Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said earlier today (9 May) that companies should hire people who held short-term COVID jobs. For example, the safe distancing ambassadors (SDAs) or people who…
Kindergarten Child Made to Write “China is Very Big and Strong”
A Reddit user “blaseed” posted a photo of a kindergarten child’s homework. The child had to practice writing the words “中国很强大”, which means China is very big and strong. Is…
Jo Teo Said She Was Scolded Before, Understands Pains of Working in Singapore
Josephine Teo shared about her pains as a working woman in Singapore. She said that many years ago, her ex-boss scolded her for lacking motivation. At that time, she was…
Agent Asks for Mandarin-Speaking Tenant but Accepts Ethnic Chinese Who Can’t Speak Mandarin
When an ang moh man tried to rent a place in Singapore, the property agent asked him “your wife Chinese?” When he asked why is race relevant, the agent replied…
Death Row Prisoner Represents Himself And Wins Last-Minute Reprieve
Just yesterday (28 Apr), a death row prisoner due to be hanged this week for drug trafficking won a last-minute reprieve from Singapore’s Supreme Court. Datchinamurthy Kataiah (Datch), 36, was…
Satanic Symbols Found In Primary 2 Chinese Textbooks
A netter highlighted on Reddit today that the Primary 2 Chinese textbooks had a bloody satanic pentagram to represent “shapes”. “Didn’t know Satanist symbols were part of learning Chinese for…
Tree and Soccer Court Opened by Dr Tan Cheng Bock Removed
The tree Dr Tan Cheng Bock planted and the street soccer court he officially opened as MP of Ayer Rajah are no more. Now, a small plant stands in place…
Bee Cheng Hiang Gives Wrong Info, Cannot Bring Bak Kwa To Australia?
Not everything can be brought overseas. Bee Cheng Hiang had a sign saying that customers could bring beef and chicken Bak Kwa to Australia. A traveler who wanted to buy…
Covid-19, TraceTogether, and Singapore’s Surveillance State
It is no surprise to anybody that Singapore ranks as one of the most densely-surveilled states in the world, with one of the highest rates of data requests from various…
Local Homophobe Accidentally “Promotes” IKEA Pride Bags
[Contributed by Martin Piper] Recently, a local homophobe accidentally promoted IKEA’s pride bags. His intention was to complain about it, but because he included an ordering link to the bags,…