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Weekly Roundup: Week 44

Posted by singaporedaily on 31st October 2009

..this area [the political domain], far from keeping up with the other domains of industry, trade, business, education, the arts, etc. has shrivelled into a backwater..”
Catherine Lim

“Diversity in Singapore, in this case, obviously excludes the girl with poor spoken English.”
Sam Ho

“Ours is a fascism that works.”
KJ

“Calling people to stand up and fight for your future is impressive. BUT as long as reality and education says that you will never make a rat’s ass in terms of difference, it just remains flowery rhetoric. Or “highfalutin”, as some octogenarian would tell you.”
The Truth

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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Daily SG: 30 Oct 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 30th October 2009

Mainstream vs X-Stream Media | Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- TOC: Law Minister defeats “Reporters without Borders’” straw man
- Sex sells, so does Politics: Press Freedom Index is pure rubbish
- Mr Wang Says So: Trembling in the Tropics

The Gospel of Harry
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Balancing an emerging dragon
- Today In Singapore: Fair Weather Friends
- POLITICO 44: POTUS, Lee Kuan Yew sit down [Thanks Gerald]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Tales Over Coffee: Talking Politics With A Cab Driver
- The boy who knew too much: The secret Singaporean teleportation device.
- The Temasek Review: Thoughts On PRs Usurping Jobs Meant For Singaporeans

Road to Perdition Election
- The Temasek Review: Town Council Act (CAP 329A) States Clearly That Govt Must Work With Town Councils (Run By MPs) To Implement LUP
- Singapore Dino: PAP probably thought no S’porean would bother to check

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Temasek Hedge: Temasek and GIC Longfor some action in China property bubble

Recession over?
- Asia Pacific Voices: Will Asian Assets Really Outperform Globally?

Little Green Dot
- Singaporean Skeptic: Environmentally Unfriendly Singapore?

ASEAN ICHR | APEC 2009
- TOC: Human Rights in ASEAN: An Economic Perspective

Daily Discourse
- TOC: The Myth of Asian-style Democracy
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Singapore: Progress, History and the Wet Market Controversy
- according2ed: Case study: How de-racialisation can deliver a fascist racialisation of politics [Thanks John]

Life, the universe and everything
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: A short documentary film about food and poverty — “Chicken a la Carte”
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: One Nation Under Lee website updated!
- Letters to Bobo: Letter 2 [Thanks Gwee]

Infoblogaramous
- TOC: VJ – Myanmar through the lens

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Daily ChioBu: Chinatsu Wakatsuki

Posted by b on 30th October 2009

Wakatsuki Chinatsu is a popular Japanese gravure idol, actress, former race queen, and former singer. Pictures from Dolly Girl and N-S Eyes after the break.

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Daily SG: 29 Oct 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 29th October 2009

Mainstream vs X-Stream Media | Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Shanmugam : Low ranking for press freedom here absurd!
- The Temasek Review: Correcting Minister Shanmugam’s misperception that Singapore is a “stable democracy”
- Singapore Dino: From credible to absurd: PAP views on press freedom ranking
- The Temasek Review: Shanmugam: Press can criticize (but will they dare to?)

The Gospel of Harry
- Asian in America: Lee Kuan Yew on Singapore, Asia and America’s place in the world
- The Campus Observer: Students disappointed with Ministerial Forum

Recession over?
- The Temasek Review: Paradox of Singapore Economic Growth: Economy has grown fast, labour income share remains dismally low
- Temasek Hedge: Top called: is the global sucker rally about to end?

Road to Perdition Election
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Singapore’s Opposition Parties – Time for Some Backward Integration?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Hardly LTA’s Fault

Daily Discourse
- according2ed: In retrospect : on the Fascist state of Singapore & how it taught me to fear the BNP [Thanks Tracy]

Life, the universe and everything
- utopia8787: ypap facebook war
- LIANAIN FILMS: Because There Will Always Be Hope

Infoblogaramous
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Borders 30% off

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Daily SG: 28 Oct 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 28th October 2009

Mainstream vs X-Stream Media | Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- journalism.sg: Why RSF’s Press Freedom Index is flawed – and why it works
- The Temasek Review: Shanmugam peeved at Singapore media’s pathetic rankings on the World Press Freedom Index
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Comments on Singapore’s press rankings
- Today In Singapore: Rule Of Law, Or By Law?
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Law Minister says criticisms of Singapore are “Divorced from reality” [Thanks Seelan]
- My Thoughts..: ST’s Typos Get Grander [Thanks Ganga]
- The Temasek Review: Singapore Chief Justice: No basis for allegations that Singapore’s judiciary lacks independence
- The Temasek Review: Singapore ranked 86th out of 104 countries in “democratic institutions”

Recession over?
- Temasek Hedge: Singapore’s “jobless recovery” turning into “jobloss recovery” [Thanks Bink]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Temasek Review: PAP MP Ho Geok Choo Against “quota System” To Ensure Even Distribution Of PRs

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Today In Singapore: More Road Woes

Re education
- The Secret Political Blog: PSLE too tough? We can’t all be geniuses, but we need to beat Hong Kong in TIMSS [Thanks Chuan Yi]
- Yawning Bread: Tough tests serve a positive purpose

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Is Singapore = PAP?
- The Temasek Review: Singapore’s missing pillars of democracy (Part 3): Building the most important pillar right now
- The boy who knew too much: The urgings of Singaporeans.
- TOC: World Day against Death Penalty

Life, the universe and everything
- Senang Diri: Blue on Blue: Part 6 - A Father’s Pain [Thanks Mike]

The Asian Film Archive has put up 2 vids to celebrate World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Please read about UNESCO’s message below and check out the videos. Awesome stuff, thanks Ethan.

Hi Singapore Daily!

Today, we celebrate the UNESCO World Day for AV Heritage. We have prepared 2 youtube videos and wonder if you can help us spread the word through your blog. :-)

As part of its education and outreach efforts, the Asian Film Archive is, for the first time, launching an online campaign to generate greater awareness of the importance and urgency of saving Asia’s film heritage. In line with UNESCO’s message on World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to save a fading heritage, the Archive anticipates that this series of videos will reach out to the public as well as film communities with the vital message on the need to properly and adequately preserve their filmic works.

Released on YouTube, these part informational and part tongue-in-cheek videos will be released online periodically. Two videos have already been uploaded onto the Archive’s YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/AsianFilmArchive), as well as on its Facebook group.

In Asia’s tropical climate and environment, films in both print and digital video formats can disintegrate rapidly when not kept properly. Even films in the digital format are not spared given that the longevity of the digital format is still under scrutiny. Through these videos, the Archive hopes to generate the realisation in filmmakers on how urgent it is to archive their works early as they become aware of the fragility of their creative works physical shelf life when stored improperly.

About Asian Film Archive
The Asian Film Archive is a non-governmental organisation founded to preserve the rich film heritage of Asian Cinema, to encourage scholarly research on film, and to promote a wider critical appreciation of this art form. As an important nexus, it brings together the various segments of the Asian film community in order to open and enrich new intellectual, educational and creative spaces.

Thank you!

Best,
Ethan Yeo
Administrative Executive
Asian Film Archive

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Daily Tech: 28 Oct 2009

Posted by dk on 28th October 2009

Windows 7 is FINALLY HERE!!! Woohoo! Goodbye Vista.

News
- Slashgear: Dell Streak 5-inch 3G Android MID leaks
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Windows 7 has landed in Singapore
- TG Daily: Amazon: Windows 7 is ‘the biggest pre-order product of all time’
- eWeek: Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks
- Tech65: Singapore’s Unofficial Windows 7 Social Party – A Report
- Engadget: Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many
- TechieLobang: Tele Atlas and Industry Leading Partners Showcase Location-Based Applications
- Gawker: Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’
- Computer World: $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday
- Reuters: Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
- MacRumors: Apple Targets Windows 7 With Three New ‘Get a Mac’ Ads
- BBC: Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’
- Malaysia Mobile Tech News:Samsung Galaxy Killed
- Webuser: Yahoo GeoCities to close down
- BGR: Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola’s site
- CodeAndroid: Android 2.0 SDK is out

Reviews | Guides
- The Neo Dimension: Cost-Saving Printer
- Same Shit Different Dae: The intensive N97 review
- The Neo Dimension: Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort Targets Players of All Ages
- Tech65: HP Touchsmart 600 & Touchsmart 300 First Look
- Tech65: Sony Vaio X First Look

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