The Singapore Daily

Countdown to Elections
- Icarus Flew Too High: SFD Election Consultation, 2nd October
- Rachel Zeng: Let us take a look at our Parliamentary Elections Act
- The Temasek Review: Why it is important for a by-election to be held at Cheng San-Seletar

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Casino : Crimes, tragedies and lousy jobs..
- Musings From the Lion City: No More Please

Re education
- The Asia File: Leading Yale professor opposes Singapore tie-up [Thanks Ben]

Healthcare & Helthcare Providers
- Singapore M.D.: Great Expectations

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- My sketchbook: MICA on CRC’s recommendations

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Notes: Grandma Deserves Better
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Is Singapore’s Ministry of Law listening? But I have so much more to say!
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Management of gays revisited, part 2
- TOC: TOC’s queries on work safety regulations – MOM responds
- ST Forum: History is not an unchanging narrative

Life, the universe and everything
- under a Pipala Tree: From Marcus Goh’s production notes
- EcoWalktheTalk: Songs for the Environment [Thanks Bhavani]

Infoblogoramus
- Substation Facebook: Conversations 2010: “The Dance Between Two Photographs” by diskodanny [Thanks Noor Effendy]
- GIVE.sg: Our Blog

Selected News Stories
- NYT: Wage Laws Squeeze South Africa’s Poor
- Post-Gazette: Pentagon destroys books critical of Afghan war policy
- Reuters: Analysis: China’s home-grown innovation drive stirs unease
- Reuters: Q+A-What is causing tension between U.S., China?
- DailyTech: Obama Administration to Spy on Citizens Online to Fight “Terror”
- CIO: Is Stuxnet the ‘best’ malware ever?
- NYT: The Social Network Movie Review Roundup
- Animenauts: Review: Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A wakening of the Trailblazer

September 30th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Countdown to Elections
- Ravi Philemon: Competition of ideas is needed for a workable democracy
- nofearSingapore: Electoral Boundaries Review Committee- Must be seen to be fair
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Malaysian MP died on 27 Sept 2010, by-election called
- Geek Is The New Black: Opposition Parties: Reaching Out To New Citizens?
- Geek Is The New Black: Rising Tensions & Widening Cracks – The Road Ahead To Elections
- The Temasek Review: Singapore will not collapse if the opposition wins the next general election
- Musings From the Lion City: The Main Focus
- I’m getting personal: Speeches at the pre-election rally

Minimum Wage
- TOC: Some lower-income workers not included in Workfare
- VotingRp: Minimum Wage

Re education
- Yale Daily News: Free speech a concern for Yale-Singapore college
- My sketchbook: Yale and NUS tie up

Housing Singaporeans
- DE LEVIATHAN @ SG: The Property Bubble & Investment Trap Part IX – Land Bid for Punggol 99 Yr LH EC Condo Site

The Spore floods
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Don’t expect flood-free Singapore

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Chief Justice speaks about judicial review
- Singapore Dino: SLA fraud: Why have review panel’s deliberations not been publicly released?
- Singapore Notes: Curiouser And Curiouser!
- Icarus Flew Too High: The Random Update #1: Bad headlines, lax security and the AMK chicken.
- mengwong: Letter to SG Perm Secs

Life, the universe and everything
- The Base Leg Blog: More on that Singapore M-346 order [Thanks Mike]
- ST Forum: More mio TV technicians, please
- ST Forum: Regulate waiting time for telco services
- TOC: Non-dominant Discourse: Activists in the Arts

Infoblogoramus
- Jacob 69er: Non-Dominant Discourse exhibition extended till 2nd Oct
- SHOP WISE, SAVE LIVES Facebook: Say no to animal cruelty.

Selected News Stories
- Reuters: Analysis: Is it really worth hosting major sporting events?
- The Star: Billionaire Branson calls for break up of large GLCs
- Aidwatch: Solving the mystery of the benevolent autocrat
- Tech65.org: Gear65 #65 – Sony Alpha NEX3
- CNET: Android paid apps coming to Hong Kong and Singapore
- ChaCha: How do other counties pick their leaders? [infographic]

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

The passing of Dr Balaji Sadasivan
- TOC: New twist to the by-election question, but don’t hold your breath
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Beauty of the GRC System to Stifle Democracy
- Singaporeans for Democracy: SFD calls for by-election in Ang Mo Kio GRC
- pressrun.net: Mourning tweets on Dr Balaji’s death

Countdown to Elections
- The Lycan Times: Low Thia Khiang vs. Eric Low
- Loh and Behold: Campaigning has Begun
- TOC: SDP Pre-Rally at Hong Lim Park 2010: Photos

MSK – He’s baaack
- Singapore Notes: Selamat Datang Ke Singapura
- The Void Deck: Flash: Mr Mas Returned and Re-Pwned
- Musings From the Lion City: The Price For Mas Selamat Kastari
- Unbranded Bread n Butter: Breaking The Mas Selamat Code: MSK’s greatest secrets finally revealed.

Minimum Wage
- Yours Truly Singapore: Move beyond left-right debate
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Minimum wages: the South African experience

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Temasek Review: HDB and BCA put up ads to recruit foreigners for PMET positions

Re education
- The Kent Ridge Common: Yale Professor questions if NUS is worth ‘getting into bed’ with
- Mark Oppenheimer: Yale and Singapore, Part Deux
- Yale Daily News: Prof. takes issue with Yale-NUS partnership

Daily Discourse
- journalism.sg: Reflections on journalism education in Singapore
- Balderdash: Venice and its “lesson” for Singapore
- ST Forum: How stress led to a low ranking

Life, the universe and everything
- Mathia Lee: Faith & Violence
- Carpe Diem: Chance Favours the Connected Mind
- Base Leg Aviation News and Photography: Australian Defence Force Airshow at RAAF Williamtown in NSW [1] [2]

Selected News Stories
- BorneoPost: Singapore’s political dynasty: If it works well, who cares!
- The Economic Times: India presses Singapore to open up services sector
- INQUIRER.net: ‘Jueteng’ lords clean money in Singapore
- Jakarta Globe: Jailed Singaporean Terror Suspect Says He’s Ready to Be Extradited
- ScandAsia.com: Helping Singapore’s Poor [Thanks lary]
- AFP: Diverse group protects religious harmony in Singapore
- NYT: Singapore Looks to China for Food Security
- Telegraph: UN ‘to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors’
- The Car Connection: 2011 Subaru Forester: New Engine, Improved Audio

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

Countdown to Elections
- TOC: Low Thia Khiang on Insight report for Hougang Constituency
- Die neue Welle: I am Singaporean VII – “Net Happiness”
- Sgpolitics.net: Democrats set the stage for GE with rally
- Jacob 69er: {Video} Ex-political detainee Vincent Cheng speech at SDP Pre-Election Rally
- New Asia Republic Facebook: SDP Pre-Election Rally [pics] [Thanks Donaldson]
- AP: S’pore opposition party calls for fewer foreigners

Minimum Wage
- New Asia Republic: The Case against Minimum Wage
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: In principle, Workfare is better than minimum wage
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Minimum Wages: Issues
- Yours Truly Singapore: Wages: Workfare’s the long-term answer

Leave no ones behind
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PAP Govt tells others the “Singapore Way” of helping the poor…
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Helping the poor R creative accounting

Housing Singaporeans
- Temasek Hedge: HDB MOP rules apply to land banking scams too. Expect follow up for REITS and Capitaland shares next week.
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: HDB Compounding mistakes

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- The Lycan Times: World Crass EzLink System
- Today Voices: Service 960, another view

Blueprint for a Sin City
- TOC: STB wants offices to waste electricity for F1 ‘wayang’
- Today Voices: Are these gambling booths allowed?

Re education
- Abdillah Zamzuri: Cre-a-ti-vi-ty In Jeopardy
- The Enquirer: NTU’s ranking worries students

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- My Little Corner: Inflation is up 3.3%

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- Today’s Mostly Cloudy: This post has been rated Satirical Comedy

Great Spore Floods
- Singapore Alternatives: Taiwan Government encourages installation of Flood Gates

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Treat people well in their time of need…

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Dino: Good times ahead for Malaysia-Singapore ties?
- catherinelim.sg: Interview in Social Space magazine
- blankanvas: bad blogging behaviour
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Regarding the lady in the “Stressed?” YouTube video

Life, the universe and everything
- Mathia Lee: Tapping from schools of wisdom
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Finally, Singapore and G20
- Empty Vessel: It is easier to write than commit
- The Asia File: Asean fears US support over maritime dispute may alienate China
- motochan: Hacking Term Sheets

Selected News Stories
- The Star: Figures can be so deceptive
- News.com: Katy Perry pokes fun at Sesame Street boob ban on Saturday Night Live

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

“.. both [Standard English and Singish] have value, albeit in different arenas, and most importantly, that both NEED to exist..”
Cordelia Yang

“I have a feeling that education has taught me all about this world, but nothing about myself.”
Liau Chuan Yi and Norvin Chan

“How many choose to have an opinion? How many choose to believe in something? How many are doing what they are doing out of conviction?”
The Truth

“The result? An entire society preferring to tune to foreign media content, our minds shaped by foreign perspectives and values, leading to a weak sense of being Singaporean.”
Au Waipang

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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September 25th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

Singaporeans a dying breed
- Sam’s thoughts: It is time to “kids” and make “marry” in Singapore
- Singapore Notes: Getting Youth To Believe

Minimum Wage
- From Dickinson College Wiki: Minimum Wage: Why Minimum Wage Should be Increased [via Balderdash]
- My sketchbook: A conversation on Minimum wage

Countdown to Elections
- Just my Observation: Vote for PAP MP= (by default) vote for Mr Lim Swee Say?
- Jacob 69er: {Video} SDP’s Young Democrats show the way forward
- Justin Ong Facebook: Voice of a (Reform Party) Volunteer – Walkabout 21/09/2010 Blk 601, 603 & 613 Jurong West St 62

Re education
- New Asia Republic: The race to the top

Housing Singaporeans
- Temasek Hedge: Singapore pushers remain upbeat about the ‘cocaine-high’ market, cites “decoupling” as reason why private property will go up

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Standing Sushi Bar: O citizens and permanent residents, where art thou? [via Balderdash]

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Musings From the Lion City: Nothing But Roadblocks!

We are against capital punishment
- funny little world: Youth For Second Chances

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- FIT: Home Team NSmen to undergo mandatory HIV screening
- The Gigamole Diaries: Mammograms? Much ado about not much, apparently…

Daily Discourse
- Icarus Flew Too High: The Word: Luck
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Management of gays revisited, part 1
- mrbrown: Top 10 reasons why Singapore is the ideal replacement venue for The Commonwealth Games
- FIT: Why are Singaporeans too stressed to care?

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s thoughts: Dear Singtel Mio TV, you suck… again
- Small steps for Social PR: Cut and paste a Straits Times article and it could cost you SGD749
- TOC: Civic Life’s Where The Heart Is: time to vote
- Yahoo Answers: SMRT noises: Are you affected? And what can you do? [Thanks Sg Sg]

Infoblogoramus
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: My next art exhibition and SDP’s pre-election rally!

Selected News Stories
- Bloomberg: Singapore Inflation Rate Climbs to Highest in 18 Months Amid Record Growth
- BusinessWorld: Malaysian gov’t gets windfall as Singapore settles land row
- Bloomberg: Retirees Duped by Derivatives With Structured Notes Sale Surge
- NYT: Seeking Bank Secrecy in Asia
- NYT: Jade From China’s West Surpasses Gold in Value
- SMH Drive: Ford’s top-secret Fiesta ST
- SMH: Google prepares laptop assault on Apple, Microsoft
- intac: Ten Health Concerns Resulting from Internet Usage [infographic]
- Expedition Titanic: Return to the Deep

September 24th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Saki Aibu 相武紗季 (born 20 June 1985) is an actress in Japan. The Takarazuka, Hyōgo prefecture native has starred in many popular J dramas such as Water Boys (2003), Regatta (2006), Absolute Boyfriend (2008) and Buzzer Beat (2009). Saki’s first starring role in a movie will be the 2010 horror/romance movie Neck. Pictures from Saki Aibu’s Wanibooks photobook after the break.

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September 24th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

Housing Singaporeans
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Affordability of housing
- Just my Observation: How to correct HDB flat prices by 20% for now.
- De Leviathan @ SG: The Property Bubble & Investment Trap Part VIII – Land Bid Analysis for Hougang 99 Yr LH Condo Site
- Today Voices: Fewer owners in arrears but it is more difficult to borrow from HDB

Minimum Wage
- Support Site for the Unemployed: Can minimum wage system work in Singapore?
- My Little Corner: Why is it worth looking at the Minimum Wage from a different perspective?
- My Paper: Consider implementing minimum-wage policy

Countdown to Elections
- Sgpolitics.net: Meet the NSP Malay Bureau
- The Temasek Review: Joining Politics – A Guide For Singapore Youths (Part 1)

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- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Rudderless in a choppy sea, part 2
- TheBachelorGirl: Drama Box Singapore and A Question of Censorship on its 20th Anniversary

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Loyalty is Orange: The Orenji Headlines: Display House Advantage. ??? Profit!!!

Re education
- The Gigamole Diaries: NTU down 101 places in latest best university rankings….. kept the eye on the wrong ball??

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Singapore M.D.: A Taste for Your Own Medicine

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Notes: Don’t Pop The Champagne Bottle Yet
- Icarus Flew Too High: Najib and Hsien Loong: Deal Time
- The Temasek Review: Why Singapore is not a first world nation yet
- thisISmyPEN: Singapore’s press: A balancing act, which harmlessly tilts to one side
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Another Hoax Bombed

Life, the universe and everything
- catherinelim.sg: United Nations Peace Day Reading
- Empty Vessel: Addicted to SSDs
- Open Contours: Dainty Little Faultline
- SGEntrepreneurs: Tech Crunch v. Fusion Garage: Mike Speaks.

Infoblogoramus
- Sandcastle Facebook: Sandcastle [Thanks Yeow-Tong]

Selected News Stories
- NYT: Singapore Builders Battle for Top Buyers
- NYT: Roadblocks on the Information Highway
- SMH Drive: First drive: Audi A7 Sportback
- Telegraph: Top ten ‘unanswerable’ questions
- Engadget: HTC Desire HD detailed in appropriately HD video
- Guardian: Moses may not have seen red when parting the sea
- The Frame: Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival [large pics]
- Gawker: How Twitter Hatched a Virus That Reached the White House

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

Minimum Wage
- Singapore Notes: Oh Yes Virginia, There Is A Minimum Wage
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Talk on Minimum Wage
- ST Forum: Minimum wage, maximum impact

Countdown to Elections
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Rudderless in a choppy sea, part 1
- I’m getting personal: Democrats continue to knock on doors in Bukit Panjang
- ST Forum: What makes a democracy

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore Pools OK, not the casinos?

Re education
- Die neue Welle: I am Singaporean VI – The Melting Pot

Speak angmo preese
- Today’s Mostly Cloudy: Love your ride! Love the Singlish!

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Singapore M.D.: When The Whistle Blows

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Tan Wah Piow: Challenge Singapore’s Facade Democracy
- Ravi Philemon: Burma’s election and ASEAN’s inaction
- Carpe Diem: Generation Plasticine in Singapore
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: A fantastical piece of advice..
- The Temasek Review: SPH demands $749 from local website for copyright license and investigation fee
- My sketchbook: Singapore and Malaysia’s historical land swap

Life, the universe and everything
- The Mind Game: Marshall of Singapore: Ace Attorney
- Temasek Hedge: Comments on “Tiger Airways vs Pilots” smackdown
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Every Singaporean Son
- Vinyarb: Resident Evil: Afterlife

Selected News Stories
- CNET: Singapore fared pretty well in Google’s latest transparency report? [Thanks Nic]
- FTP: ‘I didn’t want my kids to grow up in S’pore’
- Business Times: KL studies high-speed Singapore rail link
- Eurasia Review: Alternative Narratives: The Danger Of Romanticising The Other
- NYT: Democracy Still Matters
- DailyTech: LG CEO Steps Down Amid Woeful Smartphone Performance
- OCW: Sony Ericsson Xperia X12 by year end, comes with 1.5GHz processor, 4″ AMOLED and 12MP Camera ?
- OCW: M1 100Mbps Fibre Broadband speed test results sighted; outperforms by 25% of rated downlink speed
- Graham Cluley’s blog: Twitter ‘onmouseover’ security flaw widely exploited

September 22nd, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Minimum Wage
- The Mind Game: Reviewing four views on Minimum Wage
- On Nation and State: On the minimum wage

Countdown to Elections
- Singapore Alternatives: Working Poor
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Votker 2: Readers want electoral system changes
- The Temasek Review: PM Lee’s Ang Mo Kio Facebook flooded with anti-PAP comments
- YourSDP: Vincent Cheng and Tan Kin Lian to speak at rally

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- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: In response to a parent’s plea for censorship
- My sketchbook: Censorship Review Committee hears you

Speak angmo preese
- New Asia Republic: Diglossia and Singlish
- Loh and Behold: Don’t you “Sir” me!
- Flying Low: SGEM again?

Housing Singaporeans
- Just my Observation: SG Foreigner Public Housing Rental Levy (FPHRL): Please return HDB to ALL Singaporeans now.

Blueprint for a Sin City
- TOC: Casino disclosure, really disclosure?

The Gospel of Harry
- Singapore Notes: Tom Plate Is A Funny Guy

Re education
- The Secret Political Blog: An Anecdote on the state of our education

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Means testing in public hospitals

Daily Discourse
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Continuing to save Singapore from Singaporeans – and Singaporeans from themselves
- TOC: Global Disarmanent – Coasta Rica leads the way

Selected News Stories
- Financial Express: Singapore jobs costlier to come by
- Telegraph: Paris Motor Show 2010: 12 new cars
- Marketwatch: 2011 Honda CR-Z
- Guardian: In pictures: secrets of the Vatican archives
- Gadgetwise: Microsoft’s New Browser Is Pretty Cool. No, Seriously.
- Tech65.org: Samsung Galaxy Tab First Look

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

Minimum Wage
- Times They Are A-Changin’: Government Must Set Minimum Wage, Not Market Forces
- funny little world: Minimum wage not necessary in “today’s world”?
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Minimum wage in Singapore
- Words of the Cze: Minimalism
- Spore Says Political Cartoon: Singaporean and minimum wage
- ST Forum: In defence of a book and its focus

YOG
- The Kent Ridge Common: Singaporeans demand more transparency on blown YOG budget
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Papering over Youth Olympics budget mistakes
- Yours Truly Singapore: Positive spin-offs from Youth Olympic Games
- Musings From the Lion City: The YOG Saga Continues
- My sketchbook: Explaining YOG overbudget in parliament
- ST Forum: Room for improvement in explaining YOG overspending

The Gospel of Harry
- Singapore Recalcitrant: A critique of MM Lee Kuan Yew’s interview
- The Temasek Review: Bilateral ties with Malaysia strained again as a result of Lee Kuan Yew’s remarks
- KTemoc Konsiders: Truth behind expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia
- Bernama: Malaysia Does Not Need Lee Kuan Yew’s Advice – Tun Abdullah

Housing Singaporeans
- Singapore Notes: He Still Doesn’t Get It
- De Leviathan @ SG: Government Land Sales (GLS), Bidding System & DBSS Pricing
- Just my Observation: PAP unethically supports the avarice of public housing exploiters.

Twilight in Paradise
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: “Never Retire” Message gets louder..
- mrbrown: Workin’ till the day that we Die

Singapore Girlmom, you’re a great way to flyired
- TOC: SIA – making a mockery of government policies
- ST Forum: Pregnancy and flying: Question of fairness in contractual clauses
- ST Forum: SIA’s treatment of stewardesses disgraceful
- ST Forum: Flabbergasted by SIA’s ruling

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Nomadism: so we have more new sg citizens and the point is?
- The Star: Caught up in S’pore PR issue

Countdown to Elections
- Abdillah Zamzuri: If I Ran For Elections..
- Jacob 69er: Share your views on improvements to Singapore’s electoral system at SFD public consultation on 2nd Oct

Blueprint for a Sin City
- CNNGo: Why build a casino if you don’t want people to gamble?
- ST Forum: Ban on IR shuttle service not the answer
- ST Forum: What about the ‘mini-casinos’?

Re education
- The Enquirer: NTU’s ranking – what now?

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: 0.01 gram and all that
- TOC: Satays protest Straits Times’ headlines

Life, the universe and everything
- Singapore M.D.: Superbug Intro

Infoblogoramus
- Mathia Lee: Survey on Blogging and Mainstream Media
- catherinelim.sg: United Nations Peace Day Reading
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 18-25 Sep

Selected News Stories
- The Economist: An exercise in fertility
- Reuters: Fashion for spring summer 2011 to be pale, neutral
- TechCrunch: Facebook Is Secretly Building A Phone

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

“So discontentment builds to pressure-cooker proportions. We become self-hating citizens.”
On Nation and State

“What is not in doubt however, is that an infinitesimal step has been taken in the direction of an Orwellian future.”
Liau Chuan Yi and Norvin Chan

“The university seems to pride itself as a political organ of the state.”
Terence Lee

“..we need a living wage, not just a minimum wage, that enables the recipient to pay for his or her housing needs and feed as well as live a humble but dignified life.”
Tan Kin Lian

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September 18th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

Countdown to Elections
- Singapore Alternatives: Casino levy to be RAISED after the elections?
- Jacob 69er: {Video} Chee Soon Juan refutes Lee Kuan Yew on race, politics and immigration policy
- Theng Wei Gan Facebook: Voice of a (Reform Party) Volunteer – Walkabout 14/9/2010 Blk 167, 168, 169 and 170 in Boon Lay Drive.

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- journalism.sg: End symbolic ban of harmful websites, says Censorship Review Committee [Thanks YKWYA]
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Censorship Review Committee regrets but affirms censorship
- Singapore Notes: No Sex Please, We Are Singaporeans

Minimum Wage
- nofearSingapore: Appeal for Minimum Wage- Tommy Koh & You & I
- ST Forum: Why it’s right

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Today Voices: 7.5 million people too many in this case

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Today Voices: Showing signs of stress

YOG
- The Temasek Review: No excuse for bursting YOG budget by more than three times

Speak angmo preese
- TOC: “Please stop hum-tumming Singlish! Just leebit alone!”

Blueprint for a Sin City
- The Temasek Review: Dr Vivian: Stopping RWS shuttle bus service demonstrates my ability to “act decisively and quickly”

The Gospel of Harry: Harry Lee and the Evil Dr M
- Global Voices: Singapore, Malaysia: Mahathir Mohamad versus Lee Kuan Yew
- My sketchbook: LKY vs Mahatir -who’s the winner?

Daily Discourse
- The Campus Observer: NUS and Yale partnership reflects local insecurities [Thansk Joel]
- Sam’s thoughts: Gay Singaporeans within the news frames of crime
- Today Voices: SingPost must do more about junk mail

Life, the universe and everything
- Bernard Leong: A Universe Less Ordinary
- SINdie: Catch leading filmmakers, creative voices and Ris Low share their National Day video wishlist [Thanks Alvin]

Infoblogoramus
- Otterman speaks: Appeal for Type ‘O’ blood donors (16 Sep 2010)

Selected News Stories
- Telegraph: IMF fears ‘social explosion’ from world jobs crisis
- Project Syndicate: The Myth of Authoritarian Growth
- BBC: How did Lehman’s collapse affect the world of finance?
- Reuters: Antibiotics mess up your stomach, U.S. study finds
- Techdirt: The Legality Of News Aggregators
- New Scientist: Zeros to heroes: 10 unlikely ideas that changed the world
- Telegraph: Paris Motor Show 2010: Hyundai ix20
- SMH Drive: Ford’s new Focus ST hot-hatch
- NYT: Capturing the Atom Bomb on Film

September 17th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Tani Momoko (谷桃子) worked as a model for Toyota and a waitress after graduating from High School. She was scouted and quickly gained favor and was elected into the 2007 Nitteligenic class, which included other top idols such as Asami Oda and Aya Kiguchi. Nitteligenic (日テレジェニック, terejenikku, an abbreviation of “Nippon TV” and “telegenic”) is an annual talent contest held by NTV. After graduating from the Nitteligenic group in 2009, Momoko has been working towards her goal of becoming an actress.

Pictures from her photobook For The Love Of You after the break. [NSFW]
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September 17th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

YOG
- Singapore Notes: Optically Challenged Minister
- The Temasek Review: Rebuttal to MCYS reasons for the termination of IRs shuttle buses
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Missing the point Minister
- AFP: Singaporeans flock to casinos despite levy

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Singapore Dino: Why does the Govt keep patronising heartlanders?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: More than 1 million local visitors to casinos since opening..
- Alamak: Buses Disappear and Credit Claimed
- Today: A broader problem

Countdown to Elections
- Gerald Giam: Your vote is secret
- The Temasek Review: Leaders should lead by example with minimal cost
- I’m getting personal: Exercise Lightning Block: SDP to hold election dry-run

Minimum Wage
- Ravi Philemon: Beyond minimum wage
- TOC: Mandatory living wage – no more cheap excuses, please

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- FTP: Singapore should end website ban: gov’t committee
- Tiny Island: I Never Knew Websites Were Banned in Singapore
- For Art’s Sake: Censorship Review Committee 2009 report! It’s out!

Speak angmo preese
- Loh and Behold: George Yeo a Buddhist?
- Everything Also Complain: ‘Uncles’ and ‘aunties’ not good english
- Yale Daily News: Lasman: The Queen’s Singlish

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: HDB policy on singles: Singaporean vs Permanent Resident
- De Leviathan @ SG: The Property Bubble & Investment Trap Part VII – Land Bid Analysis for Yishun 99 Yr LH Condo Site

Strangers in a Strange Land
- My Queenstown: Who Says We Hate Foreigners? [Thanks Yazhi]

The Gospel of Harry: Harry Lee and the Evil Dr M
- Che Det: Malaysia according to LKY
- Malaysiakini: Who really sowed the seeds of racism?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Transport Minister takes public transport

The great Spore flood
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Congestion Affects Monsoon Drain too – Part 2

Daily Discourse
- funny little world: My money has e*SCAPEd!
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Maids in Singapore: modern slavery?
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore average earnings fall, not unemployment
- The Rebel Yell: Vicious cycle for urban biking [via mrbrown]

Life, the universe and everything
- Eco Walk the Talk: Veggie Thursday in Singapore [Thanks Bhavani]

Infoblogoramus
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: Survey on Blogging and Mainstream Media

Selected News Stories
- TelecomTV One: Singapore – cloud hub or just a vapour trail?
- AFP: Rising food prices pinch RP, Asian households
- Portworld: Shanghai overtakes Singapore as ‘world’s busiest container port’
- Engadget: Internet Explorer 9 Beta review
- Techcrunh: Will Microsoft And Nokia Team Up To Take On Apple, Google?
- Gigaom: Nokia’s Opening Salvo: 4 Smartphones and Plenty of Attitude
- PC World: HTC Unveils Desire HD, Desire Z and Web-Based Utility
- Pocket-lint: HTC Desire Z – First Look review
- Techradar: Hands on: HTC Desire HD review

September 16th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (12)

Countdown to Elections
- Singapore Alternatives: No Race-based Politics in Singapore?
- TOC: MPs to question ministers on YOG, housing and foreign workers
- Gerald Giam: WP’s Parliamentary Questions (15 Sep 2010)
- Small steps for Social PR: Singapore MP shares questions for Parliament via Facebook notes
- VotingRp: RP wants to give Singaporean option to choose
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Votker series: Poll no. 2

Minimum Wage
- TOC: Minimum wage – the debate begins
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Even Tommy Koh supports minimum wage..
- Singapore Dino: Minister doesn’t want Singaporeans to earn decent wages

Speak angmo preese
- Die neue Welle: Auntie…erm, Miss..
- FOOD fuels me to talk: Jest wot is gut spoken English?
- TOC: The Satirist Says: Speak Good English Movement incites violence with guerilla campaign

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Today: 7.5m too many

The great Spore flood
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Congestion Affects Monsoon Drain too

Re education
- Flying Low: It’s just so strange sometimes

The Gospel of Harry
- TOC: When is the last leaf falling? Imagining a Singapore without Lee Kuan Yew

Daily Discourse
- The Quest to be Gainfully Employed: The need for privacy
- Sam’s thoughts: What (trans)wo/men want
- The Temasek Review: PAP to force divorcees to undergo mandatory marriage preparation course before remarrying
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Why Yale-NUS won’t give Yale degrees
- The Campus Observer: Smoking ban on campus counterproductive [Thanks Gary]

Life, the universe and everything
- The Mind Game: Marshall of Singapore: The Early Years

Infoblogoramus
- Work Class Historian: Students at Centrestage: A Seminar on Learning History in Singapore

Selected News Stories
- NYT: Yale Plans to Create a College in Singapore
- Micheal Moore: If the ‘Mosque’ Isn’t Built, This Is No Longer America
- Pocket-lint: Nokia C7 – First Look review
- Andronica: Motorola Milestone 2 is official, coming Q4
- Android and Me: LG to deliver first dual-core Android smartphones in Q4
- Pocket-lint: Windows Phone 7 launching 11 October
- PC Mag: Consumer Reports Still Won’t Recommend iPhone 4

September 15th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

The Gospel of Harry
- Singapore Notes: Thinking About The Inevitable
- Irreligious: Lee Kuan Yew on his faith, or lack of
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: New York Times Pays Damages to Lees – Why give an Interview to MM Lee?
- TOC: Transcripts – New York Times/IHT interview Lee Kuan Yew
- The Malaysian Insider: Race relations better if Singapore not ‘turfed out’, says LKY

Minimum Wage
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MOM responds to call for minimum wages
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Minimum Wage – How long must we wait?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Sgpolitics: Who Owns Singapore?
- Musings From the Lion City: Expected Rejection

Housing Singaporeans
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Need to stabilize property prices
- mrbrown: The truth about home ownership in Singapore

The peasants doth protest too much, methinks
- Empty Vessel: On complaining

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: Playing around with statistics, PAP-style

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- The Lycan Times: Public Transport Improvements

We are against capital punishment
- funny little world: We Believe In Second Chances: Then… and Now.

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Today: Did authorities not know about shuttles?
- ST Forum: Curb mushrooming Toto booths

Daily Discourse
- TOC: S-League – the sinking league or the successful league?
- Sgpolitics.net: Wayang Between Sheng Siong And HDB Continues!
- Sam’s thoughts: We need LGBT role models
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Law and order questions a mile high
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Yale on academic freedom in Singapore
- Temasek Hedge: “Singapore retail market running on fumes” goes main stream media
- ST Forum: My Point

Life, the universe and everything
- just rambling: Talking Back To The State

Infoblogoramus
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Non-Dominant Discourse (My art exhibition this month)

Selected News Stories
- RT: Singapore accused of sand smuggling
- New Haven Independent: Yale Plans New Campus—In Singapore
- The Star: Success is measured by quality of life
- SMH Drive: All-new Chevrolet Aveo hatchback
- fixr: Rubik cube solved in 20 movements or less [infographic]

September 14th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Countdown to Elections
- On Nation and State: On nation and state: The nightmare scenario.
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Votker poll no. 1: results
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Political fear and apathy? What fear? What apathy?
- The Temasek Review: Voice of a (Reform Party) Volunteer – Walkabout 12/9/2010 Clementi Ave 5 Blk353 and West Coast Hawker Centre
- YourSDP: Activism by a political party – A waste of time?
- Singapore Alternatives: National Solidarity Party plans to field some 30 candidates in next GE

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Temasek Review: MOM official: Not true that all 80,000 foreign workers take up jobs shunned by Singaporeans
- Loh and Behold: Sail Trimming by Singapore Politicians
- Singapore Notes: Foreign Gripes
- TOC: Migrant workers one of us too

The Gospel of Harry
- Singapore Dino: Rebutting MM Lee’s nonsense to the New York Times
- i have succumbed to peer pressure: Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
- The Asia File: Lee Kuan Yew gets all reflective in New York Times interview
- NYT: Days of Reflection for Man Who Defined Singapore

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Singapore Recalcitrant: Is this an impetuous or knee-jerk reaction?
- The Kent Ridge Common: Introduce simple IC system to solve IR bus conundrum [Thanks Lester]
- Singapore Notes: September 11 Firestorm At Sentosa
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Casinos: Answers needed
- My sketchbook: The road to Casino

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: HDB flats – S’poreans come first?
- Spore Says Political Cartoon: HDB bubble

– THIS HEADLINE HAS BEEN CENSORED FOR YOUR OWN GOOD –
- The Enquirer: Don’t just consult lawyers; talk to students too
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Let a hundred censors bloom

Speak angmo preese
- Today: A note too far?

Twilight in Paradise
- The Gigamole Diaries: Living to work…..or working to live?

Minimum Wage
- New Asia Republic: Min. Wage, Max. Damage

Re education
- ST Form: Give weak pupils a fighting chance

Daily Discourse
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: Clarity and Responsibility
- TOC: Servility to higher powers
- The Secret Political Blog: It is not about the metaphors
- Sam’s thoughts: Charged for drug possession and repercussions
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Massive Tree Pruning or Cutting at LHL GRC
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Global rankings and how they are done
- Dealing with Shadows: Of Singapore and Freedom
- TOC: Deaf children not less deserving, says American teacher
- New Asia Republic: Top teacher shares US best practices in deaf education

Life, the universe and everything
- Crisis Communication in the Era of Social Media: SIA Crew Warned over Facebook Use [Thanks Justin]

Selected News Stories
- NYT: Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker
- The Big Picture: Ramadan 2010 – your images

September 13th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

“Reading the “mainstream” newspapers nowadays is tantamount to getting a lecture in how to lead your lives or how to think.”
Carlos Abdullah

“The two objectives, Singapore as a business and Singapore as a nation society appear to be on divergent paths.”
Rajiv Chaudhry

“They have just opened a can of worms, and there is precious little that can be done to reverse it.”
Callan Tham

“If staying relevant as a country is so important to our Auntie Killer, then perhaps he should start looking at how to stay relevant as a country.”
The Truth

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September 11th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment