The Singapore Daily

“The arrogance of power. Combine that with great wealth, quick progress, a group think syndrome, limited thinking style and big responsibility at a relatively immature age and you have a potent mix.”
Subbaraman Iyer

“Half of Singapore’s population could consists of foreigners in 11 years time..”
Ng E-Jay

“The uninvited guests should be investigated for barging in to and disrupting a private event.”
Seelan Palay

“These [NCMP/NMP] guys can bark. But they can’t bite.”
Subra

“[Lee Hsien Loong] left out the most important gap in Singapore - the gap between the leaders and ordinary people.”
LuckySingaporean

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

H1N1 Swine Flu
- The Gigamole Diaries: H1N1 (aka American flu) - naming…not shaming
- Singapore M.D: Community transmission of H1N1
- Singapore and the stuff: What price - social responsibility?
- The Gigamole Diaries: H1N1 (aka American flu) - mortality rates, real or not?
- Big Talk Singapore: Singapore loosening control of Swine flu (H1N1) spread
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Wear a mask if you are sick
- Emerald Hills: Aspiring for the Swine Flu Pandemic Gold Medal? [Thanks WY Whoo]
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Surviving (suspected) H1N1
- TOC: Let the Games continue!
- My Little Corner: High Risk Group for H1N1
- The boy who knew too much: H1N1 flu and personal hygiene, in Singapore.
- Totobobo: Totobobo mask hits 25 countries [die die must buy?]
- Sgpolitics: TTSH releases clinical data of first 50 H1N1 patients in Singapore [Symptoms info]

Singapore Politics They Are a-Changin’
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Twittering MPs in Parliament?
- the kent ridge common: Voting for status quo or ruling party?
- that burning republic-state doesn’t sway placidity: The Nature & Power of Politics
- Article 14: Uniquely Singapore: Papmandering [Recommended]
- Sgpolitics.net: Standing up for the people on bended knees [Recommended]
- Chill Out: Kwayteowman’s questions [Thanks the voiddeck]

Lee vs Mahathir
- ed’sperience’s Blog: 50 Years of PAP - on the idea of ‘Foreign Interference in Internal Affairs’
- Singapore Recalcitrant: Stark Awakening from a Nostalgic Dream
- ed’sperience’s Blog: 50 Years of PAP: Why the Chinese Aren’t the ‘Majority’ in Singapore
- The Sketch Times: Singapore-Malaysia Ties
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: Is Iskandar the start of a beautiful relationship?

Recession
- Subba’s Serendipitous moments: Will Singapore learn the lessons from the financial crisis? [Recommended]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Recession pain…where…?
- Recruit Ong: When people enter the market in droves, it is usually peaking
- Edwin’s Blog: SIA pilots take pay cut?? How about our ministers? [Thanks Fred]
- My Little Corner: Inflation is down 0.3%

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Simply Gab: Losing touch and sense of proportion
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Off with the Heads!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Straits Times : Temasek better than Warren Buffett… [Recommended]

Remembering Anthony Yeo
- Sgpolitics.net: Your flame will always shine, Anthony
- Sam’s thoughts: The late Anthony Yeo’s letters to the press
- The Gigamole Diaries: Anthony Yeo - in pace requiscat …
- TOC: Remembering Anthony Yeo
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Eulogy to Mr Anthony Yeo

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: A nation of foreigners in 11 years [Recommended]
- Singaporean Skeptic: Island gets more crowded. Facts and Figures.
- Next Stop Wonderland: ST: Spore’s population is 4.84 million

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: How can $1m help the Taxi industry?
- Today In Singapore: LTA: Less Than Acceptable

World Refugee Day
- TOC: World Refugee Day – Wan’s Story [Thanks Donald]

Lionel de Souza vs TOC
- TOC: MDA replies to Lionel De Souza

re Education
- the kent ridge common: Singaporization of American education and Americanization of Singapore education?

Housing
- Singaporean Skeptic: The Lease Buy-Back Scheme. The difference between owning and renting.

Healthcare & Healthcare Givers
- Singapore M.D.: Disciplinary tribunals are not law courts - so what?

The Aftermath of the NTU Passings
- Anonymous_X: The curious–and curiouser–case of David Hartanto Widjaja: How selective media can be?!

AWARE Aftermath
- Laïcité: The ineffectiveness of abstinence-only sex education

Pink Issues
- The Gigamole Diaries: Origins of homosexuality?

Little Green Dot
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Kotex – Setting a new Singapore record in polluting the environment thru mass balloon release

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- EurekAlert: Online ethics and the bloggers’ code revealed [via Singabloodypore] [Recommended]

International - Baguettes in Burkas
- ed’sperience’s Blog: Sarkozy : ‘Difference Not Welcome in France’
- Laïcité: French secularism and the burka
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Beautiful Distraction

Iran Election Protests
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: No Winners in Iran

International
- that burning republic-state doesn’t sway placidity: The French Experience: Between the Burqa and Secularism

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Social Activist: Kang Nam headed to Singapore
- Information Read By Me: Important: Molest by Foreigner
- Gimme Some Truth: Racing off with S$500,000,000″
- Mr Wang Says So: My Book Launch … and Some Reflections on Airports
- i have succumbed to peer pressure: Corporate/SAF/Civil service culture in Singapore [Thanks mr.udders]
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: List of swimmers who have qualified for this year’s SEA Games
- My sketchbook: 3rd most densely populated country in the world
- Singapore Angle: Family Charter?
- The Gigamole Diaries: Marriage and alimony - Dr Soin’s Fallacy
- Today In Singapore: How To Fix The Private Estates
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Police investigates filmmaker over screening
- Sam’s thoughts: Snob Snob! Who’s There?
- Forum of Vegetarian Society (Singapore): Singapore Zoo to Give Away Some ‘Inmates’ to Indian Zoo? [Thanks Ganga]
- Balderdash: My Case against Public Breastfeeding
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Illusion of Superiority and Dangers of Elitism… [Recommended]

Life, the universe and everything
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: The Singapore Identity?
- the kent ridge common: The ISD bogeyman
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Correct approach to select an insurance policy
- Aussie Pete: The Seed / Focus on Solutions
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Interview with Kenneth Lee, Founder of Green Koncepts
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Conquering Mt. Faber: The Mizuno Mount Faber Run 2009 [Thanks Lemon]
- Balderdash: Singaporean men are fussy, Singaporean women are even more fussy

Books and Papercuts
- Singapore Democrats Blog: Constructing Singapore: “pragmatism” and personalised power [Thanks Seelan Palay]

Now Showing
- Used Brains For Sale: Review: Duplicity
- Empty Vessel: Ten problems with Transformers 2 [Spoilers]

Infoblogaramous
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Pulau Ubin Stories Workshop, 3 Jul 2009, 7pm