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Daily SG: 16 Sep 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 16th September 2009

Singapore’s Newest News Hub: SingaNews
- Trapper’s Swamp: Bring it on, Singanews

Road to Perdition Repression Election
- The Temasek Review: The PAP in crisis (Part 3): Lack of real political leaders in a team of technocrats
- The Temasek Review: The PAP in crisis (Part 4): Likely post-LKY scenario and implications for Singapore
- ed’s Blog: Understanding Confucian societies : how a one-party democracy can be democratic

The Gospel of Harry: Harry Lee and the Men in White
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Men In White author responds to Martyn See’s blog post
- Today in Singapore: Interviewing Fiction

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PM : The fix for the foreign Influx is fostering integration..
- The Temasek Review: PM promises to review immigrant policy under mounting pressure
- The Temasek Review: PM Lee’s inappropriate use of Israel as an example to promote the merits of immigration
- TOC: Room for more, but at what cost?
- Mr Wang Says So: Citizens in the Vice Trade Up Against Strong Foreign Competition
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: The Mysterious 100% PRC Staffing at Geylang Restaurants

Housing
- Singapore Watch: Removal of Interest Absorption Scheme (IAS) and Interest-Only Housing Loans (IOL) should curb some speculation
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: So…Minister Mah hasn’t really heard us after all !
- Yaw Shin Leong: On Affordable HDB flats?

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Singapore Alternatives: ECONOMIC GROWTH Just a numbers game? Quality counts too
- Under the Willow Tree: France to Count Happiness in GDP - Why Singapore is Still Nowhere Near World Class

Recession
- The Temasek Review: Unemployment rates higher for all education groups

Re education
- Singapore Dino: Singapore’s National Education: A broken system
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: A Bill With No Bite
- The boy who knew too much: A look inside a Singaporean company.

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Diarrhoea - the mystery continues
- The Gigamole Diaries: Stents and prostheses - are they regulated?

Singaporeans. A Dying Breed
- Sgpolitics.net: Single mothers should be given Baby Bonuses and other benefits

National Service
- Senang Diri: Wall of silence [Thanks Mike]

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Install fans on MRT platforms

Daily Discourse
- TOC: ASEAN Human Rights – Going Forward or Stalled?
- ErniesUrn’s Xanga: My mom and her politics

Life, the universe and everything
- under a Pipala Tree: Noh Alam Shah
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Neoliberalism miscontrued?

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Daily Tech: DK joins the crew

Posted by singaporedaily on 16th September 2009

The Singapore Daily welcomes the newest crew to our humble give back to society. DK will be keeping us up-to-date with the latest news from the world of IT and techno gadgetry. Welcome to the crew, DK!

News
- Arstechnica: Microsoft: Windows 7 upgrade can take nearly a day
- Yahoo: Motorola jumps into the Android game with “Cliq” QWERTY phone
- BBC: SA pigeon ‘faster than broadband’
- Engadget: The Palm Pixi
- Valleywag: Google Patents World’s Simplest Home Page
- Cnet: Apple updates iPods
- Straits Times: Stay connected while in-camp
- Graham Cluley’s blog: Apple ships a known vulnerable version of Flash with Snow Leopard
- SGEntrepreneurs: Nokia One Connected World Event

Reviews | Guides
- The Neo Dimension: Singtel launch iNQ Mini 3G
- Techgoondu: Hands on: Nokia N97 mini plus X3 and X6
- Tech65: INQ Chat 3G First Look with INQ Mobile CEO
- Tech65: HP Mini 5101 First Look
- Dee Kay Dot As GeeReview: Mifi 2352

DK is the obsessive compulsive blogger famous for his face on the table avatar. His blog at Dee Kay Dot As Gee talks mainly about technology and current affairs. He loves his twitter nick and has been tweeting non stop since Nov 06. Apart from blogging and tweeting, he also does podcast and videocast at Tech65.

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