The Singapore Daily

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th Anniversary
- Singapore Social Activist: Making a Commitment (2009)

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice: MINDEF
- Digital Terrorist: SAF Clamping Down on NS Facebookies
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: blogging will destroy our nation

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Sgpolitics.net: Dr Chee Soon Juan responds to CJ, AG and Law Minister
- Sgpolitics.net: Dr Chee’s response leaves CJ, AG and Law Minister in the dust

Daily Discourse
- Gerald Giam: Perspectives on the situation in Gaza
- Singapore Enquirer: 2.1% training places taken up: MOM offers more courses under SPUR
- Singapore Indian Voice: Singapore Prepares to Gobble Up Its Last Village
- Anonymous_X: To Eu Yan Sang: Xia Ku Cao herbs sans cigarette butts, please? [Thanks wacky_artz]

Life, the universe and everything
- eastcoastlife: Are You My Type? - RT /WW
- Rambling Librarian: “Singapore - Crossroads of the East 1938″
- Angry Angmo: Who Else Wants Cheap Holiday? - The Complete Guide To Singapore Budget Airlines
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: Changi Boardwalk
- Empty Vessel: Music gets its mojo back
- Just Stuff: The Day, The Yellow Brick Road Turned Red – A Singaporean Study in Living with Uncertainty in a Certain World / Part 1

In Memory Of JBJ
- News Release by UncleYap: families & friends held memorial for Mr. JBJ
- Sgpolitics.net: Photos of JBJ Memorial at St. Andrews Cathedral, 03 Jan 2009
- TOC: In celebration of JBJ’s birthday
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Countdown at Hong Lim Park…

Recession
- TOC: Disappointed with NTUC chief’s top 3 priorities

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Mathia Lee: Justice, Law, and the Courts II
- Wayang Party: Double standards in application of laws: Do foreigners have more rights that locals?

Fixing the Opposition
- The one dimensional island: 2009 - the year of change
- Sgpolitics.net: US trade union interviews SDP Chairman Gandhi Ambalam

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- groundnotes: Finally, an argument for the ISA

144th and falling: The Internet Is Not Reliable!
- Feed Me To The Fish: Political Orthodoxy and Respect!
- TOC: Disgrace - The life and times of Chua Lee Hoong*

Daily Discourse
- The Secret Political Blog: New Health Threat: Third-Hand Smoke and the Smoking Campaign Debate
- Singapore Enquirer: Rising Cost of Consumption: 9 prices to track in 2009
- Military Life: Blanket Party in the Singapore Armed Forces?
- Anonymous_X: Update on Ren Ci Probe: The Venerable (?) Ming Yi to go on trial in April
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Who is Lee Wei Ling

Life, the universe and everything
- thegreatsze: The Potential Bias
- A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur: Gahmen Agencies
- The Death of a million is just a statistic: The True Meaning of True Love
- The fire in my life: Worms in CNY oranges? [Thanks ecko]

Infoblogaramous
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: UTTERLY ART presents its first show of 2009: The Stage

Kim Jung-hwa (김정화 or 金晶和) is a South Korean actress and model. After making a debut appearance in an MTV, a producer offered her an acting position. Jung-hwa was awarded the Best Supporting Actress in 2003.

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In Memory Of JBJ
- Voices Sg: CSJ Sings, in memory of JBJ, at New Year’s eve “Opposition Party” [Thanks Jude]
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: In Memory of JBJ
- The Singapore Enquirer: JBJ memorial service at St Andrews Cathedral. Grandchildren and nieces tribute
- TOC: Service of celebration and thanksgiving

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Balderdash: CJ Chan says courts’ authority must be respected by all
- Mathia Lee: Justice, Law and the Courts
- Mollymeek: Forbidden Questions, Or:Tactics of Persuasive Denial
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Protecting the integrity and independence of our courts…

Recession
- The Kway Teow Man: On Capitalism and the Free Market
- EastStop: The Aftermath of Financial Crises
- My sketchbook: Singapore’s economy slides again…

High Notes and Minibombs
- TOC: Fidrec - more symbolism than substance?

Strangers In a Strange Land
- Aussie Pete: Are ‘Ang Mohs’ Welcome To Live In Singapore?

Lee vs Chee
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Reflections of 08 and Expectations of 09

144th and falling: The Internet Is Not Reliable!
- The Singapore Enquirer: Credibility: an inverse relationship between the New and Old media

Daily Discourse
- Sgpolitics: The Singapore Change – Real or Illusion?
- Wayang Party: Hidden message behind PM Lee’s New Year address
- Singapore Life and Times: The Old and the New
- Mathia Lee: Freedom of expression, offense and anger
- Just Stuff: The Expert Needs To Be Destroyed In Our Brain! – A Singaporean Study in the Cult of Elitism
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Death Penalty Watch - Singaporean, Fajar Taslim & Ghanaian, Stephen Obioha
- Singapore Indian Voice: Singapore sentences Ghanaian drug trafficker to death (Reflection and report)
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: staying together, moving ahead, wait, 2 dollars first
- Tan Kin Lian: Rating of political leaders

Life, the universe and everything
- cavalierio: Writing home | To the memory of JBJ
- Jacob’s Weblog: Singapore’s last village to disappear; Short film on Kampong Lorong Buangkok
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Food for All 2008 Report

Infoblogaramous
- a writer’s blog: Assault and Flattery

Tech News
- InformationWeek: Windows 7 Reviews Mixed On Pirate Bay
- Fudzilla: January 18th is time for energy efficient quad-cores
- VentureBeat: Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
- eFluxMedia: Microsoft Solves Zune Bug
- Fortune: Top 10 Macworld rumors for 2009
- 9to5Mac: Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro to go unibody, lose removable battery
- PC World: The iPhone 3G Unlock Chart: Will Your Carrier Work?
- TGdaily: Apple patents iPhone gloves
- Gamasutra: Nielsen: PlayStation 2 Most-Played Console In 2008, WoW Tops PC Gaming

Reviews | Guides
- X-bit Labs: Personal Computers of 2009: Nine Predictions
- Laptopmag: The Best Notebooks of 2008
- Tom’s Hardware: System Builder Marathon: Performance & Value : Is Spending More Justified?
- Anadtech: 300W to 450W: 20 Power Supplies on the Test Bench
- Bit-tech: The bit-tech Hardware Awards 2008
- Benchmark Reviews: Year In Review: 2008 Computer Hardware Industry Failure
- [OC]ModShop: 2008 Year In Review
- Madshrimps: Western Digital Scorpio Black, the none-SSD Laptop HDD Upgrade
- Hardware Secrets: ASUS Eee PC 1002HA
- InsideHW: Toshiba NB100
- 1UP: Readers’ Choice Awards 2008
- Tech ARP: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO to NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Mod Guide

SG Tech
- Tech65: What’s this Zii all about??

In memory of JBJ: 5 Jan 1926 - 30 Sept 2008
5pm today at St Andrews Cathedral

Unlike the authorities of other countries who spoke to the victims to see what can be done to help them, MAS kept its distance. MAS refuses to conduct direct investigations into the complaints letting the banks handle the complaints from the people were supposed to have victimised. Our leaders stepped forward to blame the victims for their plight blaming their desire for better returns for those losses. This incident showed how extraordinary our leaders are for they acted differently from the leaders of every other country where the problem occurred. This incident shows clearly where our leaders will stand when Singaporeans suffer from misfortune.
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

As a country obsessed with nation-building and the great Singapore story, local education is invariably intertwined with national education. From the sheer competence of the PAP, the evil of the communists, the stupidity of the Barisan Socialists, we are taught one specific narrative of our history. From authoritarian classrooms to being told what subjects to study (and what to drop), we are taught the value of strict hierarchy and maintaining the status quo.
groundnotes

It is high time Singapore (or rather the Goverment) stop boasting to be one of the market leaders when you cannot even take charge in a small little red dot.
Endoh’s Dungeon

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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