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Phua Chu Kang is a classic comedy character in the Singapore sitcom called Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd (or PCK Pte Ltd). The drama series is very popular in South East Asian countries such as Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. The series revolves around the Phua family, the most remarkable of which is Phua Chu Kang (Gurmit Singh), a contractor in the series. He always boasts that he is “the best contractor in Singapore, JB Malaysia and Batam”. In fact he has only two lazy and inept workers working for him. His personal clothing trademarks are his yellow pair of boots, curly hair, a giant mole, and long nails on his pinky fingers.

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The Road Transport Department and the Road Safety Department of Malaysia have jointly organised a competition for best picture of a traffic offender. In a bid to reduce traffic fatalities, especially during festive seasons, the public is invited to submit photographs of motorists committing traffic offences including speeding, jumping a red light, overtaking on double lines, and overloading by lorries or trucks. The daily first-prize winner will walk away with RM150, the second-prize winner RM100, and the third-prize winner RM50. These pictures will be displayed on the department’s “Hall of Shame” website (www.panducermat.org.my), and appropriate action will be taken against the errant motorists by the Road Transport Department. The competition starts on 9 Feb and ends on 25 Feb, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebrations where highways and federal roads will be packed with road users in a mad rush for the hometown or “balik kampong” tradition.

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A 65-year-old bomoh or shaman is being charged with six counts of raping his two underaged stepdaughters. He raped his 15-year–old stepdaughter on three occasions last year, leading to the stepdaughter being five months pregnant now. The man had also raped his 12-year-old daughter three times in the same year. The elder stepdaughter finally reported the incident to the police.

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Objects like gold needles, diamond particles, mercury, or plant-based ingredients are implanted under the skin. An X-ray showing susuk in a person’s face;

Heavy make-up? Plastic surgery? Home remedies? Well, there’s an alternative to looking beautiful and alluring for the opposite sex. That is the art of susuk, or implanting foreign objects like gold needles, diamond particles, mercury, or plant-based ingredients (fruits, betel leaves, turmeric, pepper, shallots, etc.) under your skin. It is a popular black magic path to beauty in South East Asia countries. Does it work?

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Dangers of being implanted with large numbers of embryos aside, the trend could raise ethical issues and spell disaster for national identity. Shilpa Shetty’s brand of curry and papadum could be more ingrained in the British mentality than first thought.

The world is truly into globalisation with the latest trends in fertility treatment. An Indian baby was born to a white couple who had sought fertility treatment and embryos in an Indian clinic after 18 years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive. The result was a baby with big, brown eyes, a dark complexion, and dark hair. She was a far cry from her white parents and auburn-haired mother. Yet the parents were ecstatic and so grateful for their baby that they were planning to go back for a second child. They claimed that the Indian clinic was clean, professional, and far more effective than the National Health Service (NHS).

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You can put it in your mouth, or you can smear it all over your body. That’s the latest chocolate craze in Tokyo, Japan. Traditionally, Japanese women have given their boyfriends, husbands or male colleagues boxes of chocolates on Valentine’s Day, which are then reciprocated a month later. The more expensive the chocolate, the higher regard is held of the person. But in a reverse of tradition, Japanese women are now going for chocolate massage to pamper themselves. The upscale Prince Hotel in Tokyo offers overnight packages that cost up to ¥50,000 and include a 75-minute chocolate massage.

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An Astronaut’s Love…

She graduated from the naval academy in 1985 and served in the navy before being recruited into National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She first joined the space programme in April 1996. She spent ten years at NASA and was finally selected to fly aboard the space shuttle in July 2006. The director of the Johnson Space Centre when she was selected for the space corps, George Abbey, recalled her as “an outstanding candidate” for the programme at that time.

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