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Mdm Kang's Kitchen Chilli Crab

  Hallo everyone

  School holidays are over! Today marks the first day of the second semester and students lug their schoolbags back to school after a whole month of R&R.

  Actually, today I wish to speak on a slightly sensitive matter - sensitive because from the day I was born till about a week ago, 19 Jun 2001 to be exact, I had not been privy to any form of sex education on TV here in Singapore.

  It was, I thought, a taboo subject here. But, last Tuesday, at about 8 o' clock, I was sitting down to my regular dose of typically predictable fare of local Mandarin dramas - this one was Apple Pie, a series for school children. Something happened that made me sit up!

  There was a classroom scene in which a teacher was giving a lesson on sex education to his class of lower secondary school students. He played a tape as he taught. A recorded voice came on the air in the classroom to brief the students on the subject. What made my jaws open wide was the part where the recorded voice asked, "Do you want a bigger penis?" It then went on to tell the students to "stop worrying about the size of your penis." And there's more of such things in this episode.

  I do not know whether you were affected by what I just wrote here, but to me it was indeed a watershed in the history of censorship here. 

  The Government has been giving more leeway in the area of censorship in the face of the changing times. This, I think is the first time that a local TV programme which targets young Singaporeans has been allowed such leeway.

  Perhaps, this is good for all of us - parents and students altogether. We parents shy away from telling our children about the birds and the bees and hope the time will never come when we have to tell them. Ask me why and my answer is this - it's been like this all along. When I was a teenager, I got the idea this was a taboo subject - the school didn't have sex education in its syllabus and my parents certainly never brought it up. But I managed to grow up without needing such lessons. This year, however, secondary school students have an opportunity to learn about sex education at school as it is now in the school curriculum. Students nowadays mature earlier than we did when we were their age, and it is timely that such lessons are conducted to prepare them for a difficult period in their growing up years. More.....

4th National Wushu Display 2001

Sunday 8 Jul 2001  7pm  Singapore Indoor Stadium

World-class Wushu display by masters from China, Vietnam, Japan, UK, USA and Singapore.

Catch Zhao Xue Feng & Liu Zhi Chao from China, Malay martial arts and local champion lion & dragon dance performances.

For more information, call the Sports For Life hotline: (65) 1800 3484222.

Jointly organised by Singapore Sports Council, People's Association and Singapore National Wushu Federation.

The China Beijing Opera

With English & Chinese subtitles

The Beijing Opera Troupe will radically alter any preconceived notions that the artform is meant for Chinese- speaking grandads and grandmas. Instead, this highly-acclaimed troupe has modernised China's age-old theatrical art with an adrenaline rush that captivates audiences from all walks of life, young or old.

The performance in Singapore will highlight six of the great Chinese classics, as well as a full-length feature of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. To fully appreciate the vibrant performance, pay attention to the remarkable acrobatics, face painting and the art of the glance (eye movements).

5 - 8 Jul 2001