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What a perfectly beautiful child!
.......JAK

A star in the making! What a cutie. And a pretty darn good voice, too, for someone that age. I so LOVE when I hear Adam's music sung throughout the world.

DRG

@jak
Since you are always saying check it out I did. Read your last comment on the thread News report about Adam at China finale. It was interesting and I was surprised to discover you were right. I was under the falseimpression that most of our debt in this country was to China. I guess I'm one of the lazy people who don't look for the truth. From now on I'm looking it up and checking it twice. Kay M.

This kid is awesome! His has amazing voice. And his English is perfect.
Sabrina

wow he should win it all !! a child prodigy.

wow-beautiful voice-cute kid-he looks like my nephew kyle-hes half chinese half phil.

The boy has good taste and quite a looker.

Great job, cute kid. Very talented. I love that song Seem like younger people really, seem to like singing it. Hope he wins, are at least does well. You do not really have to win all time, to do well. Like our Adam. Sue

This little boy is only ten years old and so confident; he moved me and the song fits him just like it does, Adam; because we know the family is allowed only one child and everything is placed on that one child especially if it's a male child. Whoa, nice fluffy hair, hmm a tiny little talented Adam in the making. The compere jokingly said he was still wearing diapers at that age, to which the lady retorted. :)
Lam-my

Sweet & Adorable like our darling Adam:):):)
Yes ! a Star in the making!!!

To amend my above comment, this boy may not be from China because the competition is entitled...Asian Idol Group Competition. So the one-child policy will not apply if that's the case. But the song still fits him because Chinese parents put a lot of emphasis on their children's upbringing; most parents do for that matter. :)
Lam-my

6.20 in china they are only allowed to have one child? Only one child per family.is than only in china or some regions Of China?

Above comment by me sue, forgot. Just wondering about the one child thing!

Sue
Yes that is a policy but I understand there are exemptions and exceptions to the one-child policy rule. I also read the rule may be relaxed in years to come.
Lam-my

China has one child policy for years now.
I remember in Singapore during the reign of Lee Kwan Yew, only those with high IQ are allowed to have children.
But not true anymore since Singapore's population growth after that was down to the lowest percentage.
And no gum chewing is allowed in Singapore or you'll get arrested after someone stuck a gum on the subway door and caused chaos.

China has had the one child policy for a long time, but there are more and more calls to repeal it lately dur to and aging population, so they're worried about having a viable workforce.
But there are exemptions, it does not apply to foreigners, and there are exceptions for ethnic minorities, and people with disabilites. And farmers in rural areas can have a second child if their first is a girl. And in some cities more than one child is allowed if both parents are single children.
But may wealthy Chinese have more than one, because the penalty for breaking the rule is a heavy fine and loss of welfare and free education etc, so they can afford to pay it.

Lee Kuan Yew is a genius and the only person I used to listen to, because he spoke with passion and had original ideas. He loves Singapore more than his own life! He reminds me of Aung San Suu Kyi. He and his small team fought for the independence of Singapore then under British rule. As a young person, I remember we had riots and bloodshed just like some of the things we see on tv, during the early years of independence. Singapore is a small vibrant country now, but during our early years of independence from the British and subsequent breakaway from Malaysia, there were a lot of uncertainties regarding jobs, housing, education, defence etc. Lee Kuan Yew and our government were not sure we could even make it on our own with zilt resources; but we did. Yes we had this 2-child campaign under then PM Lee Kuan Yew to curb population size, as one way to keep within the resources available then. We were literally at our crossroads of a make or break. But no one was arrested or questioned if they had more than 2 children; only subtle inconveniences in terms of school placements and monetary incentives etc. But when Singapore stabilised many years later, the rule was lifted. And yes, many Singaporeans have criticised that campaign; not really an austere policy though. And that's most likely why I have 2 children and many others like me. But if I had wanted 3, there was no stopping; because I wouldn't have cared that much about the inconveniences. Still much later and to present day, parents have to be incentivised to have three or more, but modern couples nowadays think more of their own freedom and career instead of raising children. Regarding "only mothers with high IQ" are allowed to have children...is absolutely false and sounds quite funny to me. The government statistics showed female graduates were not married and the married graduate women were not having babies; many not even one or at most one. Because they were so caught up with building their career. So the incentives for graduate women to have babies were brought about to encourage graduate mothers to be; these incentives, monetary, school placements etc were in place only for graduate mothers. But it did not mean other mothers to be, couldn't have 2 or more children though they would not have enjoyed the benefits given to graduate mothers. As for chewing gum, yes it's banned but can be bought at pharmacies. One of the reasons was these youngsters would stick the chewed gum on lift (elevator) doors or buttons to jam the lifts and terrified trapped users would have to wait for the lift maintenance team to break down the door to rescue them. We live in high-rise buildings which have at least 2 lifts per block; other reasons as well. By the way Singapore though a small island, also has about 60 other smaller islands surrounding the main island. lol! Used to boat to these off-shore islands for fishing and hiking. :)
Lam-my

These jammed lift situations are sporadic because the maintenance workers service them regularly. And they don't actually break down the door, nor are the trapped people terrified...a bit over-dramatised. lol! We have moved on a long long time ago regarding the chewing-gum ban.
Lam-my

@Lam-my Very interesting! I knew some of this but not all so I appreciate your details!

@Lam-my thank you for all this interesting and informative info.

daydreamin
Thank you. Yea details are usually not stated from a lay person's angle, usually from a wider country's angle. But I lived through the whole Singapore struggling era to this day. So I understand what you mean about appreciating 'details'! Okay since you are interested in details...I remember, before the ban, I could blow pink bubble-gum into a bubble-ball until it pops with a small burst of air from the bubble! lol! Probably our government after debating for a very long time on the ban, thought the pros outweighed the cons. But the ban wasn't a very big deal for me because I also hated those black, sticky, very difficult to remove decayed gum all over the place; and also, by then, I already had my fill of popping those bubble-gum. Quite fun. lol! By the way Lee Kuan Yew did not authorise the ban, though complaints were brought to his attention first. It was the next PM, Goh Chok Tong who banned bubble-gum. But you can still buy bubble-gum at pharmacies, even now; smaller white ones not those pink popping ones. lol! :)
Lam-my

Adamluv
Thank you. I saw your comment after printing mine; guess I would have said the same above, to you too. :)
Lam-my

@lam-my and any one else interested.


Talking off Islands (as in singapore has 60), did you know Hong Kong is made up of 235 islands......the biggest (although not the most populated) is Lantau where the airport and Disneyland is, Hong Kong Island is the busiest. Many are uninhabited, with lots of small secluded beaches that can only be reached by boat.

Hk fan
Yea that's a lot of Hong Kong islands indeed. What about the Philippines, 700 islands and many other countries as well. And that's why after I wrote 60, I put lol! You probably didn't get what I was hinting at. lol! Well, the most comforting part is even if it's just 60, every inch of them belongs to us...that's comforting, when I see people fighting tooth and nail over a group of islands in a nearby region.
Lam-my

Philippines has 7,100 islands.

Wow! Thank you. Philippines is such a beautiful country; yea been to Manila and Baguio is very scenic. My niece is now there working; returning soon, posted there for a 3-year stint...a pretty high post. :)
Lam-my

By the way, this thread is geographically and culturally Asian. And it's not deliberate digression, just incidental questions and answers popping up. Rather interesting. :)
Lam-my