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Archive for March 20th, 2010

Weekly Roundup: Week 12

“Concessionary travel for the disabled is merely a question of moral imperatives that strikes deep into our hearts, and the answers in Parliament on Thursday suggest that we have none.”
Khairulanwar Zaini

“..both public transport and public housing are BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES. Entities that provide these basic social services have more social responsibility that just mere private enterprises.”
Goh Meng Seng

“But today, the driver has long forgotten that the car is not just for the young and adventurous – it is for the children and for the elderly; for the handicapped and the unlucky too.”
Gangasudhan

“It is often one’s flaws that makes us human, and thus beautiful. As you desperately try to hide your flaws, you also hide yourself. Singapore, isn’t it about time that you let us see the real you?”
Surya

..”the liabilities of entrenching a generation of Singaporeans who are ‘barely have their heads above water’ have dire social and economic consequences for the next generation.”
Ian Choo

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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You Will Not Be Forgotten
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam
5 Jan 1926 - 30 Sep 2008

For the sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast. And the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself have rest.


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