A ban on long hair once existed in Singapore. In the 1960s, a Singapore government policy forbidding any male to sport long hair went into effect. This...
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Temasek (section Singapore's national honours)
recorded in Temasek – Long Ya Men (Malay: Batu Berlayar) and Ban Zu (Malay: Pancur). The name is used in modern-day Singapore for national honours as...
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contrast to those of Long Ya Men who were prone to piracy, the inhabitants of Ban Zu were described as honest, and they wore "their hair short, with turban...
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Ban Zu or Banzu (Chinese: 班卒; pinyin: Bānzú; Wade–Giles: Pan-tsu; Malay: Pancur) was a port settlement believed to have thrived in Singapore during the...
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archaeological evidence reflecting references to settlements such as Temasek, Ban Zu, Long Ya Men and the Kingdom of Singapura in chronicles and records. The first...
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Fort Canning Hill (redirect from Central Park, Singapore)
Singapore he named as Danmaxi (Temasek). Wang described in his work Daoyi Zhilüe the two distinct settlements of Temasek: Long Ya Men and Ban Zu. Ban...
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snipped his pubic hair. Brother Cane was reportedly staged in protest of the imprisonment and caning of a group of homosexual men in Singapore the previous...
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pay the tax were forcibly shaven. There was a national ban of long hair for men in Singapore; the reason was the growth of hippie subculture worldwide...
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Facial hair in the military has been at various times common, prohibited, or an integral part of the uniform. In the Indian Armed Forces, male Sikh servicemen...
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Republic of Singapore. President: Halimah Yacob Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong 1 January The National Environment Agency starts enforcing a smoking ban in Orchard...
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Ang mo (redirect from Red haired barbarians)
It is used mainly in Malaysia and Singapore, and sometimes in Thailand and Taiwan. It literally means "red-haired" and originates from Hokkien, a variety...
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replica was erected by the Singapore government near its original site to mark the role it played in Singapore's maritime history. Long Ya Men was documented...
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committee. Some months later, this committee lifted the ban on Singapore Rebel. In 1963, Singapore banned the hit song Puff, the Magic Dragon, fearing that...
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mainstream artists retreating from these styles. Most infamously, long-haired performers were banned from the then-Government monopoly broadcaster, Radio Televisyen...
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The languages of Singapore are English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, with the lingua franca between Singaporeans being English, the de facto main language...
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Pornography in Asia (redirect from Pornography in Singapore)
1991, photobook publishers began challenging this ban to the point where the portrayal of pubic hair is now fairly well accepted. Close-ups of genitalia...
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Islamic veiling practices by country (redirect from Headscarf ban)
1990. "MKs discuss France-like burka ban". The Jerusalem Post. RAI, SARITHA (2004). "A Religious Tangle Over the Hair of Pious Hindus". The New York Times...
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Donald Trump in popular culture (redirect from Hair of Donald Trump)
product called Just For Men – the longer it was left on, the darker it got. Impatience resulted in Trump's orange-blond hair color."[better source needed]...
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early–1900s, King Chulalongkorn encouraged Thai women to wear long hair instead of traditional short hair which later became a trend during the reign of King Vajiravudh...
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Radio Televisyen Malaysia had imposed a seven-year ban on him due to him maintaining his long hair, which was a strict performing no-no from the broadcaster...
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men and women, who keep the Five Ks, wear the turban to cover their long, uncut hair (kesh). The Sikhs regard the dastār as an important part of the unique...
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Singapore issues Singapore long hair ban Singapore math Singapore media mergers of 2004 and 2017 Singapore men's national basketball team Singapore men's national...
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smoking ban in all public places on 13 December 2012. However, an exception was made for bars and restaurants, allowing special smoking rooms as long as they...
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Chinese New Year (redirect from Chinese new year in singapore)
or Sinophone populations, especially in Southeast Asia. These include Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand...
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Sang Nila Utama (category Rajas of Singapore)
may be a mythical figure, even if the historicity of Singapore's 14th-century settlement is no longer disputed. Even so, as De Jong argued in his article...
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are called chôm chôm (meaning 'messy hair').[better source needed] The Chinese name is 红毛丹, literally 'red-haired pellet'. Rambutan fruit is 78% water...
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Crab-eating macaque (redirect from Long-tailed macaque)
fascicularis, common long-tailed macaque – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam M.f. aurea, Burmese long-tailed macaque...
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Kingdom of Singapura (redirect from Kingdom of Singapore)
Yuan dynasty sojourner Wang Dayuan concerning the settlements of Long Ya Men and Ban Zu upon Temasek. The settlement developed in the 13th or 14th century...
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