Weekly Roundup: Week 49
Wishing our readers Selamat Hari Raya Haji. Have a wonderful long weekend!
“At any rate, it is important to note that the “Protest Culture” that opposition leaders are trying to create here is orientated about breaking the political apathy of Singaporeans as well as to question the government more about its actions. It does not contain TNT or bombs yet, and is nowhere near the more violent nature of the protests in Thailand. Of course, making the population more critical of the government is a slippery slope away to the violent protests in Thailand. At the same time though, an apathetic population is about as risky as a volatile one.”
The Secret Political Blog
“Despite our universities’ excellent grades, good reputation and relatively high international rankings, the institutions had failed miserably on planting creativity, fidelity, curiosity and expressiveness on its students. I can’t help but feel the students here resemble a plough horse; focus tirelessly on their goal of education- usually a paper certificate, and nothing else. While the farmer dictates the plough horses every movement around the fields, leading them along the way but never beyond the confined plot of land. This top-down model, faculty and students, is somewhat unheard of in other more liberal Ivy League universities. Clearly, the universities here did not provide an adequate, all rounded education our students desperately needed.”
TheSuffocate
Roundup this week and recommended reads after the break.
Tragedies of Mumbai Terror Rampage
- Wayangparty Club: A short report of Ms Lo’s wake on 30 Nov, Video clip
- eastcoastlife: At the Wake of Singapore’s First Terror Victim – WS
- Wayangparty Club: A moving pictorial tribute to Ms Lo Hoei Yen
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: Condolences to the Family of Lawyer Lo Hwei Yen and the Puhaindran Family
- SgPolitics.net: Sign Lo Hwei Yen’s orbituary at orbituaries.com.sg
- The Lycan Times 狼人時報: In Memory of Ms. Lo Hwei Yen
- The Lionheart: The Shadow of Mumbai
- TOC: Is anyone safe?
- Carpe Diem: India’s 27/11 – Time to reflect on the real issues [Recommended]
- Endoh’s Dungeon: How many more Lo Hwei Yen do we need?
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Don’t become a monster to defeat a monster
- My Singapore News: Terrorists Attacks!
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: responsibility
- A tiny blip in the continuum: When death strikes close to home
- Sgpolitics: 911, Bali 2002, London 2005 and Mumbai 2008: Making sure it does not happen here
- harmless? bananas!: The need for a cause
- Vinyarb: Mumbai attacks, what can we do?
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Mumbai terrorists spared two Turks, says survivor
- Sgpolitics.net: Media reports: Outpouring of grief and support; A vivid reminder for all
- Yaw Shin Leong @ WP: Denying Terror
- Military Life: Mumbai Terrorism Attack: Thoughts of an ex-People’s Defence Force Reservist
- Wayangparty Club: A forest of trees, a tree of leaves
- Wayang Party: The scourge of terrorism is poverty, not idealogy
- Bad News on the Doorstep: Dumber dumbest
- Wayangparty Club: A teary farewell to Singapore terror victim Lo Hwei Yen at St Theresa Church
- Wayangparty Club: Farewell, Hwei Yen! (Video)
- Singapore Enquirer: Farewell, Hwei Yen! (slideshow)
- TOC: The grim reality of terrorism
Town Councils Lose $12M Public Funds
- TOC: Residents query but PAP town councils keep mum
- TOC: Town council investments: Annual reports do not answer questions
High Notes and Minibombs
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Speech at Speaker’s Corner, 29 Nov 2008
- Singapore Enquirer: Goh Meng Seng’s speech
- TOC: “This thing will never die until it is settled”
- Wayang Party: Mr Goh Meng Seng lambasted PAP at Hong Lim Park, urges investors to sign petition to support Tan Kin Lian’s bid for public office
- Singapore Enquirer: Gallery: a slideshow of photos taken at minibond rally,29 Nov‘
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Legal action against the Issuers and Distributors
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Singapore : No pain, no change..
- Wayangparty Club: Do Singaporeans want Mr Tan Kin Lian as President?
- the mrbrown show: Town council investment bank of singapore
- Wayangparty Club: Is Tan Kin Lian burning his bridges with the PAP soon?
- SilentAssassin’s Archive: President Tan Kin Lian
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: A question for all the MPs in the Singapore Parliament
Financial Crisis
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Financial Crisis 2008 – Aid & Taxation
Recession
- YoungJedi: Is bailout evil?
- My Little Corner: Pegging of pay to pay with bonuses??
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Would S’porean be the last to be retrenched?
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore own goals in a recession?
We Don’t Need No Regulation
- theory.isthereason: AIMS Report: Engaging New Media (Dec 2008) [Participatory Governance]
- A Singaporean: Opening Up The Web to Politics?
- TOC: More political space for Singaporeans if Government accepts proposals: AIMs
- Sgpolitics.net: AIMS’s final submission to MICA — my view of its recommendations regarding online political content [Recommended]
- Gerald Giam: AIMS report shows the way forward
- Singapore Angle: The 229-page AIMS report recommends maturity and common sense [Thanks Bernard] [Recommended]
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Political films must not be political
One-Party to Rule Us All
- Sgpolitics.net: The Need for a Multi-Party System [Recommended]
- TOC: Current system lacks accountability
Do We Have Strong Leaders?
- groundnotes: A Government’s Wet Dream [Recommended]
- Desparatebeep: Why Change?
Lee vs WSJ
- Desparatebeep: Victory in Court, Our Court
- Tomorrow.sg: Singapore strikes again!
Lee vs Nair
- SilentAssassin’s Archive: Gopalan Nair. Lawyer, Activist, Beggar
- Jacob’s Weblog: Back to being Singapore Dissident
Minority as PM
- I have succumbed to peer pressure: Is Singapore ready for an Acting Prime Minister from the minority race? [Thanks udders]
Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- Yawning Bread: The government wants active citizens so that they can harass them
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: What will happen to those who practice civil disobediance in Singapore?
- My sketchbook: Political film in Singapore
- TOC: Singapore does uphold human rights’ norms
- TOC: U60 launches human rights anniversary celebrations
- Siew Kum Hong: Speech at media launch of U60 festival, 2 December 2008
- TOC: Tales of rights and wrong
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Why we cannot respect human rights in Singapore…
Hong Lim Park
- Tan Kin Lian: Speaker’s Corner 6 December, 5 – 7 pm
- TOC: TOC at Hong Lim Park on Saturday – Social Justice and Fairness
Parliament 22 Oct 2007
- Workers’ Party: Myanmar, Speech on Penal Code Amendment Bill, S’pore Citizens, PR and Non-Residents, Incidents of Voluntarily Causing Hurt
SG Press rank 141 and falling
- The Secret Political Blog: Thai-Style Scare Tactics – The Straits Times great attack on the “Protest Culture” [Recommended]
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Molly’s Classical ST Forum Letter Game
Paperchase
- TheSuffocate: Can Singapore universities be competitive? [Recommended]
Housing
- TOC: HDB – providing homes or a monopolistic business model
Power to Cost the People
- Information Read By Me: Tariff Reduce = Good?
Healthcare: HIV:AIDS Awareness
- Mathia Lee: Say YES to AIDS treatment subsidies!
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: aren’t AIDS sufferers Singaporeans too?
- harmless? bananas!: What did you do on World AIDS Day?
ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Snapshot of COE bidding at 2:30pm… 1.5hr from closing time
Public Transportation Issues
- Singapore and the stuff: Fix-its for Singapore’s Public Transport system
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: MRT Seat Removal: More space = More crowded
- The Lycan Times 狼人時報: Daily Discourse – SMRT… again
EPL
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: EPL this month
Daily Discourse
- OPEN Thought: Riding the middle footpath in Singapore [Thanks feather 123]
- SilentAssassin’s Archive: Thumbs up for totalitarianism
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Why imposing a moratorium is not good enough?‘
- The Enquirer: He’s PAP and dares to dissent
- The Secret Political Blog: Thai-Style Scare Tactics – The Straits Times great attack on the “Protest Culture” [Thanks secret]
- The Void Deck: $2 COE Woh! Issit Honggan or Hosay
- Vexillum II: DBS FOTF Saga
- The Secret Political Blog: Shame on Singapore: North Korea and Singapore
- the(new)mediaslut: What if Thai farmers stop planting rice?
- Singapore Indian Voice: Singapore falls short of banning production and use of cluster munitions
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: 3 power plants in S’pore but none in S’porean hands. Electricity supply is just a business?? [Recommended]
- Yawning Bread: Politics airport-style [Recommended]
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Exciting new ez-link cards!
- The Singapore Enquirer: Rent depends on their earnings
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: We seem, therefore we are
- Singapore Angle: Strike Eagle or Struck Turkey? [Thanks Bernard]
- Singapore Complain Hub: Temasek sells PowerSeraya to YTL Power for S$3.8b
- Singabloodypore: Singapore shuns treaty banning cluster bombs
- Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Singapore refuses to sign Cluster Munitions Ban
- Musings: Reflections on the DBS-FOTF faux-pas
- Lee Kuan Yew Watch: CGI: Lee Kuan Yew on the world economy, climate change
- Ridzwan.Com: Army’s Recruitment Ad too “Cina”?
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Hijacking a country
- Desparatebeep: Can Square Pegs Hit into Round Holes?
- Singapore Indian Voice: International treaty bans cluster munitions
Life, the universe and everything
- mrbrown.com: Mass cycling event in Singapore a little expensive, no?
- The FØØL’s Progress: Anime Festival Asia 2008 – A Defining Moment in Southeast Asian Otaku History
- Agents Are Go!!: A letter to Mcdonalds Singapore
- Musings: DBS replies
- The boy who knew too much: Who killed Nordin bin Mondong?
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Chevrolet driveaway 2008: Photo teaser
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Dining at Mr. J – Jay Chou (周杰伦)’s restaurant
- The Secret Political Blog: ALERT: News about S.R Nathan – Never thought that there will be news about him?
- The Mango Blog: Highest Paid Presidents / PM’s around the World
- Singapore Angle: Pad Thai Democracy [Thanks Bernard]
- NO BUNS NO LIFE: Biological Terrorist Attack likely by 2013
- this lush garden within: Budget airlines – AirAsia’s the best
- the boy who knew too much: The value of long-term research
- Endoh’s Dungeon: BRAND’S Blogger Challenge – Singapore emerged victorious!
- The Singapore Enquirer: UK children’s councils named & shamed
- Better, Higher: The Face of Pro-Family (Singapore edition)
- Information Read By Me: Short Films Showcase: Right Through The Lens
- Endoh’s Dungeon: BRAND’S Blogger Challenge – Pictures
- Aussie Pete: 2008 ‘Through The Lens’ – Reuters Top Pics
- Toadjuice: From the crapper again… Driver Communications
- Stunned by Stone: Montblanc missing sapphire! [Thanks ecko]
Infoblogaramous
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Climate change events
- a writer’s blog: my life, my thoughts: PAYM Policy Forum on Environmental Sustainability
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Free Starbucks Coffee on 4 Dec 2008 (5 – 7pm)
- TOC: Programme for Speakers’ Corner event tomorrow – Saturday
