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Countdown to Elections
- Singapore Alternatives: Sustainability is the KEY ISSUE
- VotingRp: Response to speeches at PAP’s conference
- I’m getting personal: Straits Times apologizes to Gandhi Ambalam
- Lee Wai Leong Facebook: 10 things wrong with the “opposition” in Singapore (Part 1) [Thanks Wai Leong]
- Bryan Ti Facebook: WP – The Volte-face on Ballot Paper Serial Numbers [Thanks Bryan]

Re education
- TOC: Compulsory Education Act excludes children with disabilities, says NGOs for disabled people
- TOC: Pre-school: Poorer children not disadvantaged?
- The Temasek Review: Prohibiting Primary 1 intake in Madrasah Wak Tanjong alienates community
- TOC: Widening gap between the better and weaker performers in school – NMP Viswa Sadasivan

The Great Escape of Mas婆婆 [liang puopuo]
- The Kent Ridge Common: On the Mas Selamats and Jon Wongs of our Society

Housing Singaporeans
- Civic Advocator: Do you know the truth behind the housing grants?

Minimum Wage
- Singapore Notes: Workfare Betterer Than Minimum Wage, Really?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Bisphenol-A – time for AVA to review?

S377A
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: Romance v. Reality

Daily Discourse
- The Temasek Review: Replace Women’s Charter with Family Charter
- pressrun.net: Why isn’t the Straits Times liked by more Facebook users?
- Sam’s thoughts: Rationalising our problems
- Loh and Behold: A Fox in the Henhouse

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: Heart of hearing
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Local artists release albums for free download
- Today’s Mostly Cloudy: Who gave these architects the license to build?

Infoblogoramus
- The Substation: Open Roads – Reading Singapore Theatre #10: Natalie Hennedige’s “Nothing” [Facebook]

Selected News Stories
- The Australian: Political odds stacked against ASX merger
- NYT: For City Dwellers, a Taste of the Orderly Life
- Bloomberg: Foxconn’s Singapore Unit Sues Creative Technology Over $500,576 Payment
- Guardian: Rupert Murdoch’s iPad experiment is unlikely to succeed
- NYT: Leaked Cables Offer Raw Look at U.S. Diplomacy
- Techcrunch: WikiLeaked Diplomatic Cables Confirm China’s Politburo Was Behind Google Hacking Incident
- Gawker: All the Hottest Diplomatic Gossip From the Latest Wikileak
- Guardian: The US embassy cables. Wikileaks embassy cables: the key points at a glance
- Huffington Post: Scam Facebook App Promises To Show You Who Viewed Your Profile–Don’t Believe It
- Harvard Science: Partial reversal of aging achieved in mice

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

Countdown to Elections
- Singapore Alternatives: What does “Freak Election Results” mean?
- The Temasek Review: Do the opposition parties have any alternative in ensuring Singapore’s survival, peace and prosperity?
- Civic Advocator: PM Lee hints of Singapore election date
- Singapore Notes: Brains Without Balls
- just rambling: VOTE FOR ME: Elections Posters in Singapore (1)

The Great Escape of Mas婆婆 [liang puopuo]
- Senang Diri: Enemy of the state: Security issues following Mas Selamat’s escape
- The Kent Ridge Common: Would you have done the same if Mas Selamat was your brother?
- VotingRp: The Reform Party Raises Questions and Calls for the Replacement of the ISA by Modern Anti-Terrorism Legislation

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: MND vs NMP: Round 3
- The Temasek Review: Record household net worth in Singapore – Is it time to celebrate?

We are against capital punishment
- pressrun.net: Singapore down from 19th to 21st for judicial independence
- TOC: Vignes Mourthi – seven years on

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- Abdillah Zamzuri: Singapore Talking

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: S$230,000 you never knew you had

Re education
- EastCoastLife: S$10,000 for a Place in a Popular Primary School In Eastern Singapore

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Rising cost of health care

National Service
- groundnotes: Our Home, Our Singapore, Our Army: My Boyfriend

Daily Discourse
- Senang Diri: The Yeonpyeong tension and what it means for Singapore’s security
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: National flag is for tying your hands
- ALVINOLOGY: Singaporeans flustered over our water polo boys’ swimming trunks?
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Seven Fundamental Changes Necessary For A Happier Singapore
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Walk The Public Service Talk: Render Help To Those In Need
- Kaffein-nated: I just don’t know where to start… smells fishy?
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Why we don’t buy the “explanations” of S’pore Inc
- FTP: Aware matures into adulthood

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: Chords of a silent melody
- Open Contours: The Wall Outside
- Small steps for Social PR: Did Lenovo Singapore Foursquare campaign work at Sitex 2010?

Selected News Stories
- The Star: A compulsion for property
- NatGeo: Secrets of the Happiest Places on Earth
- Irrawaddy: Video of Ex-Spy Chief Baffles Burma Watchers
- Asia Sentinel: No Reason for Asia to Be Smug
- CNET: U.S. seizes sites linked to copyright infringement
- Big Shots: 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China [Large Pics]

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As the global economy continues its recovery, there remains a need for effective global policy to address downside risks. The Asian countries were less affected by the international crisis. Yet, the question remains for Asia: What of the future, in a world where there is little prospect of growth in the large economies of the US and major European countries? Can Europe provide economic leadership for the future?

About The Speaker
Professor , writer, Honorary Member of theCouncil of State, Jacques Attali was the founder and the first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1991 to 1993. He was Special Adviser to French President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991. Dr Attali is the President of PlaNet Finance, an international non-profit organisation that promotes microfinance institutions in some 80 countries. He was appointed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in August 2007 to head the Commission for promoting French economic growth. Dr Attali has written some 50 books with over six million copies sold internationally. His works include essays on a wide range of subjects: mathematics, econometrics, music, biographies, and plays. He was named by the US Foreign Policy magazine as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the World.

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November 29th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (13)

“We have to question our perpetual insistence on crime-fighting and open our eyes to the socio-political and economic conditions that have coerced individuals, families and groups into “crime” itself.”
Sam Ho

“If you can’t condemn and judge child pornography, Singapore as a society is in big trouble.”
Ghost

“If we can’t effectively increase and improve transport infrastructure, and simply [charge] more whenever congestion gets worse, then what is the incentive to reduce congestion?”
Leong Sze Hian

“..I think a distinction has to be recognised between morality and the political manipulation of the discourse of morality.”
Koh Choon Hwee

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November 27th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

Housing Singaporeans
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Housing minister’s frustratingly incomplete sales job, part 2
- TOC: MND vs NMP: Round 2 TKO
- pressrun.net: Singapore property sales almost same as last year

The Great Escape of Mas婆婆 [liang puopuo]
- TOC: Blaming Malay-Muslim community? Who?
- All Things Singapore: Oh Mas Selamat! U lucky devil
- Flickr: How they would find Mas Selamat

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: We get exactly the government we deserve

CPF
- VotingRP: W(h)ither Our CPF?

Ministars Get Rich or Die Tryin
- Singapore Notes: When Less Is More

Political Dialogue @NUSS
- Vicky’s Writings: Political Dialogue at NUSS

Law and Order
- TOC: The Satirist Says: New excuse to ‘hit & run’ born
- Crisis Communication in the Era of Social Media: MacPherson School Slashing Incident: Where No Comment Says More than you Think

Strangers in a Strange Land
- pressrun.net: Expats highest paid in Singapore but little mixing with locals

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- The Guardian: Singapore and press freedom

The Rights of Being Singaporean
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Singapore’s human rights subject to international peer review

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- The Temasek Review: Just a critique of the city from an undergrad standpoint

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- TOC: Transitlink clarifies that commuters only need to go to top-up machines for refund

It’s the economy, stupid
- pressrun.net: Singapore household wealth grows with property boom

I don’t know what I’m defending anymore
- The Blue Sweater: What am I Defending, Part II

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- FOOD fuels me to talk: Don’t be coy, tell all, please

Daily Discourse
- New Asia Republic: Societal attitudes towards erotica and prostitution
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: C.V Devan Nair: Lee’s Betrayal of PAP and Singapore
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Empowering The National Family Council To Go Further
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Victims of spas that closed down
- ST Forum: True service. ‘Ensure that insured patients do not need to fork out a single cent upfront.’

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: “Show your inner courage. Show your worth.”
- under a Pipala Tree: We deserve a Singaporean Thanksgiving
- Singapore Urban Explorers: Singapore did have movie studios
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: HostGator Black Friday Promotion

Selected News Stories
- Nepal News: Singaporean woman plans to establish King Birendra Foundation
- The Star: Singapore casinos ruining Johor families
- Tehelka: Ban on dealing with blacklisted companies to remain
- TMC Net: S’pore firm to launch 1st Win 7 tablet outside US
- The Guardian: Irish austerity plan: The last gamble
- AP: SAP at a crossroads after losing $1.3B verdict
- WSJ: SAP Verdict Rattles Tech-Support Sector
- ChevronWP7: Windows Phone 7 unlocker released
- All Facebook: REPORT: Men And Women Use Facebook Differently
- Techcrunch: Facebook Gets Nod To Trademark ‘Face’
- HWZ: SITEX 2010 – Part [1] [2]
- HWZ Maps and Brouchers: Sitex 2010

November 26th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (7)

Zhang Li 张俪 (born 8 Jun 1984) is a model and actress from Guilin 桂林, China. A graduate from the Central Academy of Drama 中央戏剧学院, Zhang Li was talent spotted after she appeared in several TV commercials. She quickly gained popularity after starring in several TV Dramas, and landed a starring role in the movie 最后一次爱你 Love You One Last Time, which won her rave reviews.

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November 26th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (3)

Countdown to Elections
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: My Mandarin Speech Translated
- The Temasek Review: Singapore Democrats target Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

Housing Singaporeans
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Housing minister’s frustratingly incomplete sales job, part 1
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Slaying of the Celtic Tiger…
- Chemical Generation Singapore: What Happens Next for the Property Market?

The Great Escape of Mas婆婆 [liang puopuo]
- Singapore Life and Times: Unkindest Cut

We are against capital punishment
- Singapore Notes: About That Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- My Little Corner: Singapore has the 10th highest cost of living, but …

Minimum Wage
- New Asia Republic: Minimum skills, not minimum wage

It’s the economy, stupid
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: What S’pore and Ireland have in common?

Law and Order
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Youth violence and gangsterism: time for authorities to wake up?

Little Green Dot
- New Asia Republic: Shark Finning and the Privatization of Oceans

Daily Discourse
- TOC: “Singapore needs a Helen Keller”
- R3Load.net: New Singapore Army TV Ad: My Boyfriend Barney.. [Thanks I.Z.]
- ST Forum: Motor claims. Extend compulsory insurance coverage to damage of third-party vehicles.
- ST Forum: Strategy behind buying term insurance

Life, the universe and everything
- sheirynaisiqa Youtube: Singaporean Malay & Malaysian Malay: Are They Different? (Menolong Ben II)
- Singapore Sojourn: It Pays To Advertise
- The Kent Ridge Common: Inch Chua: a gem of Singapore’s music scene

Infoblogoramus
- TOC: “Match Made” with the Reform Party this Saturday

Selected News Stories
- Property Report: More Chinese buyers in Singapore property market
- PR Week: Singapore Tourist Board hunts for PR agency to spice up image in UK
- Bloomberg: Rice Prices May Gain as Thailand Cuts Crop Outlook on Floods, Theera Says
- BBC: Medvedev warns of political ‘stagnation’ in Russia
- BBC: Early retirement ‘is good for us’, research shows
- NYT: Should You Be Snuggling With Your Cellphone?
- Laptop Mag: The Best Notebooks of 2010
- Youtube: The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes
- Short Sharp Science: Looking down on the tallest structure ever built

November 25th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

The Great Escape of Mas婆婆 [liang puopuo]
- Sam’s thoughts: Mas Selamat saga: Communications management by the government and media
- TOC: Mas Selamat’s escape – It is about Govt incompetency, not race or religion
- Simply Gab: MSK saga – what we need now
- The Kent Ridge Common: Look closely: Missing points in Mas Selamat’s account?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Mas Selamat was staying in his brother’s home..
- Singapore Notes: MOE Is Just Following Regulations
- Balderdash: Mas Selamat, Family Loyalty and Asian Values
- My sketchbook: Mas Selamat’s escape revealed!

Countdown to Elections
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Opposition Parties And Candidates Enter The Fray
- Sgpolitics.net: Dr Wong Wee Nam’s rally speech at SDP’s “It’s About You” rally

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Life of a simple boy: Remind me why are we paying millions for idiots..
- My sketchbook: Bus fares overcharge refund process

Housing Singaporeans
- Today Voices: It’s a question of supply

We are against capital punishment
- Feed Me To The Fish: Is Singapore Justice Really in the Dock?

Law and Order
- The Temasek Review: Three main reasons why our youth joins gangs

It’s the economy, stupid
- My Little Corner: Inflation is up 3.5%

Singapore Coloring
- Flying Low: *shakes head*

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: IVF “lapses”

Little Green Dot
- ACT by Olive Ventures: Support The Green Corridor in Singapore

Daily Discourse
- under a Pipala Tree: disconnected

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: A special note
- this is premium writing, no?: the conspiracy to bring down the PAP
- Loyalty is Orange: Island of Small Dicks; A Long Long Time Ago..

Selected News Stories
- Bangkok Post: Singapore suffers from urban stress
- BBC: The company that lets you take Facebook to the shops [SG Company]
- CNET: Where in S’pore is the Samsung Galaxy Tab? (Or “Behind every Galaxy Tab, there’s an iPad’)
- BBC Global Business: Singapore Start-ups – Episode 2 – All Wired Up
- NZ Herald: Social problems linked to wealth gap: study
- BBC: British Muslim family who lost their son to extremists
- PC World: Wi-Fi Makes Trees Sick, Study Says
- Engadget: Acer’s Android tablets hands-on!
- CNET: Things iOS 4.2 still can’t do on the iPad (but we wish it did)
- Kotaku: Have we found the universe that existed before the Big Bang?
- Popular Science: 125 Glorious Years of Popular Science in One Giant Picture

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

The Great Escape of Mas婆婆 [liang puopuo]
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Shocking Intelligence Failure and Shocking Transparency
- Singapore Notes: A Family Affair
- TOC: Lipstick Jungle: Why we might have helped Mas Selamat escape
- The Void Deck: Mas: “Blood is Thicker Than Water Dudes”
- Unbranded Bread n Butter: Et Tu, Mas Selamat? Then fall, Asmoms.
- Civic Advocator: Where a Fugitive is a Family Member
- The Journey of a Decade: Everyone is into cross dressing…
- Ministry of Home Affiars: Ministerial Statement By The Minister For Home Affairs, 22 November 2010

Countdown to Elections
- The Kent Ridge Common: Framing our Political Discussions with Ignorance and Morality
- The Temasek Review: Isn’t 1/3 + 1 a more achievable goal?
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: S’pore Inc: What is BG Yeo trying to tell us?

Political Dialogue @NUSS
- The Temasek Review: Report on Political Dialogue @NUSS forum
- YourSDP: SDP to focus on minimum wage and Singaporeans First Policy

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: AG Chambers makes extraordinary application to court
- Life of a simple boy: Political Dialogue
- Free Malaysia Today: Death of reason

Law and Order
- Abdillah Zamzuri: MOE’s Yellow Brick Road
- Musings From the Lion City: Yes, We Can Judge
- Weekday Blues: Failure to Report
- Crisis Communication in the Era of Social Media: Jonathan Wong MOE Scholar Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges

Re education
- The Kent Ridge Common: In letter to Yale, Prof elucidates Singapore’s ‘academic reality’
- The Kent Ridge Common: MOE teachers: Just a number filler?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- TOC: Bus overcharging, profits, ERP: A triple whammy?
- Spore Says Political Cartoon: Our MRT train

It’s the economy, stupid
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Will Singapore face the same outcome as Ireland?
- Singapore Notes: Keeping You Awake At Nights

Your National Service
mrbrown: Our Army, My Boyfriend

Strangers in a Strange Land
- FTP: ’1,000 foreigners invested S$1.5 billion to be S’pore PRs’

Daily Discourse
- Li Jingxiang Facebook: The brain drain (and what really fills it)
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: Shame on you, S-League, for even nominating Shahril for the Player of the Year Award in the first place.
- Yu-Kym’s Blog: Do you hate Singapore?
- Alexandria: Why the Left Loves Singapore: The CPF (Amended)
- Erwin Wirawan: The Rise of Smart Government
- day-to-day-notes: A very – engineered *society* – Singapore is…

Life, the universe and everything
- The Useless Tree: The Impossibility of a Confucian Society
- The Long and Winding Road: The area around Toa Payoh Library 37 years ago
- The boy who knew too much: Universal Studios, Singapore.
- deadpris: H&M Coming to Singapore FINALLY in 2011
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Angry Birds vs Pigs Peace Treaty
- Singapore Urban Explorers: The forgotten pier
- FTP: Teen apologises for tweeting picture of exam paper
- CNNGo Alexis Ong: The problem with Singapore men

Infoblogoramus
- Singaporeans for Democracy: UPR: What’s next for Singapore NGOs
- XinYun @ SG: Event: Animation Nation 2010

Selected News Stories
- The Star: Measures to discourage medical students from leaving for S’pore
- Speak Without Interruption: Singapore casino revenue remains a gamble
- The Australian: Currency controls in China, Singapore, Taiwan cause global problems, US Fed says
- Bernama: Sultan Johor Calls For Bridge To Replace Causeway
- Uncommon Wisdom Daily: Wall Street Cover-Ups, Deceptions and Lies
- Archaeology Today: Chinese Noodle Dinner Buried for 2,500 Years
- TechCrunch: Today’s Lesson: Make Facebook Angry, And They’ll Censor You Into Oblivion
- Tech65.org: Gear65 #67 – Windows Phone 7
- Daily Tech: Qualcomm Airs Coming Smartphone GPU That’s as Powerful as PS3

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

Countdown to Elections
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Shooting non-linear bullets
- Sgpolitics.net: Parties discuss election issues at political dialogue
- The Temasek Review: Singapore Report Card – An analysis of the PAP government
- VotingRp: Fresh Challenges and the New Political Playing Field
- TOC: PAP has utterly lost its way: Dr Vincent Wijeysingha
- Sgpolitics.net: ST forum letter by Gandhi Ambalam: Chee far from politically bankrupt
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: S’pore Inc: Can PAP go beyond scolding?
- The Temasek Review: The Taiwanese confrontational style of the PAP

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Restore Ogawa Ryuju’s citizenship
- Singapore Notes: Still Fumbling After All Those Years

S377
- TOC: Anti-gay laws continue to be used selectively, despite assurances – M Ravi
- The Kent Ridge Common: What would you be if you had more than 2 gender choices? : Transgender Awareness

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: MARUAH supports call to suspend executions; ACLS calls for MDP to be abolished
- Singabloodypore: Foreign Office Minister “dismayed” as writer is jailed for expressing his views in Singapore

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- The Kent Ridge Common: Much Ado about Freedom of Speech

Minimum Wage
- Yours Truly Singapore: Minimum skills, not minimum wage

The Gospel of Harry
- Singapore Notes: Squeezing Blood Out Of Fossilised Stone

Re education
- department of crappy engineering: schooligans

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Latest MTI statistics – Heading towards growth or recession?
- pressrun.net: Singapore: A comfortable model
- New Asia Republic: Should there be a Good Samaritan law in Singapore?
- Sam’s thoughts: Of Knives and Child Pornography
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Scholarships And Students: Discipline Integral, But Give Second Chances
- Today’s Mostly Cloudy: We are grooming mafias and pedophilias
- Singapore Kopi Tok: The SLA “Heist”
- I’m getting personal: Whither Asian values
- Laïcité: On the Pope, condoms and messed up priorities
- Just Rambling: S’pore’s Third Attempt to Set-up a Design Centre

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: Not-so-ordinary ordinary Singaporean – Leong Sze Hian
- Tribolum.com: Constant Change
- Nomadism: Where it has become a norm that Singapore man doesnt even expecct their Singaporean wife to know how to cook anymore.

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

“..are the loyalty of these MPs more to their party or the constituents who they serve and represent?”
LCC

“Really, for a country that prides itself on meritocracy and open markets, this level of endorsement is simply shocking..”
Howard Lee

“..the gahmen should stop sticking its head in the ground to some of the associated problems that comes with the influx of foreigners..”
Lycan2046

“Perhaps this tragedy – what I would term as Singapore’s equivalent of the Columbine Shootings because of its senselessness – has a lesson for us as a nation, and one that is better learnt now (sad as it is), than later when we have inadvertantly allowed the chasm between the haves and have-nots become unbridgeable.”
Melvyn

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November 20th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: Singapore’s (or Australia’s) James Gomez
- TOC: GPI a more holistic indicator of economic well being: SDP
- Lee Wai Leong Facebook: Politics 101 (or what the PAP didn’t teach you about politics) [Thanks Lee]

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Defamation action – shield, not sword
- TOC: Freedom of speech – two views

NTUSU Ministerial Forum – I don’t know what I’m defending anymore
- ST Forum: We should love our country – with no strings attached

Minimum Wage
- ST Forum: Dilemma of a two-track economy

– THIS HEADLINE HAS BEEN CENSORED FOR YOUR OWN GOOD –
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Art and Politicking (and in defence of art)

Strangers in a Strange Land
- pressrun.net: Singapore needs foreign talent: Unesco science report
- FTP: Stateless man fights for Singapore citizenship

Daily Discourse
- guanyinmiao’s musings: At-Risk Youths And Gang Violence: Give Voluntary Organisations Greater Empowerment
- Figuring how faith fits into this world, & other stuff: Singapore’s Columbine [Thanks Joyce]
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Aung San Suu Kyi vs Chia Thye Poh
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Youth Violence and Gangsterism: one reason why
- Musings From the Lion City: Our Language
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Blogger(s) Dragged to Court

Life, the universe and everything
- deadpris: Compiling list of songs related to mental illness
- Loh and Behold: Tardy Dynasty, No Paradise, Only Kitsch
- Abdillah Zamzuri: I love ‘La Bra Doors’
- Gone Case the Graphic Novel: Website for a A Graphic Novel to be released in Dec 2010. Pages 10 and 11 [Thanks Dave]

Selected News Stories
- Time: Marina Bay: Singapore’s Flashy New Neighborhood
- Asia Times: Singapore casinos an uncertain bet
- Eco-Business: Flipping on the nuclear power switch in Singapore
- BBC: Making money from Asia’s expanding blogosphere
- The Economist: Nassim Taleb on antifragility
- China Digital Times: Latest Directives from the Ministry of Truth, October 22-November 7, 2010 [Thanks Adrian]
- The Economist: The Big Mac index. An indigestible problem
- BBC: The deserving or undeserving poor?
- BBC: Global Business. Singapore Start-ups
- Guardian: Why are new teachers leaving in droves?
- Forbes: Meet The Man Who Paid A Record $335,000 For Virtual Property
- DailyTech: Honda Civic Getting Kicked Out of Japan
- MSNBC: GPS addict? It may be eroding your brain

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Local web company Mobrick brings crowdsourcing to cities and public services

15 Nov 2010 – Make Singapore Better ( www.makesingaporebetter.com ) is an online social initiative that gives everyone the chance to change Singapore for the better.

The idea crowdsourcing website developed by local web technology company, Mobrick Pte Ltd ( www.mobrick.com ), asks visitors to post their best ideas for what they would do to make Singapore better, and to vote for ideas from the community.

The website calls for ideas for how to improve public transport, housing, public spaces, and even the things around their neighbourhood, and enables visitors to spread their ideas via Twitter and Facebook.

The website is open for anyone to visit, post ideas, vote or comment on ideas (to help refine and improve them) and browse ideas, and people who want to post ideas can simply and conveniently log in with the Facebook account, Twitter account or register for an account on the website.

The developers of the website hope to see interesting and innovative ideas emerge from the public voting process, and want to help the top-voted ideas spread far enough to get noticed by people who can help to realise them. These include not just government agencies and public sector organisations, but also grassroots and community organisations, as well as individuals with the resources and expertise to make a difference.

Check out Make Singapore Better and help to brainstorm ideas to make our city better at:

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

Yu Takahashi 高橋優 is a model and actress from Japan. Born 19 Jan 1991 in Shiga Prefecture, she was a model before joining the cast as Aso Yuri in the 2008 TV series Kamen Rider Kiva. Pictures after the break.

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November 19th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

We are against capital punishment
- The Temasek Review: Western governments wont mind if you are western
- pressrun.net: The Alan Shadrake case: Uniquely Singapore
- Loh and Behold: Remorseful?
- The Kent Ridge Common: MDA’s contradictory stand on Alan Shadrake?
- TOC: YPAP – Hearing only the good stuff?
- Rachel Zeng: Joint statement by Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign (SADPC) and Think Centre on the Alan Shadrake’s case
- The Death Penalty in Singapore: Alan Shadrake sent to prison by High Court in Singapore
- We Believe In Second Chances: Calling all performers!

Countdown to Elections
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Lessons from the mess in the Singapore Democratic Alliance
- Singapore Alternatives: The Contest in Tampines against Mah Bow Tan and…
- Times They Are A-Changin’: Why give MPs less time to speak?

Re education
- TOC: Time to go beyond Compulsory Education
- The Enquirer: Rethink the S/U system again?

Singapore Coloring
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Yes, discriminatory hiring practices exist in Singapore

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Patient Assisted Suicide

The Gospel of Harry
- The Temasek Review: PAP’s common trait – to use others and then discard them

Temasek Reviewname
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Influence Of Socio-Political Websites; Should Online Writers Remain Anonymous (BlogTV.SG)

Daily Discourse
- The Temasek Review: Strange Occurrences in a Singapore Court
- The Kent Ridge Common: Singaporean Student at York caught with Child Porn: Reflections

Life, the universe and everything
- Singapore Notes: Singtel Slammed

Selected News Stories
- People Daily: U.S., Europe home buyers return to Singapore
- International Labour Comparisons: International Comparisons of GDP per Capita and per Hour, 1960–2009
- NYT: Defying Trend, Canada Lures More Migrants
- CNN: Ultra-small is beautiful for Japanese homeowner
- Gizmag: Gold nanoparticles turn trees into streetlights
- National Defense Magazine: Cyber Experts Have Proof That China Has Hijacked U.S.-Based Internet Traffic
- Mad Science: The web’s best optical illusion videos…and how they trick your brain
- 360Cities: This Photo is the largest 360° Panorama in the world as of November 2010.

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

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Shadrake trial: Judge dimissed apology, sentenced Shadrake to jail and fine
- Singaporeans for Democracy: Singapore Court’s sentencing of Mr. Alan Shadrake is excessive
- Icarus Flew Too High: The Trial of Shadrake: Uncomfortable Truths for the PAP
- Singapore Law Watch: ACLS again urges Govt to abolish mandatory death sentence
- No Right Turn: No freedom of speech in Singapore
- Rachel Zeng: Singapore must release British Journalist sentenced for the publication of death penalty book – A statement by ADPAN
- Singabloodypore: Disgraceful jail sentence for British author in Singapore
- John Reardon: The ultimate surveillance state
- Guardian: Press freedom: The Singapore grip
- Guardian: Death and discrimination in Singapore
- RSF: Six weeks in jail for British writer who criticised use of death penalty
- BBC: UK author Shadrake jailed for six weeks in Singapore

Countdown to Elections
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: SDP’s New Members
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Truth and Reality on the Ground…

This is Singapore. There is no free Press
- guanyinmiao’s musings: New Media Proliferation A Response To The Government’s Lacklustre Approaches

Housing Singaporeans
- Singapore Alternatives: HDB 50 Years: From Affordable to Struggle
- The Temasek Review: Do 99 year lease hold HDB flats, appreciate or depreciate with time?

NTUSU Ministerial Forum – I don’t know what I’m defending anymore
- The Lycan Times: Why some of us don’t feel belonged?

Re education
- Singapore Notes: It’s Not Wrong If…

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Notes: Do Singapore Lawyers Talk To Each Other?
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: S’pore Inc: Learning from Apple that people’s tastes matter?

Life, the universe and everything
- New Asia Republic: Austrian view to utility, satisfaction and value
- Singaporeans for Democracy: SFD hosts Freedom Film Fest 2010 Singapore
- Jacob 69er: {Photos} First EVER human rights film festival in Singapore
- The Long and Winding Road: The end of an institution at Tanjong Pagar?
- The Restaurant: A Square on Your $5 Note

Infoblogoramus
- TOC: You’re invited – AWARE’s 25th anniversary celebrations

Selected News Stories
- Engadget: Eric Schmidt shows off a Nexus S at the Web 2.0 summit, says Gingerbread coming in ‘next few weeks’
- PBS News Hour: CNET Editor Explains Highlights of Facebook’s Titan Messaging Service [Youtube Vid]

Selamat Hari Raya Haji!

November 17th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Countdown to Elections
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The General Elections: Change From Within And Without
- Sgpolitics.net: SDP: Sound policies, impressive candidates for GE
- Singapore Notes: The Seated Candidate
- SDP Facebook: Pre-election Rally2 Photos
- ST Forum: MPS’ SPEECH TIME – Are we cutting it too tight?

This is Singapore. There is no free Press
- TOC: Redefining media quality

MURUAH gazetted as a political association
- The Void Deck: Maruah “Normal” NGO No More

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: MND vs NMP: Are HDB flats really affordable?
- VotingRp: Affordability of HDB flats – a response to Minister of National Development

Re education
- Empty Vessel: Performance vs privilege
- My Little Corner: What students are being churned out by our education system?

Daily Discourse
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Why only term insurance plans make sense now
- Senang Diri: Tempering a winning attitude
- Singapore Sojourn: To Everything There Is A Season
- The Kent Ridge Common: What to do when somebody asks if you are from 369
- Sound of Mull: Aung San Suu Kyi Free – Thanks to…
- Global Voices: Singapore: Rising Gang Violence
- ST Forum: Wise up to the telco act

Life, the universe and everything
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: DBS no can lose on preference share issue. But investors can lose possibly serious money.

Infoblogoramus
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 13-20 Nov

Selected News Stories
- Marketwatch: Singapore growth shows up Hong Kong
- International Business Times: Singapore’s retail sales drops 2.4 pct in September 2010
- NYT: Animation Industry Finds a Home in Singapore
- SMH: Booming China model has its ups and downs for others
- The Daily Beast: Facebook’s New Battle With Google

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

Countdown to Elections
- TOC: SDP unveil economic programme for Singapore
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Pawns on a Political Chessboard?
- The Temasek Review: PAP’s CCC offers HIP – co-inciding with upcoming GE
- The Temasek Review: An opposition that does itself no favours
- Sgpolitics.net: Smear campaign on SDP jumps to full swing: Elections must be really close..
- Musings From the Lion City: Mr. Lee Kuan Yew
- Jacob 69er: {Videos} SDP Pre-Election Rally 2 tomorrow 4pm @ Hong Lim Park
- Sgpolitics.net: James Gomez’s speech at SDP rally on Saturday 13 Nov 2010
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: S’pore Inc: gd policies not enough leh?
- FTP: Ex-Workers’ Party candidate joins the SDP

MURUAH gazetted as a political association
- TOC: Gazetting of MARUAH as political association ‘politicizes human rights’, says MARUAH chairperson.
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Local funding for politics a self-serving PAP rule

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- TOC: SGX, SEL. Temasek, GIC, MOF, CPF – caught in a tangled web?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- pressrun.net: 56% of Singapore immigrants are women

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- The Temasek Review: Singaporeans 2nd richest in Asia?

Re education
- New Asia Republic: Doing away with exam results determining schools admissions

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Investigating aviation errors and IVF mistakes – a fair comparison?

Daily Discourse
- Sam’s Thoughts: Sam’s thoughts
- New Asia Republic: The Wake of Reason: Enter the Humanist Society in Singapore
- The Temasek Review: PAP needs a Mufti, not Singapore Muslim community
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Detention without trial – abolish or improve?
- TOC: Rise in gang-related violence indicative of underlying social tensions
- Singapore Notes: Getting Your Money’s Worth
- Chemical Generation Singapore: The Burmese Election, Sham and Show?

Life, the universe and everything
- Empty Vessel: Newspapers and the difficult paradigm change

Selected News Stories
- International Business Times: Donald Tsang: side effects of QE2 on Asia “already apparent”
- IT Chuiko: Rest in peace, JooJoo – release of the first tablet of Fusion Garage discontinued
- eWeek: Facebook Project Titan Preps to Challenge Google Gmail

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

“The mere act of questioning the norm, a tradition, or the status quo, is an act in freeing oneself from the constraints of authoritarianism and paternalism.”
laïcité

“In keeping the media under the purview of the government so as to determine the boundaries of any public discourse in the media, the PAP has shrewdly ensured that Singaporeans end up looking to the government for answers to even the most fundamental aspects of their existence.”
Pritam Singh

“More than just defending Singapore, we need to actively take part in the writing of her next chapter.”
Lucian Teo

“The primary role of the critics and sceptics is not to find better programmes or solutions. We have the various ministries.. and the very efficient civil service, to find those.”
Ravi Philemon

“Have we been too concerned with the appearances of improvements in our profits and losses, not to realize the cracks that have been appearing within our social systems?”
Christopher Ong

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November 13th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (1)

This is Singapore. There is no free Press
- Singapore Notes: Is Today Different From Yesterday?

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: Dictatorship and Autocracy in Singapore
- Sgpolitics.net: Wong Wee Nam, James Gomez to be among speakers at SDP rally
- Jacob 69er: {Videos} SDP Pre-Election Rally 2 tomorrow 4pm @ Hong Lim Park

We are against capital punishment
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: Shadrake vs the Court
- Ths Star: Death penalty is not justified

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Reuters: Temasek to raise CCB stake by taking up BoA’s rights
- SMH: New doubt on ASX merger

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Life of a simple boy: And now we know…

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The National Education Deficiencies: Give Students A Platform To Voice Their Concerns

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Lycan Times: $8 Heart Bypass Surgery

Little Green Dot
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Nuclear power: will property prices implode?

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Time running out for historic botanical site
- The Kent Ridge Common: Disagreeing with Appiah
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Invisible obesity tax
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: Presumption of Innocence
- Techgoondu: Singaporeans’ reaction on social media to recent gang assaults
- The Temasek Review: What do our future generation holds?
- CNNGo.com: Singapore in 30 years, according to mrbrown

Life, the universe and everything
- FTP: The sound of Singlish
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: Bewilderment. Embarrassment. Shame. Frustration.

Infoblogoramus
- Freedom Film Fest Singapore: A Showcase of Human Rights Films from Malaysia [Facebook]

Selected News Stories
- IPS Inter Press Service: Junta’s Asian Friends Close Ranks, Endorse Poll
- Plane Talking: Qantas puts Singapore Airlines on back foot over A380s
- BBC: Who, what, why: How to get off a busy train
- HuffingtonPost: ‘A Life On Facebook’ Tells The Tale Of A Virtual Everyman (VIDEO)
- It Thing: The 25 Most Bizarre Phobias [Infographic]
- Medical: Understanding the Biology of a Hangover [Infographic]
- Mail Online: Cities that never sleep: Spectacular night-time photos of Earth taken from the space station

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

Chrissie Chau 周秀娜 is a model from Hong Kong. Born (22 May 1985) in Guangdong, Chaozhou province, her family moved to Hong Kong when she was 10 years old. During an event in Sha Tin 沙田 in 2008, she was spotted by reporters who thought that she looked a lot like famous HK model Gaile Lai 乐基儿, and nicknamed her the “pirated” Gaile Lai 翻版樂基兒. The nickname stuck and helped propel her popularity in Hong Kong.

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November 12th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)