{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Yah Lah But","title":"#734: Backlash for Twelve Cupcakes’ Abrupt Closure & SM Lee Urges Immigrants Not To Flaunt Wealth","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/17d58ad3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3582,"description":"Popular bakery chain Twelve Cupcakes suddenly shuttered on 29 Oct 2025, leaving 80 employees jobless overnight and the food workers’ union fuming. Elsewhere, SM Lee Hsien Loong’s remarks at a Chatham House dialogue, where he urged foreigners to not flaunt wealth, went viral online.\n𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟲𝟬 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺!\nWe’re recording 60 Folklories with 60 Singaporeans above 60 yrs as part of our “Words of Wisdom” Project.\nCheck out the first wave of recordings for SG60\nHelp us keep these stories alive by nominating your loved ones!\n𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴\nTerence: 28 YEARS LATER – Official Trailer\nHaresh: How Shopping Malls Are Being Transformed Into Apartments In The U.S.\n𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – \"𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁”\nGet a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox!\nSubscribe Here\n(00:00) Words of Wisdom\n(00:46) Intro\n(08:27) Backlash for Twelve Cupcakes’ Abrupt Closure\n(25:05) SM Lee Urges Immigrants Not To Flaunt Wealth\n(51:07) One Shiok Comment\n(54:22) One Shiok Thing\n𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲!\nReddit | Telegram\n𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀\nTikTok | Instagram | Facebook\n𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:\nBacklash for Twelve Cupcakes’ Abrupt Closure\nAbout 80 workers affected by Twelve Cupcakes’ closure; union says sudden notice 'unacceptable and unfair'\nTwelve Cupcakes shutters, in provisional liquidation\n‘Unacceptable and irresponsible’: Union raps Twelve Cupcakes for abrupt closure, axing of 80 workers\n[2021] Twelve Cupcakes fined $119,500 over multiple counts of underpaying its employees\n[2021] Twelve Cupcakes to join food workers union\nSM Lee Urges Immigrants Not To Flaunt Wealth\n'S'porean Chinese are different from Chinese-Chinese': SM Lee on importance of a national identity in multiracial S'pore\nTranscript of PM Lee Hsien Loong at the Chatham House Dialogue (Oct 2025)\nSM Lee urges immigrants not to flaunt wealth or 'zoom' their Ferrari or Lotus at night to show they've arrived\n𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/P-FL68bNyrAJP_EUfxDZLWp-CdkgeA4hsvYhFh8IVPw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNGVh/NjE1ZTIzODk2ODEx/ZmIwNDkwZWU1NDEy/ZGE4OS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}