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CNA
10 hours ago
- CNA
Diversity and inclusivity among the 3,000 participants at the National Day Parade show
Around 3,000 participants are gearing up to celebrate Singapore's 60th birthday in this year's National Day Parade show. These youths, seniors and persons with disabilities are preparing to deliver messages of diversity and inclusivity, with props personalised to each performer.
Straits Times
17 hours ago
- Straits Times
Exhibition marking The Straits Times' 180th anniversary opens on July 12 at Jewel Changi
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox The exhibition is equipped with interactive features that allow visitors to flip through thousands of front pages and participate in a Reporter-In-Training quest. SINGAPORE – An avid reader of the news, Mrs Wendy Yap took a bus on Saturday to Jewel Changi Airport, to be among the first at The Straits Times' 180th anniversary exhibition. The 57-year-old primary school mathematics teacher said she has the ST app, but still prefers the physical copy. 'It is my routine to read ST every morning. Once, the newspaper wasn't delivered to my home and I felt like something was off that day,' said Mrs Yap, who added that she feels a sense of pride when the newspaper is distributed to passengers on all Singapore-bound SIA flights. She especially likes the human-interest reports and enjoys trying food recommendations published in ST's Life! section. Mrs Yap highlighted two stories in particular: Mr Ricqo Rafiezuwan , who used to be a stateless unemployed youth, and is now a permanent resident and Mr Hsu Hu-Chin, who found his mother – a former SIA stewardess - after his story appeared in ST . 'I wanted to be at the exhibition to see more of the stories ST has covered over the years - different events in history and how the stories actually unfolded. 'I'm glad ST's articles has had an impact on people's lives,' she said, adding that she looks forward to reading profile features every weekend. The exhibition takes visitors through eras the nation has experienced. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM Like Mrs Yap, several other visitors at the roving exhibition at South Gateway Garden at Jewel Changi Airport, said they were intrigued by the range of stories the publication has covered over the years. Ms Cheong Yin Ping , a r etired bank worker in her 60s , liked the interactive features, which she felt would do well in keeping the younger visitors engaged. Her favourite part was when she created her own front page. 'In this age, people usually need instantaneous response, since their attention spans are shorter,' said Mrs Cheong. Others like Mr Albert La i liked the interactive display comparing photographs of places in Singapore then and now, including landmarks like Clarke Quay, Bukit Batok Hill and the Padang. 'Because we forget the past sometimes, and now (this display) helps us to remember and see the changes,' added the 52-year-old sales executive . For J arred Loo , 17 , his favourite part of the exhibition was the comic-book style panels that showed how the newsroom transformed from producing print-only papers to multi-media news formats. The secondary school student said he has often reads ST, to expand his knowledge of current affairs. Visitors at an interactive section of the exhibition. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM Adult visitors were treated to a complimentary tote bag and notebook upon completing activities at three checkpoints, while children were presented with a specially designed sticker set. Titled Heartbeats and Headlines: 180 Years of Telling The Singapore Story , the roving exhibition organised by ST is equipped with interactive features that allow visitors to flip through thousands of front pages and participate in a Reporter-In-Training quest. Adult visitors were treated to a complimentary tote bag and notebook upon completing activities at three checkpoints, while children were presented with a specially designed sticker set. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM The exhibition takes visitors through eras the nation has experienced: war and occupation in 1942 , the beginning of Housing Board flats in 1960 , the nation's dramatic exit from Malaysia in 1965 , the very first MRT trains starting service in 1987 , as well as national football team Singapore's Lions' victory in the Malaysia Cup in 1994, which sparked the rise of the 'kallang roar'. It also showcases headlines that ST delivered when the world ushered in the millennium, ranging from the Singapore Airlines SQ006 crash in Taiwan in 2000 , the nation's largest manhunt for Mas Selamat Kastari who broke out of detention in 2008 , Singapore's first Olympic gold medal won by national swimmer Joseph Schooling in 2016 , the pandemic Covid-19 that brought the world to a standstill from 2020 to 2022 , to the present. The exhibition is held at Jewel Changi Airport from July 12 to 20, and will shift to Westgate from July 25 to Aug 3, before settling at Raffles City Shopping Centre from Aug 8 to 17. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM The exhibition also chronicles the evolution of ST from a newspaper of record to a multi-platform media outlet in today's digital age. One section displays readers' fondest memories of ST, and the lives of those transformed after being featured in its pages. The exhibition is held at Jewel Changi Airport from July 12 to 20 , and will shift to Westgate from July 25 to Aug 3 , before settling at Raffles City Shopping Centre from Aug 8 to 17 .
Independent Singapore
19 hours ago
- Independent Singapore
‘I thought toilet got ghost': TikTok user says she saw something scary at bathroom at CBD
SINGAPORE: A woman who has been sharing her creepy encounters on TikTok for the past few years recently talked about the time when she was new at work at a building in the Central Business District (CBD) and may have had a ghostly encounter in the bathroom. In her July 8 (Tuesday) video, Olivia Ong, who goes by @oliviaonqq on the platform, did not specify which building in the CBD area she had been working in at the time but did say that the company she worked for shared bathrooms with other firms. @oliviaonqq Replying to @🌈 ᵥₐᵥₐᵥᵣₒₒₘ👼🏻✨️ yes mam hahahs new horror story is up!! #horrortok #horror #horrorstory #cbd #office #officelife #corporatelife #paranormal #horrorstories #storytime #story #sg #sgtt #sgtt #sgtiktok #sgfyp #fy #fypシ #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #scary #scarytiktoks #eerie #creepy #toilet #haunted ♬ Creepy and simple horror background music(1070744) – howlingindicator It seems that the bathroom in question already had a reputation for being 'dirty.' Many women working at the building would go to the toilet two by two, but as Ms Ong was new at the time and really needed to urinate, she went on her own. At the time she used the bathroom, she wrote that the sensor normally controlling the lights was not working, but there were windows, so it was not completely dark. When she went into the cubicle and closed the door, however, she saw a pair of shoes right outside, and while this caused Ms Ong to get 'super scared,' because she really needed to use the bathroom, she did not just run out, like maybe others would have done. She looked down the whole time, however, because she was afraid of seeing a ghostly apparition if she looked up. Ms Ong then devised a plan to hold the door open with one hand while making a fist with her other hand, saying, 'Because if I need to fight a ghost, I need to fight a ghost.' She then opened the door and came out swinging, but since no one was there, she quickly washed her hands and ran back to her office. When she got there, she told her colleagues all about her experience. Ms Ong ended her video by saying: 'So next time when your boss asks you why so many people need to go to the toilet at the same time, you just tell them, 'I thought toilet got ghost'.' This was Ms Ong's eighth 'horror story,' with the first dating back to 2022. Her video has received a lot of comments, including those who've also claimed they've seen ghosts in toilets. 'Sis, this made me remember the time I was taking pictures of myself while waiting for my friend to use the toilet (in sec school) and the ghost was in the picture with me. The picture spread through the school, and we had a morning assembly about not 'distributing fake info.' Like, Sir, do you think I want to be in a selfie with a ghost???' one wrote. 'A lot of buildings in the CBD area are haunted. I worked in one building in 1993. Toilet haunted. I resigned a month later,' added another. One commented, 'Wait, something like this happened to me in sec school, but instead the 'thing' ran across my cubicle and I could hear and see the shoes from the bottom gap, and when I opened, almost immediately there was no one.' This caused Ms Ong to reply: 'Omggg feel bad to say this, but I'm happy we're on the same boat HAHAHAHAHAHA if not so lonely sia.' /TISG Read also: Ghost or glitch? Resident claims CCTV motion detector goes off—but captures nothing
