Category Archives: News and politics

Exclusive Interview with the President of FDI World Dental Federation!

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Exclusive Interview with the President of FDI World Dental Federation  By Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM  The intrepid Travelling Gourmet chats with Il Presidente…  MEETING Dr. Orlando Monteiro da Silva, the President of FDI World Dental Federation at IDEM … Continue reading →

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Curry-Krieg in Singapur!

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

Laut einem Bericht der Zeitung  ,Today’ am 17. August 2011 gab es einen Krieg  wegen Curry zwischen einer chinesischen Familie aus (PRC) der Volksrepublik China, und einer singapurianischen Familie indischer Abstammung, die Nachbarn sind. Der Streitpunkt entwickelte sich ueber die … Continue reading →

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Obama, NATO, the UN & Gaddafi

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

MOST people find it glaringly clear that smooth talking President Obama, his advisors, NATO and the UN are gutless, cowardly custards who are unable to take the swift and decisive action needed to end the Libyan crisis by swift and … Continue reading →

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International Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 Jan 2011

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Israel in Singapore, Mrs. Michal Sarig-Kaduri who is a 3rd generation Holocaust survivor said sombrely, “The Nazis practiced totality and globality in their genocide and made an industry of killing Jews.”

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UN Holocaust Remembrance Day

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Today I attended the International Holocaust Remembrance Day with HE The Israeli Ambassador and the Deputy Chief of Mission. It commemorates the day 65 years ago when Allied Forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau Konzentrationslaeger in Poland and the over 6 million Jews … Continue reading →

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Bloody Bus Hijack in Manila

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

Singapore Airlines Flight 117 was hijacked by 4 people claiming to be members of the Pakistan Peoples Party on March 26, 1991. Singapore Special Operations Force members comprsisng mainly elite SAF Commandos stormed the plane, killing all four hijackers. All 118 … Continue reading →

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Maverick who whipped the Soviets!

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

  LUFKIN, Texas | The late Rep. Charlie Wilson was a dedicated public servant who took his work but never himself seriously, friends recalled during a memorial service in his Texas hometown. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is challenging Texas … Continue reading →

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Der Fall die Berliner Mauer!

Posted on November 5, 2009 by

  This is what happened on 9 November 1989! Eat your heart out Mao, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh! Ha! Ha!   By Alastair Macdonald REUTERS, BERLIN Saturday, Nov 06, 1999, Page 12 Ten years ago on Tuesday, as much … Continue reading →

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Singapore’s 42nd National Day

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

On August 9th, sunny Singapore will celebrate its 42nd National Day. We may be small but we Singaporeans have big hearts and our independent republic is the "Switzerland of the EAST"  We are also Asia’s gastronomic capital. Happy Birthday Singapore! Maju-lah … Continue reading →

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