A man accused of exposing himself at the science library of the National University of Singapore (NUS) last year is now being subject to a warrant...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had considered moving into the 38 Oxley Road property with his wife Ho Ching and their children in the event that...
根据总理公署本月7日的文告,总统哈莉玛在听取总理建议下,任命菲立·惹耶勒南(Philip Jeyaretnam)高级律师,为最高法院司法委员,将从明年1月4日开始为期一年任期。 总理公署文告称,在所有主要法律刊物中,菲立均被公认为仲裁、建筑法和诉讼方面的领先专家。 司法委员和高庭法官有同等权力。差别在于法官是常任,司法委员则有特定任期。 现年56岁的菲立·惹耶勒南,也是过去工人党强人J.B惹耶勒南的次子。1986年毕业于英国剑桥大学法律系,获一等荣誉学位;1988年回到新加坡执业。 2003年,38岁时晋升高级律师,当时他也是受委高级律师的最年轻律师之一。目前,他是Dentons瑞德律师事务所的执行合伙人。 2004年至2007年间,他曾担任律师公会会长。
用了三年时间筹划,国家美术馆办传奇女画家张荔英(1906-1993)的画展,然而全场几乎找不到一个中文字!连画家的名字“张荔英”都缺席,仅剩Georgette Chen。 这使得不少本土文艺爱好者、张荔英昔日学生和仰慕者等,在参展后大失所望,直言“有被排斥在外的感觉”。 就在上周三,本地媒体人黄向京发文感叹“华文的缺席”,“在美术馆庆祝五周年之际,大声宣告接下来的目标是“让艺术拥抱你”(Let Art Embrace You),非常遗憾也十足讽刺,光是在语言这道坎上,艺术与民众,碰不到彼此。” 她直言,近年在视觉艺术领域,华文的缺席愈发频密,华文的论述更加边缘化,而且人们越来越不觉得这是个问题;张荔英出生中国,学艺巴黎,献艺狮城,这么重量级的华人女画家,她的展览全场竟然连一个华文字也没有,连画家的名字“张荔英”都缺席! 徐芳达:语言、族群议题应审慎处理 黄向京的文章,也引来交通部兼外交部高级政务部长徐芳达的关注。他称,此事也反映在任何社会,族群、语言和宗教仍是“敏感议题”,且应该审慎处理。 他重申2018年在“全国杰出华文教师奖”颁奖礼上的论述,指英语不是我们的母语,也不是我们唯一的语言。“新加坡是一个亚洲社会;我们绝对不是,也不能变成一个只使用英语的西方社会。” I was doing house visit at Toa Payoh Crest estate over the weekend when a...
一名网友格瓦拉(Vladimir Guevarra),在脸书分享,上周骑脚车经过中峇鲁英云街,却看到这一幕:驼背的白发老妇,推着一大叠的纸皮,步履蹒跚。这时一辆保时捷倒车,竟好似完全无视这名老妇就在车后。 这位年轻网友见状,立即大喊:“喂!注意!”想当然而,坐在舒适车舱内的保时捷司机不可能听到。所幸邻近肉铺的老板娘也察觉到,立即示意车主停下。 格瓦拉形容这一幕令他感到震惊,仿佛老妇对于坐在豪车里的司机,形同“隐形”的;格瓦拉同情老妇,这么大叠纸皮能换到多少钱,老妇看上去也很疲惫。格瓦拉也自掏腰包,给了老妇些零钱让她买晚餐。 他也不忘民众如果有遇到这名老妇,不妨多发挥甘榜精神多多关心,或者寻求社会服务中心协助。“她看起来太老了,不应该再工作。” I was cycling last week when I rode past Eng Hoon Street in Tiong Bahru, and saw this old lady who...
The Indonesian government will introduce a new policy for all domestic workers from the country to have “zero debt” before moving overseas for employment. This policy...
Crushed by the weight of caring for an elderly couple for nearly a year, a 25-year-old Myanmar domestic worker suffered a mental breakdown to the point...
China’s top diplomat on Monday called for the resumption of talks with the incoming US administration of president-elect Joe Biden, as relations between the world’s two largest economies...
Hong Kong police arrested three people on Monday for chanting banned slogans at a university campus last month, accusing them of violating a draconian national security...
Singapore is unlikely to move into Phase Three of its post-COVID-19 circuit breaker reopening slated to take place by the end of this year, as the...
Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac, officials said, as the world’s fourth most populous nation struggles to get...
Workers were seen fixing a poorly designed sheltered walkway at Edgedale Plains in Punggol just three days after a TikTok video about the walkway went viral...
Singapore’s Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam recently branded the United Nations’ decision to reclassify cannabis for medical purposes as a less dangerous drug as...
As of Monday noon (7 Dec), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 infection. This brings the total number of infection...
by Kent Mensah and Louise Dewast More than 17 million people are eligible to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana on Monday with the...