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Homeless in Stingypore
- TOC: TOC’s response to remarks by MCYS minister – Part One
- funny little world: The productivity of the MCYS.
- Sgpolitics.net: No lack of sophistry from the government concerning the homeless
- Trapper’s Swamp: Why oh why can’t we have a better press corps?
- Musings From the Lion City: A Poor Rebuttal
- Want some tau huay?: Come on, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, what’s the real story?
- journalism.sg: Government not a fan of Al Jazeera – but denies censoring it
- Asia Calling: Singapore Homelessness

UN Spec Rap Raps SG
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: How Much Affirmative Action? [Thanks thesun]
- The Asia File: UN envoy’s Singapore visit ends in row [Thanks Ben]
- Blowin’ In The Wind: UN human rights official raps Singapore
- Balderdash: Singaporeans will forever be infantile
- Earth Times News: UN official urges Singapore to ensure human rights for migrants

Countdown to Elections
- Singapore Recalcitrant: Can there be a level playing field?
- The Lycan Times: Short Takes
- TOC: NMP speaks up against restriction of non-mainstream opinions
- Trapper’s Swamp: Follow-up to “Good news, bad news?”
- Orenji Kun: Don’t Blame the Leaders [Thanks Orenji]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Temasek Review: Singaporeans having “integration” forced down their throats by the PAP

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Kaffein-nated: When size and distance do NOT matter for a Little Red Dot
- ST Forum: How will change affect seniors?

Re education
- Sex sells, so does Politics: The truth behind why MOE is reducing weightage of mother tongue in PSLE

Religion
- Irreligious: Four out of six sex ed vendors are Christian organisations

Daily Discourse
- It’s all about Amelioration: Singapore for Singaporeans [Thanks Nabs]
- Trapper’s Swamp: A simple majority is enough
- Tribolum.com: Singapore is more than just PAP
- Sgpolitics.net: SDP’s May Day message 2010

Life, the universe and everything
- FOOD fuels me to talk: Cowboys in Paradise?

Infoblogoramus
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: VOILAH!!!!

Selected News Stories
- My SinChew: Indonesia chafes at graft ‘safe haven’ in Singapore
- Bloomberg: GE, Siemens Gain From Singapore Push to Tap Global Water Market
- Reuters: Asia’s couture craving feeds Singapore’s haute hopes
- Global Voices: Southeast Asia: Good Governance Advocacy via Technology
- Bloomberg: I’ll Tell You When Chinese Bubble Is About to Burst: Andy Xie
- NYT: What’s Next for Goldman Sachs?
- Reuters: Global press freedom eroded in 2009: survey
- Time: The 2010 TIME 100

April 30th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

Zhou Wei Tong (周伟童) is one of the top models in China. Born in Gui Zhou province 貴州省, she was an athelete before becoming a model. In 2000, she won the 6th Annual National Modeling contest and was rated China’s top 10 professional models in 2001. She began acting and was cast as the lead actress in the TV series 天地真情 in 2003 and 夏日里的春天 in 2004. In 2005, she starred in the movie 大荒野 ”Wilderness”.

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April 30th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (4)

Countdown to Elections
- Trapper’s Swamp: Good news, bad news?
- News Asia Republic: Parliament is not an Opposition MP incubator, says NMP Calvin Cheng
- Times They Are A-Changin’: Too Good To Be True?
- The Kent Ridge Common: Edelman Statistic based only on 200 respondents

Housing Singaporeans
- Blowin’ In The Wind: The Singapore alternative
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Minister Balakrishnan scolds Al Jazeera and bloggers
- TOC: Al Jazeera responds to Vivian Balakrishnan’s accusations

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Certain ethnic groups marginalised by government policies, UN expert says
- Flying Low: Because foreign workers aren’t really human

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- ST Forum: What’s lacking in new fare system

Lee vs Chee
- Sgpolitics.net: SDP calls on High Court to look into PAP abuse of the law

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Never mind what the people think
- still me: Oi! Cheebye! Be moderate can???
- ST Forum: Have Singaporeans arrived?

Life, the universe and everything
- Imagethief: Report from Singapore. The short life and long death of Games Online [via FOOD fuels me to tallk]
- Wah Lau Blog by Maik: Malaysia vs. Singapore

Infoblogoramus
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Labour Day Picnic @ Speakers Corner

Selected News Stories
- Bloomberg: Singapore May See ‘Steep’ Inflation Gains, Central Bank Says
- The Daily Beast: Top 6 Moments from Goldman Sachs’ Testimony
- Al Jazeera: Thailand’s TV wars
- The Daily Beast: Five Classic Parliamentary Brawls
- The Big Picture: Shanghai’s World Expo 2010 nearly ready (Large photos)

April 29th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

After weeks of speculations, it is finally announced that HP is acquiring Palm. That came as a huge surprise. Everyone was expecting (and praying) that HTC will be the one who acquire Palm. Or Lenovo, Dell or even Huawei. Nobody expected HP. Personally, I don’t know if Palm is saved now. I hope Palm don’t end up like another Compaq.

On other news, Google is bringing Android free turn by turn navigation to UK. iPhone most likely not getting any free turn by turn. See! That’s what you get for trying to sue Google’s friend.

News
- Engadget: HP buys Palm
- MacUser: Google brings free satnav to UK
- Gizmodo: Police Seize Jason Chen’s Computers
- Cnet: Gizmodo considers suing police after iPhone raid
- Cnet: Sony delivers floppy disk’s last rites
- Techgoondu: Nokia N8 comes with 12-meg lens, runs on Symbian 3
- PCWorld: Adobe Calls it Quits for Flash on iPhone
- NYT: Google’s Andy Rubin on Everything Android
- Cnet: Microsoft claims Android steps on its patents
- LesterChan.net: SingTel Already Preparing MicroSIM
- Techgoondu: Some users blocked from acessing Asiaone

Reviews | Guides
- Tech65: Gear65 #55 – HP Envy 15
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: First Look: HTC HD mini
- Tech65: Dell AlienWare m11x unbox

Events
- Techgoondu: code::XtremeApps::2010 goes green

April 29th, 2010 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (3)

Countdown to Elections
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: NCMPs and NMPs; Structural Limitations or Liberating Agents?
- The Kent Ridge Common: Beware of the NCMP Trap
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: Beyond words
- Musings From the Lion City: The NCMP Scheme
- Trapper’s Swamp: Are hollow arguments, noise?
- Want some tau huay?: Tyrannical government at it’s best
- The Asia File: Singapore and the perils of political domination
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Cooling off day
- Feed Me To The Fish: Botox or Bollocks or Both?
- Trapper’s Swamp: Sylvia Lim and her NCMP experience
- The Temasek Review: The PAP’s greatest fear: An aware, active and adversarial citizenry

Housing Singaporeans
- My Little Corner: Why the figures show HDB is affordable
- ST Forum: Worry over ‘stretch’ valuations

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Overreaction? Or under-reaction on issues that matter?

Re education
- Sex sells, so does Politics: MOE reinvited Susan Elliott and apologised for not knowing her well enough!

Opposition meets UN Special Rapporteur
- I’m getting personal: Discrimination in Singapore is institutionalised
- Jacob 69er: ‘I want to remove Race from my IC’ advocacy campaign

Religion
- Irreligious: Singaporeans: Apathetic about inter-faith dialogue?
- Mathia Lee: Gay is NOT = Paedophile

Daily Discourse
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: An Opinion about Singaporean Business Culture
- New Asia Republic: Singapore joins IAEA board this September
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: A social democracy
- Singapore Law Watch: Police sought Google user info [2010] 23 Apr_ST

Life, the universe and everything
- pinkdot.sg: From son to daughter: A Singaporean family’s transformation
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Market in panic and the real dangers ahead..
- EDMW: Profitable Group – is it credible? [Thanks BT]

Selected News Stories
- International Journal of Communication: Investigating Chilling Effects: News Media and Public Speech in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia [PDF]
- ST Forum: Why she picks parenting over work
- Portfolio.com: Rebranding Singapore
- Reuters: Singapore Plans Postgraduate Accountancy Program
- Bloomberg: SEB, HVB Appeal Asia Pacific Breweries ‘Gambling Monster’ Case
- Reuters: What’s on the menu at top world restaurant Noma?
- NGF: Fast food calories compared
- mental_floss: Does Counting Sheep Really Help You Fall Asleep?
- Gizmodo: Apple Gestapo: How Apple Hunts Down Leaks

A plug for a friend

I’m looking for Poets. If you know someone good in writing poems, and would like to volunteer his/her service for a better Singapore and progressive society. Please refer them to me at ?????@sinpo.com.sg

Lim Bak Chuan Desmond

I’ve blanked out his email for privacy reasons. If you are interested email me and I’ll forward you his contact infomation.

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April 28th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Countdown to Elections
- TOC: GRCs and gerrymandering – the root causes of problems: Sylvia Lim
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Parliament is not a Feedback Unit, says Sylvia Lim
- The Temasek Review: Time for the Singapore opposition to go for the juggernaut in the next General Election

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Degree-holders easier to get retrenched. True?
- The Temasek Review: PMETs see largest increase in number of workers made redundant
- Unraveling Singapore: The Serangoon Gardens Worker Detention Facility

Re education
- Trapper’s Swamp: This is nothing short of shameful, continued
- Gimme Some Truth: MOE’s apology leaves vital questions unanswered
- ST Forum: Different forms of sign language explained

Signapore Coloring
- TOC: Why associate race with sports?

Religion
- Mathia Lee: What we can learn from the Catholic Scandal
- Irreligious: My impression of New Creation Church

Daily Discourse
- New Asia Republic: Nuclear option a necessity for Singapore
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Public Opinion on the Mainstream Media
- It’s all about Amelioration: Banking Shenanigans [Thanks Nabs]
- Cooler Insights: How to Manage “Gen Y” Workers
- Singapore Sports Fan Says: My take on Loh Lin Kok asking Subhas Anandan to run for the SAA presidency
- Writing-Yoga-Living With Dogs: More Shit on Singapore’s Stand on Sharks Fins..
- Wild Shores of Singapore: Dredging and massive reclamation next to Labrador until Oct 10

Life, the universe and everything
- Subba’s Serendipitous moments: The push and pull models – Not business models, but a mindset!
- a day in the life of a BE@RBRICK: Singapore: The Helix Bridge & Marina Bay Sands

Infoblogoramus
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Workshop on Cruel “Animal Liberation”
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Call for Film Submissions

Selected News Stories
- TheTriangle.org: Singapore’s currency revaluation has many new implications for the world
- The Star: Mini CIQ talks at last stages
- Paul Krugman Blog: The Curious Politics of Immigration
- BBC: Politicians and people v MSM
- Reuters: Identity crises and overpaid bankers
- NYT: Berating the Raters
- Media Decoder Blog: More Steep Circulation Declines at Newspapers
- AskMen.com: Top 29: Best Cities To Live In – 2010 Edition
- Guardian: Beijing Auto Show 2010 pictures
- The Frame: Shanghai World Expo set to open

April 27th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Countdown to Elections
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: What the next General Election is about..
- TOC: MPs’ views ahead of parliamentary debate full of hot air
- The Asia File: Singapore opposition politician sells flat to contest election
- Sgpolitics.net: Young Democrats keep up campaign at Bukit Panjang
- The Itch To Write: Vote 18 Campaign
- I’m getting personal: Singapore Youth Parliament
- ST Forum: Have TV debates before election
- Chill Out: On UK PM Elections Debates

Re education
- Siew Kum Hong: Politics and policy-making
- Want some tau huay?: Polytechnics vs Junior Colleges: Will the debate ever end?
- Gimme Some Truth: Moments When You Curse Your Singaporean Education [Thanks Alastair]
- The Lycan Times: Priority to JC Students for University?
- Vinyarb: MOE disinvites hearing impaired teacher to conference

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- department of crappy engineering: pay by displacement
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Subsidy for public transport
- My sketchbook: Lower fares for public transport

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Yaevlejunce Pilgrimage: The solution to a leaking tank is NOT to add more water.
- Kaffein-nated: Here’s looking at you, Singapore

Housing Singaporeans
- Yours Truly Singapore: On keeping public housing affordable

CPF
- TOC: CPF has worked well for Singaporeans’ retirement?

Gahmen and New Real Media
- TOC: Astroturfing — stamp it out

Opposition meets UN Special Rapporteur
- journaism.sg: Activists tell UN that racial harmony here is a media myth
- Singaporeans for Democracy: SFD written submission to UN Special Rapporteur
- Jacob 69er: {Photos} SFD meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Racism

The elite uncaring face
- Civic Advocator: Antidote to the oft unwitting elitism

Religion
- Chemical Generation Singapore: An Anglican Leader For A Time Such As This?

Lee vs Chee
- Yawning Bread: The procession that wasn’t, or was it?

Daily Discourse
- catherinelim.sg: The Dirtiest Words In The PAP Vocabulary [Thanks Gerald]
- funny little world: Be gracious, or else…
- TOC: Give up your seat – CCTVs are watching
- AngryAngMo: How Singapore Failed the Vulcano – A story of greed

Life, the universe and everything
- still me: Game theory and the job market – why it never pays to be honest in the interview
- New Asia Republic: Transitioning from a salaried worker to a student
- ambiguity: Further Analysis
- Aussie Pete: Lest We Forget – ANZAC Day 2010, Singapore
- Balderdash: Singapore: world capital of the city-dormitory (Part 1)
- TOC: Director Ivan Heng of W!ld Rice on his Animal Farm
- Cooler Insights: Earth Movie Review – Spectacular and Sobering
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: You can’t make fun of Hitler on Youtube anymore
- Mindblogging Stuff: How to pronounce Eyjafjallajokull

Infoblogoramus
- Rachel Zeng: Labour Day Picnic
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 24 Apr-1 May

Selected News Stories
- The Star: New migrants are hungrier
- Asia Sentinel: Singapore Officials Show Some Spine
- The Borneo Post: Can Innovation Thrive in Singapore?
- NYT: TV Debates Shape British Election, for Good or Ill
- NYT: Challenging the Limits of Open Society
- The Big Picture: 10 Things You Don’t Know (or were misinformed) About the GS Case
- NYT Wheels: Beijing Auto Show
- NASA: NASA’s New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images

April 26th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

“There is one C that describes our society so well – that C is COMPETITION.”
Lucky Tan

“…Singapore’s political system was just one economic crisis away from collapse.”
Yawning Bread

“…because of its unintellectual and patronising delivery of message, religion, in the hands of the government, becomes either a bogyman to worry over or a spoil child who must be appeased.”
groundnotes

“But how does a fare hike become a fare cut?”
Abhijit

“The Singapore system of education must recapture the meaning of “moulding the future of our nation”.”
zachisaiahchia

“…he is going out on a whim and looking like just another civil servant.”
Tau Hua Boy

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April 24th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Blowin’ In The Wind: The Great Singapore Transport Overhaul
- Tattooed Banker: Public transport

Countdown to Elections
- Singapore Alternatives: Politics as Public Service – Just a little Sacrifice
- Suppoert Site for the Unemployed: Temasek Holdings Secret: $8 Billion Incurred In Administrative Cost in Year 2009! [Thanks lim]
- The Temasek Review: Temasek Review to set up Policy Forum to provide alternative vision for Singapore

Re education
- deadpris: Reply to Mr Lee Beng Tat (Tard)
- Singapore Life and Times: Do your math

Gahmen and New Real Media
- TOC: Have we lost our ability to appreciate?

Daily Discourse
- Want some tau huay?: Just another civil servant after all.
- Trapper’s Swamp: This is nothing short of shameful
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Increasing Art Appreciation In Singapore
- funny little world: So I have an Engrish name.

Life, the universe and everything
- Small steps for Social PR: Andrew Peters, Singapore’s resident social media marketing guru, moves on to Heaven 2.0

Good bye, blue sky…

Selected News Stories
- Teacher Magazine: Singapore’s City Upon a Hill
- Lushhomemedia: IMF flags ‘bubble trouble’ in Asia
- The Diplomat: Can You Teach Democracy?
- Washington Post: Our challenge: Keeping the Internet open
- Fast Company: Do Something: Let’s Hear It for the Little Guys
- NewMoney: Explore new US$100 note
- SMH: Woman gets Chinese accent after bad migraine
- Al Jazeera: Cyberwar. A conflict without footsoldiers, guns, or missiles. [Broadcast times]
- Guardian: World Expo 2010 in Shanghai

April 23rd, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Aya Hirayama 平山あや (平山绫) is a Japanese actress best known (to me anyway) for her roles in Water Boys, Tokyo Tower and Haruka 17 (as the lead Haruka). Hirayama is a protege of Japanese talent agency Hori Production, where she first auditioned at the age of 14. Under Hori, she learnt to sing, dance and act. She did photo shoots, TV commercials, TV variety show appearances and dramas, before making her movie debut in 2000. Hirayama’s latest film is “Kagehinata ni Saku” (Bloom in the shade), where she plays a struggling pop singer in Akihabara.

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April 23rd, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- FOOD fuels me to talk: LTA, gimme seamless travel lah!
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Public transport fares
- TOC: 2.5% fare reduction for all – except for when it rises!
- Trapper’s Swamp: Public transport fares vaguely revised
- Musings From the Lion City: The One To Blame
- My Little Corner: Distance Based Fares from 3 Jul 2010
- ST Forum: Bus, train fare system must be fair to all

Countdown to Elections
- Sgpolitics.net: SDP to PMO: Leave Bukit Panjang as a single-seat constituency
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The Subtlety of Gutter Politics
- choongyong.com: Vote18 Campaign

Re education
- Zach’s Thought Blot: A Foolish Fiasco

Religion
- Irreligious: Shifting grounds

Lee vs Chee
- Simply Gab: SDP Acquittal Recinded — the very definition of poor judgment

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Donkey: Mah Bow Tan falls into Straits of Johor after mistakenly thinking that Singapore is landlocked
- TOC: Here to provide a listening ear
- My Thoughts: Ezycash – enabling you to pay more than necessary [Thanks Ganga]
- Singapore Peak Oil: Recent Peak Oil Headlines Ignored by Singapore Media
- Singapore Bikers Forum: Facebook comments on Riders [Thanks BT]
- EDMW: (GPGT) Does anyone have a friend like this? Are you proud to be his friends? [Thanks BT]

Selected News Stories
- BBC: Britons ponder whether to pay organ donors
- Google Blog: Greater transparency around government requests
- NYT: The Rise of Asia’s Universities
- Business Insider: CHART OF THE DAY: Now YOU Can Understand How The Goldman Abacus Deal Worked
- The Frame: Shuttle Discovery’s 15-day mission to the space station [large photos]

April 22nd, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: Five Reasons Why It Is Difficult To Dislodge The PAP From Power (Part 2)
- TOC: NSP’s Goh Meng Seng pledges to sell flat to fund election bid
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Sham elections and the fear of voting for the opposition

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- TOC: Transport fares reduction: For better or for worse?
- Blowin’ In The Wind: When is a fare hike a fare cut?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The god has spoken

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Doctor and Hospital Watch: Doc Drugs

Religion
- Trapper’s Swamp: Don’t legitimise government intervention in religion

Daily Discourse
- It’s all about Amelioration: Of Policies & Contradictions [Thanks Nabs]
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Reaching Everyone For Active Citizenry @ Home (REACH): The Experience
- Jacob 69er: Singaporeans for Democracy to highlight PAP’s political discrimination to UN Special Rapporteur

Life, the universe and everything
- pinkdot.sg: When one door closes, a closet door opens: A Singaporean mother’s appeal to parents of LGBT sons and daughters [Thanks J]
- Siew Kum Hong: Feeding community cats
- Open Contours: Green Revelation
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Singapore 360 – Day 31: Wave House Sentosa [Thanks Major]

Selected News Stories
- Bernama: Singapore Distances Itself From Tehran Nuclear Conclusion
- Bloomberg: Merrill Suit Against Ex-Private-Banking Client Begins
- WSJ: Costs Continue to Mount for Asian Airlines
- Asia Pacific Voices: South Korea Determined to Uncover Tragedy’s Cause
- BBC: Google reveals government data requests and censorship
- NYT: Gambling With the Economy
- Business Insider: 20 Winners And Losers From The Goldman Sachs Fraud Accusations
- NYT Econimix: Value-Added Taxes: A Primer

April 21st, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

It seems like an Apple employee lost the new, unreleased iPhone in a pub. Someone picked it up and sold it to Gizmodo. There is hardly any doubts that its a fake now as Apple has written to Gizmodo requesting the phone back. But I’m not sure if Gizmodo will still be invited to any Apple event in the future. We’ll see.

Personally, I think it’s the real iPhone. But it is most likely a Prototype with rough edges. I don’t think Apple will ship a device with a seam/gap at the side. They would most likely use a single piece of metal. The hardware would most likely be the same. The look will most likely be improved. We will know the answer on 22 June when Apple is rumored to be releasing the new iPhone.

Oh, and if that iPhone is for real, then I guess all Telcos should start stocking up on MicroSIM card. Else we will all need to cut our existing SIM card down to MicroSIM size. Damn, I hate this MicroSIM thing.

News
- Gizmodo: This Is Apple’s Next iPhone
- Gizmodo: How Apple Lost the Next iPhone
- Gizmodo: A Letter: Apple Wants Its Secret iPhone Back
- MacDailyNews: RUMOR: Apple to unveil next-gen iPhone on June 22
- TechCrunch: Steve Jobs Reiterates: “Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone”
- TechGoondu: iPad lands in Singapore
- PCWorld: Adobe Announces Flash for Android Beta Testing
- TechGoondu:Use a laptop to learn how to throw a grenade
- Arstechnica: 1Gbps fiber for $26 in Hong Kong
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Twitter for BlackBerry
- Cnet: It’s time to fight the copyright police state
- Library of Congress: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Opera Mini now available on iPhone

Reviews | Guides
- Leeminencegrise: Samsung NX10

April 21st, 2010 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Differentiating between PRs and S’poreans?
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: The Singaporean-PR gap
- TWC2: A letter to the National Wages Council
- My sketchbook: Welcoming immigrants

Housing Singaporeans
- FOOD fuels me to talk: Nuts to promise affordable homes for all
- Blowin’ in the wind: Old geezers, young hopefuls and dream homes
- Salary.sg: Property Prices Are Too High

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: Five Reasons Why It Is Difficult To Dislodge The PAP From Power (Part 1)
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Personal sacrifice by Goh Meng Seng

Charlie Rose with MiniLee
- Yawning Bread: Singapore’s political system a one-legged stool

Gahmen and New Real Media
- TOC: Astroturfing – a nuisance, or a brave new world of activism?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- TOC: Worth implementing Pre-Employment Grant

Religion
- groundnotes: Religion in the public sphere
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Intrusion into Common Space, Tolerance and Respect

Daily Discourse
- ambiguity: The Words of Wisdom, Let Them Be.
- Small steps for Social PR: Audi Fashion Show 2010 Open Casting Not So Open To Local Models And Comments
- voix.deviant: dragged by gender role? [Thanks Ian]

Life, the universe and everything
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Seriously people, Flashmob doesn’t need to be just dancing
- The Long and Winding Road: Saying hello to an old acquaintance

Infoblogoramus
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: @HTC having a contest on the 10th anniversary of the iPAQ

Selected News Stories
- The Economist: You can’t keep ‘em down
- NYT: Looters in Loafers
- NYT: Cows on Drugs
- NYT Education Life: How to Learn Something for Nothing
- Reuters: Modern Etiquette: We interrupt this meeting for an email
- The Frame: Iceland volcano part two
- The Big Picture: More from Eyjafjallajokull [large photos]

Source: Jim Morin, The Miami Herald

April 20th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Housing Singaporeans
- On Nation and State: Property market fever: What can we do?
- The Temasek Review: Why Mah Bow Tan’s policy of high HDB flat prices is wrong
- Sgpolitics.net: HDB Caught Red-handed Bending Its Own Rules
- Singapore Aspirations: On housing and wealth creation
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Looking deeper into Singapore’s real estate administration

Charlie Rose with MiniLee
- The Temasek Review: PM Lee: Our (political) system is based on “meritocracy”
- TOC: Tired of the government’s libel suits
- Singapore Recalcitrant: A Plausible Revelation
- Charlie Rose: with Lee Hsien Loong Transcript [tab next to Comment tab]

Countdown to Elections
- TOC: That RP CEC meeting – Ng Teck Siong reveals more
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Protecting minorities and their rights in Singapore
- The Temasek Review: Reform Party attacked again over its “internal politics” in Straits Times

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Understanding the Singaporean Dream…
- Sgpolitics.net: SDP meets Teo Ho Pin; MP rejects call to stop Sheng Siong

CPF
- TOC: CPF restoration now – is it really good news?

Re education
- funny little world: Who deserves a university education?
- singularity industries: Do We Really Need To Teach Politics?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: COE and car prices
- Singapore’s Land Transport: New MRT map… updated with Circle Line Phase 2 Opening

Religion
- Yawning Bread: Where religious freedom ends

Daily Discourse
- Trapper’s Swamp: Ionescu, political scapegoat?
- I’m getting personal: Towards becoming Little China
- TOC: The elephant in the bedroom: Talking about sex
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Goldman charged with fraud by SEC
- Because you’ve got eyes on you: Why I don’t read The Tema-suck Review anymore [Thanks logna]

Life, the universe and everything
- Small steps for Social PR: Twitter conversations about Eunos bus accident
- Wild Shores of Singapore: More flaring up at Pulau Bukom

Infoblogoramus
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 17-24 Apr

Selected News Stories
- Free Malaysia Today: Reunion with Singapore: Toss it out!
- Seeking Alpha: A GDP Canary in the Inflation Coal Mine
- The Economic Times: More space sought for professionals in Singapore
- LiveDealer.org: Adelson’s Marina Bay Sands Casino in Singapore will be Epic!
- The Age: The impossible dream
- Reuters: Factbox: How Goldman’s ABACUS deal worked
- NYT Dealbook: S.E.C. Accuses Goldman of Fraud in Mortgage Deal
- Boston.com: Earthquake in Yushu, China
- Plog: Iceland’s Volcano Disrupts Travel [large pics]
- The Frame: Volcanic Ash Blankets Europe [photos]

April 19th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

“They worry – but for a Singapore as abstraction, not the nation as people.”
Khairulanwar Zaini

“There is a clear difference between growing one’s population via immigration and replacing one’s native population by importation..”
The Temasek Review

“…regardless of system, I think the greater issue here is of transparency and accountability to its people.”
Nabs

“…we are insufferable materialist. Nothing titillates our senses more than the Bang & Olufsen system, BMW car or Hermes bag.”
Nabs

“…I find it hard to understand how [Al Jazeera English] does not “enhance mio TV’s channel offerings”, especially when its existing news channels are euronews, Russia Today and CCTV 9.”
Chan Tau Chou

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April 17th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

Housing Singaporeans
- Singaporean Skeptic: Nice Book Keeping.

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: The scourge of personality-driven politics within the Singapore opposition

Poor, homeless, jobless, old in Stingypore
- Small steps for Social PR: Can Dentsu’s MOM campaign change MP Ong Ah Heng’s views on hiring silver-hair workers?

Re education
- Want some tau huay?: Politics are already being taught in the classroom

The elite uncaring face
- It’s all about Amelioration: The Elitist Chauvinist Pig [Thanks nabs]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Lianain Films: Problem-solving, MOM-style

Religion
- Covered In His Blood: Religion and the Public Space [Thanks Paul]

Daily Discourse
- Trapper’s Swamp: The answer is community moderation
- The Temasek Review: Singapore media censored World Movement for Democracy meeting at Jakarta
- My Little Corner: Worry about business competitiveness? Yeah right
- Musings From the Lion City: Pressure to Win?
- The Secret Political Blog: Teenage demonstrators threaten national security
- Flying Low: Yes, let’s annoy me (or not)

Selected News Stories
- ST Forum: Clients need better rights
- Reuters: China can learn from Singapore’s revaluation
- Guardian: Collaborate or dry up, US editors told
- NYT: Poll Finds Pessimism Among Print and Broadcast Journalists
- NYT The Lede: Video From British Leaders’ Debate on Domestic Issues
- Crossing Wall Street: Truth about the Markets and Investing
- NYT The Lede: Video of Earthquake Damage in China
- Boston.com: Journeys to the International Space Station [large pics]
- Boston.com: Iceland’s disruptive volcano [large pics]

April 16th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

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April 16th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (2)

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: PAYM policy forum: Now I know why flats are “affordable”? (Part 2)
- The Temasek Review: Letter to Mah Bow Tan: Singaporean unable to buy resale flat due to HDB policies
- Trapper’s Swamp: Fallen through the technicality cracks
- Ravi Philemon: Jacob and Sally

Countdown to Elections
- TOC: Flawed opposition strategy and next GE
- New Asia Republic: Reality check for opposition unity
- ambiguity: Heavy Heart Says There Must Be Change

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PAP Govt gets really ridiculous!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Transport woes in Singapore..
- aCeMaSk: Gripe about SMRT Bus Service [Thanks DK]

The elite uncaring face
- The Secret Political Blog: Students from top schools embarrassed to identify themselves

Lee vs Chee
- ST Forum: PAP just as confrontational, replies Chee

Daily Discourse
- New Asia Republic: What is inflation?
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Prime Minister’s Forum With REACH Contributors: Some Thoughts
- TOC: Al Jazeera English taken off air — whose loss is it?
- It’s all about Amelioration: Capitalism in Crisis
- The Temasek Review: What’s really ailing Mustafa Center?
- voix.deviant: Porny Love-Hate Relationship [Thanks Ian]

Life, the universe and everything
- Good Morning Yesterday: Can you remember the procedure for borrowing books at the old National Library? [Thanks DK]
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Doodle4Google Singapore

Selected News Stories
- Japan Times: Whither goes Chinese identity?
- WSJ: Singapore’s Growth Signals Recovery in Asia
- Bloomberg: Singapore’s Revaluation May Spur China, South Korea (Update1)
- Asia Pacific Voices: Thailand’s ruling party faces dissolution
- NYT: 10 Simple Google Search Tricks
- RNW: Iceland – world’s first free speech haven?
- NYT Economix: Mapping World Debt
- Business Insider: Map Of The Day: Are You Sitting On Top Of A Ton Of Spent Nuclear Fuel?
- Reuters: Check out the new Reuters Financial Glossary
- Reuters: “Fat dissolving” spa treatment no such thing: FDA

April 15th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment