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Roy Ngerng Found Guilty of Defamation

SINGAPORE: Blogger Roy Ngerng has been found guilty of defamation, with damages to be assessed.

Justice Lee Seiu Kin on Friday (Nov 7) has also ordered Ngerng to be restrained from publishing or disseminating the allegation that the plantiff, Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong, is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid by Singaporeans to the Central Provident Fund, or any words and/or images to the same effect.

“I therefore find that the Disputed Words and Images convey the natural and ordinary meaning that the plaintiff, the Prime Minister of Singapore and the Chairman of GIC, is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid by Singaporeans to the CPF,” said Justice Lee in his judgement. “There is no doubt that it is defamatory to suggest that the plaintiff is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the CPF monies.”

The Prime Minister filed the defamation suit against Ngerng on May 29, and on July 10 applied for a summary judgment, where the plaintiff asks the court to rule without trial, on grounds that the defendant has no real defence to contest his claim.

The suit against Mr Ngerng arose from a blog post in May entitled Where Your CPF Money Is Going: Learning From The City Harvest Trial, which alleged that CPF monies had been misappropriated.

Mr Ngerng had been sent a letter from Mr Lee’s lawyers, demanding that he apologise, remove the post and offer damages. Though he complied with several of the demands, his offer of S$5,000 in damages was rejected as “derisory” by Mr Lee. Mr Ngerng had also emailed some local and international media on how to access other posts, which Mr Lee’s lawyers said was “further aggravation”.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

November 7, 2014
20 Simple Childhood Snacks That Made Us So Happy We Didn’t Need Cupcakes Or Churros

Let’s put aside the crazy haze and think of happy thoughts like childhood snacks. Then compound that happiness by thinking of our adult spending power and that we can buy the snacks in bulk now.

1. Ice Lolly Tubes

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There are only two types of people in the world: The people who bite the top and twist the bottom, or those that break the tubes in half. Can you remember the ache in your teeth and the saltiness of your own saliva chewing through the plastic packaging? Whichever way you try to eat it, you’ll end up sucking away the fruit juice and leaving behind a flavourless ice stick.

2. Hiro cake

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When recess time comes, we stock up on these small cheapo chocolate covered sponges. We’d eat them on the school bus even though they were squashed flat in our schoolbags.

3. Kueh Balu

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Crusty on the outside, pillowy-soft on the inside. You can eat many of these at a go, dunking them into milo or a cold glass of milk.

4. Kueh Tutu

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Watching your Kueh Tutu being made is as good a treat as the kueh itself. You always marvel at how smooth the flour looked as the excess was scrapped off before putting into the steamer. Too bad they can only do 6 at a go, if not you’d buy 30.

5. Ding Dang
6. Tora

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This was our budget friendly version of Kinder Bueno even before that luxury treat arrived in Singapore. Nobody cared that it was obviously a copyright infringement of Doraemon.

And, apparently, Tora had more premium toys.

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7. Mr Softee

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Because 7-11 used to have something we really wanted. Like chendol softee. And that incredible chocolate fudge add-on for 30 cents. Slurp.

8. Super Rings

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Before Cheetos and Cheezels made their (orange) mark on our fingers, there was the ever-ready Super Rings that were sweet, cheesy and gone too fast.

9. Biscuit Piring

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We would wolf each dry and lightly-sweetened disc down, ending up with lots of wafer flakes on our laps. Who’s to say we didn’t use them as discuses?

10. Buttercream cake

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The cake shops downstairs of our flats were always smelling so good. And the buttercream cake was one of our most popular picks. Our birthday cakes were usually piped with jelly colours of the traffic light or the hottest cartoon of the year.

11. Kueh Lapis Sagu (九层糕, or literally 9-layer-cake)

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Just like its name, we tend to eat them layer by layer to prolong the snack’s lifespan. Some people are still convinced each layer has a different flavour.

12. Fruit Jelly

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Remember how you would tear the plastic top open carefully and quickly sip the syrup on top of the jelly before it falls all over your fingers?

Tip: these taste even better frozen.

13. Ang Ku Kueh (Red Tortoise Cake)

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Today’s AKK come in many variations (agar agar, yam, durian even!), but when we were younger, there would only be green bean, or peanut ones. I don’t know why everyone loves the green bean ones.

14. Haw flakes

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Do you like to it them one slice at a time or you’re one of those that would bite an entire stack? Whichever camp you belong to, the first bite probably stung your teeth and gums because they were so sour.

15. Beebee

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Bee-Bee was pretty smart to have a mascot that looked like Mr. MaGoo, and we were never put off by this super-artificial orange coloured snack because it was *so* cheap!

16. Push pop

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Taking it a level up from basic lollipops, we had Push Pops which could be consumed for a bit, and when classes started, we would “save” the lollipop for later consumption.

Our fingers tended to be stained with saliva and melted sweet though.

Was their advertising jingle “Don’t push me, push a Push Pop!”?

17. Ring pop

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Diamonds were really affordable and tasty in those years. As they say today, if you like it then you should’ve put a ring on it.

18. Whistle pop

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You’d rather skip those recorder lessons and make some music with this simple whistle pop. At least there’s some tasteful sounds.

19. Cadbury Mini eggs

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These were more of a premium snack that you’d get lucky with if your parents were in a good mood. Speckled, sugary hard shell over smooth milk chocolate – what’s there not to love?

20. Whistling sweets

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A faster way to set up a school choir with one tune, we present the Whistle Candy. Along with a lot of saliva.

Source: http://mothership.sg

November 7, 2014
PAP Contributing to Congestion In Town To Celebrate Its 60th Birthday
The People’s Action Party (PAP) is celebrating its 60^th birthday today and it just couldn’t wait to let Singaporeans know that its birthday is here.

And to do so, the PAP has deemed it fit to create traffic congestion in the centre of the city just so that Singaporeans will be aware of its birthday.

Welcome to uniquely Singapore – where the ruling party believes that after 55 years of controlling government, it can, as a netizen called it, turn the roads in Singapore into its own “grandfather’s road”.

Today, if you face any jams in the centre of town, don’t worry. You can thank the PAP for it, or blame them, whichever way you fancy.

The roads that will be closed are near the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall.

Old Parliament Lane and Empress Place will be closed from 11am to midnight.

The two right lanes of Parliament Place in the direction of Saint Andrew’s Road will be closed from 11am to 1.30pm.

The centre lane of Parliament Place in the direction of Saint Andrew’s Road (between Connaught Drive and Saint Andrew’s Road) will be closed from 1.30pm to 2pm.

The carriageway of Fullerton Road in the direction of Parliament Place (between Esplanade Drive and Parliament Place) will be closed from 2pm till midnight.

Parliament Place in the direction of Saint Andrew’s Road (between Fullerton Road and Saint Andrew’s Road) and the two left lanes of Fullerton Road in the direction of Esplanade Drive will also be closed from 2pm till midnight.
Of course, no one is saying don’t barge onto the road. If a political party has a birthday, we should all give way and let it have the right of way, shouldn’t we?

Well, not unless you are the Worker’s Party. Then, even when you decide to organise a cycling event at the perfectly legit East Coast Park, as it tried to in 2007 to celebrate their 50^th anniversary, then the police are going to tell you that it “does not allow political parties to organise outdoor gatherings because such activities have the potential for public disorder and mischief, and may disrupt community life.”

But of course, if you are the PAP, the police can tell Singaporeans that “Traffic delays may be expected” and that “Motorists are advised to plan their route early”.

But because it is the PAP, and even as the road closures will “disrupt community life”, hey, it’s the PAP.

Of course, cycling in East Coast Park would definitely cause more disruption to community life than closing roads and creating traffic jams, and causing delays to the hundreds of Singaporeans who will be rushing home for dinner, right?

But hey, it’s the PAP’s 60^th anniversary. Who are we to argue about the “grandfather’s road”, unless we think they have been in power for far too long?

Source: www.therealsingapore.com
November 7, 2014
CNB Busts Estimated $200,000 Worth of Drugs

SINGAPORE: More than S$200,000 worth of drugs – 1.9kg of heroin, 1kg of cannabis and 198g of Ice – were seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in two separate operations on Wednesday (Nov 5).

CNB said on Thursday that officers deployed in Clementi spotted a 28-year-old suspect arriving at a housing block in a Malaysia-registered motorcycle on Wednesday morning. The Malaysian, according to CNB officers, was seen taking a plastic bag from his vehicle before proceeding to a unit in the housing block.

CNB said he was arrested after he was seen coming down the block without the bag. When officers went up to the unit the suspect visited, a female suspect was also arrested for attempting to flush the drugs down the toilet. The 42-year-old Singaporean had drugs comprising about 1.28kg of heroin, 1,034g of cannabis, 95g of Ice and one Erimin-5 tablet in her apartment, the agency said.

CNB added that another two male Malaysians – both aged 40 – were arrested when they tried to leave Singapore in a Malaysia-registered lorry on Wednesday afternoon. They were suspected to be involved in the same drug trafficking syndicate, CNB said.

In a separate operation, CNB officers alongside Singapore Police Force (SPF) officers arrested another suspected drug trafficker at a HDB void deck in Tampines Street 81. CNB said the 42-year-old Singaporean was then escorted back to his suspected hideout where about 270g of heroin and 51g of Ice were recovered.

In a subsequent search, CNB said another 416g of heroin and 52g of Ice were also recovered from his apartment. Drug paraphernalia such as numerous improvised drug-smoking apparatus and digital weighing scales were recovered too, the agency added.

Investigations on all the suspects are ongoing. If convicted, they may face the death penalty.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

November 7, 2014
Aliff Aziz Claims He Did Not Steal Handphone

KUALA LUMPUR: Acara pradengar album Aliff Aziz berjudul Rebirth sebentar tadi diadakan di pejabat Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia di Publika, Solaris Dutamas turut menjadi ruang beliau menjelaskan apa yang terjadi kepadanya beberapa bulan lalu.

Bermula dengan isu dikatakan lari dari set penggambaran drama dan pulang Singapura sehinggalah timbul cerita beliau dituduh mencuri telefon bimbit di negara kelahirannya sendiri.

Menurut Aliff apa yang terjadi menjadi pengajaran terbesar sekali gus mematangkan dirinya.

“Isu mencuri telefon bimbit itu sudah selesai. Saya berada di tempat dan waktu yang salah. Natijahnya saya terpaksa mengaku bersalah biarpun saya tidak melakukan perkara itu.

“Undang-undang di Singapura berbeza di sana. Atas saranan pihak peguam bela, saya mengaku saja dan bayar denda untuk memendekkan proses berkaitan.

“Jika tidak saya perlu melalui proses pengadilan yang panjang. Kejadian ini terjadi empat bulan lalu dan itu antara sebab saya terpaksa berulang alik dari Kuala Lumpur dan Singapura,” katanya yang berulang alik ke Kuala Lumpur kerana melunaskan urusan rakaman album barunya itu.

Mengenai cerita lari dari set, penyanyi lagu Sayang Sayang ini tidak pernah wujud isu itu dan barangkali ia ditokok tambah pihak tertentu hingga jadi pelbagai versi termasuk isu berhutang.

“Pertamanya saya minta maaf kepada semua pihak yang tidak berpuas hati dan kecewa dengan saya. Tak nafikan saya berperang dengan komitmen lakonan dan melunaskan rakaman lagu.

“Saya memang tak pernah lari dari set penggambaran. Cuma ada kalanya kepenatan dan jatuh sakit, saya gagahkan berlakon juga. Saya sedar jika saya tak datang berlakon ia akan menjejaskan perjalanan penggambaran.

“Tapi bila saya datang berlakon dalam keadaan penat timbul pula cerita seperti bertebaran kononnya saya lalok,” kata Aliff yang mula sedar bahawa beliau belum bersedia untuk melakukan banyak kerja dalam satu masa.

Enggan mengenang kisah lalu, kehadiran album terbarunya berjudul Rebirth itu membawa semangat baru serta umpama kelahiran semula buat dirinya.

Album berkenaan sepatutnya diedarkan tahun ini tetapi atas beberapa masalah ia ditunda hingga ke Januari depan.

“Kali pertama saya muncul dengan album ketika berusia 16 tahun dan kini saya bakal menginjak 24 tahun depan. Jelas saya melalui fasa kematangan dan perubahan dalam hidup.

“Istimewanya pembikinan album ini turut diberi peluang memilih lagu yang sesuai. Proses pembikinan sejak setahun setengah hampir menemui penamat.

“Tinggal lagu ciptaan Awi Rafael saja yang belum dirakam. Saya juga sudah tidak sabar untuk kembali ke persada seni dan lupakan kisah lalu yang menjadi pengalaman berharga.

“Peluang berehat empat bulan lalu menjadi ruang saya bermuhasabah diri. Tak dinafikan saya tertekan tapi semua hikmah berguna, katanya.

Untuk album barunya lagu Selayaknya Aku ciptaan Faizal Tahir antara kegemaran Aliff. Selayaknya lagu itu dijadikan single pertama.

Lagu lain yang dimuatkan ialah Hari Ini, Coba, Setelah Kau Pergi, Dengarkan Aku, Pujangga, Novella, Tak Ada Cinta Sepertimu, Dan Lagi Cinta.

Source: www.bharian.com.my

November 7, 2014