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SINGAPORE – Siti’s husband, an odd-job worker 10 years her senior, did not allow her to leave the house without him – not even to do marketing. Her husband also did not allow her to work and she was not given an allowance, though he paid for the bills at home. Siti (not her real name), now 38, met her husband while working as a hotel receptionist in Indonesia, where he was holidaying. They got engaged after a long-distance relationship of three months. “I married him as he was very sincere in wanting to marry me,” she said. However, life in Singapore in the early years had been mostly housebound for her. She stayed home to raise their four children, the oldest of whom is now 14. “I felt he was afraid of me making new friends and I felt very alone.” She said she did not go into marriage thinking that a Singaporean man would be her ticket to a better life, but she certainly did not expect the chagrin of having to ask him for money for even the smallest things. “I felt like a child,” she said. “Once I asked him for $5 to buy chilli for cooking, and he said he had no money. I was angry that he had money to buy 4D, but said he had no money to buy chilli.” Many foreign women, wed to low-income Singaporean men, face problems ranging from family violence to poverty. PHOTO: ST Siti is not alone in her marital woes. There are many foreign women, wed to low-income Singaporean men, who face problems ranging from family violence to poverty as well as an uncertain stay in Singapore. These women remain “invisible and voiceless” largely due to their immigration status, as they have limited rights, protection and access to social benefits, said Ms Shailey Hingorani, head of research and advocacy at the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware). She added: “Many lack knowledge of the rights and benefits that they are entitled to and are left feeling helpless in times of need as they do not know where to seek support for various challenges. This is compounded by the limited social networks they have in Singapore.” There are women who remain “invisible and voiceless” largely due to their immigration status, said Ms Shailey Hingorani, head of research and advocacy at the Association of Women for Action and Research. PHOTO: AWARE Lowest family income, highest level of conflict In 2019, 4,426 Singaporean men wed non-resident brides – making up one in five marriages involving at least one citizen, according to the Government’s Population In Brief 2020 report. A recent landmark study on cross-national families by Professor Jean Yeung, founding director of the Centre for Family and Population Research at the National University of Singapore, and PhD student Shuya Lu, shed light on these families. In 2018 and 2019, the researchers interviewed 3,121 women who were the primary caregivers of Singaporean children aged up to six years old. It found that 18 per cent of these families had a wife born overseas and a Singapore-born husband, and 57 per cent had both parents born here. The other families are those with a Singapore-born mum and a foreign-born dad and families with both parents born overseas. The top five countries the foreign-born wives in the study are born in are China (26 per cent), Malaysia (25 per cent), Vietnam (14 per cent), Indonesia (11 per cent) and the Philippines (7 per cent). The study also found that the level of family conflict is inversely related to family income. The pressures of making ends meet often stress a marriage, and families with a foreign-born wife and a Singapore-born husband had the highest level of family conflict. Social workers say Prof Yeung’s study confirms what they have been observing on the ground for years: that many of the Singaporean men who marry foreign wives are older, less educated and are low-wage workers. And given the financial, legal and other challenges many of these women face, the study confirms the vulnerability of these foreign wives, they say. Foreign wives of Singaporean men attend a class at the Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrant and Itinerant People. PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN Shaky foundation to marriage Foreign women married to low-income Singapore men are particularly vulnerable to family violence and marital woes, social workers note. Women interviewed for this story said their marriages were not arranged by matchmaking or “mail-order bride” agencies. The couples had met instead through friends, social media, or while the Singaporean was holidaying or working in their country. One reason these marriages are particularly vulnerable is that the couples tied the knot after a brief courtship and do not know each other well. Sister Sylvia Ng, case manager at the Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, said some of these couples had “shaky foundations” to their marriages. They may have met only a few times before saying I do or they may not even share a common language, she said. Ms Amanda Chong, co-founder of volunteer group Readable, has conducted a research study on migrant brides. Many of the women felt that Singaporean men can provide for them. PHOTO: JASON LAI Ms Amanda Chong, whose research study on migrant brides was published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender in 2014, said that many of these women she interviewed told her they wed a Singaporean as an “economic strategy”. Ms Chong, who co-founded Readable, a volunteer group that teaches children from disadvantaged families literacy and numeracy, added: “They feel that Singaporean men can provide for them and their children will have more opportunities here than in their own countries.” The women often depend on their husbands to support them financially and to sponsor their long-term visit pass (LTVP), she added. So some choose to stay in abusive or strained marriages, as they fear being separated from their children should their husbands cancel their LTVP if they ask for a divorce, social workers say. Siti is a case in point. The LTVP holder had once considered divorce, but banished the thought for fear of never seeing her children again. “So I just tolerated everything,” she said, adding that her relationship with her husband has improved over time. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, however, has said that Singaporeans cannot unilaterally cancel their foreign spouse’s LTVP or long-term visit pass-plus (LTVP+) without their spouse’s consent – a fact which social workers say many foreign wives may not know.

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According to the Asia Power Index 2020, the United States still takes the lead on the military capacity, cultural influence, resilience and defense networks, but falls behind China in four parameters of economic resources, future resources, economic relationships and diplomatic influence across eight measures. https://power.lowyinstitute.org/compare/?countries=china,united-states

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Donald Trump has kept a relatively low profile since leaving Washington. (AP pic) WASHINGTON: Donald Trump plans to return to social media soon, using “his own platform” after being banned from Twitter and other outlets, a former advisor said Sunday. “I do think that we’re going to see president Trump returning to social media in probably about two or three months,” Jason Miller told Fox News. “It’s going to completely redefine the game, and everybody is going to be waiting and watching to see what exactly president Trump does, but it will be his own platform,” said Miller, who held senior posts in both of Trump’s presidential campaigns. Trump’s provocative use of social media was a defining feature of his presidency, as he drew 88 million followers to Twitter and often used tweets to slam his critics or to announce personnel changes or significant policy shifts. But Twitter permanently suspended his @realDonaldTrump account after he used it to encourage people to take part in the rally that turned into the violent storming of the US Capitol on Jan 6. Trump was also banned, temporarily or permanently, by other major platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat. Since leaving Washington and returning to his Mar-a-Lago resort home in Florida, the former president has kept a relatively low profile, largely relegated to issuing occasional news releases. But Miller said Trump had been hard at work. “There’s been a lot of high-power meetings he’s been having at Mar-a-Lago with some teams of folks who’ve been coming in,” Miller said. “There have been numerous companies.” He added: “This new platform is going to be big, and everyone wants him. He’s going to bring millions and millions — tens of millions of people to this new platform.” Miller provided no other details, nor did he say if he will be personally involved. Despite Trump’s defeat in November by Democrat Joe Biden, he remains influential in the Republican Party and has not ruled out a third run for president in 2024.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Parkson Corp Sdn Bhd (Parkson) will shut down two of its department stores this year while “mulling the closure of a third store”, The Edge Malaysia reported this week. The weekly’s report stated that one of the stores set to close is the 18-year-old Parkson Plaza OUG in Kuala Lumpur “when the lease comes to an end in mid-2021” and “the other outlet is a non-performing store”. In Penang, Parkson 1st Avenue “may also shut in mid-2021 due to declining patronage”. Last year saw the closure of 35-year-old Parkson Holiday Plaza in Johor Bahru and the outlet in Terminal 1 Seremban. Both were reported to be “underperforming”. At the end of December last year, Parkson had 41 stores, a decrease from 44 stores as at December 2019. Parkson in Malaysia saw two consecutive quarters of negative growth and anticipates “that the current quarter will also see a contraction”. The Edge wrote that “Parkson, like most retailers, saw its revenue take a hit when the Movement Control Order 2.0 was imposed beginning Jan 13, ahead of the peak Chinese New Year sale period”. “We project that our department store sales will still hover around negative 40% for 1Q2021 (January-March),” Parkson chief operating officer Law Boon Eng told the business publication. “Hopefully, by the end of the second quarter, interstate travel restrictions will be lifted, which will help to increase consumer spending,” he said. “Barring unforeseen circumstances, we should remain narrowly positive for FY2021,” Law added. “Though the outlook for 2021 is still uncertain, the market is picking up. The availability of vaccines and the ongoing process to vaccinate the majority of the population in Malaysia augurs well for quicker recovery, though it will take time to vaccinate enough of the population to reach the targeted 70% to 80% herd immunity,” he explained. For the current fiscal year, Parkson will continue to stay focused on rebuilding its sales and bottom line and keeping an eye out for new opportunities. “We will continue to improve operating efficiencies in our stores during the Covid-19 recovery year of FY2021/22 and tap further on the omnichannel [approach] to achieve sales growth. We will also need to address the supply chain disruption,” Law said. Parkson Corp is Lion Group’s retail arm.

ppl will thought i jin pro so many whisky. infact all cannot drink, only to show show only

then i buy cheap and decent price spirits 2nd hand unopend spirits as deco . cause no one will know. hahahaha that it undrinkable. hhahahahahah then i can display openly in bright light and not worried. hahahaha but for bourbon and vodka for cooking and extract alcohol quality deteriorate matter to it? cause me make recently make some for vanilla extract

me planning to try cigars in my new home

look like bird sign then fly to heaven

@socrates469bc which Bourbons for less then $80 is the best for vanilla extract. many thanks

update more: this list is for everyday drink, affordable and for friend, cousin type only jameson stout caskmates Woodford reserved distiller select evan williams 1783 elijah craig small batch Buffalo trace Four roses small batch Mckenna 10yr wild turkey 101 old forester 1920 114 old grand dad larceny knob creek pikesville

NVM, those that like vaccine will inject more vaccine

those i dont get so much but bourbon and vodka i really do stock up at least 10 bottle but vodka need more here the extract i made. need 2 yr to be ready

check it default warranty like 3 yr onsites not those 1 yr carry in then ownself or free upgrade to 3 yr onsites usually business laptop have less issues and even got issues also come to your home

ya. but do parafilm help? those online video just need to wet the cock once every 2month

but will hoot more bourbon and vodka for cooking and extract