ISD calls up pastor for insensitive comments (ST 9 Feb)/Youtube Videos of Saga
THE Government called up a Christian church leader yesterday after receiving complaints about online video clips that show him making insensitive comments about Buddhism.
The Internal Security Department yesterday met Senior Pastor Rony Tan, founder of the Lighthouse Evangelism independent church, and told him that what he did was wrong.
Last night, he posted an apology on the church’s website, promising to respect other faiths and ‘not ridicule them in any way, shape or fashion’.
The video clips, which first appeared on the church’s website two weeks ago, showed Pastor Tan questioning two church members as they recounted their past experiences as Buddhists.
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Modern marriages equate wedded blisswith financial stability
A FRIEND of mine recently separated from his wife of five years. The worst part of the separation was when she walked out last year while he was jobless.
She was not open either to counselling or to seeking any assistance to resolve their marital issues. It was a deep stab wound in my friend’s already fragile self esteem and confidence.
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Chinese society needs to reflect on the “suicide show” (Global Times)
Chinese society needs to reflect on the “suicide show”
- Source: Global Times
- [22:42 February 07 2010]
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By Xiao Kailin
A Chinese girl who claimed to be depressed and wanted to end her life recently staged a live suicide show on the Internet after swallowing poisonous herbs. (”Girl’s online suicide posts stir anxiety,” Page 7, January 29, 2010, Global Times)
This incident aroused the concerns of tens of thousands of netizens. They alerted police for help and tried to save this netizen’s life. Luckily, she was sent to the hospital and reported out of danger after treatment.
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Telok Blangah 5-Room Flat Asking For Nearly $1 Million (Temasek Review)
Another old 5-room resale HDB flat in Telok Blangah asking for nearly S$1 million dollars
Three days ago, we put up an advertisement of a 5-room HDB flat in Marine Parade selling for an eye-popping S$990,000.
Now we have another 5-room flat in Telok Blangah asking for S$999,000, $9,000 more than the earlier flat:
From the photos above, the flat appears to be situated in an older part of Telok Blangah and is at least 30 years old which means that it has at most 60 – 70 years left on its lease since all HDB flats are 99-year old properties.
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Australia axes 20,000 applications in migration clampdown (CNA 8 Feb)
Australia axes 20,000 applications in migrant clampdown
Posted: 08 February 2010 1311 hrs
SYDNEY: Australia on Monday axed 20,000 migrant applications in a major overhaul aimed at clamping down on foreign students gaining permanent residency through courses such as hairdressing and cookery.
Immigration Minister Chris Evans said the reforms, which follow a sudden rise in Australia’s Indian population and an embarrassing rash of attacks on students from the country, would give priority to migrants with higher skills.
Evans said about 20,000 overseas applicants would have their fees refunded at a cost of A$14 million (US$12 million), while new rules would require better English skills and target the “best and brightest”.
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