#634 - Edwin Tong vs. Unfriendly Residents & $11K Nun Job Stuns Singapore

 The GE2025 season is heating up - barely 2 weeks in and it’s already spicy. A video of Minister Edwin Tong’s walkabout in Marine Parade went viral for seemingly showing an uncle in a wheelchair flipping him off, but was it actually a middle finger? A PAP volunteer also got implicated for looking stand-offish in the video. We dissect the footage and the clarifications from all the parties involved, and ask if this foreshadows the aggressive campaigning to come. Elsewhere, a Buddhist society’s job ad offering $5K-$11K a month for a nun raised eyebrows and serious questions. Was this job ad for real? Can you earn more as a nun than most normal professions?

(00:00) Words of Wisdom
(00:55) Intro
(12:05) Edwin Tong vs. Unfriendly Residents
(38:43) $11K Nun Job Stuns Singapore
(49:38) One Shiok Comment
(56:41) One Shiok Thing

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Edwin Tong vs. Unfriendly Residents

• Edwin Tong says clip from Marine Parade walkabout was used out of context for political objective

$11K Nun Job Stuns Singapore

• Job ad for nun with offer of $5,000 to $11,000 monthly salary pulled after 3 days

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Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak