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Daily SG: 17 Mar 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 17th March 2009

Recession
- My Little Corner: Interesting unemployment stats for December last year
- TOC: Better to help needy than give handouts to fresh grads
- ~eternalhap~: Let’s cut your salary and give it away!

Town Council 8 Month Bonuses
- Wayang Party Club: Open letter to Mr Tan Boon Huat, Chief Executive Director of People’s Association re: salaries and bonuses of CDC staff
- The Wayang Party: EXPOSED: Two Northwest CDC staff who receive 8 months bonuses are managers in mid to senior positions
- EDMW: Teo Ho Pin: 8 Months Bonus Not Completely Unreasonable

The Passing of Dr Allan Ooi
- the boy who knew too much: End the practise of bonding
- Wayang Party Club: Time for a rethink of Singapore’s scholarship system

General Election 2009
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Shin Min Interview - General Election

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- TOC: GIC losses – foreign media more important than Parliament?

Healthcare
- Angry Doctor: Can you catch obesity?

Re education
- The Kent Ridge Common: Suggested changes to the government scholarship policy Part II: A focus on the SAF Overseas Scholarship

Housing
- TOC: HDB must stop ticking checklists and start reviewing cases
- En Bloc Block Blog: Why does en bloc law matter?

Daily Discourse
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Should Singapore legalise pornography?
- Mathia Lee: Self-Censorship: How do you say what you need to without getting into trouble?
- TOC: The PAP’s fascination with communists
- Tan Kin Lian: Motor insurance - regulator can play a part
- Information Read by Me: Indirect Sexual Harassment (Female to Female) [Thanks Jaunty Jabber]
- The Void Deck: Just Around the Bend: Car Ownership Costs Go Up
- Singabloodypore: Unnerved by a deathly vibe
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: Ting Wen breaks national record; Lay Chi qualifies for SEA Games

Life, the universe and everything
- Tribolum.com: Win-Win
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Lee Kuan Yew and Rupert Murdoch
- vinyarb: Tiger Translate 2009

Infoblogaramous
- nussu the ridge online: Donation Drive Initiated for NUS Student
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Event: Infocomm Live-Matthias Kunze, Winning Ways Of An Entrepreneur -20 Mar 09
- Fireopal: Free BJ 2009 [Thanks Joel]

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Daily ChioBu: Aya Ueto

Posted by singaporedaily on 17th March 2009

Aya Ueto 上戸彩 (born 14 Sep 1985 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress, idol and singer. After leaving the J-pop band Z-1 in 2002, she joined Pony Canyon for a solo career and released 13 singles and 6 albums in the next 5 years. Aya had began her acting in 1999 in the movie “Killer of Paraiso”. Since then she has acted in numerous TV dramas and cinema films, including the title role in 2003’s blockbuster Azumi and the sequel in 2005. In 2008, Aya was crowned CM Queen [cm = commercial] for a second time (first was in 2004), raking in a ¥360m from her advertisement contracts. Aya will star in her first Getsuku drama this spring, alongside SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai and Ryuta Sato.

This is Aya Ueto’s first photobook Hare nochi ame, nochi hare. Pictures after the break.
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