National Education.
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau - When the government of one of the world's poorest nations learned that Whoopi Goldberg had taken a DNA test showing her ancestors hail from here, the news reverberated through the halls of parliament.
It was, the country's leaders decided, a chance to change the image of this West African nation plagued by coups since wresting independence from Portugal in 1973. If the world could only grasp that a Hollywood celebrity traced her roots to this forsaken corner of the globe, it could bring goodwill from afar - even fame for Guinea-Bissau, they reasoned. Read more.
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A letter writer [to the Straits Times] said he found it hard to understand why Singapore strived so hard to associate with anyone famous “who is remotely connected to Singapore” and blow it up as among one of its own.
“Remember Vanessa Mae, the (renowned) violinist and how our local newspapers never failed to mention as ‘Singapore born’ when she just happened to be born in Singapore and spent only three years here. I doubt she could have the faintest impression of Singapore at her age.” Read more.
It was, the country's leaders decided, a chance to change the image of this West African nation plagued by coups since wresting independence from Portugal in 1973. If the world could only grasp that a Hollywood celebrity traced her roots to this forsaken corner of the globe, it could bring goodwill from afar - even fame for Guinea-Bissau, they reasoned. Read more.
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A letter writer [to the Straits Times] said he found it hard to understand why Singapore strived so hard to associate with anyone famous “who is remotely connected to Singapore” and blow it up as among one of its own.
“Remember Vanessa Mae, the (renowned) violinist and how our local newspapers never failed to mention as ‘Singapore born’ when she just happened to be born in Singapore and spent only three years here. I doubt she could have the faintest impression of Singapore at her age.” Read more.
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“Remember Vanessa Mae, the (renowned) violinist and how our local newspapers never failed to mention as ‘Singapore born’ when she just happened to be born in Singapore and spent only three years here. I doubt she could have the faintest impression of Singapore at her age.”
And the reverse goes for Tao Li.
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鱿鱼, at 6:24 AM
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