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Daily SG: 6 Nov 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 6th November 2009

Road to Perdition Election
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Stop comparing Singapore with Third world countries
- Robert Amsterdam: The Repression of Political Freedoms in Singapore: The Case of Opposition Leader Dr. Chee Soon Juan [via Jacob 69er]

Mainstream vs X-Stream Media | Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Tharman: Once upon a time in the West..
- Singapore Aspirations: On the rule of law
- Bryan Caplan: What’s Really Rotten in the City-State of Singapore?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Temasek Review: Losing our national identity: Who are we?
- Because you’ve got all eyes on you no matter where you are: A satirical take on the foreign talent issue

The Gospel of Harry
- Today In Singapore: How to Win Friends and Influence People
- My Thoughts..: The Evolution of a Straits Times Headline [Thanks Ganga]
- Global Times: Balance of powers in Asia is inevitable [Thanks CelluloidReality]

Housing
- The Temasek Review: Demand vs Supply: So many applicants, so few flats

Re education
- My sketchbook: The elite scholar monologue

Recession over?
- Manu Bhaskaran: What will the economic recovery mean for Singaporeans?

APEC 2009
- Asia Pacific Voices: Pacific Asia and the Asia Pacific: The Choices for APEC

Daily Discourse
- Carpe Diem: The root of Singapore’s intellectual vacuum
- Civic Advocator: Why financial assistance is not really assisting
- Musings: Bridging the Gaps: Talking About Hate Speech in the US, Canada and Singapore
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: The 3 tiers of censorship in Singapore
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Broaden the tax base

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: Blogging Seminar videos on YouTube

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Daily ChioBu: Shoko Hamada

Posted by b on 6th November 2009

Shoko Hamada is a popular gravure idol from Kyoto. She got her start as a race queen while still in high school in 2003. That same year, she clinched a role in the TV drama Tenpai. In 2005 Shoko was chosen as Japan’s Telegenic of the Year. In addition to her career as a race queen and gravure idol she has released several music CDs, mostly containing cover versions. In Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Shoko appears on a poster at the Eastern Weapons Wing.

Pictures from the photobook Sweet Season after the break. [NSFW]
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