The Singapore Daily

“I don’t want the Straits Times to be the New York Times, I just want her to have testicular fortitude.”
isaiahlim

” The only single folks who would be interested in an outfit like SDN are the aesthetically and constipationally challenged. But enough about the PAP Youth Wing.”
groundnotes

“But while that structural analysis [of Singapore's undemocratic electorial process] might be cogent and pertinent, one would also be ignoring the crucial reason why people are still giving [PAP] the legitimacy in the first place.”
Clement Tan

“The applause was the expression of resentment, of jealously, of worry against the influx of foreign immigrants; discontent hitherto misplaced and lacking ground for articulation in light of the compelling establishment rhetoric, that it is an indispensable and necessary economic evil. Only in a political vacuum could such an economically reductionist argument be made, and it was that political vacuum that compelled 500 pairs of hands to clap enthusiastically..”
Khairulanwar Zaini

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

The Gospel of Harry
- Singapore Recalcitrant: A lesson in humility at the feet of the Chinese Premier
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: KRMF 2009 — a stage-managed event
- The Kent Ridge Common: A discussion of the national issues raised during the Kent Ridge Ministerial forum
- The Secret Political Blog: Why Singapore’s social divide is inevitable
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MM Lee : Social Divide Inevitable
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Why the social divide is NOT inevitable.
- TOC: Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum: The Lion, The Young And The Orchestra [Recommended]
- The Temasek Review: MM Lee: “Never mind the Gini Coefficient!”
- Sgpolitics.net: Social divide inevitable in Singapore, but a lot of it is caused by PAP
- Singapore Democrats Blog: Spoken like an emperor (with no clothes) [Thanks Seelan]
- Singaporean Skeptic: PAP says: “You die. Your business.” You still vote for them.
- The Secret Political Blog: MM Lee doesn’t care about his legacy? Yeah right
- Today In Singapore: Gems Of Wisdom
- The Temasek Review: Researcher from LKY School debunked MM Lee’s claims that widening income gap is “inevitable” [Recommended]
- everyday is meant to be beautiful: KRMF
- TOC: MM Lee confirms PM Lee’s fears in 2006

Road to Perdition Election
- The Temasek Review: Does a single party state leads to dictatorship?
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Govt concedes argument with WP and Singaporeans
- The Temasek Review: The LOWest point of LUP: A mere storm in the tea-cup?
- TOC: Youth in Politics – The Young Reformers
- The Kent Ridge Common: Upfront with NCMP Miss Sylvia Lim
- a blog day’s work: A lost sense of Parliamentary democracy
- still me: ISM
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Straits Times questions Ministry’s stand on LUP
- The Secret Political Blog: Straits Times obfuscates LUP matter
- Singapore Dino: Offering LUP to opposition wards is govt’s responsibility, not act of “goodwill”
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Who is my MP?
- TOC: Singaporean youths are apathetic about Singapore’s future

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- The Temasek Review: 2009 The Singapore Model – Where from; Where to? [Recommended]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: GDP vs GNH (Gross National Happiness)
- My sketchbook: Cheaper , faster and better singapore
- The Enquirer: Letter to my PM: No country for my old man
- The Temasek Review: Singapore has second highest income gap among advanced economies

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Journalist assaulted for work on foreign workers
- Sgpolitics.net: Liability for maid’s medical bills: Stop pushing the whole buck to employers
- Frankly Speaking: Lesser mortals should not hire foreign workers
- this lush garden within: What is the value of Citizenship in Singapore?
- TOC: Singapore employers discriminate against their own
- Asian in America: Profit motive blinding governments to public good [via TOC]

Housing
- TOC: High property prices cloud the view of a generation
- flaneurose: How’s it like living in a ‘Mickey Mouse’ apartment?
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Boon Lay Ave Blk 216 - 220
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Reducing cost of public housing: Some policy suggestions
- The Temasek Review: The great public housing debate
- Singapore Aspirations: On making HDB housing affordable [Thanks aspirant]
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Boon Lay Ave Blk 216-220 Part II

Recession over?
- The Temasek Review: Fastest recovery on record is cause for concern
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: One Year after Lehman..
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Singapore needs better statisticians [Recommended]
- Singaporean Skeptic: The Singapore asset recovery is a false recovery!

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Temasek Hedge: GIC’s US$575 million flip on Stuyvesant town about to flop – in four months time [Thanks Bink]
- Protect Your Wealth: Singapore’s Temasek – Why the Sudden Need to Borrow? [Thanks Ian]
- Chee Wai’s Random Musing: Temasek Bonds
- Temasek Hedge: UPDATE: Another torpedo in GIC’s Stuyvesant Town sinking ship

CPF
- The Temasek Review: Singapore scores low in global pension index
- Singaporean Skeptic: Our World-Class CPF system.
- TOC: Finance experts to give the low-down on CPF Life Scheme

Singaporeans, a dying breed
- groundnotes: SDN: State’s Dating Nanny

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Defamation Suits and the Spillover Effects?
- The Temasek Review: Apathy in Law Society elections: 4 candidates for 8 seats

The Gospel of Harry: Harry Lee and the Men in White
- Civic Advocator: Ex-Director ISD – a selfless hero?

Lee vs Chee
- The Secret Political Blog: Procession defined in separate legislation; PAP will not repeat its mistake

Lee vs FEER
- The Secret Political Blog: High Commissioner: We never banned the Far Eastern Economic Review [Recommended]

Mainstream vs X-Stream Media
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Hong Kong edges up in press freedom, Singapore can’t catch up
- The Temasek Review: Singapore media climbs 11 places to 133th position on 2009 World Press Freedom Index
- Singapore Dino: Uniquely Singapore: 133rd press is “credible”
- groundnotes: And this year’s Comical Ali Award goes to..

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Angry Doctor: What’s in a name?
- The Gigamole Diaries: Town Hall Meetings a la Singapore
- The Gigamole Diaries: Why was animal cell therapy allowed to be imported for use?
- William McGurn: What Singapore Can Teach the White House [Thanks CelluloidReality]
- The Gigamole Diaries: No regulation of xenotransplantation in Singapore?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- URBANRANT: Is it really a ‘fine’ or a chunk of change when bus operators do not meet PTC standards?
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: New OPC scheme is Not that good

Re education
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Three Singapore business schools ranked by The Economist
- Singapore Aspirations: On PSLE math and the child

APEC 2009
- Asia Pacific Voices: Japan in the spotlight in the lead-up to APEC 2009 Singapore [Thanks Bernard]

Daily Discourse
- The Kent Ridge Common: Cutting the corners for our defense spending
- Ravi Philemon: World Day Against the Death Penalty 2009 – A Singapore Forum
- Feed Me To The Fish: Rich Enough to be Frugal, Blessed Enough to Suffer.
- Sgpolitics.net: Bad science rears its ugly head in Singapore — how annoying!
- Temasek Hedge: SGX defends itself, defines incompetence and laziness as strategy [Thanks Bink]
- The Secret Political Blog: MDA seizes opportunity to stifle dissent online [Recommended]
- this is premium writing, no?: To The Devotees of Western Democracy and Human Rights [Thanks Cometopapa]
- Today In Singapore: War On Jaywalkers
- Today In Singapore: Thinking From The Rear
- Balderdash: Amusing bits from the FAQ of the Registry Of Societies
- The Asia File: Singapore maintains secrecy over death penalty stats [Thanks Ben]
- Singapore Aspirations: On EPL and fair competitive practices [Thanks aspirant]
- Asian in America: A methodological note on political and social commentary [Recommended]
- TOC: Petition against ‘marital rape’ off to slow start
- Irreligious: Where are the Christians?
- TOC: Richard Magnus as AICHR representative
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: Why we need more success stories like javelin thrower Teo Hui Juen
- Icarus Flew Too High: The Singapore Parliament Talkshop Redux: A Voice of Reason! [Thanks Mike]
- according2ed: A2ed responds to the recent Anti-Western Fascist Tirade by the PAP Jugend [Thanks John]
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore playground of the rich? What world tourism council says
- URBANRANT: More youths caught for loan sharking, what about the masterminds behind these operations?
- For What It’s Worth: dreams from me
- The Secret Political Blog: Why the AICHR matters

Life, the universe and everything
- The Lionheart: Human Nature, as Observed on a Train
- Small steps for Social PR: Food blog chop “suey”
- Tales Over Coffee: Geylang, the Other Side of Singapore
- Singapore Democrats Blog: SDP’s Deepavali Message 2009 [Thanks Seelan]
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Let’s return to the Malaysia Cup
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: FAS’ five-year plan for the S-League: a case of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
- Mathia Lee: Mathia Lee is looking for a Mail-Order Groom
- The-Upperroom.com: I want this bladeless Fan
- Ian On The Red Dot: Why Aren’t There Hot Girls Dancing At Singapore Tech Events?
- Cooler Insights: Why Looks and Beauty Matter
- Indianomics: What your email account tells about your credit score [Thanks Chuan Yi]
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: In support of humanitarian missions
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Windows 7 has landed in Singapore
- The Kent Ridge Common: A Visit to the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (RMBR)
- TOC: People and Power – Human Trade
- Temasek Hedge: SGX regulator tries to locate own rear end and misses Transcu’s parabola [Thanks Bink]
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Watch The Blue Mansion in Singapore cinemas today! [Thanks Seelan]
- The Asia File: Enforced hibernation [Thanks & good luck Ben]
- My Very Own Glob: Wear blue to go green this Saturday
- Little Red Ants: Give Today

Infoblogaramous
- SGEntrepreneurs: Co-Workers of the World, Unite at Hackerspace.SG [Thanks Bernard]
- Balderdash: Singapore: A Biography is going to be launched this October in Singapore.
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 17-24th Oct
- My Little Corner: Xpose at Esplanade Concourse