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Wednesday #sgroundup: Singapore PM hits back at social media ‘pack behaviour’

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Singapore PM hits back at social media 'pack behaviour'

Internet rules are necessary to restrain "pack behaviour" in social media and ensure civility between users, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in remarks released Wednesday. (Getty Images)
Internet rules are necessary to restrain "pack behaviour" in social media and ensure civility between users, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in remarks released Wednesday. (Getty Images)

Internet rules are necessary to restrain "pack behaviour" in social media and ensure civility between users, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in remarks released Wednesday. Lee said that social media raised the risk of an overreaction from the public when contentious incidents occur in the ethnically diverse city-state, with "unrestrained, anonymous viciousness". Lee referred to several local incidents that have sparked off unbridled web outrage, including derogatory comments against Singaporeans posted on social media by British expatriate Anton Casey last week.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-pm-hits-back-social-media-quot-pack-065555880.html

Unemployment remains low in Singapore: MOM

Unemployment remained low in Singapore and income growth strengthened last year, according to the Ministry of Manpower. (Getty Images)
Unemployment remained low in Singapore and income growth strengthened last year, according to the Ministry of Manpower. (Getty Images)

Unemployment remained low in Singapore and income growth strengthened last year, according to the Ministry of Manpower. The annual overall unemployment rate dropped to 1.9 per cent last year from 3 per cent the previous year, it said on Wednesday on the release of its “Employment Situation 2013” report.The ministry said that preliminary estimates showed that overall and citizen unemployment rates for December remained unchanged from the respective 1.8 per cent and 2.8 per cent rates for September.
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/unemployment-remains-low-in-singapore--mom-113841190.html

Super-fit ‘uncles’ on mission to inspire senior citizens in Singapore

Ngai Hin Kwok runs a total of 65km every week. He can do 28 pull-ups, 33 chin-ups (palms inwards), 100 push-ups and 600 squats at a go. (Team Strong Silvers photo)
Ngai Hin Kwok runs a total of 65km every week. He can do 28 pull-ups, 33 chin-ups (palms inwards), 100 push-ups and 600 squats at a go. (Team Strong Silvers photo)

Ngai Hin Kwok runs a total of 65km every week. He can do 28 pull-ups, 33 chin-ups (palms inwards), 100 push-ups and 600 squats at a go. At 64, he is also a semi-retired grandfather of one. But ‘old’ is not how Ngai and his equally fit-as-a-fiddle friends Ng Bee Kia, 68, and Ng Siu Chi, 55, see themselves. Find out more about the uncles:
http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/super-fit--uncles--on-mission-to-inspire-senior-citizens-in-singapore-041951797.html

Money and pride keep families apart this Chinese New Year

As millions join the world's largest annual human migration, some in China will not return home for the Lunar New Year, fearing the rising costs of seasonal gifts and ridicule from their families. (AFP Photo)
As millions join the world's largest annual human migration, some in China will not return home for the Lunar New Year, fearing the rising costs of seasonal gifts and ridicule from their families. (AFP Photo)

As millions join the world's largest annual human migration, some in China will not return home for the Lunar New Year, fearing the rising costs of seasonal gifts and ridicule from their families. The Lunar New Year, known as the Spring Festival in China, is the only time that many of China's 245 million migrants will see their families all year. However, financial pressures in an increasingly wealthy but unequal society are such that a growing number of migrants are choosing to spend the festival at their place of work.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/money-pride-keep-families-apart-china-040639089.html

Gay daughter of HK tycoon makes heartfelt plea to dad

The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, who offered more than $100 million to find her a male suitor, has issued a heartfelt open letter urging him to accept her sexuality. (AFP Photo)
The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, who offered more than $100 million to find her a male suitor, has issued a heartfelt open letter urging him to accept her sexuality. (AFP Photo)

The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, who offered more than $100 million to find her a male suitor, has issued a heartfelt open letter urging him to accept her sexuality. "I know it's difficult for you to understand how I could feel romantically attracted to a woman; I suppose I can't really explain it either. It just happens, peacefully and gently," she wrote in the letter, which was published in the South China Morning Post on Wednesday and circulated to other Hong Kong media.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/gay-daughter-hk-tycoon-makes-heartfelt-plea-dad-042345307.html

HD: Wednesday #sgroundup: Singapore PM hits back at social media "pack behaviour"

Here are the top trending stories for the day in case you missed them.

Singapore PM hits back at social media "pack behaviour"

Internet rules are necessary to restrain "pack behaviour" in social media and ensure civility between users, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in remarks released Wednesday. Lee said that social media raised the risk of an overreaction from the public when contentious incidents occur in the ethnically diverse city-state, with "unrestrained, anonymous viciousness". Lee referred to several local incidents that have sparked off unbridled web outrage, including derogatory comments against Singaporeans posted on social media by British expatriate Anton Casey last week.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-pm-hits-back-social-media-quot-pack-065555880.html

Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade to undergo rebranding

CDL Hospitality Trust announced that the Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade on Claymore Road will be undergoing renovation works and rebranding as a "family-friendly mall." According to the release, the said mall will be renamed Claymore Link as part of the S$25 million asset enhancement initiative first announced announced in May. Claymore Link will be improving its retail offerings, with supermarket retailer Cold Storage as its anchor tenant, "to cater to the growing residential population and vibrant retail activity along the Orchard Road shopping belt."

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/orchard-hotel-shopping-arcade-undergo-rebranding-085752273--sector.html

Super-fit ‘uncles’ on mission to inspire senior citizens in Singapore

Ngai Hin Kwok runs a total of 65km every week. He can do 28 pull-ups, 33 chin-ups (palms inwards), 100 push-ups and 600 squats at a go. At 64, he is also a semi-retired grandfather of one. But ‘old’ is not how Ngai and his equally fit-as-a-fiddle friends Ng Bee Kia, 68, and Ng Siu Chi, 55, see themselves. Find out more about the uncles:

http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/super-fit--uncles--on-mission-to-inspire-senior-citizens-in-singapore-041951797.html

Money and pride keep families apart this Chinese New Year

As millions join the world's largest annual human migration, some in China will not return home for the Lunar New Year, fearing the rising costs of seasonal gifts and ridicule from their families. The Lunar New Year, known as the Spring Festival in China, is the only time that many of China's 245 million migrants will see their families all year. However, financial pressures in an increasingly wealthy but unequal society are such that a growing number of migrants are choosing to spend the festival at their place of work.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/money-pride-keep-families-apart-china-040639089.html

Gay daughter of HK tycoon makes heartfelt plea to dad

The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, who offered more than $100 million to find her a male suitor, has issued a heartfelt open letter urging him to accept her sexuality. "I know it's difficult for you to understand how I could feel romantically attracted to a woman; I suppose I can't really explain it either. It just happens, peacefully and gently," she wrote in the letter, which was published in the South China Morning Post on Wednesday and circulated to other Hong Kong media.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/gay-daughter-hk-tycoon-makes-heartfelt-plea-dad-042345307.html