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Daily SG: 30 Apr 2008

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MSK WKS Debacle
- A Xeno Boy in Sg: Of Angry Journalists, Anger & the Evil Internet Again
- The Online Citizen: Demonising the Internet – and bloggers
- The Daily Backtrack: Nyeh
- Sheep City: We love you Chua Lee Hong
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Mas Selamat’s escape in LEGO
- Sgpolitics.net: J.B Jeyaretnam pulls no punches on DPM Wong Kan Seng over Mas Selamat’s escape

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Simply Jean: LTA did not say why it is raising ERP charges?

Free Tibet
- Yawning Bread: China and (inter)nationalism

Censorship & Pink Issues
- Sam’s Thoughts: MDA: Morality Depends on Authority

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- A Singaporean: So THIS Is Justice - Part II
- Singapore Donkey: Low democracy doesn’t mean no democracy: NCPC

The Return of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Daily Discourse
- Feed Me To The Fish: For every life, a little rain must fall
- nofearSingapore: Are we ready to treat our maids as humans yet?
- The Online Citizen: High cost of living – what the government can do
- Angry Ang Moh: Mr. Lee, Dr.Love and the Newspapers advice on “Sex in your car” [Thanks Vivian]

Life, the universe and everything
- Cooler Insights: Maiden Flight on the Singapore Flyer
- The eOK .network: Blogger relations best practices

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Daily ChioBu: Son Ye-Jin

Posted by singaporedaily on 30th April 2008

Son Ye-Jin (손예진 or 孫藝珍) is a South Korean actress who graduated from the Film Art Department, Seoul Institute of the Arts. Last year, she was awarded the Best Leading
Actress in the 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards for her role in the drama, Alone in Love. Pictures after the break.

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Daily SG: 29 Apr 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 29th April 2008

MSK WKS Debacle
- THE armchair critic: No more Mas Selamat nonsense for me! No more!
- Blinking Brink: With huge pay increment, comes great accountability
- Singapore Patriot: Time to move on?
- Mr Brown: blame it on somebody (The Anyhowly Remix) [Thanks anonymous craven]

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- BHP: The Fallacy of Community Regulation [3A][3B] [1][2]

Healthcare
- Sgpolitics.net: MediShield changes to start from Dec 1

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- the(new)mediaslut: SMRT celebrates life as long it is not on their trains

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- Empty Vessel: Freedom of speech

Housing
- Enblocing Singapore: A Personal Thought

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Very Necessary
- URBANRANT: The “Union” in the new NTUC logo appears to fade into the background
- The Online Citizen: Uniquely Singapore

Censorship and Pink Issues
- Sam’s thoughts: The brutality of the police and gender norms
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Love Letter from Lee See Nao to Jacelyn Chan

Daily Discourse
- Ian On The Red Dot: The Straits Time Has An Ironic + Prophetic Name
- The Itch to Write: SIA’s image?

Life, the universe and everything
- Ong Jiin Joo: Esplanade Station underpass opens 30th April
- Majulah Singapura: Channel 8 Helped Made This Woman $23,000 A Month
- Mindblogging Stuff: Double entendre, Chinese-style

Infoblogoramus
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day!~

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Daily Tech: 29 Apr 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 29th April 2008

Reviews & Guides
- HotHardware: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Processor
- VR-Zone: ThermalTake DUORB and Scythe OROCHI
- PCGH: 3DMark Vantage Benchmark 28 GPUs
- Virtual-Hideout: Vantec NexStar Hard Drive Dock Review
- Futurelooks: Buffalo MiniStation 320GB TurboUSB Portable Hard Drive Review
- Maximum PC: RAID Controllers Compared!
- TrustedReviews: Philips DVDR5570H DVD/HDD Recorder
- Techgage: ASUS M51S 15.4″ Notebook
- TrustedReviews: Samsung Pebble SyncMaster 2232BW
- BCC: Edifier M1550 5.1 Speakers
- HWZ: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX520 - A New Touch
- Game Trailers: Grand Theft Auto IV Video Review

Tech News
- TrustedReviews: nVidia Launches GeForce 9600 GSO
- MacWorld: Apple updates iMac with faster processor, graphics options
- PC World: AMD Business Class Helps Shave Costs
- DigiTimes: Asustek plans to make Eee an independent brand
- NVIDIA Forums: Geforce 175.12 beta for Vista 32/64-bit
- Wired: Can GTA 4 Save PS3? How About Take-Two?

SG Tech
- The eOK .network: Run GPS on Google Maps on Samsung i780 [How-to]
- theory.isthereason: GTA IV + Euphoria engine = Mimicking Life on Screen
- Under the Willow Tree: Why the M1 - City Telecom Partnership Is Front Runner for NGNBN OpCo

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Daily SG: 28 Apr 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 28th April 2008

MSK WKS Debacle
- Catherinelim.sg: More Comments on the Mas Selamat Scandal
- Catherinelim.sg: The Mas Selamat Scandal: Its Impact on the Government-People Relationship
- The Online Citizen: The Government’s Great Getaway
- Winter Is Coming: The MSK/WKS Saga
- Singapore Patriot: My Response to MP Lam Pin Min’s blog
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: To resign or not to resign, that is the question?
- Mr Wang Says So: Domestic Maids, Mas Selamat and Why Wong Kan Seng Should Be Fined
- Ian On The Red Dot: Should Minister Wong Kan Seng Resign? Between a Rock and Hard Place is The Chance To Take The Red Pill
- The Daily Backtrack: Rabble rousing
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Please lets MOVE ON…
- Singapore Alternatives: Who should challenge PM’s Verdict? Voters

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Warblings Of A Little Bird: “Critique” to the independent proposal - Helping the lazy to catch fish - Dissecting the Brotherhood Press’s “interview

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Sgpolitics.net: Government to give $3b worth of handouts in 2008 - My take
- Wake Up Your Idea: When Cost Goes Up, Wages Don’t Need To?
- My Sketchbook: It just gets tighter

Burmese Vote On New Constitution
- The Online Citizen: No voting NO: Burmese embassy staff contrive to disenfranchise voters
- Pseudonymity: PHOTOS: Burmese Nationals Protest Constitution In Singapore

Censorship and Pink Issues
- Baloney and Balls: MDA strikes again…
- The Phallus Monologue: Singapore the Prehistoric Cave

The Price of Rice
- Yawning Bread: Rice price as capitalism’s vice

Healthcare
- My Singapore News: Addressing higher payments instead of cost

Housing
- Enblocing Singapore: Shifting Accountability - Poor Ken Lee of Airview Tower

Daily Discourse
- Mishegaas: About Time
- Urbanrant: Smoking in casino: Our laws should not stand in the way of making money

Infoblogoramus
- Sg_ljers: Petition TV Mobile

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Daily ChioBu: Kelly Lin Xi Lei

Posted by singaporedaily on 28th April 2008

Taiwan-born Kelly Lin Xi Lei 林熙蕾 was hailed by FHM as Asia’s Sexiest Woman in 2002. She emigrated to the US with her family when she was 9. After graduating from UC Irvine with a Degree in Economics and Comparative Literature, she returned to Taiwan to pursue an acting and modeling career. Pictures after the break.

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