The Singapore Daily

“..if we were the citizens of any other developed country, we would be happy to put our real names to our messages. But Singapore is not any other country..”
Lucky Tan

“Anonymity in cyberspace is an illusion. You will remember in 2007, we prosecuted three persons under the Sedition Act.. The reason we did that was to send the message that your words have an impact; if need be, we can identify you, and if we have to, we will be prepared to prosecute you.”
Vivian Balakrishnan, 21 Feb 2009

“..what is fascinating here is perhaps also the implicit suggestion that seditious bloggers were charged not necessarily because they did something wrong but because the people who charged them wanted to send across a message to the public to instill fear, to remind the public that they can be prosecuted.”
mollymeek

“The problem is, the elephant (the government) comes into the room and tries to define what a moderated internet should look like..”
Alex Au

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February 28th, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (9)

Recession
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: “This materialism has got to end” London, October 2008 – The chance has now come for Singaporeans to end the materialism that has decayed this nation
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Bad things happen to good people
- Yawning Bread: A new world after this economic crisis

MSK One Year Anniversary
- The Lycan Times: Hari Sombong
- A Lesser Mortal: Mas Selamat Kastari – Please Surrender Lah! [Thanks Newcomer]

Au contraire, we know exactly where he is! He is either in Singapore, or not!

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Gerald Giam: Blogging and identity: To name or not to name?

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Singapore Enquirer: Interview with young Singaporeans: How do they feel about the government’s handling of our reserve losses ? (Part 2)

General Election 2009
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: Election?

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Sgpolitics: A reader’s comment: The dangers of conflating public concerns with the principles of criminal trials

Lee vs Chee
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Why TBT protesters look forward to going back to court
- Sgpolitics: TODAY wants to know SDP’s response to Chiam’s criticisms

Housing
- Ignorance is Curable: Singapore – En Bloc Fallout

Strangers in a Strange Land
- AngryAngMo: Making ends meet
- Cavalierio: Govt is God

Life, the universe and everything
- Small steps for Social PR: Guess which SG mainstream media site ranks highest in Alexa top 1million websites? [Thaks Aaron]
- TPJCians: Singapore’s Top 10 Worst Consumer Behaviour [Thanks Azhar]

February 27th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Masa Sato (佐藤麻紗) is a former 2003 San-ai swimsuit model. Here are the pictures from the “Ma Copine” photobook. More of her after the break. [NSFW]

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February 27th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: The Culture of Fear Revisited
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Did the PM say traditional media is unbiased?
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: New Media – The Next Frontier
- Dotseng: One Extraordinary Asian Spectacle for Sale! – Part I

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: GIC Citigroup stake
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Good Decision to Walk Away
- Wayang Party Club: A squandered opportunity to demand for accountability from the government
- A Lesser Mortal: GIC’s Position in Citigroup Precarious [Thanks Newcomer]

Recession
- Xinhua: Singapore lowers minimum income requirement for unsecured credit [Thanks CelluloidReality]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Have we learned nothing from this crisis??!

General Election 2009
- A Lesser Mortal: Issues For FLASH GE2009 [Thanks Newcomer]

Healthcare
- Sam’s thoughts: Our attitudes towards mental illness need treatment

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- The Secret Political Blog: The Picture That Spoke A Thousand Words

Daily Discourse
- The boy who knew too much: The curious case of CASE
- Aidil Omar: What will I defend?
- Today In Singapore: Who’s Blood Is It?
- Must have been good: Hallmark of singapore’s media

Life, the universe and everything
- Aussie Pete: OGC – OMG, Please Change Your Logo!!

Now Showing
- The House of Cool, Calm and Collected: Slumdog may have won best picture, but..
- Balderdash: A complaint about Slumdog Millionaire

Infoblogaramous
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Event: CocoaHeads Feb Meet-Up – 26 Feb 2009

February 26th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Tech News
- Bit-tech: Intel tears apart Nvidia Ion in document
- GPU Cafe: Geforce GTS 250 Street Date: March 10
- Computerworld: Apple can make money on $599 netbook, says analyst
- Electronista: Intel ships low-power Xeons, cuts Atom price
- TG Daily: 9-inch netbooks seeing sharp price declines
- CNET: Facebook users targeted by rogue application
- ChannelWeb: Microsoft Warns Of Critical Excel Flaw
- PC Mag: After CERT warning, Microsoft delivers AutoRun fix
- OCWorkbench: Data Recovery by placing data lost HDD in Freezer
- PCMag: PS3 Price Cut in April, Sony to Recover Sales Says Analyst
- PCGH: Inside Intel’s Fab – Video introduces chip production plant

Reviews | Guides
- TrustedReviews: Dell Studio XPS 13 – 13.3in Notebook
- Register Hardware: How to upgrade an Acer Aspire One netbook’s memory
- HotHardware: DDR3 Round-Up: Core i7 Performance Analysis
- TweakTown: ATI Catalyst 9.2 Analysis – XP & Vista
- TrustedReviews: Sony Bravia KDL-40ZX1 40in LCD TV
- Engadget: Razer Carcharias headset: unboxing and impressions
- Overclockers Club: Windows 7 Beta Review
- VR-Zone: LG Prada II (LG-KF900)
- HWZ: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic – A Commitment to Music

SG Tech \ MISC
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: 5 Reasons Why You Should Start A Blog Before Doing A Startup
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Prada Phone by LG and Prada Link First look
- The eOK .network: How to track your brand across multiple markets online
- harmless? bananas!: The New Public Relations Agency [Is Social PR For Real? Which Agencies Get It?]
- The Ridge Wired: Windows 7: Brand new Windows or just another Vista Service Pack?
- Tech65: Prada Phone by LG

February 26th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Kent Ridge Common: Relooking Freedoms of Speech and Press in Singapore
- Wayang Party Club: Countering PM Lee’s erroneous perception of the New Media
- Yaw Shin Leong: If You Can’t Beat It, Join It
- My sketchbook: PM Lee ventures into wild wild west(new media)

Elections
- Singapore Alternatives: Democracy: PAP Government IS NOT PAP
- TOC: Why an election in September is most likely
- a writer’s blog: Politics and social media
- Recruit Ong: PAP gahmen will hold elections ASAP..

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Chemical Generation Singapore: GIC Hangs On Tenaciously

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Kaffein-nated: Got money also cannot use?!
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: For the first time in Singapore history..

Housing
- En Bloc Block Blog: Have we left our people behind?

Healthcare
- Singapore Social Activist: Alternative Healthcare Economic Policies
- Angry Doctor: Ethics and Evidence

Pink Issues
- My Thoughts: Does ST Selectively Overlook Some News?
- Sam’s thoughts: Say no to “tranny”

Parliament
- choongyong.com: Is the Hansard verbatim, or near-verbatim?

The Hunt For MSK
- Yawning Bread: The great hunt: One year on

Daily Discourse
- The Kent Ridge Common: Joint programs – The lessons learnt from A*STAR-Johns Hopkins break-up and others
- TOC: What is public service?
- Wayang Party Club: Efficient civil service is the result of the hard work of pioneers and not the present PAP leaders
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The Illustrious Minister Mentor

February 25th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Gerald Giam: The PAP’s evolving new media strategy
- Blowin’ In The Wind: The newspaper’s the problem, not the blogs
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: My Spectacles are Not Spectacles: New Media, Old Strategies and Stale Messages
- Feed Me To The Fish: 1st World Singapore like anonymity in cyberspace is an illusion
- A Lesser Mortal: A Cowardly and Shameful Threat
- a writer’s blog: Thoughts from a new media conference
- Making History Relevant: Thoughts on news blogs
- Singapore Dino: PM Lee, Don’t talk nonsense to Singaporeans

Recession
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Brace for Tough Times…and then?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Nationalised already, still will have long term not?
- My little corner: Inflation is up 2.9%

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- TOC: Reserves – more or less?

Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- Kent Ridge Common: Recently proposed healthcare policies: Connecting the dots
- Sgpolitics: Do We Care?

Daily Discourse
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Honour our heroes
- Kent Ridge Common: The Active Citizen
- Alamak: Socially Engineered
- The Secret Political Blog: Lesser Mortals: Get your news from The Straits Times today!!!
- Yawning Bread: Preachers, pests and usurpers

Life, the universe and everything
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Singapore — Still A Fine City? [Thanks Lem]
- The Temple Of Thoughts 3: Why "The Arena" (Singapore TV) fails at its purpose

Now Showing
- vinyarb: Role Models – Movie Review

Infoblogaramous
- theory.isthereason: Meet Yongfook, Joel Postman, and Melvin Yuan @ BlogOut 2009

February 24th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Risa Goto 后藤理沙 is a Japanese actress and gravure idol. She was born in Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Goto first appeared in Weekly Young Sunday in 1997. In the following year, Goto starred in a commercial for Pocari Sweat, and became an instant celebrity. In the next 6 years, Goto appeared in numerous magazines, commercials and several movies. Although Goto announced her retirement in 2004, she has since returned to acting andmodeling in 2005. These are some of her earlier photos, including her photobook “Go to R”.

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February 24th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Singapore Alternatives: Fear and Patriotism: Another Threat to Netizens
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Minister Vivian Balakrishnan : Your anonymity is an illusion..
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Seditious Bloggers Charged to Instill Fear?
- Yawning Bread: On community moderation of internet content
- TOC: Moderating the Internet – lets hold the wild horses
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Light touch, but hey, we will prosecute you
- Singapore Dino: Vivian Balakrishnan Openly Threatens Singapore Bloggers

Elections
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Analysis of an Impending? Election
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: General Elections 2009?
- My Thoughts: ST Going Out Of It’s Way To Bullshit The Masses?
- My Little Corner: General Elections this year?
- Singapore Alternatives: Politics 101 for the Coming General Elections

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Making History Relevant: What the Temasek debacle reveals
- Under The Willow Tree: UBS Tax Fraud Makes Lee Kuan Yew Look Like a Dufus Dumbo
- Wayang Party Club: State media’s continued silence on sensitive issues will erode its credibility further

Recession
- Balderdash: a race to the bottom
- A Lesser Mortal: Labourer Chief Plays Football With Depression [Thanks Newcomer]
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore port in dire straits: Chicago Tribune

Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- TOC: Respect other people’s views – Tan Kin Lian
- A Lesser Mortal: JB Nursing Home Syndrome – Logically Illogical Logic [Thanks Newcomer]

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Petition For Fairer Transport Fares: Press Statement – Re: 4.6% Reduction in Bus & Train Fares From 1 April 2009
- Sgpolitics: The Singapore Democrats’ position paper on Land Transport
- My sketchbook: The graciousness of our transport companies

Re Education
- The Kent Ridge Common: Suggested Changes in Government Scholarship Policy [Thanks Saliency]
- The Rot Within: Public Service Message

Singaporeans, A Dying Breed
- Mathia Lee: Stayers or Quitters? (or how we deal with the system)
- The Itch To Write: What an inhuman suggestion!

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Guantanamo in Singapore? Detention without trial as part of its criminal/legal system

Daily Discourse
- The Kent Ridge Common: Singapore’s industrial targeting policy: Is it even necessary?
- Wayang Party Club: A Singaporean’s worry for the future of his nation

Life, the universe and everything
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Facebook And Beyond: Environmental Cyber-Advocacy in Singapore
- eastcoastlife: Dough Figure Sculpturing – WS
- Balderdash: REACH’s Twitter

Infoblogaramous
- Sg-Ljers: Win free tickets to an opera – The Tales of Hoffman
- TOC: Our thoughts are free

February 23rd, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (23)

Tech News
- PC Perspective: Long-term performance analysis of Intel Mainstream SSDs
- The Circuits Blog: Intel replies to solid-state drive ‘slowness’ critique
- DigiTimes: Asustek to completely phase out 8.9-inch Eee PCs in 2009, says Asia-Pacific president
- X-bit Labs: AMD’s High-Performance Graphics Update Not Expected to Radically Boost Performance
- InformationWeek: Asus May Put Android On Netbooks
- ZDNet: What do Windows 7 beta testers really want?
- VR-Zone: Creative Puts X-Fi Into Your Car
- Tom’s Hardware: UPDATE: Razer Responds to Lycosa KB Issue

Reviews | Guides
- ExtremeTech: Build a Bang for the Buck PC
- HWZ: Dell Studio XPS 1640 – The Sweet Sixteen
- Before Dark: Nvidia Driver Comparison and Analysis – 182.05 Beta vs 182.06 WHQL
- X-bit Labs: ATI Catalyst 9.2 Driver: Performance Express-Test
- Tbreak: Asus P5Q3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP @n – Intro, Specifications & Package
- [H]Enthusiast: Entry Level Power Supply Roundup
- Guru3D: ASUS Xonar Essence STX soundcard review
- Bit-tech: How TIM Works & How To Apply It Correctly
- Tom’s Hardware: 13 SDHC Memory Cards Reviewed : SD Memory Cards for Professionals
- OCModShop: Linux: A Complete Overview
- IDEO Labs: Rear-Projection TV Turned into a Multi-touch Display

SG Tech \ MISC
- Techgoondu: S$238 to S$438 for SingTel HTC Dream
- A tiny blip in the continuum: Beta testing WordPress for iPhone 1.2
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: My Experience with TelePresence in Cisco Singapore
- Tech65: Live blogging at Singtel HTC Dream Launch

February 23rd, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Reporter: You mentioned that it took 11 days, this whole process [of unlocking the reserves].. Was that enough time?
Nathan: Yes, yes, of course. I think 11 days was reasonable. If it had to be, it could have been even shorter.
Transcript of President’s Press Conference, Straits Times, 18 Feb 2009

“I asked for all this information about the reserves. It took them three years to give it to me.. they [also] said it would take 56-man years to produce a dollar-and-cents value of the immovable assets.”
President Ong Teng Cheong Interview, Asiaweek, March 2000

“According to TODAY [18 Feb 2009], “The President reiterated that he was not here to judge whether these schemes would ultimately work..”. Not here to judge? Shouldn’t the man responsible for giving the government our money make it a point to judge if the money will be well spent?”
groundnotes

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“A small part of me died with that article, and it simultaneously just proves how our government doesn’t see Singaporeans as citizens, but as workers, to be thrown away when they don’t function as well as before, and as a “choice”, to a foreign land if you can’t pay the bills here.”
Kenneth Koh

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February 21st, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (7)

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Under The Willow Tree: “Substantial Long-term Returns” From Bank Investments? Fat Hope, GIC
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore to give second chance to UBS?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Why Temasek & GIC should start cutting losses in banks Part 2
- Today in Singapore: Temasek’s Ride With Osim
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Another loss, AGAIN?
- Making History Relevant: Picky of news
- Wayang Party Club: Does Temasek still have “great confidence” in ex-Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain ?
- My sketchbook: President Nathan’s press interview

Elections
- The Bosonic State: Election in 2009? The Chances Involved
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Elections possible from May to Nov 2009
- Yawning Bread: Is a general election this year now confirmed?
- A Lesser Mortal: Why the Flash GE2009 is in March? [Thanks Newcomer]
- Where Bears Roam Free: Is PAP preparing Ho Ching for elections?

Re Education
- The boy who knew too much: Singaporean schools are destroying our children
- Nomadism: The Guardian: Lessons From Singapore
- Note from Serangoon Road: Mind the Cobras! Article about NYU Tisch Asia, Singapore

Recession
- Under The Willow Tree: This is not a recession. This is a depression.

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Singapore Sports Fan: Indon teen shuttler quits Singapore – why the SBA is not solely to be blamed [Thanks Singapore Sports Fan]
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: No Right and No Wrong Here

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Signorekai on earth: Why should we care about Singapore

Daily Discourse
- This lush garden within: We want a no-frills government, not a no-frills HDB housing
- Alas, a blog!: Compare and contrast..

Life, the universe and everything
- Stratagem Consultants: Peranakans – Going the way of the Dodo?
- Tribolum: No Common Sense
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: Kacang Puteh anyone?

Infoblogaramous
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Event: Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

February 20th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Hwang Mi Hee (황미희) was discovered in the Seoul Meteor Shower in 2007 where she displayed a natural and remarkable talent in modeling. She is one of Korea’ s hottest race queens. Her favorite cars include the Porsche and the Bentley. More of her after the break. [PNSFW]

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February 20th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Yawning Bread: Nathan fluffs his reserves explanation
- Sgpolitics: Full of generalities but short on specifics: President S R Nathan’s (unofficial) guide to rubber stamping
- Gerald Giam: Greater transparency needed for Presidential decisions
- TOC: “My loyalty is, first and foremost, to the people of Singapore”
- groundnotes: Unlocking reserves
- Feed Me To The Fish: 11 days or 56-man hours? Let’s hear it from our Presidents
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Why I said yes, sir.
- TOC: Your money at work and the curious disappearing acts of the prime minister
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Why Temasek & GIC should start cutting losses in banks..
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Time to cut our losses
- Making History Relevant: Reserves not lost..
- Yaw Shin Leong: The Call for an Independent Public Inquiry
- Vinyarb: Even Hitler has issues with Ho Ching

Budget 2009
- Sg Enquirer: Flawed Job Credit Scheme benefits employers more than workers

Recession
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Binge and save Singapore

Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- Ian On The Red Dot: Being Filial To Our Parents – Why We Should Send Them To Johor
- The Temple Of Thoughts 3: Would you kindly put your aging parents into a cheaper nursing home?
- EDMW: I made a Hitler parody. Please support!

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Waste our time and money
- Mr Wang Says So: The Mystery of the Malaysian Parents
- Almost Infamous: The Malaysian Conumdrum
- The Secret Political Blog: The farce of the Foreign talent scheme: Another Foreign Athelete leaves [Thanks Secret Political Blogger]

Elections
- Gerald Giam: New polling districts announced
- A Lesser Mortal: Flash General Election? [Thanks Newcomer]

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Yummy BBQ Chicken Wings: Can Poly students finally be the equal of JC students?
- EDMW: 4.6% Reduction in Bus & Train Fares from 1 April 2009 Lower Fares for Commuters

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: I say, so you believe?

Re Education
- The boy who knew too much: Don’t become a teacher, in Singapore

CPF
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: New CPF Changes in 2009

Daily Discourse
- This lush garden within: The beginning of decline in PAP’s popularity?
- Wayang Party Club: Dismantling the myths of the PAP system
- ringisei: The PAP does not pander to business
- Singaporean Skeptic: Good deeds are seldom rewarded

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s thoughts: Heterosexuality’s very hetero
- AngryAngMo: What You Must Know About Singapore’s History

Infoblogaramous
- The eOK .network: BlogOut! 2009

February 19th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Mobile World Congress 2009
- Telegraph: Mobile World Congress: Touch-screen phones not pressing right buttons with users, says survey
- GDMA2009: Microsoft previews Windows Mobile 6.5
- Techtree: Acer Announces New Smartphones at MWC
- CNET Wireless: Huawei to launch Android handsets
- GSMA2009: Universal cell phone chargers coming soon
- Gadgetell: LG demos the X120 netbook at the Mobile World Congress
- CNET: Freescale aims to sell Google Android Netbooks

Nokia
- IntoMobile: Hands-on with the 8MP Nokia N86
- HWZ: Mobile World Congress 2009 – Showcase Nokia

Samsung
- Ubergizmo: Samsung OMNIA HD Hands-On
- Engadget: Samsung Beat DJ hands-on
- SlashGear: Samsung UltraTOUCH and BEAT DJ hands on
- RedOrbit: Samsung Unveils Solar-Powered Phone
- HWZ: Mobile World Congress 2009 – The Samsung Saga

HTC
- Gizmodo: HTC Magic Android G2 Hands On: Close to Perfection
- SlashGear: HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 hands-on

Sony Ericsson
- CNET: Hands on with the Sony Ericsson C903, W395
- Engadget: Sony Ericsson Idou hands-on and video walkthrough
- MobileBurn: Hands-on video of Sony Ericsson’s Idou, its first S60/Symbian Foundation smartphone

LG
- Boy Genius Report: LG shows off transparent keypad-sporting GD900
- Engadget: LG Arena KM900 hands-on with video interface tour

Palm
- Pre Community: GSM Palm Pre on Vodafone at MWC09

Blackberry
- MobileBurn: Review of RIM’s worthy new BlackBerry Curve 8900 QWERTY smartphone

Garmin Asus
- SlashGear: Garmin-ASUS nuvifone G60 and M20 hands-on

SG Tech \ MISC
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: HTC Touch HD first look
- Tech65: Gear65 #9 – Creative Vado HD
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: The Full-Touch Mobile Experience..
- The Lycan Times: Windows7 Beta Build 7000 – First Look
- Digital Terrorist: Google Sync: Industry-Standard Instant Data Pushing for the Masses!

February 19th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (1)

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Macro: GIC’s investments decline in value amid global financial meltdown
- Singabloodypore: GIC loss is estimated at roughly US$33 billion
- EDMW: World’s HIGHEST PAID Gahment Loses over 100 BILLION..

Recession
- Under The Willow Tree: Global Economic Meltdown Means Singapore’s Economy Isn’t Bouncing Back Any Time Soon
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Economy : Looks really really bad..
- InfectiousGreed: January Port of Singapore Container Traffic

Elections
- ThinkingNectar: Singapore Registers of Electors revised [Thanks Chin Yong]

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Mr Wang Says So: Television, Radio, Newspapers … And Blogs

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- The Void Deck: OPC – OverPriced Car? Or Not?

CPF
- TOC: Think carefully before opting for ‘no refund’

Daily Discourse
- ringisei: Increased costs for two hawker centres
- Sgpolitics: Mr Lee and the conflict of interest
- Mr Wang Says So: Singapore Must Think That Badminton Players Are Very Stupid
- TOC: What price have we paid for today’s success?

Infoblogaramous
- Sg_Ljers: The 3rd Singapore Indie Doc Fest

February 18th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (5)

We’ve had Google Analytics running for a while now but had never really looked at the stats. Recently I dug around to see if it could tell me something useful and this was what I got. Some people might see the results as an indication of who’s more popular. Bearing in mind the numbers are also dependent on how often the site is updated and whether a reader allows GA scripts to run off his browser, that view may or may not be accurate. So stay cool and go easy on the flames :-) Not sure if this will be a regular thing. Drop me a comment on what you think of the results or if you feel this is useful.

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February 18th, 2009 | Category: Blogometrics | Comments (17)

Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- EDMW: Civil Servant Gordon Wong is so proud about dumping his mother in some cheap JB nursing home
- mrbrown: Send Ah Kong

Ho Chin Quits Temasek | State Fund Investments
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Temasek under Goodyear? Debunking the CEO’s glorious track record Part II

Housing
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: No frills housing? Don’t have upgrading lor
- A Lesser Mortal: HDB Lease Buyback Scheme [Thanks Newcomer]
- TOC: Is it wise to save $36,000 this way?

Fixing The Opposition
- Kaffein-nated: Of godhood, divinity and deity

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- Mathia Lee: Can a democracy work in a place with an uneducated majority?

Parliament
- choongyong.com: Watch it live!
- Gerald Giam: Parliament reports: More bloggers needed

Burma Rising
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Burmese activist exiled from Singapore recieves UN refugee status

Daily Discourse
- The Rot Within: Singapore Inc
- Balderdash: What’s So Bad About a Banker Brain Drain?
- Yaw Shin Leong: The Sixth Cornerstone
- EDMW: Promising PR 17th yrs old shuttler quit badminton and balek kampung after forced to do NS!

Life, the universe and everything
- AngryAngMo: The 5 Most Easy And Cheapest Ways To Get From Singapore To Tioman
- My life in Singapore: Taking the bus from Singapore to Johor Bahru

Infoblogaramous
- Singapore Social Activist: The Reform Party Forum

February 17th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Keiko Kitagawa 北川景子 is a Japanese actress from Hyōgo Prefecture. Growing up in Kobe, she is a survivor of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 where she lost many of her friends. During her high school year, she auditioned for and won the title of Miss Seventeen 2003, and was drafted into the modeling fold of Seventeen Magazine. From 2003 to 2006, Kitagawa was an exclusive model for the Japanese Seventeen magazine where she had a regular feature “Keiko’s Beauty Honey”. During this time, she won her first acting role as Rei Hino/Sailor Mars in the “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” live action TV series which ended in 2004. After leaving Seventeen Magazine, Kitgawa graduated from Meiji University where she was majoring in Business Management and went fully into acting. She has since appeared primarily in films, including Mizu ni Sumu Hana, Mamiya Kyōdai, The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift and Cherry Pie. In 2007, Kitagawa won her first starring role in the movie “Dear Friends”.

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February 17th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (2)