Weekly Roundup: Week 08
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
alexleecheeseng [Click bottom right "Up Arrow", select "CC" to enable captions]
“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
This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments | Ho Chin Quits Temasek | Nathan Said Yes
- Singapore Alternatives: GIC lost 41%? Accountabiliity please!
- Littlespeck: The S$58b plunge
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Our Reserves..Time for Reform..
- Wayang Party Club: A call for the Singapore Government to be made accountable to the people
- SgEnquirer: How Norway manages its Sovereign Wealth Fund – the Norwegian Pension Fund with transparency
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: What Tharman said in Jan 2008..
- Wayang Party Club: Reserves “unaffected” by losses and is still “growing”
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Talking Things Up
- My sketchbook: We lost $58 Billion
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Temasek under Goodyear? Debunking the CEO’s glorious track record Part II
- 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..
- 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 [Recommended]
- Gerald Giam: Greater transparency needed for Presidential decisions
- TOC: “My loyalty is, first and foremost, to the people of Singapore”
- groundnotes: Unlocking reserves [Recommended]
- 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
- 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
Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- TOC: Would Khaw Boon Wan send his mother to a foreign land?
- A Lesser Mortal: Staying Together Moving Ahead Without Our Aged!
- EDMW: Civil Servant Gordon Wong is so proud about dumping his mother in some cheap JB nursing home
- mrbrown: Send Ah Kong
- 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? [Recommended]
- EDMW: I made a Hitler parody. Please support!
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
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Binge and save Singapore
- Under The Willow Tree: This is not a recession. This is a depression.
Singapore Budget 2009
- The Lycan Times: Budget 2009
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Depressionomics SOP needed
- ringisei: The PAP does not pander to business
- Sg Enquirer: Flawed Job Credit Scheme benefits employers more than workers
Elections
- ThinkingNectar: Singapore Registers of Electors revised [Thanks Chin Yong]
- Gerald Giam: New polling districts announced
- A Lesser Mortal: Flash General Election? [Thanks Newcomer]
- 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?
CPF
- Sgpolitics: A summary of my critique of the CPF Life scheme [Recommended]
- My little corner: CPF Changes from 1st April 2009
- TOC: Think carefully before opting for ‘no refund’
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: New CPF Changes in 2009
Parliament
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Snapshots — 12 Feb 2009
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Snapshots — 13 Feb 2009
- choongyong.com: Watch it live! [Recommended]
- Gerald Giam: Parliament reports: More bloggers needed [Recommended]
Strangers in a Strange Land
- Wayang Party Club: Foreign workers taking up non-skilled jobs in government-linked companies
- 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]
- 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
- The Void Deck: OPC – OverPriced Car? Or Not?
- 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
- Signorekai on earth: Why should we care about Singapore
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?
Re Education
- Making History Relevant: University Admission: Disclosures Matter?
- The boy who knew too much: Don’t become a teacher, in Singapore
- 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
We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Mr Wang Says So: Television, Radio, Newspapers … And Blogs
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: I say, so you believe?
Fixing The Opposition
- Gerald Giam: Asking Chiam to step down? Only voters should decide
- 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?
Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Yawning Bread: 366 detained without trial in last 5 years
National Service
- Almost Infamous: NS Part III – Responsibility
Burma Rising
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Burmese activist exiled from Singapore recieves UN refugee status
Daily Discourse
- groundnotes: Sacrifices at the Altar of Meritocracy
- TOC: Parliament unbound [Recommended]
- My Thoughts..: Isn’t It about Time We Took Our Business Elsewhere?
- Kent Ridge Common: Granting students political amnesty to allow freedom of political expression
- Journalism.sg: International Survey Says Singapore’s Not Yet A Think-Tank Hub
- Anonymous_X: SP Ausnet faces lawsuit over Australian bush fires?
- Sg Enquirer: Interview with a 80 year old toilet attendant
- 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!
- 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?
- This lush garden within: The beginning of decline in PAP’s popularity?
- Wayang Party Club: Dismantling the myths of the PAP system [Recommended]
- Singaporean Skeptic: Good deeds are seldom rewarded
- 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
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Celebrating Chinese New Year On Treetops [Thanks Lem]
- Fauzi Russull: I Am Young, So.. [Thanks Sabrina]
- 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
- Sam’s thoughts: Heterosexuality’s very hetero
- AngryAngMo: What You Must Know About Singapore’s History
- Stratagem Consultants: Peranakans – Going the way of the Dodo?
- Tribolum: No Common Sense
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: Kacang Puteh anyone?
Now Showing
- Mathia Lee: The Olive Depression
- Ian On The Red Dot: The Love Scene In Slumdog Millionaire
Infoblogaramous
- Tan Kin Lian: Forum for DBS High Notes 5 investors
- Singapore Social Activist: The Reform Party Forum
- Sg_Ljers: The 3rd Singapore Indie Doc Fest
- The eOK .network: BlogOut! 2009
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Event: Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
February 21st, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup
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Say NO to internet regulation in Singapore.
February 21st, 2009 at 11:14 am
What a creative video.. you know who will turn in his bed when he sees this. My .. my it shows how creative Singaporeans can get if they want to…
February 21st, 2009 at 2:05 pm
And Elite say there are not enough talent in Singapore.
alexleecheeseng
Good parody :)
February 21st, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Too bad he will be too busy studying for exams to explore his latent talent. After exams he will be dump straight into NS, straightened out, institutionalised, brainwashed. And by the time he is let out of the army after 2+ years, he\’d have forgotten he once had a talent 3, 4 years ago. No time to play around with unproductive hobbies, got to find a job or employers will think you are a no good bummer.
Who knows he could have been a budding playwright, might have made the Esplanade into an asian Broadway, but hey why waste time investing in nurturing our potential talents when we can import them cheap from neighbouring countries, right?
February 21st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Dear sir / madam
I am currently working on a follow up article piece and require the following inputs to complete my story.
I have tried on numerous occasions to post in dotseng.wordpress.com to no avail.
I wish to ask the liaison officer of the brotherhood the following questions.
(1) Sir, I am sure you have read the piece published today (Feb 21) by both Clarissa Oon and Jeremy Au, entitled, “moderate so govt can deregulate.”
Could you pls share with all of us whether you are in principle in agreement with the whole idea of community moderation?
(2) What do you think in your opinion is likely to work? Can you provide us all any suggested solutions.
Pls note, if we do not receive a reply from you, we will simply state very clearly the case, the brotherhood offers no comment.
Many thanks
February 21st, 2009 at 7:13 pm
To: looking for the brotherhood
February 21st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Yes, we have many opinions concerning this subject. However, I regret to inform you that we do NOT currently have ANY diplomatic relations with the MSM; neither do we see any need to cultivate a relationship as in our considered opinion the expected returns would be not be worthwhile.
As such our official position is -no comment.
Pls dont get us involved in this matter, we are very small and insignificant. What we think is inconsequential.
Thanks
SD (Internet officer of the brotherhood)
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 am
If a group of bloggers (very much like ABS) wants to buy into a code of conduct or regulate themselves. I dont see why the brotherhood will object. They will not. Infact, they will support it.
I dont think they are anti-community moderation per se.
What they are against seems to the idea of one group of people attempting to representing them without their consent. I think it may have an impact on their gaming interest. They are always nervous of this idea of one super duper body representing blog-o-sphere. I think if that line is breached, you will definitely get strong resistance.
As I understand it providing it is structured in a way where there is a choice i.e I don’t wish to sign on for the package.
Then they are fine. Problem comes in when they don’t have the freedom to elect to choose. Or if they are all cut off from the consultative process.
You can review some of post on community moderation here when they once resisted Cherian George et al.
http://magnezium.blogspot.com/2008/06/internet-deregulation.html
Another thing. I dont see how community moderation has anything to do with de-regulating our net. Is this another ST spin and hype?
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:10 am
Dear Editor,
There are three articles for your info, please:
1. JB Nursing Home Syndrome – Logically Illogical Logic.
http://amortal.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/274/
2. Banking The Long Term View.
http://amortal.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/banking-the-long-term-view/
3. Labourer Chief Plays Football With Depression.
http://amortal.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/labourer-chief-plays-football-with-depression/
Thanks with Love,
Newcomer. 23 Feb 2009 0909 hrs.