The Singapore Daily

“.. [Lee Kuan Yew] made it known.. that Singapore regards the lands within 6000 miles radius of Singapore as its hinterland.. Of course this self-deluding perception places Singapore at the centre of a vast region. It is therefore the latter day Middle Kingdom. The rest are peripheral and are there to serve the interest of this somewhat tiny Middle Kingdom.”
Mahathir Mohamad

“I therefore urge the Media Development Authority of Singapore to look into the conduct of TOC’s moderators..”
Lionel De Souza

“Is the purpose of the law to perpetuate social norms, regardless of the harm that such a position may cause to the minority being persecuted, or is the purpose of the law to protect the freedoms of its people, so as to allow the maximum amount of individual freedom as long as it does not encroach onto the freedoms of others?”
laïcité

“..present policies which resemble using sledgehammers to pound on delicate issues [like the declining population] is certainly not the way to go.”
Ng E-Jay

“I state with a fair amount of confidence that there will no police intervention this time.”
Martyn See

“..even if [Singaporeans] are in a large open field, they will find their own tree and orbit around it.”
Peijing Teh

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

Lee vs Mahathir
- Che Det: The Modern Middle Kingdom
- ed’sperience’s Blog: 50 Years of PAP – The relative greatness of ancient China. Why Mahathir is wrong.
- SilentAssassin’s Archive: MM Lee & SM Goh: building bridges and mending them
- My Singapore News: No he won’t shut up
- Matthias Chang: Why Is Lee Kuan Yew Strutting The Length and Breath of Malaysia?
- The Wayang Party: Why is everyone excited about LKY? [Thanks Seelan]
- under a Pipala Tree: Not again Tun
- Where Bears Roam Free: Old Man’s mouth speaks faster than his brain can think [Thanks Seelan]

Recession
- TOC: Create “Economic Recovery” jobs
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Employment is the key to economic recovery
- TOC: Low-wage workers better off, now everybody worse off?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: History Channel : “Crash : The Next Depression”

Income Inequality in Singapore
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: The Case for Income Equality in Singapore [Recommended]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: More on the Importance of Income Equality…

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Singaporean Skeptic: How did the Straits Times and Temasek get their Figures?

Twilight in Paradise. Growing Old In Singapore
- TOC: Sending Ah Gong back to the children [Recommended]
- Today In Singapore: POSB “Perks” For Those Over 45
- My Singapore News: The new sandwich

Singaporeans, A Dying Breed
- Sgpolitics.net: Birth rate continues its downward trend, a fresh look at our population problem is needed

Singapore Politics They Are a-Changin’
- geraldgiam.sg: Revamp the role of MPs to attract potential ministers
- ed’sperience’s Blog: Celebrating 50 Years of PAP – the evolution of singapore, in quotes
- ringisei: Good tree bad tree
- ed’sperience’s Blog: 50 Years of PAP: The worship of Prominence and the Degeneration of the ‘Opposition’ [Recommended]

Lionel de Souza vs TOC
- TOC: Letter of complaint against TOC on Today
- Die neue Welle: 2: Lionel de Souza

Singapore Mainstream Media
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: The great harp on the journalist and blogger ‘continuum’

No To Internet Regulation
- Sgpolitic.net: Internet in Singapore restricted by ‘next generation’ controls

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Sgpolitics.net: New policies, not new parks, needed for social harmony [Recommended]
- AngryAngMo: The West And Asia – Racism And Sauerkraut
- TOC: Legal recourse for foreign workers
- mrbrown: MP: Singaporeans wait 15 minutes for bus also complain, not like grateful immigrants
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MP Charles complains abt Singaporeans
- Your SDP: Foreigners on foreign issues in Singapore

Ranking Town Councils
- Anonymous_X: Government to Assess Town Councils (but it’s not about ranking?!) [Thanks wacky_artz]
- Singapore Social Activist: Rewriting the Unwritten Social Contract [Recommended]

Remember May 21st
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Operation Spectrum forum cancelled
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Ops Spectrum forum to go on – with new date and venue

Pink Issues
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: HRW – LGBTQ report on Singapore – comments and thoughts
- Laïcité: On homosexuality – Why we’re asking the wrong questions [Recommended]
- In the land of the blind, one eye man is king: What science has to say on the etiology of homosexuality (Part 3): How much influence nurture has on sexuality?

Healthcare
- The Gigamole Diaries: Surrogate mothers – a balloon in the making?
- Angry Doctor: Confidence Goods 14

H1N1 Swine Flu
- The Gigamole Diaries: H1N1 – How do we know vaccines are effective and safe?
- Today in Singapore: Not A Good German

The Aftermath of the NTU Passings
- TOC: Report: Close friend of Widjaja takes the witness stand

Iran Election Protests
- the kent ridge common: Twitter Revolution in Tehran
- The Wayang Party: Social Networks Spread Defiance Online
- Where Bears Roam Free: Bias Reporting – Alternative Media vs Mainstream Media

Free Burma
- nofearSingapore: Stars & Dignatories blog for Aung San Suu Kyi- do your part

International
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: The Greatest Silence: Rape in Congo
- Emerald Hill: Black Death Here Again? [Thanks WY Whoo]

Daily Discourse
- Inquivision: Rules-based naïveté [Recommended]
- TOC: Perdition and sedition
- irreligious: How the lack of common sense can destroy a faith
- Nomed Letters: Good and Bad PR [Thanks Lived Nomed]
- Singapore Social Activist: ‘Legacy of 1959′ – Case of the Noisy Gong
- Subba’s Serendipitous moments: Can Singapore do the makeover?
- Jacob 69er: Reform Party of Singapore’s vision and beliefs
- Irreligious: Thank God for armchair critics
- Singapore Angle: Back to the Future Enhancements

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s thoughts: The Misadverntures of Unnatural Death
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: World’s most liveable cities: Vancouver No.1, Singapore No.54 [Thanks Seelan]
- Article 14: Web2.0 is the millionth word in the English Language
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: In Conversation with Dr Gang Lu, MOBINODE and OpenWeb Asia
- The fire in my life: Not for the Faint Hearted… Exorcism in Singapore [Thanks Joel]
- Balderdash: Gospel at Stake in Creation-Evolution Debate, Argues Ministry Leader
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: In Conversation with Dr Gang Lu, MOBINODE and OpenWeb Asia
- The Singapore Sports Fan: Meet the Bora Milutinovic of Singapore Sports [Thanks SFF]
- Vinyarb: A nuggets meal, curry sauce, oh, and a blowjob on the side please [Thanks Richard]
- TOC: Private educational provider threatens online forum with defamation
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Chronologically Map Your Life With AnkhMap
- Notes From Serangoon Road: GaGa’s website hijacked
- cyberpioneertv: Postcards From Afghanistan [Youtube Vid]
- Sam’s thoughts: A Fat Hope: Look Jaywalker and Death Baiter
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Facebook has almost conquered Southeast Asia and why

Infoblogaramous
- Civic Advocator: Will you vote for Mr Tan Kin Lian if he stands for election as President or MP of Singapore?
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Google Hackaton – 16 Jun
- Ong Jiin Joo: World Refugee Day
- Sparklette: List of Restaurants That Do Not Serve Free Water
- Simply Jean: Symphonies and Video Games Live!

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