Reportedly, #Zelenskiy's push for the #PeaceSummit at the #ShangriLaDialogue in #Singapore wasn't as warmly received as expected. He's obviously hoping to get #BBM (President Marcos) & the #Philippines on #Ukraine's side for the peace initiative. This last minute surprise will throw the Philippine diplomatic staff in an uproar 🤣.
Mr #Zelensky’s surprise attendance in the middle of #Asia’s leading security forum effectively thrust #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine to the forefront of everyone’s minds and also forcefully demonstrates how interconnected the security issues in #Europe & #Asia are.
If you’re in Singapore, like din tai fung, but don’t like how crowded / expensive their restaurants get: here’s a hawker stall that does functionally the same food for $4ish. Will also be crowded, but it won’t be $40
@kofanchen sort of fast food version of the TW DTF. Only the dumplings and fried rice are good usually, the other stuff varies on branch. I’m glad it exists but in places with many Chinese options I’d rather go to a non-chain place. In less Chinese places, any DTF is better than none
Senator #RisaHontiveros welcomed the decision of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (#DILG) to strip Bamban, Tarlac Mayor #AliceGuo of supervision over #LocalPolice, citing her ties to “criminals.”
When I saw this web story about ‘terraforming Singapore’ I was floored. What a great use of the web to tell a story about a country, land use, sand, environmental degradation, and the price of ‘progress’. Singapore’s success, skyscrapers, comes at the cost of literally mining and eroding some of our poorest neighbors’.
This story is so important and had to be told. Oh and it also won some awards! Proud of the friends who put this together
I found this article irritating. Singaporean small country insecurity and exceptionalism is still deeply Western-centric. It’s all look at us, we are better / different
LinkedIn types are celebrating it and saying ‘Singapore is better because we don’t have culture wars/ identity politics’
Well that’s different from ‘not being allowed to have identity politics’, or ‘identities’, but I find it nauseating that dominant group people think this is great
I don’t think anyone needs lessons on anything from Singapore. Literally nowhere else is a microscopic city state island nation with a deep port. LA is 1.82x bigger than us. A Taiwanese minister once called Singapore ‘a very deeply irritating booger’ (more melodic in our shared Hokkien: pee sai). Now that’s the Singapore think piece I want to read
Don’t get me wrong, Singapore is wonderful within some constraints. If you’re fine with boundaries and limits, and your identity gives you some privileges. However I would not recommend it to anyone who is any type of outside the box person. There’s a special type of soul crushing you can expect, one that I will take the rest of my life to unravel
Majority of Singaporeans aware of net zero concept, but less clear on national climate targets: study
Research finds that only 15 per cent of respondents know of the city-state’s goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Singaporeans also lack understanding of the types of action – for example, switching to a plant-based diet – that can bring about larger impact on cutting emissions