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Msian writer quits Crazy Rich Asians sequel

Sep 05, 2019

Adele Lim, the Msian-born co-writer of Crazy Rich Asians has dropped out of the planned sequel, after she found out that she was being paid 10 times less than her writing partner.

According to reports, the studio said it was due to her relative lack of experience in writing movies.

However, it reignited the debate about how Hollywood treats women and people of color. 

Lim is currently working on the animated film Raya and the Last Dragon, for Disney. 

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The Youth and Sports Minister has again voiced his opposition to calls to raise the mandatory retirement age. 

MTUC recently said that this would help Msians save up for old age, but Syed Saddiq argues that it would hurt job opportunities and promotion prospects for younger workers. 

He adds, a better way to improve retirement savings, is to address the issue of stagnant wages. 

Meanwhile according to a poll on the AstroRadioNews Facebook page, 70 percent of respondents said the current retirement age should be maintained. 

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A 12-year-old boy in Lincolnshire, UK reportedly cheated death, when he was impaled by a metal spring from a trampoline. 

He was bouncing on a friend's trampoline when the spring broke off and embedded itself in his back.

The boy was taken to hospital, and it took doctors 10 hours to remove the spring.