Thursday 31 December 2020

2020 恶灵饿零

In another few more hours, we will say "Never see you again 2020"!

再过几小时,我们就要跟2020说声“永远不见”了!

When asked, how did you spend your 2020, most people would be at a loss.

当被问及你如何度过2020年时,大概很多人会一头雾水吧!

2020 itself is a cursed year.

2020年本身就是一个被诅咒的一年。

Why?

为什么?

When 2020 being read in Chinese, it sounded like "evil, spirit, starve, zero".

2020念成中文时不就是“恶灵饿零”吗!

The evil spirit does not need me to say much, everyone knows that it refers to COVID-19.

这恶灵不用我多说大家都心知肚明指的就是“新冠肺炎19”。

Due to the Circuit Breaker, all industries are in depression, some are starved to death while others are struggling to survive.

而因为阻断措施,百业萧条;很多行业都饿到死去活来,难以经营。

Singapore's economy has never been seen to be below zero.

新加坡经济前所未见的处在零以下。

Luckily the Singapore government has come out with a lot of policies to help the citizens and businesses tide over the epidemic.

幸运的是,新加坡政府出台了许多政策,以帮助国民与企业度过疫情。

Singapore government has so far distributed millions of reusable masks to citizens for free.

新加坡政府至今已免费向国民派发了数以百万计的可重复使用的口罩。


On December 30, Singapore's national COVID-19 vaccination programme kicked off.

新加坡在12月30日起正式启动冠病疫苗接种工作。

This marks an important milestone in Singapore's fight against COVID-19.

这标志着新加坡对抗冠病的重要旅程碑。

The vaccination could help accelerate the resumption of economic as well as other community activities.

接种疫苗可以帮助加快经济活动以及其他社区活动的恢复。

It also pave the way for the reopening of more borders.

这也为重新开放更多边界铺平了道路。

Let's hope that after the 2020 plague year is gone, everyone can usher in a healthy and prosperous 2021.

希望在送走了2020这瘟疫年后,大家能迎来一个健康繁荣的2021年。

Sunday 27 December 2020

Hawker Centre 小贩中心

Singapore

新加坡

At 10.10pm on December 16, 2020, Singapore's hawker culture has been officially added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

2020年12月16日晚上10时10分联合国教科文组织正式把新加坡小贩文化列入非物质文化遗产代表名录中。

It is also Singapore's second entry to any UNESCO list, with the first in 2015 when the Singapore Botanic Gardens was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

这也是新加坡继植物园2015年成功列入联合国教科文组织的世界文化遗产名录后,第二次申遗成功。





Effort to move street hawkers into hawker centre was launched in 1972.

1972年启动了将街头小贩转移到小贩中心的工作。

It was not that after the hawker centre was built, hawkers would move in.

这可不是建成了小贩中心后,小贩就会搬进来。

Not all street hawkers wanted to be licensed and moved into hawker centre.

并非所有街头小贩都希望得到执照并迁入小贩中心。

A total of 108 hawker centres were built between 1971 and 1986.

1971年至1986年间,总共建成了108座小贩中心。

The mission to house all street hawkers in hawker centres were finally accomplished.

将所有街头小贩安置在小贩中心的任务终于完成。

No more hawker centre was built after 1986.

1986年以后不再建造小贩中心。

The government announced in 2011 to build 10 new hawker centres.

政府于2011年宣布再建造10座新的小贩中心。

Wednesday 16 December 2020

Can't Judge Wealth By The Look 富不可貌相

Recently the Thai society has begun to turmoil again.

最近泰国社会又开始动荡。

People protested and demanded that the government to return the power to the people.

人们抗议并要求政府将权利归还于人民。

They also demand the royal family to return their wealth to the people.

他们更要求皇室把财富返还给人民。

Which monarch is the richest in the world today?

当今世上哪位君主最富有?

Give you a minute to think about it.

给你一分钟去想。

Any clue? Give up?

任何头绪?放弃?


According to CEOWORLD magazine, the richest monarch is Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn (asset US$43billion).

根据《CEOWORLD》杂志的报道,最富有的君主是泰王拉玛十世哇集拉隆功(资产430亿美元)。


Ranked second is Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (asset US$28billion).

排名第二的是文莱苏丹波基亚(资产280亿美元)。


The third place is King Salman Abdulaziz Bin Saud, Saudi Arabia (asset US$18billion).

第三名是沙特阿拉伯国王萨勒曼(资产180亿美元)。

Ever thought that the top two richest monarchs came from Southeast Asian countries?

可曾想过最富有的前二名君主竟然来自东南亚国家?