SINGAPORE – They’ve sent 20 to 50 job applications but some graduating students are struggling to secure interviews, much less a job offer, amid the Republic’s slowing economy.
With the gross domestic product (GDP) projected to grow 1 to 3 per cent this year…
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Sanitary pad ad with male celebrity unleashes flow of reactions online
A sanitary pad advertisement has garnered mixed reactions after being posted on Facebook.
South Korean star Seo Kang Joon is a celebrity ambassador for Secret Day feminine hygiene products.
In the ad, he is seen pouting with his index finger in his mouth, beside packages of pads from the South Korean company.
Since Watsons Singapore posted an image of the ad on its Facebook page on June 3, it has received more than 500 reactions.
Reactions from Facebook users ranged from puzzled to amused.
“Why is a man endorsing this… smh (shaking my head),” commented Facebook user Amaritz Mishra.
Another user, He YuYing, asked: “Is this Korean guy wondering, is he going to use it because he looks like a girl?”
While some ridiculed the ad, others had no problem with a man endorsing a feminine hygiene product.
Some even swooned over their idol – and clearly didn’t care what product he was promoting.
“OH my god! SEO KANG JOON for sanitary pad ad? How come I didn’t know? It looks weird… but cute,” commented Facebook user Lynette JW.
Seo, 22, recently starred in the romantic drama series Cheese In The Trap. He is also a member of 5urprise, a five-member pop idol group.
Despite the fuss online, he is not the first male celebrity to endorse a feminine hygiene product.
Taiwanese star Jiro Wang has also appeared in a television advertisement for Freemore Maxi Pads.
In China, however, such endorsements may no longer be allowed, after a strict new advertising law was reportedly passed last year. People’s Daily Online reported that the new law came into effect on Sept 1, 2015.
The South China Morning Post reported in 2014 that a revised draft of China’s advertising law included new guidelines for advertisements in the mainland, and the biggest stipulation, intended to “stop false advertising”, states that celebrities must first try out products before they can promote them, or risk being fined.
This, of course, means that unless the male celebrities have actually used the sanitary pads, they cannot endorse them.
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Foreign-labour restrictions ‘may be hurting S’pore’s competitiveness’
SINGAPORE – The Republic’s restrictions on foreign labour may be hurting its competitiveness, and pushing it lower in global rankings.
The latest results from IMD, a Swiss business school, show Singapore has dropped from third to fourth place on its list of…
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Rocky Byun's record-breaking balancing act
Master of balancing all things unusual, Nam Seok “Rocky” Byun broke the Singapore Book of Records for the longest duration of balancing a seated person on a chair leg.
On Thursday (June 9), Byun broke the record of 11.88…
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TCM physician suspended, fined $5k for misdiagnosing girl's pregnancy
A 15-year-old girl found it strange when she missed her period for five months.
So she went to see a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physician, who diagnosed it as a case of hormonal imbalance and gave her a medication meant to boost blood circulation to help regulate menstruation.
But the teenager was actually five months pregnant, discovered her father when he took her to see a doctor, reported Lianhe Wanbao and Shin Min News Daily.
Madam Wu Liping of Shenzhou Chinese Physician Clinic in Jurong West had been suspended for three months for making the wrong diagnosis, said the TCM Practitioners Board in a statement today (June 10).
She was also fined $5,000 and censured by the board.
Wu prescribed “taohong siwutang”, a herbal concoction “without any regard to her actual medical condition,” said the board, adding that it would have posed a danger to both the girl and her unborn child.
The concoction is made with four herbal ingredients as well as peach kernel and safflower.
The board noted that Wu failed to conduct a proper clinical examination of the patient. She also did not record her medical history, said the board.
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They assault, strip victim and take his photos
He wanted to help his wife take back her daughter from her ex-boyfriend.
So driver Abdul Halil Osman, 31, went to Mr Muhammad Abdul Latip’s flat at Block 413 Bukit Batok West Avenue 4 on Jan 27.
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Company director jailed for forgery to cover up S$17m in missing funds
In 2011, MDA asked Devesh Chetty, director of RGM Entertainment, to account for the S$15 million the authority had advanced to him. He then forged two electronic bank statements by altering the dates of two e-mails from Standard Chartered Bank.
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Robot Kitty has landed in Singapore
SINGAPORE-Yet another Hello Kitty event has landed on our shores and it looks like it’s going be another hit.
Robot Kitty Singapore opens its doors on Saturday (June 11) and already organisers have been swamped with queries from fans, said Eugene Chan, the…
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Comfort Taxis $5 Off Fare Promo Code from 10 – 13 Jun 2016
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Trolley tracking: Can technology solve Singapore's shopping carts problem?
GPS tracking and alarm tags have been considered, but not adopted due to high maintenance costs and structural challenges, supermarket chains tell Channel NewsAsia.
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