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There was a bombshell revelation in Parliament on Monday, as Workers’ Party MP Raeesah Khan admitted that her past account of accompanying a sexual assault victim to the police station had been fabricated. What’s next for the youngest ever MP? Also, Elon Musk promises to sell billions of dollars of Tesla stock to fund a UN campaign if it can really help end world hunger. 

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Opposition MP Raeesah Khan admits to lying in Parliament

• Raeesah Khan admits to lying about accompanying rape victim to police station, apologises for allegations
• WP MP Raeesah Khan referred to committee after admitting she lied to Parliament about sexual assault case
• What is parliamentary privilege and what happens when it is breached?
• MP Raeesah Khan shouldn’t have shared account containing ‘untruths’ in Parliament: WP chief Pritam Singh
• Statement from  The Workers' Party
• Statement from AWARE (31 Oct)
• Statement from AWARE (4 Oct)

Elon Musk ends world hunger

• Elon Musk Willing to Sell Tesla Stock to ‘Solve World Hunger’ | Complex
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It's a short one today, folks! Singapore-born footballing talent Harry Birtwhistle, 17 years old, has been offered a professional contract to play with the Wolverhampton Wanderers of the Premier League, but has been disallowed from skipping his National Service obligations or even renouncing his SG citizenship to pursue the opportunity. Is this a fair move by MINDEF? How will this decision factor into young SG athletes’ futures as they chase their dreams?

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Local football prodigy offered Premier League contract but unable to skip NS obligations

• 1st S'pore-born footballer to sign for EPL club applied to renounce S'pore citizenship to 'evade NS': Mindef
• Birtwistle rewarded with professional contract | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
• Football: Wolves defender Birtwistle, 17, 'so honoured' to be first S'pore-born player in EPL
• Football: A timeline of the Ben Davis saga
• Parliament: Minister Ng Eng Hen's full speech on why Mindef rejected footballer Ben Davis' deferment request
• Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians, defaulted on NS obligations: MINDEF
  
  

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• Fakkah Fuzz's Special: "System Down"
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National Development Minister Desmond Lee unveiled the new PLH model under HDB, which aims to keep public housing in prime locations “affordable, accessible and inclusive for Singaporeans”. What difference will it make for the average SGean? Also, to the chagrin of a few other local authors, Wang Lei, the getai singer, was selected to speak on “dying trades” as part of the Singapore Writer’s Festival. Why the anger?

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HDB’s new Prime Location Public Housing

• MND announces stricter ownership criteria for HDB flats in prime locations, including 10-year minimum occupancy period
• New ‘prime location’ HDB flats not available for singles, non-nuclear families
• HDB | Priority Schemes
• Home seekers see benefits of 10-year MOP, limitations on resale buyers for new prime HDB flats
• First BTO project in Rochor under new prime housing model to launch in November
• Stricter criteria for public housing in prime areas could deter some new families, say property analysts
• 106 HDB resale flats sold for over S$1m in first half of 2021, over 4-fold increase year-on-year
• Here’s How Much You Need To Earn To Be ‘Rich’ in 23 Major Countries Around the World

Writers slam Wang Lei as choice of speaker

• Authors angry foul-mouthed entertainer Wang Lei invited as S'pore Writers Festival guest speaker
• S'pore marine biologist calls out getai host Wang Lei for promoting products made from endangered giant clams
• Swedish black metal band Watain's gig in Singapore cancelled due to 'security concerns'
  
  

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• A WES ANDERSON-ISH SINGAPORE - An Architectural Short Film in 4K / Archifest 2021

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Over the weekend, it was revealed that local and foreign delegates at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum (NEF) to be held from 16th-19th November would be allowed to dine together in groups of up to 5 at pre-designated restaurants in the city, in spite of the current curbs that limit dining-in to a maximum of 2 people until 21st November. Double standards? Elitism? Why are so many people furious? In the same weekend, Xiaxue broke the internet by dropping a feature-film-length interview with Sylvia Chan. How are people reacting to this shocking new chapter in the NOC saga?

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Special dine-in rules for Bloomberg Forum

• Participants at Bloomberg forum must be vaccinated, undergo daily testing
• Bloomberg forum protocols similar to current arrangements for MICE events, which allow groups of 5 to dine in: EDB, STB
• Non-socially distanced music festival to be trialed
• Gan Kim Yong explains 5-person dining in rule for Bloomberg forum, stresses event's importance for S'pore
• Bloomberg forum: Not 'practical' to extend dining in for 5 to Singaporeans – Gan Kim Yong

Xiaxue interviews Sylvia from NOC

• Sylvia Chan’s 2-hour interview with Xiaxue summarised in point form
• Former NOC influencers react to Sylvia Chan interview with Xiaxue
• All the questions Sylvia Chan didn’t really answer during that 107-minute long interview

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• EVERYTHING WRONG WITH WOKE CULTURE | and the impact on feminism (2021)

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On the movie set of “Rust”, in which Alec Baldwin is acting and a producer, a prop gun in the actor’s hands misfired and killed their cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Does Hollywood have a problem with safety? Also, the courts rejected a man’s guilty plea after he had live-streamed his tense and allegedly xenophobic row with a bus driver. Why did they do so?

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Alec Baldwin’s prop gun misfires on Hollywood set and kills cinematographer

• What is a prop gun and how do they work on movie sets? Here's what we know about Alec Baldwin incident
• Alec Baldwin prop gun shooting: Star didn't know gun had live rounds
• Alec Baldwin says he's 'fully cooperating with police' after fatal shooting on 'Rust' set
• Who was Halyna Hutchins? Tributes paid to director of photography killed by prop gun
• FACTBOX-Five facts about Alec Baldwin
  
  

No guilty plea for man behind livestreamed row with bus driver

• Court rejects guilty plea of man who live-streamed row with bus driver, after lawyer disputes ‘essence’ of harassment charge
• Minister weighs in after incident of passenger abusing bus driver

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The liberalisation of the SG energy market that began in 2018 was supposed to herald a bright new future for consumers. However, 3 electricity retailers have suddenly thrown in the towel in the past week, leaving their customers back at square one. Was there anything that could have been done differently? And NOC is back in the news again, with a fresh set of allegations by staff and ex-staff, this time with screenshots and evidence neatly categorized in a dedicated blogpost. We discuss what surprised us in this round of allegations.

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SG electricity retailers suddenly shut down

• Lights out for some electricity retailers in Singapore: Why and what it means for consumers
• askST: Why are electricity retailers shutting and what are my options if my retailer is folding?
• Households encouraged to use electricity 'prudently' as costs increase due to rising fuel prices: Gan Kim Yong
• Singapore electricity provider iSwitch Energy quits market, pressure on others

Another NOC exposé reveals even worse allegation

• Calls to cancel NOC's Sylvia Chan grow after fresh allegations of workplace abuse surface 
  
  

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• When M.I.T. Asked Dorian Abbot to Speak, It Invited Criticism
• Japanese Love for trains drove him to open a special cafe in Singapore | Wong Kim Hoh 

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Recently, streaming platform Netflix came under a firestorm of criticism from the LGBTQ+ community both outside the company and internally, with transgender Netflix staff planning a walkout on 20th October. All this was caused by the launch of Dave Chapelle’s final standup comedy special on their platform, which contained “transphobic” content, and the CEO’s defense of the material in spite of the backlash. Why is everyone closely watching this controversy, and why would it matter to someone in Singapore? Elsewhere, the Hooters franchise unveiled a new uniform for their servers that ruffled feathers, so much so that they had to backtrack on the implementation of these uniforms.

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Comedian Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special ignites “transphobia” controversy

• Netflix Trans Employees Plan Walkout Over Dave Chappelle Special | Variety
• A timeline of Netflix's Dave Chapelle special fallout | sfgate
• Ted Sarandos' Defense of Dave Chappelle Special Misses the Point | Variety
• Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer’ Is Not a Simple Victim-Bully Story | The Atlantic
• Actually, Netflix, Content Like Dave Chappelle’s Transphobic Comedy Special Does “Directly Translate To Real World Harm” | Yahoo
• Family of trans woman who Dave Chapelle in Netflix special said was hounded to death for defending his jokes in 2019 slam woke mob trying to cancel him: Sister says you can't 'demand everyone see it your way' | Daily Mail
• Netflix's support of Dave Chappelle is setting a dangerous precedent. Here's why. | USA Today
• Dave Chappelle Accomplished Exactly What He Wanted To | Slate
• Dave Chappelle vs. trans people vs. Netflix | Vox

Hooters staff complain that their new uniforms are inappropriate

• Hooters amends uniform policy after employees condemn ‘disturbing’ new shorts
  
  

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Recently, with the announcement of VTLs with 11 different countries, SGeans have been flocking to travel agents and airline offices to plan their year-end trips. But as Haresh personally discovers, the VTL isn’t as attractive a prospect as it looks on paper. In the NBA, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving has been banned from playing or training with his team as long as he remains unvaccinated. Is he being a “voice for the voiceless”, or just a selfish diva?  

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SGeans itching to travel on VTL crash SIA website

• No lack of interest in S'pore for leisure travel under VTL despite higher costs, risk of longer stay if infected
• Singaporeans flock to SIA service centre at Ion after news of easing of Covid-19 travel curbs
• Singapore Airlines website hit by 'technical difficulties' after announcement on vaccinated travel lanes
• Vaccinated and want to travel? Here's what you need to know

Unvaxxed NBA star Kyrie Irving banned from playing

• Kyrie Irving on not getting vaxxed: Just doing what's best for me
• Vaccines not a must for NBA players
• The Nets’ Kyrie Irving won’t play until he’s vaccinated

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• Intersections of Singapore (Art)
• What Dinoraurs ACTUALLY looked like?

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Content creator Jaze Phua recently exploded on TikTok, gaining 1.5 million followers in a month, largely based on his Squid Game videos. We discuss how TikTok differs from other platforms he’s been on, and where he sees the future of entertainment and social media. And of course, we talk about the current issue of the toxic culture among Singapore YouTubers - why and how did we come to this?

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• Instagram
• Facebook
• TikTok
• YouTube

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• The Guilty | Official Trailer | Jake Gyllenhaal | Netflix
• Days Gone
• Demon Slayer

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A study by a social enterprise, Happiness Initiative, uncovered that several socio-demographic factors such as household income and sexual orientation had a disproportionately large impact on Singapore residents’ happiness. Also, YouTube channel Night Owl Cinematics, after facing a tsunami of online criticism for the way its co-founder, Sylvia Chan, verbally abused her employees, is now doubling down in its latest PR statement and denying the allegations. Is that a good or bad PR move?

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Study discovers what makes Singaporeans happy

• ‘Purpose, perseverance, support, money and sexual orientation’: Study maps out what makes a person in Singapore happy
• Happiness Initiative

NOC claps back at allegations of toxic work environment

• Sgcickenrice IG account that detailed the screenshots and allegations
• NOC's Sylvia Allegedly Used Vulgarities On Staff, Group Chat Screenshots Leaked In TikTok Exposé | GirlStyle Singapore
• 'We need this job': People claiming to be Night Owl Cinematics staff speak up against public fallout | Mothership.SG
• Colgate and MILO distance from NOC co-founder Sylvia Chan post bullying claims | Marketing Interactive
• Night Owl Cinematics hits back at allegations of toxic work culture | AsiaOne
• Production firm Night Owl Cinematics calls employee abuse allegations a ‘massive’ smear campaign | todayonline

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