The Singapore Daily

“If native Singaporeans are falling behind because “the spurs are not stuck into the hide,” that is their problem”
Lee Kuan Yew

“Let me ask you, how much money does the government have? 350 billion dollars in assets! How come they can develop here, develop there, but got no money to help these people?”
Sunny Murugaya

“The reason children from ‘broken’ homes feel ‘broken’ is that they have been sold the idea there is only one type of home or family structure worth having and anything different is, well, broken.”
Tania De Rozario

“Why is it that a Singaporean has to pay at least $350 for a place to live, when an IR foreign worker can rent for as little as $140?”
Leong Sze Hian

“Here the fear is far more subtle, far less palpable and noticeable, but no less effective.”
Catherine Lim

“My dear people there is no need to be afraid. You are not children and should not be insulted as such. Live your lives with dignity and take pride in the society and come forward in your way to build the society you want in the future.”
Kenneth Jeyaretnam

“[The HOTA staff] kept on pressuring us to take off his life support. We begged repeatedly but they refuse to listen to our pleas.”
Yenny Young

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

Housing
- TOC: Year In Review: HDB flats – subsidy, affordability, prices.
- Singapore Alternatives: Mah Bow Tan “Caught off guard”?
- TOC: HDB flats – a precious resource for foreign workers?
- Sgpolitics.net: Mah: HDB flat values will always go up
- Today In Singapore: Two Sides Of A Coin
- The Temasek Review: Resale HDB flats hit a record high price fueled by demand from PRs
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Price of new HDB flat
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: A new pricing formula for HDB flats
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Golden rice bowl
- TOC: A question of supply
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Asset enhancement
- Blowin’ In The Wind: The price of a four-room HDB resale flat

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Adam Khoo: The Expats Will Rule Singapore [via TOC]
- TOC: Press Muse: Speaking “truth” for power
- The Secret Political Blog: PRs to party together, Singapore to promote enclaves
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: What is my govt’s stand on foreign workers/immigrants anyway?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Latest Reason for Chinese Influx : Maintain China-Singapore ties!
- Singabloodypore: Mr Lee – Apologise
- Singapore Dino: Lee Kuan Yew: If S’poreans fall behind, it’s their problem
- My sketchbook: Being a Singaporean has its privileges
- Growing your tree of prosperity: Why foreign talent will trounce your asses. [Thanks Wai Chung]
- The Temasek Review: Don’t forget about us, says university students

The Gospel of Harry
- The Asia File: National Geographic interviews a dinosaur [Thanks Ben]
- TOC: Bashing Singaporeans – PAP gets in on the act
- The Temasek Review: Singapore – The past 40+ years is nothing but a mistake?
- Molitics: Kuan Yew’s Confession [Recommended]
- Barnyard Chorus: Put a ring on it
- Carpe Diem: Responses to MM Lee’s NatGeo Interview
- Singaporean Skeptic: The Minister Dementor Strikes Again!
- Singapore Recalcitrant: Another Booboo of the Minister Mentor
- The Temasek Review: Open letter to PA’s CEO Mr Tan Boon Huat on MM Lee’s remarks that all grassroots organizations are part of the PAP
- Today in Singapore: The Truth Behind The Truth
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Singaporean workers clocked longest hours..

Road to Election
- TOC: The man who stretched the political machinery
- The Temasek Review: Son of PAP founder and former Barisan leader Dominic Puthucheary may be fielded as PAP candidate in next GE
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Downturns and elections in Singapore
- On Nation and State: “Its the economy,stupid!” with a twist [A new site on local political discourse! Thanks J]
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Significance of a contest at Tanjong Pagar GRC
- On Nation and State: Preliminary forecast for a likely 2010 GE
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Opposition Election Strategy – Part 1
- The Temasek Review: Generation Y: the third force in Singapore politics
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Charming the voters

Remembering JBJ
- TOC: A subdued commemoration at Speaker’s Corner
- TOC: Stop re-writing history!
- Sgpolitics.net: Speech by Mr James Gomez commemorating JBJ on 5 Jan 2010 at Speaker’s Corner
- Singapore Alternatives: Commemorating JBJ – The Icon of a Lost Generation
- TOC: JBJ is my inspiration
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: JBJ: In our hearts forever
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Dr. James Gomez at JBJ memorial event — A case of selective reporting?
- TOC: It is Think Centre version 2.0, insists former WP member James Gomez

Singapore Coloring
- Yawning Bread: Mixed-marriage babies now given race choice
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Is multiracialism also just an aspiration?
- I’m getting personal: Racial Profiling
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Race and Singaporeans, what’s all the fuss about?
- according2ed: Singapore Requires Parents To Declare Race Of Child At Birth – comment [Thanks lary]

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Strive harder and harder..
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore workers work longest hours: ILO report

Twilight in Paradise. CPF Life
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: ST Headlines: 10,000 get 1st CPF Life Payout
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: CPF Reform and Political Change..

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- TOC: Heart-friendly for heartlanders

Re education
- The Crunch Time Blog: Singapore Child Prodigy Choose to Study in Malaysia. [Thanks andrew8]

Singapore Organ Trading Hub
- Today In Singapore: Guided By Expediency Rather Than Principle

We are against Capital Punishment
- TOC: Why I support the death penalty and a second chance for Yong Vui Kong

Lee vs TOC
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Lee Kuan Yew had suggested “instigating riots and disorder” to crush opposition
- TOC: Complaint against TOC made to S’pore Police [Thanks Seelan]
- The Temasek Review: The ‘Janet Wee’ versus The Online Citizen Saga

Lee vs Chee
- Chee Siok Chin’s Blog: Chee Siok Chin begins jail term
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: A Wake Up Call for Singaporeans

A jobless recovery
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Straits Times’ GDP goof-up
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore 3% to 5% growth won’t be easy: FT

‘Tis the season to be..
- according2ed: Christmas & the Art of Gift-Giving [Thanks Tracy]
- Reflections and Ruminations: Compliment Christ. Don’t compliment the season. [Thanks lary]

2010 New Year Message
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Happy New Year!
- Singaporean Skeptic: Lip service of the PAP

Daily Discourse
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Why the term Young PAP is considered a misnomer
- Sgpolitics.net : Reaffirmation of bilingual policy must include all languages, not just Chinese
- Barnyard Chorus: BREAKING: More women say: I deserve justice by my own terms, I’m worth it. [Thanks Mark]
- Barnyard Chorus: Investigating and prosecuting sexual offences. [Thanks Mark]
- Insane Polygons: Adventures of Elite Girl ep0042
- TOC: Lessons from 2009
- Barnyard Chorus: People we love: Ms Tania De Rozario for “Avoid being judgmental with children”
- Singapore Dino: Preventing Lee Kuan Yew from perverting history
- TOC: From political party member to homelessness
- utopia8787: email letter on Eunos Grassroot Matters to Singapore Government
- TOC: Young Singaporeans reading history and the politics of age [Recommended]
- The Secret Political Blog: The most under-reported story of 2009: The Straits Times is liberalising
- Sgpolitics.net: JBJ: Let us not insult our people
- TOC: To catch a diplomat
- The Temasek Review: “Report” made against Alex Tan for “harassing” YPAP and “intimidating” PAP MP
- The Magic Within: The Word Allah [Thanks Jeremy]
- catherinelim.sg: A Climate Of Fear In Our Society? [Recommended]
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Tackling the Malay-Muslim underclass issue
- Yawning Bread: Should Singapore’s Home Minister be thrown into a Vietnamese jail?
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The Disoriented Romanian Diplomat
- mrbrown: YPAP Member: No job? It’s your karma or your forefather’s fault!
- The Temasek Review: PA launches official investigation into business dealings of YPAP member Sear Hock Rong
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Why should there be a TV License?
- My Very Own Glob: Forced to pay to watch crap
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Working Paper – Neoliberalism and its human rights impact on Singapore (Part I)
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The True Colour of a Disingenuous Romanian Government
- Today In Singapore: The Calm Before The Diplomatic Storm
- The Temasek Review: Did the YPAP just declare war on Singapore netizens?
- Ian On The Red Dot: Why Begrude Eric How’s Good Fortune?
- TOC: Press Muse – It shouldn’t be just business
- The Bosonic State: Unacceptable to have Dolphins in Captivity at IR
- My sketchbook: SingPost’s great marketing idea
- Your Daily OM: Questionable Ethics and Pure Hostility towards Community Cats [Thanks DK]
- Singabloodypore: An open letter to Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong
- utopia8787: the rich and the poor
- The Temasek Review: Where is the support, Singapore?
- Asia Sentinel: Singaporeans Seek Asylum Elsewhere [Thanks Ben]

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s thoughts: Singapore Idol and Singaporean Attitude
- Ravi Philemon: The adversities people with disability face
- TOC: Online petition set up on hit-and-run incident involving Romanian diplomat
- ALVINOLOGY: Save the trees, say NO to junk mails from SingPost
- Aussie Pete: The Known Universe – Be Prepared to be Blown Away!!
- kitchen tigress: Prying a Cake from OCBC’s Cold, Hard Fingers
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Nature in the Heartlands: Toa Payoh Town Park
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Startup shouldn’t pay to pitch to angel investors
- Empty Vessel: SingPost fiasco: where was the creativity?
- Chee Wai’s Random Musing: Vandalism
- The Asia File: Straight-up Singaporeans not ready for viral marketing [Thanks Ben]
- Project Lucy: Much ado about nothing [Thanks lucy]
- The Magic Within: The Triumph of Unreason

Infoblogaramous
- Jacob 69er: JBJ Memorial Day @ Hong Lim Park aka Speakers Corner, Jan 5 @ 7pm

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