tango42
November 29, 2020, 1:48pm
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Didn’t show up for jail after conviction for selling fake designer bags.
Marco
November 29, 2020, 1:57pm
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A lot of people get entitled when they have fame and money
21/2-year jail term
21/2? Why not just say 10.5 years? Why they gotta make the article into a maths question? Though that’s pretty harsh for selling fake stuff.
Another Tango42 topic saved!
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Hygge
November 29, 2020, 2:05pm
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“She was briefly a singer who released two albums in 1999 and also known for once dating boy band 5566’s Tony Sun.”
I’m not sure even Tony Sun know who this girl is!
2.5 years😂
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Marco
November 29, 2020, 2:06pm
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Then they gotta put in a space or use 2.5 or use the half symbol ½ or even write out the number in words! Terrible grammar. 0/10 see me after class, Straits Times!
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Why’s it 2.5 years? 10.5 months is just under 0.9 of a year. Or am I missing something?
From the local press, last year:
The Intellectual Property Court yesterday upheld the conviction of entertainer Ting Hsiao-chin (丁小芹) for selling counterfeit luxury handbags, but reduced her sentence to two-and-a-half years in prison, in the second ruling in the...
From the local press, 25th inst.:
Hygge
November 29, 2020, 9:00pm
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I don’t think the people writing or reading that article is expected to do any maths. You and Marco is too intelligent
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2 and 1/2
2and 1/2
2and1/2
2an1/2
2a1/2
21/2
tango42:
Ting Hsiao-chin
How is her name written in Chinese?
停小警?
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