IPOH: An unemployed man's wife informed the Magistrate's Court here of her intention to retract a police report against her husband, who had threatened her earlier this month, for the sake of their young family. S. Premlata, 36, told Magistrate Jesseca Daimis that they still have two young children to care for and she would post...
KUALA LUMPUR: A balance must be struck between policies on meritocracy and affirmative action to ensure fairness in the country's administration, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said there is currently a disconnect over the issue, where the "elite are obsessed with meritocracy" at the expense of those requiring government assistance through affirmative action. "Meritocracy...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has never neglected the middle 40% (M40) group, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said the allegation by certain parties that the government’s approach was more focused on the low-income or bottom 40% (B40) group to the extent of neglecting the middle-income group is not true. "We have taken several approaches but to...
Lucky for him, his girlfriend found it funny. K-pop group Girls’ Generation member Kim Taeyeon, 34, was in Singapore over the weekend to perform two sold-out shows as part of her The Odd of Love tour. Taeyeon's last solo concert in Singapore was in 2019. A day after the gigs, local fans flooded social media to gush about the Korean powerhouse singer’s performance. However,...
It's been called the “Andy Hui and Jacqueline Wong incident 2.0” by netizens. TVB rising star Frederick Chui (徐文浩), 27, has been caught on camera getting intimate with a woman in the back of a taxi. In the grainy clip, a man and woman are seen sitting very closely together. The woman then leans over and seemingly...
When confronted by netizens, she allegedly remained unrepentant and continued to defend her actions. Days after a voice recording of late singer Coco Lee claiming that she was bullied on Chinese reality singing show Sing! China, netizens have unearthed the identity of the main culprit behind the mistreatment that Coco complained of. Netizens believe that it is a female assistant...
Wilber looked visibly startled by the, um, turn of events. After late pop diva Coco Lee accused a director of Chinese singing competition Sing! China of bullying and mistreating her, the show has come under fire for its shady backstage tactics and for manipulating the competition. In the past, mentor-judges pick contestants they want on their teams via a blind audition. If the mentors...
At JJ Lin's concert in Shanghai this past weekend (Aug 19), the Singaporean singer fell victim to what can only be called an extremely childish and hateful act. The singer was midway through a song when an audience member pointed a laser directly into JJ's left eye. JJ immediately lowered his head to avoid the laser. The incident played out on the...
For Jae, who relocated to a small city outside of Tokyo two weeks ago, having job satisfaction is a good trade-off. Though there's also the "serious culture shock". No part of this story can be reproduced without permission from 8days.sg. If you follow Jae Liew on Instagram, you’d know the actress, who starred in English dramas Tanglin and Derek 2, is a Japanophile. She...
Props to Shu Yi Ching for standing up to the creep. If you ever had someone take a video or a photo of you in public without your consent, you would know it's a very upsetting experience. Even more so when you have no idea what they would be doing with that photo of you. And trust...
