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Friday, July 3, 2009

Singapore Confirms 91 New H1N1 Cases, Bringing Total To 969

by Channel NewsAsia Tweet

More Eating On MRT

by Straits Times Tweet

Some Officers Notified To Help Conduct Next General Election

by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

The Elections Department has started appointing assistant returning officers to conduct Singapore's next general election, which is due by February 2012. Tweet

Firefly Airline Joins Changi

by Nicholas Yong , Straits Times

Changi Airport on Friday welcomed Firefly, the fourth new airline to join Changi this year. Firefly is also the seventh carrier to fly the booming Singapore-Malaysia sector. Tweet

Island Embraces Its Own

by Kong Rithdee, Bangkok Post

Singapore's film industry is on the rise thanks to one director's challenging take on the country's culture and its people's ability to laugh at themselves. Tweet

SingTel To Offer iPhone 3GS In Singapore On July 10

by Dow Jones Tweet

Top 5 Bookstores In Singapore

by A Singapore Blog Tweet

What's Free, Exactly?

by Denis Distant, Straits Times Tweet

Thoughts On Singapore Politics: The Road Ahead

by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

It is up to activists, opposition parties and alternative media to set a new agenda, one that is markedly different from that of the ruling party and one which places Singaporeans first politically and economically, and to push that agenda vigorously. Tweet

Our Botanic Garden – Why 150 Years And Not 187 Years?

by Times Of My Life Tweet

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Why I Hung Up My Pointe Shoes

by Joanne Lee, Straits Times

Who is going to step up to support our local artistes? Tweet

Parliament Sits On Monday

by Straits Times Tweet

Should I State My IC Or Passport Number?

by Ishwar Mahtani, Today Tweet

Box Clever: Singapore's Magic Formula For Maths Success

by Liz Lightfoot, Independent

It sounds crazy but Singapore has shot up the league tables by dropping traditional methods from its maths lessons and getting children to be creative. Tweet

Train Trips Increased On Weekends To Meet Demand

by Bernadette Low, SMRT Corporation, Straits Times

We would like to clarify that since June last year, SMRT has increased train trips to enhance commuters' travel experience on weekends. Up to 65 train trips were added on Sundays last year. Since February, another 32 train trips were added on Sunday afternoons and evenings. Tweet

Mixed Signals?

by Benita Aw Yeong, New Paper

Schools have also implemented a host of precautionary measures, including the stopping of certain outdoor events, to slow the spread of H1N1 here.

Adding to the mixed signals is the fact that while many CCAs and non-essential activities have been scaled back, in line with MOE's recommendations, physical education has been proceeding as usual. Tweet

S'pore Confirms 82 New H1N1 Flu Cases, Makes Transition To Mitigation Phase

by Channel NewsAsia Tweet

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

A Credible And Effective Opposition

by Singapore Democrats Tweet

Singapore Is 18th Most Expensive Retail Location In The World

by Tang See Kit, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore has moved a notch higher to 18th spot as the most expensive retail location in the world, despite easing rental rates for super prime retail space. Tweet

MM Lee Speaks Of Need To Restructure Airport Operations

by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

Minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew said Singapore must restructure and strengthen its airport operations and regulatory system so that when recovery comes, the country's aviation sector will be ready to meet new challenges. Tweet

Rethinking The “ED” in “EDB”

by Alastair Su, Gimme Some Truth!

If we narrow our understanding of economic development to just sustaining our GDP, we will neglect alot of other important factors too. Tweet

Critics Cringe At Ad For Burger King's Latest Sandwich

by Joshua Rhett Miller, FOX News

An advertisement for Burger King's latest sandwich leaves little to the imagination and should be discontinued due to "distasteful" and unappetizing references to oral sex, advertising experts told FOXNews.com. Tweet

Accessibility On Singapore Government Websites

by Coleman Yee, μεταcole

Whole populations of Singaporeans are being excluded from such online government services simply because they use a Mac instead of a PC, or because they don’t wish to use (the technically inferior) Internet Explorer.

And we’re not even talking about access by small screen devices like mobile phones, or access by disabled users. The situation is far worse for them. Tweet

RM8b Bullet Train Project Relevant: YTL Corp

by Business Times Malaysia

Conglomerate YTL Corporation Bhd hopes that the government will pursue the proposed RM8 billion bullet train project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore given its potential economic spin-offs. Tweet

DBS And POSB Cut Savings

by Gabriel Chen, Straits Times

Bad news for the legions of savers already being squeezed by the meagre interest paid out on their deposits. Today, interest rates on the millions of savings accounts at both DBS Bank and POSB will be trimmed to levels not seen since 2005.

POSB savings and passbook account holders, who previously got 0.25 per cent for the first $50,000, will now get just 0.125 per cent. For those holding a deposit of $10,000, the decrease works out to $12.50 less a year. Tweet

Extend Bus, Train Services To 2am For Orchard Road Shoppers

by Teo Kueh Liang, Straits Times

It will make economical sense to extend the MRT and bus operating hours to 2am, so that shoppers can enjoy their shopping without the hassle of worrying about how to get home. Tweet

Rape Scenes In Recent TV Dramas Within Guidelines, Says MDA

by Ginny Goh, Media Development Authority, Today

With regard to the recent rape scenes on local dramas "Fighting Spiders" and "Red Thread", MDA has assessed the scenes and found them to be brief, non-explicit and relevant to the development of the dramas' storylines. As such, they are within the guidelines for programmes shown on free-to-air channels during family viewing hours. Tweet

New Airport Company To Be Chaired By Liew Mun Leong

by May Wong, Channel NewsAsia

Liew Mun Leong – the president and chief executive officer of CapitaLand Limited – will chair the new airport company that has yet to be named. Tweet

Confirmed Cases Hit 701

by Straits Times Tweet

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C'mon bloggers, do a little bit of research first, okay?

It is a fine distinction, but it is a very important distinction: You pay TV license because you *own* a TV, not because you *watch* a TV.

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My shoulder aches.

Photos from the International Space Station http://bit.ly/RCyJs

Stochasticity http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2009/06/15/stochasticity/

I refuse to do any serious gambling so as to preserve my beginner's luck to the point where it really matters. :-)

@heyzahir How often are you being forced to sleep over at your workplace? :-)

There sure are a lot of bloggers arguing about H1N1 and what to do about it while not showing any evidence of scientific knowledge at all.

Does the Singapore library even have a guide on how to borrow AV materials from Woodlands library on its web site? Is it the same as books?

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