja7V7stskgzbrq5ZY7NOUz7ffuv6pXJI6qA2lAgSoIxnyu7n1E2mjc8j7-rG7iiqhMLhXAk2SwGpje8U5eWrLry42vnP3UEp/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Police raiding a illegal massage parlour in Chinatown on Dec 10, 2021. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>A massage parlour allegedly solicited customers seeking sexual services through a website, and in a raid on the unit located on the second storey of a shophouse along Temple Street in Chinatown last Friday (Dec 10), five women and a man were arrested and condoms and bottles of lubricants were seized.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>The Straits Times, which accompanied officers from the Singapore Police Force, Singapore Civil Defence Force and Central Narcotics Bureau during a joint operation that day, also witnessed another raid on an unlicensed unit in Race Course Road which offered massage services but was masquerading as a spa.</div><div><br /></div><div>The raids were part of an islandwide operation conducted by the police on 159 massage establishments and 110 public entertainment outlets between Oct 24 and last Saturday, and 399 people are under investigation following the operation.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/399-people-under-investigation-following-police-raids-on-massage" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>183 people facing police probe after raids on 70 nightlife outlets, including unlicensed KTVs</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStdzxPeULjxt6oP0aeVhlFELA7NXHd-Z8HlvOCzo0Wtb8cwaSnOkwNbds5AnNlxdmCx0wF5tzXzuXIgx_sUhduqIK8UzdLwr7nlHfn74NIOfSjHXft4yaIzQ-QocrMDdNTlTmuOgeFFDgfWgYWdpD5UFADqyZWVv58Pu_sCF4FWqN22--FNx1vpAg/s780/0a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStdzxPeULjxt6oP0aeVhlFELA7NXHd-Z8HlvOCzo0Wtb8cwaSnOkwNbds5AnNlxdmCx0wF5tzXzuXIgx_sUhduqIK8UzdLwr7nlHfn74NIOfSjHXft4yaIzQ-QocrMDdNTlTmuOgeFFDgfWgYWdpD5UFADqyZWVv58Pu_sCF4FWqN22--FNx1vpAg/s320/0a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>A total of 183 people are being investigated by the police following islandwide checks on 70 entertainment and nightlife outlets.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police said in a statement on Wednesday (Nov 3) that the checks took place between Sept 13 and Oct 23.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fifteen public entertainment and nightlife outlets were found to have flouted Covid-19 measures, breached regulations under the Public Entertainments Act and the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act, and broke other laws.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/183-people-facing-police-probe-after-raids-on-70-nightlife-outlets" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>KTV lounge linked to Covid-19 cluster fined for flouting licensing conditions</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFK6N9LltakTu5-PoComarK_LqjDKTfd6tGp0KaJyXt0tk0EChPeadBQles42dTvw4Du4DLsTVqQ_9NK4vWyjSt_TXTPxYtLc7W5V6ZK-_8oN1_yPd0O5BGRkzDGMVuBGONyO4zZKKcLSED7RWsTDF751SDWVh01lwAwdvbuyXf3LWJQBZGarypl1/s780/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFK6N9LltakTu5-PoComarK_LqjDKTfd6tGp0KaJyXt0tk0EChPeadBQles42dTvw4Du4DLsTVqQ_9NK4vWyjSt_TXTPxYtLc7W5V6ZK-_8oN1_yPd0O5BGRkzDGMVuBGONyO4zZKKcLSED7RWsTDF751SDWVh01lwAwdvbuyXf3LWJQBZGarypl1/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Club De Zara pleaded guilty to three counts of providing public entertainment in violation of a condition of its licence</span></i></div><b><br /></b><div>The operator of an establishment linked to the KTV Covid-19 cluster allowed its performers and freelance hostesses to mingle with patrons in 2019, even though it did not have approval from the authorities to do so.</div><div><br /></div><div>Club De Zara, which operates a KTV lounge of the same name in Textile Centre, was fined $15,000 on Wednesday (Aug 18).</div><div><br /></div><div>The company pleaded guilty to three counts of providing public entertainment in violation of a condition of its licence.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>related:</b> </span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/uncovering-the-ktv-butterfly-effect-in-singapore-as-covid-19-cluster-grows-to-88-cases"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Uncovering the KTV 'butterfly' effect in Singapore as Covid-19 cluster grows to 88 cases</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/ktv-lounge-linked-to-covid-19-cluster-fined-for-flouting-licensing-conditions" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>45 people being investigated after police raids on massage and entertainment outlets</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7LHTyXljMe3dRU_ruhtc4TggN8bwMMcBEbDQ0nmoGrSGNq8Yyvl-ByPyCN3smk06kSe0FOHovRiFgpk2g5quMKQaLUMcpf2NdG9uz4ltJcFgs3_F7UxxAw27iYMxYGSWAp5Cb-Q_lb9J3AftNSrd74j-k9LQyJOyvl5kZZqhYZ3zFRL6_AnFJI4A/s780/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7LHTyXljMe3dRU_ruhtc4TggN8bwMMcBEbDQ0nmoGrSGNq8Yyvl-ByPyCN3smk06kSe0FOHovRiFgpk2g5quMKQaLUMcpf2NdG9uz4ltJcFgs3_F7UxxAw27iYMxYGSWAp5Cb-Q_lb9J3AftNSrd74j-k9LQyJOyvl5kZZqhYZ3zFRL6_AnFJI4A/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Investigations against 29 individuals, comprising operators, masseuses and a customer, are ongoing. PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><br /><div>The police are investigating 45 people after conducting week-long raids on 42 massage parlours and nine unlicensed entertainment outlets.</div><div><br /></div><div>In a raid on an unlicensed KTV-concept outlet in Chang Charn Road, four women between the ages of 30 and 35 were arrested for working without valid work permits. Eleven persons on the premises are being investigated for alleged breaches of Covid-19 measures. A 40-year-old man has also been arrested for offences under the Public Entertainments Act and Liquor Control Act and for his suspected involvement in the management of this outlet.</div><div><br /></div><div>A total of 17 establishments are believed to have flouted rules under various Acts, such as the Massage Establishments Act and Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020. These include three outlets operating without a valid licence, and one that allegedly failed to ensure all of its customers wore a mask during the massage.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/45-people-being-investigated-after-police-raids-on-massage-and-entertainment" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>20 foreign women arrested for suspected involvement in vice activities at 3 KTV lounges</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhht_cA6e0lbRjToKEbL1rxfMlBJIrMYotlnquJrvfxEnhro3bJHGCsnqnsZ-lBG-0WBd2-9Rpl1gn4v9MpVHJVlNeRupomn0pkCTNP1r32UyuCNZHEo4rAwIOh1KSBI1dPqrL5m_nzjF3iyeivki8h39sNLkzU-4XpDfalhxUDW44euL4AJl1QrywH/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhht_cA6e0lbRjToKEbL1rxfMlBJIrMYotlnquJrvfxEnhro3bJHGCsnqnsZ-lBG-0WBd2-9Rpl1gn4v9MpVHJVlNeRupomn0pkCTNP1r32UyuCNZHEo4rAwIOh1KSBI1dPqrL5m_nzjF3iyeivki8h39sNLkzU-4XpDfalhxUDW44euL4AJl1QrywH/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/20-women-arrested-for-suspected-vice-activities-at-3-ktv-lounges-operating-as-fb"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Twenty women of South Korean, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese nationalities</span></a> have been arrested for suspected involvement in vice-related activities at three KTV lounges operating as food and beverage outlets.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>This followed an enforcement blitz conducted in South Bridge Road, Selegie Road and Geylang Road on Tuesday (July 13). The women are between the ages of 20 and 34, police said in a statement on Wednesday.</div><div><br /></div><div>They will be investigated for offences under the Women's Charter, the Immigration Act, and the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/20-foreign-women-arrested-for-suspected-involvement-in-vice-related" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Inside the S'pore Police Force's raid on unlicensed massage parlours & illegal gambling</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKOZ9NOwy6XsMvIi08h1Z5qFxU5TcX3p2DiScAcZKrzZfM3uqGzMRqdzCT1OvLPD9P4imBjrM-7CAnVNxAWJqGiFCNFPWXfzF7KcINA-8lvhB6HSQ6XoKEeO4uX7W_LR5rGfCOQWS5MeJSySe5eUfYQZo3FkPtF0S-h8DurqUGDyF7O6XonTZUrqE/s1000/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1000" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKOZ9NOwy6XsMvIi08h1Z5qFxU5TcX3p2DiScAcZKrzZfM3uqGzMRqdzCT1OvLPD9P4imBjrM-7CAnVNxAWJqGiFCNFPWXfzF7KcINA-8lvhB6HSQ6XoKEeO4uX7W_LR5rGfCOQWS5MeJSySe5eUfYQZo3FkPtF0S-h8DurqUGDyF7O6XonTZUrqE/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Investigations against 131 persons, comprising illegal massage parlour operators, masseuses & customers ongoing</span></i></div><b><br /></b><div>It could start with a seemingly innocuous text: “Hi I found you through this platform... when are you free to date?” One thing leads to another and before you know it you're lying flat on a massage bed, guided entirely by carnal desires.</div><div><br /></div><div>Such messages are often used by illegal massage establishments to solicit customers, the same kind of establishment that I found myself in on Dec. 10 to observe police proceedings.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Earlier that day, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) had conducted a crackdown on parlours suspected of having committed breaches under the Massage Establishments Act and the Massage Establishment Rules 2018. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The day's work was part of a larger island-wide operation that saw 159 massage establishments subjected to enforcement checks between Oct. 24 and Dec. 11, 2021, according to a news release from the SPF.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A total of 63 licensed and unlicensed establishments are alleged to have carried on the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage without a valid licence and failing to ensure employees do not provide sexual services, as well as breaches under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Police officers also found masseuses and customers allegedly not wearing a mask during the provision of massage services at two of these premises. S</span><span style="font-family: arial;">tanding from the outside, you wouldn’t have an inkling that the shophouse right in the heart of Chinatown was concealing sexual services. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Even inside, the place seemed normal enough — that is until you notice the sex toys, bottles of lube, and condoms.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>related:</b></span></div><div><a href="https://mothership.sg/2021/07/20-woman-arrested-ktv-lounge/"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">20 women arrested for suspected involvement in vice-related activities at 3 KTV lounges</span></span></a></div><div><a href="https://mothership.sg/2021/12/illegal-massage-entertainment-outlets-police-raid/"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Illegal massage & makeshift 'KTV-concept' outlets raided across S'pore, 399 people under investigation</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://mothership.sg/2021/12/police-raid-unlicensed-massage-illegal-gambling/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Illegal massage parlours and illegal gambling in Singapore: Inside a police raid</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7J6CIhqkt2H_nDAEHhcypKyulf99qJxho2lWNnN-mZ5T_JKV8C6iBVvVrjWYGksWExQXsvEBEB2XdZr0sGTQgxkEvxzu43fIFzRhTthoO6lZRaEdw2ijryRM92faA3yT4LmUmNC00_ukXL19nc3BucXB8cYIjAm7rEMQ0DdFoVUmoe-2LdXFyFdM/s830/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7J6CIhqkt2H_nDAEHhcypKyulf99qJxho2lWNnN-mZ5T_JKV8C6iBVvVrjWYGksWExQXsvEBEB2XdZr0sGTQgxkEvxzu43fIFzRhTthoO6lZRaEdw2ijryRM92faA3yT4LmUmNC00_ukXL19nc3BucXB8cYIjAm7rEMQ0DdFoVUmoe-2LdXFyFdM/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A makeshift shower beside the massage table in one of the illegal massage establishments. (Photo: Grace Yeoh)</span></i></div><br /><div>The nondescript shop had all the makings of an illegal massage parlour. Its name in broken English written in cursive font. An LED sign flashing: “Open”. Images of women with hair and makeup reminiscent of the 90s plastered across its shopfront.</div><div><br /></div><div>Past its questionable signboards, a heady mix of disinfectant and lubricant clung to its dark pink walls within. A bed, towels, tissue boxes and a few pairs of high-heeled shoes were strewn across the floor in several rooms. There was also a makeshift shower beside the massage table in one room, while another had several items on the bed: TOTO tickets, packets of cigarettes, an open box of face masks and several pieces of clothing.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Three women sat on a couch at the reception area, flanked by police officers and a glass cabinet lined with bottles of lubricant. This was one of the illegal parlours that reporters visited last Friday (Dec 10) afternoon, as part of the Singapore Police Force’s (SPF) islandwide enforcement checks on 159 massage establishments between Oct 24 and Dec 11.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/police-raid-massage-parlours-sexual-services-illegal-gambling-mahjong-spf-2378446" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10 hostesses arrested after caught mingling with customers at Sim Lim Square nightclub</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-842FN817i6usA9K4vdPj2yBm63aUKgQdpR_jq8zNgbgWo8g1YqMEoUthIUy8DBxDzWRR3V47x25V3kjQSLquombJEWU03ZmivtSYNiTC1SjojplkKW0oCY3J6znYFPpSkRndzr8PPLknbNQLYEFweqq709HmuTkkqJ-mbaJLhi5dAJqZZYidp7-p=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-842FN817i6usA9K4vdPj2yBm63aUKgQdpR_jq8zNgbgWo8g1YqMEoUthIUy8DBxDzWRR3V47x25V3kjQSLquombJEWU03ZmivtSYNiTC1SjojplkKW0oCY3J6znYFPpSkRndzr8PPLknbNQLYEFweqq709HmuTkkqJ-mbaJLhi5dAJqZZYidp7-p=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>A total of 28 individuals are under investigation following a police check on a nightlife establishment at Sim Lim Square on Wednesday night (Feb 9), including ten women who were arrested.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The group had been found within the nightclub's premises when the police conducted a check at around 9.35pm. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">"Among these 28 persons, 10 women, aged between 24 and 48, believed to be hostesses of Chinese, Malaysian and Vietnamese nationalities, were allegedly found to be intermingling and providing companionship to the establishment’s patrons within the premises," said the police.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">"One of the women also tested positive for COVID-19 using an Antigen Rapid Test (ART)." </span><span style="font-family: arial;">All 10 women were arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>related:</b> </span><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/20-women-arrested-for-suspected-vice-activities-at-3-ktv-lounges-operating-as-fb"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">20 women arrested for suspected vice activities at 3 KTV lounges operating as F&B outlets</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/10-hostesses-arrested-after-caught-mingling-with-customers-at-sim-lim-square" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Police uncover gambling and vice activities, illegal health products in Geylang after operation</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-S-uto-JzRlf0_6QSVvgveUTii-zMEjWu7b9WPOhs4NmW5PccYJjA370bTqnnAW4vsabP3PUiXAxlMmxRP3Dqu_SSsK1LQy_1B-Dh1Q48H7c3fC4kGLnHk1dw7IYkFXfIUXqVQgjjvaYsYPUYIZxXxX_-Gs9wLVhoNLLL-OdLec1EvUBY4-oTY03M=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-S-uto-JzRlf0_6QSVvgveUTii-zMEjWu7b9WPOhs4NmW5PccYJjA370bTqnnAW4vsabP3PUiXAxlMmxRP3Dqu_SSsK1LQy_1B-Dh1Q48H7c3fC4kGLnHk1dw7IYkFXfIUXqVQgjjvaYsYPUYIZxXxX_-Gs9wLVhoNLLL-OdLec1EvUBY4-oTY03M=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Thirty-four people are being investigated for various offences following a week-long multi-agency enforcement operation in Geylang from Jan 17 to 21. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The police said in a statement on Tuesday (Feb 8) that a total of 19 men and 15 women, aged between 25 and 79, are under investigation.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div><div>"During the operation targeting illegal activities and social disamenities at the Geylang Lorongs, three men, aged between 27 and 34, were arrested under suspicion of being members of unlawful societies," the police said.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police also conducted enforcement operations targeted at vice-related activities at a hotel located along Lorong 22 Geylang and a massage establishment outlet located along Geylang Road. A total of 10 women, aged between 32 and 48, were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter.</div><div><br /></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/police-uncover-gambling-and-vice-activities-illegal-health-products-in-geylang-after" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>399 people under investigation after police raids on massage, entertainment outlets</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgubIVMBJtU0LYrPFsAd01sp5pHG4IibZKqpZu4ZklLAv3bWvijLDVL4stshnqLTsLtcy6v5sBJrEOLbjmlCCfhFacIOdNcJSoQKuyaC1atuSdMrHFOCQS07QqIG_l5tGJMu04CLAQ6bWWju48aI34rqJ8xUDJ_cAJAZ46eXqXlGLfxlypYe9T8cnRW=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgubIVMBJtU0LYrPFsAd01sp5pHG4IibZKqpZu4ZklLAv3bWvijLDVL4stshnqLTsLtcy6v5sBJrEOLbjmlCCfhFacIOdNcJSoQKuyaC1atuSdMrHFOCQS07QqIG_l5tGJMu04CLAQ6bWWju48aI34rqJ8xUDJ_cAJAZ46eXqXlGLfxlypYe9T8cnRW=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div>A massage parlour allegedly solicited customers seeking sexual services through a website, and in a raid on the unit located on the second storey of a shophouse along Temple Street in Chinatown last Friday (Dec 10), five women and a man were arrested and condoms and bottles of lubricants were seized.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Straits Times, which accompanied officers from the Singapore Police Force, Singapore Civil Defence Force and Central Narcotics Bureau during a joint operation that day, also witnessed another raid on an unlicensed unit in Race Course Road which offered massage services but was masquerading as a spa.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The raids were part of an islandwide operation conducted by the police on 159 massage establishments and 110 public entertainment outlets between Oct 24 and last Saturday, and 399 people are under investigation following the operation.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/399-people-under-investigation-after-police-raids-on-massage-entertainment-outlets" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Unlicensed KTV-concept outlets raided, 187 people investigated following islandwide police operations</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHrRnrWFICqGDzqJGCCBy0p5GX_7CsraUc6TKfouYlztBVH0D7HANTJCSwuKjDnCtcJBRlRml71s0nyUtcTTOZZ965EF7DWhWaPAW2hKIGmyEakAU3qUsBLp04kDK9fWq_fVjcjDE8c-QGqYD41aKh6KGSswXjYWxHIOUbeyzPRrLFr4n2QggGZf0b=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHrRnrWFICqGDzqJGCCBy0p5GX_7CsraUc6TKfouYlztBVH0D7HANTJCSwuKjDnCtcJBRlRml71s0nyUtcTTOZZ965EF7DWhWaPAW2hKIGmyEakAU3qUsBLp04kDK9fWq_fVjcjDE8c-QGqYD41aKh6KGSswXjYWxHIOUbeyzPRrLFr4n2QggGZf0b=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Three public entertainment outlets were found to be operating without a licence during islandwide enforcement checks, the police said on Friday (Jan 28). Two of them were found to be operating as "KTV-concept" establishments.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>The first outlet was detected on Dec 18 at an office and industrial building located along Lorong 23 Geylang. A total of 37 men and 12 women aged between 21 and 42 were found there, along with private rooms each equipped with a karaoke system, speakers and microphones. Liquor was also allegedly provided to patrons. Two men, aged between 29 and 32, were identified as the operators of the unit and were arrested for the supply of liquor without a licence, added the police. They will also be investigated for failing to ensure the closure of a non-permitted enterprise. </div><div><br /></div><div>Two Vietnamese women, aged between 22 and 28, were also allegedly found to be providing hostessing services. They were arrested for working without a valid work permit. The 35 men and 10 women who were patrons at the unit will be investigated for flouting COVID-19 regulations, said the police.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/unlicensed-ktv-concept-outlets-raid-187-investigated-police-2466361" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Police probing 187 people following raids at public entertainment outlets</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNvrGvQFzSkyGg0ohTpAlYz1V__9tcu136SufgJwBvFkIStc62MLgFx9y9HrXPdIhqg2j4gYtz1NjMsFIuRyiwW5d_2T2YWzYy4SsFd2f7IK8TrRwHVxNggaTUwttZXPBDWTbe2nXILFgmI_45wHKb7Ck1iJpeAVJGrFGKl5kXYxu--KGOxdtpv4rT=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="830" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNvrGvQFzSkyGg0ohTpAlYz1V__9tcu136SufgJwBvFkIStc62MLgFx9y9HrXPdIhqg2j4gYtz1NjMsFIuRyiwW5d_2T2YWzYy4SsFd2f7IK8TrRwHVxNggaTUwttZXPBDWTbe2nXILFgmI_45wHKb7Ck1iJpeAVJGrFGKl5kXYxu--KGOxdtpv4rT=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The police are investigating 187 individuals for allegedly operating, working at or patronising public entertainment outlets, following a series of raids across one-and-a-half months since the end of last year.</div><div><br /></div><div>In a media release on Friday (Jan 28), the police said that operators of 16 public entertainment and nightlife outlets, some of which were unlicensed, were believed to have violated several legislations. These included selling alcohol without a licence, hiring foreign workers without a valid work permit and allowing the number of people gathered to exceed the maximum group size under Covid-19 safe distancing requirements. </div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>Police conducted checks at 103 public entertainment and nightlife outlets between Dec 12 last year and Jan 23. "The 187 persons being investigated comprise operators, staff and customers," they said, adding that investigations are ongoing.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/police-probing-187-people-following-raids-public-entertainment-outlets-1802301" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>187 under probe following raids on unlicensed entertainment outlets</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLfErUq_ZgVoxSIU2FFjF2zS-y14YWtxRS_aHLQrTc4MltzQElSs910HmFXFj1APQl_1ASJJMbJnF244d8MmHb57Cj8cXMFfFb0T0t7HgLx3eUTifk6aa0KXq67ex_jE90FutH_b3PILLgAgNMvwcB_JZSfRAbOp4WUGhOpFpIFILcZpO1a837SdXB=s780" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLfErUq_ZgVoxSIU2FFjF2zS-y14YWtxRS_aHLQrTc4MltzQElSs910HmFXFj1APQl_1ASJJMbJnF244d8MmHb57Cj8cXMFfFb0T0t7HgLx3eUTifk6aa0KXq67ex_jE90FutH_b3PILLgAgNMvwcB_JZSfRAbOp4WUGhOpFpIFILcZpO1a837SdXB=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The police are investigating 187 people following an islandwide crackdown on public entertainment and nightlife outlets.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enforcement checks were conducted between Dec 12 last year and Jan 23, and operators, staff and customers of 103 such establishments are under investigation, the police said in a statement on Friday (Jan 28).</div><div><br /></div><div>The operators of 16 outlets were found to have committed various breaches under the Public Entertainments Act, Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act and Covid-19 regulations.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/188-people-under-investigation-following-raids-on-unlicensed-entertainment-outlets" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>S'pore police raid unlicensed KTVs over Christmas weekend, 131 people aged 16-44 under investigation</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ9_iKKJ9BDnSpGmB0sHcBHDsBHbHbMGCbc72eyMWid80xjdbue9hIaxuCyn0Khdh-73OewBGXfe4F5Yp_hCco82zJbMPEpGWbYRRYOoVabg-OEQVqRD8A5H-aTVdF3TNjee6fEbo-usC0SKnmDV3KqQDfT5q88JR6urovAYPOo6TUm29i4rp5HNge=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="1000" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ9_iKKJ9BDnSpGmB0sHcBHDsBHbHbMGCbc72eyMWid80xjdbue9hIaxuCyn0Khdh-73OewBGXfe4F5Yp_hCco82zJbMPEpGWbYRRYOoVabg-OEQVqRD8A5H-aTVdF3TNjee6fEbo-usC0SKnmDV3KqQDfT5q88JR6urovAYPOo6TUm29i4rp5HNge=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is investigating 131 men and women, aged between 16 and 44, following a multi-agency enforcement operation conducted from Dec. 24 to 25, 2021. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The operation was led by Tanglin Police Division and supported by officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Tourism Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">During the operation that targeted licensed and unlicensed public entertainment and nightlife outlets, a total of 29 outlets were inspected. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Four of the outlets were found to have committed breaches under the Public Entertainments Act 1958, the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015, the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020 and the Fire Safety Act 1993. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">During the operation, a purported unlicensed "KTV-concept" outlet, furnished with six private rooms, was detected at a commercial unit located along Sophia Road.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A total of 40 men and 12 women aged between 20 and 44 were found allegedly singing karaoke and consuming liquor within the unit. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Amongst persons found in the unit, a 22-year-old man, who was believed to be the operator of the outlet, was also arrested under the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">He will also be investigated under the Public Entertainments Act 1958. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The operator and 51 patrons are being investigated for non-compliance with safe distancing measures as well.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://mothership.sg/2022/01/unlicensed-ktvs-raid-christmas-weekend/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>87 people hauled up after checks on 101 massage establishments islandwide</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3K8vw0RbDfUGPi4uz1kct4NU6-lbEkBqza72YYXha1iNTf43Je7rOL4cMR9OqAyHagOvvqiAs0f66SsLQyqRtjEyoMgXCZYoIRhzZ9uNU70x2Ewa2CyURt1N8NrZUelSXEhRX61l_Ow-zrXygwpjOy8rp2EuW0smaQXhEw4skf92yC6ivdXRzs-Hs=s780" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3K8vw0RbDfUGPi4uz1kct4NU6-lbEkBqza72YYXha1iNTf43Je7rOL4cMR9OqAyHagOvvqiAs0f66SsLQyqRtjEyoMgXCZYoIRhzZ9uNU70x2Ewa2CyURt1N8NrZUelSXEhRX61l_Ow-zrXygwpjOy8rp2EuW0smaQXhEw4skf92yC6ivdXRzs-Hs=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A total of 31 establishments were found allegedly providing massage services without a valid licence. PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Eighty-seven people have been hauled up following islandwide enforcement checks on 101 massage establishments between Sept 13 and Oct 23.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A total of 31 establishments were found allegedly providing massage services without a valid licence and failing to ensure that employees do not provide sexual services. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The police have arrested 46 women.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Ten establishments were found to have allegedly breached Covid-19 safe distancing measures by failing to ensure that all persons wear a mask within the licensed premises, and that interactions among staff and customers are minimised.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b>related:</b></div><div><a href="https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/20-women-arrested-suspected-vice-activities-3-ktv-outlets"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">20 women arrested for suspected vice activities at 3 KTV outlets</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/29-arrested-99-under-investigation-after-police-raids-on-nearly-300-massage"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">99 under probe, 29 arrested after police raids on nearly 300 massage, entertainment outlets</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/6-women-arrested-for-alleged-involvement-in-sexual-services-in-massage"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">6 women arrested for alleged involvement in sexual services in massage parlours</span></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/87-people-hauled-after-checks-101-massage-establishments-islandwide" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>101 MASSAGE PARLOURS RAIDED, 46 WOMEN ARRESTED</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCO1ovcwsWnyznuNRFBNLlDR3KCDoZCSunzPKXjZPtdIw2v6GKjsW6_m1E4brVn7kzRd6_sZZxcKdPFp-otXpKay4-vqyna29q9vbnRJkrtnaDtuQFDAvkOlE46nr7bMLm9WkRaFn-v5S7vhcIScbTXsbAFE2FVauEoeghlKnoThqpH6b6gueMBuOl/s1536/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCO1ovcwsWnyznuNRFBNLlDR3KCDoZCSunzPKXjZPtdIw2v6GKjsW6_m1E4brVn7kzRd6_sZZxcKdPFp-otXpKay4-vqyna29q9vbnRJkrtnaDtuQFDAvkOlE46nr7bMLm9WkRaFn-v5S7vhcIScbTXsbAFE2FVauEoeghlKnoThqpH6b6gueMBuOl/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>According to the Police, a raid was conducted by the authorities on 101 massage parlours which lead to the investigation of 87 individuals.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of the massage parlours were caught breaching COVID-19 rules, while some did not have a license and some were found with employees providing “special service”.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Police said that 46 women were arrested.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://singaporeuncensored.com/101-massage-parlours-raided-46-women-arrested/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>87 people investigated following raids on 101 massage establishments</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlenmfuo3ACxIVj4qeTxiK1THVe9QcwxhE1GKErWLXxGAMOH2a_kDg1SRNz98wii6rC4b_LqXMTLk6MiWDFAltRuF2ncwE44Qhd4JZnZ_vJiGFAzcnyEyaZbDu-DaVbSvaH5gDMd8At1Cs_7IDiYDoos0QdQ4V-68q_guQd6gYXzqOE-8ysNToRO-/s830/0c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlenmfuo3ACxIVj4qeTxiK1THVe9QcwxhE1GKErWLXxGAMOH2a_kDg1SRNz98wii6rC4b_LqXMTLk6MiWDFAltRuF2ncwE44Qhd4JZnZ_vJiGFAzcnyEyaZbDu-DaVbSvaH5gDMd8At1Cs_7IDiYDoos0QdQ4V-68q_guQd6gYXzqOE-8ysNToRO-/s320/0c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>A total of 87 people are being investigated following islandwide raids on 101 massage establishments, the police said on Saturday (Nov 6).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>Thirty-one massage parlours were found to have breached rules governing massage establishments during enforcement operations between Sep 13 and Oct 23.</div><div><br /></div><div>These breaches include allegedly carrying on a business of providing massage services in an establishment without a valid licence and failing to ensure employees do not provide sexual services. Ten massage establishments were also found to have flouted COVID-19 regulations.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/massage-establishment-police-raid-87-investigated-covid-19-2295226" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">183 people under probe after police raids on nightspots including unlicensed ‘KTV-concept’ joints</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZIBJIRDdrGWBXwaNgOcZpXJl1W1Gq2hDRSCiY4C1osH-KA3L6Gsu-mxUL0aD1-wpBf_m4IF34PHyV3rTgse3aoqjyzuarWxsHa3u9143EZlqQp89BZ5oVMHCxPaDGuaMcC6CdRa_MMxUhWE2DEmhnG_7U10JdWEwZi6765eJGV8a8i0YLRkrMQmh1=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZIBJIRDdrGWBXwaNgOcZpXJl1W1Gq2hDRSCiY4C1osH-KA3L6Gsu-mxUL0aD1-wpBf_m4IF34PHyV3rTgse3aoqjyzuarWxsHa3u9143EZlqQp89BZ5oVMHCxPaDGuaMcC6CdRa_MMxUhWE2DEmhnG_7U10JdWEwZi6765eJGV8a8i0YLRkrMQmh1=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">An unlicensed “KTV-concept” outlet operating within a mixed-use industrial unit along Tagore Lane in the Upper Thomson area</span></i></div></div><br /><div><div>The police are investigating 183 people after islandwide enforcement checks on 70 public entertainment and nightlife outlets between Sept 13 and Oct 23.</div><div><br /></div><div>A total of 15 outlets were found to have committed various public entertainment and liquor control offences, as well as breaches of Covid-19 laws, the police said in a statement on Wednesday (Nov 3). Several of the operators were also purportedly running unlicensed “KTV-concept” outlets, the police added.</div><div><br /></div><div>Among the cases was an illegal KTV joint allegedly operating within a shophouse unit along Syed Alwi Road in Little India. In a raid on Oct 2, the police found eight men and a woman there who were aged between 18 and 33.</div><div><br /></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/183-people-under-probe-after-police-raids-nightspots-including-unlicensed-ktv-concept" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">99 under probe, with 29 arrested, after police raids on nearly 300 massage, entertainment outlets</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFYi0zboqwBwClfCMyVcdPIu1pjPQUJ2-gETw1dh7yIq8niOVMM8xXvoQzb-1rR41JvtRtPlOo150x1XOz7cPnFRBIBe0r5ApC4yCmmzN3vnhJODah0wkQaVrcnV5dHRr0YxhRAJB0qvFuhY6as6RA_73KQT0d3rEXf7yOjpZNvQgdNUS-pczV7zEa=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFYi0zboqwBwClfCMyVcdPIu1pjPQUJ2-gETw1dh7yIq8niOVMM8xXvoQzb-1rR41JvtRtPlOo150x1XOz7cPnFRBIBe0r5ApC4yCmmzN3vnhJODah0wkQaVrcnV5dHRr0YxhRAJB0qvFuhY6as6RA_73KQT0d3rEXf7yOjpZNvQgdNUS-pczV7zEa=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The raids took place between Aug 19 and Sept 24, 2021. PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><br /><div>Nearly a hundred people are under investigation and 29 of them have been arrested following a police crackdown on 283 massage establishments and public entertainment and nightlife outlets.</div><div><br /></div><div>The raids took place between Aug 19 and Sept 24, the police said in a statement on Saturday (Oct 2).</div><div><br /></div><div>A total of 32 of 192 massage establishments raided were found to have broken the law.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>related: </b></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/45-people-being-investigated-after-police-raids-on-massage-and-entertainment"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">45 people being investigated after polic</span>e <span style="color: #3d85c6;">raids on massage and entertainment outlets</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/29-arrested-99-under-investigation-after-police-raids-on-nearly-300-massage" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>45 people under investigation after raids on massage parlours, unlicensed entertainment outlets</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG9CA1nu9btQynzhRsJtXtMN1rF1MQMjaHc5u2kQhsvnad0G6VtYnRsb3oHJwjSl9sK5vCybw2LenJI_0Ez-FmS4dDaVV9sRqtH3MQQ8F8V1xMsyPVzDVtnb4H-ETcU1z0_lMweVzz-zhk4ob6iKxb6LcgYEPDXKXY7nNVGJLDuCa79gdEZzSfZ8td=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG9CA1nu9btQynzhRsJtXtMN1rF1MQMjaHc5u2kQhsvnad0G6VtYnRsb3oHJwjSl9sK5vCybw2LenJI_0Ez-FmS4dDaVV9sRqtH3MQQ8F8V1xMsyPVzDVtnb4H-ETcU1z0_lMweVzz-zhk4ob6iKxb6LcgYEPDXKXY7nNVGJLDuCa79gdEZzSfZ8td=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Police are investigating 45 people following a recent week-long enforcement operation against massage establishments and unlicensed public entertainment outlets. (Photo: Singapore Police Force)</span></i></div><br /><div>The authorities are investigating 45 people following islandwide enforcement operations on 42 massage parlours and nine public entertainment outlets between Aug 9 and 15, the police said in a news release on Friday (Aug 20).</div><div><br /></div><div>This includes an unlicensed KTV-concept outlet along Chang Charn Road, where four women aged between 30 and 33 were arrested for allegedly working without a valid work permit.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another 11 people in the premises are being investigated for allegedly breaching COVID-19 restrictions. </div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/police-raids-massage-parlour-unlicensed-public-entertainment-outlets-illegal-2125271" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Nine women arrested at three unlicensed massage outlets in police raids</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5mZPnifQEjmsq3wwVoVsirqQ4Sl8_cmsYqPL7ZvavPC6uRLzfxVzpir_G2nWv-NYxItmn4YICBUAIw7Yv6jZVU6CF4mPdUUx3eS93hALvKlwHvCe9ggJ-gUBTQ16SKFU8hCUT8h1066ZMPkKfejgEnLGCPsfd1H8sXdT0VuIa5m4JcWmcUGdpNBE1=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5mZPnifQEjmsq3wwVoVsirqQ4Sl8_cmsYqPL7ZvavPC6uRLzfxVzpir_G2nWv-NYxItmn4YICBUAIw7Yv6jZVU6CF4mPdUUx3eS93hALvKlwHvCe9ggJ-gUBTQ16SKFU8hCUT8h1066ZMPkKfejgEnLGCPsfd1H8sXdT0VuIa5m4JcWmcUGdpNBE1=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The outlets were purportedly found to be operating without a valid licence.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Nine women who worked at massage parlours in Little India were arrested following police enforcement operations on three establishments between Sept 16 and 17.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>The three outlets were purportedly found to be operating without a valid licence, in violation of the Massage Establishments Act, said the police on Friday (Sept 24).</div><div><br /></div><div>The nine masseuses, aged between 22 and 47, were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter. Police did not specify the offences, but said investigations are under way.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b>related: </b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/6-people-under-investigation-after-police-raid-massage-establishments"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">6 people under investigation after police raid massage outlets in Ang Mo Kio, Upper Serangoon</span></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/nine-women-arrested-at-three-unlicensed-massage-outlets-in-police-raids" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>6 women arrested for alleged involvement in sexual services in massage parlours</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU34N9BaUTQPSBaj33rsoE7eq6CTmvD2GEbmwCX4uN6buiUYuGghSgLqmoQ7FiILB6TYeaHYKFRVxUsvVRLY9xgR2fdowMFs93hLC6hyfZUcygxluCYAChI_ZqElt8sL-Kr5CPOuX9J6oRkX43No53vurhj06_wcSo-acE2pnfACM60gtFPoimaqlX=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU34N9BaUTQPSBaj33rsoE7eq6CTmvD2GEbmwCX4uN6buiUYuGghSgLqmoQ7FiILB6TYeaHYKFRVxUsvVRLY9xgR2fdowMFs93hLC6hyfZUcygxluCYAChI_ZqElt8sL-Kr5CPOuX9J6oRkX43No53vurhj06_wcSo-acE2pnfACM60gtFPoimaqlX=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">They were nabbed following raids by the police on three massage establishments on Oct 5 and 7. PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><br /><div>Six women, aged between 28 and 39, were arrested for allegedly providing or advertising to provide sexual services in massage parlours, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in a statement on Monday (Oct 11).</div><div><br /></div><div>They were nabbed following raids by the police on three massage establishments located in Kim Keat Lane, Turf Club Road and Sophia Road last Tuesday and Thursday.</div><div><br /></div><div>One of the three outlets was found to be allegedly providing massage services in an establishment for massage without a valid licence.</div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/6-women-arrested-for-alleged-involvement-in-sexual-services-in-massage" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>35 people to be charged in court after police raid unlicensed KTV</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAAMPYjQIkKu_8dts2MjFs5iHIlEKFqxdchENwu3T8vL1_8K8MQHZsOizwYZ3-q8tll1dtsz6cGrFZLUezxkf8wIhX5uf5WLDh3QxBhFjBiYF9A9W-9NMZZm03EIIJdU-o1Mv5ZKQke_Occ-bE-61SMcxsB0-m3qpetY80nWQSeireEjAbbugMJJX/s780/0d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAAMPYjQIkKu_8dts2MjFs5iHIlEKFqxdchENwu3T8vL1_8K8MQHZsOizwYZ3-q8tll1dtsz6cGrFZLUezxkf8wIhX5uf5WLDh3QxBhFjBiYF9A9W-9NMZZm03EIIJdU-o1Mv5ZKQke_Occ-bE-61SMcxsB0-m3qpetY80nWQSeireEjAbbugMJJX/s320/0d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The police will be charging 35 people aged between 17 and 34 who were caught in an unlicensed KTV operating in a unit in Tradehub 21 at Boon Lay Way.</div><div><br /></div><div>They will be charged in court on Wednesday (Sept 22) with violating restrictions on leaving their place of residence.</div><div><br /></div><div>In a statement on Tuesday, the police said 44 people were found in the unit on Jan 1 this year. Public entertainment and liquor were allegedly provided.</div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b>related: </b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/6-people-under-investigation-after-police-raid-massage-establishments">6 people under investigation after police raid massage outlets in Ang Mo Kio, Upper Serangoon</a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/35-people-to-be-charged-in-court-after-police-raid-on-unlicensed-ktv" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>9 people investigated after police raid massage establishments</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBFCZhA--pyxzWz2wnT9jE36WnyS5GCEUjRncvcnt5N3JIp_nWHMwFI7qaNTmx3yKu3C3RJeODzr6sxdQ4AWZdTYHJNPEFIJ6xgNyBr6zJTgcL-gFaXdXGyce2Ww0G-sdeYOYUQGA0hM6waRU8Vwsuw_R2OpEi_kAAYlWXVDJE6DCyqsvWl1Tjthmg=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBFCZhA--pyxzWz2wnT9jE36WnyS5GCEUjRncvcnt5N3JIp_nWHMwFI7qaNTmx3yKu3C3RJeODzr6sxdQ4AWZdTYHJNPEFIJ6xgNyBr6zJTgcL-gFaXdXGyce2Ww0G-sdeYOYUQGA0hM6waRU8Vwsuw_R2OpEi_kAAYlWXVDJE6DCyqsvWl1Tjthmg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The people under investigation include masseuses and outlet operators. PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><br /><div>Nine people are under investigation following a series of police raids on massage establishments.</div><div><br /></div><div>They include masseuses as well as outlet operators.</div><div><br /></div><div>Seven outlets were found to have committed various offences under the Massage Establishments Act, with four outlets allegedly operating without valid licenses, said the police in a statement on Saturday (Aug 14).</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b>related:</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/18k-fine-for-elderly-man-whose-massage-business-offered-sex-services-amid" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">$18k fine for elderly man whose massage business offered sex services amid circuit breaker</span></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/consumer/10-massage-outlets-and-their-customers-fined-for-flouting-covid-19-mask-rules" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">10 massage outlets and their customers fined for flouting Covid-19 mask rules</span></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/9-people-investigated-after-police-raid-massage-establishment" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>67 arrested for vice activities, illegal gambling, drug offences and more</b></div></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3iwOqrIPfgbD_2YlblH3i0TjOXpRgJ_pYSKbjaNbTBWMyd46WlGq5NQBfd63BN7g48H05dao5iAbRiuxxO7vKWR5GVP5FxGxQwjNhqmiQ_QAZILL5FplPeQOUbJeRGgPdMg3uO_0cFGr_L_wZ3Lv8IKUlnD_oaEaT6hKJ7vue4sXCHU9SFKOVCR4m=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3iwOqrIPfgbD_2YlblH3i0TjOXpRgJ_pYSKbjaNbTBWMyd46WlGq5NQBfd63BN7g48H05dao5iAbRiuxxO7vKWR5GVP5FxGxQwjNhqmiQ_QAZILL5FplPeQOUbJeRGgPdMg3uO_0cFGr_L_wZ3Lv8IKUlnD_oaEaT6hKJ7vue4sXCHU9SFKOVCR4m=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>A group of 67 people, aged between 27 and 85, were arrested for their suspected involvement in various offences during an island-wide operation conducted between Dec 15 and Saturday (Dec 26).</div><div><br /></div><div>The police said in a statement that the anti-crime operation targeted criminal activities island-wide, including congregation hotspots such as Clarke Quay, Orchard Road and Boat Quay.</div><div><br /></div><div>46 men and 21 women were arrested for suspected vice-related activities, illegal gambling, being members of unlawful societies and offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act and Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/67-arrested-for-vice-activities-illegal-gambling-drug-offences-and-more" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>THIRTY-NINE PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN POLICE OPERATION AGAINST UNLICENSED PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT OUTLETS</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2vfmEbkkcxCAk5zFzuDJB12KWGTuGLKljhXV8ezqkIx67Xxx8u_GWkm32_PY4PDYoYnLSUH2xUtm6NT6M65cwQbgU2I-CLZBz_XeUMn1q_fEcfFlPmukoNhDT-WLWVlvmo3cq1NqP8M3yu8_u7IQZM9BxeTDcB7woXluuqT1YmBJDHarXiQS_DKv/s1536/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2vfmEbkkcxCAk5zFzuDJB12KWGTuGLKljhXV8ezqkIx67Xxx8u_GWkm32_PY4PDYoYnLSUH2xUtm6NT6M65cwQbgU2I-CLZBz_XeUMn1q_fEcfFlPmukoNhDT-WLWVlvmo3cq1NqP8M3yu8_u7IQZM9BxeTDcB7woXluuqT1YmBJDHarXiQS_DKv/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The Police have arrested three men, aged between 24 and 37, in an operation to clamp down on unlicensed public entertainment outlets. Thirty-six persons who were found in the units will also be investigated for alleged non-compliance with safe distancing measures under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.</div><div><br /></div><div>On 17 July 2021, the Police conducted an operation against two unlicensed public entertainment outlets located along Selegie Road and Tagore Lane. In both units, public entertainment and liquor were believed to have been provided without a valid licence. Karaoke equipment, liquor bottles and beer cans found at both units were seized for investigations.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the operation at a shophouse along Selegie Road, 14 men and nine women, aged between 20 and 31, were allegedly found socializing at the location. Two 24-year-old men, believed to be operators of the unit, were arrested under the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act for allegedly supplying liquor without a licence.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.police.gov.sg/media-room/news/20210718_thirty-nine_persons_under_inv_in_police_op_against_unlicensed_pub_entertainment_outlets" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>ENFORCEMENT OPERATION AGAINST UNLICENSED PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT OUTLETS</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ4bCkT8GK7dgCkr6QYjyrJj1GJgnu3xkDs0cnCnXcYHqAdlYByVXTcRkI7eYCaW_f3egte0L3Qc5bRI3fOpag_6DV-rMv796D76gKLiNx4CXSMYLFM5JmsQutqpQK84XxyouiiBarXRpGHoroOGITvKnJYOo6f1izAtA-UZZS58rM7G9O5dC5vOL/s780/0a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ4bCkT8GK7dgCkr6QYjyrJj1GJgnu3xkDs0cnCnXcYHqAdlYByVXTcRkI7eYCaW_f3egte0L3Qc5bRI3fOpag_6DV-rMv796D76gKLiNx4CXSMYLFM5JmsQutqpQK84XxyouiiBarXRpGHoroOGITvKnJYOo6f1izAtA-UZZS58rM7G9O5dC5vOL/s320/0a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>The Police conducted an enforcement operation against unlicensed public entertainment outlets located along Kitchener Road and Verdun Road on 2 and 3 April 2021.</span></div><div><span><div><br /></div><div>During the operation conducted by Central Police Division, three outlets were found to have contravened the Public Entertainments Act, Liquor Control Act 2015, and the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020. 34 men and 11 women, aged between 24 and 66, will be investigated for allegedly flouting the rules and regulations under the Public Entertainments Act and Liquor Control Act 2015, as well as for their suspected breach of COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations for gathering in a group of more than eight persons.</div><div><br /></div><div>Six men and one woman, aged between 23 and 38, were also arrested for offences under the Liquor Control Act 2015 and Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. One other 38-year-old man, established to have an outstanding warrant of arrest, was also arrested. Items such as karaoke equipment and liquor were seized as exhibits.</div></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.police.gov.sg/media-room/news/20210403_enforcement_op_against_unlicensed_public_entertainment_outlets" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><b>20 women arrested for suspected vice activities at 3 KTV lounges operating as F&B outlets</b></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhXZVXSyXPRfsnkCTFwBn-2l23azqc8GbuffLJFWFVddNk7hNZUT1w-RFHZU4qRsCR6huVaC7scGeZ6CvA25jAXQywmM3o5wZwSQFYRAumRpe_h5LjwkAcEtacm8NZQjz5Qaqhqkatsc/s700/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhXZVXSyXPRfsnkCTFwBn-2l23azqc8GbuffLJFWFVddNk7hNZUT1w-RFHZU4qRsCR6huVaC7scGeZ6CvA25jAXQywmM3o5wZwSQFYRAumRpe_h5LjwkAcEtacm8NZQjz5Qaqhqkatsc/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div>Twenty women have been arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities within three pivoted KTV lounges operating as food and beverage outlets.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police said in a statement on Wednesday (July 14) that the arrests were made in an anti-crime operation conducted along South Bridge Road, Selegie Road and Geylang Road on Tuesday (July 13).</div><div><br /></div><div>The women, aged between 20 and 34, are of Korean, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese nationalities. They will be investigated for offences under the Women's Charter, the Immigration Act and the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</div></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></div></span></b><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/20-women-arrested-for-suspected-vice-activities-at-3-ktv-lounges-operating-as-fb" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">20 foreign women arrested for suspected involvement in vice activities at 3 KTV lounges</span></b><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdHs9HbjYmE96m02FgsIMa6SQR7WIDj9KBCuHNvA2r6IKmc7l4LNI_s3Kr1VyRf7DrWSZI4RmA4oqLR23pAxtjblv-tVcDViHNwD0QoJ7IIniM0FU-KT4PPYp-TnaPm2BA-mrEeNKRKO9EQFRGtGkUsjc42nT0k-FEnXXIQAuvbFjylNB4MES2966/s1536/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdHs9HbjYmE96m02FgsIMa6SQR7WIDj9KBCuHNvA2r6IKmc7l4LNI_s3Kr1VyRf7DrWSZI4RmA4oqLR23pAxtjblv-tVcDViHNwD0QoJ7IIniM0FU-KT4PPYp-TnaPm2BA-mrEeNKRKO9EQFRGtGkUsjc42nT0k-FEnXXIQAuvbFjylNB4MES2966/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div><span><br /></span></div>Twenty women of South Korean, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese nationalities have been <a href="https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/20-foreign-women-arrested-for-suspected-involvement-in-vice-activities-at-three"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">arrested</span></a> for suspected involvement in </span><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/20-women-arrested-for-suspected-vice-related-activities"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">vice-related activities</span></a><span> at three KTV lounges operating as food and beverage outlets.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This followed an enforcement blitz conducted in South Bridge Road, Selegie Road and Geylang Road on Tuesday (July 13). The women are between the ages of 20 and 34, police said in a statement on Wednesday.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">They will be investigated for offences under the Women's Charter, the Immigration Act, and the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/20-foreign-women-arrested-for-suspected-involvement-in-vice-related" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b>3 KTV operators under investigation for allegedly providing hostessing services; 20 women arrested</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzVbckH7woQWGWRNydyhc37Y7nXCizbUVsW-3U0KuTeO7i7M6qBb-2BiEYB51zdRS8YYSB-4q-V5aRByVxqUmWUAkiEoW6gjjHv5vHOTE3KKEa1f7Ng43Ime-13J-95u9mtRSKUvO-RwhMJhBvQSYhfimZrVS6pWWuLJ_XEqf9BSV7G1ZZcG4hJ51/s1536/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzVbckH7woQWGWRNydyhc37Y7nXCizbUVsW-3U0KuTeO7i7M6qBb-2BiEYB51zdRS8YYSB-4q-V5aRByVxqUmWUAkiEoW6gjjHv5vHOTE3KKEa1f7Ng43Ime-13J-95u9mtRSKUvO-RwhMJhBvQSYhfimZrVS6pWWuLJ_XEqf9BSV7G1ZZcG4hJ51/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Three KTV operators are being investigated after allegedly providing “hostessing services” within their premises, said the police on Wednesday (Jul 14).</div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This is in breach of safe management measures, under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020. The police did not name the three KTV establishments in their media release.</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The authorities also said that 20 women aged between 20 and 34 were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice activities within the three KTV lounges, which had pivoted to operate as F&B outlets. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The women were of Korean, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese nationalities.</span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-ktv-lounge-vietnamese-hostess-short-term-visit-pass-15218628" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b>25 S'pore massage establishments and 23 people caught flouting Covid-19 mask-on rules</b></div></span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70N-vaqasNIjRfTbj9i6MBioDJPNqsVDJ-VAFVJOPnLwr4J1RitlcLTfaQbIByKb9gm8vKvE4M0UM64LphyHaHkT2-tcJLIDIqdYFQUEJWHVaScLzN8dX9pzBRYj_H_MwCQDgLIgY6eQ/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70N-vaqasNIjRfTbj9i6MBioDJPNqsVDJ-VAFVJOPnLwr4J1RitlcLTfaQbIByKb9gm8vKvE4M0UM64LphyHaHkT2-tcJLIDIqdYFQUEJWHVaScLzN8dX9pzBRYj_H_MwCQDgLIgY6eQ/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Police officers stepping up checks at massage establishments to ensure operators and customers comply with safe distancing measures. PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The police will take action against 25 massage establishments for not ensuring that staff and customers wear masks at all times.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And 23 individuals will also be taken to task for not wearing a mask during their massage.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This comes as checks at such establishments are stepped up to ensure that safe management measures are followed, the police said in a statement on Wednesday (May 26). Checks have been carried out at around 850 such establishments in the past two weeks.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>related</b>: <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/tags/police"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Police raids</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/25-massage-establishments-and-23-people-caught-flouting-mask-on-rules" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>84 PERSONS ARRESTED IN 31-DAY ISLANDWIDE ANTI-VICE OPERATION</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ykBgREhLyCO4e1ymldT77VIW21zqTPk7j0NLCq5wSTjtBIRHLKcfGxodA816h2qOd28Fgs9dcU7QZGvVv2FM6Mb0qn9plsEa0tVTfmnpX2F_coReuGifYU4t-E8P-c_ORLswqXqizyD5ET79RAu4ATNhWtpi6d4DnTN2bRj3WRhkStr1z2FD6w--/s830/0c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ykBgREhLyCO4e1ymldT77VIW21zqTPk7j0NLCq5wSTjtBIRHLKcfGxodA816h2qOd28Fgs9dcU7QZGvVv2FM6Mb0qn9plsEa0tVTfmnpX2F_coReuGifYU4t-E8P-c_ORLswqXqizyD5ET79RAu4ATNhWtpi6d4DnTN2bRj3WRhkStr1z2FD6w--/s320/0c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></b><span><div><span><br /></span></div>The Police have arrested 83 women and a man, aged between 26 and 54, for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div>In a 31-day operation that ended on 31 March 2021, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the seven Police Land Divisions conducted coordinated raids at multiple locations island-wide, including condominiums, hotels and residential units along Beach Road, Bukit Batok Street 41, Guillemard Road, Jalan Dusun, Joo Chiat Road, Jurong East Street 32, Jurong West Street 65, Jurong West Street 93, Kellock Road, Kitchener Link, Kovan Road, Lorong 20 Geylang, Mackenzie Road, Meyappa Chettiar Road, Orchard Road, Race Course Lane, Race Course Road, Rangoon Road, Sembawang Road, Serangoon Road, Tanjong Pagar Road, Upper Boon Keng Road, Upper Serangoon Road, Woodlands Drive 70 and Zion Road. Police investigations are ongoing.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Police will take firm action against those found acting as agents or pimps for vice activities. Under the Women’s Charter, any person who knowingly solicits, receives or agrees to receive any gratification as an inducement or reward for providing any service, and who by providing that service does or will aid the prostitution of another person (being a woman or girl), shall be guilty of an offence, and shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding $100,000. Repeat offenders shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years and a fine not exceeding $100,000, in addition to any term of imprisonment or caning imposed in respect of such offence.</div></span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>related: </b><a href="https://www.police.gov.sg/media-room/news/20201001_62_arr_in_38-day_islandwide_anti-vice_op_cid"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">62 ARRESTED IN 38-DAY ISLANDWIDE ANTI-VICE OPERATION</span></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.police.gov.sg/Media-Room/News/20210409_84-Persons-Arrested-In-31-Day-Islandwide-Anti-Vice-Operation" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Geylang operations see dozens arrested, aged 16 to 94</span></b><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWqMHPongWVnMasApoTIrP_LT6ASgLhDKY7jLXwjew9tUSF3TSdtzkKejToc4khL391aaJRzZgD9mxTphZS_fvMSOEsMosF4p61HTlGxDpZVtHrn9-dXoEwtLDeam3iY6IAfs3PCeBgU/s800/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWqMHPongWVnMasApoTIrP_LT6ASgLhDKY7jLXwjew9tUSF3TSdtzkKejToc4khL391aaJRzZgD9mxTphZS_fvMSOEsMosF4p61HTlGxDpZVtHrn9-dXoEwtLDeam3iY6IAfs3PCeBgU/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The police found public entertainment outlets that were operating illegally and rounded up 24 men and 10 women during the operation. Singapore Police Force</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A week-long dragnet to clamp down on criminal activities in Geylang saw 89 people hauled up for various offences, the police said in a statement on Sunday (Dec 6)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Among those nabbed were 62 men and 27 women, with the youngest being 16, and the oldest, 94.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The teenage girl was arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, while the 94-year-old woman is being investigated for offences under the Common Gaming Houses Act.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/geylang-operations-see-dozens-arrested-aged-16-94" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">94-year-old among nearly 90 people hauled up in anti-crime operation in Geylang</span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFJD7cdzh8IsBmRh61D6PCNsw8VpBgLyc1rvggyJQHq0Idbhv0ZIzRHheVVCCG1pN3ijQNoQbzwu16Bgl89xG84Ouycqk1PJOos2xlcmLUsV9ftnmBLdw5asIkWA8nHgviD_2kaxo4WA/s768/0.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFJD7cdzh8IsBmRh61D6PCNsw8VpBgLyc1rvggyJQHq0Idbhv0ZIzRHheVVCCG1pN3ijQNoQbzwu16Bgl89xG84Ouycqk1PJOos2xlcmLUsV9ftnmBLdw5asIkWA8nHgviD_2kaxo4WA/s320/0.webp" width="320" /></span></a></div><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A multi-agency enforcement operation targeting illegal public entertainment outlets was conducted in December 2020. (Photo: SPF)</span></i></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A 94-year-old was among nearly 90 people hauled up for various offences in a multi-agency operation this week to clamp down on criminal activities in Geylang, the police said in a news release on Sunday (Dec 6).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A total of 62 men and 27 women are under investigation after the operation from Dec 1 to Dec 6, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">They include 20 men who were investigated for offences such as the suspected sale of illicit medication, suspected drug-related offences and being a member of a secret society.</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/police-crime-operation-geylang-gambling-drugs-94-year-old-13711540" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>89 people, including a 94-year-old, hauled up in Geylang dragnet to clamp down on illegal activities</b></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj110bSRefNCB3IVY7sCK-PNN2ahvXVh-wg8qrDTwlzk3w5UBunbZI_thbmg84J9egqwdIFKarBBI9xKiCqVyPjhbfGdplCyFwlUn5G7N3zMbzmuJDBQbR6oMSs96c3RXOh0N8kNTX2y4E/s860/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj110bSRefNCB3IVY7sCK-PNN2ahvXVh-wg8qrDTwlzk3w5UBunbZI_thbmg84J9egqwdIFKarBBI9xKiCqVyPjhbfGdplCyFwlUn5G7N3zMbzmuJDBQbR6oMSs96c3RXOh0N8kNTX2y4E/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cash amounting to more than $69,500 and gambling-related paraphernalia were seized during the operation.PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In one massage establishment, a 40-year-old woman was arrested for an offence under the Woman's Charter. The outlet was found to be operating without a valid licence.</span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The police also found public entertainment outlets that were operating illegally under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020. They rounded up 24 men and 10 women who are being investigated for breaching public entertainment licence and liquor licence conditions, as well as for operating during prohibition and failing to comply with safe distancing measures.</span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As part of the sweep of entertainment outlets, one man and five women, aged between 16 and 42, were also arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</span></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div></span></b><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/89-hauled-up-in-geylang-dragnet-to-clamp-down-on-illegal-activities" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>157 hauled up in week-long anti-crime crackdown</b></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOpXJzAEg4lqlN1_n9KZGSn543fu3kaeChyAgBfgYcr5l_0zIyT2QKUiSQ4vqTy62Uar1quuBKg5Zo_SAjD0ABgmUG0yJ5YeHhi0G70_0alSMCjjJLJ8gHvAzyU5ecF0JOqL6Hn1k_mvlpJHg7BUlvUr2yDp1ZSpAZjYSuYa6VAKUfncL8-0kQiR1/s1536/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOpXJzAEg4lqlN1_n9KZGSn543fu3kaeChyAgBfgYcr5l_0zIyT2QKUiSQ4vqTy62Uar1quuBKg5Zo_SAjD0ABgmUG0yJ5YeHhi0G70_0alSMCjjJLJ8gHvAzyU5ecF0JOqL6Hn1k_mvlpJHg7BUlvUr2yDp1ZSpAZjYSuYa6VAKUfncL8-0kQiR1/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>In a week-long blitz, a total of 157 people were detained for various crimes, from illegal bookmaking to e-commerce offences.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The multi-agency anti-crime operation conducted from Aug 23 to 30 led to the arrests of some of the 128 men and 29 women picked up. The suspects are aged between 16 and 81.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The operation covered various locations in Jurong West, Tuas, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang and Bukit Batok, and was led by the Jurong Police Division. It was supported by officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau, Land Transport Authority and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/157-hauled-up-in-week-long-anti-crime-crackdown" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>28 men and women arrested for gambling and vice offences in multi-agency raid</b></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRzwTiFM8J0uJiFfYvypjx2gATlCbUwVkva1zT5ucZHWYrzgWMGfmAFkSuqyOCCmSls4p7J7h1hATzEJI_4XPhCXDWje854iF25omm5aleLSApEsFSuHa7aIdTeN_ol6Op1Bns8fBBYucW5xFOq76xw48j892e-dGN1Z90vXupk1WXhl9JXXC-mtN/s830/0c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="830" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRzwTiFM8J0uJiFfYvypjx2gATlCbUwVkva1zT5ucZHWYrzgWMGfmAFkSuqyOCCmSls4p7J7h1hATzEJI_4XPhCXDWje854iF25omm5aleLSApEsFSuHa7aIdTeN_ol6Op1Bns8fBBYucW5xFOq76xw48j892e-dGN1Z90vXupk1WXhl9JXXC-mtN/s320/0c.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The police has arrested 28 people and seized more than $22,300 worth of goods - including contraband cigarettes and illegal medicines - in a multi-agency operation against illegal gambling and vice activities.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The suspects, aged between 21 and 68, were arrested for offences under the Common Gaming House Act, the Women's Charter and for suspected drugs and Customs-related offences, said the police in a statement on Friday (June 26). They had also broken safe distancing measures under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The operation, which took place from June 8 to 21, was led by the Bedok Police Division.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/28-men-and-women-arrested-for-gambling-and-vice-offences-in-multi-agency-raid" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">30 women, aged 22 to 53, arrested after police raid at Golden Mile Tower & other locations</span></b><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CswgGYASZ-UbrLDPbhMxay0oPlUQk2nPezOv2KRgqyV_xtlKlo5nF3hFgm4oKj5MPUoGe9TuHDU5aRcAcYgL2T-mDQONBSHPFp9InbRFwqqDeP_PKlIPHyfzqBBpBTjdfipB0PRks9U/s1201/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CswgGYASZ-UbrLDPbhMxay0oPlUQk2nPezOv2KRgqyV_xtlKlo5nF3hFgm4oKj5MPUoGe9TuHDU5aRcAcYgL2T-mDQONBSHPFp9InbRFwqqDeP_PKlIPHyfzqBBpBTjdfipB0PRks9U/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thirty women, aged between 22 and 53, were arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act following a police raid on Nov. 11, 2020.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On Nov. 11, 2020, the police carried out a joint enforcement operation led by Central Police Division involving enforcement officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) at public entertainment outlets located along Aliwal Street, Temple Street, Beach Road, Syed Alwi Road and South Bridge Road.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">During the operation, two outlets were found to have contravened Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) and another outlet was found to have contravened Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) and liquor licence conditions.</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><b><b><a href="https://mothership.sg/2020/11/women-arrested-golden-mile-tower/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">read more</span></b></a></b></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Entertainment outlets caught flouting Covid-19 rules during police raids</b></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOU2_rRP_ff9Ytun2bL-rC7y84G1HWwFLyT8yf8TNHBkvmF1aCJm3H2ccQzu7OUYiHriH0syhoWDH8H7heV20phZ6Ii8p9cejHEY2rOjSM2hToZ7SOVnTdW_qA85Z2BgLlTF3InSqWltI/s780/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOU2_rRP_ff9Ytun2bL-rC7y84G1HWwFLyT8yf8TNHBkvmF1aCJm3H2ccQzu7OUYiHriH0syhoWDH8H7heV20phZ6Ii8p9cejHEY2rOjSM2hToZ7SOVnTdW_qA85Z2BgLlTF3InSqWltI/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The raids were part of a joint enforcement operation led by the Central Police Division.PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</span></i></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Several public entertainment spots were raided this week as police stepped up enforcement against Covid-19 breaches, ahead of a pilot programme to allow up to 25 nightspots to reopen from next month.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">At least one of the establishments appeared to be operating illegally.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Three outlets were found to have broken rules under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act, while eight people were investigated for breaching safe distancing measures.</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><b><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/entertainment-outlets-caught-flouting-covid-19-rules-during-police-raids" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; 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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Twelve women and three men, aged between 18 and 38, have been arrested for vice-related activities.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">They were rounded up in an eight-day sting operation between June 12 and 19, which targeted rented commercial and private residential units in the Scotts Road, Balestier Road, Mackenzie Road and Selegie Road areas.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Eleven women, aged between 18 and 38, were arrested for vice-related offences under the Women's Charter, and one 29-year-old woman was arrested for offences under the Immigration Act.</span><br />
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<b>30 women arrested for suspected vice activity, 19 men fined for breaching CB measures after police raids</b><br />
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<span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Singapore Police Force (SPF) conducted a three-day island-wide operation from May 4 to 6. </span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Police officers conducted "coordinated raids" on various locations including HDB housing estates, condominiums, massage establishments, and a hotel, SPF said in a statement on May 10.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A total of 30 women, aged between 19 and 48, were arrested for suspected involvement in vice-related activities. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A total of 19 men, aged between 19 and 85, were found in the premises that were raided.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As they had left their residences for non-essential activities, they were each fined S$300 for breaching safe distancing measures, SPF said.</span><br />
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<span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>31 ARRESTED IN ENFORCEMENT OPERATION AGAINST VICE</b></span></span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Police have arrested 22 men and 9 women, aged between 23 and 72, in a three-day enforcement operation from 12 to 14 March 2020, targeting vice and gambling activities along Race Course Road, Havelock Road, Bendemeer Road, Temple Street, Tyrwhitt Road, Merchant Road, King George’s Road, and Eu Tong Sen Street.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">During the enforcement operation conducted by Central Police Division, four women, aged between 32 and 41, were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter. Preliminary investigations revealed that they had advertised sexual services online and operated from hotels and rented apartments.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">16 men and five women, aged between 50 and 72, were arrested for gambling-related offences under the Common Gaming Houses Act and Betting Act. Cash amounting to $2236.90 was seized. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Six men, aged between 23 and 28, were arrested for immigration and suspected drug-related offences.</span><br />
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<b>Illegal sex services continue as cash-strapped workers receive help</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Temperature screening before paid sex: This is a precaution that a Telegram group chat advertising sexual services has imposed on its clients.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Illegal sex work has persisted, with services advertised online, despite safe distancing measures being flouted under the rules of the circuit breaker.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a police operation held earlier this month, 30 women were arrested for suspected involvement in vice-related activities.</span><br />
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<b>19 men, aged 19 to 85, face fines for flouting circuit breaker after being found in premises raided for vice</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Nineteen men, aged between 19 and 85, will be fined S$300 for flouting circuit breaker measures, after being found in premises that were not their homes during an anti-vice raid, the Singapore Police Force said in a statement on Sunday (May 10).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and Central, Tanglin, Ang Mo Kio and Bedok divisions conducted coordinated raids between May 4 and 6, targeting vice-related activities in Housing and Development Board (HDB) estates, private condominiums, massage establishments and a hotel.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The men were found inside these premises.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>30 women arrested for suspected involvement in vice activities; 19 men fined for breaching safe-distancing measures</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">An 85-year-old man was fined after being caught up in a series of police raids that led to the arrest of 30 women for vice-related activity.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The senior was among 19 men found during swoops on various premises, including Housing Board estates, massage shops, several condominiums and a hotel.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They were each fined $300 as they had left their residences for a "non-essential activity", the police said on Sunday (May 10).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<b>Police arrest 37 people, seize more than $3,000 in sting operation against illegal gambling, prostitution</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police arrested 37 people and seized more than $3,000 in connection to illegal gambling and prostitution-related activities during a three-day sting operation.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Enforcement operation was conducted in Jalan Bukit Merah, Jalan Besar, Tiong Bahru Road, Syed Alwi Road, Keong Saik Road and Pearl's Hill Terrace over three days from Thursday (Feb 27), the police said in a statement released on Saturday (Feb 29).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Specifically, 14 women, aged between 22 and 40, were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter. They were believed to have advertised their sexual services online and carried out the vices in hotels.</span><br />
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<b>Singapore cracks down on ‘pop-up’ brothels in rented flats amid spike in online prostitution</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Several MPs suggested setting up channels for sex workers to report prostitution syndicates without fear of prosecution. Photo: Handout</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Singapore’s parliament on Monday passed a law designed to crack down on “pop-up brothels” appearing in rented flats in the Singapore heartlands, some of them run by foreign vice syndicates using websites and apps.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Three key changes were made in the amendments to the Women’s Charter, which protects and advances the rights of women and girls in Singapore.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The onus will now be placed on homeowners and tenants who let or sublet their properties to conduct identity checks, such as face-to-face interviews, on potential tenants or subtenants to ensure they know the type of people moving in.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Four women and one man, aged between 20 and 39, were arrested on Tuesday (21 January) in a vice r</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">aid along Joo Avenue.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a news release on Wednesday, police said the women were believed to have advertised their sexual services online and operated from residential units in the Farrer Park area.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The arrested man is also believed to have been managing the vice activities of the four women. Cash of up to $1,750 was also seized the operation by officers from the Central Police Division.</span><br />
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<b>29 arrested in joint operation against drug and vice activities, cannabis and 'Ice' seized</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Singapore Police Force and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 29 people during a three-day joint enforcement operation against drug and vice activities.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The operation was carried out at Woodlands, Sembawang, Yishun and Upper Thomson from Nov 25 to 27.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During enforcement checks conducted by officers from Woodlands Police Division and the CNB, 10 men aged between 21 and 58, were arrested for suspected drug-related offences.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>59 nabbed over vice, gambling activities</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The police arrested a total of 59 people - 28 men and 31 women, aged between 20 and 88 - for vice and gambling related activities.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The six-day operation was conducted by Central Police Division, targeting vice and gambling activities along Eu Tong Sen Street, Tiong Bahru Road, Geylang Bahru, Rowell, Merchant Road, Temple Street, Smith Street, Jalan Bukit Merah, Jalan Sultan, Foch Road, Syed Alwi Road, Jalan Membina, Bencoolen Street, King George's Avenue, Jalan Besar and Middle Road.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the operation, 15 women, aged between 26 and 57, were arrested for illegal prostitution. These women, who were residing in Singapore on Employment Passes and Short Term Visit Passes, were believed to operate from hotels, shop houses and rented apartments.</span><br />
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<b>Vice in the heartlands - </b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>6 sex workers arrested in Woodlands</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sex workers who were arrested in an HDB flat in Woodlands during a raid on an illegal brothel on Oct 25, 2019.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">From the outside, there is nothing out of the ordinary about this ground-floor flat in Woodlands fronted by a cream door, which anyone could walk past and miss. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But step inside, and it is teeming with tell-tale signs of paid sex, much like a brothel.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The house is so dim that you look around for a light switch, only to realise that the lights are already turned on, but their glare has been intentionally muted.</span><br />
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<b>Stomp follows police on anti-vice raid: 6 women arrested in Woodlands HDB flats</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Six women, aged between 25 and 45, were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities on Oct 25.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Stomp followed police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and Woodlands Police Division during raids targeting vice activities two Housing Board flats in Woodlands, one at Woodlands Drive 50 and the other at Woodlands Street 82.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In both units, Stomp spotted both used and new condoms.</span><br />
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<b>106 women and 1 man arrested during anti-vice operation at hotels, condos and HDB flats</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A man and 106 women, aged between 19 and 55, were arrested during a 32-day enforcement operation against vice-related activities.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The police said that between Aug 27 and Sep 27, sustained coordinated enforcement operations were conducted at multiple locations island-wide.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These included condominiums, hotels and residential units in Jurong, Sims Avenue, Hougang, Geylang, Admiralty, Tiong Bahru, Kim Keat Road, Choa Chu Kang, Eastwood, Middle Road and Moulmein Road.</span><br />
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<b>155 arrested during raids against vice activities in condos, hotels and flats</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One man and 154 women were nabbed for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities during a 21-day enforcement operation that ended on May 12. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The suspects are aged between 19 and 49, said the police in a statement on Thursday (May 16).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and seven Police Land Divisions had conducted coordinated raids targeting online vice syndicates at multiple locations islandwide.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These included condominiums, hotels and residential units in Geylang, Woodlands, Yishun, Jurong West, Hougang and Balestier Road.</span><br />
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<b>65 hauled up for offences involving vice activities, scams, drugs, loansharking and gambling</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 65 people were hauled up for various offences in a multi-agency joint operation conducted from June 7 to 14.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The eight-day operation covered estates including Ang Mo Kio, Serangoon, Hougang, Sengkang, and Punggol, said the police in a statement on Friday (June 21). </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was led by Ang Mo Kio Police Division and supported by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department, Central Narcotics Bureau, and Singapore Customs.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the operations, 16 men and a woman, aged between 21 and 51, were arrested for offences under the Common Gaming Houses Act.</span><br />
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<b>261 hauled up for offences involving vice activities, drugs, loansharking, gambling and more</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The police have hauled up 214 men and 47 women, aged between 16 and 76, for various offences in a multi-agency joint operation conducted from June 24 to June 29, and July 1.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Led by Bedok Police Division, the operation was supported by officers from Central Narcotics Bureau, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore Customs and Ministry of Manpower.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The operation covered various locations such as Pasir Ris, Tampines, Chai Chee, Bedok, East Coast, Joo Chiat, Eunos Crescent, Mountbatten and Geylang.</span><br />
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<b>6 women arrested for allegedly carrying out vice activities in private apartments</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Six women, aged between 28 and 49, were arrested during an enforcement operation targeting vice activities in private apartments on Wednesday (Oct 9).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They were nabbed in units along Meyappa Chettiar Road and Wilkie Road, said police in a statement on Friday (Oct 11).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women are believed to have advertised their sexual services online and carried out vice activities in the rented residential units.</span><br />
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<b>104 arrested for offences involving rioting, vice activities, drugs, drink-driving, scams and more</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 69 men and 35 women, aged between 15 and 76, were nabbed for various offences in a multi-agency joint enforcement operation conducted from April 22 to 26.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The five-day operation covered various locations such as Tuas, Jurong West, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang and Bukit Batok.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was led by Jurong Police Division and supported by officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB),</span><br />
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<b>56 arrested for vice activities, obstructing police, gambling, drug and immigration offences</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 31 men and 25 women, aged between 19 and 80, were nabbed in an enforcement operation against vice and gambling activities.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The five-day operation was conducted along Jalan Besar, Belilios Road, Syed Alwi, Rangoon Road, Jalan Bukit Merah, Selegie Road, Kim Tian Road, Lavender Street, Jellico Road, Foch Road, Upper Cross Street, Jalan Membina, Havelock Road, Rowell Road and Beach Road.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One man and six women were arrested for suspected vice-related activities, said the police in a statement on Thursday (June 6).</span><br />
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<b>9 arrested in enforcement operation conducted at Chinatown, Middle Road</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Eight women and one man, aged between 23 and 39, were arrested during a two-day enforcement operation against massage establishments, public entertainment outlets and liquor outlets on May 10 and 11.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The operation was conducted by Central Police Division in Chinatown and along Middle Road.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the enforcement checks, officers found one unlicensed massage establishment.</span><br />
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<b>11 arrested in enforcement operations against massage parlours and public entertainment outlets</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ten women and a man, aged between 23 and 39, were arrested during a series of enforcement operations conducted against unlicensed massage establishments and public entertainment outlets from Apr 3 to Apr 4.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The operations were conducted against outlets along Kallang Bahru, Rangoon Road, Havelock Road, North Bridge Road, Beach Road and Jalan Pinang by the Central Police Division.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Turing the operations, two unlicensed massage establishments were detected, and one outlet was found to have contravened licensing conditions.</span><br />
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<b>18 women arrested for advertising sexual services online, operating from HDB flat, hotels in enforcement operations</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Two women were arrested in an enforcement operation on Jan 22 against vice activities in a Housing Board (HDB) flat along Lorong 1 Toa Payoh.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The police said in a statement that the two women, aged 34 and 46, were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Preliminary investigations revealed that the women had advertised their sexual services online and operated from a rented HDB flat.</span><br />
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<b>5 men and 30 women, aged 21 to 88, arrested in raids targeting vice, gambling activities</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of five men and 30 women, aged between 21 and 88, were nabbed in a three-day operation against vice and gambling activities from March 25 to 27.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The series of raids were conducted in the vicinity of Beach Road, Bencoolen Street, Tiong Bahru Road, Temple Street, Jalan Membina and Havelock Road, said the police on Thursday (March 28).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Seventeen women were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These women, who were on work permits and short-term visit passes, were believed to be offering sexual services online and operated from hotels and hostels.</span><br />
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<b>125 arrested for various crimes including vice activities, molest and scams in 5-day operation</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 125 suspects, including sixty-two men and 63 women, aged between 18 and 62, were arrested from Oct 22 to Oct 26 for various offences in a five-day multi-agency joint enforcement operation.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Officers from Jurong Police Division led the operation with support from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and Singapore Customs.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The operation was carried out in multiple locations in Singapore, including Tuas, Jurong West, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Batok and Woodlands.</span><br />
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<b>53 arrested for offences involving vice activities, drugs and gambling during 3-day operation</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 47 men and six women, aged between 20 and 79, were nabbed for various offences during an enforcement operation from Oct 12 to 14.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The enforcement operation was conducted along Banda Street, Jalan Bukit Merah, Telok Blangah Crescent, King George Ave, Syed Alwi Road, Merchant Road, Bencoolen Street, Rowell Road and North Bridge Road by Central Police Division with the support of the Central Narcotics Bureau.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One woman and 26 men were arrested for gambling-related offences along King George Avenue, Banda Street, Telok Blangah Crescent and Jalan Bukit Merah. Cash amounting to $3,567 were seized.</span><br />
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<b>16 arrested for vice and gambling activities, immigration-related offences</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ten women and six men were nabbed in an enforcement operation against vice and gambling activities on Friday (May 10).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The operation was conducted along Rangoon Road, Havelock Road, Coleman Street, Jalan Sultan, South Bridge Road and Temple Street by Central Police Division.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Seven women, aged between 25 and 38, were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter.</span><br />
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<b>22 women arrested at public entertainment outlets for working without valid permits</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Twenty-two women, aged between 20 to 33, were arrested in two-day enforcement operation against public entertainment outlets along South Bridge Road, Sam Leong Road and Beach Road.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the enforcement checks on March 20 and 21, three outlets were found to have contravened public entertainment licensing conditions.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women were nabbed for working without valid work permits under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</span><br />
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<b>39 arrested for various offences including offering sexual services and gambling</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Seven men and 32 women, aged between 21 and 71, were nabbed in a police operation against vice and gambling activities from March 7 to 10.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The series of raids targeting were conducted along Beach Road, Bencoolen Street, Rochor Canal Road, Desker Road, Jalan Sultan, Seng Poh Road and Crawford Lane.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Thirty women were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter.</span><br />
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<b><br />148 arrested in three-day operation against public entertainment outlets</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><div>The police have arrested 144 women and four men for various offences during a three-day operation against public entertainment outlets.</div><div><br /></div><div>The operation, which took place from August 22 to 24, covered various locations along Jalan Besar, Foch Road, Beach Road and Sam Leong Road, Jalan Sultan, North Bridge Road, South Bridge Road, New Bridge Road, Serangoon Road, Arab Street and Magazine Road.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the operation conducted by the Central Police Division 19 public entertainment outlets were found to have contravened licensing conditions.</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><div>Four men and 144 women were arrested during a three-day police operation against public entertainment outlets from 22 to 24 August.</div><div><br /></div><div>The women, aged between 19 and 41, and two of the men, aged 25 and 26, were arrested for offences under the Foreign Manpower Employment Act, said the police in a news release on Sunday (25 August).</div><div><br /></div><div>One 27-year-old man was nabbed for obstructing a police officer from carrying out official duties, while another 24-year-old man was apprehended for employing foreigners without a work permit.</div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Orchard Towers; 76 vice workers arrested there in 2018</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police have “maintained a strong tempo” of enforcement operations at Orchard Towers, with 18 anti-vice operations conducted there resulting in the arrest of 76 vice workers last year, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs Amrin Amin on Monday (Aug 5).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Additionally, the number of illegal massage parlours at Orchard Towers has decreased over the past three years, Mr Amrin said in response to parliamentary questions posed by Members of Parliament (MPs) Melvin Yong and Christopher de Souza.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These questions come amid an ongoing murder case at Orchard Towers, where seven people have been charged with the alleged murder of 31-year-old Satheesh Noel Gobidass on Jul 2.</span><br />
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<b>65 hauled up for offences involving vice activities, scams, drugs, loansharking and gambling</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Two massage establishments were also found to be operating without a valid licence, while two other massage establishments were found to have breached licensing conditions</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 65 people were hauled up for various offences in a multi-agency joint operation conducted from June 7 to 14.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The eight-day operation covered estates including Ang Mo Kio, Serangoon, Hougang, Sengkang, and Punggol, said the police in a statement on Friday (June 21).</span><br /><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was led by Ang Mo Kio Police Division and supported by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department, Central Narcotics Bureau, and Singapore Customs.</span><br />
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<b>28 women arrested in anti-vice operation, including 5 who appeared nude in public</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A series of enforcement operations against vice activities in private residential units, massage establishments and public entertainment outlets saw the arrest of 28 women.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The raids were conducted between July 17 and 20, said the police in a statement.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Seven women, aged between 26 and 47, were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter during the operations against vice activities in private residential units along Balestier Road, Cavenagh Road and Boon Teck Road.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<b>More than 150 women nabbed in 21-day anti-vice police operation</b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">More than 150 people were nabbed by police in a 21-day anti-vice operation that ended on Sunday (May 12).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police said in a statement on Thu that 154 women and a man, aged between 19 & 49, were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and seven Police Land Divisions conducted coordinated raids targeting online vice syndicates at multiple locations islandwide, including at condominiums, hotels and residential units in Geylang, Woodlands, Yishun, Jurong West, Hougang & along Balestier Road.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The police have arrested 22 women, aged between 22 & 30, in a series of raids on public entertainment outlets along South Bridge Road, Sam Leong Road and Beach Road.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The raids, which were conducted by the Central Police Division, took place on Wednesday and yesterday, the police said in a release.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women were arrested for working without a valid work permit under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</span><br />
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<b>125 Arrested in Multi-Agency Enforcement Blitz</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">62 men & 63 women, aged between 18 & 62, were arrested for various offences in a 5-day multi-agency joint enforcement operation conducted from 22 to 26 October 2018.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The operation was led by Jurong Police Division and supported by officers from Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and Singapore Customs. The operation covered multiple locations in the western and northern parts of Singapore, including Tuas, Jurong West, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Batok and Woodlands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">During the operation, 47 women were arrested for suspected involvement in vice-related activities at residential units and employment related offences at public entertainment outlets. Another 14 men & 3 women were arrested for e-commence scams and commercial crime-related offences. Preliminary investigations revealed that they were believed to be involved in 60 cases where victims lost more than $356,000.</span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">125 arrested in 5-day enforcement blitz across western, northern Singapore</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>A five-day multi-agency enforcement blitz has seen 125 people arrested for a variety of offences, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in a news release on Saturday (28 October)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In total, 62 men and 63 women – aged between 18 and 62 – were arrested in the joint operation, which covered multiple locations in the western and norther parts of Singapore, including Tuas, Jurong West, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang and Woodlands.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Over the period 22 to 26 October, 47 women were arrested for their suspect involvement in vice-related activities at residential units and employment-related offences at public entertainment outlets. Meanwhile, 14 men and three women were nabbed for e-commerce scams and commercial crime-related offences. These suspects are thought to be involved in 60 cases, in which victims lost over $356,000, said the SPF.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Another 48 men and 13 women were also arrested for loansharking activities, immigration-related offences, outrage of modesty, robbery and other offences. A total of 4,332 packs of duty unpaid cigarettes were also seized – with the amount out unpaid duty and Goods and Services Tax amounting to $43,890 and $3,190, respectively.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Singapore Police Force </b></span><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/singaporepoliceforce/photos/a.449307704407/10154353538574408/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCSI3N679mnFGifBesAHF5l2nzZC2UQ5Egr3-PnTTEVlhSG-TMuI1QWHaFVn-npfY4YoHAH_N5xlCHUv-RBvKv2OnlAHYPKD9O6GmSN5aKDgxWpmiWPe9JsuuKjpx8icnjLew3bXvoRj1XhXlo3N0QNiEP0cCnm74lVPzFWTsXvvzn-M9j7AW-sH1SbQ4oouvXtS74BDT3ZC8FMo1jykll-gggcCA&__tn__=-R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">9 October 2015</a></b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">20 ARRESTED IN ANTI-VICE BLITZ #sgpolicearrest</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">20 women were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities in residential areas in the western and northern parts of Singapore. In a two-day operation from 6 to 7 October 2015, officers from Jurong Division conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations including Woodlands, Admiralty, Bukit Batok and Jurong West, resulting in the arrests.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the operation, boxes of condoms, lubricants, and mobile phones were seized as case exhibits. Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects were believed to have advertised sexual services online and carried out vice activities in residential units. Subsequent investigations will also be carried out against house owners.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Any person who contravenes the offence of being the tenant, lessee or occupier or person in charge of a brothel, and the offence of keeping, managing or assisting in the management of a brothel under Section 148 of the Women’s Charter, Chapter 353, is liable on conviction to a fine of up to a maximum of $10,000, or to imprisonment of up to five years, or both.</span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">14 women arrested for prostitution-related offences</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">14 women and a man were arrested on Friday and Saturday (Sep 7-8) during a series of police raids targeting vice activities</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women, aged between 20 and 52, were arrested for prostitution-related offences under the Women's Charter, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said in a news release on Monday.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They were operating from hotels and rented apartments along Jalan Besar, Eu Tong Sen Street, Temple Street, Albert Street, Jalan Sultan & Smith Street.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women had advertised their services on various social media platforms, the police said.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>162 nabbed in operation against online vice rings</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>In raids on online vice syndicates at multiple locations over 23 days, officers arrested 157 women & 5 men for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities. FOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In an operation that spanned 23 days and ended on Aug 7, 162 people - 157 women & 5 men aged between 19 & 48 - were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The police said in a statement on Saturday that officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and six police land divisions carried out coordinated raids on online vice syndicates at multiple locations across Singapore.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These included condominiums, hotels and residential units in Geylang, Jalan Sultan, Cavenagh Road as well as Balestier Road.</span><br />
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<b>Police arrest 34 for vice and illegal gambling</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>25 women and 9 men between the ages of 22 and 74 were arrested in raids conducted in areas such as Jalan Besar, Lavender Street, Stamford Road and Middle Road. FOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police arrested 34 people for their suspected involvement in vice and gambling offences after a 2-day operation by the Central Police Division, which ended on Thu (Aug 2).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Singapore Police Force said in a statement on Saturday that 25 women and 9 men between the ages of 22 and 74 were arrested in raids conducted in areas such as Jalan Besar, Lavender Street, Stamford Road & Middle Road.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The 25 women were arrested for suspected offences under the Women's Charter and the Immigration Act, police said in the statement.</span><br />
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<b>15 arrested in police raids on massage outlets</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The police arrested 12 women, aged between 24 & 38, for working without valid work permits under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. FOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">15 people were arrested after police conducted raids on massage establishments & public entertainment outlets on Wed & Thu.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a statement on Thursday, the police said that action was taken against 2 massage establishments & 3 entertainment outlets.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During checks in Tanjong Pagar Road, Lavender Street & Chinatown, a massage establishment was found to have contravened licensing conditions, while another was found to be operating as an unlicensed massage establishment.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>2 men & 11 women arrested for alleged involvement in vice-related activities</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>2 men & 11 women were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities, after a two-day operation by the police. FOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2 men & 11 women were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities, after a 2-day operation by the police.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Singapore Police Force said on Friday evening (Jun 29) that it had conducted a series of raids on Wednesday and Thursday, resulting in the arrests of 13 people aged between 23 and 43.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The raids were conducted in Queen Street, Kitchener Road & Race Course Road.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>2 women were arrested for allegedly providing sexual services at an unlicensed massage parlour, while another 13 were caught working without valid work permits at public entertainment outlets. (Foto: Singapore Police Force)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div>Singapore police arrested 17 individuals after conducting a raid in several unsilenced massage parlours and public entertainment outlets on Thursday, May 17.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police confirmed the news on Friday, through a news release, where they stated that they launched the operation in the massage parlours, located at Mosque Street, Sago Street and Trengganu Street. In addition, they also mentioned that the raids also took place in some public entertainment outlets at Sam Leong Road, Upp Circular Road, Magazine Road and Boat Quay.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police report stated that they arrested two women, aged between 21 and 27, for allegedly providing sexual services at one of the massage establishments. During the investigation police also found that one of the owners of a massage parlour has hired a foreign woman, who doesn't have a valid work pass and police arrested both of them for ignoring the law.</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div>A three-day islandwide police operation which ended on Friday (May 18) saw 38 people arrested - including an 80-year-old - for vice, gambling and immigration-related offences.</div><div><br /></div><div>A woman was also arrested for using criminal force against public servant.</div><div><br /></div><div>In total, 19 women and 19 men, aged between 21 and 80 years old, were nabbed during the operation which was conducted in areas such as Jalan Besar, Beach Road, Telok Blangah Rise and Bendemeer Road.</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Some of the women arrested in police raids on massage parlours on Thursday (May 3). (foto: S'pore Police Force)</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div>Four women aged between 34 and 57 were arrested during a police raid on massage parlours on Thursday (May 3), the police said in a statement on Saturday.</div><div><br /></div><div>Three of the women were arrested for offences under the Women's Charter while the fourth was arrested for managing a place of assignation, which means any place where communication is carried out with females for immoral purposes.</div><div><br /></div><div>During the operation, officers from the Central Police Division conducted checks on four massage establishments in Circular Road, Gemmill Lane, Duxton Road and Kitchener Road.</div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">5 of the women arrested during the two-week operation. (foto: SPF)</span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div> With five closed circuit television cameras pointing towards the walkway leading to the second floor shophouse unit and a security door in place, staff at a facial spa on Upper Thomson Road should have been prepared for any visitors.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yet three female employees and two of their male clients were caught off-guard when the police came knocking - and discovered it was an unlicensed massage establishment.</div><div><br /></div><div>The random enforcement check by officers from the Bishan Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) was part of an intensive two-week islandwide operation targeting unlicensed and errant massage parlours.</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">6 women were arrested in an enforcement operation targeting public entertainment outlets and massage parlours on Tuesday (Mar 20). (foto: Singapore Police Force)</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div>Six women were arrested in an enforcement operation against massage establishments and public entertainment outlets on Mar 20.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police said in a news release on Mar 21 that they raided nine establishments located along Aliwal Street, Prinsep Street, Rangoon Road, Jalan Besar, North Bridge Road, Victoria Street, Lorong Telok, Jalan Klapa and Perak Road on Mar 20. The women, aged between 21 and 32, were arrested for employment-related offences.</div><div><br /></div><div>Five massage establishments and four public entertainment outlets were also found to have contravened licensing conditions. Actions will be taken against the operators under the Public Entertainment Act and Massage Establishment Act.</div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">5 women, aged between 32 and 43, were arrested in a series of raids on massage establishments. (foto: SPF)</span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div>Singapore police arrested five women, aged between 32 and 43, in a series of raids on massage parlours. On Monday, the authorities said in a press release that they conducted enforcement operations at 27 massage establishments located along Tanjong Pagar, Jalan Klapa, Kitchener Road, Coleman Street, North Bridge Road and Telok Blangah Crescent between Apr 3 and Apr 6.</div><div><br /></div><div>During the operations, 13 outlets were found to be operating without a valid licence, while two licensed operators were found to have contravened licensing conditions.</div><div><br /></div><div>Under the new Massage Establishments Act, the operators of the unlicensed parlours will face enhanced penalties, if convicted. First time offenders will be jailed up to two years, or a fine of up to S$10,000, or both.</div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b><b>10 women were arrested for providing sexual services in massage establishments</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ever since the new Massage Establishments Act (MEA) and related changes to regulatory requirements for massage establishments (MEs) came into force on 1 March 2018. The Police have stepped up enforcement efforts and conducted an intensive 2-week islandwide operation between 1 and 14 March 2018 targeting unlicensed MEs and errant licensed MEs suspected of operating vice activities.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the operations, the Police checked 41 massage establishments across 15 neighborhoods, such as Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Bukit Batok, Bukit Merah, Bukit Timah, Changi, Choa Chu Kang, Orchard, Jalan Besar, Jurong West, Paya Lebar, Serangoon, Tanjong Pagar, Toa Payoh and Upper Thomson.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">10 women were arrested for offenses under the Women’s Charter and Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. 14 MEs were also detected to be operating without a valid license.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Some of the women who were arrested in last Friday’s (11 January) raid on three public entertainment outlets along Koek Road. (PHOTO: Singapore Police Force)</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Eight women were arrested last Thursday (11 January) in a joint enforcement operation conducted by officers from the Tanglin Police Division and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB).</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the six-hour operation, three public entertainment outlets at Cuppage Plaza – located at 5 Koek Road – were found to have breached Public Entertainment Licensing Conditions.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">According to a police news release, three of the women were arrested for appearing nude in a public place, two of whom were also caught for employment and immigration-related offences. Another five women were arrested for suspected drug-related offences, the release said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">The police conducted a raid at entertainment outlets and massage parlours along Temasek Boulevard, Jalan Besar, Syed Alwi Road and South Bridge Road on Thursday (15 March) (PHOTO: Singapore Police Force)</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sixteen women and five men have been </span><a href="https://kopitiambot.com/2018/03/16/16-women-and-5-men-arrested-for-vice-employment-and-gaming-offences/">arrested for vice</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, employment and gaming offences during a police raid.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The raid took place at entertainment outlets and massage parlours along Temasek Boulevard, Jalan Besar, Syed Alwi Road and South Bridge Road on Thursday (15 March), the Singapore Police Force said in a statement on Friday.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Five women were arrested for allegedly providing sexual services in a hotel and a residential unit. Eleven women were arrested in relation to illegal employment of foreign workers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">5 women, believed to have provided sexual services at a hotel and residential unit, were also arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter. (Photo: SPF)</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div>Singapore police arrested 16 women and five men on Thursday for a variety of offences, including vice activities, illegal gambling and work pass violations during enforcement checks on public entertainment outlets and massage parlours.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Friday, the authorities said in a press release that the enforcement operations were conducted along Temasek Boulevard, Jalan Besar, Syed Alwi Road and South Bridge Road.</div><div><br /></div><div>Out of the suspects aged between 21 and 67, 11 women were arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. Meanwhile, the other five women were suspected of providing sexual services at a hotel and a residential unit.</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">2 foreign women (above) who worked at a facial spa in Upper Thomson Road raided on March 8. In one room was a tablet showing "live" camera views of the walkway outside. ST FOTO: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">With 5 closed-circuit television cameras pointing towards the walkway leading to the second-floor shophouse unit and a security door in place, staff at a facial spa on Upper Thomson Road should have been prepared for any visitors.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yet 3 female employees and 2 of their male clients were caught off guard when the police came knocking - and discovered it was an unlicensed massage establishment.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The random enforcement check by officers from the Bishan Neighbourhood Police Centre was part of an intensive 2-week islandwide operation targeting unlicensed and errant massage parlours.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Of the 36 arrested in a three-day operation, 18 were suspected of vice activities. (foto: Singapore Police Force)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div>The Central Police Division conducted a three-day operation, targeting vice and gambling activities in Little India, Jalan Besar, Chinatown and Tiong Bahru between 7 and 9 March 2018.</div><div><br /></div><div>A total of 9 men and 27 women, aged between 27 to 78 were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter, Employment of Foreign Workers Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Common Gaming House Act and Remote Gambling Act.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of the 27 women, 18 were arrested for their suspected involvement in providing sexual services from hotels and rented apartments and were believed to be residing in Singapore on Employment Passes or Short Term Visit Passes. The other 9 men and 9 women were arrested for gambling and drug-related offences. Cash amounting to $1,438 were seized as case exhibits.</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Singapore police have arrested eight women for offences ranging from appearing naked in public to drug-related offences in a six-hour joint operation. Tanglin Police Division and the Central Narcotics Bureau's Enforcement E Division conducted a joint operation at public entertainment outlets in Cuppage Plaza from 11 pm last Thursday.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On Monday, the authorities said that three women were arrested for appearing nude in a public place. In addition to this, two of those women were also arrested for employment and immigration-related offences. While, five other women were arrested for drug-related offences.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">According to reports, the authorities have also found three public entertainment outlets breaching public entertainment licensing conditions. The police said that the investigations against the suspects are still going on.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A police vice raid at Block 512 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8. foto: Nuria Ling / TODAY</span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">More than 90 people have been arrested for vice offences out of Housing & Development Board (HDB) flats & condominium units, following the most extensive anti-vice raid in the heartlands the police have conducted.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Raids were conducted islandwide the last 10 days by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against heartland prostitution, covering about 40 locations, including Ang Mo Kio, Jurong West, People’s Park, & Yishun.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">TODAY understands that a majority of the prostitutes had advertised their services on 2 websites, where listings for sexual services are sorted by location. Customers arrange visits via phone calls or text messages.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Some of the women who were arrested in last Friday’s (11 January) raid on three public entertainment outlets along Koek Road. (PHOTO: Singapore Police Force)</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Eight women were arrested last Thursday (11 January) in a joint enforcement operation conducted by officers from the Tanglin Police Division and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB).</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">During the six-hour operation, three public entertainment outlets at Cuppage Plaza – located at 5 Koek Road – were found to have breached Public Entertainment Licensing Conditions.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">According to a police news release, three of the women were arrested for appearing nude in a public place, two of whom were also caught for employment and immigration-related offences. Another five women were arrested for suspected drug-related offences, the release said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">The women are being investigated by the Police for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities in unlicensed massage establishments. foto: Singapore Police Force</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The crackdown on unlicensed massage establishments continues to gain momentum after the Central Police Division conducted a raid targeting outlets in Jalan Besar, Lavender & Little India.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Following the operation on Friday (Jan 5), a total of 26 women aged between 24 and 40 are being investigated by the Police for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities in unlicensed massage establishments.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a media release on Sunday, the police said action will also be taken against the owners of 7 massage establishments for offences under the Massage Establishments Act & Women’s Charter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 17 women were arrested during anti-vice raids conducted by the Central Police Division on Tuesday and Wednesday at public entertainment outlets and unlicensed massage establishments in the Jalan Besar and Little India areas, according to a statement issued by the police yesterday.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Six women, aged between 21 and 43, were nabbed for allegedly providing sexual services while working illegally at massage joints. Three massage places were also discovered to be operating without proper licences.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“Actions will be taken against the owners of these unlicensed massage establishments,” the statement added.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b><b>13 women arrested for offering sexual services in Sembawang, Sengkang</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div>Thirteen women were arrested for offering sexual services in residential units in Sembawang and Sengkang this month, the police said in a statement on Friday (Dec 29).</div><div><br /></div><div>The women, aged between 22 and 49, had been advertising their sexual services on websites and were operating in residential areas.</div><div><br /></div><div>They were arrested under the Women's Charter for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities as part of anti-vice operations conducted by the Ang Mo Kio Police Division in December.</div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>18 women arrested for offering sexual services at private apartments, hotels</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>18 women were arrested for offering sexual services at apartments and hotels including at Rangoon Road (pictured).FOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Eighteen women were arrested for offering sexual services at private apartments & hotels, the police said on Saturday (Dec 23).</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women were part of a group of 23 women & 9 men who were nabbed for offences under the Women's Charter, Employment of Foreign Workers Act, Common Gaming House Act & Remote Gambling Act.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Central Police Division had made the arrests after a 5-day operation that began on Monday at Jalan Besar Road, Rangoon Road, Road, Sing Joo Walk, Race Course Lane, Beach Road, Stamford Road, Cross Street & Kampong Bahru Road.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">11 women were arrested by the police on Tuesday (Dec 12) in the latest in a series of enforcement operations against vice related activities in December. foto: Singapore Police Force</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">11 women were arrested by the police on Tuesday (Dec 12) in the latest in a series of enforcement operations against vice related activities in December.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The police said in a press release on Thursday the women were nabbed while authorities were conducting enforcement operations against unlicensed massage establishments in Jalan Bukit Merah, Tanjong Pagar & South Bridge Road.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women, whose ages range from 28 to 40, will be charged for offences under the Women’s Charter and Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.</span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">18 women arrested for vice activities in 5-day operation</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Of the 32 arrested, 18 women were arrested for suspected involvement in providing sexual services at private apartments & hotels. foto: SPF</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 32 people have been arrested by the police in a 5-day anti-vice operation that started on Monday (Dec 18) & ended on Friday.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Of the 32 arrests, 18 women were apprehended for suspected involvement in providing sexual services at private apartments & hotels.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The remaining 5 women and 9 men were arrested for employment and gambling offences, the police said in a statement on Saturday.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b><b>Singapore clamps down harder on unlicensed massage businesses</b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">File foto of women involved in a massage establishment raid by police (fotos: Singapore Police Force)</span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) promised “tougher action” against unlicensed massage establishments (MEs) as it enacted new legislation in Parliament on Monday (Nov 6).</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As she detailed proposed changes first laid out last month, 2nd Minister Josephine Teo noted that many unlicensed MEs were in fact fronts for vice activities and “the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing”.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“There is a clear difference between licensed & unlicensed MEs. In 2016, Police enforcement found less than 3% of licensed MEs to have vice-related infringements. This is significantly lower than the 40% of unlicensed MEs with vice-related offences,” she said.</span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Law and Home Affairs Minister, K Shanmugam</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There have been some comments on the nature of police raids on illegal brothels. They break down doors, wear masks and so on. And that all of this is wrong.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I fully support the Police in their actions and the tactics they have adopted.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Speed and surprise are key elements during raids. Police cannot be expected to knock on the door, and wait for a response.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Shanmugam throws weight behind police raids on illegal brothel</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><img height="226" src="http://media.theindependent.sg/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brutalityorduty1-696x492.jpg" width="320" /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Law and Home Affairs Minister, K Shanmugam, has come out to fully support police actions against illegal brothels. Videos of the raids by Police uploaded by Project X Director, Vanessa Ho, had earlier gone viral. Some netizens had commented that the Police actions seem high-handed.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Project X was established in November 2008 by Wong Yock Leng, a social worker who recognized that sex workers in Singapore are amongst the most marginalized and discriminated in society, and saw a gap in services for the sex worker community.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mr Shanmugam lambasted such criticisms as “deeply flawed”. He further described such netizens’ sympathies for those in the brothels as “misplaced”.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>related:</b> </span><a href="http://www.theindependent.sg/police-accused-of-terrorising-women-by-using-battering-rams-sledgehammers-during-brothel-raid/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">POLICE ACCUSED OF TERRORISING WOMEN BY USING BATTERING RAMS, SLEDGEHAMMERS DURING BROTHEL RAID</a></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Police raids on illegal brothels, right or wrong?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There was a police raid of an brothel near popular supper spot, Swee Choon Tim Sum, on Friday Dec 8.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">According to a Facebook account, the police wore full ski masks and allegedly used battering rams and sledgehammers.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The post has since been deleted but this was what it said:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">“Police raid of an unlicensed brothel. I wasn’t exaggerating when I said they use battering rams and sledgehammers. In fact, I saw that they also used a circular saw and wore balaclavas. As Sherry puts it, “they think of their safety first but not the workers”. The whole area smelled like burning metal for a moment. A huge crowd gathered, adding to the spectacle. And to make matters worse, the media was invited and I got to witness first hand how they make the women pose with their faces to the walls in order to shame them.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">“This is what your taxpayers money are put to: groups of armed men terrorizing women.”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Internet is divided on this. Some criticised the police while others defending them for doing their duty.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">The 3 woman aged between 34 & 48 were arrested for suspected offences under the Women's Charter. FOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A 4-room Housing Board flat in Jurong West suspected of operating as a brothel was raided by police on Tuesday (Oct 31) afternoon.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3 women between the ages of 34 & 48 were arrested. The Straits Times understands that they are from China.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Condoms & lubricants were seized from the flat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">The women were arrested during a raid by Jurong Division officers at Jurong West Street 65 on Wed (Oct 21).</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They were on valid social visit passes, but allegedly used them commit vice-related offences, the police said.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women had advertised their sexual services on various online websites, condoms & lubricants were seized as case exhibits.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">According to a report by Lianhe Wanbao on Friday, the raid was carried out at the 14th floor of a block in Jurong West Street 65.</span></span><br />
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</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwcX4ZiQBQcKwNBHrbMhvxNJF99oB4Y0wTYCG1TcmWYolW4xh40G-NVCLp8HptnwFs6YHsZkCrJt2FlcmxpgubCZojyMeNVxJwjrFygV5hZeR7SmVQvk4dt-_RVRJ3RAiH9lH8yD866ALey4IVddicYWVRe2r28JpcYgJ43jUfAjN4QLFIRlHw-Kdh=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwcX4ZiQBQcKwNBHrbMhvxNJF99oB4Y0wTYCG1TcmWYolW4xh40G-NVCLp8HptnwFs6YHsZkCrJt2FlcmxpgubCZojyMeNVxJwjrFygV5hZeR7SmVQvk4dt-_RVRJ3RAiH9lH8yD866ALey4IVddicYWVRe2r28JpcYgJ43jUfAjN4QLFIRlHw-Kdh=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The flat (centre, with dim red light) in Jurong West Street 61 where a brothel operates. Residents said that for the last one year, the rented unit has housed a number of foreign women</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><div>From the outside, the four-room Housing Board flat in Jurong West Street 61 looked innocuous enough, except for the constant stream of men who flock there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Residents said that for the last one year, the rented unit has housed a number of foreign women, and some were <a href="https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/heartland-brothels-make-residents-see-red"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">shocked to learn</span></a> that it operates as a brothel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Despite a number of raids in the area, such brothels keep returning, attracted by low rents and the belief that they are less likely to be detected there.</div><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span></span><b><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/heartland-brothels-make-residents-see-red?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&xtor=CS1-10#link_time=1506902653" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3 men and 14 women were arrested following an 8-hour joint enforcement operation that commenced at 10 pm on 15 April 2017.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The operation was led by Tanglin Division and supported by officers from Criminal Investigations Department, Traffic Police, Central Narcotics Bureau Enforcement“E” Division and the 1st Singapore Civil Defence Force Division.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">A total of 9 public entertainment outlets were checked. 1 of them was found to have breached the Public Entertainment Licensing Conditions while 4 were found to have breached the Fire Safety Rules and Regulations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Three women who are foreigners between the age of 37 and 42 have been arrested for providing sexual services. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They were found to be in Singapore on social visit passes, but allegedly used them to engage in prostitution-related activities. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police raided a 14th floor flat at Jurong West St 65 on Wed (21 Jun) and arrested the women.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One of them had apparently just arrived in Singapore and had not even unpacked her luggage, in which the police found two large bags containing condoms. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The woman are believed to have advertised sexual services on various websites. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Neighbours say they often saw strangers pacing the corridor outside the unit, and they were glad the women had been arrested.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This arrest follows a high-profile bust in May involving atas </span><a href="http://redwiretimes.com/singapore-in-brief/atas-ang-moh-prostitutes-arrested-during-suspected-foursome-orgy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russian prostitutes</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> who serviced high-end clients. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The prostitutes used a </span><a href="http://redwiretimes.com/singapore-in-brief/alert-condo-uncle-could-be-key-to-breaking-atas-ang-moh-prostitution-ring/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bella Casita condominium</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> unit in Tanjong Katong as their base of operations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police have arrested 68 people after a 6-hour operation at businesses which were suspected of conducting vice activities.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On Aug 13 to 14, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Tanglin Police Division mounted a six-hour operation at 9 public entertainment outlets and an office in the vicinity of Orchard Road.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">According to the police, 53 females aged between 19 & 35 were arrested for suspected involvement in vice activities. 10 men and 5 women, aged between 22 and 54, were also taken in for suspected involvement as members of a vice syndicate.</span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Prostitution in Singapore – are the police doing enough to combat it?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In Singapore, prostitution is legal, but public solicitation, living on the earnings of prostitution and operating a brothel is illegal. The government regulates prostitution rather than trying to eradicate it, but nevertheless illegal sex workers saturate the industry. The problem is showing no sign of going away.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are an estimated 1,000 or more licensed sex workers in Singapore, and 95% of those come from abroad. Yet thousands more choose – or are forced – to work without a license. Unable to access the same protection the state offers licensed workers, illegal sex workers will either work from massage or beauty parlours or cut out the middleman altogether and set up a profile online which they use to pick up clients.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As Director of Health Education and Research at HOME (The Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics) Dr. Thein Than Win explains, “In the licensed brothels, everything is in place: mandatory health screenings, condoms. But for the illegal sex workers, the transient ones, there are no health services, education or testing services for them.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Online vice is on the rise & the authorities have changed the laws to combat it. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Changes to the Women's Charter kicked in on July 1 and they include a new section, 146A, which targets those who operate or maintain websites which offer sexual services or allow prostitutes to advertise. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Those convicted can be fined up to $10,000 or jailed for up to 5 years, or both.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Section 146 was also tweaked to make clear that it is an offence for a person to live on or receive various forms of gratification in return for helping in the prostitution of another person. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The changes are a response to how the Internet has affected the world's oldest industry - the sex trade. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Instead of having highly visible red-light districts, the shift online has made prostitution a more hidden & discreet business.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It means prostitutes no longer need middlemen - agencies & pimps - to source for clients or to provide a venue. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And many have decided to have a go at it alone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2 men & their female partners were literally caught with their pants down when enforcement officers barged in on them in a room at an entertainment outlet in Burmah Road.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The 2 women were among 41 foreign women, believed to be working as guest relation officers, who were nabbed during Ops Sayang conducted by the state Immigration Department.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The women rounded up from both raids comprised 30 Vietnamese, 10 Chinese nationals & a Thai.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police officers swooped in on a hotel at Jalan Besar Road on Tuesday (May 17), arresting 24 foreigners - 23 women & a man, for suspected involvement in vice-related activities.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The suspects, aged between 20 and 33 were found to have made use of their stay in Singapore on valid social visit passes to offer sexual services.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">According to a statement from the S'pore Police Force, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects have been advertising their sexual services on different online platforms & vice websites.</span></span><br />
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</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xSHEWjSSAxUwTQx1NAnfNmuEdppjlii4g0M9WhbijAdPdJplr1A-f3jkmpkbPE3NY9h7uiGq97KAkbKb0fxRdY97JTDtpv911XTKpQY-vMcPGOZvF4pHIJHz3sLf9ZUXPXuqhIpL1uI_kwdoYjiZ-9pz-1vg7kkjGsI5D5icbY2Cp9XLwyhqFpBh/s830/r1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="830" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xSHEWjSSAxUwTQx1NAnfNmuEdppjlii4g0M9WhbijAdPdJplr1A-f3jkmpkbPE3NY9h7uiGq97KAkbKb0fxRdY97JTDtpv911XTKpQY-vMcPGOZvF4pHIJHz3sLf9ZUXPXuqhIpL1uI_kwdoYjiZ-9pz-1vg7kkjGsI5D5icbY2Cp9XLwyhqFpBh/s320/r1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Suspected prostitutes are seen sitting on a bed after they were detained by the police in a hotel along Jalan Besar Road, May 17, 2017. Photo: S'pore Police Force</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 24 foreigners were hauled in by the police for their suspected involvement in prostitution after law enforcers conducted a raid on a hotel along Jalan Besar Road on Wed (May 17) morning.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The police said in a press release on Wednesday that the suspects, 23 women & a man, had advertised their sexual services on various online platforms and vice-related websites.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">TODAY understands that 23 of the suspects – including the man - are from Thailand. The other is from Laos.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Some of the female foreigners arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities. (Photo: SPF)</span></i><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> foreign women were arrested on Thursday (May 4) for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities, the police said on Friday.</span></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> of the women are from Russia and one is from Uzbekistan, and their ages range between 26 and 39, according to the police in their press release.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Their arrests came about after Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers conducted simultaneous raids in Raffles Boulevard, Tanjong Katong Road & Cairnhill Road on Thursday. The women allegedly made use of their stay in Singapore on valid work passes to commit vice-related offences, police said.</span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police arrest 176 suspects in four-day anti-crime blitz</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">A total of 176 suspects aged between 18 & 82 were arrested for their involvement illegal employment, vice activities, gambling and drug-related offences. FOTO: SPF</span></i></div>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Police have arrested a total of 176 suspects, aged between 18 & 82, in a series of anti-crime operations held over 4 days.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They are currently under investigation for suspected involvement in illegal employment, vice activities, gambling & drug-related offences.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The multi-agency operation, led by Central Division, covered a wide area in the central part of Singapore.</span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dhoby Ghaut spa 'almost like a brothel'</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>OPEN FOR BUSINESS: The outside of one of the massage parlours</i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A total of 75 people were arrested in a series of enforcement operations conducted by the police between Jun 23 and 26 at 8 unlicensed massage establishments and 8 public entertainment outlets at Orchard Road, Upper Thomson Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road and Balestier Road. </span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The 4-day operation saw 66 women and nine men aged between 19 and 51 arrested for various criminal and employment related offences.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Police conducted checks at both spas</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>What you will see as you enter one of the massage parlours</i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The 2 massage parlours are known to the police, a police spokesman tells TNPS.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In Mar this year, the police conducted enforcement checks at the Prinsep Street massage parlour. They did the same at the Sophia Road massage parlour in May.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Says the spokesman: "Actions have been taken against offenders under the Massage Establishment Act and the Immigration Act.</span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">36 nabbed in suspected brothels in HDB heartland</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">About a month ago, her immediate neighbours of 8 years moved out after renting out their 5-room flat in Woodlands.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Soon after the tenants moved in, their common corridor on the 4th storey became a daily hive of activity. Men would pace up and down while looking at their mobile phones.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The resident, who wanted to be known only as Madam K, told The New Paper yesterday that her husband also saw women, who lived in the flat, leaving in the middle of the night, never to return. Other women would then move in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">A suspected prostitute in a Woodlands flat earlier this month: 36 people were arrested in the island-wide raid of suspected brothels in the HDB heartland.FOTO: WANBAO FILE</span></i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Some HDB heartlanders are wondering what's taking place behind closed doors at this Woodlands flat.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The unit used to be a heartland brothel, with strangers turning up at all hours of the day and even late into the night.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These unfamiliar faces were all men, who looked to be in their 30s to 50s.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Suspects apprehended during the blitz. Photo: Singapore Police Force</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">130 suspects comprizing 48 men & 82 women were arrested during an overnight crime blitz yesterday (Aug 30). A police statement said the suspects, who were aged between 18 & 73, had been arrested for various offences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">76 had been arrested for offences involving illegal employment and the rest were apprehended for illegal gaming, unlawful assembly, drink driving and other criminal offences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The joint anti-crime operation had been led by Central Police Division and supported by officers from Criminal Investigation Department, Traffic Police, Central Narcotics Bureau and Singapore Civil Defence Force.</span></div>
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The women's day has been celebrated for well over a century, with the first one in 1911.</div><div><br /></div><div>The day marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality.</div><div><br /></div><div>Marked annually on March 8th, women's day is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity and fundraise for female-focused charities.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.livemint.com/news/international-women-s-day-2022-history-this-year-s-theme-all-you-need-to-know-11646496468631.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>From Suffrage To Sisterhood: What Is Feminism And What Does It Mean?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7GimMXHYgCofmAc8CF6uFpkE9AHaLc3itSn3p8T3l-YMeUM5Rz-FaI3OHh54wRHAiN90ezvA_Y5SErVjNexEykCtLKiLN7ukc15eh1aFBNRJHN-f5d7TaYMTzUk9vDwoL67LcZ3Ue1oV0af6KBQ5GWNVLX4X7hJXoRBCJLI7KN1ohdjS0lkXbTe82aw/s790/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="790" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7GimMXHYgCofmAc8CF6uFpkE9AHaLc3itSn3p8T3l-YMeUM5Rz-FaI3OHh54wRHAiN90ezvA_Y5SErVjNexEykCtLKiLN7ukc15eh1aFBNRJHN-f5d7TaYMTzUk9vDwoL67LcZ3Ue1oV0af6KBQ5GWNVLX4X7hJXoRBCJLI7KN1ohdjS0lkXbTe82aw/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Held on March 8, International Women’s Day celebrates the progress women have made over the last century, and the inspiring women who helped make that progress happen. From the suffragist movement of the 1800s to the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, women have used the power of language and oration to inspire countless people.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Early feminism was heavily influenced by the <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/enlightenment"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Enlightenment</span></a> in Europe during the late 1700s. The movement focused on reason and equality for all, and it ultimately inspired the American and French Revolutions. Think of the <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/declaration-of-independence"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Declaration of Independence</span></a>: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Of course, that whole all men are created equal thing didn’t apply to women or people of color at the time. That was a problem and a great source of tension for early feminism.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the UK, Mary Wollstonecraft, an early feminist, published A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792, promoting the then-radical idea that women be educated on the same level as their male peers. The word <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/feminism"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">feminism</span></a> itself was first coined in 1837 by French philosopher, Charles Fourier (as féminisme). It originally referred to “<a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/feminine"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">feminine</span></a> qualities or character,” but that sense isn’t used any more. Toward the end of the century, the word came to refer to equal rights for women and became inextricably linked to the <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/suffragist"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">suffragist</span></a> movement.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/womens-movement-what-does-feminism-actually-mean/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>read more</b></span></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-39133021056951795592024-03-07T00:07:00.003+08:002024-03-07T00:07:00.139+08:00Traditional food wrapping: Opeh Leaf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0nishXVzh4UBZevWeHpWj8bDsu913UfNRjIWqeAehQqOVYZWLbPbTcLHD6KpH-rnFizkIqARpCszsh1UBWXRYJ09x2LXs-Mwu9MJXj1JybJ3hRzOpExzO0KE16uBLVpnOhm-b6piftWZ3MtJv79uDobqFn0j9MnXRjzGYab4odMatluzrzYUXUBqMuY/s559/0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="559" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0nishXVzh4UBZevWeHpWj8bDsu913UfNRjIWqeAehQqOVYZWLbPbTcLHD6KpH-rnFizkIqARpCszsh1UBWXRYJ09x2LXs-Mwu9MJXj1JybJ3hRzOpExzO0KE16uBLVpnOhm-b6piftWZ3MtJv79uDobqFn0j9MnXRjzGYab4odMatluzrzYUXUBqMuY/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The humble Opeh leaf comes from the inner sheath of the bark of the Betel Nut tree and was used extensively during the Post War years to wrap foods like Hokkien Mee, zichar horfun, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/144276747752697/permalink/656699919843708/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Serangoon Hokkien Mee: Traditional Opeh Leaf Hokkien Mee!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlqG1F6KfD7LdzdPqSMWRaT2hab5altMOzsBZ2wGIuB-mRyzTmufABXxTT6wA4-0jFSCvLRVAMkNWH8ZG-0myJ9_DpE53GW8CNtLmaUDgYXV0dVtJtfzbNwskVmIo_gYcFrgF1sfy7ieaDcUb-q58tFUDkVsURC3qRhqgrDphVz8Akq3w2agQnTGDNaQ/s399/0.pg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="399" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlqG1F6KfD7LdzdPqSMWRaT2hab5altMOzsBZ2wGIuB-mRyzTmufABXxTT6wA4-0jFSCvLRVAMkNWH8ZG-0myJ9_DpE53GW8CNtLmaUDgYXV0dVtJtfzbNwskVmIo_gYcFrgF1sfy7ieaDcUb-q58tFUDkVsURC3qRhqgrDphVz8Akq3w2agQnTGDNaQ/s320/0.pg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Rejoice! Rejoice! Those who still remember eating Hokkien Mee wrapped in the traditional Opeh (Areca) Leaf will rejoice when they see the picture above! You know the adage “The brain is the biggest sex organ?” Well it turns out the brain is also the biggest taste organ as well. Somehow, when you see the Opeh Leaf, your brain immediately tells you that the taste of the Hokkien Mee is bound to be great! The uncle tells me that he doesn’t think the leaf imparts any taste to the Hokkien Mee, but Hokkien Mee Afficianados would disagree.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>By the way, have you ever wondered where the leaf comes from? The humble Opeh leaf comes from the inner sheath of the bark of the Betel Nut tree and was used extensively during the Post War years to wrap foods like Hokkien Mee and Chee Cheong Fun. We now have to import these leaves from Malaysia and they are not cheap. They cost about 30 cents per sheet, which is why they only give you a small piece on the plate in most places. Here, if you buy the $4 or $5 portions, you can Tar Pau (doggy bag) the Hokkien Mee in the Opeh leaf.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Not only does this stall have the traditional Opeh leaf, the receipe for the Hokkien Mee hails from the stallowner’s father who had been frying Hokkien Mee (sitting down over a charcoal stove, I might add) over at the Sing Thye Coffee Shop at the Junction of of Balestier and Serangoon Roads. He was frying from the post war years until 1989 when he died. Fortunately his son Francis took over the family business so we can still taste this 60 year old receipe.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://ieatishootipost.sg/serangoon-hokkien-mee-traditional-opeh-leaf-hokkien-mee/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Kim Keat Hokkien Mee: Turning over a new Opeh Leaf!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR16cWuEo1J2n_RsLJPFOw-EbLeJkTBWegVadJjQI-RtzC6jM3nGud-cNSft40cotsIGzHpHjjqQMacIzIXfRXb9B-1jHRkB_30sbPkrVEARYLda9qtwM3vbkgvwLfVtSNHaNZKbklCpeTJTbCjdG5z6xBMeC6Enma9D6c8Czkm0ny6wimVutDQTr4OZE/s800/0.pg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR16cWuEo1J2n_RsLJPFOw-EbLeJkTBWegVadJjQI-RtzC6jM3nGud-cNSft40cotsIGzHpHjjqQMacIzIXfRXb9B-1jHRkB_30sbPkrVEARYLda9qtwM3vbkgvwLfVtSNHaNZKbklCpeTJTbCjdG5z6xBMeC6Enma9D6c8Czkm0ny6wimVutDQTr4OZE/s320/0.pg.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hokkien Mee on Opeh Leaf</span></i></div><br /><div>I met this young pastor recently who asked if I could help his uncle who had just been released from prison. He had been in and out of prison for the past 20 years and had finally decided to get baptized and start life anew. He had opened a stall selling Hokkien Mee and asked if I could drop by to see if his Hokkien Mee was any good and perhaps give some tips on how it could be improved.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>I like such inspiring stories but was a little apprehensive because Hokkien Mee is not a skill that someone can just pick up overnight. So I visited the stall not thinking that I would blog about it.</div><div><br /></div><div>However, that all changed when I saw him at the wok. Mr Lee was attacking the wok like a veteran. He was using two ladles to toss the noodles up in the air till you could smell the aroma of the noodles and garlic! A lot of Hokkien Mee nowadays suffer from a lack of vigorous frying which results in a plate of noodles that is more like pasta, where the noodles and beehoon are just given a bit of a stir around the wok and then braised in the prawn stock. For good Hokkien Mee, the noodles have to be well fried in lard, eggs and garlic till the noodles are just a little charred before the stock is added. That is when you get that smokey charred flavour which you don’t ever get with pasta. You can easily tell if the hawker is doing it right by observing if he needs to scrape the burnt bits off the bottom of the wok after each session of frying!</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://ieatishootipost.sg/kim-keat-hokkien-mee-turning-over-a-new-opeh-leaf/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Singapore Hawker Food: Halal Opeh Leaf Seafood Hor Fun</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhbOIlzsqsBteJE-DrwRWs5XZv1d7k9iLsiQlPODpQ46twOdlJrOFkY99zxviAEO8UVP4YNvrMSS6mvQL8DYng2OpH8fIS_Cs7QdlIiYnCB3Gk8STYZpN8ROAHcLYJgM1ZgasvZhyphenhyphenNu1_vgAN4QfLVcp-fgrnXUZ0RsZnpHy6Q45jGa7XNP3vlst8eTM/s1604/0.pg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="1203" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhbOIlzsqsBteJE-DrwRWs5XZv1d7k9iLsiQlPODpQ46twOdlJrOFkY99zxviAEO8UVP4YNvrMSS6mvQL8DYng2OpH8fIS_Cs7QdlIiYnCB3Gk8STYZpN8ROAHcLYJgM1ZgasvZhyphenhyphenNu1_vgAN4QfLVcp-fgrnXUZ0RsZnpHy6Q45jGa7XNP3vlst8eTM/s320/0.pg.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Seafood Hor Fun in a Opeh leaf</span></i></div><div><br /></div>My Opeh leaf of Wok fried Hor Fun actually meant for 2; with a tinge of wok hei styled of its Hor Fun, it’s generous servings of seafood - prawns & squids and generous eggs and vegetable with the thick gravy of Zichar styled Hor Fun.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The Opeh leaf has an undeniable task of keeping the food warm, indeed after a few minutes of eating the Hor Fun and it’s gravy still piping hot inside, as I seated outdoor to enjoy the little wind blowing, the fresh air and watching the world goes by.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.affluent-society.com/post/singapore-hawker-food-halal-opeh-leaf-seafood-hor-fun"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Where Do Opeh Leaf Wrappings Come From? It is not a Leaf</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7h5PQ5BhUirWAoFaSWSm9zEqnvqifZgYlgbXv41NlLel8kZupzlzSo0cYUuzjNNNKp7v1YlJWRW9e-c87fpl4jnsHdRlXnk4fE4mTg1N5VjZDeETEwtCHebZkdTMahE0Vg-7xT81Py55ubEOBc5Y4ET_Vdw8fqLPyWhCITtd_ET1bfc8SjH0LfTas4i0/s976/0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="976" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7h5PQ5BhUirWAoFaSWSm9zEqnvqifZgYlgbXv41NlLel8kZupzlzSo0cYUuzjNNNKp7v1YlJWRW9e-c87fpl4jnsHdRlXnk4fE4mTg1N5VjZDeETEwtCHebZkdTMahE0Vg-7xT81Py55ubEOBc5Y4ET_Vdw8fqLPyWhCITtd_ET1bfc8SjH0LfTas4i0/s320/0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Opeh leaf or hak comes from the betel nut palm (scientific name, areca catechu)</span></i></div><br /><div>When I was a child, hot hawker food was often sold wrapped in a light brownish wrapping known as opeh leaf or opeh hak. Char kway teow, fried Hokkien mee, chai tow kueh, char hor fun, fried crab bee hoon, orh luak, etc. Can you name more?</div><div><br /></div><div>Opeh leaf is an excellent hot food wrapping as it insulates heat very well with lots of small air pockets inside its sheet, like organic bubble wrap. As an organic product it is earth friendly too. But opeh leaf or opeh hak is a lot more than just a traditional food wrapper. When the brown sheet wrap around steamy hot food and its sauces, they all interact with each other, infusing the food with a nice woody fragrance. The opeh hak was more than just a wrapping - it was like one of the essential ingredients for the best fried Hokkien mee, fried hor fun, fried kway teow, etc. </div><div><div><br /></div><div>It is hard to describe that smell and taste but anyone who grew up in that era (Malaysia and Singapore up to the 1980s) will know it. In recent years, opeh leaf has made a come back, not as a wrapping but an underlining or decorative tray for nostalgic reasons. Used in this way, it imparts little if any fragrance to the food.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://johorkaki.blogspot.com/2020/07/where-do-opeh-leaf-wrappings-come-from.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Char Kway Teow in Opeh (Betel Nut) Leaf</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKK5X2cY0UnfNab50j2mL9YwBe4qjEgqtBCrLWaHOzCoFmODyManAWrWWmFV7-vSPdyDqPiTV5gvfd_64QAAKMp-r3vzPvKvE2TiEJ0-uYtKOoDkmfMFfWDz3IkW88Ne_t339ji16_a9WgvUrzal71Yqex3nxAPVv8Ygbo3wQyB0_vm0g7QsxGK5tGuM/s500/0.pg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKK5X2cY0UnfNab50j2mL9YwBe4qjEgqtBCrLWaHOzCoFmODyManAWrWWmFV7-vSPdyDqPiTV5gvfd_64QAAKMp-r3vzPvKvE2TiEJ0-uYtKOoDkmfMFfWDz3IkW88Ne_t339ji16_a9WgvUrzal71Yqex3nxAPVv8Ygbo3wQyB0_vm0g7QsxGK5tGuM/s320/0.pg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Using natural leaves is definitely better than plastic lined paper</span></i></div><br /><div>Char Kway Teow is a very popular hawker/street food in Singapore. To find Char Kway Teow wrapped in Opeh (Areca) Leaf (Betel Nut Leaf) as a takeaway or to-go is rather rare these days.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Similar to Otak-Otak wrapped in Banana Leaves or Coconut Rice cooked with Pandan Leaves, using Opeh Leaf (Betel Nut Leaf) as a food wrap must be doing good to Char Kway Teow in terms of retaining aroma, warmth, or moisture. Maybe eco-friendly too? I don't know. I wonder if we are hurting the Betel Nut Tree population.</div><div><br /></div><div>Significantly characterized by the use of dark sweet sauce, the Singapore Char Kway Teow is different from Penang's Char Kuey Teow.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://teczcape.blogspot.com/2010/06/char-kway-teow-in-opeh-betel-nut-leaf.html#google_vignette"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Opeh Leaf</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4h7-JE-4iw9sOKFM9BuW3pBgzTTbYF7ewq-rBn4wH3C5Rc-IbVBQe2zk5WoYU6vfkrnmpf0sgZs1sgX3NIFCs3AdUlUPDStO1Lmlut_MK4JOVw83qqtZkIQ1YluyeHbSb3b_8hukZWOxD569je82-ixQcE4BxTkzv6QgI9i3B48slRNM3xBS1aEcjALs/s500/0.pg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4h7-JE-4iw9sOKFM9BuW3pBgzTTbYF7ewq-rBn4wH3C5Rc-IbVBQe2zk5WoYU6vfkrnmpf0sgZs1sgX3NIFCs3AdUlUPDStO1Lmlut_MK4JOVw83qqtZkIQ1YluyeHbSb3b_8hukZWOxD569je82-ixQcE4BxTkzv6QgI9i3B48slRNM3xBS1aEcjALs/s320/0.pg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>When the opeh leaf comes into contact with hot food, a subtle woody fragrance is infused into the dish, enhancing flavours. That’s why in the good old days, it was used to serve anything from chwee kueh, a type of steamed rice cake served with diced preserved radish and chilli sauce, to char kway teow, a noodle dish traditionally stir fried in pork fat.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://discover.stayfareast.com/post/115847697408/9-types-of-food-takeaway-packaging-available-in"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>The Opeh Leaf</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrbHSxsVBaNHxTp-7XSeroiJg-o54eznefsJhFR_7itt-clEXJG29DQOPR5NQfUa0RUmosxSa8NileD5VRJXgLUIctLif50TC9MR4xbBKsADXhSil0OgzQ392TzxHZZsDpnrW88yHDCm-lq5K9NUjoQCm2z_89qlqCQexrE8re-XHGWK81qVsAZm89Tg/s600/0.pg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrbHSxsVBaNHxTp-7XSeroiJg-o54eznefsJhFR_7itt-clEXJG29DQOPR5NQfUa0RUmosxSa8NileD5VRJXgLUIctLif50TC9MR4xbBKsADXhSil0OgzQ392TzxHZZsDpnrW88yHDCm-lq5K9NUjoQCm2z_89qlqCQexrE8re-XHGWK81qVsAZm89Tg/s320/0.pg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Waaa, ever had fried hokkien prawn noodles or oyster omelet packed in one of these? It’s really delicious and fragrant! Opeh leaf enhances the “wok hei” taste of the dishes! It not as common these days but if you do see one, be sure to try it! foodline.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.foodline.sg/Discover/types-of-take-away-packaging-in-singapore/"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970232529862272281.post-61297788854306035132024-03-06T00:06:00.001+08:002024-03-06T00:06:00.123+08:00Places of Worship in Beijing, China<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQfwtUV1y1IDszdgn5EU0VVRDhjKbDYEsPXHr3iaYcc8PCOfBf-jg5GvXTi2x-dPPE1aPJ2mQ_rlgqpVku9izQnAyxBZSs_LzI_StS9zfgiCsEbemsCNh2TbRqiAt2vGv-N1yK-rW7ftWEL7CjObEFheRGpD06VpRlceqmhElmMYY3FCKmorx6LX0/s620/0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="620" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQfwtUV1y1IDszdgn5EU0VVRDhjKbDYEsPXHr3iaYcc8PCOfBf-jg5GvXTi2x-dPPE1aPJ2mQ_rlgqpVku9izQnAyxBZSs_LzI_StS9zfgiCsEbemsCNh2TbRqiAt2vGv-N1yK-rW7ftWEL7CjObEFheRGpD06VpRlceqmhElmMYY3FCKmorx6LX0/s320/0.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Chinese government respects everyone's right to worship as he or she chooses. Religion in China is as important an aspect of life as it is anywhere else in the world. China honors the individual's right to his or her religious beliefs. Many religions coexist harmoniously here. Chinese people follow a variety of spiritual practices. Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, and Christianity, are all honored as independent but equal doctrines. As the capital of a country with many faiths, Beijing has a great variety of sacred sites. It is impossible to cover every place of worship of every sect and denomination. Here is a representative list of popular places of worship in Beijing:</span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.china.org.cn/english/olympic/religioussites/221616.htm"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Buddhism</span></a>, the dominant religious philosophy in China, first arrived during the Han Dynasty and played a central role in Chinese culture and history. Generally speaking, Buddhism in China can be categorized into Han, Tibetan and Southern Buddhism. Chinese Buddhism refers collectively to the various schools of Buddhist thought that have flourished in China since ancient times. These schools have integrated the ideas of Confucianism, Taoism and other indigenous philosophical systems so that what was initially a foreign religion (the buddhadharma from India) came to be a natural part of Chinese civilization, albeit with its own unique character. Buddhism has played an enormous role in shaping the mindset of the Chinese people. Chinese aesthetics, politics, literature, philosophy and medicine have all been greatly influenced by Buddhism. During the Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhism peaked and produced numerous spiritual masters of outstanding brilliance. Their legacy is among China's greatest treasures.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.china.org.cn/english/olympic/religioussites/221618.htm"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Taoism</span></a> - Taoism is the only religious doctrine that actually originated in China. As with Buddhism, a philosophical, then religious tradition, it has, with Confucianism, shaped Chinese life for more than 2,000 years. The doctrine derives from the philosophical ideas of Laozi, an outstanding Chinese philosopher. The key concept in Taoism revolves around "the Way," variously interpreted as either a philosophical or religious guidance system for all people interested in Taoism. At one time, it was used as a governing tool, but today it survives both as a religious tradition and as a philosophy. The most common representation of Taoist theology is the circular Yin Yang figure: a symbol of existing opposites in perfect balance. When they are both equally present, all is calm; when one outweighs the other, confusion and chaos appear.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.china.org.cn/english/olympic/religioussites/221617.htm"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Christianity</span></a> - The first time Christianity came into China was in 635AD, arriving as a Nestorian Church, but it survived only briefly. In the 1800s, Christianity reentered China from the West, but unfortunately this religion was linked with colonialism. Later, in order to break away from the old image of "foreign religion", Chinese Protestant Christians initiated the Three-Self Patriotic Movement in 1950, and set up the National Committee of Three-Self Patriotic Movement of Protestant Churches in China. The Three-Self Patriotic Movement has achieved much. Churches in China have realized the principles of self-governance, self-support and self-propagation. In Chinese we deem this moving from "Three-Selves to Three-Wells"). Under the guidance of Three-Self principles, Chinese churches have entered into a post-denominational period: institutional Protestant denominations do not exist any longer. In 1958, unified worship services were initiated. In the spirit of mutual respect, Christians with different faiths and liturgical backgrounds now worship God together. From 1966 to 1976, under the influence of ultra-leftist thought during the Culture Revolution, Christian churches were closed. In 1979 they began reopening, and in 1980 the China Christian Council (CCC) was established. From that time onward both the national church organizations, the CCC and the TSPM, have complemented each other and built up the body of Christ together. To date, there are 16 million believers in China, more than 55 thousand churches and meeting points, approximately 2,700 pastors (associate pastors included), 27 thousand pastoral personnel (pastors, associate pastors, elders and preachers), 18 seminaries and Bible schools, and several training centers. There are several churches within Beijing, including the Eastern Church (Wangfujing Catholic Church), Western Church (Xizhimen Church), Southern Church (Xuanwumen Catholic Church), Northern Church (Xishiku Catholic Church), St. Michael's Church, Nangangzi Church, Pingfang Church and Dongguantou Church. There are also many miscellaneous churches located in Beijing's suburbs.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.china.org.cn/english/olympic/religioussites/221615.htm"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Islam</span></a> - Islam arrived in China during the Tang and Song dynasties (618 BC-AD 1279) through trade links. From the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Islam became an independent religion in China, and many of its followers came from ethnic groups in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. There are now about 20 million Chinese Muslims. 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Why is it so important to take care of your gut and maintain its health? What makes it stand out among the rest of your systems? It turns out that the human gut is a lot more complex than once thought. As a matter of fact, it has a massive impact on the rest of the body and the way it functions on a day-to-day basis.</div><div><br /></div><div>From a strong immune system to effective digestion, maintaining a healthy gut will improve your life overall. There have been studies that suggested good gut health may even help prevent certain cancers and autoimmune diseases. In short, gut health is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This brings us to the question: how? How can one keep their gut healthy? The answer to that, among other things, is eating the right foods. What foods are good for the gut? That’s what we’ll be discussing here:</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Yogurt - As we know, the gut is fuelled by the good bacteria that it contains. When one doesn’t have enough, things can take a bad turn. That’s where live yogurt comes in.</li><li>Miso - Miso is made from fermented soya beans along with either barley or rice. It has a whole range of good things like helpful bacteria and enzymes.</li><li>Kimchi - The Korean specialty of fermented vegetables has the benefits of probiotic bacteria as well as vitamins and fiber.</li><li>Almonds - Almonds are full of great probiotic properties. Meaning that they’re great for gut bacteria. Additionally, it’s high in fiber and full of fatty acids and polyphenols.</li><li>Olive Oil - Gut bacteria thrive on a diet of fatty acids and polyphenols. These things can be found in olive oil.</li><li>Garlic - Who doesn’t love garlic? Well, it turns out it’s a great thing to love as it has antibacterial and antifungal properties. It helps keep the “bad” gut bacteria under control and helps balance the yeast in the gut.</li></ul></div><div><a href="https://www.hightally.com/health/gut-health"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">read more</span></b></a></div>Under The Angsana Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261946065427585780noreply@blogger.com