The continuing GLOBAL stressful thread! Part III

[Jamesc]

Not yet ghost month already sending present to his ancestors.

https://mothership.sg/2024/07/man-burns-mercedes-ghost-rider/

[Ghgan]

https://mothership.sg/2024/07/former-basketball-coach-charge-parents/ However, Shin Min reported that the coach had apparently quoted a fee of S$50,000 to get into Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC), S$45,000 to get into Dunman High School, and S$30,000 or so for Hwa Chong Institution (HCI).

The cost for HCI was lowest as the student was required to pass an in-person interview to be accepted.

Thought HCI is suppose to be elite, should mark up higher

[Ghgan]

 

Edited July 27, 2024 by Ghgan

[SGMCF328]

Sibei stress, both the government and peasants. Make love also need degree. If it is in Singapore, @Jamesc will be the first one to sign up using his Skills Future Credit Hahahaha

But wait, nothing mentioned about making love in the article leh, opps my poor master of English to be blamed.

Making love a job: China’s first marriage-related degree to open for enrolment, with 70 slots up for grabs

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-first-marriage-university-degree-enrolment-open-wedding-planning-family-counselling-matchmaking-4516836

SINGAPORE: China’s first university degree programme devoted to all things marriage will open for enrolment in September, amid a wider push by the government to promote matrimony and shore up flagging birth rates.

The undergraduate course offered by the China Civil Affairs University in Beijing, an institution directly managed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, will train students to provide skills “across the entire marriage cycle”, local media reported.

The inaugural batch for the so-called “Marriage Services and Management” programme will comprise 70 undergraduates across 12 provinces, taking up modules like sociology, family ethics, and management.

They will also receive practical training in areas including wedding planning, family counselling and matchmaking services, Chinese news site Sixth Tone reported.

Academic training will account for about 45 per cent of the curriculum, with practical training filling out the rest, shared the university’s School of Wedding Culture and Media Arts dean Yu Xiaohui as reported by Sixth Tone.

Besides internships at marriage registration offices and matchmaking agencies, students will get to take part in practice marriage registration and wedding ceremonies on campus. 

This specialised major will also focus on “cultivating the students’ ability to solve complex problems related to marriage”, state broadcaster CCTV reported. 

According to CCTV, students can take turns playing the role of the marriage registrar, or even the parties getting married or divorced, to better understand the entire process and legal requirements for marriage and divorce.

Speaking to the state broadcaster on Monday (Jul 29), the university’s vice president Zhao Hongguang said graduates can pursue careers in industry associations, marriage agencies, or family and marriage counselling organisations, to name some.

According to Ms Yu, there is currently a lack of highly trained professionals in the wedding and matchmaking industries in China. There has also been increasing demand for people who can provide “sophisticated wedding planning services and design and develop matchmaking services”.

The unveiling of a marriage-related degree comes as the country of 1.4 billion people keeps up a concerted push to encourage marriages and childbirth in turn, especially as the implications of a declining population weigh heavy.

The number of marriages in China has been going down for close to a decade, aside from a post-pandemic rebound in 2023. While the number of newlyweds rose to 7.68 million last year, a 12.3 per cent on-year jump, it’s still far below the peak of 13.47 million couples in 2013.

Marriage rates are closely tied to birth rates. But more women in the country are choosing to stay single, amid record youth unemployment and an economic downturn. 

According to official data, China’s single population aged over 15 hit a record 239 million in 2021. That same year, a Communist Youth League survey of about 2,900 unmarried urban young people also found that 44 per cent of women do not plan to marry.

In March, Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged that the government would work towards "a birth-friendly society and promote long-term, balanced population development", as well as reducing the cost of childbirth, parenting and education.

He said the country would improve policies to boost birth rates by "refining parental leave policies, improving the mechanism for sharing the related labour costs of employers and increasing the supply of childcare services”. 

[Jamesc]

They need to make it clear to people that sign up.

Are they providing sex education like in boy boy school?

Or sex training.

I think one is only theoretical see book and one is hands on experience.

I never like books.

On 8/2/2024 at 10:15 AM, SGMCF328 said:

Sibei stress, both the government and peasants. Make love also need degree. If it is in Singapore, @Jamesc will be the first one to sign up using his Skills Future Credit Hahahaha

But wait, nothing mentioned about making love in the article leh, opps my poor master of English to be blamed.

Making love a job: China’s first marriage-related degree to open for enrolment, with 70 slots up for grabs

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-first-marriage-university-degree-enrolment-open-wedding-planning-family-counselling-matchmaking-4516836

SINGAPORE: China’s first university degree programme devoted to all things marriage will open for enrolment in September, amid a wider push by the government to promote matrimony and shore up flagging birth rates.

The undergraduate course offered by the China Civil Affairs University in Beijing, an institution directly managed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, will train students to provide skills “across the entire marriage cycle”, local media reported.

The inaugural batch for the so-called “Marriage Services and Management” programme will comprise 70 undergraduates across 12 provinces, taking up modules like sociology, family ethics, and management.

They will also receive practical training in areas including wedding planning, family counselling and matchmaking services, Chinese news site Sixth Tone reported.

Academic training will account for about 45 per cent of the curriculum, with practical training filling out the rest, shared the university’s School of Wedding Culture and Media Arts dean Yu Xiaohui as reported by Sixth Tone.

Besides internships at marriage registration offices and matchmaking agencies, students will get to take part in practice marriage registration and wedding ceremonies on campus. 

This specialised major will also focus on “cultivating the students’ ability to solve complex problems related to marriage”, state broadcaster CCTV reported. 

According to CCTV, students can take turns playing the role of the marriage registrar, or even the parties getting married or divorced, to better understand the entire process and legal requirements for marriage and divorce.

Speaking to the state broadcaster on Monday (Jul 29), the university’s vice president Zhao Hongguang said graduates can pursue careers in industry associations, marriage agencies, or family and marriage counselling organisations, to name some.

According to Ms Yu, there is currently a lack of highly trained professionals in the wedding and matchmaking industries in China. There has also been increasing demand for people who can provide “sophisticated wedding planning services and design and develop matchmaking services”.

The unveiling of a marriage-related degree comes as the country of 1.4 billion people keeps up a concerted push to encourage marriages and childbirth in turn, especially as the implications of a declining population weigh heavy.

The number of marriages in China has been going down for close to a decade, aside from a post-pandemic rebound in 2023. While the number of newlyweds rose to 7.68 million last year, a 12.3 per cent on-year jump, it’s still far below the peak of 13.47 million couples in 2013.

Marriage rates are closely tied to birth rates. But more women in the country are choosing to stay single, amid record youth unemployment and an economic downturn. 

According to official data, China’s single population aged over 15 hit a record 239 million in 2021. That same year, a Communist Youth League survey of about 2,900 unmarried urban young people also found that 44 per cent of women do not plan to marry.

In March, Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged that the government would work towards "a birth-friendly society and promote long-term, balanced population development", as well as reducing the cost of childbirth, parenting and education.

He said the country would improve policies to boost birth rates by "refining parental leave policies, improving the mechanism for sharing the related labour costs of employers and increasing the supply of childcare services”. 

 

[Wt_know]

what do you call a MALE Karen? 

muahahahaha

 

[Mustank]

When I was a kid, I had 2 rabbits. My grandma killed them and made soup for me.

i cried and refuse to drink rabbit soup. But end up still drink. Very nice. Just like this:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/FkLxCdGhCLveHs26
 

😂

[Jamesc]

Is it 2 male or 2 female rabbits?

If got one each can have soup for life.

Btw you got the rabbits from pet shop?

My Korean colleagues all love eating dog.

Ask me where to find?

Maybe pet shop?

Or get free one from abandoned home they will check after a few months if dog still alive?

On 8/2/2024 at 2:35 PM, Mustank said:

When I was a kid, I had 2 rabbits. My grandma killed them and made soup for me.

i cried and refuse to drink rabbit soup. But end up still drink. Very nice. Just like this:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/FkLxCdGhCLveHs26
 

😂

 

[Mustank]

On 8/2/2024 at 2:42 PM, Jamesc said:

Is it 2 male or 2 female rabbits?

If got one each can have soup for life.

Btw you got the rabbits from pet shop?

My Korean colleagues all love eating dog.

Ask me where to find?

Maybe pet shop?

Or get free one from abandoned home they will check after a few months if dog still alive?

 

I don’t know man

i was like 2 -3 years old 

[mersaylee]

On 8/2/2024 at 2:35 PM, Mustank said:

When I was a kid, I had 2 rabbits. My grandma killed them and made soup for me.

i cried and refuse to drink rabbit soup. But end up still drink. Very nice. Just like this:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/FkLxCdGhCLveHs26
 

😂

Your ah mah also no like any of these bunnies foe sure 😂

[Atonchia]

This 76 yo guy is career offender...

Reports says since 1963, that meant he started his career since 15yrs old. 

Now 76 still actively involved in his trade.... Finally secured another long term food and lodging services.

https://www.todayonline.com/news/repeat-offender-jail-1969-9-years-preventive-detention-breakin-2469436

[Volvobrick]

On 8/2/2024 at 11:22 PM, Atonchia said:

This 76 yo guy is career offender...

Reports says since 1963, that meant he started his career since 15yrs old. 

Now 76 still actively involved in his trade.... Finally secured another long term food and lodging services.

https://www.todayonline.com/news/repeat-offender-jail-1969-9-years-preventive-detention-breakin-2469436

This type likely cannot cope with life outside. Especially so much has changed on the last 20 years. 

So could be reoffend to get back into the good care by the government. No need to worry about a roof or the next meal. 

 

[Atonchia]

On 8/3/2024 at 12:24 AM, Volvobrick said:

This type likely cannot cope with life outside. Especially so much has changed on the last 20 years. 

So could be reoffend to get back into the good care by the government. No need to worry about a roof or the next meal. 

 

Yes same thoughts too .... Looking for free lodging and food. 

He did all the petty crimes, at least he can say he didn't involve in drugs, didn't kill or rape anyone. 

For a 76 yo to be physically fit to break in.... considered to have good genes already, so it's mainly no guidance or lack of education when young.... 

[Kopites]

On 8/3/2024 at 1:09 AM, Atonchia said:

Yes same thoughts too .... Looking for free lodging and food. 

He did all the petty crimes, at least he can say he didn't involve in drugs, didn't kill or rape anyone. 

For a 76 yo to be physically fit to break in.... considered to have good genes already, so it's mainly no guidance or lack of education when young.... 

Prison rigid physical exercises tone up his physically fitness.  

[Jman888]

On 8/3/2024 at 12:24 AM, Volvobrick said:

This type likely cannot cope with life outside. Especially so much has changed on the last 20 years. 

So could be reoffend to get back into the good care by the government. No need to worry about a roof or the next meal. 

 

govt knows that too, that's why sentence him to another 9yrs for a petty crime   singapore prison also do charity work

 

 

[Benarsenal]

I wonder when in prison, they got reeducate them about what life is like outside or not.

Otherwise when they are released after long sentences, very likely they will become lost and dunno what to do, and naturally go back to their old life of crime.

[Benarsenal]

On 8/2/2024 at 11:22 PM, Atonchia said:

This 76 yo guy is career offender...

Reports says since 1963, that meant he started his career since 15yrs old. 

Now 76 still actively involved in his trade.... Finally secured another long term food and lodging services.

https://www.todayonline.com/news/repeat-offender-jail-1969-9-years-preventive-detention-breakin-2469436

Basically he's been in prison for almost as long as SG is an independent nation. Likely he will not have a concept of what 'normal life' is like.

[Ghgan]