The Singapore Daily

“I think you give me more credit than I deserve, but I’m very comfortable in a GRC.”
Charles Chong

“Singaporeans are PEOPLE, not MONEY MACHINES.”
The Truth

“We have the law. We say it won’t be enforced. Is it totally clear? We, sometimes in these things, have to accept a bit of messiness.”
K. Shanmugam

“While the GDP growth rate over the last few years looked impressive.. Domestic consumption has been driven down to a level that is on a par with China and countries at a much earlier stage of development.”
Kenneth Jeyaretnam

“I was fully aware, and I consciously chose to do what I believed — and continue to believe — was the right thing.”
Siew Kum Hong

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

9 NMPs Appointed
- Siew Kum Hong: NMP results are out
- Yawning Bread: Parliament now faces “gay test”
- kent ridge common: A look at the rejection of Mr Siew Kum Hong’s bid for a second NMP term
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: New NMP appointments
- Sam’s Thoughts: NMPs as infrastructure
- mrbrown: NMP Siew Kum Hong does not get second term
- Anonymous_X: Nominated MP Siew Kum Hong is not selected for a second term?!
- ALVINOLOGY: Siew Kum Hong not appointed as NMP for second term
- A Singaporean: MPs, NCMPs & NMPs – The need for a credible voice? Or a perpetuation of the current ‘incredible’ voices?
- We Are AWARE: Siew Kum Hong is not reappointed as NMP
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: On Siew Kum Hong not appointed as NMP for second term

AWARE Aftermath: Thiology Goes to NYU
- Inside Higher Ed: Rights for Some People [Thanks Vampyre]
- Above the Law: NYU Professor of Human Rights: Not a Fan of Gay Rights? Also: Is anal sex like ’shoving a straw up your nose to drink’? [Thanks Vampyre]
- the kent ridge common: Reactions on Professor Thio Li Ann’s appointment as a Visiting Professor at NYU
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: NYU students vs Professor Thio Li-Ann
- Sam’s thoughts: McCurley’s open letter to Thio
- TOC: Thio Li-Ann at center of controversy in New York University

H1N1 Swine Flu
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: Why is getting tested for H1N1 so expensive?
- Angry Doctor: Arrogance of ignorance
- The Gigamole Diaries: Flu: Docs need not swallow bitter pill
- Singapore M.D.: Position Paper From The Hospital Influenza Workgroup ( Singapore )
- The Gigamole Diaries: The race for the H1N1 vaccine
- Angry Doctor: The Doctor and the Virus
- Singapore Fountain Pen: When H1N1 Hits Home – Aftermath [Thanks Lemon]

Pink Issues: S377A
- Yawning Bread: India decriminalises gay sex, Singapore shown to be a fool
- The Gigamole Diaries: So we won’t repeal Section 377A?
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Singapore not swayed by India gay sex ruling: minister [Thanks Seelan]
- Article 14: Section 377A is a law, a decorative piece or a potential political tool?
- Sam’s thoughts: Indian Penal Code’s Section 377 and Singapore
- Article 14: I can see where you are coming from Mr Shanmugam

Religion
- Irreligious: Constructive disharmony
- Illusio: Global Christian Culture and the Antioch of Asia (RDS)
- Mathia Lee: Religious harmony in Singapore – The Issue & Suggestions [Recommended]
- Irreligious: Did our brains create God? (Part Two)
- Illusio: The Inter-religious Organisation of Singapore (RDS)
- Irreligious: Did our brains create God? (Part Three)
- Irreligious: Did our brains create God? (Part Four)

The Price of Progress
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: GDP Growth as Progress in Singapore…
- Littlespeck: The crisis – and reforms [Thanks hil]
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Globalization hurting workers, says Pope
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Singapore 10th most expensive city in the world!!!!
- Singaporean Skeptic: Singapore regressing back into the Third World?

Recession
- Sgpolitics.net: PAP Women’s Wing make merry in midst of crippling recession
- TOC: More and more jobs available, but nobody wants?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Economy : Long hard slog….
- A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur: A Different World [Recommended]

High Notes & Minibonds
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Follow up action on MAS investigation report
- Sgpolitics.net: MAS bans 10 firms from selling structured notes, but is this merely a slap on the wrist?

PAP Ministars Highest Paid Politicians in the World
- the kent ridge common: Pegging salaries in civil service against the private sector
- Andrew: Inside & Insights: Performance-related Pay doesn’t encourage Performance

Singapore Mainstream Media
- The Gigamole Diaries: Suicide at Fusionopolis?
- My Thoughts: Reading Between the Lines of Local News [Thanks Ganga]

Singaporeans, A Dying Breed
- Die neue Welle: Rooting Singaporeans
- Growing your tree of prosperity: Alternatives to Emigration for Unhappy Singaporeans

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Death of Bangladeshi worker in 2008
- TOC: Why’re foreigners on social visit passes allowed to work in S’pore?

Singapore Coloring
- nofearSingapore: Feeling like the least favourite child by Nur Dianah Suhaimi

Housing
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Quoteworthy – Singapore National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan
- My Singapore News: HDB, what are you doing?

National Service
- The Wayang Party: One non-combat death a month: is this acceptable?

Operation Spectrum Open Forum
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Police retracts licence request after Minister queried
- TOC: Police seemed ignorant about law governing indoor forums

Free Burma
- Jacob 69er: Why sanctions aren’t working in Myanmar
- Singapore Recalcitrant: ASEAN’s Pipe-dream
- a blog day’s work: Time for ASEAN to expel Myanmar?
- a blog day’s work: Time for ASEAN to expel Myanmar?

International
- Singapore Alternatives: Urumqi Protests- Democracy, Social Justice & Harmony
- ed’sperience’s Blog: China : on Uyghur Separatism and China’s cultural and political pogrom
- Rachel Zeng’s Blog: Humanitarian aid to Gaza forcibly stopped, activists captured [Thanks Seelan]
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Al Jazeera: No welfare for Sri Lanka’s Tamils [Thanks Seelan]

Daily Discourse
- Civic Advocator: Politics of Fear
- this lush garden within: Disgusting Singaporeans on Stomp
- Singapore Social Activist: Vizkikal Season 3 Episode 1
- Sgpolitics.net: PAP MP Charles Chong hides behind K. Shanmugam’s pants
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Anti-Singapore articles in Malaysiakini…
- The Wayang Party: Are locals shunning jobs at Tze Char stalls?
- Chemical Generation Singapore: NEWater and New Security
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: From iron fist to velvet gloves to boxing gloves
- TOC: Singapore to have one of the highest defence budget in the world in 2009
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Does proposed property tax law make sense???
- Laïcité: The moralistic notion of chastity till marriage

Life, the universe and everything
- Simply Gab: Are our Friendly Skies … Safe?
- Scholar at Large: 700 years of Singapore history? Part I: The longue durée, geography, and Singapore’s port [Recommended]
- Scholar at Large: 700 years of Singapore history? Part II: Politicising history [Recommended]
- groundnotes: Exploring Backyards
- Times They Are A-Changin’: Happy Days Are Here?
- Glass Castle Blog: Google blocks ads for abortion services in Singapore
- Singaporean Skeptic: Deconstructing a University Education
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: In Conversation with Jack Sim, World Toilet Organization [Thanks Gwen]
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: 3 Reasons Why Google is launching the Chrome OS
- Alamak: Pfingo SMS is Broken
- Singapore Fountain Pen: A Rasa Sentosa Singapore Weekend Getaway [Thanks Lemon]
- The boy who knew too much: Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

Now Showing
- Singaporean Skeptic: “UP” is an excellent movie!

Infoblogaramous
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Petition: Say No To (Marital) Rape
- vinyarb: Singapore Night Festival 2009 [Thanks Riley]

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