Secret Beauty Pageant For Indonesia’s Transgender Women
JAKARTA (AFP) – Crowds cheered on Friday (Nov 11) night as a group of Indonesian transgender women showed off glittering gowns in a beauty pageant held almost entirely in secret to avoid unwanted...
View ArticleMalacca Harbour Plan Raises Questions About China’s Strategic Aims
A RM43 billion (S$14 billion) harbour being developed in Malacca aims to overtake Singapore as the largest port in the region, but questions are being raised about the need for the added capacity and...
View ArticleElected Presidency Changes: Big Step Backwards For Malay community
I worry about the unintended consequences of changes to the elected presidency, especially the move to reserve elections for minority candidates. I was brought up in an era where we Malays were told we...
View ArticleKadir Yahaya: Use Cash Incentives To Motivate National Footballers
Kadir Yahaya is deeply saddened. He believes he is from an era when playing with the Singapore flag on your chest actually meant something, that national pride mattered, something that Lions both young...
View ArticleMyanmar’s 1 Million Rohingya Population Faces ‘Final Stages Of Genocide’
Despite the U.S.-led rolling back of economic sanctions and internationally backed national elections taking place early next month, more than a million people in Burma are facing state-sponsored...
View ArticleSaudi Government To Enforce Ban On Transgender People Performing Umrah
KARACHI: The Saudi government has enforced a ban forbidding transgender people from performing Umrah, reported Geo News on Tuesday. Transgender people particularly those willing to visit holy land with...
View ArticleMalaysia Considers Boycott Of AFF Suzuki Cup Over Myanmar’s Violence On...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 ― Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin confirmed he has lobbied for Malaysian football team to boycott this year’s Asean Football Federation’s (AFF) Suzuki Cup due to...
View ArticleFocus On Resolving Difficulties In Rakhine Rather Than Exaggerating Them,...
Amid international accusations that the Myanmar military is leading a crackdown against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said she wants to make the...
View ArticleTrump’s Breezy Calls To World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast
President-elect Donald J. Trump inherited a complicated world when he won the election last month. And that was before a series of freewheeling phone calls with foreign leaders that has unnerved...
View ArticleHelp From A Stranger Turns Her Life Around
Things were looking bleak but a chance meeting with a stranger helped Ms Jaycie Tay, who was twice incarcerated and dropped out of school, defy the odds to achieve a diploma. And the 32- year-old...
View ArticleAmber Alert As Singapore Slips In Several World Rankings
For a country that prides itself on staying ahead of the competition, Singapore has slipped down several global rankings over the past year or so. From competitiveness and ease of doing business to the...
View ArticlePakistan Has A Drinking Problem
Pakistan was recently mesmerized by a bottle of Scotch whisky. On Oct. 30, as hundreds of supporters of the opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (P.T.I.) were making their way to the capital...
View ArticleMohamed Jufrie Mahmood: Mana Suara Lantang Badan Melayu Islam Dalam Isu...
Bila Aung San Suu Kyi diraikan di Singapura minggu lepas, golongan pemerintah dan masyarakat perniagaan berpusu-pusu dgn perangai rakus mereka utk cuba mendapatkan manfaat dari pembangunan Myanmar yg...
View ArticleNot Enough Local Takers For Tech Jobs
Studies by recruitment firms show a spike in hiring activity in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. The Monster Employment Index, which tracks online job posting activities on a...
View ArticleStop Complaining And Compete, Says Businessman Asad Jumabhoy
Entrepreneur Asad Jumabhoy is a member of the once-powerful Jumabhoy family whose name is synonymous with Scotts Holdings, one of Singapore’s pioneer property giants. Years of family feuds including...
View ArticleJakarta Terror Suspect Worked As Maid In Singapore
JAKARTA: A woman who was planning to be a suicide bomber had worked in Singapore as a maid. Dian Yulia Novi was arrested in an anti-terror raid last week for plotting to attack the Presidential Palace...
View ArticleWhat You Should Eat If You Have High Cholesterol
High fat, low fat, no carb, more carb – when it comes to getting information on eating to manage high blood cholesterol, confusion reigns. From recent trials that tested the impact of specific foods on...
View ArticleRevive Our HDB Void Decks
I read “Make more use of our void decks” (The New Paper, Dec 19) from Yong Chang Jun with much interest. We used to see boys playing football barefoot at void decks after school. Elderly people used to...
View ArticleHistory Of Searches For Missing Malaysia Airlines Airliner
A look at the progressive searches for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which are the most challenging and expensive undertaken in aviation history. FIRST SEARCH: On March 8, 2014, an air and sea search...
View ArticleSingaporean Auxiliary Officer Not Good Enough?
I am a auxiliary officer and have been working for close to 2 years. I have many friends that apply security part time work after they finish polytechnic. Nowadays i see there is more demand for...
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