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  • Madonna Posts Singapore Concert On Website

    Madonna Posts Singapore Concert On Website

    Madonna fans all over Singapore have been getting ready to buy the hottest ticket of the music calendar next year.

    It was reported last month that local concert promoter IMC Live was in talks to bring the Queen of Pop’s Rebel Heart tour to Singapore. And yesterday, the Madonna fan club newsletter sent out an email informing fans of her concert here.

    “Madonna is taking her Rebel Heart to the Lion City when she brings her successful world tour to Singapore National Stadium on February 28!” the email stated. “Lifetime Legacy members will receive first access to tickets starting Thursday, Dec 17 at 10am SGT. Icon Live Pass access begins @ 11am SGT.”

    On the tour page of Madonna’s official website, the Singapore date was added to the list. On Facebook, a poster was seen providing ticketing details.

    If it comes to pass, it will be the 57-year-old singer’s first time here.

    In 1993, she was banned from bringing her controversial Girlie Show World Tour to Singapore.

    However, at press time, the local organiser declined to give any comment; although the police have confirmed that the application for a public entertainment licence is currently under assessment.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Amos Yee: Moderate Muslims F*****G Hypocrites, ISIS True Practitioners Of Islam

    Amos Yee: Moderate Muslims F*****G Hypocrites, ISIS True Practitioners Of Islam

    Muslims are speaking up against the law that I’m about to be charged for, yay! Wait what? Why the fuck would they do that? Child-fucking allah would be very displeased.

    What in the world is a ‘moderate muslim’? A fucking hypocrite that’s what. The truth of the matter is that what isis has been doing and what these ‘moderate muslims’ considers ‘extremist interpretation of the theology’, is what muslims should be doing if they claim they follow the koran.Those people aren’t the extremists, you guys are the underachievers really. All these ‘non-extreme’ religious people who fap to their holy book but aren’t liable for a murder charge, have to deal with so many contradictions, lying to both other people and themselves every day to feebly preserve their delusion. It must be really hard isn’t it? You ‘moderate muslims’ or ‘semi-partial christians’?

    I’m pretty disappointed when christians and muslims claim that they are not offended by my comments. They fucking should be, I condemned your disgusting beliefs and viciously explained how everything you have lived for is utter bullshit. You should get depression and cry yourself to sleep.

    The truth is that these religious pricks are offended, but either don’t want to admit it, or want to ‘forgive’ me (which you can’t really ‘forgive’ someone who hasn’t done anything wrong. You should ask for my forgiveness, but I’m not going to forgive you for being a flying-horse believer), but that doesn’t mean your wee-little feelings didn’t get hurt.

    And TOC, fuck you, stop perpetuating this misconception that the main thing I’m going to be arrested for is probably the passing remark on the calvin cheng blog post. I know you really want to because calvin cheng was a dick and linking me to him would help create more displeasure towards the government blah blah blah. But bitch, don’t straitstimes yourself like how you did with molester vincent law (https://amosyee.wordpress.com/…/the-molestation-of-vincent…/).

    The heavier sentence (if those police cunts catch me ah-hah!) will more likely be for this Facebook post (https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=985786234801314&id=286808914699053&refid=52) and even more so than the calvin cheng one, this post I’m writing right now. You should bring attention to these more stinging diatribes, then more halal-snorters will read them and get hurt; burn those paedophile lovers to the ground.

    I know after writing this, alternative media folks are feeling really uncomfortable, because it’s as if I’m harming my own ‘side’ and making your job harder to win over support for my case. But don’t worry, there’ll be plenty of other things that will happen that you can exploit to your favor, but unlike you, I’m willing to compromise the level of effectiveness in fucking the government, for being honest (and in the long-term it will serve me much better believe me).

    Therefore, screw hypocrisy, jesus christ and allah did not exist, fuck you christians and fuck you sand-loving muslims.

    www.theonlinecitizen.com/…/section-298-contradicts-singapor…

     

    Source: Amos Yee

  • Employment Growth In First 3 Quarters Of 2015 Lowest In 6 Years

    Employment Growth In First 3 Quarters Of 2015 Lowest In 6 Years

    Jobs growth in Singapore remained low in the third quarter of 2015, with unemployment rising slightly for residents and citizens, according to figures released in the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) latest Labour Market Report.

    From July to September this year, total employment grew by 12,600, which is higher than the preceding quarter’s growth of 9,700 but significantly lower than the increase of 33,400 from the corresponding period last year.

    According to MOM, the cumulative employment growth for the first three quarters of this year was 16,200, which is the lowest growth since 2009.

    The employment gains were driven by increases in the services sector, with the wholesale and retail trade, real estate services, construction and manufacturing sectors all cutting back on employment.

    Overall unemployment remained low at 2.0 per cent, but rose slightly for the second consecutive quarter to 3.0 per cent for residents and 3.1 per cent for citizens.

    More workers were laid off in the third quarter, with 3,460 losing their jobs. This is higher than the 3,250 laid off in the second quarter of 2015.

    A significant majority, or seven out of ten, residents laid off in the quarter were from the professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMET) group, according to MOM.

    Even though there were still more vacancies than people looking for work, the ratio has moderated with the number of seasonally-adjusted vacancies declining over the quarter by 11 per cent.

    This has brought down the job openings to job seekers ratio to 116 openings per 100 seekers, which is comparable to the level in Jun 2013.

    An estimated 56,700 residents, comprising 51,100 Singaporeans, were unemployed in Sep 2015, up from 52,700 residents unemployment in Sep 2014, MOM said.

    Responding to the figures, Ms Jaya Dass, country director for HR services provider Randstad Singapore, said that the government’s focus on increasing productivity and transitioning to a more service and quality-based economy is making Singapore less manpower-reliant. “These initiatives, coupled with the slowdown in core sectors like manufacturing and construction, have contributed to slower employment growth,” she said.

    However, she added that initiatives to deepen the skills of Singaporean workers, such as SkillsFuture, will provide better career opportunities in the coming year.

     

    Source: http://business.asiaone.com

  • Singapore Couple Staying In Orchard Road Condo On Trial For Starving Filipino Maid

    Singapore Couple Staying In Orchard Road Condo On Trial For Starving Filipino Maid

    A Singaporean couple is on trial for allegedly starving their Filipina domestic helper. She weighed just 29kg when she escaped from their Orchard Road condominium in April 2014.

    Lim Choon Hong and wife Chong Sui Foon, both 47, face one charge each under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, which states that employers are responsible for the “maintenance” of their foreign employee, including proving them with adequate food.

    Ms Thelma Oyasan Gawidan, 40, had worked for the couple for almost 1.5 years before she escaped and sought refuge at HOME, a non-profit organisation that assists migrant workers, including domestic helpers.

    Ms Thelma lost 20kg whilst working for Lim and Chong. She told HOME of only being given instant noodles to eat twice a day for over a year. On some occasions, she was given bread.

    Ms Thelma Oyasan Gawidan lost 20 kg over a 15-month period while working for Lim Choon Hong and his wife Chong Sui Foon at their condominium in Orchard. (Photo: Jason Quah/TODAY)

    Chong also only allowed her to shower once or twice a week, keeping tabs on Ms Thelma to make sure she did not use any hot water, despite forcing her to shower in the condominium’s public toilet, Ms Christina Quek, the investigation officer in charge of the case, told the court.

    HOME reported Ms Thelma’s conditions to the Ministry of Manpower, who directed the NGO to send Ms Thelma for a medical check up.

    In court on Monday (Dec 14), Dr Lim Huiyu, senior resident at Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s department of gastroenterology and hepatology who examined Ms Thelma in April this year, testified that she suffered “significant weight loss due to insufficient intake of food”. This conclusion was arrived at after ruling out medical or organic causes. So malnourished was Ms Thelma that she did not have her period for a year, the doctor said.

    “I WAS SHIVERING FROM HUNGER”

    Ms Thelma took the stand on Monday afternoon, and guided by Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Soo Tet, detailed her alleged ordeal.

    The couple asked her to work odd hours, telling her to sleep in the storeroom in the day and putting her to work overnight. Ms Thelma brought up a particularly draining episode when she woke up on a Monday at 7pm and was made to work without rest till Wednesday. She had told Chong she was tired from working over 24 hours, but was told to”hurry up and finish”, Ms Thelma told the court.

    The petite woman also recalled how she was “shivering from hunger”. “When I am still hungry, I will ask for more … sometimes she will give me more, but the next meal I will get less”, Ms Thelma said.

    Chong would sometimes add some meat and vegetables to her food, Ms Thelma told the court, but in the form of “one slice of tomato … or cucumber”. As for meat, Ms Thelma pointed to her little finger to indicate the size of the portion. “Is that all?”, DPP Tan asked. “Yes. I always felt hungry,” Ms Thelma added.

    “I DIDN’T RECOGNISE MYSELF IN THE MIRROR”

    Ms Thelma was never allowed to eat out with the family. Even when Lim and Chong brought their three children to stay at Raffles Hotel, they packed instant noodles and bread for Ms Thelma.

    “I became skinny. I didn’t recognise myself when I looked in the mirror,” Ms Thelma said. She broke down sobbing at one point, and had to be given a 10-minute break to compose herself.

    The 40-year-old also told the court she felt weak in general, and that her clothes were getting looser. After a while, her hair started dropping out. She stopped getting her period in February 2013, a month after starting work for the couple.

    Ms Thelma told the court that she tried to plead with Chong for more food on one of the instances when the Singaporean was supervising her whilst she showered. “I pleaded with her when she was in the bathroom with me: ‘Look at my body, I am skin and bones already’”. But Chong pretended not to have heard her, she said.

    Ms Thelma sobbed uncontrollably in court and covered her face when shown pictures of herself at 29kg, after running away from her employers’ home.

    If found guilty, Lim and Chong could be jailed up to 12 months and/or fined up to S$10,000.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Miracle Baby: Cancer Survivor Conceives And Gives Birth To Healthy Baby

    Miracle Baby: Cancer Survivor Conceives And Gives Birth To Healthy Baby

    She may be the first Singaporean to undergo a ground-breaking medical procedure called ovarian tissue cryopreservation.

    But all Madam Siti Nurjannah Sapiee, 32, is grateful for is that it enabled her to be a mother.

    Her journey to motherhood began with a devastating roadblock.

    Just three months before her planned wedding, in November 2009, Madam Siti, who was then 26, was shaken by two diagnoses – cancer and infertility.

    The former primary school teacher was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma of the thigh, a rare cancer of the soft tissues that typically occurs near the large joints of the arms or legs.

    INFERTILITY

    To make matters worse, she was told that chemotherapy might render her infertile.

    Madam Siti, who is now a housewife, said: “The most heartbreaking thing to me was remembering that my fiance wanted three kids and I felt I couldn’t give him what he wanted.”

    So she postponed her wedding to November 2010 and focused on battling her illness to pursue her chances of having children.

    Madam Siti was referred to Dr Anupriya Agarwal, a consultant at the National University Hospital (NUH) Women’s Centre’s Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, by her oncologist, Dr Andrea Wong.

    Before the start of her cancer treatment, the doctors discussed how to sustain her fertility.

    They suggested ovarian tissue cryopreservation, a procedure that involves the removal of ovarian tissue from Madam Siti’s body and keeping it in frozen storage until after her recovery.

    In-vitro fertilisation, an alternative procedure, was not an option as Madam Siti was engaged, but not married at that time.

    “You don’t know how much you want a baby until somebody tells you that you can’t have one,” she said tearfully.

    In December 2009, Madam Siti underwent the ovarian tissue cryopreservation procedure, which cost $5,000. Soon after, she underwent chemotherapy.

    About three years later, in March 2013, Madam Siti was confirmed to be cancer-free and was ready for the ovarian tissue to be reimplanted into her body.

    EXTREMELY CONCERNED

    Her husband, Mr Raihan Haji Rajin, 32, told The New Paper that he was still extremely concerned.

    “Even though she was cancer-free, I didn’t want her to neglect her health just so that she could conceive my child. I wanted her to raise it with me,” said the primary school teacher.

    Madam Siti’s menstrual cycle returned three months after the ovarian tissue was reimplanted.

    Over a year later, in October 2014, the moment she had been dreaming of finally came.

    Mr Raihan said: “She woke me up one morning and showed me a pregnancy test that showed a positive result. I told her to try two more times and all three tests were positive.

    “At that time, she was already excited, but I didn’t want to raise our hopes, to be disappointed in the end. That’s why I was still quite hesitant and wanted to wait until we received confirmation from a doctor.”

    Madam Siti said it was not until the third month of her pregnancy, when the gynaecologist showed them a sonogram of their baby, that she and her husband really believed they would be having a child.

    She recalled having an easy pregnancy. Once, she had a craving for belacan that could be bought only in Malacca.

    “The funny thing is I didn’t even want to eat it, I just wanted to smell it,” she said with a chuckle.

    On May 21 this year, Madam Siti gave birth to Nur Hannah A’qiylah.

    Weighing 2.7kg at birth, baby Hannah is reportedly one of only 21 babies worldwide who was conceived naturally following ovarian tissue cryopreservation, according to NUH.

    Her birth is reportedly the first in Asia.

    Madam Siti said: “If I could advise anyone who is going through the same thing I did, I would tell them to have faith and not give up. Hannah is proof that miracles still exist in this world.”

    She now faces a time limit: Her reimplanted ovaries are viable for only five years. Otherwise, she will have to go through the entire procedure all over again.

    She said: “I am very happy and contented right now. But I hope to try again for another child in the next five years.”

    You don’t know how much you want a baby until somebody tells you that you can’t have one.

    – Madam Siti Nurjannah Sapiee

    OVARIAN TISSUE HARVESTED & FROZEN

    HAPPY MUM: Madam Siti hopes to try for another child as her reimplanted ovaries are viable for only five years.

    Soon after her cancer treatment, Madam Siti Nurjannah Sapiee was also put on hormone replacement therapy to ease the effect of premature menopause, which had been brought about by the temporary removal of her ovarian tissue.

    In the ovarian tissue cryopreservation procedure, doctors harvested tissue that stores the eggs from both of Madam Siti’s ovaries.

    A special freezing technique was used to preserve that portion of tissue, also known as the cortex.

    Ms Joyce Mathew, chief embryologist in NUH’s Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, said: “The most crucial part of the freezing procedure in the laboratory was to ensure that there would be no freeze damage to the egg cells in the cortical tissue.”

    By March 2013, Madam Siti had recovered from cancer and was ready to have children.

    The frozen tissue was thawed and rinsed with a special thawing solution, then reimplanted into her body via a mini laparotomy.

    The surgical procedure involves making a large incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity and it was done with the use of extremely fine sutures.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

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