{"id":3847,"date":"2011-09-24T15:58:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T07:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2011-12-10T09:25:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T01:25:14","slug":"i-believe-that-more-than-40-of-singaporeans-can-speak-or-understand-hokkien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=3847","title":{"rendered":"I believe that more than 40% of Singaporeans can speak or understand Hokkien! Sat Oct 22, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The only two places in Asia where I enjoy listening&nbsp;to Hokkien songs and singing are Malaysia and Taiwan.&nbsp; Perhaps, Taiwan Formosa television has made Hokkien songs popular in Singapore with the Taiwanese soap operas.<\/p>\n<p>I am not fluent in Hokkien; but like many of us, we enjoy listening to the songs.&nbsp; A week in Bangkok, and I already missed my favourite Taiwanese &quot;LOVE&quot; drama.&nbsp; To share with you, I am having a headache, because I have not been able to find a Club Manager to replace Dolly Lim in the new year 2012.&nbsp; Music and songs and dancing are a great relief when it comes to solving headaches problems.&nbsp; Of course, the other headaches are the consequences affecting us, as a result of the going-ons in Europe and the US.<\/p>\n<p>So, I was thinking of having a Karaoke event, during the week of Oct 24.&nbsp; The event will have a simple buffet, sit down, aircon pl;ace and we can sing, listen, enjoy each others&#8217; company, and get to know one another.<\/p>\n<p>But, really, I think we should stay focused, and not have multiple dialects or languages.&nbsp; All songs will be in Hokkien only, single, duet or group.&nbsp; And, to qualify as as &quot;Karaoke&quot; participant, as long as you like Hokkien songs, can sing of the screen and entertain fellow members when they eat and chat or dance, you can participate as a singer.<\/p>\n<p>But, I dont have a place or the date yet.&nbsp; Next week, I am back in Singapore, and we shall finalise the place and date.&nbsp; Some of you are eager to be an EO.&nbsp; Would you like to try as an&nbsp;EO?&nbsp; I shall invite you for lunch or dinner at the place I have in mind.&nbsp; This event is ON and confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000099\"><strong>Update:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Venue:&nbsp; Oxford Hotel,&nbsp;218 Queens Street,&nbsp;(2 mins walk from Bras Basah circle line or 10 mins walk from Bugis MRT).<\/li>\n<li>Theme: Buffet dinner with Hokkien Karaoke &#8211; 680 titles.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Sat Oct 22, 2011<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Time:&nbsp;&nbsp;Starts 1700 hrs and ends 2100 hrs.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Costs:&nbsp; $18 per person (Payment by 15 Oct 20110); $19 per person (Payment after 15 Oct 2011).<\/li>\n<li>Payment: &nbsp;Interested participants, please transfer the money to: &nbsp; POSB Saving Account no. 085-46543-0;&nbsp;Account Name: &nbsp;TAN SOK CHENG<\/li>\n<li>Seating Capacity: &nbsp; 60 pax<\/li>\n<li>Strictly for SHC members only. &nbsp;Please bring along your name tag.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dress Code:&nbsp; <\/strong>Your regular Saturday Attire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Terence Seah\/Sally Tan<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#0000cc\">Registration:<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Terence Seah (EO) (Paid)<\/li>\n<li>Sally Tan (co-EO)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Paid)<\/li>\n<li>Dan Huang (Paid 19\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Shirleen Kao (Paid 15\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Judy Lim (Paid 11\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Ronnie Sow (Paid 14\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Annie Loh (Paid 7\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Zahriah (Paid 14\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Rena Wong (Paid 14\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Sam Goh (Paid 14\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Dolly Lim (Paid 9\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Lily Ho (Paid 9\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Janie Leong (Paid 9\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Judy Tay (Paid 9\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Eyvonne Chew (Paid 11\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Lina Ng (Paid 9\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Hou Chong (Paid 9\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Steven Chan (Paid 11\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Ann Lim&nbsp;(Paid 11\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Lilian Teo&nbsp;(Paid 11\/10)<\/li>\n<li>S. K. Chua (Paid 11\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Josephine Yap (Paid 11\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Esther Mok (Paid 11\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Audrey Wong (Paid 15\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Janet Chan (Paid 17\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Doreen Lau (Paid 10\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Ron Wie (Paid 10\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Daisy Yeo (Paid 12\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Helen T Wong (Paid 12\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Eunice Tay (Paid 13\/10) <\/li>\n<li>Joe Leow (Paid 13\/10) <\/li>\n<li>Bobby Bok (Paid 15\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Terry Tang (Paid 15\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Clara Chay (Paid 20\/10) <\/li>\n<li>Irene Poh (Paid 20\/10)<\/li>\n<li>Teo Chin Hian<\/li>\n<li>Sock Cheng aka Sockie (Picture Manager)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/shc1\/hokkien20111022\/\" target=\"_self\">Photos by Terence, Judy Lim and Sockie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only two places in Asia where I enjoy listening&nbsp;to Hokkien songs and singing are Malaysia and Taiwan.&nbsp; Perhaps, Taiwan Formosa television has made Hokkien songs popular in Singapore with the Taiwanese soap operas. I am not fluent in Hokkien; but like many of us, we enjoy listening to the songs.&nbsp; A week in Bangkok, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=3847\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I believe that more than 40% of Singaporeans can speak or understand Hokkien! Sat Oct 22, 2011&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1945,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1945"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}