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“Ridiculous” Rony Recants
- The Temasek Review: ISD called up Lighthouse Evangelism Pastor Rony Tan over his remarks about Buddhism
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Sorry No Count, Playground Taunt
- be happy: clearing misconceptions
- Buddhabook: Pastor Rony Tan Demonized Buddhism
- Yamizi: Rony Tan really have his God to thank for!!!
- Kwekings: C’mon, don’t tell me you were surprised..
- ambiguity: Religion-less
- My Singapore News: The revelation of Pastor Rony Tan
- subway secrets: To be fair..
- Sg Truth: Police must act against Pastor Rony Tan
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Beware of Active Religious Chauvinism..
- Gahmen: MHA’s Statement In Response To Media Queries On The Lighthouse Evangelism (LE) Videos And Comments Made By Pastor Rony Tan Of Lighthouse Evangelism, 08 February 2010

Road to Election
- TOC: What the 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer really says
- Icarus Flew Too High: A Broad Consensus for Democracy in Singapore

The Economic Strategies Committee Report
- My Little Corner: Increasing productivity using technology is not straightforward

Housing: Homeless in Singapore
- TOC: HDB replies: Waiting time for rental flat is now reduced

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Conflicting signals from Government over foreign manpower policy
- Singapore Dino: Gan Kim Yong redefines resident’s question instead of answering it
- The Temasek Review: Mark Lee defends himself for employing PRC workers: Difficult to employ locals

Daily Discourse
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Freedom of speech and religion – Singapore style
- Sam’s thoughts: “Natural” bias
- I’m getting personal: It is a marathon
- Mathia Lee: Income Inequality In Singapore

Life, the universe and everything
- My Very Own Glob: Singapore’s Oskar Schindler
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: iPad appears at the Grammy Award

Selected News Stories [Thanks Gerald Ho]
- Reuters: Singapore’s first casino may open this weekend
- ANTARA News: Singapore remains corrupters` favored haven
- Asia World: Taiwan defence minister made secret visit to Singapore
- AFP: Sharp rise in illegal loans: Singapore police
- Reuters: U.S. teens lose interest in blogging: study
- Reuters: Being religious may not make you healthier after all
- NYT: The Debtor the World Still Bets On
- Guardian: Around the world in seven gestures

Our good friend April is conducting a Study on Skincare Brand Preference in Singapore as part of her course at SMU. If you are interested in participating in the study, please complete this survey.

Survey participants will also have the opportunity to undertake a product usage test [where they will 1) collect the product samples worth about $100 for use or 2) have the opportunity to participate in the brand’s signature skincare treatment]. 200 will be selected amongst the initial respondents for the product usage test while 50 will be selected for the treatment response test.

Road to Election
- TOC: The Straits Times thinks only businessmen are Singaporeans
- The Temasek Review: Time for Singapore opposition to come up with a Common Policy Framework
- The Temasek Review: Reform Party urges PAP to embrace need for political reform in Singapore
- Singapore Alternatives: NSP Press Release on New 13th CEC

The Economic Strategies Committee Report
- TOC: Do upgrading skills and Workfare help low-wage workers?
- The Temasek Review: Reform Party calls for dismantling of GLC structure in its response to ESC report
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: The SDP’s alternative economic programme Part 2: Getting rich quick
- My sketchbook: Making of the Singapore’s economics strategies

Housing: Homeless in Singapore
- TOC: Public housing flats – Singaporeans come first or foreigners?
- TOC: SERS flats converted to condo for expats
- Singapore Alternatives: HDB Homeless Policy

Re education
- Kelvin Teo Writes: About time to rethink about our scholar selection mechanisms
- Flying Low: Thoughts about teaching

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: SM Goh : No U-turn in foreigner policy

Religion
- The Kent Ridge Common: Video of Pastor making rounds

Daily Discourse
- TOC: The Sedition Act needs revision
- The Temasek Review: Can we trust our journalists to tell the truth?
- Journalism.sg: Ex-NMP Siew Kum Hong upbeat about new media’s role in politics
- Laïcité: Learning about the birds and the bees at 21
- TOC: The Reform Party Welcomes the new US ambassador’s comments
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Apathetic Generation
- The Temasek Review: Exposure – The Element of Change for Singapore and Singaporeans
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Let’s Talk with local poet Ng Yi-Sheng

Life, the universe and everything
- The Long and Winding Road: A fascination with flying machines: some alternative views of the Airshow

Infoblogaramous
- Singaporeans for Democracy: Directions for SFD in 2010

Selected News Stories [Thanks Gerald Ho]
- NY Daily News: She’s just a fame-hungry Bridezilla, says David Tutera about the Melissa Chin lawsuit
- Taipei Times: A tale of two city-states
- The Star: Hitting the brakes on foreign force
- Asia Sentinel: Singapore Pulls the Welcome Mat for Foreign Workers
- BBC: The web makes the personal political
- San Francisco Chronicle: A reality check on autism and vaccines
- NYTimes: Out With the Ox, in With the Tiger
- NYTimes: Better Loving Through Chemistry
- China Daily: In defense of pajamas

“I think “who can do more for you” is a silly benchmark in choosing your future MPs because currently, it is more of a case of “who truly wants to do more for you” that matters.”
Fievel

““I am a Singaporean, you know?.. I come here to fish. What is wrong with that? Why they treat us like this?”
A homeless Singaporean

“The huge disparity in work hours and domestic purchasing power speaks volumes about the man on Main Street.”
Wakka Kong and Simeon Ang

“The premise of national survival, high levels of material prosperity as well as the East Asian culture of “group harmony” cannot deter the fundamental “desire for recognition” in Man from manifesting.. The accordance of full political liberties is an inevitability and it will be a journey that will define our country in the decades to come.”
The Buffet Table

“..those who deem themselves rational voices of moderation in public discourse.. are often complicit with the ideology of compulsory balance, probably the worst form of extremism, which denies other standpoints (particularly those that are against the status quo) by virtue of the fact that they are not judged to be balanced, rational, or moderate.”
Molly Meek

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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Road to Election
- The Teamsek Review: Confusing times for a confused PAP leadership
- TOC: Polarization: The symptom, not the illness
- Molitics: The Mask of Moderation
- My Thoughts: ST’s Rachel Chang accuses Singapore government of being polarised [Thanks Ganga]
- The Temasek Review: Imagine a Singapore with the PAP in charge for another 50 years
- Yours Truly Singapore: Imagining a Singapore without the PAP
- Digital Terrorist: Because We Don’t Give a Shit

The Economic Strategies Committee Report
- Singapore Alternatives: NSP’s views regarding the ESC’s recommendations
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Higher education Singapore: Degree of difference

Housing: Homeless in Singapore
- TOC: SERS flats to be rented out to foreigners again – this time in Bedok
- Lianan Films: Happy Birthday, Mrs B

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Jobstreet – Jobs for foreigners

We are against Capital Punishment
- TOC: Do NUS law students support the mandatory death penalty?

Daily Discourse
- The Temasek Review: US Ambassador-designate to Singapore to promote political and press freedom in Singapore
- The Temasek Review: Teo Ser Luck: Good-looking ladies are a “plus” for YPAP

Life, the universe and everything
- Times of My Life: Big Pore and Small Pore of Singapore
- The Long and Winding Road: Post Offices of old
- For What It’s Worth: Muse concert
- Singaporean Skeptic: Interesting Blog for Financial Buffs.
- Crack Two: Rare Photos of Famous People (125 pics)
- Klik.TV: 10 things you shouldn’t miss at the Singapore Air Show 2010

Selected News Stories [Thanks Gerald Ho]
- Maktoob Business: Expat workers threaten Gulf existence
- Asia Pacific Voices: Iranian nuclear program received with mixed reactions
- BBC: Q&A: Toyota recalls
- Reuters: Latest trends and outlook of smartphone makers
- USA Today: In John Terry, football has its Tiger Woods

If you haven’t seen this already. Have a good weekend.

Sayuri Anzu (杏さゆり) was one of the top swimsuit models in Japan. Born in Kanagawa (30 Sep 1983), she has appeared on the cover of almost every major men’s magazine. In 2005, she made her first acting appearance in Fuji TV’s Gekidan Engimono project Ano Musume Boku ga Long Conte Kimetara Donna Kao Suru Darou.

Sayuri Anzu’s photobook after the break.
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The Economic Strategies Committee Report
- TOC: The Reform Party Responds to the Economic Strategies Committee Report
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: The main problem with the ESC Report.
- TOC: Raising the foreign worker levy is a blunt move
- Singabloodypore: ESC recommendations: Singapore Going Nuclear!
- The Quest to be Gainfully Employed: The ESC [Thanks Sharon]
- The Temasek Review: Pro-foreigner columnist at Business Times turns out to be a “foreign talent” himself
- Musings From the Lion City: Not For Singapore

Road to Election
- Molitics: Reclaiming Our Imagination
- Sgpolitics.net: Imagining Singapore without PAP: Why Not?

Housing
- TOC: HDB’s inflexible policies will result in more homeless S’poreans
- Carpe Diem: Homeless in Singapore - the real story
- Barnyard Chorus: Rape of a homeless man

Singaporeans, A Dying Breed
- Icarus Flew Too High: “To flee or not to flee?”

Twilight in Paradise. Medisave
- My Singapore News: Flying, the, Medisave, kite

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Any proof of H1N1 vaccine safety and efficacy?

Daily Discourse
- The F-Word: A False Necessity: Singapore’s Maid Trade
- On Nation and State: How much is 10 billion?
- Brad’s Blog: Cats and Singapore HDBs
- Loh and Behold: Priorities, priorities

Life, the universe and everything
- The Frame: Singapore airshow 2010 [Pictures] [Thanks Gerald]
- The Long and Winding Road: Curry puffs, brightly coloured candy and a bus garage: Selegie and Mackenzie Roads
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Twitter force some users to change their password due to suspected phishing attack

Infoblogaramous
- Singaporeans for Democracy: Singaporeans for Democracy Approved (Press Release) [Thanks Seelan]
- Singapore’s Land Transport: Singapore Airshow 2010… shuttle bus arrangement

Selected News Stories [Thanks Gerald Ho]
- The Australian: Singapore on the Torrens
- NYT: Operators Pin High Hopes on Singapore Casinos
- Reuters: Stuyvesant Town owners agree to class action suit
- Reuters: World Bank asks Bangladesh to follow Singapore in ICT
- Reuters: Experts say 40 percent of cancers could be prevented
- BBC: Hi-tech exam cheating increases says Ofqual