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The Star
10 hours ago
- General
- The Star
Workshop in Melaka passes on keroncong legacy to younger generation
TRADITIONAL music enthusiasts from Melaka's Peranakan Chinese community are working to preserve the cultural heritage of keroncong through workshops for students. Organising chairman Daniel Ang Yam Seng said 80 students and teachers from 16 secondary schools here participated in the recent inaugural workshop. 'The aim is to get more young people to appreciate traditional music and ensure that these music genres are preserved in the future,' he said on Friday (June 20). Ang said the workshop also had the support of several government departments. He said participants were introduced to vocal performances and musical instruments associated with Keroncong. 'Similar workshops will be continued in the future with the first one receiving overwhelming response,' he added. Ang noted that keroncong holds a special place in the local cultural landscape and community-led initiatives like this are seen as vital in passing down this legacy to the younger generation. Keroncong refers to both a small ukulele-like instrument and a traditional Indonesian musical style. The term is thought to come from the 'chrong-chrong-chrong' sound produced when the instrument is strummed, and the tones heard when multiple instruments are played together. A typical keroncong ensemble features a vocalist accompanied by an orchestra comprising flute, violin, two ukuleles, cello, double bass, and guitar. Keroncong music is believed to have originated in the 16th century when Portuguese sailors brought European instruments and musical styles to Indonesia.
Straits Times
13 hours ago
- Health
- Straits Times
New initiative to help young people with poor mental health when ‘red flags' appear
Minister of State for Health Rahayu Mahzam (third from right) at the launch event for the new initiative. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI New initiative to help young people with poor mental health when 'red flags' appear SINGAPORE – Young people with poor mental health will get more help through a programme that trains school counsellors and social workers to spot red flags and tackle distress before it escalates. The initiative launched on June 20 addresses a mental health crisis among Singapore's adolescents, which had brewed silently until the Covid-19 pandemic, said Dr Angelina Ang, a senior consultant in the emergency department of KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) who heads the programme. It comes after the hospital studied patients aged 10 to 19 who had been admitted to its emergency department in 2021 for trying to harm or kill themselves. The study, published in February, found that about one in five of these adolescents had visited a hospital or polyclinic for medically unexplained physical symptoms like headaches and stomachaches within the year prior to attempting self-harm or suicide. Said Dr Ang: 'Medically unexplained symptoms are red flags – symptoms of distress, anxiety, or maybe even abuse, and if we continue to sweep them under the carpet, they will crash on the child.' Difficulties sleeping, dealing with family conflict and anxieties related to academic performance were the top challenges faced by these adolescents. More than half the patients who attempted self-harm or suicide said they were confused or unsure about whether they truly wanted to end their lives, which suggests that their decisions can be driven by impulse and inability to process their emotions. The price paid for ignoring such signs is huge, said Dr Ang, citing a 2023 report by Duke-NUS Medical School and the Institute of Mental Health estimating that the cost to treat a child for depression and anxiety here averaged $10,250. To plug these gaps, the programme developed by psychologists from KKH and James Cook University (JCU) teaches community groups how to intervene when young people display these physical symptoms and have difficulty managing emotions. Since October 2024, more than 300 school counsellors and community mental health practitioners have been trained, KKH and Temasek Foundation, said in a joint statement. Parked under the Temasek Foundation Youth Connect programme, the initiative is complemented by screening at KKH's emergency department that coordinates care for these young people with schools and communities. KKH chief executive Alex Sia said since such screening was implemented since October 2022, it has assessed more than 2,500 young people, and provided support to over 1,300 of them . In addition, Dr Ang said the collaboration between KKH and JCU is developing a programme to tackle sleep habits of the young, which is an easier topic to broach than mental health. The programme remains in the works, but the team has started training community groups and professionals to deliver these interventions. Minister of State for Health Rahayu Mahzam said at the launch event at KKH that the Youth Connect Programme allows for a seamless care system that can minimise the risk of young people falling through the cracks. She added: 'Today's launch is more than just a new programme for mental health support. 'It represents our collective commitment – regardless of our area of work – to support young people that we meet, in ways that best suit them.' The programme joins a nationwide push for more to be done to address the mental health crisis plaguing Singapore's teens, with one in three young people reporting severe symptoms of depression, anxiety or stress, according to a recent nationwide survey. Mental disorders are the leading cause of disability and death among those aged 10 to 14 in Singapore, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health medical journal in May. The study also ranked Singapore top in Asean for the impact of mental distress on its population. Despite many of Singapore's adolescents reporting signs of mental distress, a nationwide study of youth mental health by the National University of Singapore flagged a gap in their parent's understanding of the issues that their children faced. The study released in 2023 found that only about one in 10 parents observed signs of distress in their children, despite one in three reporting symptoms like depression and anxiety. Helplines Mental well-being Institute of Mental Health's Mental Health Helpline: 6389-2222 (24 hours) Samaritans of Singapore: 1-767 (24 hours) / 9151-1767 (24 hours CareText via WhatsApp) Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019 Silver Ribbon Singapore: 6386-1928 Chat, Centre of Excellence for Youth Mental Health: 6493-6500/1 Women's Helpline (Aware): 1800-777-5555 (weekdays, 10am to 6pm) Counselling Touchline (Counselling): 1800-377-2252 Touch Care Line (for caregivers): 6804-6555 Counselling and Care Centre: 6536-6366 We Care Community Services: 3165-8017 Clarity Singapore: 6757-7990 Online resources (for those aged 13 to 25) (for those aged 12 to 25) Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
Eater
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
Abacá Puts a California Spin On Traditional Filipino Cuisine
Just a block away from Fisherman's Wharf, chef Francis Ang is creating modern Filipino food in San Francisco's Kimpton Alton Hotel. He hopes to pay homage to traditional recipes while using California ingredients — plus plenty of pork. 'Pork in the Philippines is a very big protein, there's a lot of different variations of pork,' Ang explains. 'We have our lumpia, we have our sisig.' A day of prep starts with Ang grilling and breaking down softly cooked pig's heads, braising the bones for broth. He uses every part of the head, even putting aside the brain for the sisig fried rice. He preps the fried rice for service by stir-frying pork, chicken livers, distilled vinegar from the Philippines, calamansi juice, and soy sauce, which is cooked with rice right before being served. Ang looks for specific marbling in pork shoulder that is chopped up and ground into filling for lumpia. Handmade, round wrappers are filled with piped filling, inspired by Ang's background as a pastry chef. The frozen prepped lumpia is double-fried and served in a lettuce wrap for each order. Fertilized duck eggs are prepped for a balut dish from Abacá's secret menu, with fried duck fetus served with a duck bone broth and crispy duck central mission of the Bay Area restaurant is making Filipino food more approachable and introducing diners to the food Ang grew up with. 'A lot of times people say 'I love coming here, now I'm going to visit the Philippines,'' he says. 'I think that makes us proud.' Watch the latest episode of Experts to see Ang expertly breaking down different cuts of pork to assemble modern Filipino dishes. See More: California The Experts Video
Daily Express
3 days ago
- Daily Express
Man's sentence commuted to 30 years and 12 lashes
Published on: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Published on: Wed, Jun 18, 2025 By: Jo Ann Mool Text Size: On Feb 6, 2023, Ang Eng Khong was found guilty of committing the offence at 4.30pm on Oct 31, 2018, at Taman Awam Teluk Likas, here. Kota Kinabalu: A 42-year-old man escaped a hangman's noose after the Court of Appeal Tuesday commuted his death sentence to 30 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane for trafficking 1,746.8gm of syabu seven years ago. A panel of three judges consisting of Datuk Azman Abdullah, Datuk Azhahari Kamal Ramli and Datuk Noorin Badaruddin allowed Ang Eng Khong's appeal and set aside his death sentence and substituted it with life imprisonment of 30 years' jail and 12 lashes of the cane after hearing his appeal against death sentence. Advertisement Ang was ordered to serve the imprisonment sentence from the date of his arrest on Oct 31, 2018. On Feb 6, 2023, Ang Eng Khong was found guilty of committing the offence at 4.30pm on Oct 31, 2018, at Taman Awam Teluk Likas, here. The charge under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act, carries the death sentence or imprisonment for life and whipping of not less than 15 strokes if not sentenced to death, on conviction. Earlier, counsel Hamid Ismail, who represented Ang, informed the court that the prosecution had accepted the appellant's representation letter dated 30 April this year, to substitute the death penalty to life imprisonment pursuant to the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty 2023 on the condition that the appellant withdraws his appeal against conviction. Hamid then applied to the court to strike out the appeal against the conviction and allow the appeal against the sentence, and substituted it with the sentence of life imprisonment of 30 years' from the date of arrest on Oct 31, 2018 , along with 12 strokes of the cane. Hamid also informed the court that Ang wished the sentence of whipping not to be imposed on him because he had a car accident in 2017, which caused steel to be inserted in both his thighs. 'Whipping will affect the screw of the steel and this will definitely affect his health,' said Hamid. Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Nik Mohd Fadli Nik Azlan appeared for the prosecution as the respondent. In another case, a 31-year-old barber was fined a total of RM10,000 by the Magistrate's Court on two counts of cheating a woman of RM11,400. Sheryn Yong pleaded guilty before Magistrate Marilyn Kelvin to both charges under Section 417 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of up to five years, or a fine, or both, on conviction. On the first count, Yong was ordered to pay a fine of RM5,000 or seven months in jail for deceiving Ooi Jin Xuan into making a payment of RM7,400 into her (Yong's) bank account, under the false pretence of managing the appointment of a lawyer for Ooi, between June 9, 2024 and June 30, the same year, at a unit, at Dah Yeh Villa, here. Yong, on the second count, was fined another RM5,000 or seven months' jail also for deceiving Ooi into making a payment of RM4,000 into her (Yong's) bank account, under the false pretence of managing the appointment of a lawyer for Ooi, between July 4, 2024 and July 14, same year, at a unit, at Dah Yeh Villa, here. Yong was represented by counsel Lim Ming Zoong @ Lawrence. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Borneo Post
3 days ago
- Borneo Post
Likas syabu trafficker's death sentence replaced with life imprisonment
The Kota Kinabalu Court Complex. KOTA KINABALU (June 17): A self-employed man, who received the capital punishment for trafficking in syabu, escaped the hangman's noose after the Court of Appeal here on Tuesday substituted it with an imprisonment for life. Justice Dato' Hj Azman Abdullah, who sat together with Justices Datuk Azhahari Kamal Ramli and Datuk Noorin Badaruddin, unanimously quashed the death penalty imposed on Ang Eng Khong, 42, after allowing the appeal against his sentence. Ang was sentenced to life imprisonment of 30 years from the date of his arrest on October 31, 2018 and 12 strokes of the cane. On February 6, 2023, he was sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court here for trafficking in 1,746.8 grams of syabu. Ang was found guilty of a charge under Section 39B (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 39B (2) of the same Act after a full trial. The indictment provides for the death sentence or imprisonment for life and whipping, upon conviction. Ang was convicted of trafficking in the syabu at Taman Awam Teluk Likas on Oct 31, 2018. Earlier, counsel Hamid Ismail submitted among others that his client's representation letter had been accepted by the prosecution. Hamid explained that the representation was to substitute the death penalty to life imprisonment pursuant to the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty 2023.
