Friday #sgroundup: Nicole Seah quits National Solidarity Party

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Nicole Seah quits National Solidarity Party
Nicole Seah speaks at a rally for presidential candidate Tan Jee Say in this file photograph. (Yahoo file phot … 
Opposition politician Nicole Seah has resigned from the National Solidarity Party, both she and its secretary-general Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss have confirmed.

In an email response to queries from Yahoo Singapore on the matter, Seah said leaving the party was "an extremely difficult and painful decision to make", stating that there was nothing that happened to trigger her departure.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/nicole-seah-quits-national-solidarity-party-052810094.html

Local comedian David Bala passes away at age 67
 
Veteran Singapore actor David Bala has passed away at the age of 67 due to heart disease, said MediaCorp. TV station Vasantham posted the announcement on its Facebook page on Friday, 29 August.

https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/local-comedian-david-bala-passes-away-061518648.html

Malaysia Airlines to cut 6,000 staff in overhaul
 Malaysia Airlines planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on June 17, 2014
Malaysia Airlines will cut 6,000 workers as part of a $1.9 billion overhaul announced Friday to revive its damaged brand after being hit by double passenger jet disasters.

Current CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya will continue to head Malaysia Airlines until its new incarnation is established in July next year.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/malaysia-airlines-cut-6-000-071637612--finance.html

PM Lee pledges to strengthen ties with Malaysia
 Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers a speech during the 20th International Conference on the …
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong treated his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Najib Razak with great hospitality in return for the latter's treatment when they met in Putrajaya last April.

He also pledged to continue to cooperate and strengthen ties with Malaysia.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-pm-pledges-strengthen-ties-031057088.html

Ex-Myanmar beauty queen accused of stealing crown
 Former Miss Myanmar stripped of her beauty pageant title.
A Myanmar beauty queen who was stripped of her title for allegedly being rude and dishonest has run off with the $100,000 jeweled crown, a South Korea-based pageant said Friday.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/dethroned-myanmar-beauty-queen-takes-crown-055600555.html

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/what-is-buzzing/friday--sgroundup--nicole-seah-quits-national-solidarity-party-095120326.html