Monday #sgroundup: 200 applications for SAF Volunteer Corps
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Over 200 applications received for SAF Volunteer Corps: Defence Minister
After a week of opening its recruitment process for the new Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) volunteer corps programme, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said it has received more than 200 applications.
In a post on Facebook on Sunday, Ng said the response was “encouraging”. He noted 60 per cent of the applicants are Singapore citizens, while 40 per cent of them are permanent residents, with a quarter of them being women.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/over-200-applications-received-for-saf-volunteer-corps--defence-minister-040346621.html?linkId=10096974
Man dies in fire at Telok Blangah HDB flat
A 77-year-old man died of burns, while two of his neighbours were sent to hospital with breathing difficulties, after a fire at the man’s flat in Telok Blangah Crescent on Monday morning.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the fire, which took place on the eighth floor of Block 3, Telok Blangah Crescent at around 7:15am.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/man-dies-in-fire-at-telok-blangah-hdb-flat-062649504.html?linkId=10097747
Singapore theatre director Ivan Heng invited to state banquet with Queen Elizabeth II
Acclaimed Singapore theatre director and actor Ivan Heng and his husband Tony Trickett have been invited to a banquet at Buckingham Palace in London hosted by Queen Elizabeth II herself.
Heng shared an image of the royal invitation on his Facebook page, which he said he received just 12 days after he and longtime partner Trickett got married in the Chelsea Old Town Hall in London on 1 August this year. Heng married his long-time partner in England after it passed a law recognising same-sex marriages in 2013.
https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/singapore-theatre-director-ivan-heng-invited-to-state-banquet-with-queen-elizabeth-ii-075944034.html?linkId=10098440
Genie Bouchard ‘inspired’, Ana Ivanovic not a fan of humidity: WTA Finals stars on Singapore
She was here in January to help launch the Road to Singapore for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals - and Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard is clearly delighted to be back.
The 20-year-old arrived as one of the top eight players in the world to make her debut in the prestigious year-end event, which is being held in Asia-Pacific for the first time.
https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/genie-bouchard--inspired---ana-ivanovic-not-a-fan-of-humidity--wta-finals-stars-on-singapore-091516309.html
K-wave idols acting out – but fans still love them anyway: Part 1
One Korean star is well-known for his role as a gentle, sensitive shy musician with anime-like looks in mega-hit drama “Boys Over Flowers”, but he was questioned by police in July for allegedly beating up his ex-girl friend and breaking her ribs.
Another dashing K idol described himself as “blissfully” in love with his young wife, but within half a year he had allegedly begun an affair with an even younger model who was arrested for blackmailing him for $5million.
https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/k-wave-idols-acting-out-%E2%80%93-but-fans-still-love-them-anyway--part-1-072848223.html
