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  • How Lee Kuan Yew Cost Singapore A Flourishing Film Industry

    How Lee Kuan Yew Cost Singapore A Flourishing Film Industry

    How Lee Kuan Yew’s crusade to shut down independent trade unions during the 1960s cost Singapore a flourishing film industry.

    In the 1950s and early 1960s, Singapore was a cultural and cinema centre of Asia, rivaling Hong Kong.

    Between 1950 and 1967, over 250 films were produced in Singapore, primarily by two film companies – Shaw’s Malay Film Productions at Jalan Ampas and Cathay Keris at East Coast. A majority of the blockbusters churned out by Shaw’s Malay Films at that time featured P. Ramlee, Malay cinema’s most celebrated auteur, actor and music composer.

    But in 1964, “when Chief Minister Lee Kuan Yew heard about the strikes, he didn’t like the Malay involvement in Unions. He told the Shaw Brothers, ‘You’d better close down, so Shaw Brothers advised P. Ramlee to move to Merdeka Studio. ”
    ( from documentary ‘P. Ramlee’, produced by the History Channel )

    That same year, P. Ramlee moved to Kuala Lumpur. In 1968, Shaw Studio closed down, and Singapore’s film industry went into comatose for 3 decades before’s a mini-revival began in the 1990s and continues today.
    P. Ramlee passed away in KL in 1973.

    Watch the full documentary of “P. Ramlee” by the History Channel.
    https://youtu.be/3GNKBkeDDlg
    https://youtu.be/CJXFZlb0ZSU

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    In 2005, while justifying the construction of casinos, Lee Kuan Yew expressed regret in having neglected popular culture.

    “I went for high culture, and forgot pop culture. That is where the money is.” – MM Lee Kuan Yew, Straits Times. Apr 17, 2005

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    Source: Martyn See

  • Former Malaysian National Footballer Jailed 24 Months For Corruption And Immigration Offences

    Former Malaysian National Footballer Jailed 24 Months For Corruption And Immigration Offences

    A former Malaysian national footballer was sentenced to 24 months’ jail for corruption and immigration offences, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said on Thursday (Apr 9).

    Thana Segar S Sinnaiah (Thana Segar), 40, had earlier pleaded guilty to four charges. These include one count of abetment by conspiracy with Selvarajan Letchuman for corruptly giving gratification a sum not more than RM15,000 (S$5,600) to referee Shokri Bin Nor to fix the Malaysian Super League match between the LionsXII and Sarawak on May 22, 2012.

    He also pleaded guilty to two counts of abetment by conspiracy with Selvarajan and Shokri to cheat Singapore Pools, and for one count of failure to present his passport when leaving Singapore.

    Four other charges of abetment by conspiracy to cheat Singapore Pools were taken into consideration for the sentencing, according to CPIB.

    Thana Segar was first charged on May 24, 2012, for one count of engaging with Shokri, in a conspiracy to corruptly agree to receive gratification to fix the Malaysian Super League match on May 22.

    While out on bail, Thana Segar failed to turn up for the pre-trial conference scheduled for Aug 7, 2012. He was later apprehended in August 2014 with the assistance of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, CPIB said.

    “The popularity of football and the lucrative business of football betting have made the matches susceptible to illegal practices including match-fixing. These practices must be eliminated to protect the integrity of the sport and to keep the local sports scene clean,” the agency said.

    “Singapore has always adopted a zero-tolerance approach towards corruption, and match-fixing of any form is not condoned in Singapore. The CPIB investigates into match-fixing through bribery cases and will not hesitate to take action against any parties involved if they had given or received bribes to fix a match.”

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • The Singapore Sports Hub Will Be Ready For SEA Games 2015

    The Singapore Sports Hub Will Be Ready For SEA Games 2015

    The Singapore Sports Hub will face its biggest test in less than two months when the S$1.33 billion facility hosts 10 of the 36 sports to be competed at the 28th SEA Games from June 5 to 16.

    While the Sports Hub has experienced some glitches since it opened last June, its chief operating officer Oon Jin Teik is “confident, but not complacent” that the 35ha venue will hold up well during the Games.

    The National Stadium had experienced issues with its grass pitch, as well as a roof leak during Taiwanese singer Jay Chou’s concert last December, but Oon is hopeful of restoring the public’s confidence in the Sports Hub when the Games roll into town.

    “We want to redeem (ourselves) on every occasion and not just the SEA Games,” he said at a media briefing at the Sports Hub yesterday.

    “We want it to continue to be functioning at every event, that’s always the objective. There’s a lot of work (to be done). We are confident but not complacent. “The bigger issues that are publicly known, we are fixing them and we see the improvement there and we’re also fixing the other smaller issues.”

    The lay-and-play natural grass turf will be placed in the 55,000-seater National Stadium after the opening ceremony on June 5, and in time for the athletics competition two days later as well as for the football semi-finals and final on June 13 and 15,
    respectively.

    “The preparation for this (lay-and-play) has already started. Progress is good and we will monitor it on a daily basis,” said Oon. “Yes (it’s a short turnaround), but it is within the scope of what we have planned for and what our partners and suppliers can do.”

    Four venues within the Sports Hub — the National Stadium, OCBC Arena, Singapore Indoor Stadium, OCBC Aquatic Centre — will host aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, billiards and snooker, fencing, football, netball, table tennis and volleyball during the SEA Games.

    The organisers aim to attract 800,000 to one million visitors for the 10 sports at the Kallang cluster, while the remaining clusters at Marina Bay and the Singapore Expo will stage the rest.

    The Games’ biggest venue host plans to pull out all the stops to draw spectators and fans to the Sports Hub during the multi-sports event, with a slew of activities and programmes planned throughout this month and the next to promote awareness among the public and drive support for the national athletes.

    Dubbed the Pre-SEA Games Roar, activities include venue tours, meet-and-greet sessions with Team Singapore athletes, a Games-inspired fashion show, and Experience Sports Super 10s, a fun challenge to give the public a chance to play and compete in the 10 sports featured at the SEA Games. Entry to events such as the Cuesports Festival (April 18 to 19) and the 11th men’s SEABA Basketball Championship (April 27 to May 1) will also be free of charge.

    The Sports Hub is promoting the SEA Games in tandem with the Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee, and Oon explained that, as the biggest venue cluster for the region’s biggest multi-sport meet, the Sports Hub is obligated to hype excitement levels.

    “Through this initiative called the Pre-SEA Games Roar, we want to help Singaporeans discover, support and play,” Oon said. “Help them experience, understand and meet the athletes, form a relationship between the venue, sport and athletes.”

    Visit www.sportshub.com.sg for more information on the Pre-SEA Games Roar activities.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Experts: Key To Sustaining Sports Tourism Is Singaporeans

    Experts: Key To Sustaining Sports Tourism Is Singaporeans

    The Republic is hosting various global sporting events and apart from having world-class facilities, Singaporeans can help sustain the industry, according to sports tourism experts.

    Sporting events – from tennis and the Singapore Grand Prix, to golf tournaments and the World Rugby Sevens Series coming to our shores next year – are helping to bring in the money.

    “Definitely, there will be a boom of business related to tourism,” said Ms Christine Khoo, a lecturer at Republic Polytechnic’s School of Sports, Health and Leisure. “When we have tourists coming in, there will definitely be additional spending in terms of accommodation, F&B, entertainment and merchandising. All these will create additional income.”

    Those in the industry expect more fringe activities to pop up in the lead-up to major events, which will further boost tourism.

    Said Ms Lorraine Gan, a Tourism and Resort Management lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic: “The actual event sells itself. But I think it is how we package the rest of it. The clinics, the other extra events – Formula One has the big concerts, Maroon 5 coming. Things like that.

    “It is how you package the deals. How can you get a person who is coming for the WTA Open Finals to stay a few more days and visit our museums, our local attractions, our heritage and cultural centres?”

    One way is to come up with attractive tour packages, or have local athletes promote the sporting event. Another is to make use of Singapore’s most vital resource – its people.

    “Each one of us is like a Singapore ambassador,” said Ms Khoo, stressing that the country wants to be known as fun and vibrant, with a lot of heart and spirit. “And what better way to show it when we have tourists coming in to attend world-class sports events than for us to play our part?”

    She explained: “I could be sitting with someone in the F1 paddock and he is from Germany, US, or Australia or other parts of Asia. I just say hello and have a chat with him. This sharing actually forms part of the entire experience that the tourist brings home with him.”

    Tourism experts said Singaporeans are generally welcoming to visitors.

    With more events slated in the next few years, they expect locals to warm up to taking on more roles – from interns and volunteers, to active supporters of the games.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Hollywood Goes After Illegal Downloaders In Singapore

    Hollywood Goes After Illegal Downloaders In Singapore

    Those who illegally downloaded the Oscar-winning Hollywood film Dallas Buyers Club could soon get “pay up” letters for infringement of copyright.

    The firm behind the movie, about the search for drugs to treat HIV in the mid 80s, has engaged a local law firm to send letters to several downloaders that had been identified, asking for a written offer of damages and costs.

    It had earlier gone after illegal downloaders in the US and Australia after using a software programme to detect IP addresses in torrents.

    The three local telcos confirmed that they received demands to reveal information of their subscribers.

    They refused until court orders were issued to M1 and StarHub to compel them to do so. Singtel’s case is still before the courts.

    Intellectual property and technology lawyer Han Wah Teng said illegal downloaders may have to pay the copyright owner up to $10,000 for statutory damages.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg