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Drug use deaths per 100K (WHO 2020)
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Majulah Singapura! 
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SINGAPORE: There are no plans to remove the Roald Dahl titles currently available in libraries, the National Library Board (NLB) said on Friday (Mar 3) amid controversy over rewritten editions of the children's books.
NLB added that it would assess the suitability of acquiring the new editions of the titles "in accordance with its collection policy" if and when they become available.
The collection policy takes reference from the Infocomm Media Development Authority's Content Guidelines for Imported Publications, said NLB. The guidelines include those related to public security, race, religion, s*x and one stating that "teens and young persons should be protected from content likely to harm or disturb them".
In February, the UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that Dahl's books were being rewritten to remove or alter passages pertaining to gender, race and physical appearance.
For example, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Augustus Gloop would no longer be "enormously fat" but "enormous". In The Twits, Mrs Twits is no longer described as "ugly and beastly" but just "beastly".
The rewritten rendition of The Witches, famous for Dahl's vivid and grotesque descriptions of them, now has an added line in a paragraph explaining the witches are bald beneath their wigs: "There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly thing wrong with that."
The changes were brought about after Puffin Books, which is part of United States-based publisher Penguin Random House, hired "sensitivity readers" to rewrite the text to ensure the books would be continued "to be enjoyed by all today".
But public criticism and outcry over the changes have prompted a rethink. Puffin said on Feb 24, that in addition to publishing the rewritten versions, it said it would also release 17 of Roald's Dahl's titles with the original text unchanged.
In response to CNA queries, Singapore bookstore Books Kinokuniya, said: "Roald Dahl books are being updated and reprinted every few years; because they sell really fast, we no longer have stock of the old editions."
"READ SOMETHING ELSE" IF OFFENDED
Mr David Seow, a Singaporean children's book author, thinks the changes were unnecessary to begin with.
"Dahl's books were written to entertain young readers and open their minds to whole new worlds. It was written at a time when things were not as woke as they are now."
While characters like Miss Trunchbull from Matilda were "vile", no one could have written her like Dahl, said Mr Seow.
"If we sugarcoat everything a character says in a book that may be offensive, what are we going to do when young readers meet people who may have the same traits in real life?"
Mr Seow also believes that rewriting Dahl's books for those offended "ruins things for everyone else".
"They won't get the full wit, humour, and genius of his work. And is that fair? If they find his language offensive, don't buy the books and read something else," he said.
In the wake of the incident, Mr Seow added that he would not be changing what he writes about even if he is told his books are "too gender-specific".
"Children's books are lights in an increasingly dark world. Does this make me want to change what I write just because someone may find it offensive? No."
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Singapore executes man for trafficking two pounds of cannabis, sparking outrage over harsh stance toward drugs. https://t.co/cDac9bbAtS
— CNN (@CNN) April 26, 2023
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I’m putting this here so the SE Asian users of this site can laugh at me for being r-slurred. Anyways I went to a Catholic school which meant that like 70% of the kids who attended were Filipino which was my only way of experiencing Asian cuisine bc my parents are mayo and my dad can’t tolerate food much more flavorful than a chicken nugget.
Anyways sometimes they’d bring in a slice of green cake that was packaged like a slice of meat and I’d trade them whatever normie thing I had for lunch for it. Life moved on but I still occasionally thought of the green cakes but were unsure of what exactly they were. Until yesterday when I went to an Asian market on my own time and found a bunch of individually packaged green cakes or Pandan Cakes. I always wondered why they were green apparently it’s because it’s flavored using leaves. The prepackaged cakes are not as good as the slabs from my childhood but they’re still pretty good, and low in calories!
This makes the second SE Asian food I’ve had consciously and it’s definitely my favorite. The second was Tom Yum Soup which I think is actually my least favorite food of all time. The bizarre mix of sour and spicy is not for me.
Anarcho-Syndicalist-Trotskyist-Stalinist Cuban Revolutionary 
The anti-chud glowies almost got me after Tucker Carlson 
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The car I was travelling to get home in got absolutely BTFO-ed in a needless chain collision 
One of the worst feelings in the world must be to exit Changi airport to feel that hot and putrid tropical weather after you come back from somewhere where the climate is not a human rights violation
And I had the luck of feeling that full blast of heat on the expressway while waiting for the tow truck 
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Explain this singaporeans. Are you descendants of aliens ?
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The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) is the quota licence for owning a vehicle in the city-state of Singapore. The licence is obtained from a successful winning bid in an open bid uniform price auction which grants the legal right of the holder to register, own and use a vehicle in Singapore for a period of 10 years. When demand is high, the cost of a COE can exceed the value of the car itself.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_Entitlement
COE premiums for cars continue to break records, with Category A prices topping S$100,000
SINGAPORE: Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums closed mostly higher in the latest bidding exercise on Wednesday (Apr 19), with prices for cars in Category A and B breaking records for the third consecutive tender.
Premiums for Category A, which is for smaller cars, closed at S$103,721 (US$77,693), up by S$7,220 from the previous high of S$96,501 on Apr 5. This is a 7.5 per cent jump - the largest increase among the categories on Wednesday.
Premiums for larger and more powerful cars in Category B rose to S$120,889 from S$118,501 - a 2 per cent increase.
Open category COEs, which can be used for any vehicle type but end up being used mainly for large cars, rose to S$124,501, exceeding its previous all-time high of S$118,990 by about 4.6 per cent.
COEs for commercial vehicles, which include goods vehicles and buses, fell to S$75,334 from S$76,801 in the previous bidding exercise.
Motorcycle premiums closed at S$12,179, up from S$12,001 in the last exercise.
A total of 2,181 bids were received, with a quota of 1,590 COEs available.
COE premiums for cars have been on the rise for several weeks.
Industry players told CNA earlier this month that a tax designed to target luxury car buyers has pushed up the price of owning a car for everyone in the mass market.
As more buyers now find luxury cars out of their budget, they have instead turned to smaller vehicles or second hand cars, said car dealers.
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Followup to @water’s excellent post on this
tiktokker
https://rdrama.net/h/singapore/post/155456/followup-of-my-last-post-about
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The Singapore Sling was purportedly invented by a bartender named Ngiam Tong Boon at the Raffels Hotel in 1915. The inspiration for the cocktail came to him when he observed that while the men at his bar chose to drink Gin or Whiskey, the ladies were confined to drinking fruit drinks and teas. The Singapore Sling was his bid to create a drink especially for the ladies. Soon word spread far and wide making the drink more and more popular. Ngiam wanted to keep the recipe a secret so he locked it up in a safe and when he passed away, the bartenders were lucky enough to be able to retrieve the recipe with the help of his relatives. The safe and the recipe were then put on display in a glass case at Raffels as an ode to this most famous drink.
goes to Korea and gets stopped by keyed korean kops 
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@cyberdick your favourite foid is up to no good again
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No post complaining about r/sg members again, I'm legit tired of looking in threads and ppl circlejerking about the same thing over and over again
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Chinese singaporean dont know how to ask in Chinese, somehow service worker at fault
News article:
Reddit thread:
https://old.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/120b89k/woman_berates_ntuc_fairprices_staff_at_the_fish/
I unironically hate /r/singapore users so much it's unreal when looking at their responses
Are Singaporeans that terrible at speaking mother tongue?
Why can't they just admit they suck at it.
Another similar incident:
Reddit thread:
https://old.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/127hlld/i_dont_know_how_to_read_chinese_rider_explains/ (Comments locked btw) 
Maybe I should practice more on my mother tongue, no its the stall owners who should learn a new language entirely 
I would've ranted about how much I hate these redditors but I need yall opinions on these. Are these ppl actually Singaporeans or foreigners larping as one after living here for like a year. Hardwarezone unironically feels more singaporean that whatever the ang mohs are doing on the singapore sub
Edit: Actual Singaporeans in /r/askSingapore btw
A week's worth of free croissants when you order a drink from any Tiong Bahru Bakery outlet on Apr. 1 - 1
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I love croissants, so I thought I'd share this even though I can't benefit myself.
All you have to do is:
- Go to any Tiong Bahru Bakery outlet in Singapore on April 1, 2023
- Whisper “I heard a rumour that I can get free croissants for a week” to staff at the counter
- Order any drink from the beverage menu (except juices or bottled drinks)
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Did you know that Asian cuisine regularly uses cornstarch, an invention created by an American in America? The Asians appropriate it and use it to thicken their sauces. Asia, my culture is NOT your cuisine.
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racist chart post, related to singapore. Post to /h/singapore 
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Entire saga timeline:
https://mothership.sg/2023/01/teen-shamed-charles-keith-luxury/
https://mothership.sg/2023/01/zoe-charles-keith-meet-lunch/
https://mustsharenews.com/takagi-ramen-teen/
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/charles-keith-bag-teen-sponsorships-2088761
https://mothership.sg/2023/03/zoe-charles-keith-model/
So I first noticed it when I was scrolling through my reddit homefeed and I came across an /r/askSingapore posts asking about their thoughts on the Zoe Gabriel situation
However, the post was deleted but luckily an archive was available
Anyways, the important part of the post was this
But recently, a lot of videos are popping up saying that she isn't as "poor" as she claims she is. Dior products, Louis Vuitton handbags, grand piano, aircond in her room, a family trip to Dubai; it's something that strays away from the "poor" narrative that she painted. Some online heroes stood up for her by saying," poor means cannot go overseas meh maybe save up eh" "You so kepo for what let her be". But some had that "oh, interesting" moment. Depends on how you perceive it.
So anyways, I tried to do some digging but nothing came up: reddit threads, news articles, YouTube videos, all nothing.
But, I managed to find a thread on edmw talking about her
Going to the last page, an article from Malaysia in mandarin was posted 'exposing' her:
https://www.mopress.io/gossip/olej2ZXYej
List of all items she bought:
Dr Marten boots:
Toy plushies, reportedly 19 of them+Clothing and shoes from brands such as Uniqlo, H&M, Cotton On, Melissa and Off-White
Limited edition Pandora Harry Potter accessories and a Ravenclaw book set:
Trip to Dubai in 2019:
Nike shoes back in March 2022:
Air Jordan:
Diorshow iconic overcurl mascara:
Apparently she was deleting comments from users that were calling her out:
All related media:
The 2 videos that started it all:
Followup video:
Instagram post of her visiting C&K HQ:
https://instagram.com/p/CnT-0ViB64F/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Ramen shop sponsors her family with vouchers:
American model Wisdom Kayle takes notice:
https://twitter.com/modsiwW/status/1613218192452714496?s=19
She responds
https://twitter.com/zoeaaleah/status/1613301929521872904?s=19
Goes on news interviews:
Meets the mayor of Philippines:
First effort post here so please be nice 
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r/hingeapp: Feeling disheartened from dates that didn’t work out
30F here from Singapore. Been on 2 dates with 2 different people since Nov’22. I’d consider myself to be above average in terms of looks and intellect, always polite and genuinely nice (till people give me a reason not to be) . I know a lot of you might say c’mon you can’t be serious, 2 dates are too little to be discouraged, just get out more and meet more people, etc…
I guess I’m just jaded from being through more than a handful of failed relationships before and I’m starting to lose hope that I’m never gonna find my person before 35 or even 40. I get one shouldn’t put a timeline on these things but I can’t shake the feeling that time and youth are running out for me. I’m so very afraid and feel utterly alone in this, partly cos I don’t have a lot of friends either.
I’m very selective with who I match with/swipe on, so I know what I want - someone who can connect with me emotionally, intellectually and physically. I’m looking for an Asian guy (swear I’m not being xenophobic, it’s just a physical preference) who is westernized in their thinking but there are not many of such men in Singapore.
One of the guys I dated was an Asian-American and he ghosted me... He did ask me out for a second date but I couldn’t make it, I did propose an alternate date but he just pretty much ghosted me after that.
Sigh. Does anyone else feel me? :(
// EDIT: I just wanna thank every single one of you who have taken the time and effort to pen down your advice, encouragement and experience. It really means a lot to me and I’m grateful for all the kindness and support here. :’)
r/AskSingapore: Dating as a local female (31yo) in SG
Hey everyone!
So I just started downloading a dating app back in Nov last year and so far have only gone on two dates with two different ppl. Both didn’t work out but will go into it later on. The last time I’ve used dating apps was back in 2020 and I don’t rmb the dating scene being this difficult? Maybe it’s always been like this but I just got lucky or, well, unlucky since my last r/s didn’t work out ha.
A little bit of content on my background: I don’t wanna come off as bragging but from feedback from friends and exes, I’m considered to be a good catch in terms of looks + intellect + character
. I’m honestly polite and genuinely nice to people (until they give me a reason not to be). Think of me as the girl who got catfished on a date but still stayed till the end ‘cos I felt bad leaving halfway. Over the past ten years or so of getting in and out of r/s, the periods when I was single were shorter than the periods when I was attached. Since my last r/s I really looked back and reflected on myself and I think my biggest problem back then was that I jumped into r/s after r/s too fast, and also that I might be too trusting of guys in the sense that some ppl tend to show the best/carefully constructed false image of themselves during the first few dates but later on relaxed and revealed how they really are like after we got tgt (or maybe they just got lazy lol). It could be that I have a bad judgement of character too, idk. So this time I told myself I’m not gonna lower my standards, have patience in dating and getting to know someone really well. Right now this is actually the longest period of time I’ve been single.
So now I’ll go into the two dates I’ve gone on:
Date 1) Dinner + drinks date with a non-local and went on to have dessert + another round of drinks after. Date went well and spanned over like 5 hours. He showed a lot of interest in me, mirrored body languages and mild body contact like moving closer to me all that stuff. He asked me out for a 2nd date following week, I couldn’t make it so I proposed an alternative date and he said he’d lemme know how his following week looks but he never did. So I checked in with him and I got slow ghosted after that lol.
Date 2) Quick dinner + movie date with a local who’s lived overseas and just came back not too long ago. We chatted almost daily for a mth before he asked me out. I knew it was a bad idea if you don’t meetup after 1-2 weeks max of texting cos you’d tend to form a fantasy/ideal image of the person as time goes on and they’d often not come to meet the expectations when you finally do meet up in person. But I really didn’t wanna ask a guy out so I waited. Turned out to be a super awkward date with no chemistry.
I’ve since downloaded 2 more dating apps and it’s not looking so good either so I’m feeling quite jaded and honestly afraid I might really end up being alone forever lol. I always heard that ladies have a better shot at dating or have an abundance of guys to choose from but I’m having a difficult time finding guys I’d like to swipe on whom I have even a little bit of interest in. I’m not sure if it’s cos I’m older so I’m pickier or is the dating scene really bad now?
It’s been a long post but I’d really love to find out and hear any ladies’ (and guys’) dating experiences in SG!
Love happens at any age. I found the one I want to grow old with at 40. Before that I was just dating very casually.
Don’t worry too much and enjoy life. Don’t think that you have a deadline to meet.
Also - pls don’t settle just cos of your age. I’ve settled before and it didn’t turn out well.
The whole world kept telling me to settle cos of my age and looks but I ignored them.
Yeah I’m not gonna settle cos of my age. Likewise, I’ve settled before and I just wasn’t happy… Just hope my patience and resilience in finding my person one day pays off.
Now that you are older , you don't have the same dating power as your 20s self , therefore you aren't able to pull the high standard men that you were going for in your 20s.
This could be a possible reason.
Or maybe you are just aiming too high?
Eh pls la ppl can have the same market value or more in their 30s if they have their s- together.
Last time as a broke 20-something I could only work out in the park, now a decade later when I have more disposable income, I can get gym memberships and laser treatments. (I am married and therefore off the market but I still need to keep my eligibility so that my husband doesn't get - too - comfortable 😂)
| Eh pls la ppl can have the same market value or more in their 30s if they have their s- together.
guys, yes. girls? rolling on the floor laughing emoji
if you genuinely believe that a early to mid 20s girl with a tight young body is going to be less attractive to a guy than a lady in her 30s who attempts to recapture her youth with gym memberships and laser treatments, you are delusional. a guy with options will never choose someone who has to fix her face with laser over someone who is simply younger and doesn't need to do that.
you are lucky you are off the market because the only person who might think you have the "same market value" as 10 years ago is your husband. if you get divorced now and try again on the dating market, you will be so sorely disappointed i guarantee you.
Big yikes. I think you have deep rooted issues if you spend your time attacking other redditors for being in happy relationships and telling them how difficult their life would be if they weren't married. Please get help.
how did i "attack" you for being in a happy relationship? what i commented on was about your delusion, your over inflated sense of your own "value" in the dating market. not your relationship. when people feel "attacked" by something when there was no such intention, it's usually because deep down they know it's the truth.
Well this certainly answers a lot of questions regarding your relationship status. Have a nice day.
not every guy is as desperate as your husband to settle. have a nice day yourself :)
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