Anthony’s Stupid Daily Blog (314): Tue 24th Jan 2023

I was supposed to be meeting Dad in town at 12 this afternoon but I slept in. I woke up at 11:43 even though my charger was plugged into the phone and the plug was definitely on. I rang dad and told him I’d get a taxi there but he said to just take the bus and get there when I got there. I’m sick of this fucking phone but unknown that it’s pointless getting a new one because fathers will be some reason why that one doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to be either. I’ve learned that any potential upgrade in my life always ends up backfiring on my so it’s more beneficial to me to just learn to tolerate the shit I’ve got at the moment. I finally got to the travel agent and handed over my passport so the lass could take a picture and then upload it to her systems but for some reason the picture wouldn’t upload. She asked three of her colleagues at the travel agents but none of them knew how to do it either and she told us we were going to have to come back in a few hours when her manager came in to show them how to do it. I could tell Dad was getting ready to rage at this poor bitch but I managed to quell the situation telling him that we would go for food and some shopping while we were waiting. We went for some food at the Cooper Rose. While I was eating my jacket potato with coleslaw I realized that I tend to eat whenever I’m bored so in order to start eating healthier I need to make more of an effort not to be bored. In theory this really shouldn’t be hard at all because I have a huge amount of films, books, comics, streaming services, music and pretty much all the entertainment I ever want to take my mind off snacking. After two hours of wandering around we went back the the lasses had finally figured out how to upload the details they needed. Both Dad and I paid for our ESTAs and travel insurance and with that we are officially good to go as our trip to LA is all bought and paid for. I can’t believe that it’s actually happening. Since I started watching WWE in 2001 WrestleMania has always been a dream of mine but always seemed like this impossible thing that I would never achieve but now it’s just over two months away.

Tuned into tonight’s Hollyoaks. So Vicky's leaving? She's only been in about five minutes. Could they not have moved her into the flat-share with Hunter, Prince, Lacey, Nadira, Lacey and Rayne? She'd fit in great with those guys. It really makes you wonder what’s going through the writers heads when they write out a character after such a short space of time. I assume it’s because they think the audience hasn’t resonated with them but then you could also put the blame squarely on the writers for not giving the character enough to do. Another storyline involved the Chen-Williams crew trying to figure out how to punish Mason for his misogyny. I think if I were Mason’s dad I’d make him dress as a woman for a year and have him see how it feels to have men wolf whistle him and call him a prude. Then again this could backfire as he might like it. In the end Honour has gone to Eric, a misogynist who tried to kill women with a crossbow for advice on how to make Mason more respectful towards women. Uh good luck with that one. I think she'd probably get better advice from Andrew Tate

Hollyoaks spoilers follow. Next week on Hollyoaks, Eric causes further turmoil for the Chen-Williams family when a visit from Honour ends in a big row. Elsewhere, Bobby faces sentencing over his ...

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Hollyoaks spoilers: Honour Chen-Williams floored as Dave reveals they’re not actually married in restraining order twist

Honour couldn’t quite believe what Dave had to say (Picture: Lime Pictures) Honour Chen-Williams (Vera Chok) was rendered speechless in Hollyoaks as Dave (Dominic Power) dropped a huge bombshell, revealing that they’re not actually married. The psychiatrist, as viewers know, was determined to find out the reason why Dave’s ex-wife Flora took out a restraining order against him years ago, after…

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I’m finding it so much more tolerable to watch the show as a binge watch lately. I’m very curious as to what they are going to do with the Chen - Williams. Mason’s incel story is an important one, and it seems like Ethan, Dave and Honour all have some secrets from their past, which seems to be hinting at them coming out, so I’m intrigued. I’ve enjoyed this family tbh.

I quite like them too, especially Lizzie and Mason. Although I find the family tree incredibly complicated and I'm still not sure I fully understand how they're all related to each other!

February In August My Dearest PoetryPeeps… I cannot express how full my heart is. This February In August show is the very first that I have been granted to curate in the historical Studio Space at The Grand Theatre. This production was also a dedication, a testament and celebration of Black Excellence and Artistic Contribution to The Grand. Furthermore, this exhibition of inclusivity and diversity is an indication of the new norms and new narratives being created here. I wish to humbly state that I believe that February In August was a resounding success, which could only be possible with all of you. Poet Sholley Powell Poet Adetola Adedipe Poet Chris L. Butler Poet Tanecia Cromwell Honourable Mentions: Kristine Astop Kate Tattersall K The Chosen Laurie Fuhr Brandy Jennifer Yasmin Butler Adrienne Williams Eckoe Beauchamp JP Beauchamp Jennifer Slebioda Agnes Chen In absentia: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz Michelle Myers-Maxwell Extra Special Thank You to All of The Wonderful Staff and Technicians of The Grand Theatre My sincerest gratitude to those who make The Grand Theatre do the grand things it does- and have made this possible in every which way: Naite Chiang, Program Director Jenna Klein-Waller, Director of Programming and Engagement Erynn Lyster, CEO And with that.. See you next August - I mean next February - I mean - All Year Round. Every damn day. WarmestRegards, ~W🎤⬇️ #wakefieldbrewster #page2stageproductions #poetlaureateyyc #yycpoetlaureate #poetlaureate #artscommons #tdincubator #yycarts #artistsofyyc #theindieyyc #thegrandyyc #centurygardens #cityofcalgary #downtowncalgaryassociation (at Studio at the Grand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch2Tq4yLV5l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It was May, 2012. Inside a gloomy, oak panelled courtroom in the Royal Courts of Justice in London, a group of bewigged British and Malaysian lawyers confronted a legal team from the British Foreign and Commonwealth office in front of a panel of judges. Led by John Halford of the Bindmans law firm and Dato Quek Ngee Meng, the legal team was in court to argue the case for a public enquiry into what they called “a grotesque, on-going injustice” committed decades earlier in British Malaya. This was the period of the ‘Emergency’: a war without a name fought in the Malayan jungles against communist insurgents who wanted an immediate end to British rule.

On the other side of the court sat lawyers for the defendants, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In that rather claustrophobic courtroom, British justice was being asked to make a judgement about history and moral responsibility.

For me as an historian and journalist, it was a highly charged moment. As they spoke, the words of the lawyers seemed to evoke the restless spirits of 24 Chinese workers shot dead in December, 1948 by British soldiers on a plantation close to the Malayan village of Batang Kali.

Just one man was left alive. His name was Chong Hong and he was in his 20s at the time. He had fainted in terror and the British soldiers left him for dead. By 2012, Chong Hong was long dead. But a handful of eye-witnesses remained alive. Loh Ah Choy, just seven when the soldiers rampaged through the plantation; Tham Yong, aged 17. In Court 3 that day in 2012, three of the villagers – now in their late 60s and 70s, who had long ago watched the slaughter of their menfolk – sat apprehensive and rather frail beside their lawyers. I talked briefly to Loh Ah Choy during a break in court proceedings. After so many years, there was still pain in her eyes as she talked about the men who had died.

The ‘Batang Kali massacre’ has sometimes – and not entirely accurately – been called ‘Britain’s My Lai’: referring to a Vietnam War atrocity when ‘Charlie Company’, led by Lt. William Calley, murdered hundreds of unarmed civilians on March 16th, 1968.

Since the killings, successive British governments refused to hold a public enquiry into what had taken place and why the men were killed. At the time, it was claimed that the victims were ‘bandits’. This was baseless. No apology was, it seems, considered by the British. For decades, the relatives of the dead men like Tham Yong and Loh Ah Choy kept their silence. They had been left destitute after the killings – and survival had more meaning to them than a search for justice.

In the end, the legal case failed. The lawyers’ arguments were rejected by the UK Supreme Court in 2015 – but for the British establishment, the Court’s judgement made uncomfortable reading. For Lord Kerr, one of the court’s justices said the “overwhelming preponderance of currently available evidence” showed “wholly innocent men were mercilessly murdered and the failure of the authorities of this state to conduct an effective inquiry into their deaths.” The problem for the Court was time. The killings may have been unlawful, Lord Neuberger concluded, but they occurred more than 10 years before the critical date when the right of petition to the Strasbourg court of human rights was recognised by the UK and created a duty to investigate.

The lawyers generated a great deal of new historically valuable information – not only about what happened in Batang Kali, but about how and why a ‘very British cover up’ was maintained for so long.It was thanks to the efforts of the legal teams that we now know what happened on that day in British Malaya. There is now no dispute that on December 11th, 1948 a 14-man patrol from the 7th Platoon, G Company, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, led by two lance-sergeants, Charles Douglas and Thomas Hughes, entered Batang Kali where they encountered 50 or so unarmed villagers.

The tiny settlement was part of the Sungei Remok rubber estate in the state of Selangor, which at the time was a British protectorate. By the time the platoon left the village the following day, 24 men had been shot dead. The first report of the killings in the Singapore-based Straits Times sounded a shrill note of triumph: ‘Police, Bandits kill 28 [sic] bandits in day … Biggest Success for Forces since Emergency Started’. It would not take long for the official story to unravel. ‘Good news’ like the Batang Kali operation was in short supply at the end of the first year of the Emergency. The roots of the conflict go back to the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore, which began in February 1942. The traumatic loss of Singapore to a grossly underrated Asian foe shamed and humiliated the British and led many Asians to reassess their former masters.

In the first months of the occupation the Japanese slaughtered many thousands of Chinese civilians in Singapore and across Malaya. Japan had been waging a brutal war in mainland China since 1937 and alleged that the Chinese in Malaya were a security risk. Many young Chinese fled into the dense Malayan jungle, where they began to organise guerrilla units to fight back against the Japanese. The Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) was dominated by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and by the end of the war was backed by the British ‘Force 136’, a branch of the Special Operations Executive. After the Japanese surrender in 1945 the British honoured the MPAJA , awarding its future leader Chin Peng an OBE.

As India moved towards independence the chronically indebted postwar British government clung onto Malaya, with its valuable tin and rubber resources. Although the returning colonial power signalled that independence was on the agenda, it seemed to both a new generation of Malay nationalists and the Communists that it was ‘colonial business as usual’.

This was intolerable. The MPAJA now became the vanguard of anti-British resistance, as the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), turning their British-supplied guns on the returned colonial authorities. The MNLA was backed by a secret army of supporters known as the Min Yuen (People’s Movement). MNLA fighters depended on the Min Yuen and Chinese villagers, willing or unwilling, for essential supplies. This was the background to the events that unfolded in December 1948. It explains why, to begin with, the British could claim that shooting Chinese civilians on a rubber plantation was a ‘success’: in the eyes of British troops, any Chinese-Malayan villager might be a ‘bandit’ – and so ‘fair game’.

The ‘successful operation’ story crumbled rapidly. A few of the surviving villagers told their story to Li Chen, the Chinese consul-general, who held a press conference on December 21st. The following day the British owner of the Sungei Remok Estate, Thomas Menzies, who had serious clout in the British estate-owners’ community and was dismayed by the loss of 24 workers, publicly stated that his men had a long record of good conduct. By December 24th the Straits Times was calling for a public enquiry.

At the end of January the British Communist MP Philip Piratin demanded that Arthur Creech-Jones, the colonial secretary, explain the actions of the Scots Guards. Creech-Jones replied that an “enquiry by the civil authorities” had concluded that “had the security forces not opened fire, the suspect Chinese would have made good an escape, which had obviously been pre-arranged”. Creech-Jones’ ‘enquiry’ into a “necessary but nasty operation” quashed the debate about the killing.

But then there was an unexpected turn of events. In December 1969, a former National Serviceman called William Cootes confessed his role in the killings to a journalist from the People, then a British Sunday newspaper. Cootes said he was motivated by the furore unleashed by US journalist Seymour Hersh’s revelations about the My Lai massacre the previous year. The scandal provoked a debate about whether British troops would have been capable of committing such an atrocity. Public opinion resisted such slurs, but Cootes knew better. He had been one of the 14 Scots Guardsmen who had entered Batang Kali.

Cootes claimed that his commanding officer, George Ramsay, had briefed his men that they were going to a village and would “wipe out anybody they found there.” Other former members of the platoon also came forward and backed up Cootes’ allegations. Alan Tuppen testified that: “He [Ramsay] said we were to go out on patrol and that our objective would be to wipe out a particular village and everyone in it because, he said, they were either terrorists themselves or were helping terrorists in that area.”

Tuppen provided shocking new detail about the killings: “Instinctively, we started firing … at the villagers in front of us. The villagers began to fall. One man with bullets in him kept crawling … He was finally killed when a bullet went through his head.” Yet another former guardsman, Victor Remedios, testified that after the platoon returned to base “we were told by a sergeant that if anyone said anything we could get 14 or 15 years in prison.” No one had been shot trying to escape.

In the aftermath of the People story and the media storm that had followed on February 13th, 1970 Denis Healey, the secretary of state for defence, referred the matter to the director of public prosecutions (DPP). At the end of the month, DPP lawyers recommended further enquiries to be conducted by the Metropolitan Police – much to the dismay, as we learnt in court, of the Foreign Office.

All the former members of the Scots Guards platoon who had testified to the People were interviewed again under caution. Plans were made for the British police team to fly to Kuala Lumpur to continue with their enquiries. Then on June 18th, 1970 the Labour government was ousted by the Conservatives – and just weeks later the Batang Kali enquiry was stopped with a view “to uphold the good name of the army.”

The long battle for a public enquiry after determined efforts by the survivors’ legal team collapsed. This legal battle is unlikely to be joined again. Nevertheless, the UK Supreme Court was minded that the killings were unlawful and that “wholly innocent men were mercilessly murdered”. There was another disappointment for historians. When the UK National Archives announced a release of secret colonial papers in 2012, many of us rushed to Kew hoping that some of the reports made just after the killings had survived. There was bad news: it turned out that when the British pulled out of Malaya in 1957, any incriminating evidence about the events of December, 1948 had been destroyed.

For historians of the British Empire and the traumatic process of decolonisation that followed the Second World War, the discovery of new information about the tragedy that unfolded in Batang Kali casts new light on the longest war fought by British troops in the 20th Century, the Malayan Emergency – and the counter- insurgency techniques developed in Southeast Asia that influenced American strategy in Vietnam and impact bitterly contested campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan today.

Today is National Doctor’s day and I am proud to be a Doctor & I take pride in treating people. I consider my life as a special mission to save lives and to do something good for the society.

Why is it celebrated?

National Doctors day is celebrated on July 1 all across India to honour the legendary physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy as per the info. He was born on July 1, 1882 and died on the same date in 1962, aged 80 years. Dr Roy was honored with the country’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna on February 4, 1961. Happy Doctors day to all the Doctors out there..

Theme of 2019:

The theme of this year is “Zero tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical establishment”. Every year the theme was announced by the Indian Medical Association. The theme will raise awareness about the violence happening with the doctors across India. The week of July 1 to Jul 8, 2019, will also be celebrated as ‘Safe Fraternity Week’.

During a free Health Camp

Did this shortfilm for the awareness of a deadly disease

Patient who underwent the procedure.. With our Professors and Post graduates..

With our Professors and their families..

After finishing the health camp

Our Interventional pulmonology team & Anesthesia team in Operation theatre

Few Inspirational Quotes:

To me the ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence. ~ Henri Amiel.

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all -William Osler

Treat the patient, not the x-ray. ~ James M. Hunter.

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it cannot be cured.  ~ Anton Chekhov.

 When you treat a disease, first treat the mind. ~ Chen Jen.

Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice. ~ Martin H. Fischer.

Happy Doctors day: Few Inspirational Quotes Today is National Doctor’s day and I am proud to be a Doctor & I take pride in treating people.

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Names Garima Arora elit Vodka Asia’s Best Female Chef 2019

Garima Arora

(RestaurantNews.com)  Garima Arora, executive chef and founder of Gaa in Bangkok, has won the title of elit Vodka Asia’s Best Female Chef 2019. Arora will be presented with her award at the ceremony for Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, on Tuesday 26th March 2019 in Macao.

In partnership with elit Vodka, the 50 Best organisation is committed to celebrating role models who demonstrate a progressive vision for gastronomy. William Drew, Group Editor of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, says: “This award recognises female chefs whose passion, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit serve to inspire the next generation of cooks. Garima Arora has had a huge impact on the dining scene in Asia in a short period with her brilliant blend of Indian traditions and Thai ingredients.”

Arora worked briefly as a journalist before pursuing her interest in the culinary arts. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu Paris in 2010, she worked at Noma in Copenhagen, learning alongside legendary chef René Redzepi. Recalling her two-plus years at Noma, she says the experience forever changed her approach to cooking. “I learnt how to think about food more intelligently. I started looking at cooking more as a cerebral exercise, thinking about what you do, why you do it and understanding your place in a community.”

Returning to Asia in 2016, Arora was appointed sous chef at Gaggan, the award-winning Bangkok restaurant that has held the No.1 position on the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list for four consecutive years. In April 2017, the chef opened Gaa, a three-storey restaurant located opposite Gaggan that celebrates a modern tasting menu using traditional Indian techniques. Showcasing her creativity and culinary inspirations, each dish is made from locally sourced ingredients and explores the connections between Thai and Indian food, from fruits and curries to sauces and spices. The menu is a reflection of Arora’s cultural heritage as well as the community that surrounds her.

Diners choose between a 10- or 14-course tasting menu, which changes quarterly to reflect seasonal specialties. The result is a dining experience that is innovative, modern, playful and unpredictable. In November 2018, Gaa earned its first Michelin star, making Arora the first Indian woman to win such an accolade.

Accepting the prestigious Best Female Chef title, Arora said: “This award is a validation of our team’s hard work and commitment to excellence. I am honoured that chefs and respected industry peers voting on this award recognise and appreciate our efforts.”

Frances Gaillard, International Marketing Director for Stoli Group, overseeing elit Vodka, adds: “Garima has accomplished so much in such a short time – a true testament to her diligence and to her distinctive fusion of cuisines learned in some of the finest kitchens in Europe and Asia. We are pleased to be the latest to recognise this rising star in the gastronomy world.”

elit Vodka Best Female Chef Award

The elit Vodka Best Female Chef Award – which features as part of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants and Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants – celebrates and rewards successful women who have risen to the top of the gastronomic world.

Previous holders of the Asia’s Best Female Chef title include Duangporn ‘Bo’ Songvisava from Thailand (2013), Lanshu Chen from Taiwan (2014), Hong Kong’s Vicky Lau (2015), Margarita Forés of the Philippines (2016), May Chow from Hong Kong (2017) and Bongkoch ‘Bee’ Satongun from Thailand (2018)

Winners of The World’s Best Female Chef Award include Ana Roš, Dominique Crenn, Hélène Darroze, Elena Arzak, Anne-Sophie Pic and Clare Smyth

In Latin America, the title has been held by chefs Pía León, Leonor Espinosa, Kamilla Seidler, Roberta Sudbrack, Elena Reygadas and Helena Rizzo

How the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list is compiled

The list is created from the votes of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, an influential group of over 300 leaders in the restaurant industry across Asia, each selected for their expert opinion of Asia’s restaurant scene. The panel in each region is made up of food writers and critics, chefs, restaurateurs and highly regarded ‘gastronomes’. Members list their choices in order of preference, based on their best restaurant experiences of the previous 18 months. There is no pre-determined checklist of criteria, but there are strict voting rules.

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants works with professional services consultancy Deloitte as its official independent adjudication partner. The adjudication by Deloitte ensures that the integrity and authenticity of the voting process and the resulting list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants are protected. To see more details on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants voting process, visit http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/our-manifesto.html 

Notes to Editors:

William Reed Business Media

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list is published by William Reed Business Media, which also publishes The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, launched in 2002, and Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants, launched in September William Reed Business Media is entirely responsible for the organisation of the awards, the voting system and the list.

Main sponsor: S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna

S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna are the main sponsors of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants. S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna are the leading natural mineral waters in the fine dining world. Together they interpret Italian style worldwide as a synthesis of excellence, pleasure and well-being.

Host Destination: Macao

Part of Macao’s magic as a tourism destination lies on its gastronomy. Alongside Macao’s dynamic restaurant scene, Macanese cuisine stands as a centerpiece on the city’s culinary experiences and just like Macao it results from a fusion of east and west cultures blended over the centuries. The city’s unique cultural background mix has been endorsed with the inscribing of The Historic Centre of Macao in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. This singular legacy has been highlighted once again with the recent designation of Macao as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, opening a brand new avenue of development led by gastronomy and creativity, as the destination paves the way to develop into a world centre of tourism and leisure.

Official venue partner: Wynn Resorts

Wynn Resorts is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world. Wynn Palace, which opened in August 2016, is the second luxury integrated resort from international resort developer Wynn Resorts in the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, following the launch of Wynn Macau. Located in the Cotai area, it features a 28- storey hotel with 1,706 exquisitely furnished rooms, suites and villas, versatile meeting facilities, renowned luxury retail, 11 casual and fine dining restaurants, Macau’s largest spa, a salon, a pool and extensive casino space. For more information on Wynn Resorts, please visit Wynn Palace https://www.wynnpalace.com/en or Wynn Macau https://www.wynnmacau.com/en.

Award Sponsor: elit Vodka

With a platinum score of 97 points from the Beverage Testing Institute, elit Vodka is the world’s highest- rated white spirit and is drinking pleasure at its most precise. Every stage in the creation of elit is a fusion of passion and precision. elit is a single-source vodka, with each of its high-quality grains being harvested at its estate in Russia’s Tambov region before traveling to Latvijas Balzams in Riga, Latvia, where they are blended with artesian well water. The spirit then is filtered twice through super-fine quartz sand and Russian birch wood charcoal and brought down to -18 degrees Celsius through elit’s signature freeze-filtration process. The result is a luminosity as remarkable as the liquid inside and a spirit without equal. Learn more at http://www.elitultraluxuryvodka.com/ or by following us on Instagram at @elit_Vodka and on Facebook at elit.vodka.official.

Other sponsors

Miele – Premium Partner, Official Kitchen Appliance Partner & Presenting Partner of the #50BestTalks and sponsor of the ‘Miele One to Watch Award’

American Express – Official Credit Card Partner and sponsor of the ‘American Express Icon Award – Asia’

Estrella Damm – Official Beer Partner and sponsor of the ‘Chefs’ Choice Award’ Valrhona – Official Chocolate Partner and sponsor of the ‘Asia’s Best Pastry Chef Award’ Douro Boys – Official Wine Partner

The Dalmore – Official Whisky Partner Gin Mare – Official Premium Gin Partner Cinco Jotas – Official Ibérico Ham Partner

Aspire Lifestyles – Official Concierge Partner Taipa Village – Official Cultural Partner Frontier Tojo – Official Sake Partner

Champagne Delamotte – Official Champagne Partner

Seedlip – Official Non-Alcoholic Spirits Partner

Sustainable Restaurant Association – Sustainability Audit Partner

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Hollyoaks spoilers follow. Hollyoaks has aired the aftermath of Eric Foster's attack on The Dog, and not just in terms of how everyone is recovering in hospital, but in terms of the dark revelati...

Hollyoaks spoilers: Honour Chen-Williams exposes Eric Foster after finding Mason’s vile texts to DeMarcus Westwood?

Hollyoaks spoilers: Honour Chen-Williams exposes Eric Foster after finding Mason’s vile texts to DeMarcus Westwood?

Honour is potentially set to make the connection between Mason’s behaviour and Eric’s influence (Picture: Lime Pictures) Honour Chen-Williams (Vera Chok) was left in shock in Hollyoaks after taking a look at the text messages DeMarcus Westwood (Tomi Ade) had received from her own son Mason (Frank Kauer). The psychiatrist was horrified to learn from Felix (Richard Blackwood) that Mason was the…

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Garment workers to be reimbursed Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen | Publication date 04 April 2018 | 08:25 ICT Share Garment workers protest in front of the Great Honour Textile Factory in Kandal province in 2016, demanding a resolution to unpaid wages. Pha Lina Garment workers to be reimbursed Wed, 4 April 2018 Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen The Ministry of Labour on Tuesday released the names of four factories whose workers will be compensated after their employers absconded owing back pay and severance. Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng said abandoned workers at Benoh Apparel, Yu Fa Garment Industry, Great Honour Textile Factory and Chung Fai Knitwear will get the compensation next week. The ministry had initially announced that workers at nine such factories would be eligible for compensation, but the status of the other five factories remained unclear on Tuesday. It was also unclear how much each worker would receive. Roeum Sao Leap, who worked at Benoh for nine years before owners abandoned the factory in January, said she is owed about $3,000 in unpaid wages and severance. “If this news is true, we welcome that solution since it’s close to Khmer New Year and we don’t have money to go to our hometown,” Sao Leap said. “It has taken about five months after the employer fled, and I don’t know what compensation we’d get or how the ministry is going to pay us.” In a message, Ministry of Labour spokesman Heng Sour said it has been government policy to pay out of pocket for garment workers whose employers have absconded. “We are now under the process of fixing this moral hazard,” Sour said. One possibility is a severance payment deposit scheme, floated by Sam Heng last month. Under the scheme, businesses in Cambodia would be required to deposit severance payments on a regular basis with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). If factories do shut down unexpectedly, the NSSF would distribute the severance to workers on behalf of the factory. William Conklin, the director of labour rights NGO Solidarity Center, said all sides “can work together to come up with something that doesn’t hamper investment but ensures owners don’t run away”. “We know the industry transitions, there can be downturns and upswings, but what you need is an orderly transition out so that if a company goes bankrupt, workers aren’t left with nothing,” he said. “In many countries this is a standard business practice.” However, Ken Loo, of the employer representative body Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, said that a severance deposit scheme “requires much more in-depth study and analysis on the impact it would have on all businesses, domestic and foreign, before implementation”.

Garment workers to be reimbursed, National, Phnom Penh Post

CNN's 'Iconic Hong Kong' Explores All Things That Make This City Special

Special week of coverage starts July 3, with 30-minute program from July 7

HONG KONG, July 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong has long been known as a global financial hub, renowned for its stunning skyline and delicious dim sum. But that barely skims the surface. This city of seven-million people has a rich and unique heritage. The last two decades have been shaped by its relationship with mainland China, following 156 years of British colonial rule.

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout talks to engineers Eu-wen Ding and Jeff Chen

As Hong Kong faces the future, it is embracing its own vibrant culture, to find inspiration for transformation. This month CNN's 'Iconic Hong Kong' explores the various aspects that make this city special. Highlights of the 30-minute program include:

Arts & Culture

Hong Kong is home to a dynamic art scene. Architect-artist William Lim says Art Basel has helped the city appreciate creativity. He shows CNN a new arts hub in Central, called H Queen's, and shares his renowned private collection of Hong Kong art.  

Finance

It's a familiar fixture in Hong Kong shops: Vitasoy. Whether it's in a glass bottle or a cardboard box, this drink is steeped in nostalgia. The company started in 1940 and its products are now available in around 40 countries tapping into the appetite for natural products and plant-based nutrition. CNN discovers the secret to long-lasting success and plans for future growth.

Innovation & Technology

Two engineers-turned-entrepreneurs have a bright idea for cycling safety. Eu-wen Ding and Jeff Chen created Lumos, a smart bicycle helmet with integrated brake and turn-signal lights. It recently won a prestigious design award, beating out Tesla for the honour. CNN visits the start-up's office in Science Park, to learn about the challenges and advantages of being an entrepreneur in Hong Kong.

Travel

The traditional fishing village of Tai O is famed for its stilt houses and shrimp paste. For generations, people there have used the sun to make dried seafood delicacies. Now they are learning to harness solar power for clean electricity. WWF Hong Kong hopes this pilot project is just the start of developing renewable energy across the city.

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The golden era of Hong Kong cinema made its martial arts movies an international phenomenon. Today, young people with dreams of being the next Bruce Lee come from around the world to attend stuntman school. Another project, at the City University of Hong Kong, aims to preserve the secrets of Kung fu for future generations. It is recording the moves of masters in 3D, to create a "living archive."

Airtimes for 30-minute special: Hong Kong, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Singapore and Taipei

Friday 7th July at 1730 and 2330 HKT Saturday 8th July at 1000 and 2000 HKT Wednesday 12th July at 1630 HKT

Iconic Hong Kong stories:

Cycle helmet has built-in turn lights Fishing village gets solar power

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Money woes are

some things I hope I’ll never encounter in my future. 

So after leading an extravagant lifestyle (skincare, food, movies, skincare, clothes, food, skincare...), I’m back to being a basic af peasant with less than $700 to my name. 

The last straw that broke the bank was my $2k exam fee. I am now broke as fuck. 

That’s why these few days I’m trying so hard to get tuition jobs to recoup my losses and maybe hit a new savings target for 2017. January is a terrible month so I can only look at recouping losses February on wards. Based on my calculations, I can only make back $2k by May. 

Meanwhile, I will keep a look out for more students. Would love it if I can have group tuition cos that means more kaching for the same duration that I’d spent on private one-to-one tuition. 

I’ve been pretty blessed with really good tutees. Bryan was a quiet fella, but he was hardworking and will occasionally surprise you with his outbursts of thoughts. Will miss this guy. 

Currently, I’m teaching Shuo Qi, an International IB student from Overseas Family School. She’s a cheeky girl. One time I came by for class and the first thing she asked was if I miss her. Silly girl. Hahahaha

Two weeks ago she told me that I was one of her best friends in Singapore which I felt was a big honour. Girl’s been living in Singapore for 1.5 years - the only close friends she has are her roomie  and some classmates. Last week after class, we spent 1.5 hours just chatting about life. She told me about a guy in school named William Chen whom she has a crush on. She tutors him in Math during lunch time so they do spend time together. Apparently he’s one of those basketball jocks who spends more time with the White kids than his countrymen so he wasn’t really well-liked by the Chinese kids. But well, who can resist a hot jock like him, right, Shuo Qi? XD

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