Tag: Singapore
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Miss Universe Singapore makes revolutionary changes
In a big step towards inclusivity, the Miss Universe Singapore 2024 pageant will welcome a wider range of contestants this September. Previous rules required contestants to be single, unmarried, and within a specific age range.The new rules are:There is no upper age limit.There is no marital status requirement (married women, mothers, and divorcees can participate).Contestants…
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Singapore’s hell theme park dead serious about afterlife
Gory grottos with demons impaling sinners on stakes and people drowning in a pool of blood are not part of your average theme park experience. But at Hell’s Museum in Singapore, the main attraction at the Haw Par Villa Park, visitors are welcomed to a kitschy, air-conditioned hell on Earth. Inside the sprawling park complex,…
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Singaporean woman posed as goddess to cheat followers out of seven million dollars
A Singaporean woman, Woo May Hoe, claiming to be a deity, cheated her followers into handing her more than $7 million and made them take loans totalling another $6.6 million from different financial institutions, reported The Strait Times. The 53-year-old ‘goddess’ had about 30 followers, and she severely punished the ones who displeased her, pulling…
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Relieved travellers land in Singapore after deadly turbulence
Rattled travellers and crew landed in Singapore Wednesday after a terrifying high-altitude plunge on a flight from London during which an elderly passenger died and more than 80 were injured. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 hit “sudden extreme turbulence” over Myanmar 10 hours…
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Singapore makes Israeli embassy delete ‘insensitive’ Palestinian post
Singapore made the Israeli embassy in the city-state take down an “insensitive” social media post about the Palestinians over the weekend after warning it could inflame tensions, the interior minister said Monday. The Israeli genocide in Gaza and deepening humanitarian crisis in the besieged strip since October 7 have divided opinion across the world. The…
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Singapore denies paying Taylor Swift millions to not perform anywhere else in the region
Singapore said Monday its grant to Taylor Swift for her concerts in the city was nowhere near as high as speculated, following media reports that the superstar was offered millions of dollars per gig. Around 300,000 people from Singapore and around the region are expected to attend the six sold-out shows that began March 2…
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Pakistani passport once again least powerful
Henley & Partners‘ Passport Index has published a list portraying the world’s travel access hierarchy. Top on the list of countries that encourage travelling are France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Spain, whose citizens can visit an astounding 194 destinations without requiring arduous visa procedures. This group of countries offer passport-to-plane experience, setting the bar…
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Which famous airport is going to be passport-free?
Singapore’s Changi Airport will introduce a passport-free facility for travellers next year, media reports have confirmed. Changi Airport is one of the busiest and most beautiful airports in the world, playing host to 100 domestic and international take offs daily. Communications Minister Josephine Teo stated in the parliament that Singapore Changi Airport is also soon…
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Disney to shut Lucasfilm studio in Singapore
Lucasfilm’s visual effects and animation studio in Singapore will close down in the coming months due to economic reasons, parent firm Disney said on Tuesday. The Singapore studio was set up in the 2000s by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), which was founded by Star Wars creator George Lucas and is a division of Lucasfilm.…
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Daraz Group to reduce 11% workforce in response to challenging market conditions
Daraz Group, an e-commerce subsidiary of Alibaba Group, will be reducing its workforce by 11 per cent in response to the challenging market conditions. The CEO, Bjarke Mikkelsen, noted the adverse impact of a war in Europe, significant supply chain disruptions, rising inflation, heightened taxes, and the elimination of crucial government subsidies on the company’s…