Tight pants banned for women

Under the ordinance, adult women have to wear dresses or other clothes that do not depict their body parts. Tight pants and blouses, transparent clothes and short jilbab are forbidden under Islam. The local administration had provided 20,000 pieces of dress to be distributed to women caught in crackdowns on un-Islamic clothes. Offenders will be reprimanded, but if they commit the same mistakes thress times, the officers will seize the tight clothes and ask them to wear dresses.

For males, shorts are banned in public places. They are required to wear loose-fit pants that will make them easy to perform their daily prayers.

I didn't know that there were still restrictions about what not to wear in other countries. I thought the act of controlling only happen in schools. It's kind of surprising to see a particular clothes banned there.

Teacher cut the hair of 70 female students

In China, a teacher, who cut the hair of 70 female students, has apologised for her action. The teacher made the apology after a three-hour meeting with parents and state education officers on Monday. The students(victim), feeling humiliated, refused to attend school after the incident and complained to their parents, who brought the matter to the authorities.

In Singapore schools, it is quite common to see students having their hair cut by barbers. Usually in school, we'll have spot check by form teachers. They will check our hair, attire and footwear, make sure that all are appropriate. If not, barbers will help to cut our hair to make it short and neat. I suppose that teacher in China had gone overboard, that's why it brings the attention to the parents and authorities.

Girl cries rape to avoid being expelled

In malaysia, a private college student in Kuala Lumpur lodged a police report claiming that she was raped by a friend. However, she subsequently withdrew her report. That aroused police suspicion. Police later found that the student had lodged the report in order to inform the college authorities that she had been traumatised due to the incident and thus could not attend classes. In short, her motive was just to avoid being expelled for not attending classes.

I find the act of this girl, ridiculous and childish. Firstly, its already wrong to skip school without any reason. Worst, to avoid responsibility, she did childish act like this, to cover up her reasons for not attending school. She shouldn't say things like that in the first place as it might ruin her reputation and things might go out of control.

Birthday bash: gone too far?

In yet another hazing video being circulated online, a student from Bedok View Secondary was filmed being carried by a few schoolmates, who then rammed his private parts against a pole. Also known as "birthday bash". These activities are common among male students, but some schools have banned it due to safety concerns.

Birthday bash in schools are common among students. Its like having fun while celebrating your friend's birthday. However, they shouldn't play "rough" like "pillaring". etc. Who would be responsible if permanent damage were to be done, though it seems like just harmless fun. Probably students should limit themselves while playing, afterall, safety first.

Orchard MRT station targeted by terrorists

A senior Indonesian police investigator revealed yesterday that Singapore was a potential target for extremist groups in Indonesia and they had singled out the Orchard MRT station. He told The Straits Times that the Orchard station had been circled on a map of the MRT network found in the home of a terror suspect killed last week. He also added that, Singapore is obviously a target and they planned to enter Singapore through Malaysia.

No matter if this news is true or not, Singaporeans should be prepared for the worst. SMRT should also take precautions in case it really happen. Also, because of this news, businesses in Orchard might be affected. People tend to avoid going there that often, unless the whole thing is over and its confirm safe to be there.

Baby suffocates to death while in bed with parents

A one-month old baby girl suffocated while sleeping on the same bed as her parents. After feeding her at around 1am, they went to sleep. One of the parents woke up at about 4am and was shocked to find that the baby was not breathing and had turned purple.

The baby was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police are still investigating whether she was suffocated by the pillows, blanket or her parents.

Some foreigners actually stop letting their kids sleep with them from young. Their aim is to let them to learn to be independent from a young age. So, even if the baby was just one-month old, they will let the baby sleep in one room by him/herself. My point is that, this way, not only it avoids incident like this, the kid will also learn not to be too dependent on his/her parents.

Foetus removed from baby's abdomen

In India, a team of doctors conducted a critical surgery today and removed a foetus from a year and two month old baby. The baby was admitted to the hospital few days ago with acute pain in her lower abdomen.

An ultra-scan was done and a foetus in the form of a tumour was found in her abdomen. Doctor said that two foetus have been developed but one of them accidentally went inside the abdomen of the other. Doctors also claimed that this is a rare case as one in every 15,ooo patients develop such tumour in their abdomen.

In my opinion, i find this article quite interesting. I have never seen or heard any news about a year and two month old baby carrying another "twin" inside his/her abdomen. I'm curious how exactly did the foetus went it to the other. Thankfully, after the surgery, the one year and two month old baby was alright. As for the foetus, it's somehow predictable that he/she can't survive.