Frozen yogurt chain Llaollao has apologised to a local Punjabi woman who was reportedly turned away from a part-time position at an outlet because she could not speak Mandarin. The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) is…
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The Malacca government has declared its backing of a move by the state’s Peranakan Chinese to obtain Bumiputera status, pointing out the community had played a pivotal role in protecting the state from attackers during the early days of the…
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WHILE I was on an exchange programme at the Lycee Francais de Singapour in Ang Mo Kio, I realised that most of the students learnt at least three languages. In fact, many people around the world are now trilingual in…
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Ahli politik lantang Indonesia, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama hari ini mengangkat sumpah sebagai gabenor Jakarta, sekali gus menjadikannya orang Cina pertama memegang jawatan itu. Beliau yang sebelum ini memegang jawatan timbalan gabenor dilantik sebagai gabenor selepas presiden Indonesia, Joko Widodo atau…
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SINGAPORE – Despite interracial marriages being on the rise here, most Singaporeans still prefer dating within their own race, data from a major dating agency here has shown. Last year, 20.9 per cent of marriages registered here involved couples of…
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