The Singapore Daily

“It is very unfortunate that you get attacked for doing your job. You bear the brunt of the frustration and madness that were initially targeted at the system you are part of, and unfairly so. It is a system problem as much it is a people problem, and both screw one another. If you are part of the system, or part of the people, you get burned in the midst of the screwing.”
Sam’s Thoughts

“Ironically, the evacuated p s y c h o s i s of Ong personifies/symbolises the Singapore state’s condition - The state, of mind - opaque, inexplicable, inversely irrational, utterly dehumanised.”
Cavalierio

“Truth remains everyone of us has a right to the unalloyed truth; doesn’t matter how bad it is; it remains our prerogative; our elemental right even and when it’s surreptitiously taken away from us and replaced by doggy soundbites instead.”
Just Stuff

“[SDP's] pro-democracy petition to the Myanmese embassy garnered 1,200 signatories. Now compare that to the 40,000 signatories in Singapore for a petition to end animal cruelty. Imagine that. We are 40 times more likely to campaign for animal rights than human rights. So before you wag your self-righteous finger at me, remember that in the end, the same people that cry injustice and pen down their names in remembrance with one hand, will sign away the rights of thousands of their countrymen with the other hand.”
Unbranded Bread and Butter

“At the heart of the matter lies the one principle that the government abides by, whether consciously or not: Citizens are dangerous and ignorant until proven otherwise. This is why MICA rejected the following two recommendations:”

“1. remove registration need for individuals, groups and political parties that provide online political content;
2. decriminalize the making of party political films”
groundnotes

“If there is much frustration being directed at the Government, perhaps it is time for Ministers and PAP MPs to step down from their ivory towers and look beyond their $100,000 per month, $200,000 per month salaries and understand the hardships faced by the working class.”
SgPolitics.net

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

MP burnt
- Simply Jean: Singapore MP set on fire
- i have succumbed to peer pressure: The ‘why’ and not the ‘what’
- Kaffein-nated: No joke, I’d rather have a shoe or two thrown at me
- Sam’s thoughts: Burned by the system
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: First punch, now burn. What’s next?
- Military Life: Senseless Violence in Disneyland with a Death Penalty
- Simply Jean: Ex-cabby, assailant of MP Seng Han Thong charged
- The Void Deck: What Others Are Saying: MP Kena BBQ! Piangz!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Insane act, insane attacker…
- Agents Are Go!! vs The Psychic Wall: 2009 - the boiling point
- Cavalierio: The state of mind | MP set in flames [Recommended]
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: When Idiots rule the Blogs of Singapore

Do We Have Strong Leaders?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: a distrusting government, suspicious of its employees and its customers [Recommended]
- Feed Me To The Fish: Are We Having A Real Dose of Bad Government?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: SInce Independence Day, independence aplenty…
- Kaffein-nated: Chambermaid vs foreign maid - got difference meh? [Recommended]
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: together, we are one singapore family
- BHP: If you can’t handle the truth; then don’t read this! – The Mufflement of the Truth!
- The Secret Political Blog: Youth Vibes: The Government’s Pathetic REACH to “Apathetic Youths”
- Tribolum.com: The Public Servant’s Straight and Narrow
- Mr Wang Says So: Ministerial Salaries And A Sentimental Stroll Down Memory Lane

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: one step forward, another step back? [Recommended]
- Sgpolitics.net: Has the PAP Internet Brigade lost its teeth? [Recommended]
- Mathia Lee: Mission (Im)possible: State regulation of the Internet
- Wayang Party: Lame response to AIMS recommendations shows how behind times the PAP is
- Yawning Bread: Singapore government rejects AIMS’ key recommendations
- My sketchbook: Short illustrated guide on government’s response to AIMS
- Sgpolitics.net: Government retains the same old climate of administrative discretion with regards to political films [Recommended]
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Singapore Goverment still fearful of political films
- groundnotes: The AIMS Report: Fire-fighting the MICA Way
- Wayang Party: Are netizens living in their own ivory towers in cyberspace?

Have you ever wondered why we must serve
- Digital Terrorist: Why is the SAF wasting Your Money to send me Overseas, again?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: NS Man collapsed in camp in his uniform…
- this lush garden within: NSF/NSmen injuries - should MINDEF pay?
- the boy who knew too much: A debt of national gratitude
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: MINDEF: not responsible till proven responsible, or responsible till not proven so?
- nofearSingapore: Will my country just do the Right Thing?

Hong Lim Park
- News Release by UncleYap: About Speakers’ Corner: I-S magazine’ Interview Q & A

Time to Cast our Vote?
- TOC: TOC Opinion: Snap Election for early March?
- Yawning Bread: Why there mustn’t be an election this year

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- Singabloodypore: Freedom in the World - Singapore Slips (2008)

Burma Protest
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Latest - 2 Activists Arrested Outside MOM Building
- Jacob’s Weblog: Two local activists, Seelan Palay & Chong Kai Xiong, arrested outside MOM for speaking out on Burmese work permit issue
- Sgpolitics.net: Local activists arrested for supporting Burmese cause
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: One Country, Two Systems Part lll
- Unbranded Bread n Butter: Sing-guilt and Two Less Transient Workers to Count [Thanks Roti John]
- Chemical Generation Singapore: A Protest Misfired
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: Lessons from the Singapore Flyer, Seng Han Thong and our MOM Protestors [PRC & Singaporean]
- Jacob’s Weblog: Video of local activists’ arrest outside MOM for protest against non-renewals of Burmese work permits
- TOC: Singapore is my second home

High Notes and Minibombs
- Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Mr Tan Kin Lian and his bid for political office
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Contact Persons (Distributor, Product)
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: “Pinnacle Action Group” formed to work on a possible Class Action

Recession
- The Singapore Enquirer: Govt will do its part during recession, but community urged to help too
- Information Read By Me: The Wake Up Call: Help yourself [Thanks Daniel]
- Just Stuff: Want to beat the recession? Then start by finding beauty in the small
- The Singapore Enquirer: North East CDC raises economic assistance from S$1.4m to S$3m

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Sent home with S$600
- TOC: Mega development projects and labour supply chains – whose responsibility is it?
- TOC: The story of Delowar
- TOC: TOC Expose: Repatriation companies

CPF
- Wayang Party: The CPF scam: Are Singaporeans being conned by an official Ponzi scheme?

Healthcare
- nofearSingapore: Suggestions to improve specialist healthcare to subsidised patients
- Singapore Life and Times: Health of my Pocket
- Angry Doctor: Changes

Paper Chase
- Mr Wang Says So: How to Manufacture All-Rounded Students
- groundnuts: Tutorship: Reviving the Spirit of the Ancients
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: Do you need a degree?

Re education
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: Can Singaporeans analyse and express themselves clearly?

The Day The Singapore Flyer Stood Still
- The Void Deck: What Others Are Saying: Sg Ferris Wheel GM tio Sacked..Err Paiseh…Resign!

Housing
- Wayang Party: The HDB scam: Are Singaporeans real owners or mere tenants of their flats?

Daily Discourse
- Gerald Giam: “One-eyed Dragon” hanged
- Singapore Life and Times: Genocide in our midst
- Just Stuff: Ah Kong & Ah Ma Are Going Back To Work? - The Great Singaporean Work Fest
- Information Read By Me: Elderly As Cash Cows [Thanks Daniel]
- The Singapore Enquirer: Don’t negate the social roles of elderly Singaporeans
- A Singaporean: Uniquely Singapore - The Real Deal?
- Cavalierio: History | First wor(l)ds, final Singapores
- Information Read By Me: Born, Study, Work, Die. Average, Typical SGean Life
- Angry Angmo: A Short History Of Singapore Becoming Extinct
- Feed Me To The Fish: 2009, So far, so newsworthy…
- Military Life: Duty for Singaporeans, Scholarships for Foreigners
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore slips further: Freedom House survey
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore 2nd freest economy: What it means
- Simply Jean: Is Singapore afraid of losing talents?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: faster pat ourselves more, we are dying under our own adulation
- Mathia Lee: Is War good for Singapore? Do you support War?
- My thoughts: Of Dragons And Shopping Centres…
- Yawning Bread: Independent investigation needed over Tang’s kidney transplant
- Singabloodypore: Singapore: Executions since December defy global trend
- Insane Polygons: Work for Life, Live for Work
- The Secret Political Blog: Harry Lee - I love You!
- The Singapore Enquirer: Rising costs strain Singapore’s university students

Life, the universe and everything
- Angry Angmo: Singapore Just Got Hacked (On Wikipedia.org)
- Aussie Pete: Backpackers Stream to Columbia – Harming the Environment and Themselves
- the iStuff we get from ForWarDed emails: How companies logo will look like after the crisis is over
- The fire in my life: The new ‘Chinatown’ of Singapore
- mrbrown: “And they came for me” by Lasantha Wickramatunga
- BHP: Little Nyonya – The Prescriptive Cure for the Sign of our times
- Aussie Pete: Forget The Recession - Apply NOW For The Best Job In The World
- eastcoastlife: Singapore Ironman challenges Brazil 135 Ultramarathon - WW
- For What It’s Worth: BSG roller coaster at Sentosa!
- Anonymous_X: Asian Hot Shots Berlin (13/01/09 - 18/01/09) - TEN Singapore films shown!
- Aussie Pete: Over 60 But Still Rockin’
- The New Yorker: Letter from the Grave [Thanks Delvin] [Recommended]
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: 100 steps to Sophia
- The fire in my life: The real Chinatown of Singapore [Thanks Joel]

Books and Papercuts
- Jacob’s Weblog: Reclaiming our (’not-the-PAP’ version) history

Infoblogaramous
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Fund-raising for humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza
- Endoh’s Dungeon: A Walk Through Broken Relationships
- Otterman speaks: NTU Bike Rally - 15 March 2009
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Serenity in Stone: The Qingzhou Discovery
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Flea Mania: flea market to benefit stray animals