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We are against capital punishment
- Rachel Zeng’s Blog: Court of Appeal grants Yong a second stay of execution
- Rachel Zeng’s Blog: Regarding the positive outcome of Yong Vui Kong’s appeal
- LIANAIN FILMS: Vui Kong’s Story – The Hearing
- Today In Singapore: Yes, Virginia, There Might Be A Santa Claus After All
- Singabloodypore: Stay of execution of Yong Vui Kong
- Irreligious: Of Yong Vui Kong and Buddhism

Road to Election
- The Temasek Review: Why democracy is crucial for good governance and strong leadership
- Ian On The Red Dot: Dr Chee Soon Juan – A Tale Of Two Hawker Centers
- The Temasek Review: Dinner bash for opposition MP Chiam See Tong this Saturday

Road to Election: An Extra Cooling Off Day for the Fixing
- Singaporean Skeptic: This is the quality of writing by a YPAP minion!
- The Temasek Review: YPAP P65 blogger supports “cooling-off” day and condemns netizens for spraying “venom” at govt

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Emergence of an ultra-underclass..
- Sg Pirate Game: Hero-Worship

Strangers in a Strange Land: Falling Productivity
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Falling productivity : Need to wean off Foreign Labor..

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- TOC: Transport subsidies for the disabled – passing the buck?

Mainstream or X-Stream Media
- Kelvin Teo Writes: “Feel good” propaganda is like unhealthy food

Re education: To Bi or not to Bi
- TOC: Let’s not forget our multilingual roots

Daily Discourse
- Ian On The Red Dot: A Response To Young Pap’s Recruitment Ad
- Singapore Aspirations: On internet security in Singapore
- Under the Willow Tree: Singaporean Businesses Need to Buck Up – Innovate or Die!

Life, the universe and everything
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Top 10 Human Rights Reports on International Human Rights Day
- UniqueFrequency.com: Starhub, M1, Singtel And The Iphone Pricing In Singapore- Turning An Industry On Its Head

Infoblogaramous
- TOC: Human Rights for Migrant Domestic Workers

December 10th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

We are against capital punishment
- Singapore Alternatives: Anti-Mandatory Death Penalty
- Jacob 69er: {Pics} Behind-the-scenes at Vui Kong, We Care

Road to Election
- The Temasek Review: A short chat with Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Secretary-General of Reform Party

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Loh and Behold: Foreign Workers in Serangoon Gardens
- The Temasek Review: NMP Teo Siong Seng: SMEs need to hire more foreign workers

Little Green Dot
- ECO @ COP 15: How old will you be in 2050? [via TOC]
- The Gigamole Diaries: ClimateGate – a small critter’s view

Daily Discourse
- The Temasek Review: Time to make public the KPIs of Singapore ministers
- Today In Singapore: Winning Back The Public Trust
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: The PAP government is illegitimate (My comment to former ISA detainees)

Life, the universe and everything
- The Journey of a Decade: Today…. I Discover Singapore at a Centre.
- The Temasek Review: Gallery: Reform Party Forum on 5 December 2009

Infoblogaramous
- Majulah Singapura: Free coffee!

December 9th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Google Street View Singapore is now live. Woohoo! Singapore is the first country in South East Asia to get Google Street View. Have you found anything interesting on Street View yet? I was hoping to find myself on Street View, but sadly, I wasn’t that lucky.

Oh, by the way, M1 and Starhub has recently announced their iPhone price plan and will start selling iPhone from today. I smell a price war coming.

News
- mhisham: Getting Lost in Singapore Will Now Be Impossible!
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Google Street View Singapore is now LIVE
- Techgoondu: Street View turned on in Singapore
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Begun, the iPhone price plan war has
- Engadget: Fusion Garage Joojoo tablet rises from the ashes of the CrunchPad
- SGEntrepreneurs: Fusion Garage Strikes Back: From CrunchPad to JooJoo
- Straits Times: Faster Starhub broadband
- Geekonomics: Twitter co-founder starts a mobile payment company
- TechCrunch: Google Chrome For Mac Is Here

Reviews | Guides
- Engadget: Joojoo tablet hands-on
- Tech65: Sony Vaio X Unbox
- Cnet: Hands-on with the Trinity concept phone
- i-digITallToshiba Camileo S10 Video Review
- Tech65: Gear65 #46 – Sony Ericsson Satio

December 9th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (1)

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Calling for an end to the mandatory death penalty
- Cavalierio: Reflections on the guillotine
- Blowin’ In The Wind: The heart of the case of young Vui Kong
- Singabloodypore: Let’s Talk with M Ravi

Road to Election: An Extra Cooling Off Day for the Fixing
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Would the cooling off period affect foreign media?
- The Temasek Review: Singapore does not need cooling-off day due to lack of genuine political competition

Road to Election
- Today In Singapore: Secrets At The Grassroots

Housing
- TOC: S’poreans more able to afford larger flats?

Mainstream or X-Stream Media
- Kelvin Teo Writes: When a media entity is considered a supplemental extension or alternative to the mainstream media

Daily Discourse
- Singaporean Skeptic: Punished for taking initiative.

Now Showing
- thegreatsze: Far, Far From ZZZ-Land

December 8th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Road to Election: An Extra Cooling Off Day for the Fixing
- TOC: The treason of reason
- The Secret Political Blog: The poison chalice: the PAP finds another trick in the book
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Cooling day for RATIONAL decisions..
- The Temasek Review: How Will The “Cooling Off” Law Be Enforced In Cyberspace?
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Exchanges With See Nao I
- Today In Singapore: Running The Internet Gauntlet

Road to Election
- The Temasek Review: Sylvia Lim learning “White Crane” boxing as GE approaches

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Media’s Silence On Yong Vui Kong A National Shame
- The Asia File: Why Singapore hides the human face of the death penalty [Thanks Ben]
- Irreligious: A personal appeal to all my friends (yes you!): Time to speak out against death penalty for drug traffickers
- Rachel Zeng: Vui Kong, we care (photo and updates)
- Today In Singapore: Criminal Law In Singapore
- LIANAIN FILMS: The Story Of Yong Vui Kong
- Singabloodypore: Hung: A Briefing on Singapore’s Death Penalty

Little Green Dot
- The Bosonic State: Crying Over Nothing
- My Little Corner: Covering rooftops of Singapore with solar panels only provide 20%+ of the total electricity needed. How about indirect benefits?

Re education: To Bi or not to Bi
- The Temasek Review: Lessons learnt from Singapore’s Bilingual Policy

Daily Discourse
- TOC: When is a Family Not a Family?
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Training real “thinking soldiers”
- Kelvin Teo Writes: What A*STAR can really learn from the Taiwanese
- Singaporean Skeptic: To returning S’poreans- Be prepared for a cultural shock!
- A Pill for Life: The Art of Forgiving [Thanks Jann]

Life, the universe and everything
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: SISTIC, an update on the numbers
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Sino-Environment : Mystery bankers, dodgy deals, missing millions
- Musings From the Lion City: The World Cup Draw
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Global hunger reaches record high of 1 billion

Infoblogaramous
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 5-12 Dec
- this is premium writing, no?: BT CEO’s Hawker Guide

December 7th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

“The latest call to be “cheaper, faster and better” may be the last straw that breaks the proverbial camel’s back of Singaporean workers.”
Leong Sze Hian

“It would seem then [that] we are handicaps when it comes to languages of persons. We only have languages of functions… a prosthesis of bankrupt selves instead of being integral to these selves and enriching them… Perhaps our bilingualism is nonlingualism.”
Molly Meek

“Papmandering – a form of gerrymandering unique to Singapore.”
Subra

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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December 5th, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (1)

Road to Election: An Extra Cooling Off Day for the Fixing
- la nausée: 3 Perspectives on the Proposed Pre-Election ‘Cooling-Off’ Period
- Mediated Society: Cooling Off?
- Singapore Alternatives: Does PAP really care about Rational and Informed Voters’ Choices?
- TOC: ‘Cooling off’ does not mean ‘no talking’
- ErniesUrn on Xanga: My thoughts on ‘Cooling Off’ day
- The Temasek Review: How will the “cooling off” law be enforced in cyberspace?
- Musings From the Lion City: Much Ado About Nothing [Thanks Ernies]
- Molitics: 24 Hours to Remember [Thanks chorusy & Ernies]
- TOC: Blogger says he will not observe “cooling-off” period
- the mrbrown show: National Cooling Off Day
- 1001 Rules for the Singaporean: Only the state-controlled media is allowed on cooling-off day. [Thanks Ernies]
- The Reform Party: The Reform Party Opposes PM’s Proposed ‘Cooling-Off’ Period
- TOC: Will PAP send a Minister to contest Potong Pasir & Hougang?
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Two potentially different battles during the next elections

Strangers in a Strange Land
- nofearSingapore: English proficiency for foreign frontline service workers
- My Little Corner: Complusory for Foreigners to take English course for service staff. How about Lecturers?

Singaporeans are fed up with progress!
- TOC: Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08: How many poor people in Singapore?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Ravi Philemon: Transport Ministry and PTC washes their hands-off public transport subsidy for people with disability issue

Little Green Dot
- AsiaIsGreen: True or False: Singapore to Reduce Carbon Emissions Growth by 16% from 2020 BAU Levels
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Debunking Singapore’s government claims on climate change action – is a target of 16 percent reduction good enough?
- The Gigamole Diaries: Climategate – the unravelling academic scandal that threatens the credibility of the anthropogenic climate warming position

We are against capital punishment
- Irreligious: When bad things happen to bad people
- Rachel Zeng’s blog: Attorney-General is challenging the stay
- Sg Pirate Game: Thou shall not kill – a logical argument

Daily Discourse
- Sam’s thoughts: Unite for Diversity of Values
- Singapore Aspirations: On restricting employees from competing or soliciting
- The Temasek Review: Gopalan Nair reveals circumstances surrounding JB Jeyaretnam’s conviction in 1985

Life, the universe and everything
- Bernard Leong: The Audacity to Win by David Plouffe
- Otterman speaks: National Geographic’s International Photography Contest 2009
- Boleh! Boleh!: Live Fireworks Display Across ViVoCity
- UniqueFrequency.com: Social Media Trends and Predictions for 2010
- The Journey of a Decade: STB’s VisitSingapore.com now has new blogger page [Thanks DK & Benjamin]
- My Singapore: Mr. Lee, the barber in the alley [Thanks DK]

Infoblogaramous
- TOC: Reform Party: Discussion session on Singapore’s economy

December 4th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Sharon Xu 许维恩 is a popular model and actress from Taiwan. Pictures after the break.

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December 4th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (2)

Road to Election: An Extra Cooling Off Day for the Fixing
- Sgpolitics.net: Polling day cooling off period is just another distraction
- Kaffein-nated: Coolin’ off period for General Elections?
- Article 14: Papmandering alert: SPH will brief Singaporeans on the right way to vote on the day before polling day. Every other person: Shut up and Sit Down!
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Why the reason behind cooling off period may throw past elections results into disrepute
- Chee Wai’s Random Musing: “Mixed” Reactions as defined by Channel News Asia
- The Rot Within: Cool off but watch your TV
- Yaw Shin Leong @ WP: WP: ‘Cool Off Day’ Reduces Opposition Parties’ Already Limited Electoral Outreach Channels
- Today In Singapore: Be Careful What You Wish For
- an aberration in pronunciation: Blame it on the 66.6
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: My blog will disregard the “cooling-off” day election regulation
- Sam’s thoughts: Singapore General Elections in 2010

Singaporeans are fed up with progress!
- Blowin’ In The Wind: 60 per cent of Singapore households earn less than national average
- Civic Advocator: What Today is trying to tell us
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Meritocracy Transformed to Elitism & Inequality

Mainstream or X-Stream Media
- according2ed: Why Singaporekini? Thou art Singaporekini!
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: It must be something worth reading

Re education: To Bi or not to Bi
- The Temasek Review: Singapore’s bilingual policy: a success or setback?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Hospital errors – more details necessary
- The Temasek Review: MOH: one error a week in Singapore’s hospitals

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: High Court grants rare stay of execution appeal
- Rachel Zeng’s blog: Yong gets one week stay of execution
- innersanctum: an open letter to fellow Christians on the death penalty
- Jacob 69er: The late Anthony Yeo’s letter in support of M. Ravi

International
- The Lionheart: Politics of Fear

Daily Discourse
- utopia8787: reflection of a typical singaporean

Life, the universe and everything
- Ian On The Red Dot: There Is Being Inspired, And There Is Copying [Thanks DK]
- Andrew: Inside & Insights: Green Opportunities for SMEs amid challenges from Climate Change
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Getting Lost in Singapore Will Now Be Impossible!
- Otterman speaks: Google Streetview Singapore is here!
- My Thoughts: First Attempt at Creating a Comic Strip [Thanks Ganga]
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Free Starbucks Coffee on 3 Dec 2009 (5 – 7pm)

December 3rd, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Road to Election: An Extra Cooling Off Day for the Fixin
- Asian in America: Time to think before voting rationally?
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Fixing a problem that doesn’t exist
- Today In Singapore: Dirty Harry Would Be Proud
- journalism.sg: Pre-election “cooling-off” period should not freeze citizen journalism.
- Singaporean Skeptic: PAP Already Has An Unfair Edge.
- The Temasek Review: “Cooling-off” day for voters to reflect “calmly” on their decisions or for the PAP to do last minute campaigning?
- The Temasek Review: Low Thia Kiang: “Cooling-off” period will give PAP an extra day of campaigning
- Singapore Democrats: Proposed Cooling-off Period Designed To Benefit PAP
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Own victim of the GRC success

Strangers in a Strange Land: Falling Productivity
- Sgpolitics.net: There is a productivity revolution sweeping the world and Singapore is not part of it: WHY?
- TOC: “Cheaper, better, faster” may just break the camel’s back
- Temasek Hedge: Falling productivity: Krugman may be right about Singapore after all [Thanks Bink]
- Under the Willow Tree: PAP’s Quick-Fix Mentality will Exacerbate Singapore’s Economic Challenges

Mainstream or X-Stream Media
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore & the Economist: After the sentence cut
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Where is Singaporekini?
- Jacob 69er: Singapore: Censorship city – The real victims of this repression are Singaporeans
- Singapore Dino: Deja vu: Govt interferes with mr brown’s work again

Singaporeans are fed up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Meritocracy and an unequal society..

Re education: To Bi or not to Bi
- Times They Are A-Changin’: Truth Hurts..

Re education
- Singapore Alternatives: Education Hub of Degree Mill?

Housing
- The Temasek Review: Immigration and public housing: Should the govt or the people plan ahead?

A jobless recovery
- Blowin’ In The Wind: DBS’ Dubai loans exceed most foreign banks’ UAE loans

We are against capital punishment
- Rachel Zeng’s blog: Final court appeal for Yong Vui Kong
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: To err is human; to forgive, divine – Yong Vui Kong is human too!

Daily Discourse
- Mathia Lee: World AIDS Day
- work class historian: The Weakening of Empathy: A University Case
- running legs: We are one!
- journalism.sg: IPS Report Refutes Criticisms Of Straits Times’ Aware Coverage
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: The art of diversity [Thanks Seelan]
- Knowledge@SMU: Thio Li-ann on Free Speech, Social Values and Sustainable Democracy [Thanks Jack H]

Life, the universe and everything
- Ian On The Red Dot: Welcome To Singapore … Here’s How We Don’t Do Business
- SGEntrepreneurs: RIP CrunchPad [Thanks BL]
- Icarus Flew Too High: “Haven’t I Seen This Somewhere Before?”

Infoblogaramous
- AngryAngMo: List Of Singapore Clubs/Bars That Charge For Tap Water! (Please Help)

December 2nd, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Not sure if you heard the news. CrunchPad is over. Dead. No more. I always thought that if CrunchPad die, it would be because of pricing or usability. Never did I expect it to be a disagreement between TechCrunch and Fusion Garage. So far, we only heard Mike Arrington’s story. We are not sure what is Fusion Garage’s CEO, Chandra Rathakrishnan’s story.

It is a very wrong move to kick Mike Arrington out of his project. He is an asset to the team. It just don’t make sense to remove him. And even if Fusion Garage managed to settle the lawsuit that Mike is going to file against them, they will never be able to sell the CrunchPad. Judging from the influence of TechCrunch, you can be sure that people are going to boycott that product.

All I can say is, only Leo Laporte can screw Mike Arrington and still walk away with it. Good luck to the folks at Fusion Garage.

News
- TechCrunch: The End Of The CrunchPad
- CNA: Four MediaCorp radio stations back on Internet
- Tech65: Our Fellow Tech Podcasters
- Cnet: ‘Twitter’ top word of 2009
- danielhosheng: Swype
- Life Hacker: BitTorrent Tracker Mininova Goes Legal-Only
- Gizmodo: LEAK: The Google Phone “Is a Certainty”
- PC World: Porn App Store Lands on Android Phones
- TheNeoDimension: Jaymee Ong Demo Yoga On Wii’s Balance Board
- TechGoondu: A goondu’s shopping experience at Sitex 2009

Reviews | Guides
- The Lycan Times: Free Software Recommendation
- Sweska Says: Sync Contacts across Google, MAC & iPhone
- Tech65: HP TouchSmart 300 Unbox
- The Gal: HP Mini Tord Boontje Unboxed
- JustinLee.sg: Nokia E72 Social Messaging Workshop

December 2nd, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (3)