At the behest of a friend, I’m putting up this post which is about a career that’s available with SingHealth and/or SGH. 
(I don’t want to blow my own trumpet but I’ve been very successful in matching employers and potential employees in at least three instances and would be happy to continue this – all for no more than a word of thanks!)
Anyway [...]

One of my favourite email chain letters must be the one claiming that the Hokkeins — who come from the southern China province of Fujian — are the descendants of the Tang Dynasty.
The email asserted that when the Tang Dynasty collapsed, the people from that dynasty fled South and sought refuge in the Hokkien ( Fujian ) province.
“Hence, Hokkiens [...]

Say what you like, but I think the Yanks are party poopers of the worst sort.
Take what the United States has been doing in recent weeks.
First sale of arms to Taiwan, which was and always will be a part of China whatever the Taipeh Government thinks.
Second, President Obama receiving the exiled Dalai Lama in Washington; [...]

and get with it, dear fellow Singaporeans!
The following is an extract from asia! Magazine’s website http://www.theasiamag.com/ and written by Lee Han Shih the founder, publisher and editor who has Mr Lee Kong Chian and Mr Tan Kah Kee as his paternal grandfather and maternal grreat grandfather respectively. 
“Westerners are attracted to China for one reason: its economy, [...]

Learn simple Chinese, the Singapore way:
沒錢的時候，養豬；有錢的時候，養狗。
When without money, keep pigs;
When have money, keep dogs.
沒錢的時候，在家裡吃野菜；有錢的時候，在酒店吃野菜。
When without money, eat at home with wife;
When have money, dine in fine restaurant.
沒錢的時候，在馬路上騎自行車；有錢的時候，在客廳裡騎自行車。
When without money, ride bicycle;
When have money, ride exercise machine. 
  
沒錢的時候,想結婚；有錢的時候,想離婚。
When without money, wish to get married;
When have money, wish to get divorced.
沒錢的時候,老婆兼秘書；有錢的時候,秘書兼老婆。
When without money, wife becomes secretary;
When have money, [...]

My sister Daffy loves dabbling in ancient things and then, given half a chance, will add a modern twist to the old things. For her own use or as gifts to me and her very close friends. Most of the jade earrings I own and wear are from her, each pair painstakingly put together, each pair [...]

… why not Chinese Singaporeans?
It’s one of those questions that riles me time and again.
A Singaporean Peranakan friend told me the other day that she didn’t understand why our Government pays so much attention to the very small minority who kicks up a huge fuss disproportionate to their number — about themselves or their children [...]

The SingHealth Group has a vacancy for a senior Manager for its Group Communications portfolio.
Applicants must be senior communications professionals ready to be a member of the group’s dynamic team tasked to build up the profile of SingHealth in its pursuit of excellence in patient care, research and education.
The job involves overseeing a team responsible [...]

Pressure on the People’s Republic of China to let the yuan rise is coming from all directions, says StanChart, though “poor export numbers, sluggish private investment growth, and low inflation provide little incentive for China to do anything at this point.
This is based on a Dow Jones “flash” on the StanChart view.
However, StanChart expects [...]

Singapore has always held that an economically vibrant and successful China is good for Singapore and a major plus for Asia. China’s rapid economic expansion is a key catalyst for growth in Asia.’
So said Singapore’s President S R Nathan at the state banquet at the Istana on Nov 11 to honour President Hu Jintao who [...]

While doing my random surfing of favourite blogs, I came across a feisty post putting up a strong defence of the rights of new immigrants in Singapore, in this particular instance “a Chinese Chinese” woman who married a Singapore man.
The post I’m reproducing (below) as well as some of the most fantastically sensitive writing in blogosphere can be [...]

It was something of a pleasant surprise to learn that a Singapore Permanent Resident who hailed from China took part in the People’s Republic of China’s 60th National Day parade on Oct 1, as part of the women’s militia contingent.
Zhang Yuanyuan (left centre) now 28, apparently came to Singapore to study and work in 2003 and became a PR two years [...]

As today is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), it is fitting to post  a snippet about the Chinese patriotic film “Jian Guo Da Ye” or “The Founding of A Republic”.
Released across China last month, the blockbuster, especially in terms of the number of Chinese stars appearing in it [...]

A basic script writing  workshop conducted in Putonghua will be held over four days — 23-24 and 30-31 Oct, from 9.00am to 6.00pm at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore.
This workshop, said to be the first of its kind in Singapore, is aimed at aspiring scriptwriters eager to break into the world of script writing.
Proficiency in written Mandarin is not [...]

This is a song popularised by the late Taiwanese songbird Teresa Teng (left). It is very much loved by Chinese Singaporeans, from the highly placed (eg the late president Ong Teng Cheong and his wife) to the dwellers of HDB heartland. It is heard sung from karaoke to concert halls.