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The Star
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Actress Ruby Lin makes a trip to Singapore, with Vivian Hsu playing tour guide
Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin (left) and her close friend, fellow actress Vivian Hsu (left in second photo), were seen strolling near Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Lin/Instagram Despite her celebrity status, Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin has shown she is not shy to strike the classic Merlion pose that is so beloved by tourists when she is in Singapore. In her June 7 Instagram post, the 49-year-old star and her close friend, Singapore-based Taiwanese actress Vivian Hsu, are seen taking a stroll near Marina Bay Sands. Wearing a white top and denim bottoms, Lin tilts her head backwards and angles herself so that it looks like the stream of water spouting from the iconic sculpture is going into her open mouth. Other photos capture the pair posing on a bench outside the ArtScience Museum, with Hsu, 50, wrapping her arms around Lin. In her caption, Lin joked that it was only under her 'tour guide, companion-cum-photographer and dear sister' Hsu's recommendation that she took such 'tourist photos', adding that as long as she is not embarrassed, the embarrassment will be felt only by others. Hsu, who divorced Singapore-based businessman Sean Lee in 2023, has a nine-year-old son. She revealed in November 2024 that she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at the beginning of that year, and had undergone surgery to treat the condition. Lin tied the knot with Taiwanese actor Wallace Huo in 2016, before giving birth to their daughter in 2017. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
Straits Times
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Actress Ruby Lin makes a trip to Singapore, with fellow celeb Vivian Hsu playing tour guide
49-year-old actrress Ruby Lin and her close friend, Taiwanese actress Vivian Hsu were seen taking a stroll near Marina Bay Sands. PHOTOS: LOVERUBY_OFFICIAL/INSTAGRAM SINGAPORE - Despite her celebrity status, Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin has shown she is not shy to strike the classic Merlion pose that is so beloved by tourists when she is in town. In her June 7 Instagram post, the 49-year-old star and her close friend, Singapore-based Taiwanese actress Vivian Hsu, are seen taking a stroll near Marina Bay Sands. Wearing a white top and denim bottoms, Lin tilts her head backwards and angles herself so that it looks like the stream of water spouting from the iconic sculpture is going into her open mouth. Other photos capture the pair posing on a bench outside the ArtScience Museum, with Hsu, 50, wrapping her arms around Lin. In her caption, Lin joked that it was only under her 'tour guide, companion-cum-photographer and dear sister' Hsu's recommendation that she took such 'tourist photos', adding that as long as she is not embarrassed, the embarrassment will only be felt by others. Hsu, who divorced Singapore-based businessman Sean Lee in 2023, has a nine-year-old son. She revealed in November 2024 that she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at the beginning of that year, and had undergone surgery to treat the condition. Lin tied the knot with Taiwanese actor Wallace Huo in 2016, before giving birth to their daughter in 2017. More on this Topic Taiwanese star Vivian Hsu wishes for more time on 50th birthday after cancer scare Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
AsiaOne
09-06-2025
- Automotive
- AsiaOne
Daily roundup: Best fixed deposit rates in Singapore — and other top stories today, World News
Stay in the know with a recap of our top stories today. 1. Best fixed deposit rates in Singapore (June 2025): Minimum deposits from $500, rates up to 2.45% If you think that fixed deposits are only for conservative cash — rich aunties and uncles, think again. A fixed deposit (also known as a time deposit) account is a type of bank account that pays account holders a fixed amount of interest in exchange for depositing a certain sum of money for a certain period of time... » READ MORE 2. 'A quiet spot to hang out': Car enthusiasts mourn closure of '40 tiang' Lim Chu Kang Road Revving their engines under the bright lamp post lights in the stillness of the night, hundreds of car enthusiasts descended at usually quiet Lim Chu Kang Road on Saturday (June 7), just hours before the road was decommissioned and closed past midnight. Known to the car community as 40 tiang (Hokkien for lamp post), the graveyard-lined road was home to illegal drag races throughout the 1990s... » READ MORE 3. I was 'overwhelmed': Gan Siow Huang apologises for delayed handshake at Cantonese culture festival Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry Gan Siow Huang has apologised after a video of her delaying a handshake has surfaced. In the video, she is seen getting out of a car and being greeted by a group of men, including an elderly man in red... » READ MORE 4. Ruby Lin strikes touristy Merlion pose in Singapore at Vivian Hsu's 'recommendation' When in Singapore, do as the tourists do. That seems to be the cue taken by Ruby Lin when the actress was in town recently. The 49-year-old may be a star in Taiwan and beyond, but a recent Instagram post showed how in Singapore, she can be just like any other merry holidaymaker... » READ MORE editor@
AsiaOne
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- AsiaOne
Ruby Lin strikes touristy Merlion pose in Singapore at Vivian Hsu's 'recommendation', Entertainment News
When in Singapore, do as the tourists do. That seems to be the cue taken by Ruby Lin when the actress was in town recently. The 49-year-old may be a star in Taiwan and beyond, but a recent Instagram post showed how in Singapore, she can be just like any other merry holidaymaker. But unlike other regular tourists, however, Ruby had the privilege of having fellow celeb Vivian Hsu, 50, as her "tour guide". Vivian, who split from her Singaporean husband Sean Lee in 2023, reportedly lives in Singapore with her only son, but travels to Taiwan frequently for work. In a post published on Saturday (June 7), Ruby wrote about taking the series of "tourist photos" at the encouragement of her "dear sister", Vivian. "Under the strong recommendation of my tour guide, companion cum photographer and dear sister, I've taken this photo which she said I'll thank her for in 10 years' time," wrote Ruby, referring to a picture of herself striking the iconic 'Merlion pose'. "I've therefore taken this series of touristy photos," she joked, alongside a laughing emoji. She also wrote in a series of hashtags, "As long as you're not embarrassed, others will be the ones who are embarrassed" as well as another hashtag stating that the 'photographer' was very responsible and took such photos for the entire group. [embed] For those unacquainted with said pose, it involves people tilting their heads backward, mouths agape, to "catch" the stream of water from the Merlion's mouth. Other photos taken by a third person showed Vivian snapping a photo of Ruby in said pose, though it's not clear if Ruby's actor husband Wallace Huo had joined her on the trip. In an Instagram Story on June 7, Vivian too, reposted the photo, stating: "It's a photo worth remembering", calling herself "the best photographer". On another day, Ruby and Vivian, both wearing masks, stopped for a photo-op outside the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands. However, Ruby's little sojourn to our sunny island might not have been all that recent. Her post a week ago showed both her and Vivian posing against the backdrop of a visual installation, which the latter indicated in a comment to be the teamLab Future World exhibit at the ArtScience Museum. [embed] In the caption, Ruby expressed her well-wishes to followers for the Dragon Boat Festival. [[nid:708783]] candicecai@
SoraNews24
02-06-2025
- SoraNews24
Fukuoka woman arrested for drunk bicycle riding
It's a more serious crime than you may think. You don't hear much about DUI charges involving bicycles, but despite not being as potentially destructive as their motorized counterparts, bicycles are moving at fast enough speeds to cause serious injury. Perhaps it's just because the police's attention tends to be on other matters that drunk cyclists manage to slip under the radar unless they're doing something really conspicuous. This brings us to 21 May, when a 38-year-old woman was arrested for drunk bicycle riding while riding down Fukuoka City's Rocket Park St., which, despite its dynamic name, is a fairly quiet residential area. ▼ Rocket Park St. At about 10:30 p.m. on the same day, the woman was spotted by an officer in a patrol car riding her bike while vomiting at the same time. Seeing that and worried about her physical condition, the officer called out to her to offer assistance. Her reaction was to flee the scene on her bicycle so the officer gave chase and after stopping her administered a breathalyzer test. Found to have a blood alcohol level about four times the legal limit, she was immediately arrested. At first, she denied the charge, but perhaps after sobering up later on, she confessed that she was on her way home after drinking beer at an izakaya. Police are currently investigating how much beer that was. Many of the readers of the news online were so unaccustomed to hearing about someone getting caught drunk bicycling, they wondered what would happen to this woman. 'Getting caught drunk cycling is some advanced drunkenness.' 'If she'd only just stopped her bike and went into the trees to throw up, she'd be just another drunk person.' 'I'm a little impressed she can ride a bike while vomiting.' 'Does this affect her driver's license if she has one?' 'The penalties for even operating light vehicles drunk are severe. Just don't do it.' 'All she had to do was get off the bike and walk, but I guess she was too drunk to even think of that.' 'Can you imagine the smell?' 'I wonder if it was erupting like the Merlion.' 'What is the penalty for this? Fine? A ticket?' I was wondering about that last one myself, so let's take a look. According to Japanese law, anyone found operating a bicycle while demonstrably too intoxicated to do so, regardless of their blood alcohol level, is subject to a prison sentence of up to five years and/or a fine of up to one million yen (US$7,000). The fact that she was puking while riding would probably satisfy the condition of being 'too intoxicated' in this instance. Often if the person shows remorse and is a first-time offender, there's a fair chance this will end up as a suspended sentence, allowing her to go free as long as she doesn't do it again. However, an interesting caveat to this law is that many accessory charges apply much like they do with drunk driving. For example, if the izakaya was found to have served her alcohol with the knowledge that she would use a bike afterward, they are also liable and could face penalties of up to three months in prison or a maximum fine of 500,000 yen. ▼ 'Excuse me, sir. I'm required to ask if you will be operating a bicycle before serving you.' And as we reported earlier, laws regarding drinking and biking recently got even stricter. A revision to the Road Traffic Act made 'cycling under the influence' a crime punishable by up to three years in prison or a maximum fine of 500,000 yen. To be charged with this, one only needs to be caught riding a bicycle with a breath alcohol content of 0.15 mg/L or more, roughly equivalent to less than an hour after a single beer for an adult male. Needless to say, Japan does not play at all when it comes to drinking and bicycling. Even though arrests for it seem to be rare, they do happen and you do not want to be on the receiving end of these charges, so just play it safe and stumble home on your feet like an honorable, law-abiding drunk. Source: Fukuoka TNC News, Itai News, Kyodo News, Japanese Visa/Naturalization Application Support, Asahi Shimbun Top image: Pakutaso Insert image: Pakutaso ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
