The Singapore Daily

“Surely the integrity of our journalists and our scholars are much more important than the need to tell one single version of what has always been a contested story.”
Anak Kancil

“..how would I deal with people who put down other religions without really finding out more about them? Follow Buddha’s teachings of calming the mind and looking at the true nature of things.. Whatever it is, I wish that they are well and happy.”
smile

“Forget Wee Shu Min. Forget Mrs Goh Chok Tong. Forget Ris Low. Rony Tan is the next person who is going to be cyber-lynched. That’s what disempowered Singaporeans with internet connection do any way. Nothing new.”
Sam

“..but what does our anger mean to them?”
Choo Zheng Xi

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

Sorry Rony Recants
- The Kent Ridge Common: Video of Pastor making rounds
- The Temasek Review: ISD called up Lighthouse Evangelism Pastor Rony Tan over his remarks about Buddhism
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Sorry No Count, Playground Taunt
- be happy: clearing misconceptions
- Buddhabook: Pastor Rony Tan Demonized Buddhism
- Yamizi: Rony Tan really have his God to thank for!!!
- Kwekings: C’mon, don’t tell me you were surprised..
- ambiguity: Religion-less
- My Singapore News: The revelation of Pastor Rony Tan
- subway secrets: To be fair..
- Sg Truth: Police must act against Pastor Rony Tan
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Beware of Active Religious Chauvinism..
- Gahmen: MHA’s Statement In Response To Media Queries On The Lighthouse Evangelism (LE) Videos And Comments Made By Pastor Rony Tan Of Lighthouse Evangelism, 08 February 2010
- The Temasek Review: Pastor Rony Tan visited Phor Kar See temple today to apologize to head of Buddhist Federation Venerable Kwang Sheng
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Now that he has apologised..
- Laïcité: Being “sensitive” enough to hide our intolerance
- Singapore Kopi Tok: Pastor Rony Tan
- Simply Gab: Being sensitive to our over-sensitivity
- Sam’s Thoughts: Pastor Rony Tan, religious harmony and capitalism [Recommended]
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The insensitive indiscretion of Senior Paster Rony Tan
- Just a passerby trying to enjoy his journey: Ignorance ignorance ignorance..
- SilentAssassin’s ArchiveRony and the Troll
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: Lighthouse Alight and the Intolerance of Religions
- Infinitely me: Brain Storm: Hamonious Singapore And Numbskulls
- Facebook group: The Moderates Stance [Thanks smokebreak]
- Yeap Chee Seng Weblog: Senior Pastor Rony Tan And Buddhism
- In the Panic Room: Rony Tan’s apology, and why it doesn’t really matter
- The Kent Ridge Common: Should Pastor Rony be punished?
- Gimme Some Truth!: Reactions to Pastor Rory’s Comments
- The Lycan Times: Rony Tan
- covered in his blood: Rony Tan saga and what it means for Christians
- Irreligious: Ignorance is the greatest enemy of Christianity
- Sze Zeng: What does ‘Rony’ show us? [Thanks YKWYA]
- ambiguity: Souls, Not People
- Feed Me To The Fish: Pastor, ChipMonk , Witch Doctor and Bigotry
- The Temasek Review: The Rony Tan fiasco and perceived double standards in the application of Sedition Act
- TOC: Not your ordinary chit-chat session [Recommended]
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Kipling, race and religion
- Irreligious: Why so emotional?
- The Temasek Review: What the Buddha really said before he passed away
- The Kent Ridge Common: NUSBS clears Pastor Rony’s misconceptions

Road to Election
- TOC: The Straits Times thinks only businessmen are Singaporeans
- The Temasek Review: Time for Singapore opposition to come up with a Common Policy Framework
- The Temasek Review: Reform Party urges PAP to embrace need for political reform in Singapore
- Singapore Alternatives: NSP Press Release on New 13th CEC
- TOC: What the 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer really says
- Icarus Flew Too High: A Broad Consensus for Democracy in Singapore [Recommended]
- Yours Truly Singapore: Mandate assured … as long as PAP remains incorruptible
- Singaporean Skeptic: Religious demographics of our politicians (minus the cabinet Ministers)
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: SDP’s Chinese New Year Message 2010
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Political Compass
- Bryan Ti Facebook: Dearth of Quality Political Discussion (and Leadership)
- My Singapore News: My Money My Vote

The Economic Strategies Committee Report
- TOC: Do upgrading skills and Workfare help low-wage workers?
- The Temasek Review: Reform Party calls for dismantling of GLC structure in its response to ESC report
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: The SDP’s alternative economic programme Part 2: Getting rich quick
- My sketchbook: Making of the Singapore’s economics strategies
- My Little Corner: Increasing productivity using technology is not straightforward
- The Temasek Review: A Review of recommendations made by the Economic Strategies Committee
- The Temasek Review: Reforming Singapore’s political economy: The big miss by the Economic Strategies Committee [Recommended]
- Sellan Palay’s Blow: The SDP’s alternative economic programme Part 3: A comprehensive set of measures

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: Public housing flats – Singaporeans come first or foreigners?
- TOC: SERS flats converted to condo for expats
- Singapore Alternatives: HDB Homeless Policy [Recommended]
- TOC: HDB replies: Waiting time for rental flat is now reduced
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Uproar against rental housing is a joke
- Singapore Alternatives: HDB 101
- The Temasek Review: HDB blames Singaporeans for not selecting flats when given the chance
- My Singapore News: High demand for HDB flats due to immigrants
- TOC: The final nail in the “HDB affordability” coffin?
- Yours Truly Singapore: HDB resale prices: Don’t just find a scapegoat
- The Temasek Review: Chua Mui Hoong: rising resale flat prices reflect genuine pent-up demand spurred by high levels of immigration
- lbkp’s Blog:Enuff!
- DE LEVIATHAN @ SG: How To Ensure Affordable Low Cost Housing?
- TOC: ST Forum letter on homeless situation and official reply

Re education
- Kelvin Teo Writes: About time to rethink about our scholar selection mechanisms
- Flying Low: Thoughts about teaching

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: SM Goh : No U-turn in foreigner policy
- TOC: Conflicting signals from Government over foreign manpower policy
- Singapore Dino: Gan Kim Yong redefines resident’s question instead of answering it
- The Temasek Review: Mark Lee defends himself for employing PRC workers: Difficult to employ locals
- The Temasek Review: Increase in job ads, but are they for Singaporeans or foreigners?
- Open Contours: Grit and Grime: The Migrant Worker in Singapore Cinema

Singaporeans: A Dying Breed
- TOC: Many Singaporeans want to migrate – Why?

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- TOC: The anger of displacement

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Tattooed Banker: Another bond offering for Temasek
- The Temasek Review: U.S. Prof lambasts Singapore’s “Temasek model” for investing in failing individuals and products
- TradecoHoldco: Breaking News: Temasek sets up its own hedge fund

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Temasek Review: Malaysian PRs likely the greatest beneficiaries of move to allow use Medisave in 12 Malaysian hospitals and medical centres

Singapore Coloring
- My Very Own Glob: There’s that R-word again

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Singapore’s Land Transport: Another taxi location surcharge… and what we can do about it

Re education
- Singaporean Skeptic: A tale of two prodigies

Lee vs Chee
- Chee Siok Chin’s Blog: Prisoner 00001/2010 [Thanks Seelan]

Daily Discourse
- TOC: The Sedition Act needs revision
- The Temasek Review: Can we trust our journalists to tell the truth? [Recommended]
- Journalism.sg: Ex-NMP Siew Kum Hong upbeat about new media’s role in politics
- Laïcité: Learning about the birds and the bees at 21
- TOC: The Reform Party Welcomes the new US ambassador’s comments
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Apathetic Generation
- The Temasek Review: Exposure – The Element of Change for Singapore and Singaporeans
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Let’s Talk with local poet Ng Yi-Sheng
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Freedom of speech and religion – Singapore style
- Sam’s thoughts: “Natural” bias
- I’m getting personal: It is a marathon
- Mathia Lee: Income Inequality In Singapore
- Barnyard Chorus: Degrees of information
- TOC: Statutory rape law – a paternalistic anachronism
- TOC: Making right choices in Singapore: From Adelman to Asian values [Recommended]
- The Temasek Review: Only 6.1 per cent of workers attending SPUR got a pay raise after undergoing skills upgrading
- The Temasek Review: No updates about YPAP Eric How case from police after three weeks
- mrbrown: A supermarket loses trolleys: Why is this even freakin’ news?
- My sketchbook: The $100 deterrent

Life, the universe and everything
- The Long and Winding Road: A fascination with flying machines: some alternative views of the Airshow
- My Very Own Glob: Singapore’s Oskar Schindler
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: iPad appears at the Grammy Award
- The Long and Winding Road: The roads less travelled..
- Open Contours: The Circus of the Fantastic
- Subba’s Serendipitous moments: Google puts Buzz in the Gmail
- My Little Corner: Hip Hop Lion Dance!
- The Useless Tree: More on Confucianism and Modernity
- The Long and Winding Road: 1974, a year of football madness
- Singaporean Skeptic: The power of imagination
- Asterpix Interactive Video: All Indian Food

Now Showing
- Vinyarb: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Infoblogaramous
- Singaporeans for Democracy: Directions for SFD in 2010

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