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Re: Why Wicked PAPee is Hated Around the World!
No one in the world will hate Singapore when
no need to do NS, no need to pay CPF, no ERP, singapore kena financial crisis, no foreign talents.
No one in the world will hate Singapore when
no need to do NS, no need to pay CPF, no ERP, singapore kena financial crisis, no foreign talents.
Re: Education - The Government don't get it
May be the Wee Shu Min saga is still haunting him?
May be the Wee Shu Min saga is still haunting him?
Re: Education - The Government don't get it
If they get it, would there be any need to hold Tak Boleh Tahan campaigns?
If they get it, would there be any need to hold Tak Boleh Tahan campaigns?
Re: Why Wicked PAPee is Hated Around the World!
They are wicked because they bankrupt their opponents
They are hated because they pay themselves millions while the people barely got by :(
They are wicked because they bankrupt their opponents
They are hated because they pay themselves millions while the people barely got by :(
Re: Coffee Shop Talk - The Devil, Chua Lee Hoong & Harry Lee
It is more like MM Lee see them as a threat
It is more like MM Lee see them as a threat
Re: Indian FTrash Tell Kids to Treat MRT As Playground!
Let the kids play lor, it is not rush hour, train not crowded
Let the kids play lor, it is not rush hour, train not crowded
Re: Sg Casinos GONE CASE!
With banks going bust, financial hub will be gone too!!!
With banks going bust, financial hub will be gone too!!!
Re: More than 2 month to build a BUS STOP
We've been wondering the same thing... only 2-months? It feels like about 6-months. And they seem to always move them on Woodlands Ave 7... once they finish, I'm sure they will start a new one just 10mtres down the road again :(<TABLE id=msgUN cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD id=msgUNsubj vAlign=top>Coffee Shop Talk - More than 2 month to build a BUS STOP</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF noWrap align=right width="1%">From: </TD><TD class=msgFname noWrap width="68%">shitlife71 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">3:29 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 1) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>829.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>What the FCUK is happening???? WOODLAND's bus stop took more than 2 months to build. Opposite Vista point... ...
If erect ERP Gantry.... long finish looooong ago..... please do something MP!!!! you know who you are!!!!
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AssLoon Gives Way to PRC $luts!
English telecast on Monday <!--10 min-->
PM changes timing to tomorrow so people can watch table tennis finals <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr></tr><!-- headline one : end --><tr></tr><!-- Author --><tr><td class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colspan="2">By Lee Siew Hua, Senior Political Correspondent
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In an unprecedented move, the telecast of the English version of the Prime Minister's National Day Rally will be postponed by one day to 8pm tomorrow night.
This is so that it will not clash with the telecast of the Singapore-China table tennis finals at the Beijing Olympics tonight.
'The Prime Minister has changed the telecast timings for his National Day Rally speech so that Singaporeans can watch and support our team 'live' at the Olympics Table Tennis Women's Team Finals,' said a surprise statement from the Prime Minister's Office yesterday evening.
However, the rally itself - the most important political speech of the year - will proceed as planned at the University Cultural Centre tonight. 'Invited guests are advised to arrive at the original appointed time,' said the statement.
Close to 1,700 MPs, civil servants and community leaders have been invited.
The rally will begin with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking in Malay at 6.45pm, followed by a speech in Mandarin. The English speech will be delivered at 8pm.
While the Malay and Mandarin speeches will still be telecast live tonight, the English one will not as the table tennis match is scheduled to start at 7.30pm.
The high-excitement game will star Singapore players Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu, who made history on Friday by beating South Korea to give Singapore a place in the finals today against China.
Prime Minister Lee had on Friday encouraged them to 'bring home a gold medal for Singapore'.
At the rally, the Prime Minister will discuss the state of the economy and the cost of living, said his press secretary Chen Hwai Liang. The impact of the Internet on Singapore society will be another highlight.
He will also focus on measures to encourage Singaporeans to marry and have children.
With the hope of an Olympic medal gripping Singapore, Mr Lee's decision to postpone the English telecast delighted many.
Sports-loving Marine Parade GRC MP Seah Kian Peng said: 'The game is also about the spirit of Singapore.' Chuckling, he said he expected SMSes to fly around silently to update rally participants on the match.
Mr Max Chong, 50, executive director of a property company, is glad he will no longer be torn between watching the momentous game and the rally. 'Many of us would like to watch both,' he said.
Another fan of both match and rally, education consultant Ho Weng Hee, 46, had planned to focus on the rally while switching to the game every half-hour, or whenever the speech was not fully relevant to him.
'I was looking forward to the rally so I'm a little disappointed,' he said. 'But I can wait.' [email protected]
English telecast on Monday <!--10 min-->
PM changes timing to tomorrow so people can watch table tennis finals <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr></tr><!-- headline one : end --><tr></tr><!-- Author --><tr><td class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colspan="2">By Lee Siew Hua, Senior Political Correspondent
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PM Lee at the cultural centre on Friday where he was testing the autocue and sound system. His speech will proceed as planned tonight. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM
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In an unprecedented move, the telecast of the English version of the Prime Minister's National Day Rally will be postponed by one day to 8pm tomorrow night.
This is so that it will not clash with the telecast of the Singapore-China table tennis finals at the Beijing Olympics tonight.
'The Prime Minister has changed the telecast timings for his National Day Rally speech so that Singaporeans can watch and support our team 'live' at the Olympics Table Tennis Women's Team Finals,' said a surprise statement from the Prime Minister's Office yesterday evening.
However, the rally itself - the most important political speech of the year - will proceed as planned at the University Cultural Centre tonight. 'Invited guests are advised to arrive at the original appointed time,' said the statement.
Close to 1,700 MPs, civil servants and community leaders have been invited.
The rally will begin with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking in Malay at 6.45pm, followed by a speech in Mandarin. The English speech will be delivered at 8pm.
While the Malay and Mandarin speeches will still be telecast live tonight, the English one will not as the table tennis match is scheduled to start at 7.30pm.
The high-excitement game will star Singapore players Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu, who made history on Friday by beating South Korea to give Singapore a place in the finals today against China.
Prime Minister Lee had on Friday encouraged them to 'bring home a gold medal for Singapore'.
At the rally, the Prime Minister will discuss the state of the economy and the cost of living, said his press secretary Chen Hwai Liang. The impact of the Internet on Singapore society will be another highlight.
He will also focus on measures to encourage Singaporeans to marry and have children.
With the hope of an Olympic medal gripping Singapore, Mr Lee's decision to postpone the English telecast delighted many.
Sports-loving Marine Parade GRC MP Seah Kian Peng said: 'The game is also about the spirit of Singapore.' Chuckling, he said he expected SMSes to fly around silently to update rally participants on the match.
Mr Max Chong, 50, executive director of a property company, is glad he will no longer be torn between watching the momentous game and the rally. 'Many of us would like to watch both,' he said.
Another fan of both match and rally, education consultant Ho Weng Hee, 46, had planned to focus on the rally while switching to the game every half-hour, or whenever the speech was not fully relevant to him.
'I was looking forward to the rally so I'm a little disappointed,' he said. 'But I can wait.' [email protected]
Re: AssLoon Gives Way to PRC $luts!
Can you believe this shit!!!!
Mr. Ho Weng Hee, Ken
Adjunct Lecturer
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Can you believe this shit!!!!
Mr. Ho Weng Hee, Ken
Adjunct Lecturer
Chwee, 46: Having Car Good For My Kids!
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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Frenchman Alain Robert scales Tower One for ST anniversary </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
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The police were on hand but this time they just smiled, as 'Spiderman' Alain Robert prepared to climb 'bare-handed' up the 45-storey, 176m-high Suntec Tower One.
In 2000, they had arrested Mr Robert, a Frenchman, just as he reached the 23rd storey of the 63-storey Overseas Union Bank building in Raffles Place.
Yesterday's feat before a 15,000-strong crowd of enthralled watchers was legal this time though.
The lithe 46-year-old complied with local laws: he wore a safety harness, just as he had when he scaled the 18-storey office block at Great World City in 1997.
Yesterday's event at Suntec was part of The Straits Times' 163rd anniversary celebrations. Clad in a pair of bright orange trousers, a white Straits Times polo shirt and climbing shoes, Mr Robert gulped down a can of Coke before making his ascent at 5pm.
As he scaled the Suntec tower panel by panel, the crowd cheered. Almost everyone had a camera in hand to capture the action. A few had lugged along giant telephoto lenses too.
Children watched with mouths agape and no one bothered to run for cover when it drizzled. When Mr Robert reached the top after an hour of strenuous climbing, the crowd whistled and applauded. He later said: 'I feel a little tired, not because of the climb but because of the heat and humidity here.' Showing off five blisters on his fingers, he gave Suntec Tower One a five out of 10 for difficulty.
Said Straits Times editor Han Fook Kwang: 'We're delighted to be able to bring this amazing act to our readers. The support from our readers is what has kept The Straits Times going all these years and the huge turnout today at Suntec was a great example of this.'
Mr S.K. Heng, 89, was one of those who went to watch Mr Robert in action. The retired administrative officer had read about him in The Straits Times and had asked his family to accompany him to Suntec.
'I wanted to see how he climbed the tower. He must have a lot of courage to climb so high,' he said.
Mr Robert has made headlines elsewhere for his illegal high jinks.
Two months ago, he scaled the New York Times building and was arrested upon reaching the top. Last year, he climbed the Jin Mao Building in Shanghai, then spent five days in jail and has since been banned from entering China.
In 2000, when he was arrested here, the police nabbed him by trapping him in between two open windows on the 23rd storey of the Overseas Union Bank building.
Mr Robert's exciting climb yesterday was followed by a grand lucky draw in which a lucky Straits Times reader won a new Volkswagen Touran Sport 1.3 TSI car worth $79,480. The winning lot was drawn by Mr Han and Dr Olaf Duebel, managing director of Volkswagen Group Singapore.
Accounts executive Ng Hai Chwee, 46, went home with the car, much to her surprise and delight.
Said Ms Ng, who has a driving licence but no car: 'I have two children, so having a car will definitely be convenient for my family.' [email protected]
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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Frenchman Alain Robert scales Tower One for ST anniversary </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
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A worker takes a snapshot of 'Spiderman' Alain Robert about half-way up the 176m-high Suntec City Tower One. -- DESMOND WEE/THE STRAITS TIMES
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The police were on hand but this time they just smiled, as 'Spiderman' Alain Robert prepared to climb 'bare-handed' up the 45-storey, 176m-high Suntec Tower One.
In 2000, they had arrested Mr Robert, a Frenchman, just as he reached the 23rd storey of the 63-storey Overseas Union Bank building in Raffles Place.
Yesterday's feat before a 15,000-strong crowd of enthralled watchers was legal this time though.
The lithe 46-year-old complied with local laws: he wore a safety harness, just as he had when he scaled the 18-storey office block at Great World City in 1997.
Yesterday's event at Suntec was part of The Straits Times' 163rd anniversary celebrations. Clad in a pair of bright orange trousers, a white Straits Times polo shirt and climbing shoes, Mr Robert gulped down a can of Coke before making his ascent at 5pm.
As he scaled the Suntec tower panel by panel, the crowd cheered. Almost everyone had a camera in hand to capture the action. A few had lugged along giant telephoto lenses too.
Children watched with mouths agape and no one bothered to run for cover when it drizzled. When Mr Robert reached the top after an hour of strenuous climbing, the crowd whistled and applauded. He later said: 'I feel a little tired, not because of the climb but because of the heat and humidity here.' Showing off five blisters on his fingers, he gave Suntec Tower One a five out of 10 for difficulty.
Said Straits Times editor Han Fook Kwang: 'We're delighted to be able to bring this amazing act to our readers. The support from our readers is what has kept The Straits Times going all these years and the huge turnout today at Suntec was a great example of this.'
Mr S.K. Heng, 89, was one of those who went to watch Mr Robert in action. The retired administrative officer had read about him in The Straits Times and had asked his family to accompany him to Suntec.
'I wanted to see how he climbed the tower. He must have a lot of courage to climb so high,' he said.
Mr Robert has made headlines elsewhere for his illegal high jinks.
Two months ago, he scaled the New York Times building and was arrested upon reaching the top. Last year, he climbed the Jin Mao Building in Shanghai, then spent five days in jail and has since been banned from entering China.
In 2000, when he was arrested here, the police nabbed him by trapping him in between two open windows on the 23rd storey of the Overseas Union Bank building.
Mr Robert's exciting climb yesterday was followed by a grand lucky draw in which a lucky Straits Times reader won a new Volkswagen Touran Sport 1.3 TSI car worth $79,480. The winning lot was drawn by Mr Han and Dr Olaf Duebel, managing director of Volkswagen Group Singapore.
Accounts executive Ng Hai Chwee, 46, went home with the car, much to her surprise and delight.
Said Ms Ng, who has a driving licence but no car: 'I have two children, so having a car will definitely be convenient for my family.' [email protected]
Indian FTrash Chiku Disease Spreading!
But Msian FTrash Cow asked u to compare with Msia and Indon woh!
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>9 more chikungunya cases <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Latest cluster at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre; two workers and a kin test positive </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Gracia Chiang
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->Nine more local cases and a new cluster for chikungunya fever has surfaced.
The latest cluster is at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, where a 32-year-old female worker tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease last Tuesday.
Her 61-year-old father later tested positive. He is still in hospital while she has recovered.
Last Thursday, a further blood screening of 184 workers at the centre detected a third person, a 44-year-old worker who came down with the disease there.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) immediately sent some 20 officers and 10 pest control operators to the centre, where four breeding sites were found.
These were destroyed, followed by fogging in the area.
Of the 10 staffing stalls at the centre whom The Sunday Times spoke to, none was aware that chikungunya had hit the place. They did, however, notice that there was an increased effort to clean the area.
One cashier at a supplier there, Madam Serene Lee, 41, said she was 'scared' but business would still go on. 'I have no backup plans but I'll have to be more careful, and take note if any of my workers or colleagues are not feeling well.'
Two additional cases have also been reported at Kranji Way, Singapore's largest chikungunya cluster to date.
The latest victims - a 52-year-old Singaporean and a 41-year-old Chinese national - bring the total affected there to 32. Both work there.
Up to 70 NEA officers and 20 pest-control operators have gone into action there and enforcement measures have been taken against the 52 factory premises found with mosquito breeding.
The NEA has since extended its operations to include other parts of the Kranji and Sungei Kadut areas.
Giving an update on the Sungei Kadut cluster, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said there has been a third chikungunya case there. She is a 61-year-old clerk who works in Sungei Kadut Street 1.
Across the island, three more chikungunya cases - all local males - have also been reported: in Segar Road, Jalan Berjaya and Queen Street. Two are aged 48 and the third is 65 years old.
The nine new cases bring the total number of local cases to 63 and the affected areas in Singapore to 15.
This year alone, there have been 117 cases of chikungunya fever, of which 54 were imported cases with a history of travel.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event yesterday, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, referring to cases in the region, said: 'I don't think it's the mosquitoes crossing borders but patients do cross borders.' There was a huge volume of people coming and going.
'Workers come here to work and Singaporeans go there to visit, and this is the durian season, so many go for durian trips as well.'
He added that the Kranji cluster had significant numbers of foreign workers who crossed the borders every day.
In Johor, chikungunya was a bit of a problem, so new cases were appearing practically every day.
He advised Singaporeans to take preventive measures and see a doctor as soon as symptoms emerged so that cases can be isolated.
He added: 'What you hope for is that it will not become like dengue. Once it becomes like dengue, when it becomes endemic in Singapore, it will be very hard to get rid of it until scientists come up with a vaccine.
'So we are doing our very best to make sure that chikungunya does not decide to stay here permanently.'
[email protected]
Additional reporting by Aw Cheng Wei
But Msian FTrash Cow asked u to compare with Msia and Indon woh!
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>9 more chikungunya cases <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Latest cluster at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre; two workers and a kin test positive </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Gracia Chiang
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->Nine more local cases and a new cluster for chikungunya fever has surfaced.
The latest cluster is at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, where a 32-year-old female worker tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease last Tuesday.
Her 61-year-old father later tested positive. He is still in hospital while she has recovered.
Last Thursday, a further blood screening of 184 workers at the centre detected a third person, a 44-year-old worker who came down with the disease there.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) immediately sent some 20 officers and 10 pest control operators to the centre, where four breeding sites were found.
These were destroyed, followed by fogging in the area.
Of the 10 staffing stalls at the centre whom The Sunday Times spoke to, none was aware that chikungunya had hit the place. They did, however, notice that there was an increased effort to clean the area.
One cashier at a supplier there, Madam Serene Lee, 41, said she was 'scared' but business would still go on. 'I have no backup plans but I'll have to be more careful, and take note if any of my workers or colleagues are not feeling well.'
Two additional cases have also been reported at Kranji Way, Singapore's largest chikungunya cluster to date.
The latest victims - a 52-year-old Singaporean and a 41-year-old Chinese national - bring the total affected there to 32. Both work there.
Up to 70 NEA officers and 20 pest-control operators have gone into action there and enforcement measures have been taken against the 52 factory premises found with mosquito breeding.
The NEA has since extended its operations to include other parts of the Kranji and Sungei Kadut areas.
Giving an update on the Sungei Kadut cluster, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said there has been a third chikungunya case there. She is a 61-year-old clerk who works in Sungei Kadut Street 1.
Across the island, three more chikungunya cases - all local males - have also been reported: in Segar Road, Jalan Berjaya and Queen Street. Two are aged 48 and the third is 65 years old.
The nine new cases bring the total number of local cases to 63 and the affected areas in Singapore to 15.
This year alone, there have been 117 cases of chikungunya fever, of which 54 were imported cases with a history of travel.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event yesterday, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, referring to cases in the region, said: 'I don't think it's the mosquitoes crossing borders but patients do cross borders.' There was a huge volume of people coming and going.
'Workers come here to work and Singaporeans go there to visit, and this is the durian season, so many go for durian trips as well.'
He added that the Kranji cluster had significant numbers of foreign workers who crossed the borders every day.
In Johor, chikungunya was a bit of a problem, so new cases were appearing practically every day.
He advised Singaporeans to take preventive measures and see a doctor as soon as symptoms emerged so that cases can be isolated.
He added: 'What you hope for is that it will not become like dengue. Once it becomes like dengue, when it becomes endemic in Singapore, it will be very hard to get rid of it until scientists come up with a vaccine.
'So we are doing our very best to make sure that chikungunya does not decide to stay here permanently.'
[email protected]
Additional reporting by Aw Cheng Wei
Tg Rhu: More Indian FTrash Than Sporns!
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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Influx of expats is leading to the transformation of neighbourhoods - and more tasty foreign treats </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Theresa Tan and Melissa Sim
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A Singaporean walking around the Tanjong Rhu area could be forgiven for thinking he is in a foreign country.
Minimarts at condos don't sell just regular rice, they also stock the basmati variety.
Vegetables that most Singaporeans have never heard of, such as Indian Palak (spinach in English) and Mehti (a herb which resembles a bay leaf) are in good supply too, as are lentils and a staggering variety of spices.
At condos like The Sovereign, The Makena and Costa Rhu, about four in 10 residents are Indian nationals, exceeding the number of Singaporeans.
=> No ethnic quota needed?
Small wonder, then, that the area is known as 'Little Bombay'.
For Indian nationals in the area, it might as well be their home country.
As Ms Radha Suvarna, 36, a Citibank executive, puts it: 'I can live here as I would in Bombay.'
The Tanjong Rhu and Meyer Road areas are among many in Singapore that are undergoing a vast transformation.
It used to be that there were just three ethnic enclaves in Singapore: Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam.
Now, Little America, Little Australia, Little Japan and a host of others have been added to the list.
As more and more expatriates head here - the number of foreigners here passed the one million mark for the first time last year - they are transforming not just Singapore's economy but its community as well.
=> Include PeeRs and it's easily 2M!
As is the case in other countries, the various nationalities setting up home here tend to set up enclaves where their countrymen gather.
In Singapore, education seems to be the determining factor for where they settle.
Property agents told The Sunday Times that clusters tend to come up around international schools.
The Americans, for example, have flocked to Woodlands because it is close to the Singapore American School.
The Japanese tend to live in condos in the West Coast, close to the Singapore Japanese School.
And the Serangoon area is popular with the Australians and the French, with the French and Australian schools nearby.
One in five households at the 310-unit Kensington Park Condominium - a 10-minute walk from Serangoon Gardens - is French, for example.
Once a critical mass of expats is settled in a particular area, food outlets soon follow.
With more and more Koreans flocking to the East Coast, for example, stores selling everything from kimchi to bulgogi have sprung up - there are at least three Korean restaurants in the area near Katong Mall.
For Koreans who prefer to cook their own food, the Seoul Mart, which opened in Parkway Parade last year, stocks provisions such as kimchi, Korean seaweed and Korean instant noodles.
The search for a taste of home has also led to the transformation of neighbourhoods.
Geylang, for example, has perhaps the greatest concentration of Chinese food outlets here.
Mr Du Zhi Qiang, president of the Tian Fu Club, a social networking club for new Chinese immigrants to Singapore, says there are now about 200 food outlets opened by Chinese nationals in the area.
The club's 2,000 members, all professionals, and scores of other Chinese nationals flock to the area for homegrown treats like jiaozi (dumplings) and hot and sour soup.
It is a boon for folk like businessman An Qian Xue, 42, who came to Singapore in 2003 from his native Shanxi in China to enrol his daughter in the Singapore American School and to explore business opportunities.
Now a permanent resident, Mr An remembers the time when he had to fill his suitcases with food whenever he returned from China.
'Now I can travel light because everything is here,' says the businessman, who eats in Geylang at least six times a week.
Indeed, Singaporeans who spoke to The Sunday Times said that, next to their contributions to the economy, the best thing about expats is the authentic food which follows them here.
=> 66%? or Ghost writers?
Authentic pasta, Spanish ham, traditional Korean rice cakes, Chinese jiaozi - they are all out there.
Foreigners are not just setting up physical enclaves, however.
Some nationalities are also dominating certain professions, and marking out gathering places as their own.
Walk into a hospital, for example, and you will more than likely encounter a Filipino nurse.
At Parkway Health, which owns the Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles and East Shore hospitals, 40per cent of the nurses come from countries such as the Philippines, China, Myanmar, India and Malaysia.
And 60per cent of the radiographers are from the Philippines.
Indian and Chinese nationals, meanwhile, are heading for the IT and finance sectors.
At Citibank Singapore, for example, Indian nationals make up 10per cent of the 9,000 employees, even more than Malaysians, who make up 7per cent. Singaporeans make up 70per cent.
=> Underestimation lah! More like 50%!
In leisure, too, foreigners are making a beeline for certain areas.
Clarke Quay, for example, is the party destination of choice for Indian nationals. Outlets like the Rupee Room offer Indian food at the bar and play the latest Bollywood hits.
It draws huge crowds at the weekend. Almost 80per cent of its customers are Indian professionals, says marketing manager Ketki Madane.
Mr Harish Mallipeddi, 22, who works for an IT start-up, circos.com, is quick to pick the Rupee Room as his favourite haunt.
'We can meet Indian girls there,' he says candidly.
The Myanmarese, meanwhile, make Peninsula Plaza their own at the weekend.
Hundreds gather there to stock up on goods for home, read newspapers, and even organise political protests, as happened during the crackdown on Buddhist monks in Myanmar last year.
There is also a library run by a group of about 30 Myanmarese for their fellow citizens, which stocks newspapers and weekly journals from home, and books banned in their own country.
As foreigners set up their own neighbourhoods and go about carving out a space in Singapore, however, a downside to the sheer numbers moving here is beginning to reveal itself.
Sociologists say most relate to xenophobic fears among Singaporeans - that foreigners will take away jobs and scholarships and drive up property prices, for instance.
=> Downpray Sporns' anger as unfounded fears woh! Why no mention of ant ass huh?
Others point to increasing friction as Singaporeans and foreigners live and work more closely, and fight a losing battle to paper over differences in social habits and lifestyle.
Much has been made of the differences between Indian Singaporeans and Indian expatriates, and Dr Leong Chan Hoong, head of the psychology programme at SIM University, sees the same thing happening between Chinese nationals and their local cousins.
=> See, Sporns have been relegated to 'cousins' in their own cuntry!
Of the flow of expats, Dr Leong says: 'It is unrealistic to think that we can, in a few years or so, ameliorate the tension and antagonism experienced by Singaporeans.'
Asked how Singapore will evolve, he says that it depends on how well foreigners integrate with locals in the Lion City.
Expats, however, do not see a problem.
=> Sporns' fault again?
Mr An, the China native turned Singapore PR, says: 'I have come to love Singapore. The workers are good and don't make trouble for you, the tax rate is lower and people are helpful.
'Now when I go back to China, I feel out of place sometimes.'
=> But will still go back to China after making enuff? And in the mean time, earn SGD, spend RMB?
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A Singaporean walking around the Tanjong Rhu area could be forgiven for thinking he is in a foreign country.
Minimarts at condos don't sell just regular rice, they also stock the basmati variety.
Vegetables that most Singaporeans have never heard of, such as Indian Palak (spinach in English) and Mehti (a herb which resembles a bay leaf) are in good supply too, as are lentils and a staggering variety of spices.
At condos like The Sovereign, The Makena and Costa Rhu, about four in 10 residents are Indian nationals, exceeding the number of Singaporeans.
=> No ethnic quota needed?
Small wonder, then, that the area is known as 'Little Bombay'.
For Indian nationals in the area, it might as well be their home country.
As Ms Radha Suvarna, 36, a Citibank executive, puts it: 'I can live here as I would in Bombay.'
The Tanjong Rhu and Meyer Road areas are among many in Singapore that are undergoing a vast transformation.
It used to be that there were just three ethnic enclaves in Singapore: Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam.
Now, Little America, Little Australia, Little Japan and a host of others have been added to the list.
As more and more expatriates head here - the number of foreigners here passed the one million mark for the first time last year - they are transforming not just Singapore's economy but its community as well.
=> Include PeeRs and it's easily 2M!
As is the case in other countries, the various nationalities setting up home here tend to set up enclaves where their countrymen gather.
In Singapore, education seems to be the determining factor for where they settle.
Property agents told The Sunday Times that clusters tend to come up around international schools.
The Americans, for example, have flocked to Woodlands because it is close to the Singapore American School.
The Japanese tend to live in condos in the West Coast, close to the Singapore Japanese School.
And the Serangoon area is popular with the Australians and the French, with the French and Australian schools nearby.
One in five households at the 310-unit Kensington Park Condominium - a 10-minute walk from Serangoon Gardens - is French, for example.
Once a critical mass of expats is settled in a particular area, food outlets soon follow.
With more and more Koreans flocking to the East Coast, for example, stores selling everything from kimchi to bulgogi have sprung up - there are at least three Korean restaurants in the area near Katong Mall.
For Koreans who prefer to cook their own food, the Seoul Mart, which opened in Parkway Parade last year, stocks provisions such as kimchi, Korean seaweed and Korean instant noodles.
The search for a taste of home has also led to the transformation of neighbourhoods.
Geylang, for example, has perhaps the greatest concentration of Chinese food outlets here.
Mr Du Zhi Qiang, president of the Tian Fu Club, a social networking club for new Chinese immigrants to Singapore, says there are now about 200 food outlets opened by Chinese nationals in the area.
The club's 2,000 members, all professionals, and scores of other Chinese nationals flock to the area for homegrown treats like jiaozi (dumplings) and hot and sour soup.
It is a boon for folk like businessman An Qian Xue, 42, who came to Singapore in 2003 from his native Shanxi in China to enrol his daughter in the Singapore American School and to explore business opportunities.
Now a permanent resident, Mr An remembers the time when he had to fill his suitcases with food whenever he returned from China.
'Now I can travel light because everything is here,' says the businessman, who eats in Geylang at least six times a week.
Indeed, Singaporeans who spoke to The Sunday Times said that, next to their contributions to the economy, the best thing about expats is the authentic food which follows them here.
=> 66%? or Ghost writers?
Authentic pasta, Spanish ham, traditional Korean rice cakes, Chinese jiaozi - they are all out there.
Foreigners are not just setting up physical enclaves, however.
Some nationalities are also dominating certain professions, and marking out gathering places as their own.
Walk into a hospital, for example, and you will more than likely encounter a Filipino nurse.
At Parkway Health, which owns the Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles and East Shore hospitals, 40per cent of the nurses come from countries such as the Philippines, China, Myanmar, India and Malaysia.
And 60per cent of the radiographers are from the Philippines.
Indian and Chinese nationals, meanwhile, are heading for the IT and finance sectors.
At Citibank Singapore, for example, Indian nationals make up 10per cent of the 9,000 employees, even more than Malaysians, who make up 7per cent. Singaporeans make up 70per cent.
=> Underestimation lah! More like 50%!
In leisure, too, foreigners are making a beeline for certain areas.
Clarke Quay, for example, is the party destination of choice for Indian nationals. Outlets like the Rupee Room offer Indian food at the bar and play the latest Bollywood hits.
It draws huge crowds at the weekend. Almost 80per cent of its customers are Indian professionals, says marketing manager Ketki Madane.
Mr Harish Mallipeddi, 22, who works for an IT start-up, circos.com, is quick to pick the Rupee Room as his favourite haunt.
'We can meet Indian girls there,' he says candidly.
The Myanmarese, meanwhile, make Peninsula Plaza their own at the weekend.
Hundreds gather there to stock up on goods for home, read newspapers, and even organise political protests, as happened during the crackdown on Buddhist monks in Myanmar last year.
There is also a library run by a group of about 30 Myanmarese for their fellow citizens, which stocks newspapers and weekly journals from home, and books banned in their own country.
As foreigners set up their own neighbourhoods and go about carving out a space in Singapore, however, a downside to the sheer numbers moving here is beginning to reveal itself.
Sociologists say most relate to xenophobic fears among Singaporeans - that foreigners will take away jobs and scholarships and drive up property prices, for instance.
=> Downpray Sporns' anger as unfounded fears woh! Why no mention of ant ass huh?
Others point to increasing friction as Singaporeans and foreigners live and work more closely, and fight a losing battle to paper over differences in social habits and lifestyle.
Much has been made of the differences between Indian Singaporeans and Indian expatriates, and Dr Leong Chan Hoong, head of the psychology programme at SIM University, sees the same thing happening between Chinese nationals and their local cousins.
=> See, Sporns have been relegated to 'cousins' in their own cuntry!
Of the flow of expats, Dr Leong says: 'It is unrealistic to think that we can, in a few years or so, ameliorate the tension and antagonism experienced by Singaporeans.'
Asked how Singapore will evolve, he says that it depends on how well foreigners integrate with locals in the Lion City.
Expats, however, do not see a problem.
=> Sporns' fault again?
Mr An, the China native turned Singapore PR, says: 'I have come to love Singapore. The workers are good and don't make trouble for you, the tax rate is lower and people are helpful.
'Now when I go back to China, I feel out of place sometimes.'
=> But will still go back to China after making enuff? And in the mean time, earn SGD, spend RMB?
[email protected]
[email protected]
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There are more than one million foreigners living in Singapore now. Do you think they have assimilated well? Send your comments to [email protected]
Re: Tg Rhu: More Indian FTrash Than Sporns!
Caste difference?
One little india not enough, now we have little bombay? What's the difference between these two?
Caste difference?
Re: Tg Rhu: More Indian FTrash Than Sporns!
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