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Presidential Election
- The Satay Club: TAN KIN LIAN AND THE MONSTERS UNDER HIS BED
- De Leviathan @ SG: Presidential Election Watch Part I – My Initial Impression of the PE Candidates [Thanks CH]
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: How Mr Tan Kin Lian might be unfairly disqualified
- Andrew Loh: What if the President refuses to sign the death warrant?
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: President’s power of clemency

Housing
- UnbiasedElectorate: DBSS who is to be blamed?
- Today Voices: Revamp land tender system

Strangers in a Strange Land. Black Sunday
- The Satay Club: JOBS AND THE ECONOMY: A FOREIGNER’S PERSPECTIVE

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- In My Own Words: BLIND VOTERS’ RIGHT TO VOTE SECRECY
- The Sketch Times: New Cabinet Report Card

Sporeans, a dying breed
- Javert’s World: PAP best campaign ever

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Singapore Notes: LTA Gets Their Way

Daily Discourse
- Words of the Cze: Bayonet
- Loh and Behold: Make Singapore Shark’s Fin-Free

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: 27 Years: Part 2 – the People’s town
- CK Photography: A Walk From Rail Mall to Bukit Panjang Level Crossing

Stuff
- Asia Sentinel: Singapore Quiets the South China Sea
- New Asia Republic: Anti-Austerity Protest in Greece (29/06/2011) [Thanks D]
- Hiuffpost: Goldman Sachs Plans To Hire 1,000 In Singapore While Cutting U.S. Jobs [Thanks steve]
- All Things D: Google Execs Explain Why They Launched Google+ Now, Before It’s Ready

June 30th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Presidential Election
- New Asia Republic: Polarising the Presidential contest
- Think Happiness: Wanted: Unifying Prime Minister & Inspiring President
- Article 14: COE FOR THE PRESIDENT
- Maverick’s Slice of Life: A season of convincing ahead for Elected President hopefuls
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Dr Tony Tan – PAP Cabinet Minister who silently supported the 1987 detention of the “Marxist” conspirators
- Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Mr Feedback for Singaporeans Transcript

Housing
- Leong Sze Hian: HDB: Why not so easy to downgrade
- Piji Tailai: A Show of People Power in Singapore
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Citi: No property glut

Singapore’s modern slave trade low skilled foreign labour
- TOC: Harder truths about Security Bond
- Yahoo: 46% in Yahoo! poll against weekly day off for maids

Strangers in a Strange Land. Black Sunday
- TRE: Local IT Specialist working in MNC: My future is bleak

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- TRE: The GRC Scheme is not according to democractic principles

Re education
- Tan Jee Say FB: JC students champion smaller class size

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Ray of Light: Give caregivers days off to avoid burnout

NSP
- Support Site for The Unemployed: The Truth Behind Goh Meng Seng’s Political Step-down

Daily Discourse
- guanyinmiao’s musings: When Government Consultation Is Not Populist Appeasement
- TOC: What makes a successful politician?
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Obedient Wives Club should be legally recognised
- Singapore Notes: No Country For Old Men, Women
- My Singapore News: Some embarrassing questions for Parliament
- TRE: Lee Kuan Yew still has private and press secretaries in Prime Minister’s Office
- TRE: Tin Pei Ling’s GIGANTIC billboard in ‘MacPherson SMC’

Life, the universe and everything
- New Asia Republic: Harnessing hydrogen fuel cells for power
- The Itch To Write: Commemorating ‘Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery’…
- TOC: HOME’s Bridget Lew mentioned in Hillary Clinton’s speech

Stuff
- Reuters: South China Sea disputes could lead to Asian war
- Free Malaysia Today: Ageing Singapore prepares for grey future
- CNNGo: Dr Tan Lai Yong: Going beyond the call of duty to open eyes and heal the sick

June 29th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- New Asia Republic: The Certificate of Eligibility irony
- Blogging for Myself: Can Tan Cheng Bock unify us?
- Ravi Philemon: Why Dr Tan Cheng Bock is still my choice to be the Elected President
- Blogging for Myself: Updating myself on the Presidential Candidates
- UnbiasedElectorate: The Presidential Election
- The Satay Club: FLOOD OF ENDORSEMENTS FOR TONY TAN
- Anonymous_X: Dr Tan Cheng Bock shall win the Presidency with 42% votes [Thanks wacky_artz]
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Message from Tan Kin Lian for President
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Presidential Election – fund raising
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: False and malicious smears
- TonyTanOffice’s Youtube Channel: Press Conference videos
- Demon-cratic Singapore FB: Episode #78 A Thorny issue [Thanks A]

CPF
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Badly needed CPF Reforms.. [Thanks Stanley]
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Dr Tony Tan – Used “funny” numbers of justify CPF cuts

Strangers in a Strange Land. Black Sunday
- visakan veerasamy: Does Racial Harmony Justify Xenophobia in Singapore?
- Freak Thoughts: Concealed Xenophobia

Singapore’s modern slave trade low skilled foreign labour
- SpeakSpokeWriteWrote: Remember the Sabbath Day – Exploring cultural and traditional concepts of the domestic helper
- Rachel Zeng: NGOs CALL FOR MANDATORY DAY OFF FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS

Daily Discourse
- Leong Sze Hian: NKF reserves
- Singapore Notes: SAF Has New Toys
- The Thinking Fish Tank: What the Lion City Cup Can Tell Us About Singapore Sports
- TOC: Our responsibility as citizens

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: Germany and Singapore embark on Human Rights Logo Initiative
- Looking for Lobangs: Are Singaporeans selfish self-centred people? The hawker stall uncle answers part 3 of 3 [Thanks Guyi]
- Psychedelic Nature: Animal Life and Nature in Singapore
- The Long and Winding Road: A send off at the weekend for our old friends..

Stuff
- Economy Watch: Assuaging Singapore’s Obsession With Comparative Ranking
- Yahoo: Top 10 most dangerous roads in Singapore: insurer
- Engadget: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video)
- Apple Insider: Apple supply chain points to “iPhone 4S” in Sept., iPad 3 prototype in early 2012
- Courier Mail: Ghost city appears above Xin’an River

June 28th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Presidential Election
- Singapore Alternatives: Elected Presidency – Why Tan Kin Lian?
- Singapore Notes: Behold The Independent Candidate
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Dr Tony Tan – Participant in defamation lawsuits which bankrupted Jeyaretnam and Tang Liang Hong
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: So Tony Tan Can Say Anything To Sell Koyok For His EP Bid, But the Same By Other Aspirants Earns Them A Rebuke From The Ruling Estab? [Thank yl]
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Moral Authority Of The Elected President
- Piji Tailai: A Strong President for a Weak Government?
- Maverick’s Slice of Life: Banker, Doctor, Insurer – Who Gets My Vote for President?
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: More than words,TKL supporters
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: 3 Tans in Singapore Presidential Bids
- ieatishootipost: Seng Heng Chicken Rice: My Lunch with Dr Tan Cheng Bock
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Malicious smear
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: President as a unifying force

Housing
- Blinkymummy: Housing Singapore [Thanks Ecstatix]
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Correction of Property Prices
- mndsingapore: Who Buy Resale Flats?
- mndsingapore: Buying Shoe Boxes?
- Today: Not-so-premium flat [Thanks Ecstatix]
- ST Forum: Housing prices can keep Cupid at bay
- Yahoo: COV for HDB resale flats rises again
- Property Report: Strong second quarter results predicted for Singapore properties

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Local transport – urgent step for an integrated transport system
- TOC: When “no comment” is not enough
- EastCoastLife: Dialogue with MP Lim Biow Chuan on Transport Issues

Strangers in a Strange Land. Black Sunday
- New Asia Republic: Global, The New Local
- Andrew Loh: The danger of anger turning into hate
- Andrew Loh: Take courage – don’t let Gilbert stand alone
- TRE: Labour and CPF issues get aired at Hong Lim Park’s ‘Black Picnic’ event
- Ravi Philemon: Ultra-nationalism, xenophobia, rage and hatred
- The Star: It’s Singaporean vs others

Singapore’s modern slave trade low skilled foreign labour
- Empty Vessel: Maid In Singapore

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- Singapore 2025: Straits Times: Sniffing out the grassroots divide in Aljunied
- Singapore Notes: Hollow Men
- TOC: Post Election Transformation Series, 2nd Talk (feat. Dr Ang Yong Guan)

NSP
- Nicole Seah FB: Press Release: The NSP elects its 14th CEC
- Singapore Alternatives: Political Sabbatical
- TOC: It’s time to move on – Goh Meng Seng (with updates of NSP’s new CEC)
- UnbiasedElectorate: Goh Meng Seng steps down as NSP Secretary General

Re education
- New Asia Republic: Mobilising quality teachers to teach students who fare poorly
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Education Minister Heng Swee Keat Replies
- A Singaporean says: What’s wrong with our education system? [Thanks sp]
- Dr Tan Cheng Bok: Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s debated with Dr Goh Keng Swee about Education policy

Sporeans, a dying breed
- In My Own Words: TRAGEDY OF MARRIED SINGAPOREANS GOING FOR ABORTION OUT OF FINANCIAL FEARS
- Think Happiness: How to marry when no freedom to love?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Dr Tan Cheng Bok: Dr Tan Cheng Bock was against the naming of Ng Teng Fong Hospital

Daily Discourse
- Leong Sze Hian: Needy: Pay $10 to get $6 back?
- TOC: Who do our civil servants serve?
- Singaporeans for Democracy: Police take 5 months to release SFD members from “defamation” investigations
- Emmanuel Daniel: The rich and powerless of Sentosa Cove

Life, the universe and everything
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Naomi Klein’s alternative history of present-day capitalism
- TOC: KTM Railway Lands: What next?
- TOC: Potong Pasir, the people’s Town
- Looking for Lobangs: Are Singaporeans selfish self-centred people? Four of us put it to the test. Part 2 of 3 [Thanks Guyi]
- The Restaurant: Sundown Ultramarathon 2011
- New Asia Republic: UN climate talks have lost the momentum of Cancún [Thanks D]

Infoblogoramus
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 25 Jun-2 Jul

Stuff
- Yahoo: Seven S’pore motor insurance myths busted

June 27th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- New Asia Republic: Dr Tony Tan: If I am elected President…
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Dr. Tony Tan’s participation in the Presidential Election. Statement by Tan Kin Lian
- TOC: “How could I remain a spectator?” Dr Tony Tan
- Leong Sze Hian: Leong at Tony Tan Press Conference – The Presidency
- New Asia Republic: A complicated three-horse presidential race?
- The Satay Club: THE WHITEST SHADE OF WHITE
- life one degree north, one-o-three degrees east: As the hats get thrown into the ring
- Article 14: Dr Tony Tan: The ‘approved’ candidate?
- Singapore Sojourn: A Forgone Conclusion?
- Think Happiness: Judging Tony Tan’s presidential bid
- Musings From the Lion City: Just How Important Is It?
- Political Writings: The Clash of the Tri-Tans!
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Tony Tan as Elected President: PAP-anointed EP candidate?
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Trivia Pursuit: the presidential elections
- My Singapore News: Another challenge to PAP’s political dominance
- Yours Toothfully: I Don’t Know Who To Choose
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Dr Tan Cheng Bock – The Strong Silent Contender
- TOC: Former Deputy Prime Minister to contest presidency
- journalism.sg: Tony Tan engages the blogs: new era in relations with alternative media?
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Statement – Role of the Government

Housing
- SpeakSpokeWriteWrote: Robert Teh’s explanation re Public Housing as given in TOC
- Daily Breaks: The Never-End Public Housing Debate
- The Sketch Times: DBSS Tampines Centrale 8
- Yahoo: Time to go back to the drawing board for DBSS?
- Reuters: S’pore home prices could fall 6 pct when rates rise -Cheung Kong
- MacroBusiness: How Germany achieved stable & affordable housing

Singapore’s modern slave trade low skilled foreign labour
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: “Do not to others what you do not want others to do to you”
- TOC: Security bonds encourage “xenophobia and classism” – H.O.M.E
- Global Post: One day off for maids? Too much for Singapore

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TRE: Underemployment and Influx of Foreigners

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- TOC: What is too little too late?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Getting ill and fat from stuffing our eyes with TV

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Language Education In Singapore: Beyond The Writing

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: AGC will take no further action against Alan Shadrake
- Monsters and Critics: British author to be released from Singapore jail

TRE vs TNP
- TRE: TNP should reveal details about how its journalists are being ‘harassed’
- The Sketch Times: TNP vs TRE – Mud-Wrestling at its Finest [Thanks KH]

Daily Discourse
- Sgpolitics.net: Bomb disposal and the grand art of Tai Chi
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: The Blame Dialogues
- The Kent Ridge Common: Professor He Bin’s Graduation Ceremony Speech That Went Viral
- SDP: SDP writes to Sembawang Town Council
- The Satay Club: CHENG SAN: PAP DIRTY TRICKS REVISITED

Life, the universe and everything
- Looking for Lobangs: Are Singaporeans selfish self-centred people? I put it to the test. Part 1 of 3 [Thanks Guyi]

Stuff
- East Asia Forum: Singapore without Lee Kuan Yew
- Yahoo: Marriage rates drop to historic low in 2010: survey
- Malay Mail Online: Singapore netizens slam nude squats
- eFinancial Careers: Why so many expats at the top? How can we keep Gen Y happy? – Singapore banking CEOs respond
- Bloomberg: Singapore Consumer Prices Climbed 4.5% in May, More Than Analyst Estimates
- World Press Photo of the Year: Winners gallery 2011

June 24th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: The Responsibilities of the Elected President – Just A Singapore Fairy Tale? [Thanks yl]
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Tan Chin Bock & the ISA
- Blogging for Myself: Should I support Tony Tan for President?
- Dr Tan Cheng Bock: The Malay Factor

Housing
- Leong Sze Hian: DBSS – ‘Overpaid’ by 550 million dollars?
- Think Happiness: The moral hazard of DBSS
- Feed Me To The Fish: $$$$, DBSS or DUMBASS?
- Singapore Notes: Apocalypse Now
- The Satay Club: KHAW HAS TO CHOOSE SIDES
- Vinyarb: Deal of the Day – Centrale8 [Thanks Bryan]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Satay Club: TAKING AIM AT TRICKY MANPOWER ISSUES
- UnbiasedElectorate: ‘Optimal’ ratio of 1 foreign worker to 2 Singaporeans !!?!

Singapore’s modern slave trade low skilled foreign labour
- Arra’s World: Singapore Deserves A Big Spanking Wallop: The Maid, The Bomb, The Slutwalk
- life one degree north, one-o-three degrees east: Mark of A Civilized Country and Society
- funny little world: If you want a break, she should get one too.

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- News Clips: Redefining success, Singapore style [Thanks Chong]

Pink Dot 2011
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Pink accused of failing the smell test
- Brian McDairmant Vimeo: Pink Dot SG 2011

We are against capital punishment
- We Believe In Second Chances: Letters from Vui Kong – The Tenth Letter : Drugs and the Death Penalty

Daily Discourse
- Senang Diri: Malaysia and Singapore at odds over airspace intrusion claims
- Words of the Cze: Shocker
- New Asia Republic: Woodlands residents experience and PTSD
- Teo Soh Lung FB: Tan Jing Quee a tribute by Francis Khoo
- SDP: Economic growth and human rights: Mutually exclusive?
- Holly Jean: An Open Letter to Girls Who Wear Too Little

Stuff
- BBC: Who, What, Why: Does a reservoir need emptying if someone urinates in it? [Thanks estee]
- Bernama: Small Air Space No Excuse For Intrusion – Zahid Hamidi
- The Star: Hundreds Of Millions Of Ringgit Worth Of Sand Shipped Off To Singapore Island
- The Economic Times: Over 120 Indian cos setting up Singapore office a month: SICCI
- LA Times: Singapore transforms into a gambling hot spot
- Diane Pernet: Camille Paglia on “Slutwalk” in the Sunday Times, June 12, 2011. By Glenn Belverio
- Ars Technica: Bloomberg: iPhone 5 closely resembles iPhone 4, Sept. release
- TechCrunch: Lytro Launches to Transform Photography with $50M in Venture Funds (TCTV)

June 23rd, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Presidential Election
- Sgpolitics.net: A Look at Tan Kin Lian
- life one degree north, one-o-three degrees east: The next Singapore president
- Singapore Alternatives: Elected Presidency – What Kind of President?
- TOC: Tan Cheng Bock: I refuse to compromise
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Do you know about the relationship between DPM Teo Chee Hean and Dr Tony Tan?
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Singapore Elected President: why pay millions $$$ for a rubber-stamp?

Housing
- SpeakSpokeWriteWrote: Regarding MND’s response to questions raised on DBSS
- My Little Corner: Concentrate on the households earning between 8,000 to 12,000
- My Singapore News: Screw those with entitlement mentality
- Canvasing Light: Don’t Be Silly, Silly!
- ST Forum: Four questions on DBSS

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- Donald Low FB: Implementing the reform agenda (part I) (part 2)
- Want some tau huay?: Potong Pasir residents ‘repented’…and a MRT station opens

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Political Writings: Hollow Victory

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: What Is Wrong With Chinese Language Education In Singapore?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Singapore M.D.: Scarlet fever, Hong Kong

Chiam See Tong Appreciation Dinner
- TOC: “Thank you Mr Chiam!” – Night of Champions

Daily Discourse
- Article 14: Black Sunday: A New Dawn?: A test for the post GE 2011 government
- Desirée Lim FB: A critique…of my critique of SlutWalk Singapore? Try again.
- funny little world: Take care of your own bomb!
- Singapore Notes: Your Bomb, Your Problem
- unbiasedelectorate: Bureaucracy at its best
- TOC: SMRT: Effective crisis management?
- New Nation: Is Singapore a renaissance city?
- SDP: Woodlands residents want answers from Town Council
- Think Happiness: Singapore Bar Course Fees Crippling
- laremy.sg: Gravely disappointed with @stcom

Life, the universe and everything
- Open Contours: Testing the Silence
- IZ Reloaded: Beerfest Asia 2011 [Thanks IZ]

Stuff
- Just Read: Why let Singapore spit on us?
- The Reaction: Clearly, They’ve Never Been To Singapore
- Vietnam Bridge: US Navy destroyer now in Singapore
- WSJ: Web Addresses Enter New.Era
- WordPress: Passwords Reset

June 22nd, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Presidential Election
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Government should not sweat the small matter of presidential elections
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Security Guard: A waste of Tony Tan’s talents
- Anonymous_X: 55% are disgusted reading “Why President isn’t like an MP”?! [Thanks wacky_artz]
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Focus on the positive
- TOC: “I would like to be that unifying figure for Singaporeans,” Presidential hopeful Dr Tan Cheng Bock

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- Think Happiness: Why Malay Muslim high tea for PAP only
- TOC: A case of too little too late?
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: First book on the general elections now out
- Youtube: Sylvia Lim, Singapore Opposition Workers’ Party – Australia Network News – Newsline

Housing
- SpeakSpokeWriteWrote: DBSS is still public housing, no?
- My Singapore News: No letting up in anger
- The Pattern Trader: A Lesson In Brilliant Marketing
- ST Forum: Guard against DBSS flat pricing affecting the resale market

Re education
- Furry Brown Dog: Did the university overhaul make a difference for NUS/NTU in international ranking?

Blueprint for a Sin City
- flaneurose: The Two-Tier Society

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Leong Sze Hian: From State to Temasek

Pink Dot 2011
- TOC: Pink Dot 2011 – Stimulating Social Change or Reinforcing Status Quo?

Daily Discourse
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Why Every Year Thousands of Our Kids Do Not Celebrate Father’s Day With Their Dads
- Balderdash: Money talks when S’pore women say ‘I love you’ / AWARE’s flights of fancy
- Leong Sze Hian: Homeless and Abandoned with Four Children
- Desparatebeep: You Know something is Overrated when….
- Singapore Notes: All In The Family
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Susan Lim’s BT Interview or The Importance of Numbers
- New Asia Republic: The Folly of Investing in Made-In-China Stocks
- ST Forum: Stumped by PUB clause

Life, the universe and everything
- Otterman speaks: Adrian Loo & Kakis @ Assisi Hospice Charity Fun Day 2011
- Leong Sze Hian: Elderly woman soon to be homeless
- The Long and Winding Road: The unkempt beauty of Coffee Hill
- Derek Sivers: Fish don’t know they’re in water

Infoblogoramus
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Black Picnic – Speakers’ Corner on 25 June (Sat) At 5pm
- Teo Soh Lung FB: Workshop on Community Organisation

Stuff
- Arabian Business: Brunei, UAE billing rows threaten Singapore’s medical ambition [Thanks A]
- The Malaysian Insider: SAF entered Malaysian airspace over 2,000 times since 2008, says Mindef
- Business Insider: The Problem With Singapore Airlines’ Facebook Page
- Busines Insider: Everything That’s Wrong With Research In Motion — An Ex-Employee Tells All
- Gawker: Working at the Apple Store: Tales from the Inside

June 21st, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Presidential Election
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The Sophistry of Law Minister K. Shanmugam
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: What DPM Teo is trying to tell us
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: The Elephants In Tony Tan’s Room [Thanks yl]
- The Satay Club: YOU WON’T BE MISSED, MR PRESIDENT
- The Satay Club: WHY DID GEORGE YEO BACK OUT?
- TRE: Scheming, the elected presidency
- Maverick’s Slice of Life: Three Tans race for presidency? Maybe.
- New Nation: Singaporeans are indeed bonkers
- Desparatebeep: What’s next for George?

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- Zach’s Thought Blot: Post GE 2011 Analysis – Introduction
- Zach’s Thought Blot: Post GE 2011 Analysis – Part One: The Workers Party
- Zach’s Thought Blot: Post GE 2011 Analysis – Part Two: Singapore Democratic Party
- Zach’s Thought Blot: Post GE 2011 Analysis – Part Three: National Solidarity Party & Singapore People’s Party
- Zach’s Thought Blot: Post GE 2011 Analysis – Part Four: People’s Action Party
- TRE: GRC – A Reflection from inputs and Summation
- TRE: The GRC and its effects now and for the future
- Piji Tailai: Will PM Lee do a ‘Chiang Ching-kuo’ in Singapore?
- ex Chersonesus Aurea: Is Singapore Elections Department incompetent, or were there shenanigans?
- Nicole Seah FB: NSP Marine Parade GRC – Statement of Accounts
- The Star: Pushing all the right buttons
- Yahoo: Can the PAP govt win over the public online?

Housing
- Scrutinizing the Singapore government: What happens when you tried to outsource a high demand product – Property
- UnbiasedElectorate: Let not forget the Core Issue!
- Singapore Notes: Design, Build and Sell Scam
- Political Writings: $880K Flats– Smart Move Or Dumb Move?
- Musings From the Lion City: $750 psf
- Freak Thoughts: The 880k Tampines HDB
- The Satay Club: AFFORDABLE’ $880,000 HDB FLATS
- The Satay Club: KHAW SAYS HE CAN’T INTERVENE WITH DBSS PRICES
- mndsingapore: DBSS Is Not HDB

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Singapore EntrePass vs Employment Pass
- Singapore Notes: A Matter Of Taste

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- New Asia Republic: Healthcare in national development or progress
- Singapore Notes: The Money Doctors Make

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Can Singapore Learn Anything From Finland’s Education Mechanisms?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Rethinking Education….the Great Equaliser…

CPF
- TRE: Reforming the CPF scheme: A look at Malaysia’s Employee Provident Fund (EPF)
- Spore Says Political Cartoon: Minimum Sum in CPF

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- New Asia Republic: The double whammy of inflation and income inequality

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Ray of Light: Mistreatment at nursing home : Implement reward system for workers- Raymond A Fernando writes to the press

Chiam See Tong Appreciation Dinner
- TOC: The true genius of Chiam See Tong
- Dr Tan Cheng Bock: What Dr Tan Cheng Bock thinks of Mr Chiam See Tong
- Youtube: Chiam Appreciation Dinner Speech

Pink Dot 2011
- Pinkdot.sg: Over 10,000 supporters of the Freedom to Love turn Hong Lim Park Pink, for Pink Dot 2011
- Pinkdot.sg: THANK YOU !
- TOC: LGBT communities is never homogeneous, and never will be
- Sam’s thoughts: Supporting Pink Dot
- funny little world: The Freedom to Love
- TOC: Pink Dot – hope of a more inclusive, open-minded Singapore
- Yahoo: Record 10,000 turnout at Pink Dot
- CNNgo: Pink Dot 2011: Is Singapore’s ‘freedom to love’ event a barometer of social acceptance?
- The Jakarta Globe: Activists Struggle For Gay Rights in Singapore

Daily Discourse
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: SlutWalk: Noble but misguided
- Barnyard Chorus: “A critique of SlutWalk Singapore? Try again.” by Desirée Lim.
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Gay judge, gay sex ed teacher
- Sze Zeng: Singapore mainstream media generally anti-religion, particularly anti-Christianity? [Thanks Chen Shen]
- Maverick’s Slice of Life: Three global economic scenarios and their impact on Singapore
- Growing your tree of prosperity: Why shouldn’t Singaporean women be materialistic ? [Thanks Wai Chung]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Lessons from The Greek Tragedy

Life, the universe and everything
- Singapore Sojourn: Changi Compost [Thanks Roger]

Infoblogoramus
- Leong Sze Hian: 9th July Post Election Transformation Series, 2nd Talk
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 18-25 Jun
- Alvinology: Guest Panelist at SAE Institutue and e2i’s Discourse on Digital Journalism

Stuff
- Yahoo: Why the spate of recent teen suicides in S’pore?
- The Economic Times: Singapore remains attractive hub for highly skilled Indians
- Techcrunch: 4 The Lulz
- Pastebin: LulzSec – 1000th tweet statement

June 20th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- visakan veerasamy: The Wisdom Of George Yeo
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Is the PAP a profligate government?
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: CHOOSE a President that will SPEAK for YOU
- Political Writings: The Spirit of Neutrality
- The Satay Club: WHO WILL THE PAP-BACKED CANDIDATE BE?
- Singapore Notes: The Taming Of Saint George
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Spirit of Neutrality
- Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Dr Tan Cheng Bock visited the Bukit Timah Hawker Centre
- SMA: Speech by Dr Tan Cheng Bock PDF [Thanks A]

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- Memories Archipelago: General Election 2011 from my perspective..(Part 1)
- TOC: Lessons from Chiam See Tong
- The Satay Club: TIME TO PACK IT IN, KENNETH
- Sam’s thoughts: The Genderal Elections

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- TRE: Rethinking healthcare financing in Singapore: Part 2

Housing
- NSP FB: Unpublished letter to ST Forum in response to Minister Khaw Boon Wan

CPF
- TRE: Most Singaporeans have less than minimum sum in CPF on retirement – HSBC survey

Daily Discourse
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Sustainable Virtual Political Engagement: Introducing Online Policy Study Workgroups
- The Kent Ridge Common: My Favourite Cliché – Singapore’s National Day Parade
- TOC: “When the day is finished”
- AWARE: No to Obedient Wives Club

Life, the universe and everything
- New Nation: Do men cheat because their wives suck in bed?
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Cinema: Pinoy Sunday — walking a mile in their shoes

Infoblogoramus
- TOC: Community Organisation- Empower the people!

Stuff
- Washington Post: China dispatches patrol boat to Singapore amid spike in South China Sea tensions
- Yahoo: Can new HDB flats be cheaper?
- Yahoo: GE ‘spillover’ effect to boost Pink Dot movement?
- The Malaysian Insider: Singapore private home sales fall 13pc
- SFGate: Foreign Talents to Become more Expensive for Singapore – Employers need to Brace up
- Current: Harvey Norman delists subsidiary from Singapore Exchange
- WSJ: China’s Cyberassault on America
- Flashpoints: Wrong on China Cyber Assaults
- The Economist: This house believes that we are in a new tech bubble.
- Fortune Tech: 100 million Android fans can’t be wrong. The inside story of how Google conquered the smartphone world
- Gizmodo: Lulzsec Hackers Go to War with 4chan

June 17th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Presidential Election
- Article 14: We the people can make our President speak
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: How to unsilence the president: the people’s way
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Statement on the Role of Elected President
- George Yeo: To my dear Friends and Supporters

Housing
- Leong Sze Hian: HDB downgrading and financial stress FAQ
- Piji Tailai: Besides labor and talents, Singaporeans face competition of foreign money too.
- My Singapore News: Stop selling Singapore

GE 2011 A Vote For Change
- Temasek Review Emeritus: PAP MPs remain clueless about its dismal GE performance despite taking a ‘hard’ look
- SpotlightOnSingapore: PAP takes hard look at election results: get to root of problem!

The Great Singapore Floods
- Temasek Review Emeritus: Technical analysis of why the Marina Barrage is the cause of recent floods

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Lawyer for Yong Vui Kong urges Malaysia Parliament to appeal to ICJ
- We Believe In Second Chances: Letters from Vui Kong – The Ninth Letter : The Importance of Education
- Free Malaysia Today: Seek justice at World Court, lawyer urges M’sian govt

Sporeans, a dying breed
- Blogging for Myself: Transitioning.org: Thousands of foetuses aborted here every year

TOC vs TRE
- Temasek Review Emeritus: TOC (The Online Conning) Continues
- TOC: TOC’s response to erroneous article on TR
- Ravi Philemon: Utter disgust of TR’s article

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Singapore behind Hong Kong and USA, both which have minimum wage – Tan Jee Say
- Temasek Review Emeritus: Unemployment rate of PRs and citizens ‘drop’ to 1.9 percent due to faulty collection of data
- Temasek Review Emeritus: Reflections on Serious Issues
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Singapore Airlines website develops engine trouble and other ‘how not to be an IT hub’ tales
- The Thinking Fish Tank: Malaysia (Customs Tak) Boleh
- The Jellyfarm: THE SQUATS OF SHAME
- The Sketch Times: Malaysia, Truly Ass Sia [Thanks thesketch]

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: What was it like ‘inside’? – Former ISA detainee Tan Jing Quee (1939-2011)
- pinkdot.sg: Pink Profiles: IndigNation
- twntysmthg: WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO, SINGAPORE?

Infoblogoramus
- Temasek Review Emeritus: Transitioning.org to conduct first think-tank session on labor policies this Saturday

Stuff
- eFinancialCareers: Bad news in Singapore: H1 hiring is down on last year; H2 hiring will be down on last year too
- Yahoo: S’pore girls are materialistic: SMU study
- Jakarta Updates: Singapore – Heaven For Indonesian Crooks
- Asian Correspondent: The homeless in Singapore and Berkeley
- Youtube: Misrepresentation of Singaporeans on German TV (10 May 2011) Full Episode [Thanks Stanley]

June 16th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- Words of the Cze: Receptionist
- The Gigamole Diaries: Hoisted by the presidential petard
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s Sacred Cow – The Elected President
- TOC: ‘We moved so fast, we left our people behind,” Presidential hopeful Dr Tan Cheng Bock

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Hospital bed supply trailing far behind increase in elderly numbers
- Singapore M.D.: Restructured hospitals in online posts
- The Temasek Review: B Class patients deserves 2nd Class service?
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Nursing Home Controversy: Enhancing Staff-Family Relationships
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: The sad truth of growing old in Singapore

Re education
- Maverick’s Slice of Life: More cost of living woes if preschool fee increases go through

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Singapore Notes: The Silly 5 dB Difference

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Benefits of Singapore Permanent Residence & Singapore Citizenship

The Great Singapore Floods
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: The Flood: Did PUB pulled wool over the eyes of ST commentary writer about Cuscaden Rd? [Thanks yl]
- Today Voices: Flooding and heritage – there’s a link

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Chiam See Tong – The man with dogged determination
- The Temasek Review: Meet-the-People Session: Is this feedback channel for real?
- Political Writings: Gratitude = Servitude? [Thanks Clarence]

Life, the universe and everything
- My Little Corner: Priority Pass? Looks more like Quality of Service.

Infoblogoramus
- pinkdot.sg: You asked, we answer: FAQ Part II
- Pinkdot Event Info: PINK DOT 2011 Facebook [Thanks Prashant]

Stuff
- Yahoo: Housing: If the Minister is worried, should we be, too?
- Bloomberg: Singapore Proposes Corporate Governance Changes to Shield its Image
- Reuters: Singapore wants top executives to vouch for company accounts
- Glocal Financial Strategy: Singapore firms to reveal executive pay
- BBC: In pictures: Singapore’s hawker centres [Thanks A]

June 15th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- Blogging for Myself: Japan nuclear crisis and our Elected Presidency
- Yahoo: ‘It’s not just about the reserves’

Housing
- Leong Sze Hian: HDB: 18 appeals and still homeless
- Figuring how faith fits into this world, & other stuff: The HDB Conundrum
- The Satay Club: NO EASY ANSWERS IN THE HOUSING HOT-SEAT

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Buses and trains make policy U-turn

Singaporeans, a dying breed
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Why 6,000 foetuses were aborted yearly by our married women in Singapore?
- TopNews: Singapore’s Fertility Rate at a Historic Low

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Temasek Review: Real foreign talent or cheap talent?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Whe the Spin Stops: Nightingale and Other Stories
- The Temasek Review: NUH confirmed that it has a lower local-to-foreign nurse ratio

Black Sunday Movement
- TOC: ‘Black Sunday Movement’ under police investigation
- Mandy Mary FB: Letter to the Editor of The Online Citizen
- Mandy Mary FB: The Organizers of the Black Sunday Event Dismisses Rumours about Police Investigations
- The Temasek Review: Fear-mongering by TOC to intimidate Singaporeans from participating in peaceful civil solidarity movements?

Daily Discourse
- The Gigamole Diaries: Black swans in Singapore?
- Sgpolitics.net: SDP: A party ahead of its time
- TOC: Chiam See Tong – A voice for the voiceless
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Case study of Singapore MSM smear campaign – Dr Susan Lim
- Blogging for Myself: Female Politicians and Sex Scandals
- Convex Set: Leaders, Coordinators and Executors
- Singapore Notes: Mouth Watering Surfing Speeds
- The Mind Game: spoiling market
- The Satay Club: LET THE PRIVATE SECTOR TAKE THE LEAD

Life, the universe and everything
- The Kent Ridge Common: Dr. Ang Swee Chai’s From Beirut to Jerusalem
- pinkdot.sg: Pink Profiles: SiNQSA (Singapore Queer-Straight Alliance)

Stuff
- The Star: Call off June 30 last KTM rail ride party
- Property Report: Singapore developers showing less interest in government land sales

June 14th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- TOC: Unprecedented Presidency
- Sgpolitics.net: The Anxiety of the Presidential Election
- Think Happiness: President has executive authority
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Why the President cannot KEEP QUIET
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Legal and Moral Role of the President…
- Singapore Life and Times: Much ado about nothing
- New Nation: I don’t know what the elected president does
- Maverick’s Slice of Life: Is the Presidency merely a Rubber Stamp?
- ex Chersonesus Aurea: Do we want a “political” or a docile President for Singapore?
- KOH’S SPACE: The Elected Presidency – The Elephant In The Room
- Piji Tailai: George Yeo for President – A Dream or a Stone?
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Ministry of Law statement on Elected President
- Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Do you know Dr Tan Cheng Bock?

GE 2011 A Vote for Change
- A Singaporean says: Soul-searching: Singaporeans need a vision [Thanks sp]
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Disassociating Party Activism From Grassroots Volunteerism
- Singapore 2025: Foreign Correspondents Association Talk

Housing
- Leong Sze Hian: HDB: $431,000 CPF – But homeless soon?
- Spore Says Political Cartoon: Private Property Market

The Great Singapore Floods
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: Are you living in a hole in the ground? [Thanks yl]

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- TOC: Paying Tribute to the former Health Minister
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: On Foreign Workers And Foreign Sex Workers
- Loh and Behold: Nightingale Nursing Home – Shut it Down, Prosecute the Management, Lock them Up, Throw away the Key! [Thanks Annabel]
- The Temasek Review: MOH refuses to take action against abusive nursing aides
- Feed Me To The Fish: Is ‘Sorry’ The New PAP Buzzword?
- SDP: Rethinking healthcare financing in Singapore: Part 1
- Yahoo: Elderly woman had been complaining of abuse for 3 years

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Singapore Life and Times: Almost Numero Uno
- CNBC: Singapore Gaming Model to Lead Way for Other Asian Nations: Analyst
- The Jakarta Globe: Without treaty, Singapore is a ‘haven for graft fugitives’
- The Jakarta Post: 45 corruption suspects fled overseas in past 10 years: ICW
- VIVAnews: Indonesia-Singapore Trade: Who Benefits More
- Global Financial Strategy: US regulator raises ‘lax’ Singapore fears

Temasek Review Donation Capers
- The Temasek Review: PayPal wants proof that ‘freedom of speech’ was supplied and delivered
- Political Writings: Donation Or Fraud?
- Anonymous_X: Pwned??? Temasek Review Emeritus poor understanding of basic Paypal Donation feature leads to its own account being frozen…tsk tsk!! [Thanks wacky_artz]

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: A pink dot in a sea of rights abuses
- Singapore Notes: Cheap Electricity
- Mandy Mary FB: Why we need a more vibrant private sector to unlock our true potential
- ex Chersonesus Aurea: MIT Professor criticizes Singapore government’s dominance in economy

Life, the universe and everything
- pinkdot.sg: Pink Profiles: Sayoni
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Images from our recent CAPITAL exhibition

Infoblogoramus
- funny little world: Youth in 21st Century: Debating and Producing Media Camp 2011
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 11-18 Jun

Stuff
- The Star: Stemming the tide of workers
- AFP: Foreign workers in Singapore ‘bear the brunt’
- Reuters: Singapore signals readiness to sell more electricity to Malaysia
- NYT: Expanding the Cultural Realm in Singapore

June 13th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Powers of the Elected President – REPLY BY TAN KIN LIAN
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: President power to veto legislation From a lawyer
- Dr Tan Cheng Bock: The office of the Presidency must be treated with dignity and pride
- New Nation: Presidential hopefuls can learn from Worker’s Party
- Article 14: Reshaping the Presidency
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: Would we be at Square ’0′ if Tony Tan is the president? [Thanks yl]
- Singapore Notes: Jayakumar’s Reality Check
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: The Silence of the President
- Anonymous_X: Super 8: Council of Presidential Advisers (Or why Mr Tan Kin Lian’s idea of President’s personal council starts appealing to me…) [Thanks wacky_artz]
- TOC: Joan Fong clarifies that she is not that Joan Hon
- Yahoo: Supporter collects eligibility forms for Chiam

Minister Salaries + Pension
- My Singapore News: A few tweaks needed in the Salary Review Committee

Housing
- mndsingapore: My Worries

CPF
- Leong Sze Hian: CPF: An ever moving target?

Re education
- Furry Brown Dog: Tony Tan and the university education review

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- The Temasek Review: Did Temasek Holdings misrepresent $40bn investment profits?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Javert’s World: Hopeless MOH

Blueprint for a Sin City
- Loh and Behold: So Proud to be Shameful [Thanks Annabel]
- The Economist: The Singapore slink
- The Jakarta Globe: Singapore a Haven for Indonesian Crooks?
- Business Standard: Govt lacks authority to probe Speak Asia flaws
- Reuters: Las Vegas Sands aims to sell shopping mall at Singapore casino in 2-3 yrs-report

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Kopi Tok: Internal Politics and Knifing
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: MSM spins that MP Yeo Guat Kwang has ONLY 54 “affiliations”
- The Temasek Review: PAP Sitoh Yih Pin has 12 directorships in public and private companies
- TOC: Take a Stand in Pink

Life, the universe and everything
- Otterman speaks: ACRES World’s Saddest Dolphin campaign has gone international with Avaaz
- Alvinology: Singapore Blog Awards 2011 – Check out over 100 of the Best Blogs in Singapore!
- The Long and Winding Road: Faces of the Railway: the last Station Master at Bukit Timah

Stuff
- Tehran Times: Singapore will stand by Iran in IAEA: Singaporean president
- Bernama: Inflation Tipped To Rise With Singapore’s Strong Growth

June 10th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Statement – Contest the Presidential Election
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Will a President that speaks up cause a Singapore Constitutional Crisis?
- Desparatebeep: An Extension of an Old Age Pension…
- The Satay Club: FLASHBACK: TAN CHENG BOCK, GEORGE YEO CLASH OVER IMMIGRATION
- Anonymous_X: Tan Kin Lian President’s Personal Council: 3 Reasons I’m Against It… [Thanks wacky_artz]
- Piji Tailai: The Not So Absolute Way for George Yeo
- Yahoo: Tan Kin Lian: Suggestions are within the Constitution

The Great Singapore Floods
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Freedom of Information Act yet to come down with the rain

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Furry Brown Dog: Former DPM Tony Tan’s foreign-talent-first Singaporeans-second university admission policy
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PM Cameron on UK’s immigration woes..

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Beyond Subsidies: Making Public Transportation Inclusive And Accessible
- Singapore Notes: Incoming Fare Increases

Minister Salaries + Pension
- Blogging for Myself: Submission to the Pay Review Committee

Minimum Wage
- TOC: Reviving the Minimum Wage Debate (Part 4)

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- SDP: Public must speak up against commercialisation of healthcare

Blueprint for a Sin City
- ex Chersonesus Aurea: Do casinos cause Singaporeans to gamble away more money?

We are against capital punishment
- We Believe In Second Chances: Letters from Vui Kong – The Eighth Letter : The Power of Support
- Rachel Zeng: A message from the Corordinator of ADPAN on the imprisonment of Alan Shadrake

Daily Discourse
- The Satay Club: POLITICIANS DISCUSS YOUTH CONCERNS
- The Kent Ridge Common: Professor Thongchai Winichakul talks about Thailand’s Crisis and the Rise of Asia
- My Singapore News: Forcing round pegs into square holes
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Man killed in Ang Mo Kio Park: why police patrols missing? Part 2
- TOC: For her son’s bright future
- AWARE: Hot or not, it shouldn’t matter to the law

Life, the universe and everything
- The Long and Winding Road: Order out of the chaos on Hill Street
- pinkdot.sg: Pink Dot 2011 – now supported by Google Singapore!

Stuff
- Yahoo: Keeping young people rooted in Singapore
- CSR Asia: Singapore’s disgruntled workforce
- Global Times: Communists ‘saved’ Singapore from corruption
- Property Report: Singapore luxury property: A strong long term investment
- CNBC: Geithner Triggers Asian Backlash on Regulation

June 9th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Presidential Election
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: President has to work within the Constitution
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Many things president cannot do
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: Tan Kin Lian leads the way with Transparency and Political Salary Reform
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Gambling : Singapore to overtake Las Vegas this year…
- My Singapore News: PAP sponsored Presidential candidate
- Political Writings: Who Can Be President? Who Should Be President?
- A Reporter’s Memoir: Georgie Boy – what’s the rush?
- Think Happiness: Oh boy, it’s Georgie for President!
- SINGAPORE SHORT STORIES: Singapore Presidential Election 2011: Tan Kin Lian as President
- The Satay Club: TAN KIN LIAN ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
- Yahoo: Tan Kin Lian confirms Presidential bid
- Youtube: Tan Kin Lian confirms Presidential bid (07 Jun 2011)

The Great Singapore Floods
- Singapore Notes: Watered Down Excuses
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Orchard Road Flood 2011 Explanations
- The Temasek Review: Netizens overwhemingly call for resignation of PUB CEO Khoo Teck Chye
- SDP: Balahrishnan keeps PAP tradition alive, blames the weather
- Yahoo: Did PUB works at Orchard Road last year contribute to flash floods?

Minister Salaries + Pension
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Review committee – TKL submission

Housing
- TOC: HDB Focus Week (part 5): 15 Q & A – Uniquely Singapore?

Minimum Wage
- TOC: Reviving the Minimum Wage Debate (Part 3)

Sporeans, a dying breed
- The Temasek Review: When there is “no Life” living in Singapore, can there be “Birth” ?

Re education
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Tuition In Singapore: Is It Necessarily Bad?

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Singapore hospital bed crunch….again….and again and again
- Singapore M.D.: GPs not “functioning”?

Daily Discourse
- Words of the Cze: Moot
- Barnyard Chorus: A journo’s juvenile jeers
- A Singaporean says: Education: Hardware vs. Heartware
- New Asia Republic: Why copyright laws should be abolished
- Zach’s Thought Blot: A Vicious Web
- My Little Corner: Household Per Capita Income is a better gauge
- Musings From the Lion City: Good Decision
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Man killed in Ang Mo Kio park: why police patrols missing?
- Ravi Philemon: Rat infestation and cleanliness/maintenance problems in Ang Mo Kio
- Yaw Shin Leong: What Youth Want

Life, the universe and everything
- The Kent Ridge Common: NUS student joins in Pokémon Video Game United Kingdom National Championships
- funny little world: To all my fellow book addicts
- quachee’s blog: What’s Your (INspiring) Story: Adrian Leong & Being A Magician

Infoblogoramus
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Registration for Our First Think Tank Session On 18 Jun (Sat)
- Leong Sze Hian: Tribute Dinner to Mr Chiam See Tong

Stuff
- The Jakarta Globe: No Extradition Treaty With S’pore Due to ‘Unacceptable Clause’: Lawmaker
- AP: Singapore to take No. 2 gambling spot from Vegas
- Yahoo: ‘Stay out of property market for now’

June 8th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Presidential Election
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Hands up — those who prefer rigged presidential elections
- My Singapore News: Presidential Election – A test case for PAP
- Singapore Notes: Selecting A New President
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: CV of Tan Kin Lian up to 2007

GE 2011 – A vote for change
- Maruah Singapore: Event report – “Post-Elections: Perspectives and An Analysis” forum on 15 May 2011
- ERPZ: Are voters really as well-informed as they think they are?
- Techgoondu: Social media insights from Singapore GE2011
- Yahoo SingaporeScene: ‘How did PAP government miss all the signs?’

The Great Singapore Floods
- Convex Set: On a Dam, Heavy Rain and Floods: Engineering Ramblings of a non-Civil Engineer
- Musings From the Lion City: Flooding Again in Singapore
- TOC: 5 June 2011 – Floods in Tanglin Mall and along Orchard Road
- CNNGo: Singapore floods: Google alerts where the danger spots are
- Yahoo: Did PUB works at Orchard Road last year contribute to flash floods?

CPF
- Feed Me To The Fish: Does 40% Count?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: The different lives of Expats and Singaporean Workers

Housing
- TOC: Focus on HDB (Part 4): HDB rental flats for Singaporeans only

Daily Discourse
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Save or Sink Temasek Review
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Life is Hard
- flaneurose: Keep the spin cycle on, and get ready to be hung out to dry…
- Illusio: Paul Krugman repudiates High Broderism
- Convex Set: Revisiting Regulation in Singapore
- A Singaporean says: English as it should be writ (Part 4) [Thanks sp]
- TOC: “I think you need sex”, says employer

Life, the universe and everything
- The Long and Winding Road: Amidst the rising tide, a tearful farewell to Romance
- Mr Wang Says So: Before We Forget
- pinkdot.sg: Pink Profiles: Queer Book Club
- Singapore Fountain Pen: A Tropical Paradise Called Boracay [Thanks Major]

Stuff
- The Jakarta Post: RI hasn’t ratified extradition treaty: Singapore
- TechCrunch: How Facebook Can Put Google Out of Business
- Business Insider: The Silliest Idea Ever: Facebook Going After Google In Search
- The Daily Show with John Stewart: Interesting interview of Bill Moyer on good journalism [Thanks Bernard]
- The Digital Consultant: Cooking Bacon And Eggs With Your iPad [Thanks Roger]

June 7th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Presidential Election
- Desparatebeep: The Expensive Key to Nowhere in Particular
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: The Presidential Election…
- Marcus’s Musings: Of Presidential Transformations and Feminine Governance
- Article 14: Who wants to be a millionaire? oops, President
- Where Bears Roam Free: Why I won’t vote Tan Kin Lian for President
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Why all the wayang again Tan Kin Lian?
- Think Happiness: What “Tan Kin Lian For President” means
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Tan Kin Lian for President: PAP getting a fit?
- Tan Kin Lian for President FB: Info

GE 2011 – A vote for change
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Merdeka Center poll highlights differences among voter segments
- The Kent Ridge Common: Response to “Articles To Restore Sanity: Episode 1 – Singapore’s Voting and GRC System”
- The Satay Club: WHY HIDE BEHIND YOUR CONTRACTOR, SITOH?
- Musings From the Lion City: Shocking Expenses
- ST Forum: Delink political affiliations of grassroots bodies

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Thank You For A Successful Employ Singaporeans First Event!
- Support Site for The Unemployed: Post-Hong Lim Park Event’s Mail From PMET Reader
- The Satay Club: EMPLOYMENT ISSUES TACKLED AT SPEAKERS’ CORNER
- My Singapore News: The Singapore Crunch
- Scrutinizing the Singapore government: How easy it is to get permanent residency in Singapore for foreigners

Housing
- Leong Sze Hian: Focus on HDB (Part 2): More mature estates?
- TOC: Focus On HDB (Part 3): Shorter Queue For HDB Rental Flats- Really?

Re education
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: In education, school not the only place to start
- The Thinking Fish Tank: In Defense of Our Education System

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Ahmad in Taiwan: Healthcare insurance – The view from Taiwan
- The Temasek Review: Two Singapore doctors’ views on expat foreign doctors

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: MISTAKE in PAP “think tank” critique on UBS ranking of the purchasing power of Singapore wages

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Ravi Philemon: Transport Minister takes public transport – where’s the surprise?

The Gospel of Harry
- Furry Brown Dog: Pro-LKY blog whitewashes his views on conscription

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Change, really?

Daily Discourse
- Tribolum.com: Where we fit: The role of Singapore Gen-X
- Barnyard Chorus: Family law, not Ms Singapore pageantry, pls.
- Big Talk Singapore: How to protect HDB roof access to water tank
- Balderdash: On the Utility of appealing for Outside Pressure to improve Singapore’s Political Situation
- Singapore Notes: Millionaires In Charge
- guanyinmiao’s musings: A Free-To-Air Sports Channel?
- TOC: Charging for tap water – is it justifiable?

Life, the universe and everything
- Senang Diri: RSAF Open House 2011: Post-event Review

Infoblogoramus
- SGEntrepreneurs: Events For The Week – 4-11 Jun

Stuff
- The China Post: Singapore’s PAP needs to address its image problem
- The Age: Singapore loosens reins to encourage artistic creativity
- The Jakarta Globe: Indonesia Must Push Singapore to Sign Extradition Treaty
- The Star: Print media at the crossroads
- Yahoo: ‘Floods worse this time around’

June 6th, 2011 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)