All posts tagged "society"
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395HeadlinesEx-Con Sleeps at HDB Stairwells for Years but Won’t Accept Charity Because He Has “Backbone”
Yang Wenjie has been sleeping at the stairwells of HDB blocks and bus stops for the past 4 years. No sleeping bag...
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383Headlines“Thank You Singapore, the Land of Opportunity, Inspiration and Multiracialism”
KISHORE MAHBUBANI: Dear Singapore, I want to thank you for transporting me from the bottom 20 per cent of the inhabitants of...
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517Cow Beh Cow BuMake Driving a Painful Experience so People Will Stop Dreaming of Owning Cars? What Bull!
ELSON: Analysts that TODAY spoke to have apparently recommended that driving in Singapore be made “less than ideal” so that less people...
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353Cow Beh Cow BuThis New Punggol-ian REALLY HATES Punggol. Here’s 5 Reasons Why!
SMITH: I mean the word hate is a bit strong but it is really not easy for a person to stay in...
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1.1K2Chio WatchCHIO WATCH: Depressed Miss Earth Says Singapore “Sucks a Trillion Times”, and Got No Chio People
Jialat lah, Singapore got no chiobu and leng zhai. Or at least, not enough of such beautiful people around to suit the...
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1.0K1Headlines“Fatty”Pointed Middle Finger and Refused to Share Seats on the Bus
ANTMAN: Story to share with you. This “pui eh” (Hokkien slang for “fat one”) was occupying two seats on bus 851. He...
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495Headlines“Lessons in Life from a Humble Ketupat, As My Father Taught Me”
FARHANA: When I was a young girl, my father taught me this, “If you want to lead a good life, then you...
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387Cow Beh Cow BuTan Chuan-Jin: Have you ever Spoken to a Cardboard Uncle or Aunty?
TAN CHUAN-JIN: While I often chat with them when I meet them, I haven’t gone so far up the value chain to...
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8393HeadlinesMRT Abang Who Fended Off Angry Ang Moh: “Stand For Your Right and Help Singapore”
“Do always stand up for ur right and help our nation as well.” That’s the response that Hanafie, or “Elfy” has given...
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535Headlines“Cheating” Wife Walks In Public In Her Underwear with Sign Saying “I Want to Sell My Body”
“I want to sell my body”. That’s what’s written on that sign hung around the neck of this supposedly unfaithful wife. 33-year-old...
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376HeadlinesKids’ Playground Quarrel Leads to Death Threat from Parents and a Protection Order!
A death threat, and a protection order – to think all this began as just a playground argument. A 10-year-old boy had...
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418HeadlinesSuicidal China Girl in Lingerie Taunted by Passers-by to “Faster Jump Lah”, and She Does!
It’s tough to imagine that a crowd could be so cruel to a vulnerable young lady in her most fragile state. Sitting...
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295Across the CausewayMalaysian to Mom: “You Force Me Also I Refuse to Work in Singapore.” Here’s Why!
(Eds’ note: Chen Yun Ru’s tale was written in Mandarin, and we’ve translated it here) CHEN YUN RU: I was born in...
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4101Cow Beh Cow BuTime to Shame Amos Yee Even More Since the Public Delights in His Pain?
So a 16-year-old boy got disciplined by the law, and large parts of the public wanted blood. At a moment when millions...
