The Singapore Daily

Twilight in paradise
- Sam’s thoughts: Caught in a Bad Romance: The day Lee Kuan Yew gutted me
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MM Lee : Never Retire & the Intellectual Class.
- The Asia File: Elderly Lee Kuan Yew offers to take pay cut
- Singapore Notes: Signs Of Senility
- Feed Me To The Fish: Chui Kong Lumpar Song!
- My sketchbook: No retirement age in Singapore

The Gospel of Harry
- Under The Willow Tree: Lee Kuan Yew’s “Intellectual Class” will Run Singapore Into the Ground
- TOC: Lee Kuan Yew – a sad sight indeed

YOG
- The Temasek Review: Slovak YOG Ambassador Danka Bartekova writes to TR
- TOC: Upset S’porean writes to SSC, slams YOG
- Vinyarb: CNA poll on YOG

Housing Singaporeans
- flaneurose: When will housing prices return to ‘normal’?

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- TOC: Why I do not like high GDP growth

Religion
- Barnyard Chorus: International Burn A Koran Day

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on Wordpress: Singaporeans’ national duty: buy women from abroad
- ST Forum: Seeking excellence – but at what cost?

Life, the universe and everything
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore’s 40 richest compared with the rest
- For Want of a Better Title: Formula for Dividing Matrimonial Assets

Infoblogoramus
- The Substation: The Substation Love Letters Project #2 (August) – Elangovan [Facebook]

Selected News Stories
- Forbes: Singapore’s 40 Wealthiest
- BBC: Fixed retirement age to be axed
- Guardian: Compulsory retirement at 65 to be phased out
- NYT: Job Training Alone Doesn’t Create Jobs
- The Asia Mag: Malaysia’s Imam Idol – Gimmick or Good Thing?
- NYT Room for Debate: Should Internet Gambling Be Legalized?
- SMH Drive: Hyundai Releases Equus Details
- SMH Drive: First drive: New Mercedes-Benz ‘Gullwing’
- lookout: Introducing the App Genome Project
- Idiagram: The Art of Complex Problem Solving
- NYT: Panorama: Inside the Supreme Court

July 30th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Shiori Kanzaki 神崎詩織 was born in September 22, 1987. She is the Best known for her role of Yuka Sanada in the 2004 TV show The Justirisers. Shiori has also dabbled in a variety of trades in front of the camera. Beyond her film acting work, which includes productions such as Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003), Kanazaki has appeared in a variety of plays, such as an adaptation of Little Women, commercials and a brief stint as a model. Pictures from her photobook Bookmark and recent magazine features after the break.

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July 30th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: High Court reserves judgement on judicial review application
- Jacob 69er: {Video} Give Vui Kong A Second Chance, 1st Aug (Sun), 4pm – 6pm, Speakers Corner
- TOC: Legal charges threat to freedom of expression: HRW

Twilight in paradise
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: No retirement age
- Fit to Post: There should be no retirement age for S’pore: MM Lee

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- Article 14: S.35 of the Films Act is Unconstitutional

Alan Shadrake charged for Jolly Hangman
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Alan Shadrake accused of contempt of court..

The Great Flood of Singapore
- The Lycan Times: Floods & Engineering

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Yawning Bread on Wordpress: Bed crunch continues even as new hospital opens
- TOC: Medisave – pay up or be charged?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Lost in Singapore: National Day and 100,000 Foreigners

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Furry Brown Dog: The dual economy of Singapore

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Community Engagement Programme (CEP): An Exercise In Futility?

YOG
- The Temasek Review: Slovak YOG Ambassador slams Singapore’s YOG venues of “school standard” only

2010 National Day
- Abdillah Zamzuri: Live Our Dreams, Fly Our Flag

Daily Discourse
- Singaporean Skeptic: Hong Kongers fight to preserve their culture.
- ST Forum: Police and ambulance slow to respond to accident
- ST Forum: Issuing summonses does not help residents.

Life, the universe and everything
- Under The Willow Tree: Singapore Economy Would Suffer if China Property Boom Collapses
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore download speed below global average
- Open Contours: The Broken Cabinet
- Pinyin.info: Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard [via Balderdash]

Infoblogoramus
- The Substation Theatre: Local music – Industrial: “Strobe Like A Butterfly” (FREE ADMISSION) [Facebook]
- Gerald Giam: My new book: Singapore version 2.0

Selected News Stories
- BBC: Wealthy Chinese flock to the West
- NYT: As English Spreads, Indonesians Fear for Their Language
- The Telegraph: Jim Rogers predicts a new recession in 2012
- NYT: Five Omens for China’s Future
- Reuters: Jobs, professions influence cause of death: study
- Chicago Tribune: Wired and tired
- SMH Drive: Audi reveals new A7 ‘coupe’
- Guardian: London 2012 Olympics: new pictures of the site with two years to go [pictures]

July 29th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

The Great Flood of Singapore
- The Kent Ridge Common: Flooding woes – the critical cause of poor soil quality
- New Asia Republic: Looking at Orchard River through a broken window

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: Desmond Lim barred from meeting Potong Pasir residents

Alan Shadrake charged for Jolly Hangman
- Balderdash: Improving your country’s reputation for fun and profit
- Asia Times Online: Shooting the messenger in Singapore

We are against capital punishment
- funny little world: Have you signed?

YOG
- TOC: Press Muse – Ivory tower irony in last-gasp YOG pitch
- Klik.tv: Ris Low We Will Rock You Boom Boom Pow Remix [Thanks izreloaded]

Blueprint for a sin city
- Covered in his blood: Of casinos, birds, bees and honey [Thanks Paul]

Kong Hee Doing The Ming Yi
- The Logical Christian: The Anti-Prosperity Hypocrite

Daily Discourse
- Irreligious: Comment on Joseph Prince’s father not ill-judged
- Everything Also Complain: Often-drunk Sikh priest
- Singapore Notes: Dastardly Journalism
- TOC: London’s history, Singapore’s future?

Life, the universe and everything
- Singapore and beyond: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Selected News Stories
- WSJ: Manufacturing growth slows sharply in Singapore
- AP CP: Romanian ex diplomat accused of hit-and-run killing in Singapore claims he was set up
- Malay Mail: ‘No’ to foreign-born athletes for Malaysia
- NYT: A Victory for Writing
- The Star: Are conglomerates good or bad?
- Guardian: Afghanistan war logs: Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation
- BBC: ‘Hidden US Afghan war details’ revealed by Wikileaks
- New Scientist: How Wikileaks became a whistleblowers’ haven
- SMH Drive: VW launches Mazda6 fighter
- OCW: Buying Guide : Which Singapore telco offers the best iphone 4 price and package?

July 28th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Housing Singaporeans
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MBT : There is IMBALANCE in the Market!
- Siew Kum Hong: The “market” as deus ex machina (or, The Scapegoat For Rising Housing Prices and Other Inconvenient Realities)
- Under The Willow Tree: Mah Bow Tan is Either Disingenuous, or Stupid
- Mr Wang Says So: The Little Story of One HDB Flat
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Selling a HDB flat

Countdown to Elections
- New Asia Republic’s workshop on General Election Blogging and the Law: Peter Low on GE Blogging [Thanks Donaldson]
- Singapore Notes: Their Dreams, Our Nightmares
- The Temasek Review: Proposed strategem for the Reform Party in the next 10 years
- Keep Me Safe While I Sleep: Is the PAP for or against us?
- New Asia Republic’s Photos: SPP Ordinary Party Conference 2010 (25 Jul 2010, 3pm to 7pm)

We are against capital punishment
- New Asia Republic: Road justice beyond doubt..
- funny little world: Give Vui Kong another chance!
- Lianain Films: The Good Fight
- TOC: SADPC & TOC to take to Speakers’ Corner – 1 August

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- LET ME DECIDE: Time to say thanks but no thanks [Thanks AE]
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Let Me Decide – Mr Lee Kuan Yew Agrees With You

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- TOC: Fastest growing economy – what about jobs and wages? (Part 2)
- Yours Truly Singapore: Singapore’s well-being goes far beyond GDP

The Great Flood of Singapore
- TOC: Floods and politicking – which hits worse?
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: The Great Singapore Flood – a case of ponding [Thanks George]

re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Ministry Of Education’s (MOE) Delayed Move Forward
- ST Forum: Exam-focused parents leading kids astray

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Employers bear brunt of unnecessary foreign worker levy hike

Little green dot
- Green Drinks Singapore: Citibank pulls sharkfin promotion

Daily Discourse
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Efforts to control motor insurance claims
- Loh and Behold: Irresponsible Journalism
- Singapore Dino: Wikileaks’ Afghan expose and Singapore’s excessive secrecy
- Lost in Singapore: ‘Fuck’ Really Such A Bad Word?

Life, the universe and everything
- New Asia Republic: China’s Mekong diplomatic offensive
- deadpris: Singapore Vehicles Not Allowed to Pump Ron 95 in Malaysia
- Small steps for Social PR: Some interesting facts about Singapore
- VR-Zone: HWZ forum may not be really busy!!!

Selected News Stories
- Bloomberg: Singapore’s Output Rises at Slowest Pace Since February as Demand Cools
- MarketWatch: 2010 Lexus GX460
- Reuters: Queen’s photos go online at Flickr
- The Frame: Farnborough International Airshow [large photos]

Starcraft II is finally here!

July 27th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment