Monday #sgroundup: Filipinos in Singapore drop IDay celebration plans after abuse

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Filipinos in Singapore drop IDay celebration plans after abuse

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (L) and Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam inspect the honour guard during …

A Filipino group that had plans to organise an event celebrating its Independence Day in Orchard Road's Ngee Ann City has withdrawn its application to do so, said police on Monday.

This follows local police's advice that there are public order and safety concerns with the venue proposed by PIDC," police said, adding that the organisers had been advised to hold the event at alternative locations, including a free speech park and a convention centre.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/filipinos-singapore-drop-iday-celebration-plans-abuse-073504439.html

Singapore's LGBT community in new Pink Dot video

A total of 43 people – a mix of straight Singaporeans and prominent members from Singapore's LGBTcommunity …

Organisers of the pro-LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer) community event Pink Dot in Singapore released a promotional video featuring some 43 Singaporeans, both straight and from the community.

The heartwarming clip has drummed up hype since being posted on YouTube on Thursday of last week, garnering close to 20,000 views as of Monday, attracting a mix of comments among supporters and non-supporters of the LGBT movement in Singapore.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/what-is-buzzing/singapore-s-lgbt-community-in-new-pink-dot-singapore-video-093006494.html

Thai coup leader: don't protest, it's no use

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks at the start of his first press conference since Thursday's coup Monday, May …

Thailand's junta leader warned Monday against mounting opposition to the takeover, ordering Thais not to cause trouble, not to criticize, not to protest — or else face a return to the "old days" of street violence.

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, the chief of Thailand's military responsible for last week's coup, said he had seized power to restore order after seven months of violent confrontations and political turmoil between the now-ousted government and demonstrators who had called repeatedly for the army to intervene.

"I'm not here to argue with anyone. I want to bring everything out in the open and fix it," Prayuth said in his first news conference since taking power last Thursday.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/thai-coup-leader-dont-protest-no-090326723.html

Singapore blogger in CPF defamation post saga: I have sacrificed myself to raise awareness

Blogger Roy Ngerng stands outside Singapore's Parliament building with his NMP proposal in hand. (Photo courtesy …

The Singapore blogger at the centre of the ongoing defamation case against PM Lee says he has "sacrificed" himself to raise awareness of the government's use of CPF funds and that he has been "politically persecuted" for it.

In an email to media on Monday, Roy Ngerng also said he has agreed to delete another four blogposts and a fresh video he uploaded last Friday, according to letters exchanged between laywers of the two parties.

His response comes after PM Lee's lawyer, Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, said Ngerng's apology posted last Friday "was not and never meant to be genuine" and demanded further posts to be taken down.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogger-roy-ngerng-takes-down-post-after-pm-lee-letter-084001258.html

Singapore food masters fight to keep food heritage alive in new Street Food course

(From left) Chef Sin Leong, Chef Hooi Kok Wai, Makansutra CEO KF Seetoh, Mr Chung of Fatty Ox Hong Kong Kitchen …

Veteran local food cooks are hoping to pass on their knowledge, trade secrets and age-old recipes to a willing and hungry new generation of young hawkers in a new programme called the Street Food Pro 360 course.

Organized by Makansutra and National Trades Union Congress' Employment and Employability Institute, e2i, the street food professional course aims to "preserve, professionalise and create new possibilities" in the comfort street food industry.

Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Makansutra chief executive KF Seetoh said the course will help to "address the continuity of tomorrow's food culture" and provide participants with a "360 view of what they can do in the industry".

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-food-masters-fight-to-keep-food-heritage-alive-in-new-street-food-course-090637594.html

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