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Compass Point renamed as 1 Sengkang Mall
From ‘Compass Point to be renamed 1 Sengkang Mall’, 23 Dec 15, article in CNA Compass Point will have a new name when it re-opens with a new look next year. The shopping centre said on its Facebook...
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Eunoia in the Bible alludes to sexual relations
From ‘New JC name lacks local relevance, historical context’, 31 Dec 15, ST Forum (Estella Young): The choice of an obscure word of Greek origin for the name of Singapore’s newest junior college...
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Nursing home’s Chinese name is blunt and insensitive
From ‘Hougang nursing home needs more sensitive Chinese name’, 29 Apr 16, Voices, Today (Julia Ng): Recently, I drove past a soon-to-be-completed nursing home by Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society on Hougang...
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Singapore no longer known as SIN at sporting events
From ‘No more SIN, it’s SGP at sports meets’, Singapore will no longer be abbreviated as SIN at international sporting events. Look out for SGP instead. The country-code change was approved by the...
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National Gallery Gala ‘Empire Ball’ in poor taste
From ‘National Gallery Singapore drops the theme of its gala dinner following public criticism’, 21 Sept 16, article by Huang Lijie, ST The National Gallery Singapore has dropped the theme, The Empire...
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Syonan a great insult to Singapore
From ‘Name is a great insult to S’pore’ and ‘Why should we name our gallery Syonan’, 11 Feb 17, ST Forum (Ong Lay Eng): The name Syonan is a great insult to Singapore and Singaporeans (“Revamped war...
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Changi naval base renamed RSS Singapura-Changi Naval Base
From ‘Problematic new name for Changi Naval Base’, 18 Feb 17, ST Forum (Sunny Goh, Dr): Names and labels have been under scrutiny lately. While the Syonan Gallery has been hotly debated, one other name...
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William Farquhar should be honoured with a road
From ‘Name a road to honour Farquhar’, 3 June 2017, ST Forum (Tay Zihan): While Sir Stamford Raffles was the founder of Singapore, Lieutenant-Colonel William Farquhar was the First Resident Minister...
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Jingapore plaques removed from MRT stations
From ‘ Welcome to Jingapore mural a wordplay on artist’s name’, 9 Nov 2017, article by Lydia Lam, ST Welcome To Jingapore, reads an explanatory plaque for a two-part artwork installed at two new...
View ArticleEscobar eatery named after evil drug lord
From ‘CNB to keep very close watch on Escobar eatery named after Columbian drug lord’, 8 Feb 2018, article in CNA The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) will be keeping a “very close watch” on a bar named...
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