Road to Perdition Repression Election
- The Kent Ridge Common: A probable alliance
- The Kent Ridge Common: Elucidating the mind of a voter
- Where Bears Roam Free: Chiam and Kenneth Jeya tie up is political suicide [Thanks lary]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: The Japanese vote for change and uncertainty..

Lee vs Sadasivan
- DeconstructionTimes: Mainstream media needs to rebuild broken trust, says Viswa Sadasivan [Thanks Reikoko]
- TOC: Why report on Viswa Sadasivan’s speech was removed from TOC
- Singapore Recalcitrant: No racial inequality in Utopian Singapore?
- TOC: The Singapore Story – A failure of pragmatism
- Hammersphere: Does the PAP MP agree with these?

The Gospel of Harry
- Today In Singapore: Voices Of The Vanquished
- The Temasek Review: PAP stalwarts and “leftists” refused to be interviewed by SPH

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Today In Singapore: Justice For All
- The Temasek Review: Singapore’s Two-Faced Judiciary

National Day 2009
- The Temasek Review: Race and religion: a convenient smoke-screen to divert attention from more important issues?

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- The Temasek Review: Temasek: One Step Closer to Accountability?
- Singapore Recalcitrant: How Sophistic Can Temasek Be?

Recession
- TOC: When the economy dives, the GST must too
- The Temasek Review: Unions’ new battle plan is to raise productivity in one sector only

Singaporeans are fed up with progress
- The Temasek Review: Selective news blackout on findings of UBS study by state media

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: The necessary privileges of citizenship
- LIANAIN FILMS: Goodbye, Abu Sama

Twilight in Paradise. Growing Old In Singapore
- TOC: Is the Public Assistance scheme adequate for elderly folks?

Religion
- Trapper’s Swamp: Saying “God bless” is not a “violation of secularism”

National Service
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Suggestions to MINDEF regarding Record V recommedations
- Military Sg: IDF Reservist Service Compensation as Comparison?
- Singaporean Skeptic: Singapore NS compensation? Let’s compare with the US.

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- The fire in my life: New EZ Link Card GIRO Woes [Thanks Joel]
- My Little Corner: Summary of Changes to Off-peak Car Scheme

Pink Issues
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Gay-themed films gets a bashing

Daily Discourse
- Sg Pirate Game: Not one without the other
- ErniesUrn’s Xanga: Flexi-Worker
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: TV License Fees in Singapore
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: TV Licenses or Lack of It around the World
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Singapore’s Secularism – Fast or Feast during Ramadan!
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: A nation run by scholars

Life, the universe and everything
- AngryAngMo: Singapore Idol - Are You Serious? (Hate Me Now)
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Safra Bay Run & Army Half Marathon 2009 (3 of 3) [Thanks Major]

“The Pledge is neither an aspiration nor an ideology. It is a promise made by all Singaporeans, to their fellow Singaporeans.”
Gerald Giam

“And from the highest office of the land came this lowest living lie. That a democratic nation would destroy Singapore.”
KJ

“It is a sad speech to hear, especially from the man who believed so much in his ideals and wept when it didn’t materialise.”
a fellow Singaporean

“[Juliet Chua's] brand of patriotism is not actually patriotism, in spite of her assertations. It is servility, and being a servile citizen is not a patriot.”
Callan Tham

“So who is it that is ungrateful and unappreciative of Singaporeans?”
LuckySingaporean

“A country is not a corporation. Neither are its people shareholders.”
Eugene Yeo

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Sgpolitics.net: Temasek updates its charter, but any difference in accountability and transparency?
- Today In Singapore: Temasek’s Principles Of Transparency

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: On gratefulness and appreciation..
- Desparatebeep: It’s the End of the World as We Know It and Yipppyyyyy

Singaporeans are fed up with progress
- The Temasek Review: An analysis of the UBS study (Part 3): Why Singaporeans are paupers in a first world economy
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Singapore’s Ben and Jerry Problem - the Price!

Road to Perdition Repression Election
- The Temasek Review: Chiam See Tong and Kenneth Jeyaretnam to form GRC team?
- ErniesUrn’s Xanga: You voted for PAP and..

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- The Temasek Review: The politics of judicial institutions in Singapore

The Gospel of Harry
- The Temasek Review: ST journalists publish book on ruling party

National Service
- Military Sg: RECORD V: More of the Same Useless Rewards and Recognition for NSmen [Thanks Panzer]

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Singapore M.D.: An Issue Of Trust

Pink Issues
- Used Brains For Sale: Supporting gay rights does not make one gay

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Life and Times: Castle in the air
- Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Good report/advisory, bad journalism (imho) and a messed-up consumer policy

Life, the universe and everything
- The Kent Ridge Common: FASS (Flashy Arts and Social Sciences) Undergraduates?
- Mr Wang Says So: Religion, God & Other Separate Matters
- Master Of The Obvious: 10 Tips to Enhance your Pitch
- under a Pipala Tree: The World’s Greatest Rock Gig

Infoblogaramous
- ALVINOLOGY: 臭皮匠 “NOW OR NEVER” Launch Party

Summer photobook from the Hong Kong Playstation 3 girls. Pictures after the break.
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Lee vs Sadasivan
- Singapore Alternatives: MM Lee, what are we fighting for?
- Balderdash: The other issue is of s 152

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- The Temasek Review: Ho Ching has “no regrets” in making Temasek more “transparent”
- Feed Me To The Fish: “Gian Png” Temasek Needs Retail Investors?
- Singabloodypore: Temasek and Transparency—III

Strangers in a Strange Land
- ed’s Blog: On discussions about ‘leveling the playing field between foreigners and locals
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Spoken to a Malaysian PR Today
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Temasek vs. Orchard Towers: Two Sides of the Same Coin [Thanks imran]

Singaporeans are fed up with progress
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Singaporeans a Happy Lot? ( :

Recession
- Singapore Dino: Lim Swee Say and his ‘U’ fighters

Housing
- The Singapore Enquirer: Affordability of homes

National Service
- Ian On The Red Dot: Incompetent SAF Leadership

Daily Discourse
- Singabloodypore: SDP’s call to care for disabled and deaf communities
- Sgpolitics.net: We need a minimum wage in Singapore
- ErniesUrn’s Xanga: In Love and in Politcs
- mrbrown: Yet another waste of money
- Yawning Bread: Film censors behaving like bullies

Life, the universe and everything
- AngryAngMo: Why You Shouldn’t Watch “Bruno” In Singapore (List Of All Cuts)

Lee vs Sadasivan
- Sg Pirate Game: I Respectfully Disagree
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Confusion over EQUALITY..
- The Sketch Times: Walking on Fire?

National Day 2009
- Yawning Bread: Singapore government takes notice of Christian extremists
- The Campus Observer: NUS students: Race, religion not worst threats
- Tales over Coffee: Is Religion A Threat To Singapore? [Thanks JuniorInvestigator]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Level the playing field for locals and foreigners in employment
- The Lycan Times: Commentary – Sweta Agarwal
- Singapore Life and Times: Rain or shine
- TOC: Deja vu – lapping it up, again
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Non-English Speaking PRC PR and Ease of PR Application

Singaporeans are fed up with progress
- The Temasek Review: An analysis of the UBS study (Part 1): Singapore has the lowest wages and domestic purchasing power among the Asian Tigers | (Part 2)
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Big Mac, Ipod and Singapore..
- My Little Corner: Singaporeans are happy back in 2006
- The Temasek Review: “Singaporeans a happy lot”: State media uses outdated data to mislead readers

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- TOC: Ministry of Finance replies to WSJ article
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Temasek’s updated charter: What’s new, what’s missing
- The Temasek Review: Another hollow and empty Charter by Temasek

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Today In Singapore: Ghost Of NKF Subsidy?

Pink Issues
- The Kent Ridge Common: Moving ahead with a proposed “Pink” society on campus that promotes tolerance and understanding towards LGBT groups

Daily Discourse
- groundnotes: Heartlanders: Singapore’s Progressives
- TOC: “Why won’t they give me an opportunity?”
- Tom Davenport: Singapore: A Model of Judgment for the United States?

Life, the universe and everything
- Tales over Coffee: Cats Are Good For Singapore [Thanks JuniorInvestigator]
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Why we need more GeekCamps in Singapore
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: Kampong Glam – A stroll during Ramadan