Weekly Roundup: Week 36 We don’t need no regulation - Sgpolitics: AIMS’s paper on Engaging New Media — a summary of their position on online political content, and my take on it - Journalism.sg: Don’t ban websites, AIMS panel advises Government - Rambling Librarian: Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS): Consultation Paper - Engaging New Media - Webs@Work: Political Engagement and the Web - My Sketchbook: Solutions for the new media - Singabloodypore: AIMs’ Press Conference - theory.isthereason: “Not My Problem” & other Singaporean citizen dilemmas - Sgpolitics: AIMS’s paper on Engaging New Media — the topic of Government e-engagement - Yawning Bread: AIMS’ proposals progressive but can be improved [Recommended] - TOC: Liberalising the Films Act? Teach Media Literacy too - My Singapore News: What’s the fuss? - Just Stuff: The Cognitive Dissonance That Lacks AIMS - A Strategic Analysis / Part 1 - My Singapore News: The AIMS Paper - The one dimensional island: Aiming too far ahead? - HWZ: AIMS Consultation Paper [AIMS had HWZ sticky a thread to officially gather feedback] Ping Pong Pandemonium - Empty Vessel: Doing the honorable thing after messing up - Mr Wang Says So: Vivian Must Be Annoyed - Littlespeck: Apology for ping pong mess-up - Simply Inconceivable: Lee Bee Wah remains defiant and instead insults the intelligence of all Singaporeans - mrbrown: the mrbrown show (video): beat it (the singapore ping pong song) music video! - TOC: A tale of two countries - Feed Me To The Fish: Money for Nothing But Heartache & Shame for Free - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Singapore’s first Olympic medalist - My Singapore News: The people behind our Olympic medal - My Sketchbook: End of Pingpong Saga - SPUG: Lee Bee Wah says sorry!! Fixating the Opposition - TOC: On the Opposition’s redundancy - Simply Inconceivable: Young PAP calls for an authoritarian state - The Itch to Write: Double Standards? - Symposium of Genius: Define Political Party - When I’m Bored: Isn’t this a sign of unfairness and double standard? - TOC: Political openness - for PAP only [Recommended] - mrbrown: Workers’ Party mass cycling at East Coast Park cannot, PAP carnival at West Coast Park can - My Sketchbook: The “Always Say No to opposition” guidebook Jurong By-elections - nofearSingapore: No by-election no matter what! Politics Singapore Style! - TOC: By-election denial a sad case of irony - Yawning Bread: In Jurong GRC, more wanted a by-election than not National Day Rally 2008 - Singapore Alternatives: NSP - Interesting but without sufficient impact Parliament 26 Aug 2008 - TOC: Workers’ Party rejects motion to amend Parliamentary Elections Act - Workers’ Party @ Parliament: Mistakes in admininistration of justice, Hospital Bills Incurred By Citizens, Employment Act, Sylvia Lim questioning courts’ integrity Lee vs Nair - Jacob’s Weblog: Video: Interview with U.S. Blogger arrested, charged and detained in Singapore since May 08 Lee vs Ravi - Singapore Indian Voice: Lawyer M Ravi held on further remand in IMH till Sep 15 Strangers in a Strange Land - My Singapore News: It is going to get uglier - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Is a good foreign worker one who doesn’t live next door? Serangoon Gardens thinks so.. - Singapore Life and Times: Unwelcome [Recommended] - Singapore Patriot: Get out of my elite neighbourhood Singaporeans, A Dying Breed - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: It Will Not Work! - Mr Wang Says So: Two Perspectives on the Emigrated Ex-Singaporean - Sg_Ljers: wtf?! — ST article “Love must bite first” Singaporeans are fed, up with progress! - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Electricity and Profits.. [Recommended] - Feed me to the Fish: Gini coefficient: Mdm Ho Ching & Mdm Noorfarizan make the Gini so efficient ERPains, Trains & Automobiles - Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Change of Heart by SMRT SG Press rank 147th and falling - empty_vessels: This is just funny.. Hong Lim Park - Jacob’s Weblog: Photos from first day of “relaxed rules” allowing public demonstrations at Speakers Corner - Mr Wang Says So: Friendly Reminders From the Nation-Building Press About The Dangers of Hong Lim Park - Anonymous_X: A 10-minute quickie at Speakers’ Corner - Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: What went on at Hong Lim Park on 1 September 2008 Burma Protests - Singapore Indian Voice: Protest in UK in front of Singapore Embassy - Singapore Indian Voice: Burmese in India protest against Singapore Daily Discourse - Desparatebeep: A Lack of Logic - Sam’s thoughts: Sorry I don’t believe in NS [Recommended] - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: KNNBCCB: PAP IS indeed ‘more equal’ than others! - Sgpolitics: Inflation hits the poor hardest - Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Poverty in Singapore - nofearSingapore: National Service- Letter from father of Bugge brothers - The Wayang Party Club of Singapore: Waiting for Singapore’s Pakatan Rakyat - Singabloodypore: Civil Disobedience Works - Feed Me To The Fish: Justice & Law: A Crying Shame in Singapore! - nofearSingapore: Rethink needed on National Service for soon-to-be ex-Singaporeans aka Bugge Bros Part 2 (Letter to Forum) - Balderdash: IPS Forum on Religious Diversity in Singapore - The Wayang Party Club of Singapore: What Anwar’s Malaysian Economic Agenda means for Singapore - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Obama’s wrong values.. - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Make it Legal - Jacob’s Weblog: Text of Dr Chee’s speech at the launch of his new book, A Nation Cheated Life, the universe and everything - Wild shores of Singapore: Whale shark at Sentosa: thin edge of the wedge - Extreme Prejudice: RSAF 40-Year Anniversary Open House - Ong Jiin Joo: How to choose the Best Seats in Esplanade Concert Hall - Just Stuff: On George Yeo & Blogging - Rambling Librarian: Paralympics Games: Team Singapore 2008 - Thegreatsze: On Principle - Sounds From The Dungeon: Improving SBS Transit’s iris NextBus - Vinyarb: In the army.. [Thanks Riley Kim] Infoblogoramus - reubenlai: LJ Ice-Cream Party - Simply Inconceivable: Survey on Attitudes Toward Foreign Talents Daily SG: 5 Sep 2008 We don’t need no regulation - Just Stuff: The Cognitive Dissonance That Lacks AIMS - A Strategic Analysis / Part 1 - My Singapore News: The AIMS Paper - The one dimensional island: Aiming too far ahead? Strangers in a Strange Land - Singapore Patriot: Get out of my elite neighbourhood Jurong By-elections - Yawning Bread: In Jurong GRC, more wanted a by-election than not Burma Protests - Singapore Indian Voice: Burmese in India protest against Singapore Daily Discourse - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Obama’s wrong values.. - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Make it Legal - Jacob’s Weblog: Text of Dr Chee’s speech at the launch of his new book, A Nation Cheated Life, the universe and everything - Sounds From The Dungeon: Improving SBS Transit’s iris NextBus - Vinyarb: In the army.. [Thanks Riley Kim] Daily ChioBu: Comex 2008 Models I’ve been told that Booth Babes is wrong and the proper term is Trade Show Models. So here they are, the Trade Show Models at the recent Comex 2008. Pictures after the break. [That's such a mouthful, Tech Chiobus can?] Sony All Stars Cheerleaders @ Comex 2008 Source: - Club Snap Forum - VR-Zone - Hardware Zone - wdEvA’s photostream Daily SG: 4 Sep 2008 We don’t need no regulation - Yawning Bread: AIMS’ proposals progressive but can be improved - TOC: Liberalising the Films Act? Teach Media Literacy too - My Singapore News: What’s the fuss? Fixating the Opposition - mrbrown: Workers’ Party mass cycling at East Coast Park cannot, PAP carnival at West Coast Park can - My Sketchbook: The “Always Say No to opposition” guidebook Strangers in a Strange Land - Singapore Life and Times: Unwelcome Singaporeans, A Dying Breed - Mr Wang Says So: Two Perspectives on the Emigrated Ex-Singaporean Parliament 26 Aug 2008 - Workers’ Party @ Parliament: Mistakes in admininistration of justice, Hospital Bills Incurred By Citizens, Employment Act, Sylvia Lim questioning courts’ integrity Daily Discourse - Feed Me To The Fish: Justice & Law: A Crying Shame in Singapore! - nofearSingapore: Rethink needed on National Service for soon-to-be ex-Singaporeans aka Bugge Bros Part 2 (Letter to Forum) - Balderdash: IPS Forum on Religious Diversity in Singapore - The Wayang Party Club of Singapore: What Anwar’s Malaysian Economic Agenda means for Singapore Life, the universe and everything - Rambling Librarian: Paralympics Games: Team Singapore 2008 - Thegreatsze: On Principle Daily Tech: Google’s New Browser Chrome Google’s New Browser Chrome - Computerworld: Review: Google’s Chrome — the first true Web 2.0 browser - LifeHacker: Beta Browser Speed Tests: Which Is Fastest? - HWZ: Google’s New Web Browser: Google Chrome - CNet: EFF: We’re concerned about Google’s Omnibox - Computerworld: Will enterprise IT dump Internet Explorer for Google Chrome? - John’s Blog: Thoughts on Chrome & More Tech News - iLounge: iPod nano 4G, touch 2G dimensions revealed? - Wired: Okay, Xbox Price Drops. What Now? - X-bit Labs: Blu-Ray Is the Last Optical Disc Format - TechWorld: IE8 is memory hog, says researcher - Starcraft Wire: Activision Confirms StarCraft II for 2009 SG Tech - 65bits: Google Chrome Daily Sg: 3 Sep 2008 We don’t need no regulation - Sgpolitics: AIMS’s paper on Engaging New Media — the topic of Government e-engagement - HWZ: AIMS Consultation Paper [AIMS had HWZ sticky a thread to officially gather feedback] Hong Lim Park - Mr Wang Says So: Friendly Reminders From the Nation-Building Press About The Dangers of Hong Lim Park - Anonymous_X: A 10-minute quickie at Speakers’ Corner - Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: What went on at Hong Lim Park on 1 September 2008 Strangers in a Strange Land - My Singapore News: It is going to get uglier - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Is a good foreign worker one who doesn’t live next door? Serangoon Gardens thinks so.. Fixating the Opposition - TOC: Political openness - for PAP only Ping Pong Pandemonium - SPUG: Lee Bee Wah says sorry!! ERPains, Trains & Automobiles - Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Change of Heart by SMRT Singaporeans, A Dying Breed - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: It Will Not Work! Daily Discourse - Singabloodypore: Civil Disobedience Works Life, the universe and everything - Just Stuff: On George Yeo & Blogging Infoblogoramus - Simply Inconceivable: Survey on Attitudes Toward Foreign Talents Daily SG: 2 Sep 2008 Ping Pong Pandemonium - TOC: A tale of two countries - Feed Me To The Fish: Money for Nothing But Heartache & Shame for Free - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Singapore’s first Olympic medalist - My Singapore News: The people behind our Olympic medal - My Sketchbook: End of Pingpong Saga We don’t need no regulation - theory.isthereason: “Not My Problem” & other Singaporean citizen dilemmas Fixating the Opposition - The Itch to Write: Double Standards? - Symposium of Genius: Define Political Party - When I’m Bored: Isn’t this a sign of unfairness and double standard? Lee vs Ravi - Singapore Indian Voice: Lawyer M Ravi held on further remand in IMH till Sep 15 SG Press rank 147th and falling - empty_vessels: This is just funny.. Hong Lim Park - Jacob’s Weblog: Photos from first day of “relaxed rules” allowing public demonstrations at Speakers Corner Daily Discourse - Sgpolitics: Inflation hits the poor hardest - Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Poverty in Singapore - nofearSingapore: National Service- Letter from father of Bugge brothers - The Wayang Party Club of Singapore: Waiting for Singapore’s Pakatan Rakyat Daily Tech: Google Announces New Browser Chrome Google Announces New Browser Chrome - Official Google Blog: A fresh take on the browser - Google Blogoscoped: Google Chrome, Google’s Browser Project - ars technica: Google opens up new front in browser wars with Chrome - PC Mag: Don’t Get Hooked on Google Chrome Hype - GigaOM: Mozilla Not Worried About Google Browser - TechCrunch: First Images of Google Chrome Tech News - PC Pro: Processor giants slash prices - Wired: Microsoft Prices 360 Below $200 in Japan - techradar: ‘Xbox 720′ could be the hottest gift for Christmas 2011 - Computerworld: Laptops, desktops won’t see a cost/benefit advantage in SSD for about two years - ASUSTeK: ASUS Spurs Green Computing Revolution with Bamboo Series Notebook - Guru3D: RivaTuner v2.10 released - Science News: Gene linked to commitment-phobia Reviews | Guides - techPowerUp: Palit HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition 512 MB - Bjorn3D: Thecus N3200 Networked Area Storage (NAS) Server - MetkuMods: Steelseries Ikari Laser & Optical Gaming Mice - ProClockers: Antec 1200 Ultimate Gamer Case - Upgrader Guides: SilverStone TJ08 Micro ATX Case Review - TGDaily: 10 ways to modify your Xbox 360 Daily SG: 1 Sep 2008 We don’t need no regulation - Sgpolitics: AIMS’s paper on Engaging New Media — a summary of their position on online political content, and my take on it - Journalism.sg: Don’t ban websites, AIMS panel advises Government - Rambling Librarian: Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS): Consultation Paper - Engaging New Media - Webs@Work: Political Engagement and the Web - My Sketchbook: Solutions for the new media - Singabloodypore: AIMs’ Press Conference Ping Pong Pandemonium - Empty Vessel: Doing the honorable thing after messing up - Mr Wang Says So: Vivian Must Be Annoyed - Littlespeck: Apology for ping pong mess-up - Simply Inconceivable: Lee Bee Wah remains defiant and instead insults the intelligence of all Singaporeans - mrbrown: the mrbrown show (video): beat it (the singapore ping pong song) music video! Jurong By-elections - nofearSingapore: No by-election no matter what! Politics Singapore Style! - TOC: By-election denial a sad case of irony National Day Rally 2008 - Singapore Alternatives: NSP - Interesting but without sufficient impact Parliament 26 Aug 2008 - TOC: Workers’ Party rejects motion to amend Parliamentary Elections Act Fixating the Opposition - TOC: On the Opposition’s redundancy - Simply Inconceivable: Young PAP calls for an authoritarian state Lee vs Nair - Jacob’s Weblog: Video: Interview with U.S. Blogger arrested, charged and detained in Singapore since May 08 Singaporeans are fed, up with progress! - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Electricity and Profits.. - Feed me to the Fish: Gini coefficient: Mdm Ho Ching & Mdm Noorfarizan make the Gini so efficient Singaporeans, A Dying Breed - Sg_Ljers: wtf?! — ST article “Love must bite first” Burma Protests - Singapore Indian Voice: Protest in UK in front of Singapore Embassy Daily Discourse - Desparatebeep: A Lack of Logic - Sam’s thoughts: Sorry I don’t believe in NS - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: KNNBCCB: PAP IS indeed ‘more equal’ than others! Life, the universe and everything - Wild shores of Singapore: Whale shark at Sentosa: thin edge of the wedge - Extreme Prejudice: RSAF 40-Year Anniversary Open House - Ong Jiin Joo: How to choose the Best Seats in Esplanade Concert Hall Infoblogoramus - reubenlai: LJ Ice-Cream Party Daily ChioBu: Erika Sawajiri Erika Sawajiri’s 沢尻エリカ second photobook erika, taken when she was 18. Pictures after the break. [PNSFW] Erika Sawajiri 澤尻繪理香 沢尻エリカ Promoting 2nd Photobook Related: - Singapore Daily: Erika Sawajiri’s first photobook P-chu! [1][2] Of Apologising and Aims Closure? That was the headlines of Straits Times yesterday. A few pages into the paper, u will find that the players are still rather grim. While Lee Bee Wah’s voice apparently quavered, Li Jiawei was reported to have snapped at a reported when asked if she was still leaving. (Forgive me, I did spend 80 cents on ST. How often do u find someone apologising publicly in Singapore??) In due time we will see who stays and who goes. Meanwhile, it does give the players would have plenty of reasons to defend themselves should they have a less than desirable outing at the table tennis world championship. The other reason why Straits Time was a good buy yesterday is because the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society (Aims) has spoken. They have drawn up a 95 page report with write-ups of its four principles published in the Straits Times on Saturday. According to the paper, the proposal has not been submitted to the Government yet. Here’s the summary and some comments. 1. Engaging Citizens - Government should engage online forums Aims feel that people need to be shown that their online feedback is being taken seriously. As such, Aims suggest that civil servants should be trained to respond to answer queries/feedback online. A youth panel should be setup too. Personally, I feel that the Government would be less than keen to respond to anonymous feedback and comment. We probably have to list a contact number or drum roll please, our IC number. 2. Political content Online - Three ways to tackle Section 33 Aims said that the current law “stifles expression”. They called for a “broad drift-net approach”. a. Keep the law but make it specific To excluding only films that distort facts and mislead the viewers. What makes the cut and what does not will be determined by an independent, non-partisan citizen’s panel. b. Get rid of the law but introduce other rules To repeal Section 33 from Films and introduce several possible conditions, such as a blackout on new political films during election season. c. Get rid of the law in stages To repeal the law in phases, by first narrowing its scope then moving towards a total removal when “the negative risks of misleading films are assessed to have been minimised” It was reported that the council remains undecided. They had declined to comment on which decision they were leaning toward. I think it is evident that they are leaning towards point c. In that way, the assessment will never end and the restrictions would never be lifted. At the same time, Aims called for prodcasts, videocasts, blogs and other new media tools to be allowed as part of election advertising. The Parliamentary Elections Act should be amended accordingly. Political parties should still register but individual bloggers and webmasters should be exempted from it. 3. To protecting minors, education is the best shield against cyber dangers I quote “a well-funded national body would be able to fill any gaps that exist and look at serious challenges like cyberbullying from different angles”. The last I looked, even well-funded organisations like NKF, Ren Ci and even the Ministry of Home Affairs have slipped up. What gives? Aims said restrictions on the currently blocked 100 pornographic and extremist websites would be lifted. Bizzare. 4. Protecting online hosts. Defamation suits: Spare the content hosts I quote “since no case involving a content host had gone to trial, the law remains untested, says Aims”. This is obviously testing the Government to come forth and implement some law. Aims also suggested a “put back notice” where genuine people can request for the post to be reposted again. Quotable Quotes “Whereas if you just put up a video on the internet, basically people view it from a remote location and there’s no impact on other third parties,” Professor Tan Chen Han, deputy chairman of Aims “What you say in your private blog may not be treated the same way as going to Fullerton Sq and shouting the same thing,” Charles Lim, principal Senior State counsel in the Attorney-General’s chambers. The vibe I got is Aims has presented a very broad directive and have seemingly decided that they will await public feedback to rectify their proposal before submitting it to the Government. Obviously when they say that the 100 pornographic and extremists sites would be unblocked is definitely going to stir panic amongst parents and religious groups. Aims may not have committed themselves to anything but I feel they have suggested plenty. The proposal gives the Government plenty of “loopholes” to nail. What appears to be clear and open now is probably a farce. I know I shouldn’t discredit them now. However, what they are suggesting is so much more than the Government is willing to compromise. Considering Aims is looking forward to receiving public feedback, B doesn’t understand why the new article wasn’t made available online. Thanks for reading, the B. P.S Aims’ website - http://www.aims.org.sg. You will need to leave your name and email address. You can even attach an attachment. Weekly Roundup: Week 35 Parliament 26 Aug 2008 - Sgpolitics.net: Parliamentary Snapshots [26 Aug] [27 Aug] - Siew Kum Hong: Speech on “Parliamentary Elections”: 27 August 2008 - Workers’ Party @ Parliament (Sitting Date: 21 May 2007): Police Coast Guard, Police Officers Killed In The Course Of Duty, SAF (Amendment) Bill, Remuneration Of Directors, Etc - Sgpolitics: Sylvia Lim opposed motion to revise Parliamentary Elections Act because the motion sought to entrench GRCs - groundnotes: The Stillbirth of Democracy in Singapore Parliament [Recommended] - Workers’ Party @ Parliament: Section 41A Of The Employment Act, GST (Amendment) Bill Jurong By-elections - TOC: Singaporeans want by-election in Jurong GRC [Thanks mr.udders] - Winter Is Coming: Vote MP = Vote PAP? and the Presumption of Innocence - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: LeeHsienLoong says each of our votes is more for the political party and less so for the individual MP-candidate - Simply Inconceivable: Bye bye by-elections [Recommended] - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: GRC celebrates our racial harmony.. - My sketchbook: Can you hear us? - Sam’s Alfresco Coffee: Today: Is there a need for by-election in Singapore? Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice - Simply Jean: Ban lifted; now you can talk all you want… almost - The Void Deck: The All New Old Speakers’ Corner - Sgpolitics.net: Liberalization of Speaker’s Corner: Let’s see whether the authorities truly use a “light touch” - Yawning Bread: The first fruits of civil disobedience [Recommended] - Desparatebeep: Protest - Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Outdoor demonstrations at Hong Lim Park no enough? [Recommended] - Simply Gab: Tokens or Lemonade - Simply Inconceivable: Shrewd Politics 101: Make Token Concessions - My sketchbook: Virgin step at Speakers’ corner - Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: The Condescension of a Ruler towards his Peasants - Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: Speakers’ Corner or speakers cornered? National Day Rally 2008 - Right up your alley: Dear stupid Singaporeans, NOBODY is telling you to wash the dishes lah! - My Sketchbook: Easing of political films - TOC: Of concessions and tokenism, worrying trends in policy making - TOC: Don’t be a stupid cupid - Mr Brown: New media: This government doesn’t get it - Carpe Diem: Only Fruitcakes demonstrate Singaporeans, A Dying Breed - Singapore Life and Times: Finding the Equilibrium - The Rot Within: Twisting Words - Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Baby Package 2008 - Sgpolitics.net: Foreign workers DO depress local pay at the lower end of the salary scale - Simply Inconceivable : Simplistic to Simply Say its Simplistic A Sliver from Beijing - TOC: Ms Lee Bee Wah: A new broom sweeps indiscriminately - nofearSingapore: Table Tennis: STTA president’s puzzling action - TOC: I am not celebrating [Recommended] - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: How many people in Jamaica? - TOC: Bloggers up in arms over Lee Bee Wah’s actions - Sgpolitics.net: Lee Bee Wah’s flip-flopping is startling - Simply Inconceivable: Should we sack the coach? The irrelevant question - Empty Vessel: Being media-savvy - My sketchbook: Party pooper - The fire in my life: Go.. Going… Gone.. [Thanks ecko as] - XTRALICIOUS: Missing - Integrity - HWZ: Sports Mis-management Saga Continues.. - Sgclub: Winning an olympic medal via foreign imports. Is it something to be proud of? - SPUG: China FT thinks he damned can - SPUG: Win Liao… Tio Sack… Strangers in a Strange Land - Simply Inconceivable: The Foreign Talent Irony - Just stuff: The Foreignness of Foreigners in our Midst – A Study in the FT hubris Burma Protests - Yawning Bread: Singapore shows Burmese dissidents the door - Sgpolitics: Burmese citizens hold press conference on being denied visa renewals in Singapore - Singapore Indian Voice: Burmese activists hold press conference on being denied visa renewals in Singapore - SgPolitics: Flip flop by the police: Are Burmese activists in Singapore keeping within the law or not? Fixating the Opposition - Young PAP Blog: The Ever Redundant Opposition Lee vs Nair - Singapore Dissident: Hanging in there, the Judges Belinda Ang, blogging case and Lai Sue Chiu EMail case Lee vs FEER - Singabloodypore: Singapore PM raises stakes in FEER defamation case GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments - EastStop: Temasek - A closed-end sovereign wealth fund? - Singapore Complain Hub: Singapore’s Temasek doubles profit, fears contagion Our 147th|151st Press - Simply Jean: Of EZ link cards, $100 million investments and my $5 deposit - Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Cepas-compliant ezlink card ‘test-ride’ volunteers WANTED or UNWANTED? [1] [2] ERPains, Trains and Automobiles - Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: Singapore’s Public Transport - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Profit drive SMRT to EXCEL….! Inflation - Recruit Ong: Playing with numbers Education - the boy who knew too much: Of cheers and jeers in the classroom Healthcare - The Alternative ‘HPB’: Why is ST so anti-biomedical treatment for autism? Domestic Helper Issues - Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Maids redux Daily Discourse - Desparatebeep: Irony and Sarcasm - Singapore Complain Hub: US sub could have leaked radiation in Singapore: govt - Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Olympic medal, Singaporean and typical Singaporean mentality - Singapore Dino: Old enough to run business but not “mature” enough to vote? - Mr Brown: More changing headlines: Inflation hits poor harder - Mr Wang Says So: The Law Minister Agrees With Mr Wang - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Good Graces in the Olympics - SGpolitics: Dr Lily Neo speaks out vociferously over aid for poorest households - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Going into recession….AGAIN! - The Daily Backtrack: For lack of databases - Simply Jean: Of dual citizenship, national service, exemptions and your CPF money - Feed Me To The Fish: Can a Person or a Government ‘not corrupted’ in law be ‘corrupted’ in fact? - The Lady Melissa: Ignoble Nobles - TOC: One country two systems - hopei: wah lan eh, this kind of thing also do - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Why Not? - Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Donating back to NUS: here’s how - Sgpolitics: K. Shanmugam’s remarks on acquittals in law could open a pandora’s box - From the ground Up: Put the ‘eco’ back in ‘economics’ - Renewables Report: Part 3: Singapore’s uncertain energy policy - Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Female, a lesser creature than male? - Singapore Indian Voice: Tell Singapore Not to Import Live Dolphins Life, the universe and everything - NO BUNS NO LIFE: Beijing Paralympic 2008: The Details - Nomadism: Reading the “Words” right - Adventures and random brain waves: Blogger’s block - Simply Jean: Free AirAsia tickets! - Mr Wang Says So: Life As A Competition - The Moley Prophet: Free Market? - A L V I N O L O G Y :Naming the New Singapore University - Cooler Insights: I Got a Free Bus Ride!! [b thinks: If Great Eastern can, why can't SBS and SMRT?] - Mr Wang Says So: Challenging Moments in Parenthood - A L V I N O L O G Y: TODAY online kena Hacked? Infoblogoramus - No “partisan stuff” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Top 100 Political Videos (that are likely to be banned in Singapore) - Notes from Serangoon Road: A ’secret’ screening - Stunned by Stone: Field Report on Singapore International Jewellery Show 2008 [Thanks ecko] - TOC: Inflation forum with experts Daily SG: 29 Aug 2008 Parliament 26 Aug 2008 - Sgpolitics: Sylvia Lim opposed motion to revise Parliamentary Elections Act because the motion sought to entrench GRCs - groundnotes: The Stillbirth of Democracy in Singapore Parliament - Workers’ Party @ Parliament: Section 41A Of The Employment Act, GST (Amendment) Bill Jurong By-elections - Simply Inconceivable: Bye bye by-elections - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: GRC celebrates our racial harmony.. - My sketchbook: Can you hear us? - Sam’s Alfresco Coffee: Today: Is there a need for by-election in Singapore? National Day Rally 2008 - TOC: Don’t be a stupid cupid - Mr Brown: New media: This government doesn’t get it - Carpe Diem: Only Fruitcakes demonstrate We’ve got a Sliver, sack the coach - XTRALICIOUS: Missing - Integrity - HWZ: Sports Mis-management Saga Continues.. - Sgclub: Winning an olympic medal via foreign imports. Is it something to be proud of? - SPUG: China FT thinks he damned can Fixating the Opposition - Young PAP Blog: The Ever Redundant Opposition Lee vs Nair - Singapore Dissident: Hanging in there, the Judges Belinda Ang, blogging case and Lai Sue Chiu EMail case Daily Discourse - Sgpolitics: K. Shanmugam’s remarks on acquittals in law could open a pandora’s box - From the ground Up: Put the ‘eco’ back in ‘economics’ - Renewables Report: Part 3: Singapore’s uncertain energy policy - Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Female, a lesser creature than male? - Singapore Indian Voice: Tell Singapore Not to Import Live Dolphins Daily ChioBu: Yuko Ogura Yuko Ogura ((小倉 優子) born on November 1, 1983 in Mobara, Chiba prefecture is a popular Japanese idol and model who strives for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look. In Japan, she is mostly called by her nickname, Yukorin (ゆうこりん). Pictures after the break. [PNSFW] Daily SG: 28 Aug 2008 Parliament 26 Aug 2008 - Sgpolitics.net: Parliamentary Snapshots [26 Aug] [27 Aug] - Siew Kum Hong: Speech on “Parliamentary Elections”: 27 August 2008 - Workers’ Party @ Parliament (Sitting Date: 21 May 2007): Police Coast Guard, Police Officers Killed In The Course Of Duty, SAF (Amendment) Bill, Remuneration Of Directors, Etc Jurong By-elections - TOC: Singaporeans want by-election in Jurong GRC [Thanks mr.udders] - Winter Is Coming: Vote MP = Vote PAP? and the Presumption of Innocence - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: LeeHsienLoong says each of our votes is more for the political party and less so for the individual MP-candidate Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice - Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: The Condescension of a Ruler towards his Peasants - Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: Speakers’ Corner or speakers cornered? Singaporeans, A Dying Breed - Sgpolitics.net: Foreign workers DO depress local pay at the lower end of the salary scale - Simply Inconceivable : Simplistic to Simply Say its Simplistic Domestic Helper Issues - Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Maids redux We’ve got a Sliver, sack the coach - The fire in my life: Go.. Going… Gone.. [Thanks ecko as] Transport Reforms Announced? Same ‘ol, same ’ol - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Profit drive SMRT to EXCEL….! Daily Discourse - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Why Not? - Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Donating back to NUS: here’s how Life, the universe and everything - Mr Wang Says So: Challenging Moments in Parenthood - A L V I N O L O G Y: TODAY online kena Hacked? Daily Tech: Comex 2008 Pricelists *Updated 29 Aug 2008. Laptops - Fujitsu COMEX 2008 Offers - ASUS Notebooks & PDAs Flyers - HP Compaq - Truenote - Sony Vaio, Today Ad - NEC [1][2][3][4][5] Monitors - BenQ LCD pricing - ASUS LCD Monitors flyers - ASUS EeePC, EeeBox & Nova Flyers - Acer - NEC - Philips DIY/Mod - XFX Graphics Cards Flyer - Scythe Coolers Promo - Seasonic & Scythe Promotions at Comex - LG Blu-Ray Drives Promo - Enermax offers - Hitachi HDD Peripherals - Logitech Flyer - Netgear Flyer - D-Link Promotion [PDF] - AC Ryan COMEX Promos - Aztech promo - Creative Deals @ COMEX - Edifier Speakers Promo - Shure Earphone @ Comex Show 2008 - Samsung MP3 - Razer special promo Printers/Cameras - Canon Flyers - Epson [PDF] - Olympus - Nikon - Sony - Brother [PDF] - Nikon brochures - Casio Exilim Today Ad LCD TVs - JVC LCD - Pioneer LCD - Samsung LCD - Sharp Aquos - Sony Bravia - Samsung Plasma TV Series Distributors/Shops - Convergent COMEX 2008 - Corbell’s MSI/HIS VGA promotion - Eastgear pricelist [PDF] - PC Dreams Lenovo sales and trade-in offers - Chamoxa’s 2008 Comex Promos - Singtel BBOM 50% off Promo - Starhub Hustation promo - AudioHouse Promo for audio products - AudioHouse Promo for Sharp & Shinco - UOB Credit Card Comex 2008 promo - Apple Epicentre promos Forums/Sites - COMEX 2008 Official Site - HWZ: COMEX 2008 - VR-Zone: Comex 2008 (28th Aug to 31st Aug) - CNet: Comex 2008 Will update as more appear online. SG Tech - Cooler Insights: Creating a Sustainable Social Media Enterprise - NO BUNS NO LIFE: How To Hack an IPhone, and How To Prevent being Hacked - Deep thoughts of a Singapore Critic: unlocked iPhone on M1 or other networks Daily SG: 27 Aug 2008 Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice - Desparatebeep: Protest - Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Outdoor demonstrations at Hong Lim Park no enough? - Simply Gab: Tokens or Lemonade - Simply Inconceivable: Shrewd Politics 101: Make Token Concessions - My sketchbook: Virgin step at Speakers’ corner GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments - EastStop: Temasek - A closed-end sovereign wealth fund? - Singapore Complain Hub: Singapore’s Temasek doubles profit, fears contagion Burma Protests - SgPolitics: Flip flop by the police: Are Burmese activists in Singapore keeping within the law or not? Inflation - Recruit Ong: Playing with numbers Education - the boy who knew too much: Of cheers and jeers in the classroom Our 147th|151st Press - Simply Jean: Of EZ link cards, $100 million investments and my $5 deposit - Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Cepas-compliant ezlink card ‘test-ride’ volunteers WANTED or UNWANTED? [1] [2] Daily Discourse - SGpolitics: Dr Lily Neo speaks out vociferously over aid for poorest households - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Going into recession….AGAIN! - The Daily Backtrack: For lack of databases - Simply Jean: Of dual citizenship, national service, exemptions and your CPF money - Feed Me To The Fish: Can a Person or a Government ‘not corrupted’ in law be ‘corrupted’ in fact? - The Lady Melissa: Ignoble Nobles - TOC: One country two systems - hopei: wah lan eh, this kind of thing also do Life, the universe and everything - Simply Jean: Free AirAsia tickets! - Mr Wang Says So: Life As A Competition - The Moley Prophet: Free Market? - A L V I N O L O G Y :Naming the New Singapore University - Cooler Insights: I Got a Free Bus Ride!! [b thinks: If Great Eastern can, why can't SBS and SMRT?] Infoblogoramus - TOC: Inflation forum with experts Daily SG: 26 Aug 2008 It’s been a year since the 25 Aug 2007 ODEX protest. Thanks article14 for the reminder. What excellent timing National Day Rally 2008 - TOC: Of concessions and tokenism, worrying trends in policy making Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice - Simply Jean: Ban lifted; now you can talk all you want… almost - The Void Deck: The All New Old Speakers’ Corner - Sgpolitics.net: Liberalization of Speaker’s Corner: Let’s see whether the authorities truly use a “light touch” - Yawning Bread: The first fruits of civil disobedience We’ve got a Sliver, sack the coach - TOC: Bloggers up in arms over Lee Bee Wah’s actions - Sgpolitics.net: Lee Bee Wah’s flip-flopping is startling - Simply Inconceivable: Should we sack the coach? The irrelevant question - Empty Vessel: Being media-savvy - My sketchbook: Party pooper Daily Discourse - Singapore Complain Hub: US sub could have leaked radiation in Singapore: govt - Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Olympic medal, Singaporean and typical Singaporean mentality - Singapore Dino: Old enough to run business but not “mature” enough to vote? - Mr Brown: More changing headlines: Inflation hits poor harder - Mr Wang Says So: The Law Minister Agrees With Mr Wang - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Good Graces in the Olympics Life, the universe and everything - NO BUNS NO LIFE: Beijing Paralympic 2008: The Details - Nomadism: Reading the “Words” right - Adventures and random brain waves: Blogger’s block Infoblogoramus - Stunned by Stone: Field Report on Singapore International Jewellery Show 2008 [Thanks ecko] Daily Tech: Comex 2008 Preview Hardware Zone has a preview of Comex 2008 happening this Thurs - Sun (28 - 31 Aug) at Suntec. - HWZ: Comex 2008 Preview Tech News - Gadget Lab: Wired.com’s iPhone 3G Survey Reveals Network Weaknesses - Computerworld: Mozilla turbocharges Firefox, touts major speed gains - CNet: IE 8 to include private browsing feature - PC Pro: NVISION: Larrabee “like a GPU from 2006″ - DailyTech: Physicists Theorize New Method for Faster than Light Travel Reviews | Guides - Tom’s Hardware: 11-Way P45 Motherboard Shootout - AnandTech: NVISION 08 - Live! Jen-Hsun Keynote Coverage - TweakTown: ASUS GeForce GTX 280 TOP Graphics Card - OCIA: BFG Tech LS-680 Power Supply - DSM: World’s slimmest USB Bluetooth Dongle - DriverHeaven: Apple MacBook Air - The Register: Anatomy of a malware scam Singtel iPhone Launch - Sheylara: I went for the iPhone launch.. - my rants: iphone 3G is better without $ingtel - Sangsara: Singtel iPhone THANKYOU - HWZ: The Singapore iPhone 3G Launch - Queues ‘R Us SG Tech - 65Bits: Episode 85 : iPhone Mania - Singapore Edition! - Empty Vessel: Sidewinder X6 announced! - harmless? bananas!: Xbox Xperts Yes, But Social Media No? Daily SG: 25 Aug 2008 Singaporeans, A Dying Breed - Singapore Life and Times: Finding the Equilibrium - The Rot Within: Twisting Words - Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Baby Package 2008 National Day Rally 2008 - Making Babies - Right up your alley: Dear stupid Singaporeans, NOBODY is telling you to wash the dishes lah! - My Sketchbook: Easing of political films A Sliver from Beijing - TOC: Ms Lee Bee Wah: A new broom sweeps indiscriminately - nofearSingapore: Table Tennis: STTA president’s puzzling action - TOC: I am not celebrating - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: How many people in Jamaica? - SPUG: Win Liao… Tio Sack… Strangers in a Strange Land - Simply Inconceivable: The Foreign Talent Irony - Just stuff: The Foreignness of Foreigners in our Midst – A Study in the FT hubris Lee vs FEER - Singabloodypore: Singapore PM raises stakes in FEER defamation case Burma Protests - Yawning Bread: Singapore shows Burmese dissidents the door - Sgpolitics: Burmese citizens hold press conference on being denied visa renewals in Singapore - Singapore Indian Voice: Burmese activists hold press conference on being denied visa renewals in Singapore ERPains, Trains and Automobiles - Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: Singapore’s Public Transport Healthcare - The Alternative ‘HPB’: Why is ST so anti-biomedical treatment for autism? Daily Discourse - Desparatebeep: Irony and Sarcasm Infoblogoramus - No “partisan stuff” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Top 100 Political Videos (that are likely to be banned in Singapore) - Notes from Serangoon Road: A ’secret’ screening Daily ChioBu: Xu Jing Lei Xu Jing Lei 徐静蕾 (nickname 老徐 ol’ Xu) is a rising star in Chinese cinema. A graduate from the Beijing Film Academy Performance Institute 北京电影学院表演系, she has starred and won numerous acting awards in China. The multi-talented star from Beijing not only acts, but models, sings, writes and directs as well. In 2003, she won the Best New Actress and Best Actress awards at the 4th Annual Chinese Film Awards in the film My Father and I 我和爸爸 which she wrote, directed and acted. She has since written, directed and starred in 2 more films, bagging the Best Director at the 52nd Donostia-San Sebastian International Fim Festival for the 2004 A Letter From An Unknown Woman 《一个陌生女人的来信》. In 2006, Xu Xing Lei topped Technorati’s chart when her blog clocked 50 million clicks. In 2007, she started her own online magazine Kai La 《开啦》. Her latest movie saw her starring opposite Jet Li in Warlords 《投名状》. [Phew, what a woman!] Pictures after the break. Related: - Sina 新浪博客: 老徐 Of the Rally and Happenings The vibe I got when 7 will be charged over the IMF-World Bank Protests held in Singapore in 2006 after the rally promised easing of restrictions. The PM spoke at the NUS University Cultural Center last Saturday. He attempted to show bits of his personal life - meeting his girlfriend’s parents without a gift, changing a cloth nappy without hurting anyone with the safety pin, etc. He spoke of how foreign talent is imperative for the development of the IRs. Fair enough. Singapore hasn’t had any IR and it is only logical to engage people who already have knowledge in that field to help developed Singapore’s IRs. Then again, it also goes to suggest that Singapore doesn’t have enough talent. This then opens up another can of worms to question if the government is doing enough to nurture and retain talent. This vicious cycle then brings me to relate to the table tennis team that got us our first Olympic medal in 48 years and the then dream of getting Singapore into the World Cup in 2010. Given the population of Singapore (compared to China’s) naturally the number of talent we have pales in comparison. Fair enough, Singapore hasn’t had any IRs so we have to engage people who have had experience in developing them i.e. FT. While I agree this may make sense, the government should ensure that there are a sufficient number of locals that would be training under this FT so that the locals can take over when the project is done or when the FT decides to suddenly leave. The $4000 to have a child incentive could be attractive to those who are not sure about starting their families and handy for those who want to start their family anyway. If the government is truly sincere about helping families to raise their children, then children who are born after the rally speech should have privileges such as increased medical benefits, priority access to local institutions, cheaper tuition fees and lower insurance premiums. Else, $4000 is barely enough to last even before the child begins teething. The ever reliable Straits Times wrote on the front page that rulings on protests and videos would be eased. Within a week, reports from foreign media informed that 7 activists (including Dr Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin) will be charged for the 2006 IMF-World Bank protests. Whatever brownie points that were scored from the rally were vanished immediately. With their lawyer M Ravi being deemed medically unfit first by the party that he had helped defended then by the media, we can only look forth to more courtroom. Perhaps in the government’s defense, they would say that it was a 2006 incident, way before the 2008 NDP rally. No worries, we have from now till the next rally and general elections to evaluate how much the restrictions have eased. Personally, I got the vibe that the PM was trying to engage the audience with a fair bit effort. At some points, I thought I saw his face contort alittle, probably at the effort. It striked me that the speech was tailored in hope of engaging Singaporeans. Not just any Singaporeans, it’s Singaporeans like you and I who go online, the generation that the term Post 65ers is too broad to cover. When I looked abit closer, I realised that the PM was afraid. Alittle afraid at least. In this case, you and I are probably doing something right. Thanks for reading, the B P.S. No, we didn’t get the bronze. Weekly Roundup: Week 34 National Day Rally 2008 Speech in [English] [Malay] [Mandarin] - English Excerpt of speech in [Mandarin] [Malay] National Day Rally 2008 - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Rallying a Nation….can wait! - Siew Kum Hong: National Day Rally 2008 - Vexillum II: National Day Rally - Article 14: errrrrr..p - Who wrote the rally speech? - A Xeno Boy in Sg: Terminal Loops - Empty Vessel: Once again, fathers do not exist in SG - groundnotes: National Say Barely Speech 2008 [Recommended] - Looking for Words: Singapore’s PM Lee as tech-savvy as Obama - My Singapore News: The Hsien Loong shocker - The one dimensional island: PM’s National Day Rally - Sgpolitics.net: Rally speech on Aug 17, 2008 [1] [2] - Sgpolitics.net: PM Lee’s National Day Rally: Political rules to be relaxed & Political films to be allowed - the(new)mediaslut: SG PM reading this blog? - TOC: Good effort, but much more substance needed - My sketchbook: Scrutinising the Rally speech - Mr Brown: Summary of this year’s National Day Rally message by PM - vinyarb: pedra branca erp picture - my road to ministerial salary? - The Lionheart: Where is the dividing line? [Recommended] - Yawning Bread: Demonstrations to be allowed in Hong Lim playpen [Recommended] - TOC: The ball is in the opposition’s court - Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: National Day Rally 2008: Political Liberalisation, really? - Simply Gab: PM Rally Speech: Men-in-White or Men-in-Grey? - nofearSingapore: My thoughts on that Olympic Silver and that Political Liberalization Speech - Singabloodypore: Lee’s meaningless concession on protests fool no one - Mr Wang Says So: Education and The Great Pain of Rather Useless Things - No “partisan stuff” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Oops, we were too restrictive : PM Lee - Longest Flight: What pro-family measures? - redefining.suet: NDR 2009 - Sgpolitics: Key points raised in PM Lee’s National Day Rally speech 2008 - Journalism.sg: Obituary of a ban: Political films may get a new life - the boy who knew too much: On Maternity and Paternity Leave - Feed Me To The Fish: Is this for real? - Sam’s thoughts: Baby-friendly Singapore - Sgpolitics.net: Complex problem of low birth rate requires more than just throwing money at it - Siew Kum Hong: More on National Day Rally 2008 - TOC: National Day Rally - some questions - My sketchbook: The baby package - Empty Vessel: Paying The Price With No Regrets - TOC: Nanny gets serious about babies but.. - vinyarb: Of getting hitched and babies - Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Pro family policies: as good as it gets - Singapore Complain Hub: Let’s talk politics Online! Says PM Lee - The Lady Melissa: A MisMatch Made in Peasant - The boy who knew too much: Maternal and Paternal Leave around the world - Chee Wai’s Random Musings: What the Government does for/on behalf of the people.. - EDMW: [NEWS] PM Lee says… - EDMW: A Letter from a Citizen in Response to NDP Rally Speech - HWZ: New measures to boost birth rate to be introduced in August A Sliver from Beijing - TOC: Hate the policy, love the paddler [Recommended] - The fire in my life: Identity Crisis?? - Alice Cheong in Wonderland: An Olympics medal for S’pore! - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Let’s cheer for China….erm…I mean Singapore !!! - Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Random musings on the Singapore women table tennis team making it to the Olympics finals - Feed Me To The Fish: Ping Pong Orgasm - Does money buy everything? - My Singapore News: Don’t get carried away - Tribolum.com: Point of No Return - My Game of Life: Congratulation Singapore!!!! - Extreme Prejudice: Bashing Foreign Talents - Chemical Generation Singapore: Winners and Whiners - Feed Me To The Fish: No World Cup, Olympic Silver Will Do! - The Void Deck: Flash: Silver Siah! - Ian On The Red Dot: Why I Give Money To Beggars And The Answer To ‘Did Singaporeans Really Win The Medal?’ [Part One] - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Desperately seeking Singaporean-ess - Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Taking someone’s ass to be your face - Tales of A Tiger: Buying Our Own Olympic Medal - deadpris: Li Jia Wei IS a Singaporean [Response to Iantimothy] - Desparatebeep: Olympic Efforts [Recommended] - Mr Wang Says So: Suffering and Struggle As The Hallmarks of A True Singaporean - My Game of Life: a little bit of disappointment… - Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Singapore’s Silver Medal at the Olympics - SG_Ljers: We can achieve, we can achieve - HWZ: Would THAT silver medal inspire us to greater heights? - HWZ: Should we be proud of our Chinapore athletes winning the silver medal? Singaporeans, a Dying Breed - Singapore Life and Times: Baby Load - HWZ: Singapore’s population up almost 200,000 between 2006 and 2007 Strangers in a Strange Land - Siew Kum Hong: WPQ 21 July 2008: Issuance of Employment Passes, S Passes, Dependant’s Passes and Long Term Social Visit Passes We Don’t Need No Regulation - Gerald Giam: New media and politics on CNA - Just Stuff: Find Out Whether AIMS is Screwing The Right Hole? GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments - Siew Kum Hong: WPQ 21 July 2008: GIC Investment in UBS - Chemical Generation Singapore: Temasek’s Happy National Day Announcement Why they hate Singapore - Mr Wang Says So: The Devil, Chua Lee Hoong & Harry Lee 147th and falling - e pur si muove: Yet another example of Channel NewsAsia’s “quality” journalism Re Education - Empty Vessel: Teaching better - Mr Wang Says So: Education - The Government Still Doesn’t Get It [Recommended] - To Fix a Mocking Peasant: The Education System Will Not Change - TOC: Educating the next generation - Young Pay-And-Pay Blog: Choice schools for foreigners, leftovers for Singaporeans - TOC: Danger in our education system ERPains, Trains & Automobiles - Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Hilter and ERP… - Smoot: ERP Rate Hikes Inadvertently Remind Taxi Drivers That They Perform a Public Service [Thanks mr. udders] - EDMW: Malaysia Abdullah boards rush-hour train – and he’s not happy Healthcare Means Testing - Angry Doctor: Subsidy and Other Preoccupations 20 Lee vs Chee - Singapore Indian Voice: Activists go back to court to continue fight for change - Singapore Dissident: The days go on - Sgpolitics: SDP: Government continues to rain down charges against human rights defenders - Singapore Kopi Tok: Et Tu Brute?: Ravi and Betrayal Beijing Olmpics - The boy who knew too much: The lie of Chinese ethnic unity The Million Dollar Bounty for M$K - Otak69 Forum: Aug 27 :6 mths since Mas Selamat escaped [Thanks aa bb] Burma Protests - Jacob’s Weblog: Burmese patriots in Singapore to hold press conference today; Press release asks for explanation from Singapore authorities Indignation 2008 - Illusio: Queer women within feminist Singapore XEDO refuses to die - TedFox: Crackdown on Anime Piracy The Sequel - Jason Chua: ODEX strikes back - Zen House: Remember ODEX? - Ahgong Hippo’s Blork: Odex Returns 2008? Daily Discourse - Just Stuff: Education, Education, Education all around, but not a Brain around - Singapore Life and Times: Spy vs Spy - Bad News on the Doorstep: Our government is not stupid - Simply Jean: Like that how to have kids? - Yawning Bread: Side-stepping the death penalty - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: The Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society; a necessary mouthful? - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Singapore Tax-Haven Life, the universe and everything - The FØØL’s Progress: The Resident Tourist - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: EPL starts again - the boy who knew too much: On Silence and Self-expression - Cooler Insights: What Reservist Does To You - Mr Wang Says So: School, Memory and Real Life - NO BUNS NO LIFE: The Journey of Michael Phelps through Sports Illustrated Magazine 2004-2008 - Ian On The Red Dot: How I Try To Make My Public Transport Experience More Enjoyable - Ian On The Red Dot: Nostalgia Kicking In - The Malaysian Cup 1994 - Fwd: Today in Beijing with Jade Seah saying “F*CK!” Infoblogoramus - No political films please, we’re Singaporeans: One Nation Under Lee to premiere in Malaysia - harmless? bananas!: Local Band Leeson Makes ‘Some Girls’ More Popular Than Others - SG_Ljers: Charity Project! - harmless? bananas!: We’re launching our new EP! - Glass Castle Blog: FDW shelter under threat: please help! Daily SG: 22 Aug 2008 The Japanese Film Festial starts today! What are you watching this year? ^0^ National Day Rally 2008 - Making Babies - Empty Vessel: Paying The Price With No Regrets - TOC: Nanny gets serious about babies but.. - vinyarb: Of getting hitched and babies - Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Pro family policies: as good as it gets - Singapore Complain Hub: Let’s talk politics Online! Says PM Lee - The Lady Melissa: A MisMatch Made in Peasant - The boy who knew too much: Maternal and Paternal Leave around the world - Chee Wai’s Random Musings: What the Government does for/on behalf of the people.. - HWZ: New measures to boost birth rate to be introduced in August A Sliver from Beijing - Desparatebeep: Olympic Efforts - Mr Wang Says So: Suffering and Struggle As The Hallmarks of A True Singaporean - My Game of Life: a little bit of disappointment… - HWZ: Should we be proud of our Chinapore athletes winning the silver medal? Lee vs Chee - Sgpolitics: SDP: Government continues to rain down charges against human rights defenders - Singapore Kopi Tok: Et Tu Brute?: Ravi and Betrayal ERPains, Trains and Automobiles - EDMW: Malaysia Abdullah boards rush-hour train – and he’s not happy Re Education - TOC: Danger in our education system GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments - Chemical Generation Singapore: Temasek’s Happy National Day Announcement The Million Dollar Bounty for M$K - Otak69 Forum: Aug 27 :6 mths since Mas Selamat escaped [Thanks aa bb] Burma Protests - Jacob’s Weblog: Burmese patriots in Singapore to hold press conference today; Press release asks for explanation from Singapore authorities Daily Discourse - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Singapore Tax-Haven Life, the universe and everything - Ian On The Red Dot: Nostalgia Kicking In - The Malaysian Cup 1994 - Fwd: Today in Beijing with Jade Seah saying “F*CK!” Infoblogoramus - Glass Castle Blog: FDW shelter under threat: please help! Daily ChioBu: Nakagawa Shouko Nakagawa Shouko (中川翔子) is a gravure idol, actress, singer and seiyuu (japanese for voice actor or actress) artiste. This multi-talented lady is also known to post 10-20 entries on her blog in one day. [PNSFW] - Nakagawa Shouko Official Site Daily SG: 21 Aug 2008 National Day Rally 2008 - the boy who knew too much: On Maternity and Paternity Leave - Feed Me To The Fish: Is this for real? - Sam’s thoughts: Baby-friendly Singapore - Sgpolitics.net: Complex problem of low birth rate requires more than just throwing money at it - Siew Kum Hong: More on National Day Rally 2008 - TOC: National Day Rally - some questions - My sketchbook: The baby package We Don’t Need No Regulation - Gerald Giam: Untangling Singapore’s web of Politics - Just Stuff: Find Out Whether AIMS is Screwing The Right Hole? Education - Young Pay-And-Pay Blog: Choice schools for foreigners, leftovers for Singaporeans Daily Discourse - BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: The Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society; a necessary mouthful? - Ian On The Red Dot: How I Try To Make My Public Transport Experience More Enjoyable Life, the universe and everything - Cooler Insights: What Reservist Does To You - Mr Wang Says So: School, Memory and Real Life - NO BUNS NO LIFE: The Journey of Michael Phelps through Sports Illustrated Magazine 2004-2008 Infoblogoramus - harmless? bananas!: We’re launching our new EP! Daily Tech: Singtel iPhone Midnight 22 Aug 08 Launch *All are 2 yr contracts. Source: Singtel Iphone Site Singtel iPhone Launch - Crave: SingTel announces pricing for iPhone 3G in Singapore - Your Industry News: SingTel: Be part of the groundbreaking midnight sale for the Apple iPhone 3G - CNET Asia: All your iPhone 3G questions answered - PC World: Singapore Gets IPhone, but No Visual Voicemail or iTunes - Deep thoughts of a Singapore Critic: Singtel iPhone Pricing - EDMW: 3g Iphone from Singtel is so expensive! - MUGS: iPhone Price Plans Out - HWZ: Going on 22nd August 2008 00:00 (Midnight) Thread Tech News - PC Mag: Intel IDF 2008: Day 1 Wrap Up - [H] Enthusiast: Nehalem Slide Presentation - PART I, PART II - Gadget Lab: Analyst: Palm Needs a Savior, and Treo Pro Won’t Cut It - Tom’s Guide: New, Improved Sony PSP Handheld Coming This Fall - 1UP: GC 2008: Sony Reveals EyePet for PS3, PS3 Keypad Attachment - ZDNet: Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack - MacNN: Apple: iPhone 2.02 fixes some 3G glitches Daily SG: 20 Aug 2008 LOL LHL flipping the bird! Thanks fireopal for the pic. :-) National Day Rally 2008 - The Lionheart: Where is the dividing line? - Yawning Bread: Demonstrations to be allowed in Hong Lim playpen - TOC: The ball is in the opposition’s court - Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: National Day Rally 2008: Political Liberalisation, really? - Simply Gab: PM Rally Speech: Men-in-White or Men-in-Grey? - nofearSingapore: My thoughts on that Olympic Silver and that Political Liberalization Speech - Singabloodypore: Lee’s meaningless concession on protests fool no one - Mr Wang Says So: Education and The Great Pain of Rather Useless Things - No “partisan stuff” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Oops, we were too restrictive : PM Lee - Longest Flight: What pro-family measures? - redefining.suet: NDR 2009 - Sgpolitics: Key points raised in PM Lee’s National Day Rally speech 2008 - Journalism.sg: Obituary of a ban: Political films may get a new life - EDMW: A Letter from a Citizen in Response to NDP Rally Speech A Sliver from Beijing - Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Desperately seeking Singaporean-ess - Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Taking someone’s ass to be your face - Tales of A Tiger: Buying Our Own Olympic Medal - deadpris: Li Jia Wei IS a Singaporean [Response to Iantimothy] Lee vs Chee - Singapore Dissident: The days go on Infoblogoramus - SG_Ljers: Charity Project Youths.Care Seems like Singnet fixed the problem. eligwee emailed that he’s able to load SGDaily on Singnet now. Big ups to Bernard and Daniel for the help. Send us an email if you still have trouble with our site on Singnet. Daily ChioBu: Kae Chollada Mekratree II More Kae Chollada Mekratree. Chollada Mekratree (nickname Ke or Kae) is a well-known model and actress in Thailand. She was voted number 37 sexiest woman in the world by FHM Thai edition readers in 2006. She has appeared in several movies such as Unhuman and The Letters of Death. Pictures after the break. [PNSFW] Related: - Singapore Daily: Daily ChioBu: Kae Chollada Mekratree Daily SG: 19 Aug 2008 National Day Rally 2008 Speech in [English] [Malay] [Mandarin] - English Excerpt of speech in [Mandarin] [Malay] National Day Rally 2008 - Article 14: errrrrr..p - Who wrote the rally speech? - A Xeno Boy in Sg: Terminal Loops - Empty Vessel: Once again, fathers do not exist in SG - groundnotes: National Say Barely Speech 2008 - Looking for Words: Singapore’s PM Lee as tech-savvy as Obama - My Singapore News: The Hsien Loong shocker - The one dimensional island: PM’s National Day Rally - Sgpolitics.net: Rally speech on Aug 17, 2008 [1] [2] - Sgpolitics.net: PM Lee’s National Day Rally: Political rules to be relaxed & Political films to be allowed - the(new)mediaslut: SG PM reading this blog? - TOC: Good effort, but much more substance needed - My sketchbook: Scrutinising the Rally speech - Mr Brown: Summary of this year’s National Day Rally message by PM - vinyarb: pedra branca erp picture - my road to ministerial salary? - EDMW: [NEWS] PM Lee says… Lee vs Chee - Singapore Indian Voice: Activists go back to court to continue fight for change A Sliver from Beijing - Chemical Generation Singapore: Winners and Whiners - Feed Me To The Fish: No World Cup, Olympic Silver Will Do! - The Void Deck: Flash: Silver Siah! - Ian On The Red Dot: Why I Give Money To Beggars And The Answer To ‘Did Singaporeans Really Win The Medal?’ [Part One] - Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Singapore’s Silver Medal at the Olympics - HWZ: Would THAT silver medal inspire us to greater heights? Singaporeans, a Dying Breed - Singapore Life and Times: Baby Load - HWZ: Singapore’s population up almost 200,000 between 2006 and 2007 ERPains Trains & Automobiles - Smoot: ERP Rate Hikes Inadvertently Remind Taxi Drivers That They Perform a Public Service [Thanks mr. udders] Daily Discourse - Bad News on the Doorstep: Our government is not stupid - Simply Jean: Like that how to have kids? - Yawning Bread: Side-stepping the death penalty Life, the universe and everything - the boy who knew too much: On Silence and Self-expression Infoblogoramus - Majulah Singapura: Charity Project!