Filipino boxers behave like sore losers blaming Asian Games’ judges for their defeat

GMA News Online, 3 Oct 2014
Philippines boxing boss Ricky Vargas slammed “hometown decisions” on Thursday as the Asian Games judging came under fresh attack a day after an Indian fighter refused her medal.
Vargas questioned a unanimous points decision that went against light flyweight Mark Anthony Barriga, who jumped for joy after his semi-final believing he had won.
But instead the fight was

OPINION: Why Lee Hsien Loong’s remark on banned film ‘To Singapore, With Love’ is hard to understand – Kirstan Han

Yahoo! News Singapore, 4 Oct 2014
Responding to a question following his speech at the National University of Singapore Society 60th Anniversary Lecture, PM Lee dismissed the film as a “self-serving personal account”. He also stated that a film was more problematic than books, as films could come across as more convincing.

“You write a book, I can write a counter book, the book you can read

PRC mobile phone salesman in Zhengzhou committed suicide over iPhone 6 price drop

Echinacities.com, 30 Sep 2014
A young man in Zhengzhou committed suicide on September 28 allegedly over the sudden and dramatic drop in Iphone 6 prices.
The man was a mobile phone salesman and had been hoarding a large number of Iphone 6’s, no doubt waiting for the price to increase. However, contrary to his predictions, the price has been falling continuously for the past three days, meaning the

Hong Kong Celebrity Chow Yun-fat Supports Hong Kong Democracy Protestors

Deadline.com, 2 Oct 2014
Hong Kong actor and international star Chow Yun-fat has become one of the few high-profile local stars to speak out on the current pro-democracy protests in his native country. “I’ve met the residents, the students — they are very brave, and it’s touching to see that they’re fighting for what they want,” he said in an interview with newspaper Apple Daily. “The students

A worried authoritarian Singapore government watches Hong Kong’s protest closely

Financial Times Blog, 4 Oct 2014
Singapore and Hong Kong share much in common. But this weekend the big difference is that Singapore’s streets are quiet, with traffic flowing as normal, while Hong Kong is on edge as the Occupy movement mobilises masses of protesters against widely unpopular electoral arrangements foisted on its people by Beijing.
Singapore, a tightly governed island nation, has

PM Lee: Govt doesn’t plan to curb inflow of foreign labour as they help create good jobs for Singaporeans

The Malay Mail Online, 4 Oct 2014
Singapore probably won’t need more measures to restrain the inflow of foreign workers as a further tightening could deter overseas companies from setting up business in the city, prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said.
The pace of increase for foreign workers has slowed and the country’s economic restructuring is under way, Lee said in a speech yesterday. A drop in

OPINION: Proliferation of brothels in housing estates run by foreign prostitutes reveal the inadequacy of Singapore police, ICA, and MND

Hardwarezone Forum, 4 Oct 2014
Two crackdowns on prostitution activities in public flats in Ang Mo Kio in June and Jurong West last month have confirmed that prostitution has flourished beyond the traditional boundary of our red-light district.
These are only two cases that have surfaced. The audacity to operate prostitution in our heartlands shows how prosperous this business has grown and may

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