The Singapore Daily

“..what does the never ending accumulation of money, and our reserves, mean to ordinary Singaporeans?”
Leong Sze Hian

“It’s just… YPAP members seem to have some sort of mockery lightning rod on them.”
theinkhorn

“There is no place for complacency, and telling that to Singaporeans would be like preaching to the converted, and insinuating that we do otherwise would be an insult, especially to those who are excellent in their own way.”
Tan Qin Shan

“Working till you drop, as the saying goes, seems to be the new economic philosophy of the government.”
Andrew Loh

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

Countdown to Elections
- Sgpolitics: ELECTION ISSUE: Sky-high HDB Flat Prices
- The Temasek Review: A clarification on Buona Vista and Vote Secrecy
- Singapore 2025: David Marshall of Singapore
- Jacob 69er: Why is SDP not included in National University of Singapore Students’ Political Association forum?
- TOC: Meet Danny, the SDP’s latest addition
- under a Pipala Tree: Bradell Heights SMC
- Molitics: Dedication to PAP MPs
- The Star: Election buzz is in the air
- My sketchbook: Opposition parties smell blood in up coming election
- Spore Says Political Cartoon: Just a funny thought
- FTP: Opposition parties interested in SMCs from Marine Parade GRC
- TOC: Unapologetically Socialist – Goh Meng Seng (Part One)
- The Temasek Review: Forecast for upcoming GE
- Words of the Cze: Agincourt
- The Temasek Review: General Elections 2010/11: Trust what Trust ?
- Lee Wai Leong Facebook: How to win an election [Thanks Wai Leong]
- Singapore Dino: Has Zaqy Mohamad forgotten what MM Lee and PM Lee said about Malays?
- this is premium writing, no?: An Important Announcement
- TOC: Unapologetically Socialist – Goh Meng Seng (Part Two)
- The Temasek Review: Tanjong Pagar GRC could see its first electoral contest since 1991
- Life of a simple boy: Something that frighten me for once…
- VotingRp: Gathering Momentum.
- Sgpolitics.net: PAP cabinet reshuffle: A demotion or promotion for Wong Kan Seng?
- Singapore Notes: The Fun Game Of Musical Chairs
- The Temasek Review: Serial Numbers on Votes (revisited)

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Views of A Singapore Migrant In Switzerland
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PMETs and cohesiveness in our society.
- TOC: Triple whammy – inflation, ERP, credit cards
- The Pattern Trader: The Little Red Dot Gets More Expensive
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Globalisation – A Bane or Boon For Singaporeans? [Recommended]
- Sgpolitics.net: Nourishing the People
- Abdillah Zamzuri: Limits To What Government Can Do
- My sketchbook: Inflation creeping up in Singapore
- Today Voices: Shun ‘profit at all cost’ mindset
- innersanctum: Economism
- My Little Corner : Inflation is up 3.7%
- TOC: The relentless rising cost of living in Singapore
- TOC: Cheaper, better, faster till 70 and beyond? [Recommended]
- funny little world: Just sayin’…
- Today Voices: Excellence or perfection? [Recommended]
- Kaffein-nated: Food for Thought: The lowest denominator

Temasek Reviewname
- The Temasek Review: Temasek Review agrees to sell its domain name for US$1.00
- The Temasek Review: Open letter to TNP’s Koh Hui Theng and Ng Wan Ching
- Jacob 69er: Singapore’s new weapon against dissent

We are against capital punishment
- ambiguity: Right To Vengeance?
- funny little world: YPAP: Vengeance killing is a human right. [Recommended]
- The Temasek Review: The Temasek Review Talks to Alan Shadrake
- Reporters Sans Frontieres: Petition appeals for acquittal of British journalist Alan Shadrake
- The Void Deck: Oh Oh, Ravi’s Baaaaaack
- FTP: S’pore lawyer in hot soup after angry tirade at journalists
- Singapore Law Watch: Expletives fly, glass shatters at lawyer’s press conference [Thanks angryman]
- Singapore Notes: Don’t Make Him Angry, You Wouldn’t Like Him When He’s Angry

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Singapore Notes: That $8 Bill For Surgical Bypass In Singapore
- ST Forum: Why insurers, agents may turn a deaf ear to SM Goh’s appeal
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Khaw Boon Wan’s $8 bypass….
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: $8 bypass operation
- Feed Me To The Fish: I did not have a $8 Bypass but can vote for me?
- Musings From the Lion City: Better Headlines Please!

Minimum Wage
- Yours Truly Singapore: Minimum wage policy won’t work: Employers, labour chief
- Today Voices: Win-win for cleaners, firms

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: S’pore Inc: SGX’s bid for ASX
- TOC: Ever bigger financial deals: how does it benefit S’poreans?
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: The numbers don’t stack up for SGX
- FOOD fuels me to talk: SGX, ASX merger: it’s a baaaad thing
- Breakingviews: Magnus thinks big
- WSJ: SGX Bid for Australia Exchange Misses Mark
- Herald Sun: Bob Brown links Singapore human rights to Australian Stock Exchange merger
- Bloomberg: Singapore’s ASX Takeover Igniting Speculation in Malaysia
- Business Spectator: THE DISTILLERY: Singapore swipes
- Korea Times: ‘Government scared Temasek to sell’
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: SGX takeover of ASX faces political opposition..
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: SGX: Will Ozzies trust it to do the right thing?
- Singapore Notes: Your Money Not Good Enough
- Singapore Sojourn: Eruptions
- FOOD fuels me to talk: Compare & contrast
- The Australian: ASX Singapore merger in political crossfire
- SMH: Robb cautions against early ASX talk
- flaneurose: SGX buying ASX: There are projects and there are “projects”
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: Australians Worried about Another Singaporean Investment
- Bloomberg: Singapore Exchange’s Bocker Faces Revolt Over ASX Takeover
- Crikey: Xenophobia, incompetence and foreign investment wars
- Reuters: Singapore Exchange’s bid for ASX faces nationalistic snags
- FT.com: Bocker’s ASX-SGX dream turns into a nightmare
- SMH: A loathsome deal that should be given bargepole treatment

Re education
- The Asia File: American academic in Singapore casts doubt on Yale tie-up
- Musings From the Lion City: Tough but Good
- St Forum: School closure: Help S’poreans who have no protection

Housing Singaporeans
- De Leviathan @ SG: The Property Bubble & Investment Trap Part XI – Currency war may fuel bubbles – Impact on Mid Range & Luxury Class Properties
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Pain of higher interest rate
- Yours Truly Singapore: S’poreans driving private property market, says Mah

Twilight in Paradise – CPF
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: PAP MP’s Latest Fear Mongering
- Times They Are A-Changin’: The Model Singaporean Workers

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- The Void Deck: Supreme Court of Judicature Act Amendments
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: Did The Minister Contradict His Ministry? [Thanks George]

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Today’s Mostly Cloudy: It’s up up and away for the ERP charges!

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Joo Chiat fire – an old issue surfaces

Blueprint for a Sin City
- TOC: 3.85 million S’poreans have visited the casinos so far?
- ST Forum: Casinos catering more to S’poreans than tourists?
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Casinos: Adding more pieces to jigsaw?

Speak angmo preese
- The Lycan Times: Singlish & Proper English
- Balderdash: Stephen Fry on English, and Pedantry

Hazy days are here again
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Hazy Solutions to an Annual Problem
- guanyinmiao’s musings: A Hazy Affair: Singapore And ASEAN’s Diplomatic Failings
- Abdillah Zamzuri: The Haze
- AFP: Haze Highlights Weak Asean Cooperation: Analysts
- The Lycan Times: Forest Fires and Smoky Skies

Daily Discourse
- The Temasek Review: Is Braema Mathi of MARUAH a PAP plant?
- TOC: Burma elections – a campaign and a demonstration at Speakers’ Corner
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Engineer who used to earn $100,000 a year jobless for 20 months
- The Kent Ridge Common: NUS student pushes for NUSSU individual voting rights
- ST Forum: $9,000 in phone bills for service they didn’t subscribe to
- ST Forum: Quick cash loophole
- innersanctum: labels and queer theology
- Small steps for Social PR: Are SG telcos giving subscribers mobile phone numbers to premium partners?
- TOC: Nobel for Liu “inherently political”
- MURUAH: MARUAH’s response to Temasek Review article
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Dear Public Service, Are You Really Listening To Us?
- ST Forum: Understand the public better
- New Asia Republic: Preventing suicide among Singaporeans
- ST Forum: Worrying times ahead for Law class of 2011?
- The boy who knew too much: Singapore’s strange media silence. [Thanks Valentine]
- Today’s Mostly Cloudy: No sponsor? No support for the Singapore teams getting lost and losing weight
- Webs@Work: DVB Video Reveals Burma’s Nuke Ambitions
- TOC: George Yeo says Burma election is a “major step forward”
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Toy Hazards In Singapore? Case Cannot Do It Alone
- this is premium writing, no?: Culture of fear
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Singapore Sports School: too harsh on smoking?
- The Kent Ridge Common: NUS Fashion Police takes voyeuristic photos of undergrads
- The Enquirer: And the real buzz in the city is?

Life, the universe and everything
- Words of the Cze: The Mean
- Bernard Leong: Thoughts on “The Social Network”
- Weekday Blues: Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’
- Empty Vessel: Poor Online PR
- must have been good: Kiechle’s captures of various void decks
- Singapore Sojourn: 2011 Art Calendar To Share
- Kelvin Teo Writes: What really happened when I was last at KRC
- Loh and Behold: Facebook is NOT your Friend
- The Kent Ridge Common: Upfront with: Sarah Cheng De-Winne
- Clearly you’ve never been: The Up Escalator Forever: Bowie in Singapore [Recommended]
- deadpris: I forgot what blogging is until…
- CNET: Are you paying too much for SingTel’s Multi-SIM plan?
- department of crappy engineering: post no e-bill
- Boys.Girl: We took the train from Singapore (Tanjong Pagar Railway Station) to Johor (JB)
- The Long and Winding Road: The Changi Village that I loved
- under a Pipala Tree: Downstairs

Infoblogoramus
- TOC: Are you angry at social injustice and inequity?
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 23-30 Oct
- Jacob 69er: Say No To Burma’s Sham Election @ Hong Lim Park on 30th Oct
- XinYun @ SG: Event: Portfolio Show for Young Designers 2010
- blankanvas: gaspp me!
- MURUAH: A Vote…But Choice? A call for rigour in the Myanmar/Burma elections! [Facebook]
- Free Burma Campaign Singapore: No To Burma’s Sham Election (Singapore) [Facebook]
- XinYun @ SG: Event: MPH Books Sale
- Students at Centrestage: A Seminar on Learning History in Singapore [Facebook]

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