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  • NDP Smashes Record For Most Number Of Tweets For One Event In Singapore

    NDP Smashes Record For Most Number Of Tweets For One Event In Singapore

    Twitter users have smashed the record for tweets related to a one-day event in Singapore, sending out more than 230,000 tweets about yesterday’s (Aug 9) National Day Parade (NDP) including those with the hashtag #NDP2015.

    Tweets also included other terms related to the Parade, such as #SG50, Majulah Singapura, and Golden Jubilee as well as Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Hsien Loong, and NDP performers Kit Chan and JJ Lin.

    This was twice the previous record held by the One Direction concert on March 11, where there were more than 100,000 tweets about the event.

    According to data released by Twitter today, there were 570 tweets sent per minute as it neared the 8.30pm mark yesterday, just as the Parade culminated in a massive fireworks display.

    Yesterday’s Golden Jubilee celebrations saw more than 26,000 people gathered at the Padang, where the first National Day Parade took place in 1966. Thousands more packed areas such as the Marina Barrage and Marina Bay.

    Here are some of the most shared tweets from Singapore’s Golden Jubilee celebrations

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • 10-Hour Wait For Free Cable Car Rides To Sentosa And Mount Faber

    10-Hour Wait For Free Cable Car Rides To Sentosa And Mount Faber

    Snaking queues wrapped around HarbourFront Centre Tower Two for free cable car rides on Monday (10 August) in commemoration of this year’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. The free rides were available for all Singaporeans and Permanent Residents of Singapore from 9am to 9pm on both the Sentosa and Mount Faber lines.

    So popular was the demand that some lined up since 7am, said those in the queue who spoke to Channel NewsAsia at about 4pm on Monday. Waiting time by then had stretched into the 10-hour mark, according to the Singapore Cable Car on Facebook and signposts prominently displayed around the location.

    Queues for free cable car rides at the HarbourFront Centre have not let up despite the Singapore Cable Car’s note that the wait may take about 10 hours. http://bit.ly/1KdeGzR(Video: Loke Kok Fai)

    Posted by Channel NewsAsia Singapore on Monday, 10 August 2015

    “We will not be able to accept more guests on the cable cars today. Please do not join the queue at mount Faber, Harbourfront and Sentosa stations,” the attraction wrote in its online post at about 1.15pm.

    However, apart from some heated moments earlier in the day, queues were generally orderly and the mood on the ground was mildly upbeat. Many had good words to say about the management, while some said the demand should have been anticipated.

    Staff from Singapore Cable Car were on the ground to manage the situation. Apart from stopping new arrivals, they had also been informing whatever new arrivals of the situation. They also said that a separate queue was in place from the beginning of the day for paying customers, but they might also have been affected by the heavy demand.

    Singapore Cable Car also conducted free shuttle bus services at its Mount Faber Station, which saw sizeable numbers queueing up despite the fact that rides from that station were not free.

    A Facebook user, Ronald, who was at the Mount Faber station, had sent photos to Channel NewsAsia early on Monday, saying the queue he was in “was not moving at all”.

    Long queue for cable car rides early on Monday (Aug 10). (Photo: Ronald/Facebook)

    Merely two hours before the free rides were scheduled to end, Singapore Cable Car wrote again on its Facebook page to remind the public not to join the queues at the HarbourFront, Mount Faber and Sentosa stations as it was unable to accept anymore guests.

    “Free rides for Singaporeans and PRs for the Mount Faber line have received overwhelming response … (We) thank all who patiently waited and offer our apology to those who did not get to ride today,” it said.

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • The Opposition State Of Play: Who’s Running Where In General Elections?

    The Opposition State Of Play: Who’s Running Where In General Elections?

    A week after the Opposition first met to lay claim and discuss the constituencies they would contest at the upcoming General Election, it appears the parties have managed to strike a compromise to avoid multi-corner fights in all but one of the 29 electoral divisions.

    Following announcements on Monday (Aug 10) by Singaporeans First and the National Solidarity Party, it appears that only the single seat of Potong Pasir – the smallest constituency on the political landscape – may see a three-cornered contest – and only because of an independent candidate, who has said he would throw his hat into the ring.

    On Monday, NSP said it would no longer field candidates to contest Marine Parade GRC and MacPherson SMC – two constituencies that the Workers’ Party had staked claim to earlier. In a surprising turn of events, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) said it would allow the NSP to run in Sembawang GRC, even though the SDP had contested the constituency in the 2011 General Election.

    Not long after, SingFirst announced that it would step aside in Ang Mo Kio GRC to allow the Reform Party to go head-to-head with the People’s Action Party team led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

    These were the last points of contention between the established Opposition parties following their two meetings on Aug 3 and 6.

    The parties had also agreed to avoid multi-corner fights at the 13 single seats. However, former NSP Secretary-General Tan Lam Siong has said he may contest Potong Pasir as an independent candidate.

    Current Singapore People’s Party Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Lina Chiam has indicated she will contest the ward, which was helmed by her husband Chiam See Tong for 27 years. Mrs Chiam lost the 2011 ballot by just 114 votes.

    WHO’S RUNNING WHERE?

    There is no surprise that the Workers’ Party – which currently has 7 elected members in Parliament, as well as two NCMPs – is the Opposition party set to contest the most seats: 28. This is 5 more than the 23 candidates it fielded in 2011.

    Three other parties – SDP, NSP and RP – look set to field 11 candidates each.

    The SDP is eyeing Holland-Bukit Timah and Marsiling-Yew Tee GRCs, as well as three SMCs: Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang and Yuhua. The NSP said it will contest Tampines and Sembawang GRCs as well as Pioneer SMC. Meanwhile, RP will look to field teams in Ang Mo Kio and West Coast GRCs as well as a candidate in Radin Mas SMC.

    SingFirst has indicated it will field 10 candidates in two five-member GRCs – Jurong and Tanjong Pagar.

    The SPP, headed by Mr Chiam See Tong, and the Democratic Progressive Party – headed by Mr Benjamin Pwee, who ran under the SPP banner in 2011 – will collectively challenge for eight seats. SPP will field candidates in Potong Pasir, Mountbatten and Hong Kah North, while a joint team will be fielded for the 5-member Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. It is not yet known under which party banner the GRC team will be fielded.

    Helmed by Secretary-General Desmond Lim, the Singapore Democratic Alliance will again field a six-man slate in Pasir Ris-Punggol, where it took 35.21 per cent of the vote in 2011. The People’s Power Party – started by Mr Goh Meng Seng, another former NSP Secretary-General – will field the smallest team of all the Opposition parties, contesting in the 4-member Chua Chu Kang GRC.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Zulfikar Shariff: Muslims Must Let Islam, Not Political Affiliations, Be Foundation Of Decisions

    Zulfikar Shariff: Muslims Must Let Islam, Not Political Affiliations, Be Foundation Of Decisions

    Yesterday I asked how a Muslim PAP supporter will choose if weakening the PAP is beneficial to Islam. Will they support weakening their party for Islam’s sake?

    The only response from someone who rejected the question based his discussion on the minority position of Muslims in Singapore. The response was based on standing as a candidate in an SMC.

    Political action should not be restricted to standing as candidates or being in a political party. Anyone who participates in society is a political actor. Your relationship with society, with the state, your public (and at times private) interactions are political. We are political beings, whether we believe in a political system, support a party or actively participate in an election.

    To simply restrict political action to being a candidate is to ignore a large portion of our socio-political interactions.

    We need to free ourselves from the confines that LKY and GCT tried to impose on us.

    Let us look at another argument that needs to be refined.

    Muslims have over the years, argued that we are the swing votes. While we do not have the numerical ability to stand on a platform based on our religious values, the belief is that we can be kingmakers.

    But let us not deceive ourselves on our own importance. We are about 15% of the population. There are guesstimates as to how many Muslims support the PAP. Some claim the majority of Muslims will always vote for the PAP while others argue its a minority.

    For ease of discussions, let us assume it to be 50%.

    The PAP won a 60% majority in the last elections. The 30%+ who rejected them included half of the Muslim community.

    Even if we vote en bloc, the PAP nationally, will not be affected. If every Muslim in Singapore vote for opposition, the PAP would still get 50%+ of the votes. And if all of us vote for the PAP, they would still get 60%+.

    We are not kingmakers.

    But this does not fully discuss the possibilities. While we may not be kingmakers, we can have an effect in several constituencies.

    The PAP won 51% at the Joo Chiat SMC. It has now been absorbed into Marine Parade GRC (57% in 2011).

    A swing of Muslim votes in this GRC can result in a shift.

    There are several other constituencies that were won with very slim majorities (less than 5%).Similarly, the WP won Aljunied with less than 5% majority.

    If we truly want to expand our political options, look beyond party lines.

    The PAP obviously will not want Muslims to be politically effective. They would prefer our participation to be based on the system they defined. This has now been normalised such that opposition parties may similarly demand the rejection of religious values in a population’s political decisions.

    As though their religious or non-religious beliefs do not inform and dictate their own values and decisions.

    If we truly care about Islam, let us think beyond party lines. We have been indoctrinated into thinking our interests should not matter. As though Islam should have no part in our decisions on politics.

    Islam defines us. Every decision, every action, should be based on Islam.

    Let us return Islam to the forefront of all our decisions.

     

    Source: Zulfikar Shariff

  • PRC Launched Into Unprovoked Assaults Of Singaporean Lady And Screams Racist Vulgarities

    PRC Launched Into Unprovoked Assaults Of Singaporean Lady And Screams Racist Vulgarities

    Freaking mad woman.

    I was jogging as usual along the school near my place when this mad Chinese woman pounced out of nowhere and slapped me twice. She claimed that I scolded her previously. Madness. I have never set eyes on her before. And I am not even in Singapore most of this and last year.And since she spoke in mandarin with a mainland accent, I told her I do not know any cuss words in mandarin to have said to her. Then she called me a racist name. Stupid. If I am not Chinese, would I understand the filth pouring out of her mouth??

    Then she started screaming at me on and on about how Singaporeans are crazy. She wanted to hit me again and I started shrieking at the top of my voice for help for a whole good few minutes. Of course, this whole deserted area around the construction site has to be surrounded by her sort of Chinese.Nobody appeared until finally, a China man came to try to separate us. And he pulled me back from grabbing her. I was incensed. I don’t give two hoots if you both came from the same country.

    Then she tried to walk away as I told her I was going to call the police. And she was still cussing Singaporeans as we both waited for the police to arrived.

    I have no idea what she has against Singaporeans. Maybe somebody insulted her?

    Madness. I will see her in court. I don’t give a crap about whether it’s a case of mistaken identity, racism or whatever.

    My ear is still ringing, my cheek is swollen and left eye is still seeing stars. And my glasses are bent out of shape.

    I stayed in Australia for one year, and nothing happened. I stayed out late there, and nothing bad happened.

    I come back home to Singapore, and was minding my own business and this happened. I think Singapore is not safe anymore. How can it be when there are all these hooligans around?

    Now I finally understand why a number of Singaporeans are against the influx of these sort of people. I didn’t use to be. Now, I really don’t feel safe with this sort of people.

    And Singapore is not China, by the way. Don’t bring your uncouth ways here. You can come here and think that the Chinese here is your kind of Chinese. Some are, some are not. You should just stick with your sort. Violent, crazy person. Lunatic that think it’s ok to go around bashing people like it’s China.

    I have friends from China, and they don’t behave like this person, People like that sure contaminates the broth.

    I really feel unsafe. Not intimidated, just unsafe. The policeman sent me home and told me to carry my phone whenever I’m around the area. What has become of this country? What do I need to carry around to protect myself next time here?

    Lisa Ng
    A.S.S. Reader

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

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