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Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: 1st World Country, 3rd World Wage Structure?
- New Asia Republic: Are Private Security Guards Paid According to Regulations?

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Vincent Cheng not allowed to speak..
- The Asia File: Painful history: Academic freedom receives another blow in Singapore

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Singapore
- funny little world: Call me a “spoilt princess”; I still won’t go out with you.
- Flying Low: ..and again
- ST Forum: Birth-rate issue shouldn’t be seen as a battle of genders

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Perils Of Standardised Examinations
- Flying Low: Competition

Housing Singaporeans
- Yours Truly Singapore: Property: Do something drastic or do nothing?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: MRSA infections in hospitals – who bears the responsibility?
- Singapore M.D.: Yet more about MRSA…

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Badminton players suspended

National Service
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: The Issue of NS for Singaporean Men

Singapore Coloring
- The Gigamole Diaries: Census definitions of race and ethnicity

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- Singapore Dino: The KTM land deal
- The Star: Moving on to the future

Religion
- Irreligious: Rev. Kong Hee explains oversight [Thanks YKWYA]
- The Logical Christian: Pastor Kong Hee Explains His “Oversight”

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Life and Times: Singapore Life and Times
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Singapore Government agencies: feet of clay?
- The Temasek Review: Lee continues to cast long shadow over Singapore
- voix.deviant: Vulgarities vs Moral Values [Thanks Ian]
- Sex sells, so does Politics: The Young PAP with its highly successful Facebook fan page of less than 3,400 fans
- ST Forum: Puzzled by bank policy on Giro payments by credit card

Life, the universe and everything
- Wild Shores of Singapore: Oil spill on Chek Jawa: what’s the impact?
- Streetwars Singapore 2010: It’s Over – Our side of the story
- Balderdash: No wonder we have a Mason Lodge!
- Alamak: Micro SIMs: Telcos Show Their Greed
- Adventures and random brain waves: Germany wins Eurovision Song Contest

Selected News Stories
- NYT: Singapore Tries to Green Up Its Act
- Global Voices Online: Oil spill disaster in Singapore
- NST: Oil sludge hits 30km of Johor beaches
- The Star: Clean-up first, then consider our fuel future
- NYT Gadgetwise: A Guide to Facebook’s New Privacy Settings
- BBC: Buyers’ Guide – Laptops

May 31st, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

“It is like letting a fox loose in the chicken coop!”
Constance Singam

“..there is a culture of collective historical amnesia amongst Singaporeans.”
guanyinmiao

“These frightful harridans, how dare they believe they should marry to get something out of marriage?”
Magical Chicken

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May 29th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

Singaporeans, a dying breed
- ST Forum: Is S’pore a nation of spoilt princesses?

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Ex-detainee Vincent Cheng barred from speaking in history seminar [event info]

The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee
- ST Forum: Separation from Malaysia: How crucial was Dr Goh’s role?

National Service
- Gerald Giam: MINDEF’s culture of secrecy
- Singaporean Skeptic: Senile Minister doesn’t get it.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- The Long and Winding Road: Blood and politics at the Cape of Stakes
- Bernama Shahrir: Ridiculous To Pretend KTM Land In Singapore Is Malaysian Territory
- The Star: A good deal for Malaysia
- My Sinchew: The bilateral relations

Mother Tongue
- My Very Own Glob: How do you say U-turn in your mother tongue?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries Lapses in audit? Suggest they check if MOE’s budget for medical education has been appropriately used.
- The Gigamole Diaries: MRSA infection rates in Singapore hospitals

Religion
- TVD: TVD’s Picks: Cheat Pastors? ZOMG

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Electricity, Unemployment, Healthcare, CPF : Why is transparency of statistics so important?
- TOC: Opacity from MAS concerning some foreign stock counters
- department of crappy engineering: eat with your family everyday

Life, the universe and everything
- Small steps for Social PR: Singapore’s upload speeds slower than Mongolia and Laos #$!
- The Asia File: It’s what’s on the inside that counts: a review of Singapore’s casinos
- Wild Shores of Singapore: What is being done about the oil spill? (27 May)

Infoblogoramus
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 29 May-5 Jun

Have a good Vesak Day weekend

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

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- TOC: Workers cheer NWC recommendations?
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Singapore’s Economic Recovery Not Without Costs

National Service
- Mr Wang Says So: “But I Didn’t Tell A Lie … I Just Didn’t Tell The Whole Truth” – The SAF
- TOC: Costa Rica – a nation without an army
- ST Forum: Ambassador replies to MM’s remarks about Costa Rica

Singaporeans, a dying breed
- Barnyard Chorus: A nation of WTF

We are against capital punishment
- For Want of a Better Title: Yong Vui Kong v PP [2010] SGCA 20

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- Free Malaysia Today: Did Najib swap KTM land to settle RM363b debt?

Re education
- ST Forum: Student community projects should serve real needs

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Int’l non-governmental coalition launches campaign to divest ST Engineering of $1 billion
- Sgpolitics.net: My awakening: political education of an ordinary Singaporean student
- I’m getting personal: Whose side are you on?
- The Asia File: Britain did not give aid to Singapore
- Loyalty is Orange: The Death of Online Gaming

Life, the universe and everything
- funny little world: funny little world wins blog awards!
- deadpris: Blogger “begging” for breast implants
- WIT at TheTransitCafe: Inside Marina Bay Sands
- Wild Shores of Singapore: Any crude on our shores? (26 May)

Selected News Stories
- WSJ: UPDATE: Singapore Manufacturing Grows At Fastest In 26 Years
- WSJ: GIC Real Estate Considers IPO
- The Asia Mag: So You Think You Know Pakistan?
- BBC: In graphics: Eurozone in crisis
- NYT Bits: Q and A: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s Chief

May 27th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: 6,700 S’poreans’ foreign spouses denied long-term visit pass or PR each year
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: DBS: Another FT goof

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Minimum wage

Housing Singaporeans
- My Little Corner: Releasing more reserve sites may not lower the cost for buyers

Twilight in Paradise
- ST Forum: Pay cut for older workers: What’s SIA’s policy?

Mother Tongue
- Magnet Moon: Did Singapore government deliberately dilute Mother tongue?

YOG
- Loyalty is Orange: The Orenji Headlines: Get excited about the YOG damnit!

National Service
- Singaporean Skeptic: Do you really think Malaysia is out to get you?

Religion
- under a Pipala Tree: A choice Vesak [Thanks Danny]

Daily Discourse
- Trapper’s Swamp: Violence on the news underlines need for voluntary community service
- The Temasek Review: Inter-Korea conflict may endanger Singapore’s investments in Northeast China
- Gerald Giam: Need a seat? Just ask for it!
- The Observer sleeping with Mr Depression & Mr HIV: “Human Rights” VS ‘Human’ Rights.

Life, the universe and everything
- funny little world: More Reflections on Bangladesh – Being A Woman
- Loh and Behold: Learning Chinese
- Empty Vessel: On being mono-skilled

Infoblogoramus
- Otterman speaks: Come enjoy the atmosphere at the Assisi Hospice Charity Fun Day on Sunday 29 May 2010

Selected News Stories
- NYT Gadgetwise: From Singapore, a Tale of Expensive Data Roaming
- NYT: Heartland of Thailand, Still Angry and Divided
- The Globe and Mail: In Thailand’s north, the Red Shirt revolt lives on
- Reuters: UK government plans political reform
- Guardian: State opening of UK parliament (18 pictures)
- The Daily Finance: The New York Times vs. Bloggers Debate Heats Up
- GOOD Blog: Scientists May Have Discovered the Origin of Life
- FlowingData: Most influential people on Twitter – Cosmic 140

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

News
- TechieLobang: LG Launches LG Mini (GD880) in Singapore
- JustinLee.sg: Nokia Ovi Store offers exclusive Barkingseed Games
- TechGoondu: Do-it-yourself: Update your Nexus One to ver 2.2 aka Froyo
- TechieLobang: Refinery Media that Brought SuperModelMe Inked Deal with Foursquare
- TechGoondu: HP powers data centres with cow manure
- Tech65: Apple iPad 3G (16GB) Unbox
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: BlackBerry phones and the magnetic holster

Reviews | Guides
- i-digITall.com: Sony Handycam DCR-SR68 Review
- TechieLobang: HTC Desire Review, First Thought
- Tech65: Creative Wireless Speakers First Look
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Review: Motorola Backflip

May 26th, 2010 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Our Collective Historical Amnesia: Failure Of “National Education”
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MM Lee’s Eulogy..

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- TOC: Will we have a smaller electricity bill?
- My Little Corner: Inflation is up 3.2%
- SingStat.gov: The CPI in Apr 2010 rose by 0.9% over Mar 2010 due mainly to higher costs of transport, housing and “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI went up by 0.9%. [PDF]

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- Musings From the Lion City: Landmark Going
- The Long and Winding Road: Having to bid farewell to another old friend?
- The Malaysian Insider: KL agrees to vacate historic Singapore train station

We are against capital punishment
- covered in his blood: Christians and the Death Penalty – Just not Mandatory [Thanks Paul]

National Service
- I’m getting personal: Conscription

Religion
- Irreligious: City Harvest rectifying plagiarised articles [Thanks Terence]
- It’s all about Amelioration: Knowledge is Strength المعرفة قوّة، العلمُ قوّة

Daily Discourse
- The Temasek Review: Making a Case for Public Referendums
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Internet Control and Auto-regulation in Singapore (PDF)
- The Temasek Review: PAP’s classic three-fold propagandist tactic to brainwash unsuspecting Singaporeans
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: 23 years after Operation Spectrum : Ex-detainees recall mental and physical abuses

Life, the universe and everything
- EcoWalktheTalk: President’s Cancer Panel: Environmental causes of cancer underestimated [Thanks Bhavani]
- Abdillah Zamzuri: Rusticity In Modern Singapore
- blankanvas: 100% LOVE. 100% MINI.
- Cooler Insights: A Visual Tour of Shanghai World Expo
- Webs@Work: BBC: The Virtual Revolution

Infoblogoramus
- Balderdash: Survey on Gen Y

Selected News Stories
- Bloomberg: Temasek Loses Final Indonesia Antitrust Breach Appeal (Update2)
- NYT Arts: In Singapore, Musical Theater That Prefers Its Own Local Flavor
- Bloomberg: Temasek Loses Final Appeal on Indonesian Anti-Monopoly Ruling
- WIT at TheTransitCafe: Eyewitness reports from Bangkok: The aftermath
- FT.com: AIA chief in threat to quit over Pru deal
- BBC: Why Prudential gambles on Asian growth
- Reuters: Politics redraws the investment map in South East Asia
- The Economist: Who’s at risk? [to the Euro]
- Ritholtz: Lessons for the Apprenticed Investor
- Quote and Comment: Speech on “How Power Handles Public Scrutiny”

May 25th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Re education
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Are teachers overworked?
- Flying Low: A Teacher’s Job
- Growing your tree of prosperity: My views on how Singapore can adopt the Liberal Arts.

We are against capital punishment
- covered in his blood: Yong Vui Kong loses appeal – It’s up to the politicians now [Thanks paul]
- singularity industries: The Value Of Life

Singaporeans, a dying breed
- Singapore Life and Times: Where are the young ones?
- Trapper’s Swamp: That sound you hear is the collective jerking of knees

Twilight in Paradise
- ST Forum: Changing pay-cut mindset: Govt-linked firms must take lead

CPF
- TOC: CPF: can’t withdraw more at 55 even with property pledge?

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Gerald Giam: Is Clause 258 really a reproduction of a section of the Evidence Act?
- Yawning Bread: Compounding the question of compounding offences

The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee
- TOC: Thank you for doing your best – a tribute to Dr Goh Keng Swee
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Singapore is forever indebted to Dr Goh Keng Swee
- i have succumbed to peer pressure: Let’s not forget who the rapists are.
- The Star: Goh leaves behind some unanswered questions [Thanks Gerald]

Little Green Dot
- ST Forum: Face up to the green fact

Religion
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: Our Daily Sacrilege

Daily Discourse
- TOC: State’s decisions threat to secular society
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Weekend Thoughts..
- Laïcité: Karma and the Just World Fallacy
- The Rot Within: Attrition

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: A refreshing way to engage bloggers
- Subba’s Serendipitous moments: Can trauma be healed?

Selected News Stories
- The Star:New generation, renewed ties
- WSJ: Singapore Bling
- Telegraph: Did Britain really need to give millions to the wealthy state of Singapore?
- NYT: The Real World Cup Prize? Broadcast Rights
- NYT: Do Leaders Make History, or Is It Beyond Their Control?
- Room for Debate: What Will Wall Street Look Like Next Year?
- NYT High and Low Finance: Naked Truth on Default Swaps
- BBC: ‘Artificial life’ breakthrough announced by scientists Q&A
- Guardian: Scientists create first synthetic cell (6 pictures)

May 24th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

“..every Singaporean worth his or her salt would agree that justice must not only be done, but be seen to be done.”
Pritam Singh

“I cannot find the words to adequately express the disappointment and anger that I feel.”
Kirsten

“Read, search, understand, analyze, then judge. As a citizen of Singapore, you owe it to yourself.”
Nabs

“The only Renaissance that appears to be happening is that of conservatism.”
Ho Rui An

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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May 22nd, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (1)

KNN GoDaddy is under siege. The is the second time in a month. :(

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Here’s a report from WPSecurityLock

We are against capital punishment
- singularity industries: The Value Of Life

Countdown to Elections
- Sgpolitics.net: The PAP system works? Then why are so many leaving?

Mother Tongue
- FOOD fuels me to talk: PM, give adult S’poreans better chance
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Rethinking Singapore’s Linguistic Education

Singaporeans, a dying breed
- Trapper’s Swamp: True gender equality benefits men and women
- The Temasek Review: 8 reasons why Singaporeans should just leave Singapore

Pinkdot
- Sam’s thoughts: A Pink Dot for Singapore

Daily Discourse
- ambiguity: Small Penis Syndrome
- Loh and Behold: Yeo’s Yo-yo
- motochan: On Philip Yeo and his “Storm in an ‘Apple’ Teacup”
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Dissent leads to creative thinking that is essential for productivity

Life, the universe and everything
- The Long and Winding Road: The gateway to the roads that lay to the south of Singapore

Infoblogoramus
- Small steps for Social PR: “Live” streaming of Samsung’s bada developers day in Singapore
- Jacob 69er: {New Book} Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock

Selected News Stories
- Asia Pacific Journal of Education: Teachers’ motivation to teach national education in Singapore: a self-determination theory approach [US$30]
- The Daily Indian: Rise of ethical Gambling
- Reuters: Singapore, Hong Kong most open to trade – report
- The Malaysia: The Malaysia-Singapore Food Fight
- The Lede: Amateur Video Shows Fires in Bangkok and Northeastern Thailand
- The Big Picture: Crackdown in Bangkok [Large pics]
- The Frame: Deadly mayhem grips Bangkok [large pics]
- NYT Dealbook: Clients Worried About Goldman’s Dueling Goals
- Reuters: Stressing to do the best for the kids? Don’t, expert says
- Reuters: Asian moms hooked on Internet for children, selves: study
- Guardian: Art theft in Paris (12 pictures)

One Minute Survey on Dietary Trends
VegVibe magazine is conducting a dietary trends survey to investigate whether the awareness of the need for a healthier diet has impacted the dietary choices of Singaporeans. Using a simple single-matrix interface, the survey should not take more than 1 minute to complete and will go a long way in representing the dietary behaviour of Singaporeans. This is the first time that such a poll is being conducted and I hope that you will provide your input (via the link below) and also forward this email to all Singaporeans on your contact list, thanks.

Survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/85L9QRL Thanks Ganga

May 21st, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

MuQi MiYa 母其弥雅 (born 20 May 1987) is a well known model in China. The Yunnan native began modeling at the age of 14 and after 8 years, she has established herself as an advertiser darling who fronts regular promotion campaigns for companies. She is best known as China’s most beautiful yoga instructor, a title given by Chinese netizens after she released a yoga pictorial and demonstrated her yoga chops in a TV programme. Besides being a professional Yoga instructor, MuQi MiYa is also a dancer and a Taekwondo master. In the 2010 Tencent Auto Show 腾讯车展, MuQi Miya won the “Favorite Leading Lady” Award, the highest award in the event.

Pictures after the break.
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May 21st, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (8)

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Impossible to determine if fewer foreigners were accepted
- Trapper’s Swamp: Anecdotal evidence vs anecdotal evidence
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: The quitter quits Singapore
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Foreign Talent and Workers in Qatar (sounds like Singapore too)

The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee
- The Temasek Review: Why Singaporeans do not owe Goh Keng Swee or other PAP leaders a “debt” of gratitude

Re education
- ST Forum: Style without substance for kids?

Religion
- Barnyard Chorus: Drawing Mohammed
- Irreligious: So who copied who?
- Loyalty is Orange: Question proselytizing, but do not dismiss it

Daily Discourse
- Trapper’s Swamp: No due process please, we’re Singaporean
- TOC: Bloggers – enemies of the State? (Part One)
- ambiguity: 3 Attempts In A Day

Life, the universe and everything
- WIT at TheTransitCafe: Video hasn’t killed the rock band, but could it kill text?
- boo-n-bouquet: Irony of Tiger Airways
- The Kent Ridge Common: Singapore Arts Fest 2010 – Between You and Me
- Wild Shores of Singapore: NEW blog – Cyrene Exposed!

Infoblogoramus
- Eros Coaching: Free Workshop: How to Release Stress and Tension

Selected News Stories
- Guardian: Singapore is still out of step on death penalty policy
- ABC: Casino business is community business
- AlJazeeraEnglish Youtube: Thaksin’s lawyer speaks to Al Jazeera on Thai crisis
- Huffington Post: Goldman Sachs Publicly Supports Financial Reform, But Fights It With Lobbyists
- Yahoo Finance: Fraud Alert

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

We are against capital punishment
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Generalisations With Capital Punishment In Singapore
- Rachel Zeng: Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign statement on dismissal of Yong Vui Kong’s appeal
- Balderdash: Another merry-go-round (on Drugs, the Death Penalty for Trafficking, and working towards Goals other than Ideals)

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Gigamole Diaries: Singapore population growth
- MHA: Oral Answer to Parliamentary Qns (a) how many applications for Long Term Visit Passes, both new and for renewal, were received and what were the respective success rates; (b) what was the no. of applications for PR and how many were successful; (c) what was the no. of applications for SG citizenship and how many were successful; and (d) whether the rejections in each category were in response to the strong sentiments expressed by Singaporeans that there are too many foreigners in SG, 18 May 2010

Mother Tongue
- Trapper’s Swamp: It is political, like it or not, continued

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- department of crappy engineering: media’s fairness on fare

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Ethics of prophylaxis

The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee
- Zach’s Thought Blot: Goh-ing Forth from the Past

Pinkdot
- pinkdot.sg: Views from our Balloon Cam
- TOC: Families speak out – Pink Dot 2010

Religion
- Cheat Grace: Plagiarism again? [via Irreligious]

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Singapore – A Nation or merely a State?
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Farewell To Wet Markets? Farewell To Provision Shops?
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Peranakans are Half-Caste?
- The Temasek Review: Professor Bradley Freeman’s proposal to Media Development Authority

Selected News Stories
- Reuters: UPDATE 1-Singapore’s Wilmar denies Indonesian tax fraud claim
- Reuters: Australia should also probe Goldman – SEC informant
- Visual Economics: Goldman Sachs Under the Microscope
- Reuters: Smartphones get cheaper for mass appeal
- Reuters: LED market faces bright outlook but hurdles remain
- Reuters: Professional social networking booming
- NYT Wheels: Honda Delays the Next Civic
- NYT Wheels: Misconceptions About Fuel Economy

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

We are against capital punishment
- funny little world: First world facade, third world reality?
- Musings From the Lion City: The Law Was Applied
- TOC: Death Penalty for drug offences decline but hundreds still executed

Strangers in a Strange Land
- funny little world: Reflections on Bangladesh – Reciprocity

The Beautifulexpansive Game
- TOC: A world cup for the red-green giants (only)

The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee
- Loh and Behold: So Goh Goes

Religion
- Irreligious: Buddhist brochure promoting ‘polite bigotry’?

Daily Discourse
- TOC: The conservative renaissance – part 2
- Gerald Giam: Criminal Procedure Code: Tilting the law in their own favour
- Yours Truly Singapore: PM Lee on nepotism and his father’s legacy
- The Temasek Review: Four Major Hurdles Faced By Our Jobless Matured PMETs
- The Rot Within: “Realizing” Filial Piety

Life, the universe and everything
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Singapore AIDS CandleLight Memorial 2010
- The Long and Winding Road: The “bright” lights of Prince Edward Road and the Polytechnic by the sea
- All about money: More doomsday scenario..
- Balderdash: Mac Sucks – 17th May 2010

Infoblogoramus
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 15-22 May

Selected News Stories
- Reuters Life: Lasers, iPods, for a Singapore funeral of a lifetime
- BusinessWeek: Singapore Export Growth Accelerates, Boosting Economic Rebound
- New Asia Republic: Stop the killing, urges Thai civil society
- Asia Pacific Voices: South Korea Fires Warning Shots at Border
- Global Post: Analysis: “It’s over” in Iran [Thanks Orenji kun]
- Reuters: Seeking less scrutiny, hedge funds flock to Asia
- NYT DealBook: A Scorecard on Wall Street’s Legal Troubles
- Reuters: Modern Etiquette: Tips for dining for business success
- Gawker: The Seven Most Over-Used Journalistic Cliches

May 18th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Prejudicing a fair trial? The Yong Vui Kong case
- funny little world: Reserving the right to kill blindly.
- Rachel Zeng: Pondering on…
- Trapper’s Swamp: Mandatory death penalty ruled constitutional
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Generalisations With Capital Punishment In Singapore
- New Asia Republic: Death penalty serves no demonstrable criminal justice purpose, says international NGO
- Jacob 69er: Singapore Court of Appeal upholds State-sanctioned murder of Yong Vui Kong
- Singabloodypore: Yong Vui Kong to be Hanged

Countdown to Elections
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Leaky Leak Stories
- TOC: Singaporeans’ rights to social security and public housing

Housing Singaporeans
- Gerlad Giam: WP Forum Speech: We can make public housing affordable again [Vid]
- TOC: Workers’ Party Youth Wing Youthquake HDB public forum
- Trapper’s Swamp: What are we, chopped liver?
- Yours Truly Singapore: Mr Minister, a nice home with nice view now please

Mother Tongue
- ST Forum: No apology for cornering Govt: WP chief
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Did our Education Minister gave us the wrong impression?
- The Star: Caught in a linguistic dilemma

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Temasek Review: What the PAP don’t get it: The half-truths about immigration

Re edcuation
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Singapore’s Education System: Balance Creativity, Pragmatism And Ambition

The Beautifulexpansive Game
- Singapore Life and Times: Kick around

Pinkdot
- pinkdot.sg: Pink Dot 2010: From the heart
- TOC: Pink dotted!
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: The Problem with Pink Dot
- Irreligious: Thorn in the Christian flesh
- My Very Own Glob: Pinkdot 2010

The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee
- Sgpolitics: Words of tribute and remembrance for Dr Goh Keng Swee
- Singapore Alternatives: A Tribute to a National Icon – Dr. Goh Keng Swee
- Tan Kin Lian: Dr. Goh Keng Swee’s immense contribution to Singapore
- The Gigamole Diaries: Good leader, or a bad follower….?

Daily Discourse
- It’s all about Amelioration: The Price of Being Egocentric [Thanks Nabs]
- New Asia Republic: Medical misinformation a concern [Thanks D]
- TOC: The Conservative Renaissance – Part 1
- Leona’s Blog: Khairy Sulaiman’s Arrest Reveals Seamy Side of Singapore’s Gender Politics
- New Asia Republic: National conversations: monopoly no more [Thanks D]

Life, the universe and everything
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Euro : Govt Intervention in the works?
- Angela Leow Gray: StreetWars Singapore shot down after first week [Thanks DK]
- Anonymous_X: A visit to Universal Studios Singapore (definitely will be a regular there!) [Thanks wacky_artz]

Infoblogoramus
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Apply for your NDP 2010 tickets NOW!

Selected News Stories
- Huffington Post: Strict Singapore May Be the Most Surprising Place on Earth
- Global Post: Why Singapore went into the casinos industry
- Huffington Post: Breaking the Public Sector Unions’ Stranglehold on State and Local Governments [via New Asia Republic
- Time: Is Cambodia Dredging its Rivers to Death?
- NYT: The Battle for the Internet
- Guardian: Clashes continue in Bangkok (22 pictures)
- GOOD Blog: Intermission: Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano Erupts in Stop Motion
- The Big Picture: First of the last Space Shuttle launches (42 photos large)

May 17th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

“These are not reasons to take a life.”
Benjamin Cheah

“Come this friday, we either advance, or we stall. We either realise, or we ignore.”
theinkhorn

“I’m wondering if MM Lee is privately rolling his eyes at Ng’s proposed ideas.”
Aaron Ng

“What I worry about this decision is the tacit admission that we need to look good, better than we really are, and so we will change the rules to achieve that goal.”
Callan Tham

“Point 11 in “Making Singapore a Leading Global City”, on improving Singapore’s culture sector is really strange. There is no mention of people at all.”
twasher

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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May 16th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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Mother Tongue
- Sgpolitics: Low Thia Khiang: Govt has made 3 commitments on mother tongue
- Yawning Bread Sampler: Workers’ Party and race politics: cutting it too fine
- Times They Are A-Changin’: Flexi-Weighting For Language

We are against capital punishment
- funny little world: The death penalty myopia.

Re edcuation
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: University rankings — following the wrong star?

Little Green Dot
- TOC: Not a grain of truth in sand export claims, says Cambodian Government

Daily Discourse
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: Jack Neo’s latest tribute to the PAP should be a comedy – How to train your minister :)
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Slice of 70s history – Mass media consumption patterns in Singapore – Summary and Television
- The Rot Within: A Warning for Singapore’s Urban Planners and Marketers

Life, the universe and everything
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Understanding European Weekend Package..
- Musings From the Lion City: Clarification

Infoblogoramus
- pinkdot.sg: Come make Pink Dot 2010; Come make history!

Selected News Stories
- ST Forum: What a shame..
- NYT: South Koreans Put In Most Hours
- Room for Debate: The Twilight of the Welfare State?
- The Lede: Full Text of British Coalition Agreement and Video of Cameron and Clegg News Conference
- The Lede: Underwater Video Shows Oil Gushing From Damaged Pipe into Gulf
- Mint: The Gen Y Guide to Personal Finance
- Guardian: Marrying a younger man increases a woman’s mortality rate
- The Big Picture: Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico

May 14th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Mother Tongue
- Sam’s thoughts: Singapore Mother-Tongue-Tied
- A Serial Number on my Vote: Another supporting rant to someone else’s rant
- Lips Don’t Lie: Mandarin, Malay or Tamil Language is MORE important?
- ST Forum: Happiness… Mum #1: Gratified over status quo
- ST Forum: ..and dismay. Mum #2: Govt should have stood firm

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: The slippery slope, the greasy pole

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: Straits Times plays along to HDB’s COV striptease

Re edcuation
- flaneurose: Singaporean students being exam smart is NOT the problem

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Angry Doctor: Subsidy and Other Preoccupations 21

Little Green Dot
- The Phnom Penh Post: Singapore hits back over sand report

Daily Discourse
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: The Singapore Bubble?
- Fit to Post: The price to pay for being a global city [via TOC]
- Yawning Bread: Issue work permits to sex workers

Life, the universe and everything
- Balderdash: Singapore: world capital of the city-dormitory (Part 3)
- Small steps for Social PR: Facebook Fanpage Fail (FFF): HTC Singapore Fans Revolt

Infoblogoramus
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: bada Developer Day Singapore

Selected News Stories
- Bloomberg: Temasek Invests in Chesapeake, Spends $1.2 Billion on Resources
- PC World: Clouds Hang Over Microsoft Office, SharePoint 2010 Launch
- Popular Science: Gallery: Inside the Pavilions of Expo 2010

May 13th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Mother Tongue
- TOC: Flaws in our education system go beyond mother tongue
- Sam’s thoughts: What’s the problem? Cat got your Mother Tongue?
- Yawning Bread: Mother-tongue policy undermines education and our future [Thanks lary]
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Chickening your way out of bilingualism
- Tan Kin Lian: Mother Tongue Language
- Trapper’s Swamp: PSLE Mother Tongue weightage reduction: mistaking consequence for cause
- Yaw Shin Leong: Was it Our Wrong Impression or Their Strategic Retreat?

We are against capital punishment
- ambiguity: Against The “Trade-Off”
- Trapper’s Swamp: Shanmugam’s misleading defense of the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Singapore official and media claim liberal cities are hotspots for drugs and crimes
- Want some tau huay?: Shanmugam’s own version of ‘For The Greater Good’
- ST Forum: Drug lords may gain from death penalty

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: Kenneth Jeyaretnam washes “dirty linen” with SDA on ST Forum
- ST Forum: Reform Party chief on impasse with SDA

Housing Singaporeans
- Singapore Alternatives: Sell New HDB flats at cost instead of asking citizens to sell flats for retirement

Re edcuation
- Zach’s Thought Blot: Liberal Arts in Singapore?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Singapore’s Public Transportation: In A Fix Over Priority Seats

Little Green Dot
- EcoWalktheTalk: Study ranks Singapore highest in relative Environmental Impact [Thaks Bhavani]
- The Ecologist: The damage caused by Singapore’s insatiable thirst for land

Daily Discourse
- The Rot Within: Thoughts on the ESC report

Life, the universe and everything
- New Asia Republic: Tony Stark on property rights
- Singaporean Skeptic: Are you restricted to the SGX?

Infoblogoramus
- Gerald Giam: Speaking at Workers’ Party forum this Saturday
- loozihan: Aemaer @ 1st Experimental Film Forum (Singapore)

Selected News Stories
- Wise Bread: Read Your Financial Statements Like a Banker
- Reuters: In Indonesia, Twitter takes on social watchdog role
- The Lede: Video of Prime Minister David Cameron’s First Remarks
- NYT Wheels: Car of the Future Could Include Personalized Dashboards
- NYT: Revamped Microsoft Office Will Be Free on the Web
- eWeek: 10 Reasons Why Android Will Dominate the Mobile Market
- Matt McKeon: The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook

May 12th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment