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daryl — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:56:33 +0000

L'information a de quoi surprendre, mais avec déjà plus de 17 millions de spectateurs à son crédit, la comédie Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis aura droit à sa déclinaison vidéoludique. Annoncée par Dany Boon himself sur le plateau du Grand Journal de Canal + ce soir, l'adaptation devrait au moins sortir sur Wii à une date indéterminée. Aucune information n'a en revanche filtré concernant le contenu du jeu lui-même, ni son développeur attitré.

Young NTUC congrats Singapore on Youth Olympic Games winning bid...

youngntucforum — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:46:37 +0000

LAUSANNE : Singapore now has a greater understanding of the requirements for the Youth Olympic Games, and will put in a better bid to host the event.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said this after meeting IOC President Jacques Rogge in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Singapore is one of 11 cities bidding to host the Games. Other candidates include Athens, Greece, Moscow, Russia and Malaysia.

http://www.youngntuc.com.sg/youngntuc/viewtopic.php?t=540

Taiwan - KMT won the Presidency!

youngntucforum — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:17:14 +0000

Mr Ma Ying Jeou of the KMT Party has won the Presidency of Taiwan by
a big margin of more than 7.6 million votes.Mr Frank Hsieh of the DPP has conceded defeat and would have to resign
as he had promised before the election, unless he eats his own words.

There seems to be changes everywhere. Hongkong, Indonesia, Thailand,
Malaysia, Pakistan and now Taiwan. When is Singapore going to change?

Do you all hope for Singapore to change?

http://www.youngntuc.com.sg/youngntuc/viewtopic.php?t=1136

Malaysian Malays allowed to protest despite a ban by the Police!

youngntucforum — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:14:08 +0000

Malay demonstration highlights ethnic tensionBy Thomas Fuller
Published: March 14, 2008

PENANG, Malaysia: Chanting "Long Live the Malays!" several hundred members of Malaysia's largest ethnic group gathered Friday on this largely Chinese island, defying a police ban on protests and raising communal tensions in the aftermath of sharp electoral losses by the country's governing party.

http://www.youngntuc.com.sg/youngntuc/viewtopic.php?t=1108

Malaysian Election - MCA lost in Penang.

youngntucforum — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:10:20 +0000

ince there is not a single section catered for Foreign or International Matters in this Forum, I have no choice but to put this subject here.What now for Abdullah BADawi as the Penang voters have discarded the MCA representation of the Barisan National Party. Wan Aziza had campaigned in Penang on the condition that she would vacate her seat for Anwar, since the GE was intentionally held earlier in order to deprive Anwar of entering into the election, and now she has won handsomely. This clearly means that the people of Penang want Anwar to represent them, instead of having a BN stooge in the form of a MCA representation.

http://www.youngntuc.com.sg/youngntuc/viewtopic.php?t=1064

INdia to subsidise baby girls

youngntucforum — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:07:51 +0000

The Indian Govt announced that it will pay poort families nearly 200000 rupees ($6900) to raise girls, this is to discourage aborting female foetus..In this scheme families in several Indian states will get financial benefits including insurance cover worth 200000 rupees for each girl until she reaches 18 if she is sent to school and not married young.

http://www.youngntuc.com.sg/youngntuc/viewtopic.php?t=1071

Internet harassment law sparked by teen's suicide

youngntucforum — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:05:38 +0000

The death of a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide after becoming the victim of an Internet hoax has inspired a legislative effort to make it an offense for adults to harass children.In 2006, 13-year-old Megan Meier hanged herself after being teased on social networking site MySpace.

A neighborhood mother, her 18-year-old employee and 13-year-old daughter created a fake profile of an attractive teenage boy to befriend Meier. Meier had depression and attention deficit disorder when she started talking to "Josh" through their MySpace pages. After talking with him for several weeks, Megan suddenly began receiving cruel messages from Josh, including one stating that he did not want to be her friend anymore. Shortly thereafter, Megan hanged herself in her bedroom. ....

http://www.youngntuc.com.sg/youngntuc/viewtopic.php?t=1018

Malaysian blogger as a possible MP

youngntucforum — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:02:30 +0000

Singapore's my paper spoke to Mr Jeff Ooi.. as he contest his first general elections and is expected to win as a DAP opposition candidate..question asked will you have time to blog... he answered he will blog live in the parliment...

So what do u think of this? Imagine Dawn Yang contesting the next GE.... ooooohhhhh HOT HOT HOT...

http://www.youngntuc.com.sg/youngntuc/viewtopic.php?t=1023

No hongbao, no passport stamp

youngntucforum — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:54:44 +0000

Hi all, saw this article in AsiaOne website today. Very angry. --------------------------------------------------------
No hongbao, no passport stamp

For one Singaporean family, what appeared to be a sign of warm hospitality turned out to be a solicitation for money.

The 40-year-old businessman - referred to as Mr Cai in Mandarin - and his family of three were 'held up' at the Johor immigration checkpoint last Saturday evening, pending a demand from a Malaysian immigration officer for a hongbao, or red packet.

The family had their passports endorsed and returned to them only after Mr Cai gave a hongbao containing $10, reported the Shin Min Daily yesterday.

Outraged by the incident, the transport company owner immediately tipped off the Chinese newspaper upon his return to Singapore.

Mr Cai and his wife were initially struck by the warm hospitality of the officer serving them at the Johor checkpoint, when he pulled up at one of the immigration booths at 8pm last Saturday.

The Malaysian officer, reportedly around the age of 30, smiled and greeted Mr Cai "gong xi fa cai" - a Mandarin phrase often used to wish another person prosperity in the year ahead - after receiving the family's passports.

The couple replied "happy new year", under the assumption that such exchange of greetings was common during the Chinese New Year period.

The immigration officer, however, continued to smile at Mr Cai for over ten minutes, holding on to the passports without inspecting or endorsing them.

Sensing something was amiss, Mr Cai then asked the officer if anything was wrong with the passports.

The officer said he had already wished Mr Cai "gong xi fa cai" and asked why there was no hongbao.

http://www.youngntuc.com.sg/youngntuc/viewtopic.php?t=894