GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments: Guess Ho’s baaaaack..
- TOC: Who holds the sovereign wealth of this nation and why?
- My Thoughts..: What an Elaborate Way to Keep us in the Dark, Temasek [Thanks Ganga]
- Sg Pirate Game: Risky Business
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Jokes of the day
- Simply Gab: Temasek Staff to get No Bonus or Less Bonus?
- SilentAssassin’s Archive: Net Bonus or Malus?
- Temasek Review: The great ‘wayang kulit’ by Ho Ching with Straits Times as supporting cast
- Jacob 69er: Temasek – Lumbered with the boss’s wife
- Singapore Dino: Ho Ching must be KICKED OUT of Temasek
- Feed Me To The Fish: It never rains in Temasek!

AWARE Aftermath: Thiology Goes to NYU
- The Bosonic State: The Paradox of Thio Li-Ann’s Anti-Gay Stand
- the kent ridge common: Where academic and religious views collide
- Today In Singapore: The Slippery Road To Hate
- Gay Patriot: On gay issues, academic freedom takes backseat to political correctness
- Above the Law: Let’s Talk Even More About Dr. Li-ann Thio
- Politics Daily: Li-Ann Thio and NYU Confront ‘Academic Freedom’

Twilight in Paradise. Growing Old In Singapore
- Mathia Lee: Singapore’s policy responses to ageing, inequality and poverty
- Mathia Lee: Immigration doesn’t look like it solves our aging problem

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Singapore M.D.: Judging doctors 2

Housing
- Singapore Watch: How much do property agents actually make?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Public Transport in Singapore: Promote the use of car sharing

Daily Discourse
- Chill Out: Selling our souls to the devils
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Chee addresses his troops… [Thanks Seelan]
- Singapore Alternatives: New Media, Political flims, Open Society & Fair Play
- Temasek Review: The dearth of public opinion in Singapore

Life, the universe and everything
- The Gigamole Diaries: Is organic food better for you? The answer is….
- Mr Guay’s teaching blog: An old but good video on Electricity
- Yesterday.sg: You speak the language, but do you appreciate it?
- Peter Cochrane’s Blog: Singapore’s fibre paradox

Infoblogaramous
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Do you want to attend “The Spirit of Champions Party” by Smirnoff?

A public service announcement..

Dover Park Hospice Sunday Walk 2009
Date: Sunday 22 Nov 2009
Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Route: From Raffles Place Park to Clarke Quay

Dover Park Hospice is organizing a Walk to raise funds to improve their facilities, develop new programmes and enable better hospice care to its patients.

Registration for the Walk is at $30 for adults with a concession fee of $25 for full-time students, senior citizens aged 55 and above and medical industry workers (relevant proof required).

Registration can be done from 18 Aug 2009 online at www.doverpark.org.sg or at
Dover Park Hospice
10 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, S308436
Tel: 6500 7272 Fax: 6258 9007

For more media information, please contact:
Lynda Moo (lynda@directionsmc.com) or tel: 6462 0030

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GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments: Guess Ho’s baaaaack..
- TOC: Temasek – Murky figures and unanswered questions
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Temasek’s Confusing Losses….
- Singapore Recalcitrant: Sermon on the Mount
- Singaporean Skeptic: What can $40 Billion do?
- Temasek Review: The mystery of Temasek’s ’succession’ plan
- FT Alphaville: When is an SWF not an SWF?

CPF
- TOC: CPF Life – How can fund become insolvent and thus stop payouts?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Singapore Medical Council’s ongoing battles

Housing
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Speculators Reign Supreme

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Today In Singapore: Poor Expats

re Education
- nofearSingapore: Private Educational Organisations- Accountability needed in the system [Thanks Dr.Huang]

High Notes and Minibonds
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Gathering on 22 August at Hong Lim Park (2)

Daily Discourse
- Master of the Obvious: Motivations for an Agency of the Future (AoF)
- Sgpolitics.net: Why the Singapore Democratic Party deserves our support
- that burning republic: Revising History
- TOC: CCTVs in Hong Lim – Police replies to TOC’s queries
- Roxy.Z: Why is it difficult for the goverment to withdraw from business? [Thanks roxy]

Infoblogaramous
- No To Rape: 7 Aug 09 Seminar - Towards Criminalising Marital Rape

AWARE Aftermath: Thiology Goes to NYU
- the kent ridge common: Under scrutiny: Thio Li Ann
- TOC: Mis-informed demonisation of LGBTs?
- The Lycan Times: Personal Capacity?

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments: Guess Ho’s baaaaack..
- Singapore Dino: Singapore High Commissioner makes a complete fool of himself

High Notes & Minibonds
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Free market - success and failure

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Ethics, professionalism and the medical school(s)

Twilight in Paradise. Growing Old In Singapore
- From Hri to all Thomsoners: Old Age

Housing
- Temasek Review: Buyers paying prime area prices for suburban condos

re Education
- Singaporean Skeptic: Translated Letter to the Berita Harian (Choose Bond-Free Scholarship)

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Why are public sector appointments shrouded in secrecy?
- Mathia Lee: Getting Ex-spouses to pay : Proposed Maintenance Services Authority
- The Gigamole Diaries: HSA, cell therapies and conflicts of interests..
- Sgpolitics.net: Grossly inadequate protection for credit card users
- Temasek Review: Exposing the fallacies in PM Lee’s ‘ideal’ model of governance

Life, the universe and everything
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: What professional historians really do
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Age of Conan: The Second Coming
- Sam’s thoughts: What the hell is wrong with SingNet?

News
- Expreview: GeForce GTS240 Enters the OEM Channel
- SemiAccurate: ATI Evergreen mobile parts outed
- DailyTech: Hacker Says iPhone is Incredibly Insecure, “Useless” for Businesses
- CNET: Are you ready for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720?
- Gizmodo: Android Donut Build Out: Full Multitouch, Universal Search, Automated Backups AND Better Performance
- SlashGear: Acer & ASUS delay Android netbooks; freeze launches until Pine Trail in Q1 2010
- Webware: Design ideas show Firefox 4.0 with a Chrome look
- Engadget: Creative debuts Android-powered Zii EGG for developers and OEMs
- Fudzilla: Gates forced to give up Facebook

Reviews | Guides
- AnandTech: System Buyers’ Guide: $700 to $1700
- Engadget: Sony’s EyePet beta hands-on: it’s probably the most adorable thing ever
- Tom’s Hardware: Graphics Overclocking: Getting The Most From Your GPU
- Expreview: Cogage True Spirit Reviewed: Best Cooler for Your Money
- Techgage: Introduction to Consumer Virtualization
- XtremeComputing: ULTI-MAT Breathe, Seven and Solid Mouse Mats
- TechRadar: 10 best free PC games you should play today
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Review: Lenovo U350
- Insane Polygons: Intuos 4

PSC Yes Man Quota Filled, Looking For Mavericks
- The one dimensional island: Mavericks in the civil service?
- My sketchbook: How to select a PSC scholar

AWARE Aftermath: Thiology Goes to NYU
- Singapore Law Watch: Nuance, a so-called memo and threats: Letter from Thio Li-Ann
- Ian On The Red Dot: The Amount Of Hatred Against Thio Li-Ann Is Dumb

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Singapore’s Medical care - Is it your “daiji” (problem) ??

Recession
- Sgpolitics.net: Is Singapore really in a better position to survive economically?

High Notes & Minibonds
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Honesty and fairness

Housing
- Mr Wang Says So: Population Demographics and the Property Market

Daily Discourse
- geraldgiam.sg: No barrier-free access to ION? Forget it then!
- TOC: “Even in the cyberage, some things don’t change”
- Sam’s thoughts: Harry Lee and the Half-hearted Civil Servant
- Feed Me To The Fish: 5C’s - Monks And Ministers Got Them All!

Life, the universe and everything
- the kent ridge common: Seelan Palay’s solo art exhibition
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: CNA: “Charity through web games”

Infoblogaramous
- Otterman speaks..: Singapore Map exhibition @ NLB, 01 Aug – 31 Oct 2009
- XinYun @ SG: Free Mattress for the Poor and Needy in Singapore