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Hi, To the fair ladies here, and also those (not so fair ones) of you who have wives/GFs/daughters, even mothers/aunts or female colleagues/friends/classmates/relatives, etc. and who has knowledge of where can buy lady's court shoes that are... big/huge, can you share your knowledge here? My girl needs to get a pair, as required by her course in poly (for some formal presentation), and her legs are bigger than average... Almost all the designs that she's seen (and like), all dun have her size 😓 We've brought her to some neighbourhood malls' shoe shops, and so far no success. Am sure there are such shoes available, so am trying to see whether can get any recommendations here. Bonus if not too expensive too 😅 . Don't think she'll wear it a lot, ha ha... Thanks in advance.

Student strips down for presentation after professor says her shorts are 'too short' A senior at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. recently caused a stir when she stripped down to her underwear after her professor criticized her choice in clothing. Letitia Chai was about to present a trial run of her scholar senior thesis when her professor, Rebekah Maggor, made a comment about Chai’s choice in outfit — a button down shirt and denim cut-off shorts.

What do you think? Channelnewsasia article -------------------- New learning guidelines to be introduced for young children By the end of this year, there will be a formal set of developmental and curriculum guidelines for children aged between 18 months and six years. Acting Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing revealed this in an exclusive Singapore Tonight interview. The guidelines will not only help parents get their children to learn at a pace suited to their age but also benchmark the childcare sector. With different operators offering a diverse range of programmes, parents shopping for their child's development programmme are sometimes at a loss. Experts have said the key lies in choosing programmes that are

Hi, Any recommendations? Usually buy and wear shoes from Hush puppies, and is wondering whether there are better alternatives :) Thanks!!

This is my original email to MDA: Hi, I have some questions on the car radio licence scheme in Singapore which need your clarification: 1. Why is there a need for car owners (with receivers) to pay car licence whereas owners of MP3 players, handphones, alarm clocks with radio are exempted from the same fee? How about users accessing the radio free from the internet? 2. Is Singapore following some international standards in this radio licence scheme? Could you provide some examples? 3. What is the licence fee used for? Are not the radio stations already privatised? 4. I do not listen the radio on my receiver. However, the receiver is needed for my mp3 playback. Do you have a disabling service for the radio reception on my receiver without the need to remove the entire unit? Looking for the favourable reply. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the formal reply. Nice attempt but of zero substance: We refer to your email of 21 December 2006 on the above subject. We would like to explain that a vehicle radio licence is required as long as a radio receiver is installed in the vehicle, regardless of the nature or frequency of use of the broadcasting device. The collection of both TV and Radio licence fees is still necessary to ensure that the public has access to public service broadcast (PSB) programmes in the four official languages. Such broadcasts include current affairs, information, culture, local sports, quality drama, children’s and minority language programmes. These are local programmes that help keep Singaporeans informed about issues of relevance to them, bond the various community groups, and help to anchor local audiences to Singapore. Unlike mass entertainment programmes, PSB programmes often do not attract sufficient advertising revenue and hence need to be supported. Besides Singapore, many countries like UK, Japan, France, Norway and Germany collect TV licence fees to fund their TV stations. Funding support for such programmes has enabled our broadcast services to offer greater balance and variety in their programming to serve the needs of our society. There have also been many developments for audiences in Singapore since 1994, including an increase in the number of free-to-air channels from 16 radio and 4 free-to-air TV channels in 1994 to 18 radio and 6 free-to-air TV channels currently, as well as developments in new technologies such as digital audio and digital TV broadcasting. All these have been achieved although the licence fees have remained unchanged since 1994. For household who have taken up TV Licences, they do not require to apply for household radio, mobile phones and MP3 players. Thank you for your attention on this matter. Yours sincerely Tan Jennie (Ms) Customer Service Officer for Director Customer & Licensing Services