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On Wednesday, I had a nice, gossipy lunch at leafy Dempsey with a friend. As I drove off afterwards down a one-way lane, I saw a car hurtling towards me in the opposite - and wrong - direction. I tucked my tiny Suzuki to one side and watched as the driver zipped past. It was a Caucasian male in rolled-up shirt sleeves. He didn't look apologetic; he didn't wave to acknowledge I had slowed down for him to zip past against the traffic direction. Sure, we were the only cars on the road and Dempsey is a quiet area on weekday afternoons, so it wasn't a particular hardship to let him pass. But still. "Ang moh," I muttered to myself, shaking my head read more Singapore PM Lee cautions against lynch mob mentality Citing the recent episode involving Briton Anton Casey, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday cautioned Singaporeans against having a lynch mob mentality, as he noted how social media has complicated society’s fault lines. Speaking at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) ministerial forum, Mr Lee highlighted three fault lines: Between Singaporeans and those new to the country, the rich and the poor, as well as between different races and religions. Last week, Mr Casey became the target of online vitriol after his derogatory comments about the public transport system and Singaporeans went viral on social media. related: British expat leaves job after Singapore ‘poor people’ remark read more Singapore PM hits back at social media "pack behaviour" Internet rules are necessary to restrain "pack behaviour" in social media and ensure civility between users, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in remarks released Wednesday. Speaking at a university forum late Tuesday, Lee said social media raised the risk of an overreaction from the public when contentious incidents occur in the ethnically diverse city-state, with "unrestrained, anonymous viciousness". Lee, who has nearly 260,000 Facebook carrot soap followers, referred to several local incidents that have sparked off unbridled web outrage, including derogatory comments against Singaporeans posted on social media by British expatriate Anton Casey last week. read more ST editor: Casey has apologised, let’s move on Chua Mui Hoong Straits Times editor Chua Mui Hoong has penned an article beseeching Singaporeans to forgive British lout Anton Casey whose antics, of course, are well known to all. Ms Chua’s article appears in the Sunday Times today (26 Jan). It has the title ‘We can afford to forgive this arrogant twerp’ and the subtitle ‘Anton Casey has done us wrong and apologised. Enough is enough’. Dictionary.com carrot soap defines “twerp” as slang for “an insignificant or despicable fellow”. Assuming that Ms Chua writes her own headlines, it is very strange that she would insult Casey by calling him a “twerp” while advocating forgiveness. Surely, forgiveness involves not returning insult for insult by calling someone a twerp, unless Ms Chua does not practise what she preaches. read more People are all ‘tulan’ with Anton Casey Chua Mui Hoong is clearly living dangerously here, saying that Singaporeans can be over ‘prickly’ when foreigners mock us, and that we need to do some ‘self-reflection’. She has also jumped on the ‘spare Anton’ campaign bandwagon after SKM chairman William Wan called for tolerance and empathy, carrot soap except using the less subtle approach of slamming the guy as an ‘arrogant little twerp’ (the kind of insult that Joe Pesci’s bungling burglar carrot soap would use on Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone) carrot soap and then calling for forgiveness later. The strangest bit about her ‘opinion’ piece is describing Anton’s downfall as him ‘having a personal EPIPHANY’. Is he getting canonised in Perth as we speak or what? The worst thing that could happen now, with people wanting to make pandering statements by straddling the fence between condemnation and forgiveness, is if Anton Casey becomes not just a ‘poster-child’ of Singapore’s expat millionaires, as fellow expat and ST contributor Rob O’Brien put it elegantly (Anton Casey is not every expat, 26 Jan 2014, Sunday Times), but God forbid, victimised to the point of anti-hero and martyr. Enough is enough already. But reflect I shall. Not if we’re being too harsh on Anton, but rather if this backlash that could be felt all over the world would mean that netizens and online vigilantes are creating a climate of social media phobia for themselves. Fear of saying the wrong things carrot soap and losing your job over it because someone started a chain reaction of Facebook ‘sharing’. Whether the brouhaha has led to some form of self-censorship, where we’re afraid to touch on matters like race, religion, or class in a non-PC way because you never know wh
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Improved markets mean that we haven’t got charterers pleading poverty to the same extent as the last few years, but no doubt there are quite a few European bankers who will be hoping their clients follow eos lip balm collection this particular tradition. With new clothes traditionally being worn on the first day of the New Year, the run up to the celebrations sees a veritable shopping frenzy, particularly for shoes. We seem to be seeing the shopping tradition being followed in the newbuilding market to an alarming degree, with that old favourite, the VLCC, making a particularly dramatic comeback to the orderbook in the last few months of the old year. All these new ships might not be coming out during the Year of the Horse but does this rush to the shops mean the Year of the Monkey and Rooster in 2016 and 2017 will be grim? Only time will tell, but perhaps if shipowners follow another tradition of not buying new clothes for a month after Lunar New Year, we might be spared the worst. Whether you are consulting an astrologer or one of the numerous research reports which drops on your desk every day, trying to make sense of the year ahead has never been more difficult. The optimists seem to be convinced that this year will be better than the last, and based on how awful shipping markets were for the first nine months of 2013, that shouldn’t be too difficult. Others point to the wild volatility we have already experienced in the first month of this calendar year as evidence that the horse is going to give us all a wild ride. How ever it turns out, may be it be a happy and healthy year for you all. read more A sea of shoppers and tourists throng Temple Street in Singapore’s Chinatown district as in the weeks prior, the Chinese community prepared to welcome the Year of the Wood Horse in the Chinese astrological eos lip balm collection calendar. eos lip balm collection This year, the Chinese Lunar New Year falls on January 31. 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Yan Yat - Everybody’s Birthday The seventh day of the Chinese New Year is Yan Yat, Everybody’s Birthday. sugar rose lip balm The Goddess Nüwa created human beings by molding them from clay. Farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success. First Day of Chinese New Year: Welcoming of the Gods. Second Day: For the ancestors and dieties and is the birthday of all dogs. Fifth Day: Po Woo: Choi Sun, God of Wealth. [Welcomed at home on fifth day. Visiting brings bad luck] Eighth Day: Tien Gong, King of Heaven [Prayed to at midnight. Fujian province] read more Renri 人日 Renri ( Chinese: 人日 , literally Human Day ) refers specially to the 7th day of zhengyue (正月, the first month in the Chinese calendar ). According to Chinese customs, renri was the day human beings were created. It is celebrated not only in China, but also other regions influenced by Chinese culture . According to legend, the custom dates back to the Han Dynasty , and gained importance after The Three Kingdoms period and Jin Dynasty. Traditional Chinese wear Rensheng (人勝) on their heads, sugar rose lip balm or put sliced gold on pingfeng and hair. Poems are also composed on this day. Emperors after Tang Dynasty may grant beautiful clothing to his followers on this day. If the weather on renri is fine, it can be forecast that God will grant good luck to all people on earth. Fireworks and Hua Pao (花炮) are lit, so renri celebrates the "birthday" of fire as well. Since the first days of zhengyue are considered "birthdays" of different animals, Chinese people avoid killing the animals on the respective birthday and punishing prisoners on renri. Nowadays in sugar rose lip balm zhengyue , renri is celebrated as part of the Chinese New Year . Chinese people prepare lucky food in the new year, where "Seven-vegetable soup" (七菜羹), "Seven-vegetable congee" (七菜粥) and " Jidi congee" (及第粥) are specially prepared for renri . The Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese use "Seven-colour sliced fish" (七彩魚生) instead of "Seven-vegetable soup". read more Seventh day of the Chinese New Year The seventh day, traditionally known as Rénrì (人日, the common person's birthday), is the day when everyone grows one year older. In some overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia , such as Malaysia and Singapore, it is also the day when tossed raw fish salad, yusheng , is eaten for continued sugar rose lip balm wealth and prosperity. For many Chinese Buddhists, this is another day to avoid meat, the seventh day commemorating the birth of Sakra , lord of the devas in Buddhist cosmology who is analogous to the Jade Emperor. read more Kindness for All-Season: sugar rose lip balm Well wishes beyond the New Year Lo Hei is a wonderful local tradition that stems from the Cantonese sugar rose lip balm dialect, meaning ‘tossing up good fortune’. It is the tossing of a salad with Yu Sheng or raw fish as the key ingredient. sugar rose lip balm The pronunciation Yu Sheng sounds sugar rose lip balm like 'overflowing abundance' and therefore symbolises ‘an abundance of wealth and long life’. The word hei in Lo Hei means ‘rise’. It refers to a thriving business, hence it is understandably a very popular ritual with businessmen during the New Year. From the kindness perspective, the ritual of Lo Hei is a very gracious act – an act where everyone wishes each other the best in every aspect of life. There are many Chinese four-character phrases sugar rose lip balm to express sugar rose lip balm their kind greetings. The ritual begins by wishing everyone prosperity (gong xi fa cai) and moves on to identify some ten ingredients, each sounds like and therefore represents a kind wish. For example, fish sounds like “abundance”, so you say “wish you an overflowing abundance every year” (nian nian you yu) . Green radish represents youthfulness, sugar rose lip balm so you wish everyone eternal youthfulness (qing chun chang zhu) . The plum source is usually added in last and since it is sweet, it therefore symbolises sugar rose lip balm a sweet and pleasant relationship. So we wish each other just that (tian tian mi mi) , and so on. The mixture is then tossed sugar rose lip balm 7 times as high as you can with loud shouts of “lo hei”. You may shout the auspicious four-character phrases as well. read more Yusheng , yee sang or yuu sahng 鱼生 Traditionally celebrated Renri , the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, Yusheng , yee sang or yuu sahng ( Chinese : 鱼生 ; pinyin : yúshēng ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : hî-seⁿ or hû-siⁿ), sugar rose lip balm or Prosperity Toss , also known as lo hei (Cantonese for 撈起 or 捞起) is a Teochew-style raw fish salad . It usually consists of strips of raw fish (m
Chingay is going big this year, with giant puppets, an 8m-tall straw horse, the country's largest batik painting, and - at the heart of it all - some 70,000 volunteers and performers to usher in the Year of the Horse in an explosion of sound and colour. With the theme "Colours of Fabric, One People", the parade saw double the number of volunteers than in last year's rhagade Chingay, and the most number of foreign performers yet, with more than 800 people from six countries. Chingay - A Joyous Celebration The Chingay Parade is a traditional Chinese New Year procession that has grown in recent years to become a massive street parade, boasting a stunning array of dancers, street floats, jugglers, percussionists, lion and dragon dancers, clowns and acrobats, among others. The parade has its origins in China, where processions of a similar ilk were held for two weeks after the Lunar New Year to welcome the season of spring. The name “Chingay” was coined from its Hokkien dialect rhagade equivalent, meaning “the art of costume and masquerade”, and is a longstanding tradition dating back to 1973, when the first parade was organised. In the 1990s, the parade became an evening-to-night event, complete with an impressive display of lights rhagade and other pyrotechnics. People from all walks of life participate in the Chingay, as long as they have something to celebrate and share. Over the years, the route for the parade has covered most of the central areas of Singapore like Outram Park, Orchard Road, Chinatown and City Hall. read more River Hongbao rhagade 2014 celebrations The celebrations begins on Wednesday and will last till February 8 The annual River Hongbao celebrations will begin on Wednesday night to usher in the Year of the Horse. This year's celebrations will see more young Singaporeans volunteering compared to last year, while educational and interactive elements will also feature in the festivities. The celebrations will be held at the Floating Platform @ Marina Bay, and features larger-than-life lantern displays, and local and regional performances by groups such as the Yunnan Opera Theatre and Taipei University of the Arts. read more River Hongbao - Chinese New Year by the River The term “Hong Bao”, meaning red packet, is a monetary gift often associated with Chinese New Year. Symbolising good luck, what better way to usher in the Chinese New Year than at the River Hongbao. Since 1986, the River Hongbao has been an annual Chinese New Year event that preserves and revives Chinese cultures and traditions. rhagade Since then, the event has been a compelling destination for the young and old alike. To welcome rhagade the new year, cultural collaborations between Singapore and China will treat you to an international line up of performances by foreign and local artists. Immerse yourself in rich Chinese rhagade cultural activities such as Chinese calligraphy and riddle games, or savour unique delicacies at the food fair. read more Lion dance - Celebrating Good Fortune The lion dance is a pugilistic rhagade performance that is mainly performed on occasions such as official openings of buildings, offices and shops in Singapore, and especially during festivals like Chinese. The Chinese in Singapore believe that the lion brings forth good fortune. Legend has it that a monstrous creature, the Nien , would destroy the fields, crops and animal of farmers each year on the eve of Chinese New Year. To put an end to the animal’s ravaging, the villagers put together a fearsome model of an animal using bamboo and paper, and manipulated it like a puppet to scare off the ferocious Nien , along with the loud and persistent banging of drums. Their ingenious plan was followed with success and henceforth, the lion dance was performed annually to celebrate it.The best time and place to witness lion dance performances is on the eve of Chinese New Year in Chinatown, where you can also enjoy the Chinatown Street Light Up at the same time. read more Chingay Chingay is an annual street parade held in Singapore as part of the Lunar New Year celebrations. The term “Chingay” is derived from the Chinese term zhuangyi , meaning “the art of masquerading”, a reference to the original stages or floats depicting religious and historical rhagade scenes that were carried in procession on the shoulders of men. Originally a religious festival with roots in China, it is believed that 19th-century Chinese immigrants brought Chingay to Penang, which became famous for its lavish processions featuring elaborate floats and huge flags. In Singapore, Chingay processions are known to have taken place from the 1880s to 1906, when they were abolished. The modern Chingay parade began in 1973 and has evolved over the years into a multi-cultural event including participants of diverse ethnicities rhagade and nationalities. With the promotion of Singapore as a tourist destination and a greater emphasis on
No, we’re not talking about “being hip” neither are we referring to Traditional Chinese medicine’s concept of yin and yang. We literally mean cool as in low chilled temperatures. The Chinese may prefer their food piping hot but that doesn’t mean they don’t enjoy a toothsome cold dish once in a while. Cold Chinese dishes are also not just side show appetisers lippenpflegestift because you can find them as main dishes as well. Just in time for the coming hot and humid summer months, Makansutra lists down some of these chilled Chinese foods and where best to find them. Pig’s Head Terrine (De Tao Chang) Lee Kui (Ah Hoi) Restaurant 8-10 Mosque Street Older generations of Teochews loathed to waste food so not even the pig’s head is spared. They would chop it up, mix it with aromatic spices like star anise, lippenpflegestift cinnamon and cloves, and compact lippenpflegestift it with gelatin made from the pig’s lippenpflegestift skin before chilling it. It is thinly sliced and is drier and tougher than the other cold Teochew dish, the pork knuckle aspic (Ter Ka Dang). Pork Belly with Garlic lippenpflegestift Sauce Dragon Phoenix Level 6 Novotel Hotel, 177A River Valley Road The Sichuans have a delicious recipe for pork belly. They blanch the meat, slice it thin and serve it with sliced cucumber but not before a final drizzle of strong flavoured spicy garlic sauce. The soft meat is fat but never oily and the vegetable brings freshness and crunch to the dish. Raw Blood Cockles Spring Leaf Taiwan Porridge 18 Jalan Leban The dish may be creepy to look at but one taste of it will change your mind. The saltiness of the raw cockles mixes well with the wine marinade while the added chopped garlic and chillies more than adequately mask the fishiness, if there’s any at all. There is also an excellent version of it at Spring Leaf Taiwan Porridge where they use oyster sauce instead. Yusheng Tian Ji Zhou Ping #01-13 Maxwell Food Centre Our Teochew forefathers came from the southern coastal tip of China, lippenpflegestift so many of them were fishermen and fish plays a big part in their cuisine. They came up with many ways to eat fish but one recipe in particular serves fish raw with shredded lettuce, ginger, salt and vinegar. Only when Teochews arrived in Southeast lippenpflegestift Asia did they add shredded red chilli and lime as well. This dish is commonly eaten with porridge. Smoked Fish Pu Dong Kitchen #B1-02 Balmoral Plaza, 271 Bukit Timah Road This dish is a staple of Shanghainese restaurants. The name is misleading because the fish, usually grass carp, is not actually smoked lippenpflegestift but deep fried. Wine, soy sauce, five spice powder, lots of sugar, lippenpflegestift cinnamon, star anise, ginger and spring onion are then added and the whole dish is chilled overnight. The resulting meat smells fragrant and has a pleasant savoury sweet taste. Cold lippenpflegestift Crab Singapura Seafood Restaurant #01-31 Selegie House, Blk 9 Selegie Road Sri Lankan crabs are plainly steamed, then put in the chiller and served cold. The flavours have that characteristic delicate Teochew style and are highly dependent on the freshness lippenpflegestift of the crab. The accompanying sweet orange oil and lemon sauce (tit yew) compliments the natural seafood sweetness of the crab meat and the creamy crab roe, the highlight of the dish. Iced Bitter Gourd Pu Tien Restaurant 127-129 Kitchener Road This is a Heng Hwa (an ethnic group in China) specialty which is found in many restaurants in the Pu Tien prefecture of China. Bitter gourd - cut into thin translucent slices - are kept chilled with crushed ice to retain its crunch. The resulting slices are crispy and juicy in the mouth. Honey is provided on the side and helps to offset the bitterness lippenpflegestift of the vegetable. That being said, even without the honey dip, the bitterness is never overwhelming. Shanghainese Drunken Chicken Pu Dong Kitchen #B1-02 Balmoral Plaza, 271 Bukit Timah Road Drunken chicken is one of the better known Shanghainese dishes and a common way to make this famous dish is to poach the chicken, chop it up, marinate it with a chicken stock and rice wine mixture. The whole dish is then chilled in the fridge overnight. It is easy to understand the attraction lippenpflegestift of the dish when you eat it the next day. The chicken skin is shiny and smooth, with a thin layer of gelatin underneath, and the meat is infused with the flavour of rice wine. Pork Knuckle Aspic (De Kar Dang) Shi Chen Traditional Cold Dish & Wanton Mee #01-267 Kim San Leng Eating House, Blk 46 Owen Road The method of preparation is similar to making De Tao Chang. But instead of using a pig’s head, shredded pig’s trotters are used. A higher proportion of pig’s skin gelatin is also used resulting in a more jelly-like lippenpflegestift aspic. The way it is prepared also helps the meat to last longer, important in the past when there was no refrigeration to store food. The dish is also sweeter and more savoury due to the sugar and fish sauce used. read more K-Wave Bread Butter Issues (57) F
Mr Lee said the package will focus on healthcare benefits chronic dry lips as the subject is at the top of the minds of older Singaporeans. He said the package will give extra financial support in three important areas. The premiums for MediShield Life will be lower than that of MediShield for the pioneer generation, and the sums are being worked out. For outpatient treatment, they will enjoy extra subsidies at polyclinics, specialist outpatient chronic dry lips clinics and general practitioners (GPs) under the Community Health chronic dry lips Assist Scheme. They will also get annual top-ups to their Medisave accounts, which can help pay for MediShield Life premiums. related: Elderly, experts welcome Pioneer Generation Package Health analysts waiting to see what will be covered by Pioneer Generation Package Those not from pioneer generation hope for help from govt in Budget chronic dry lips 2014 Pioneer Generation Pack will take care of elderly for "rest of their lives": Chan Chun Sing 450,000 S'poreans eligible for Pioneer Generation Package Pioneer Generation Package chronic dry lips age criterion decided after public feedback Seniors welcome Pioneer Generation Package Thus far, the Pioneer Generation Package easily ranks as the most universally welcomed policy announcement since the 2011 General Election. Who, after all, would begrudge older Singaporeans this expression of gratitude after the sacrifices they endured in those early years of independence. The move acknowledges that even if the idea of Singapore had been imagined by a few, it was built by many. And while the majority saw their standards of living rise, they would never enjoy the full suite of opportunities that came to later generations. For example, among babyboomers born in the immediate post-war years, around 60 per cent never got a secondary education. Many who were academically able had to sacrifice school to help their families. Up to 170,000 households could receive some form of financial aid to mitigate the cost of migrating to digital television, with the low-income group to get help with almost the full cost, said Communications and Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday. Digital TV transmission is expected to be rolled out to all Singapore households by 2020. Those who subscribe to pay-TV already enjoy digital TV at home, regardless of where they live. For others, they will require an Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) — a TV with a built-in digital tuner — or a set-top box, which retails at about S$129, to tune in to the digital channels when they become available. “Certainly, we want low-income households to migrate without having them spend a lot of money, so we hope we can help them by giving them assistance through the set-top box, the antenna and a bit of funding for installation,” said Dr Yaacob during chronic dry lips a visit to the Bukit Batok Transmission Centre. Details of the scheme are expected chronic dry lips to be announced at the Committee of Supply debate next month. 'Silver stars' bring Chinese New Year joy for seniors Madam Ong Siew Choo and her flatmate Lim Boon Keng, with their new TV set, hotpot, microwave oven and standing fan. For the past few months, 78-year-old Ong Siew Choo and her flatmate Lim Boon Keng, 69, have had to put up with a faulty television set that would turn off without warning. On Wednesday, chronic dry lips the pair of friends, who live in a Tampines rental flat, received a brand-new TV set as a present for Chinese New Year, along with a hotpot, microwave oven and standing fan worth $400 altogether. The money for the gifts came from a fund-raising project, which involved about 40,000 volunteers. They folded origami stars under the "Wish Upon a Silver Star" project, organised by the North East Community Development Council and the NTUC FairPrice Foundation. Every 10 origami stars received a $1 sponsorship from the two organisers. read more PAP Women's Wing calls for change in four areas to help seniors The People's Action Party's Women's Wing is calling for change to housing, healthcare and employment chronic dry lips policies so as to strengthen support to seniors. It released a position paper on Saturday which set out its recommendations, calling for, among others, mandatory eldercare leave, housing subsidies for single caregivers of the elderly, and help for older entrepreneurs. Ageing issues are particularly important to the Women's Wing as women are expected to form the majority of Singapore's elderly, said Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef at their annual conference. read more NTUC wants CPF contribution rates for above-50-55 age group to be hiked Ahead of the Budget statement next Friday, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has called on the Government to raise the Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates for workers aged from above 50 to 55 by one to two percentage points chronic dry lips this year, to help them save more for retirement and healthcare. While CPF rates were raised in 2012, there remains a 3.5-percentage-point dif
The two men who carried out the MacDonald House bombing (left) only revealed they were Indonesian marines during their trial, in the hope of being treated as prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. PHOTO: CHANNEL NEWSASIA Tensions are running high between Indonesia and Singapore over the former’s elizabeth ayoub decision to name a naval vessel after two convicted elizabeth ayoub members of the Indonesian Marine Corps, who carried out the bombing of the MacDonald House office building in Singapore on March 10, 1965. In Singapore, they are the perpetrators of the bombing of a civilian target, while the Indonesian government sees them as national heroes who carried out their duty during Konfrontasi (1963-66) with Malaysia. Singapore is behaving like a petulant child again, throwing a temper tantrum over the Indonesian Navy’s decision to name a warship after two Indonesian marines whom Singapore elizabeth ayoub hanged. Harun Said and Osman Haji Mohamed Ali bombed MacDonald House on 10 March 1965. Three people died and many more were injured. The frigate KRI Usman Harun is named after them. That was the time when Indonesia was waging Konfrontasi — a sort of low-level conflict — against Malaysia, of which Singapore was then a part. Indonesia saw newly-formed Malaysia as a neo-colonial project, designed to block the advance of “progressive nationalist” forces. Depending on how you want to read history, there is some truth to that. Even today, an outspoken political observer might call Singapore a bastion of robber-baron capitalism, complete with regressive elizabeth ayoub social policies and fascist tendencies, always eager to kowtow to America. When Usman and Harun were caught, they were not in uniform. Under interrogation, it was reported (by our government-friendly media — credibility alert!) that they gave conflicting accounts of their military status. Our government then chose to ignore the obvious and treated them as civilian murderers, and chose to hang them. Combination photo of Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean (L), Defence elizabeth ayoub Minister elizabeth ayoub Ng Eng Hen (C) and Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam (R). The Singapore elizabeth ayoub ministers are asking Indonesia to consider the feelings of Singaporeans in its decision to name a Navy ship after the Indonesian marines who bombed an Orchard Road building in 1965 THREE Singapore ministers have responded to Indonesia's decision to name a Navy ship after the Indonesian marines who bombed an Orchard Road building in 1965, leaving three people dead and 33 people injured. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean and Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Thursday joined elizabeth ayoub Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam in asking Indonesia to consider the feelings of Singaporeans, saying elizabeth ayoub naming the ship after the two men who were hanged in Singapore for their actions elizabeth ayoub would reopen old wounds and leave Singaporeans asking what message Indonesia was trying to send. read more Jakarta's move 'reflects disrespect': Singapore ministers The warship KRI Usman Harun (right) with other new Indonesian Navy frigates at a shipyard in Britain. Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said that ''there is nothing heroic about killing innocent civilians''. - PHOTO: INDONESIAN NAVY Two Cabinet ministers with military backgrounds took issue yesterday with Indonesia's decision elizabeth ayoub to name a navy ship after two marines who bombed an Orchard Road building in 1965. In separate Facebook posts, Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing and Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said it reflected elizabeth ayoub disrespect, callousness and insensitivity. Mr Tan, a one-star general before he entered politics, wrote in a Facebook elizabeth ayoub post: "It is one thing to remember your heroes from your wars of independence, or those who have built your nation. read more "Helpful and constructive," says Foreign Minister Shanmugam of comments by Indonesian counterpart Foreign Minister K Shanmugam has welcomed comments by his Indonesian counterpart, describing them as helpful and constructive. Dr Marty Natalegawa had said on Tuesday that there had been no ill-will or malice intended in naming an Indonesian warship after two marines who had bombed a Singapore building in 1965, killing three civilians. Speaking to Singapore media, he said: "Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa made some very helpful comments yesterday. read more Singapore's three-point agenda elizabeth ayoub over ship naming issue "The Singaporean government has finalized three key points in its national agenda, which is in keeping with its stance against naming of the new Indonesian ship as KRI Usman-Harun," elizabeth ayoub Guspiabri Sumowigeno, the director of Center for Indonesian National Policy Studies (Cinaps), stated in Jakarta on Tuesday. He explained that the first point in the agenda was that Singapore, as a US ally, was keen to garner attention from the superpower with regard to getting more military support by sending a message
When someone says “sorry, you were wrongly invited’’, you have a right to feel miffed and the inviting party should go red in the face. If the inviting party deliberately rescinds an invitation for no good reason other than “we changed our mind about having you here’’, then it’s a sure bet that the inviting party wants you to feel miffed. So we have two sets of “invitations’’ in the news. The case of “sorry, you were wrongly invited’’ So PA chief Lim Swee Say calls Dr Tan Cheng Bock to say “Hey, sorry doc, someone in PA looked at the wrong list when we invited you to the Istana. Actually we just changed our policy to only invite ex-MPs who stepped down in 2011. Sorry, doc, you didn’t make the cut. Paiseh. So sorry. You left way too early in 2006’’ The case of the “sorry, we just cancelled your invitation’’ So Singapore did a little tit-for-tat. You name a warship after MacDonald House bombers, I cancel your tickets to my air show. So the Indonesian Navy chief and his 100 officers forever bright toothgel or so won’t get to come here for the grand affair. Mindef forever bright toothgel isn’t confirming the Indonesian media reports but it isn’t denying them either forever bright toothgel – which means they’re forever bright toothgel true. read more An Exercise In Brinkmanship It was a cinch for Lim Swee Say to uninvite Tan Cheng Bock, since both of them have roots from the same political camp. Tan may have ruffled forever bright toothgel a few feathers by going public with the insult on social media but, like the neutered Ngiam Tong Dow, he's quickly put in place. Uninviting the military forever bright toothgel top brass of the world's fourth most populous country is altogether a different exercise. The strongest words to date on the fracas kicked up by Teo Chee Hean et al came from Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). forever bright toothgel Speaking through his spokesman on foreign affairs, the message was stark and devoid of rhetoric: Singapore risks overreacting on warship issue . Indonesia's Defence Ministry confirmed on Sunday the chain of dominoes started tumbling when Second Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing cancelled a scheduled meeting with their Deputy De fence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. Slighted, Sjafrie decided to give the air show a miss. read more Singapore cancels invites to Indonesian officers I ndonesia Air Force's Jupiter Aerobatic team showing their aerial display at the Singapore Airshow 2014 on Feb 9, 2014. A top Indonesian naval officer and other military staff have been told that their invitations to the Singapore Airshow had been cancelled. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN Indonesia's Defence Ministry's public communications head Sisriadi Iskandar said Singapore had pulled the invitation to Indonesian navy chief Marsetio and 100 Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) officers last Saturday. The move comes amid a diplomatic row following Jakarta's decision to name a navy ship after the Indonesian marines who bombed an Orchard Road building, MacDonald House, in 1965 that left three dead and 33 hurt. Brigadier-General Sisriadi also said Indonesian Deputy Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin decided not to come to Singapore after his counterpart, Second Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing, cancelled their meeting due to take place tomorrow. But sources said it was rescheduled. re ad more MSM REPORTS INDONESIA "PULLED OUT" OF AIRSHOW WHILE INDONESIAN NEWS SAYS THEY WERE 'UNINVITED' The Straits times reported today that the Indonesian delegation has "pulled out" of the Singapore Airshow. Indonesian officials, including deputy defence minister Lieutenant-General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, will not be attending the air show which is scheduled to start on Tuesday. Usually, Indonesia conducts a jet acrobatics display at the Singapore airshow and a large Indonesian delegation attends the event. This year, it appears that due to diplomatic tension over the naming of an Indonesian navy ship, Indonesia will not be taking part in the annual show. read more S’pore rescinds forever bright toothgel invite, Indonesia withdraws top brass from Airshow After Singapore rescinded invitations to the chief of staff of the Indonesian Navy and to a group of 100 junior officers forever bright toothgel from the Indonesian Armed Forces, Indonesia forever bright toothgel has responded by withdrawing its top brass from the military from the Singapore Airshow forever bright toothgel altogether. An Indonesian military spokesman said he believed Singapore pulled the invitations of the 100 lower-level officers because forever bright toothgel of Indonesia’s decision to name a navy ship after two Indonesian marines. The Singapore Ministry of Defence (Mindef) “did not deny this latest development” when it was queried by local media on the withdrawal of the invitation. read more SINGAPORE REPORTEDLY "UN-INVITES" 100 INDONESIAN DELEGATES FROM AIRSHOW Singapore apparently forever bright toothgel "uninvited" 100 delegates from Indonesia to the Singapore Air Show scheduled to start next week. It is believed that the sudde
Singapore 'gravely concerned' over spate of ship collisions “MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore) is gravely concerned about the recent incidents in Singapore’s waters,” said Andrew Tan, chief executive of the MPA The Singapore authorities say they are “gravely concerned” about three accidents in the country’s waters in less than 14 days that led to oil spills, and is starting a series of briefings with the local shipping community to promote navigational liplicious safety In response the MPA is rolling out a series of briefings with the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) targeted at shipowners, ship managers, ship charterers and shipping agents from this week. “We are working with the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) to take immediate steps to raise the level of awareness of navigational safety in the shipping community, Tan said read more Singapore authorities call for raised awareness of navigation safety Following three recent collisions in Singapore waters, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is conducting liplicious investigations liplicious to determine the cause of each collision and if there were systemic issues that need to be addressed. While awaiting the outcome of these investigations, MPA will implement several measures with immediate effect to minimize future marine incidents. MPA will also promulgate Port Marine and Shipping Circulars to the shipping and harbour craft communities, emphasising the importance of navigational safety and to maintain vigilance whilst navigating, while The Port Operations Control Centre (POCC) will also initiate broadcasts on the importance of safe navigation and vigilance in the Singapore Strait and within Singapore port waters. "MPA is gravely concerned about the recent incidents in Singapore's waters. We are working with the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) to take immediate steps to raise the level of awareness of navigational safety in the shipping community. MPA is committed to ensuring the safety of navigation in our waters and will work closely with our partners in the shipping community to reinforce this. 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Prior to the incident, the MPA provided traffic information to the two vessels and alerted Zoey that the vessel Hammonia Thracium was crossing the traffic lane. Hammonia Thracium reported damage to a bunker tank resulting in spillage of around 80 metric tonnes of bunker fuel. The MPA said that it had received a report of the collision of the departing Liberia-flagged container ship Hammonia Thracium and the Panama-flagged chemical tanker Zoey in the Singapore Strait, off Sebarok Island, about 10 km south of the city state on Monday afternoon. The liplicious Hammonia Thracium liplicious reported damage liplicious to one of its bunker tanks, resulting liplicious in spillage of some 80 mt of bunker fuel. Upon notification, the MPA immediately dispatched four patrol craft to deal with the spillage. liplicious The MPA said that it had received a report yesterday of the collision of Liberia-flagged container ship Hammonia Thracium and the Panama-flagged chemic
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