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Archive for December, 2010

Daily SG: 23 Dec 2010

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- Singaporeans for Democracy: Request for police risk assessment not addressed by MHA

National Service
- the kent ridge common: Complete closure of NS IPPT Centers not beneficial for NSMen

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Notes: He Didn’t Get The Memo
- pressrun.net: Singapore sixth in national intellectual capital
- TOC: Former ISA detainee seeks damages against Singapore government
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: How To Change The World Without Really Trying – Reflections On Performance Art Today
- Loh and Behold: They Did Something

Life, the universe and everything
- new nation: Comic book girl [Thanks Terence]
- Rambling Librarian: “Virtual Worlds for Kids” research
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Google Demo Slam
- Open Contours: Graey Festival 2010: A Review
- The Economist: Rise of the image men [Thanks Adrian]

Infoblogoramus
- deadpris: The Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition

Selected News Stories
- Today Online: Temasek’s Indon assets to be seized?
- Yahoo! News: Almost half of Singapore on Facebook
- New Asia Republic: Key political risks to watch in Asia in 2011
- ABC News: Pfizer Expands Lipitor Recall
- Moviefon: Top Ten Most Pirated Films of 2010 Revealed

With that, we’re scooting off for a little vacation. Happy holidays! Cya in 2011 ^_^

Daily SG: 22 Dec 2010

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileaks Verses – Minion Cables
- New Asia Republic: Can WikiLeaks and its like(s) plug the information and ethical gaps?

Countdown to Elections
- Icarus Flew Too High: Teamwork and Leadership: Lessons from TOC’s Face to Face Forum
- TOC: Face to Face: Opposition Supporters Anonymous
- TOC: Face to Face forum: That elephant in the room
- New Asia Republic: Sin Kek Tong blows whistle on Chiam See Tong

Law and Order
- Singapore Notes: A Tale Of Two Cities
- Crisis Communication in the Era of Social Media: Crisis Communications: Singapore Teaching Scholar Jonathan Wong Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges

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 Style Stop: Criticisms to Singapore’s Press
- Temasek Review: Democracy index: Singapore scores poorly in ‘political participation’

Housing
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: Foreigners and the Bubbly Property Market

Daily Discourse
- guanyinmiao’s musings: A Blueprint For Singapore’s Ageing Population?
- TOC: Ethics and morality in public service
- Brotherhood Press: Why does Malaysia need to go Nuclear?

Life, the universe and everything
- Open Contours: Graey Festival 2010: Crossing the Threshold
- Anonymous_X: 1Malaysia plagiarised from OneIsrael (One Israel) campaign?
- wild shores of singapore: Seahorse on oil-slicked Tanah Merah!

Selected News Stories
- Today Online: Asian Para Games athletes back in S’pore
- Bloomberg: Indonesian Authorities Evaluating Temasek Assets for Seizure
- Reuters: Divided FCC adopts Internet rules
- BBC: Neanderthal family found cannibalised in cave in Spain

Daily SG: 21 Dec 2010

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileaks Verses – Minion Cables
- Yours Toothfully: Do You Really Wanna Know Part 2
- Malaysiakini: Lee Kuan Yew’s occidental illusion

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Second Chances in the Park

Housing Singaporeans
- Sgpolitics.net: Goh Meng Seng declares war on HDB & housing issues [I] [II]

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Notes: The Bomb At Our Doorstep
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: DBS: Three gd moves in 2010
- Susan Polgar Chess Daily News & Information: Record Entries for 7th Singapore International Chess Festival 2010
- CNN Go: Singapore needs to get over its condom phobia

Life, the universe and everything
- Otterman speaks: Google Lab’s Body Browser – ‘Google Earth for the Human Body’
- The Long and Winding Road: The Malaysian Settlement in Singapore and the memory of Charles Edwin Spooner
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Singaporean Pirs, Sufism and the myth of monolithic Islam [Thanks Imran]

Selected News Stories
- Today Online: No jail, but ex-MOE scholar expelled from university for child porn
- BBC: Google’s UK Street View wi-fi data ‘deleted’
- AFP: Red Moon: Lunar eclipse to make memorable solstice

Daily SG: 20 Dec 2010

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileaks Verses – Minion Cables
- Brotherhood Press: Is Wikileaks the 21st century newspaper?
- My sketchbook: The aftermath of Wikileaks

Countdown to Elections
- On Nation and State: Do contested large GRCs favour the PAP?
- Sgpolitics.net: TOC face to face forum: Meeting of Bodies but not of Minds
- new nation: United PAP, divided Opposition? [Thanks Terence]
- Singapore Alternatives: Elaboration on answers to Housing Issues @ TOC Forum
- New Asia Republic: Sneak preview to General Election

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- My Little Corner: Bus Fare Distance Refund for Ezlink card holders

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: MDA hacks away at rule of law

Strangers in a Strange Land
- groundnotes: Our Model Migrants
- TOC: Training centres to domestic workers – You have to obey

We are against capital punishment
- We Believe in Second Chances: Second Chances in the Park: It’s over! [I] [II]
- funny little world: Why don’t I do picnics more often?

Re education
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Stark contrast between pre-school education of the rich and poor

Daily Discourse
- guanyinmiao’s musings: How About A More Genuine And Sincere Consultative Government?
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: McAfee “Mapping the Mal Web” report 2010
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Multilateralism in Cancun? Who are we deceiving?
- Singapore Notes: Looking Desperately For Good News

Life, the universe and everything
- The Gigamole Diaries: Nigerian frauds and big pharma…
- Mindblogging Stuff: Stay ahead of the innovation curve
- ALVINOLOGY: Get Giving with GET SINGAPORE This Festive Season!
- NO BUNS NO LIFE: How MUCH Does it actually COST to PRODUCE your Smartphone?

Infoblogoramus
- SGEntrepreneurs: Give.sg One Year Later

Selected News Stories
- Singapore Law Watch: Blogger says sorry, retracts allegations about ex-teacher [Thanks Willy]
- BBC: Changi: The airport of your dreams [Thanks Adrian]
- Today Online: M’sia to build nuclear plant by 2021
- Wall Street Journal: BofA Bans WikiLeaks Transactions
- NY Times: At Security Council, a Stalemate Over Blame
- Bloomberg: Europe Travelers Face Third Day of Disruption on Snow Forecast

Weekly Roundup: Week 51

“That politicians are so craftily selective in their rhetoric is to be expected, but regrettably some of our feted journalists too have adopted for an ethos the immortal words of that Class 90.5FM advertisement: “Only hear the good stuff.””
Spiegel

“We seem to constantly keep foreign workers at a distance and preferably completely out of sight…Yet at the same time, we want them to constantly slog away at machines or construction sites to make the chairs we sit on, the computers we play with, the houses we sleep in, and of course, the malls that constantly sprout out around our country….”
Vanessa Ho

“On the other hand, we could also argue that the info thieves/leakers are at fault for compromising security too. If a thief breaks into your house, do we haul your arse to prison for using the wrong padlocks, or do we haul the thief to prison? What if the info both compromises security and exposes abuses at the same time? “
Mathia Lee

“Our celebrated teaching-learning processes may be efficient in producing cogs for the Singapore socio-economic machinery; yet it stifles creativity and the freedom to explore.”
guanyinmiao

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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Daily SG: 17 Dec 2010

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileaks Verses – Minion Cables
- Brotherhood Press: Wikileaks – Cuo Bono?
- the kent ridge common: What NUS Students are saying about WikiLeaks
- Temasek Review: Anwar dares Singapore to substantiate reports
- the kent ridge common: Wikileaks: Hard to say that I’m sorry? [Thanks kner]

Countdown to Elections
- TOC: Face To Face: An awkward family reunion

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: We’ll adopt “light touch” approach for online videos : MDA
- TOC: Straits Times: Willing bedfellows of the State

Daily Discourse
- FOOD fuels me to talk: Underaged maids: check this
- Icarus Flew Too High: Youth Parliament SG: Lessons and Ideas from Pulau Pinang
- Today’s Mostly Cloudy: To have 3-star toilets, have happy cleaners first

Life, the universe and everything
- Yours Truly Singapore: Singapore is ‘happiest place in Asia’
- Crisis Communication in the Era of Social Media: Press Release: Timing is Everything
- Balderdash: The Inequality that is Not a Problem, and the Inequality that is
- The boy who knew too much: Time Magazine, Zuckerberg and Assange

Infoblogoramus
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Pose a question to Jacques Attali

Selected News Stories
- CNN: The Sweep: WikiLeaks stirs anarchy online
- Guardian: WikiLeaks: Anonymous hierarchy emerges
- ABC News: Russia in Contact With Shuttle After Glitch

Daily ChioBu: VYJ X-MAS Special

Nozomi Sasaki, Emi Ito, Miyu Oriyama, Rie Amano, Ai Shinozaki, Momoko Tani and Yumi Sugimoto wishes everyone a happy holidays!

Pictures after the break. [PNSFW]
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Daily SG: 16 Dec 2010

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileaks Verses – Minion Cables
- Mathia Lee ~ Plans and Preoccupations: Ethics of leaking
- Icarus Flew Too High: Oops, We did it again

Countdown to Elections
- Temasek Review: PAP leaders step up visit to branches in preparation of coming GE

We are against capital punishment
- We Believe In Second Chances: Frankie – Hardened criminal to successful artist

Daily Discourse
- The Secret Political Blog: The Time-saving Difference
- Musings From the Lion City: A MacBook For Education
- De Leviathan @ SG: Election Watch Part II – Concepts About Aging – Nanjing YY Li vs Singapore MM Lee
- mrbrown: Upskirt pervert’s background mysteriously disappears from the Net

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: A lesson on autism
- the kent ridge common: The Problem with Climate Change
- Kaffein-nated: Winning winners, not losing winners

Selected News Stories
- Channel News Asia: S’pore, Taiwan to discuss economic partnership
- SMH: Jetstar launches controversial Singapore hub
- Forbes: The Best Countries For New Jobs Next Year
- Bloomberg: BP Sued by Obama Administration Over Worst Oil Spill
- ZDNet: Mark Zuckerberg named Time’s person of the year

Infoblogoramus
- TOC: Note to TOC Face to Face Participants

Daily SG: 15 Dec 2010

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileaks Verses – Minion Cables
- the kent ridge common: Wikileaks Post-Mortem II
- FOOD fuels me to talk: Wikifakes?
- TOC: Wikileaks saga: Singapore actively undermining Malaysia, says M’sian MP
- Sin Chew Jit Poh: Wikileaks revelations not linked to M’sian police probes – Hishammuddin
- BBC: UK Government websites may be next pro-Wikileaks focus

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- YourSDP: Democrats propose a fairer COE system

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Migrant worker NGOs’ appeal against rejection for vehicle procession

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Political liberalisation and the risk of religious politics
- New Asia Republic: Economic Myths(part 1)

Life, the universe and everything
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Gawker password leak: How to check if you are affected?
- NO BUNS NO LIFE: NSFW: When Playboy meets TRON

Selected News Stories
- Today Online: Second bronze for Goh
- Wall Street Journal: UPDATE: Australia Competition Watchdog Clears Singapore Exchange Bid For ASX
- BBC: Golden Globes 2010: the nominees
- MSNBC: YouTube ‘Trends’ spots what’s ‘poppin’

Daily SG: 14 Dec 2010

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileaks Verses – Minion Cables
- New Asia Republic: Wikileaking the mandarins
- Words of the Cze: Another Round
- Temasek Hedge: BT defends its inability and/or unwillingness to go beyond being a corporate/government mouthpiece
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: SPH: Context, what context?
- Singapore Notes: Deep Throat Revealed
- My Little Corner: What happens when you take things out of context
- TOC: George Yeo on Wikileaks – full transcript (updated)
- The Age: Top Singapore officials trash the neighbours [Thanks Adrian]
- SMH: How I met Julian Assange and secured the American embassy cables
- BBC: Wikileaks defectors to launch Openleaks alternative
- NYT: WikiLeaks Taps Power of the Press

Countdown to Elections
- Digital Terrorist: Read Between the Headlines

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Comments that endorse discrimination of migrant workers

We are against capital punishment
- funny little world: Support Second Chances!

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Singapore’s Education System: Moving Beyond The Status Quo

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Cost of preparing a medical report

Daily Discourse
- TOC: “People need to start caring and hearing us out”
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Office renovation and fire regulations
- Crisis Communication in the Era of Social Media: Red Cross finds $90k has gone missing

Life, the universe and everything
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: m1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2011
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: First Starbucks in Singapore
- CNNGo: Alexis Ong: Singapore is the happiest place in Asia? Seriously?

Infoblogoramus
- TOC: Face To Face – change of venue due to overwhelming response

Selected News Stories
- The Telegraph: Mona Lisa painting ‘contains hidden code’
- Yahoo News: Gawker Media Empire Hacked by ‘Gnosis;’ 1.25 Million User Accounts Affected
- The Hindu: What’s in store for technology in 2011?
- NASA Science: Global Eruption Rocks the Sun
- Wired: Video: Navy’s Mach 8 Railgun Obliterates Record
- Popular Science: Electromagnetic Railgun
- Gawker: The Top 100 Videos of 2010 in 170 Seconds

Daily SG: 13 Dec 2010

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileaks Verses – Minion Cables
- pressrun.net: Tommy Koh quoted out of context in Wikileaks
- Loh and Behold: Embarrassing? Yes. Secret? Hardly! [Thanks Alan]
- Senang Diri: WikiLeaks Singapore: Singapore diplomats’ frank assessments on Southeast Asia
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Wikileaks on Singapore worrying
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Wikileaks and Singapore’s reputation
- Singapore Notes: Talking Dickheads in MFA
- Singapore Sojourn: Entente Not So Cordiale
- Musings From the Lion City by Ghost: Get A Grip
- Singapore Life and Times: Leaky Hypocrites
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: S’pore Inc: Err what abt giving us the context, George?
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: WikiLeaks and George Yeo
- SMH: Big fat red faces for Singapore leaders
- The Malaysian Insider: Pakatan demands Singapore come clean on WikiLeaks sex expose
- Malaysiakini: Of WikiLeaks, S’pore spies and the SB

Countdown to Elections
- VotingRP: Productivity – The Key to Sustainable, Long-term Economic Growth
- Singapore Alternatives: The Battle of Tampines
- The Kent Ridge Common: The Socialist Front’s Public Forum on Rule of Law: A Review
- sylvia lim’s blog: Microcosm
- Lee Wai Leong Facebook: 10 things wrong with the “opposition” in Singapore (Part 2) [Thanks Lee]

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- TOC: Press Muse – Grafting numbers
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Tranparency International’s survey on corruption
- Think Centre: Think Centre Human Rights Day message 2010

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- New Asia Republic: PAP: No need to retire at 62
- The Pattern Trader: Singapore Beware
- WSJ: Hong Kong vs. Singapore: Retirement

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: HDB: MND vs NMP – Round 4
- Singapore Alternatives: Unsustainable Policy : HDB
- Spore Says Political Cartoon: Cooling measures for HDB

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Healthcare cost and Singapore’s medical hub aspiration…

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Should casinos be allowed to lend money?
- Las Vegas Review Journal: INSIDE GAMING: 5 billion reasons to like Singapore

We are against capital punishment
- We Believe In Second Chances: Second Chances – Banner Painting

Singaporeans, a dying breed
- The Art Of Dumbspeak: What Babies REALLY Say About The Economy And Society

Little Green Dot
- New Asia Republic: Planning a Singaporean landscape to mitigate climate change

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: High court vexed when asked to think about law
- pressrun.net: Singapore income gap, education, life expectancy compared with other rich nations

Life, the universe and everything
- Ong Jiin Joo: When Help Given is Help Needed
- R3LOAD.NET: Singapore Toy Games Comic Convention 2010 Day 1 [Thanks IZ]

Infoblogoramus
- sg_ljers: Short Film Makers Seek Male Lead.

Selected News Stories
- The Star: Singapore spirit blows hot and cold
- The Age: ASX must renegotiate a Singapore deal that is truly in Australia’s interest [Thanks Mike]
- SMH: Singapore the clear winner in an unfair exchange
- Raw Story: WikiLeaks supporters download ‘Low Orbit Ion Cannon’ software en masse
- AlJazeeraEnglish: Inside Story – WikiLeaks special: Assange: hero or villain? [Youtube]

Weekly Roundup: Week 50

“..the fact that “community leaders” believe that the social problems such as gangsterism and dysfunctional families can be solved by making young people believe in the same gods as they do is a scary thought indeed.”
angry doc

“Perhaps, the prejudice that some are simply unable to study is the root problem of poor student grades in the first place…”
Liau Chuan Yi and Norvin Chan

“I still have to pay for the loan for my flat, what to do?”
Lau

“Why do we have such absurd laws that try to maintain media control in the internet age?”
Au Waipang

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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Daily SG: 10 Dec 2010

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Govt queried on political parties’ online videos
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Political videos pudding ready for the eating
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Response to Appeal Outcome
- pressrun.net:Transparency International Corruption Barometer released

This is Singapore. There is no free Press
- TOC: The strange case of the missing sentence
- Foxy Thoughts: Bloody blatant hypocrisy.

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- TOC: Jobs and assistance statistics: More or less?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Numbers don’t say what has happened to Singaporeans..
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Our Stingy Heartless Nanny

Housing Singaporeans
- Singapore Notes: Gambling With Your House

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: One year on – Yong Vui Kong

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Today’s Mostly Cloudy: Second hand car market is back in business

Daily Discourse
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Ineffectiveness And Redundancy Of Online Government Portals
- Senang Diri: Can the Singapore Armed Forces win a war?
- pressrun.net: When people “belonged” to their rulers

Life, the universe and everything
- FTP: Preserving Singapore’s past: A losing battle?
- Temasek Hedge: Update: Profitable Plots scam claims value actually twice as large
- The Digital Consultant: Where To WikiLeaks?

Selected News Stories
- Bloomberg: DBS Accused of Misrepresenting Lehman-Related Product in Singapore Lawsuit
- Asia Sentinel: It isn’t QE2 that’s flooding Asia with Hot Money
- AOL: ‘Sex by Surprise’ at Heart of Assange Criminal Probe
- Sky News: Wiki War: Hacktivists Attack Visa Websites
- Guardian: Wikileaks under attack: the definitive timeline
- Engadget: Google unveils Cr-48, the first Chrome OS laptop
- Telegraph: Google’s computer programme: from search engine to operating system
- Jumpsquares: Star Wars Snowflakes. Now with instructions!

If you think Kirsten is the coolest girl this side of the SG blog’o'activisphere (like we do), join her and the good people at Second Chances at Hong Lim Park on 19th December!

Hello all

My name is Kirsten Han and I am writing this email to invite you all to our event Second Chances in the Park on the 19th of December from 4pm.

Second Chances in the Park is an event organised by We Believe In Second Chances, a Singaporean youth-oriented campaign that celebrates life and second chances. (You can see our blog here: http://webelieveinsecondchances.blogspot.com) This event will also focus on the case of Yong Vui Kong, who is still on death row and has a hearing scheduled for the week of the 17th of January. We will be gathering people to sign a birthday banner for Vui Kong, as his 23rd birthday is right before his hearing.

Also at the event will be live performances by various individuals and groups. We are hoping for it to be a positive and high-spirited afternoon in support of a good cause and a young boy whose life hangs in the balance.

We would be delighted to see all of your – and your friends and your families – there on the 19th. Also, if you would be kind enough to mention this event on your blogs to help us publicise it, it would be very much appreciated.

Sincerely
Kirsten

We Believe In Second Chances
Facebook: We Believe In Second Chances
Twitter: @2ndchance2all

Daily ChioBu: Yui Aragaki

Yui Aragaki 新垣結衣 (born 11 Jun 1988) is a Japanese model, actress, singer, seiyū and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry. She is a well-loved Japanese idol. Her beauty particularly her smile, is well-regarded in Japan. It was Yui’s sister who registered Yui in an audition for a junior fashion magazine (nicola) where Yui won the Grand Prix award. In 2004, Aragaki expanded her modeling career into gravure, and started appearing on variety shows and commercials (Glico’s Pocky being the most popular). After a breakthrough performance in the TBS drama Dragon Zakura, she began to pursue a career in acting. To date, she has won 5 Newcomer awards in 2007 and a prestigious Film prize at the 2008 Golden Arrow Awards. Aragaki also made her singing debut in 2007, singing the theme song for the movie Tokyo Serendipity (which she acted in) and the release of her album Sora.

Pictures from Yui Aragaki’s photobook Masshiro after the break.
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Daily SG: 9 Dec 2010

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Welfare: Jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today
- Ravi Philemon: How do they survive?

Housing Singaporeans
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Consequences of govt inaction in the housing market..

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: In defence of the Workers’ Party

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- Singaporeans for Democracy: Can political parties directly upload videos online?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Ong Jiin Joo: I want your BRAIN
- The Malaysian Insider: Brain drain: In plugging the sinkhole, the need to cast the net wider
- ST Forum: Let’s not under-promote ourselves

Re education
- I’m getting personal: Looking into needs of madrasahs instead of barring them
- pressrun.net: PISA reading test shows the difference money makes

Singaporeans a dying breed
- ST Forum: The cost of having a child

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Aussie Pete: COE Simply Singaporean? – Your Jaw Will Drop With A Dollar-to-Dollar Comparison

Ming Yi back to the harvest
- My very lo soh long winded page: emptiness is form, form is emptiness…

Daily Discourse
- TOC: “Does a caregiver have to deplete everything before getting help?”
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Singapore’s HIV policy neither rational nor compassionate
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: Lions crash out of Suzuki Cup, but frankly, it could be the best thing to happen to Singapore football
- Singapore Notes: When Elites Take Charge
- New Asia Republic: Timor-Leste: New State on the Bloc

Life, the universe and everything
- funny little world: Which one?
- Singapore Urban Explorers: The Forgotten Tombs of Upper Pierce
- EcoWalktheTalk: Whither Go Climate Refugees? [Thanks Bhavani]

Infoblogoramus
- Mathia Lee: Clinic giving free facials to raise funds for girl who got HIV at dentist
- My Little Corner: The Boys’ Brigade Share-a-Gift 2010
- Migrant Experience: Migrant Experience is a exhibition of 40 photographs taken by youths from Bukit Batok Hostel.

Selected News Stories
- Nature: Singapore’s salad days are over
- ISNA: Iran calls seizure of its ships in Singapore “western wrongdoing”
- Reuters: Singapore GLP confirms ProLogis truce, says not material to firm
- BBC: From prisoner to millionaire: The Banyan Tree story
- asia!: Chinese Men Who Love Western Women
- Money Hacker Blog: Who’s Got All The Gold and Who’s Mining It [Infographic]

The folks at TOC are holding a powwow in anticipation of the 2010 year end 2011 March break GE. Check it out.

The Online Citizen will be holding a public forum as a lead-up to the next General Elections. Titled, “Face To Face”, the forum will see five opposition political parties taking questions from members of the public on various issues in a 21/2 hour Q&A session. (There will be no speeches from the panelists.)

We would like to invite you, as fellow bloggers, to the forum which is as follows:

Date: 16 December 2010
Time: 7pm to 10.30pm
Venue: Sinema Old School theatre, Mount Sophia

Panelists:
Dr Chee Soon Juan – Singapore Democratic Party
Mr Goh Meng Seng – National Solidarity Party
Mr Chia Ti Lik – Socialist Front
Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam – Reform Party
Mr Gerald Giam – Workers’ Party

If you would like to attend the event, please rsvp to this email by Saturday, 11 December 2010 so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

Thank you.

Regards,
Andrew Loh
For: Chief Editor, TOC

Daily SG: 8 Dec 2010

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PM Lee on Income Inequality….
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Plugging The Holes In Our “Comprehensive” Social Safety Net
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Red Cross and donations

Countdown to Elections
- The Temasek Review: Straits Times ask opposition supporters to “spoil” their votes
- leesjuanpat world: Opposition Participation and the coming Election. [Thanks Tang]

Housing Singaporeans
- De Leviathan @ SG: The Property Bubble & Investment Trap Part XII – Quick Sizing Up of Current Property Market
- Singapore Notes: Dark Clouds Are Gathering

This is Singapore. There is no free Press
- The Temasek Review: Straits Times correspondent: We have no control

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- Singaporeans for Democracy: SFD to contribute to civil society cooperation

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: “You’re too old, you cannot work!”

Re education
- pressrun.net: Singapore’s education advantage: OECD report
- pressrun.net: Poorer students do better in Hong Kong than in Singapore

Daily Discourse
- The Singapore Law Review: Whistleblowers – To Protect or Not?
- All about money: Neither a saver nor a spender be
- My Thoughts: ST’s Rachel Chang accuses Singapore government of being polarised
- Loyalty is Orange: Offline Stupidity Breeds More Stupidity by Decapitation and Someone Wan
- Today Voices: A Christmas tale of a sweeper and bureaucracy

Life, the universe and everything
- My Thoughts: Ezycash – enabling you to pay more than necessary
- The Long and Winding Road: A final journey from Tanjong Pagar: destination Gemas
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: First Video Game Song Nominated for Grammy
- Because you’ve got all eyes on you no matter where you are: Universal Studios Singapore

Infoblogoramus
- Substation: The Substation Townhall Meeting 2010: Re-imagining Independence [Facebook] [Thanks Noor Effendy]

Selected News Stories
- BBC: Manufacturing the dream: Game changing new production [3-D printers]
- The Economist: An international report card
- Engadget: NYU prof sticks camera on the back of his head, just as promised (video)
- eWeek: Apple’s White iPhone 4 Will Appear Spring 2011: Reports
- Techcrunch: TRON: Legacy movie review (TCTV)
- ZDNet: Top 10 features in Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
- PC World: Google Nexus S vs Apple iPhone 4: Fight!
- Infographics: Top Football Teams

Daily SG: 7 Dec 2010

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- Singaporeans for Democracy: SFD To Appeal Decision
- TOC: SFD Human Rights march rejected
- TOC: New venue for protests

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Excessive charges to boost profits
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Blatant cheating (2)

It’s the economy, stupid
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: S’pore 2011: Credit Suisse’s view

Re education
- The Secret Political Blog: Looking again at Streaming

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: High cost and poor standard of taxi service

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Kopi Tok: Singapore Cyberattacked and Cyberspied On
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Horny straight guys’ choices
- Abdillah Zamzuri: Adults Are Youths Biggest Problem
- Singapore Notes: Truth In Advertising
- mrbrown: The New Paper exposes major illicit arms dealer in Beach Road!
- ST Forum: 14 packages sent, 14 not received
- ST Forum: That’s not how it happened, SingTel
- Today Voices: Enabling integration

Life, the universe and everything
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Hong Kong vs Singapore: Singapore Sucks?
- Social Media and Digital Marketing in Singapore: Are You Your News Channel?
- Crisis Communication in the Era of Social Media: Celeb road rage? Pierre Png: I confronted him because he showed me finger
- Empty Vessel: My 2010 Xmas Gift Guide

Selected News Stories
- CNNGo: John Davidson: Why Singapore’s ‘World’s Best Sports City’ award is a joke
- My Sin Chew: The Johor dilemma
- Malay Mail Online: No news yet from Singapore on ‘superbug’
- Wikileaks Cablesearch: 09BAKU175: IRAN’S MONEY LAUNDERERS, SANCTIONS-BUSTERS, AND [Thanks Soci]
- NYT: Vast Hacking by a China Fearful of the Web
- CNET: Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 TV with PS2 built-in parties like it’s 2000
- AnandTech: LG’s Optimus 7 & Samsung’s Focus Reviewed: A Tale of Two Windows Phones
- Digital Journal of Photography: Photos Without Cameras
- Buzzing Up: Rise Of Android from Cupcake to HoneyComb [Infographic]

Daily SG: 6 Dec 2010

Countdown to Elections
- TOC: Four pillars of social security – really?
- VotingRp: Why the PAP’s pre-Election Budget will still shortchange Singaporeans
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: What the SDP bear tells us abt ourselves
- The Temasek Review: Where Does The Worker’s Party Stand and Go?

Singapore Inc is happy, Singaporeans however…
- pressrun.net: Singapore happiest country in Asia but…
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: “In Singapore, people of different ethnicities feel they belong and fit in” Huh?
- Singapore Notes: Happiness Is A Favourable Set Of Statistics
- Anonymous_X: Singapore is ‘happiest in Asia’–how about Singaporeans? [Thanks wackyArtzzz]

Singapore is a free country. Free from chewing gum, free from Playboy, free from transparency, free from a free press, free from free speec…
- TOC: Effective governance with freedom – separating the social from the critical
- New Asia Republic: On Clandestine Government
- New Asia Republic: A chronology of Authoratarian Singapore
- Singaporeans for Democracy: SFD Applies Permit For Human Rights March
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Human rights not for impressionable young minds; film rated R21

This is Singapore. There is no free Press
- TOC: Friends with benefits
- pressrun.net: The new media in Singapore
- TOC: ST and ‘mental illness’ reporting – a boo-boo once too often?

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Income inequality may be increasing again
- pressrun.net: Singapore more expensive than Central London

The Gospel of Harry: Wikileak Verses
- Singapore 2025: Before Assange there was Jayakumar: Context, realpolitik, and the public interest
- Just my Observation: Hey MM Lee, we Singaporeans like your North Koreans are ‘psychopathic types’ too!
- The Star: WikiLeaks boost for LKY

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Medishield and Private Shield

CPF
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: CPF Life Annuity – good or bad?

Daily Discourse
- Illusio: The good and the godless
- Angry Doctor: Standing up for the ‘godless’
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Good For Something PA?
- Senang Diri: With Pride We Lead: Gays in the Singaporean military
- TOC: ISA still in active use today – Teo Soh Lung

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: A lesson on autism
- Jimo’s cavern: Caucasian women v.s. asian women [Thanks Xiao Hao]

Infoblogoramus
- Maruah Singapore: The Way I See It: Stories on Human Rights
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 4-11 Dec

Selected News Stories
- Bloomberg: Temasek Snared in India as Crackdown Slows Microfinance IPOs
- Migration Information Source: Issue #8: Not Just the Highly Skilled — Only the Best and Brightest, Please
- Wavestore: Singapore traffic authorities in call for license plate recognition
- The Australian: Why Singapore is connecting with fibre too
- The Star: Attempt to smuggle sand foiled
- Miller-McCune: Censorship in Shades of Black and Gray
- New Statesman: Approving of autocracy
- Telegraph: Wikileaks: US identifies key sites around world for security

Weekly Roundup: Week 49

“Our boys are out there competing for our nation’s sporting glory. Instead of supporting them in their endeavour, we choose to distract them by complaining about their swimming trunks design?”
Alvin

“I estimate that over 30% of residents earn less than $1,200 (inflation-adjusted) or are unemployed.”
Leong Sze Hian

“To claim that current approaches by the MOE towards moral education are overly antiquated and pedantic would be an understatement.”
guanyinmiao

“Travelling across Malaysia, makes a person realise how much the cost of living has crept up in Singapore over the years.”
Lucky Tan

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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Daily SG: 3 Dec 2010

Countdown to Elections
- Just my Observation: The problem with the GRC system of election in its current form is that…
- just rambling: Elections Posters in Singapore (2)
- FTP: Going all out in the name of politics

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Shadrake to take legal action against Singapore for malicious prosecution
- TOC: Alan Shadrake, Singapore’s death penalty use debated in UK House of Lords

This is Singapore. There is no free Press
- pressrun.net: SPH newspaper readers: Up from 3 million to 4 million
- Social Media and Digital Marketing in Singapore: “Singapore Youth Are News Junkies, 9 Out Of 10 Read The Papers”

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: High cost of operating a business in Singapore

Strangers in a Strange Land
- December 18: Calling on Singapore to ratify the Convention [on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families]

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Increase Students’ Receptivity To Alternative News Sources

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Singapore M.D.: Sense and Sensitivities

Ming Yi back to the harvest
- Simply Gab: Ming Yi: Bad taste is never out of style
- Singapore Notes: The Monk, The Clown And The Minister

Daily Discourse
- Ravi Philemon: Upward salary revisions in people sector because of higher funding by MCYS/NCSS [Thanks Ravi]
- De Leviathan @ SG: Election Watch Part I – A Response To Yu-Kym’s “DO YOU HATE SINGAPORE?”

Life, the universe and everything
- The Lycan Times: Reform Party “Gala and Movie Night”
- The Long and Winding Road: A final journey from Tanjong Pagar: the slow train up the length of Johore

Infoblogoramus
- TOC: Men, time to oppose violence against women – AWARE
- XinYun @ SG: Event: Chingay Experience @ Marinay Bay Waterfront Promenade

Selected News Stories
- BBC: Can Singapore become a start-up hub? [Thanks Adrian]
- Bloomberg: Temasek, GIC Raise $9.9 Billion With Bond Sales, Real Estate Trust IPOS
- NYT: The Secret Lives of Nations
- The Star: Siddiqui: What the WikiLeaks documents fail to tell
- WSJ: Hong Kong Sixth Most Expensive City
- NYT: Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt
- Techcrunch: Google Toying With Naming Social Product “Google +1″ As Sergey Brin Gets Involved
- Telegraph: ‘Life as we don’t know it’ discovery could prove existence of aliens

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