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VJC student tests positive; over 100 quarantined
All students there barred from entering school for whole of this week; lessons to be held online
Victoria Junior College has thoroughly cleaned and disinfected the school premises, said MOE. Some 2,200 students, staff and vendors of the school, as well as visitors, will be swabbed for Covid-19 as a precaution.ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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The Hokkien language is arguably one of the most vulgar languages in the world. Among Hokkien’s barrage of barbs and explicit expressions,
chioh bin haw, or “laughing tiger”, is one of the most insulting things you can call someone. It means ‘two-faced’, except loaded with more malice. Singapore-born and bred design maven Han Pei Bane, who goes by just “Bane”, thought it would be funny to name his design consultancy and manufacturing firm ‘A Laughing Tiger’.
“I wanted a name that reflects how Singaporeans construct sentences using various languages,” the mild-mannered gent explains.
Founded in 2019, A Laughing Tiger has been growing in desirability as a fashion brand and has attracted clients like BreadTalk, DBS, Fred Perry, Hendrick’s Gin, Mastercard and Tokio Marine.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has risen from 37 in the week before to 43 in the past week. - Reuters
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There were 28 new coronavirus cases, including 10 in the community, reported on Sunday (May 9).
Of the 10 cases, five are linked to previous cases and had already been placed under quarantine. This takes Singapore s total number of cases to 61,359.
The other 18 cases were imported. They had been placed on stay-home notice (SHN) or isolated on arrival from Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Among them were 11 Singaporeans or permanent residents.
There were no cases from the workers dormitories.
Sikhs in Singapore â A Story Untoldâ features 450 carefully curated artifacts that provide a microcosm of the journey of the Sikhs in Singapore. From just 195 in 1921, Sikhs now number 13,000 in the island nation. An exhibition highlights their phenomenal contribution.
SINGAPORE – The Sikh community in Singapore may number just 13,000, but it is by no means obscure, thanks to the several high-profile Sikh professionals, businessmen, sportsmen and armed forces personnel who have made a name for themselves and contributed meaningfully to the island nation.
Justice Choor Singh Sidhu went on to become a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Among the earliest recorded Sikhs in Singapore was Bhai Maharaj Singh, who, along with his disciple Khurruck Singh, had been deported to Singapore as a state prisoner in 1850 for his role in the Anglo-Sikh wars. It was in 1881, after the setting up of the Sikh Police contingent in Singapore, that Sikh migrants started arriving in larg