The Singapore Daily

“There is also another country in the world where the newspapers do not suffer the same problems as western newspapers. There is no declining circulation and a sizable segment of the population rely on it for their primary source of information. That country is North Korea.”
skeptic

“Sometimes, the need to “fix the opposition” and “buy votes” can make the current rulers miss the forest for the trees.”
Percevale

“This is the kind of attitude that has earned Singaporeans a reputation for arrogance.”
Alfian Sa’at

“The new [Temasek] charter makes no mention at all of Singapore.”
Ng E-Jay

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

Singapore’s Newest News Hub: SingaNews
- The Void Deck: Oh When Thios’ New Media Comes Marching in
- HWZ: thio li-ann and new news hub?? [Thanks rueday]

Mainstream vs X-Stream Media
- The Temasek Review: Dissecting Minister Lui Tuck Yew’s take on the New Media
- Gimme Some Truth!: Lui Tuck Yew on New Media: Pot Calling the Kettle Black [Thanks Alastair]
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Mainstream Media Not Doing Aggressive Journalism/Campaigns?!
- Simply Gab: Be Warned but Don’t Be Fooled
- Sgpolitics.net: Lui Tuck Yew should take his head out of the sand
- TOC: Not mainstream media, not new media, then who? [Recommended]
- Singaporean Skeptic: The World according to Lui Tuck Yew: Balanced if you agree with him. One-sided if you do not.
- The Secret Political Blog: Why we need the mainstream media
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts : Singapore “Censor Head” Speaks to Singapore Press Club

The Gospel of Harry: Men In White
- Yawning Bread: Send in the clowns
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: What the left-wing stood for : Dr Poh Soo Kai
- The Secret Political Blog: Is Lee Kuan Yew more interested in Power, Money or Altruism?
- Today In Singapore: Airbrushing History
- Singapore Sojourn: Busker Bliss and Men In White
- Singapore Democrats Blog: ISD to Lim Hock Siew: Confess to save LKY’s face [Thanks Seelan]
- My sketchbook: The new PAP “no- holds-barred” book by ST
- The Secret Political Blog: Book Review: Men In White - Victor’s Attempt to Rewrite History
- Insane Polygons: 8 Common Things Between Men in Black and Men in White
- The Secret Political Blog: Another Bit of Story - Pappy and Barry Kiss and Make Up

Road to Perdition Repression Election: Harry Lee and The Army of Freak Elections
- ed’s Blog: Where Catherine Lim’s question went wrong - send in the clowns
- Singapore Dino: SAF must disobey any order to overthrow opposition-led government
- Seelan Palay: “Singapore is not an electoral democracy.”
- Tantalizine: We need to balance our policy of survival with the democratic process | Supplemental: The Great Purge [Recommended]
- The Temasek Review: The PAP in crisis (Part 1): An ossified structure lacking an institutionalized system of party renewal [Recommended]
- Majulah!: Learn from Obama’s administration | Singapore needs CHANGE
- The Kent Ridge Common: Crystal ball gazing by our Minister Mentor
- The Temasek Review: The PAP in crisis (Part 2): A disjointed, disconnected and dispirted grassroots and party support base [Recommended]

Housing
- Sg Pirate Game: Faustian Pact [Recommended]
- Yours Truly Singapore: How HDB keeps it affordable
- The Temasek Review: The macro factors behind the Housing Crisis in Singapore
- The Lycan Times: Coffeeshop Talk – Show Me the $$$
- Singapore Social Activist: Laughing all the way to the bank
- The Temasek Review: How the government keeps HDB prices artifically high
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Who let the dogs out
- The Temasek Review: Why the prices of HDB flats must be kept high from a political and economic perspective (Part 1)
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Home sales - what you’re paying for…

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- The Temasek Review: Sale of Chartered Semiconductor – An Anatomy
- The Temasek Review: Temasek to suffer heavy loss from sale of Chartered Semiconductor to Abu Dhabi’s ATIC
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Chartered Semicon SOLD!
- The Temasek Review: Temasek rebuts Wall Street Journal again, but fails to answer key questions
- Big Talk Singapore: Chartered Semiconductor Singapore Going down the drain, finally?
- Sgpolitics.net: Preposterous to suggest that Temasek Holdings does not manage citizens’ earnings

CPF: Special, Medisave and Retirement Accounts
- Sgpolitics.net: 4% interest rate for CPF SMRA and CPF Life funds
- The Temasek Review: CPF plans to lower interest rates for medisave and retirement accounts

Singapore Coloring
- TOC: Why the need to be “proud” of being a Malay Singaporean? [Recommended]
- TOC: Is Hokkien My ‘Mother Tongue’? [Recommended]
- ed’s Blog: on Malaysian & Singaporean bigotry - in response [Thanks lary]
- ed’s Blog: Alfian Sa’at’s observations on bigotry in singapore - in response

Fixing The Opposition
- TOC: Circumventing the mainstream media bias: A call for oppositional introspection

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- The Temasek Review: WEF ranked Singapore 19th in “judicial independence” which is considered a “competitive disadvantage”
- The Temasek Review: Singapore to be criticized at UN Human Rights Council
- Singabloodypore: LI takes up Singapore issue at UN meeting

Lee vs Chee
- The Secret Political Blog: Chee Soon Juan Charged for Speaking in Public Without a Permit: Rebuttal to the Objections Raised by BryanT Against CSJ’s Actions
- Singabloodypore: Singapore’s Yap Keng Ho - 20 Days in Changi Jail

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: ‘New’ Singaporeans: Only Chinese, Malay or Indians Allowed? [Thanks Imran]
- Raindrops of Memories: unseen side of singapore

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Mathia Lee: Why are medical costs on the rise and why is it getting higher?
- The Gigamole Diaries: H1N1 - second wave?
- The Gigamole Diaries: Spike in diarrhoeal diseases? What’s happening?
- Singapore M.D.: Dealing With The Truth
- Today In Singapore: Doctor With A Heart
- Singapore M.D.: Second Wave
- Singapore M.D.: Residency

Twilight in Paradise. Growing Old In Singapore
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Lim Boon Heng : Please hire more older workers…

Regligion
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Singapore’s Secularism - Regional Dangers Abound [Thanks Imran]
- The Kent Ridge Common: The divide between religious extremism and free speech [Recommended]
- Carpe Diem: God unites but religion divides
- Sgpolitics.net: Should we accord freedom of speech to those who do not embrace it?
- Irreligious: Christianity and politics go hand-in-hand [Thanks Terence]

Re education
- HK Journal of Applied Linguistics: Biliteracy in Singapore: A Survey of the Written Proficiency in English and Chinese of Secondary School Pupils [PDF] [via Balderdash]

High Notes and Minibonbs
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Singapore now stands alone
- Singaporean Skeptic: Apathy:The Sickness of Singaporeans
- The Temasek Review: Tan Kin Lian snubbed at SGX’s 10th anniversary awards

Pink Issues
- Sam’s thoughts: Transgender Representations: Problems with discourse
- Sam’s thoughts: Transgender Representations: GID

Burma Rising: Hsien and Thein BFF
- Singapore Dino: Burmese junta’s ill-gotten cash pours into Singapore banks

Daily Discourse
- The Kent Ridge Common: Post-mortem of a saga: Brand name doesn’t aways sell
- Singaporean Skeptic: The priorities of our Government.
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Cow Heads and Scapegoats
- Singapore Angle: The Operating Spectrum of Civil Society
- The Singapore Sports Fan: Move over, SIA, it’s the MCYS’ turn to fend off the brickbats
- Today In Singapore: Toys For Army Boys
- Singabloodypore: Singaporean Capitalism: A Love Story & Freedom for Sale
- Yawning Bread: Proscribing seditious and hate speech
- Today In Singapore: Uniquely Singapore
- The Brotherhood Press: The Words We Regularly Use To Say Nothing Is Something – A Study in the travesty of reason
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Passing the Hat Around
- TOC: Facebook MPs

Life, the universe and everything
- Delawareonline.com: Teaching math, Singapore style [Thanks CelluloidReality]
- Mr Wang Says So: The Necessity of A Physical Brain For the Existence of Consciousness
- The FØØL’s Progress: Gundam Fiesta Singapore 2009
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Singapore 360 - Day 14: Mini Cooper Celebrates 50 Years [Thanks Major]
- Hsienhui’s Blog: Should Traditional Media Be On New Media?
- Bernard Leong: Building Online Communities & Social Networks: Strategies, Tools and Trends in Chinese
- The annotated budak: Dairy of a forest
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Statistics Show Social Media Is Bigger Than You Think
- Tardate 11.2: Could Open Government initiatives help drive innovation in Singapore?
- under a Pipala Tree: 5th Singapore Short Film Festival
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore lags behind China, Mongolia, Kyrgyztan in Internet upload speed
- The Lycan Times: The Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: Monster Guns
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Government institutions make Singapore third most competitive economy
- Bernard Leong: Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson
- The Brotherhood Press: Why District 9 Teaches You About Humanity – A Study in the Power to Disturb
- The boy who knew too much: The Uncharitable Charity Shops of Singapore.
- Ian On The Red Dot: Possibly Being Spammed by Brew Creative & Charity Isn’t a Business
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore’s richest 40 worth over 20% of GDP
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: How Chewing Gum Almost Scuttled the Singapore – US Free Trade Agreement
- Mr Wang Says So: Mediums and Channels - A Look at Some Other Worlds
- Balderdash: A letter Paul wrote to complain about the “The Dead Sea Scrolls” exhibition at the Arts House

Infoblogaramous
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 5-12 Sept
- LIANAIN FILMS: Team Hope
- Notes From Serangoon Road: Persistent Visions, 11 Sep Fri, 6pm
- No To Rape: No To Rape on Channel News Asia [Monday 14 Sep at 8.30pm]
- Int Coastal Cleanup Singapore: Areas we are NOT collecting data from [Interesting info about our shorelines]
- under a Pipala Tree: T.H.I.S. Buddhist Film Festival