Friday, June 30, 2006
Ramblings
Money is money. Whether it is public or private funds, money wasted is money wasted. Doesn't matter. So, dear sir, please don't argue around this point.
News
Five JI Members Detained Under ISA Released: Home Affairs Ministry
Thai Govt Downplay Singapore Statesman's Criticism On Thai Politics
PM Lee, MM's Lawyers Apply For Summary Judgment
High-Stakes Poker Tournament Coming To Singapore
The first high-stakes poker tournament in Asia has received approval from the Singapore government with a projected prize pool of more than US$2 million, organizers said on Friday.
Singapore Seeks Silicon Valley-Style Research Community
Singapore will host a brainstorming session on ways to develop a Silicon Valley-style research community to help drive economic development, the government has said.
Big Boys Battle For Collyer Quay Site
'Majority In Johor' Back Scrapping Of Bridge Project
Sabotage Claim In E-Channel Dispute
A publicly listed Singaporean company involved in the setting up of new e-Channel border controls secretly embedded a "token" to disable the system controlling vehicle lanes on July 1, the anniversary of the handover, it was alleged Thursday.
Public Transport Council Likely To Approve Plans To Revise Bus, MRT Fares
Opinion
Crooked Bridge Would Have Brought In Billions
Why should we even be bothered about giving them airspace and sand? We are constructing on what is officially part of Malaysia and what has Singapore got to do with it?
Entertainment
Thursday, June 29, 2006
News
Singapore 'Ready' To Welcome Low-Cost Carriers
Singapore is "ready" to allow low-cost carriers such as AirAsia to directly land on Changi Airport as the island republic's government seeks to extend air agreements with malaysia, Singapore's Minister of State of Trade and Industry, Lee Yi Shyan, said.
Thai Minister Downplays Former Singapore Premier's Criticsim
Deputy Commerce Minister Preecha Laohapongchana on Thursday shrugged off criticism by a former Singaporean premier on the Thai political development, saying Thailand knows well how to deal with the current political and economic situation.
Air Space And Sand: No Truth In Dr M's Claim
The Malaysian government had not offered to sell sand as well as the use of Johor's airspace to Singapore as claimed by ex-premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.
Wy Those Long Polyclinic Lines Pose A Health Threat
Poorer Singaporeans Earned Less Last Year
Mah Bow Tan Rejects Chiam See Tong's Request For $80m Upgrading Funds
Opinion
Where Does This Leave The Poor?
It is the responsibility of hte community or society to help the less able and less fortunate. And the problem is that, unfortunately, society is made up of many people like myself who have so much to say and yet don't do anything to help.
Errr... Pardon Me, Mr Minister
What's Inside An Open Secret?
Risk? What risk? Why should joining politics be a risk? What's the big risk involving in joining politics when one is on the side of the PAP?
Increase, Not Scrap, Estate Duty
The passing of wealth from one generation to another creates a grossly unfair headstart for the wealthy few.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Ramblings
Let me get this straight... firstly, we need to pay big bucks in order to attrack the "good" man and woman to be ministers and MPs. Then, we need to give these "fine" folks risk-free career — at least for five years — in order to attrack would-be ministers and MPs.
The logcial conclusion? They aren't that good.
News
ComfortDelGro Plans To Revise Taxi Fares: Public Transport Council
Singapore Wealth Problem: Too Few Bankers
Singaore faces a shortage of private bankers and is relying on two government-backed training programs to fill the gap, a Singapore monetary official said Tuesday.
Yet Another Card Not To Leave Home Without
IDA, Spring issue world-first guidelines for all-in-one contactless cashcard.
Opinion
On The GRC System
Changing the Constitution of a nation so as to facilitate the recruitment strategies of one particular political party just doesn't sound right.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
News
Singapore Mayor Says Too Much Politics Hindrance To Development
Mayor Chih said in the Philippines, based on what he reads in the papers everyday and what he sees and hears in the broadcast media, there seems to be too much politics that most often, President Arroyo is deluged with many problems mostly political in nature. He believes that she could do more without the political noise.
Opposition Leaders Seek Public Airing Of Lee Defamation Lawsuit
Two opposition leaders have filed an application to have their defamation lawsuit heard in open court — in a defensive move against the country's top leaders' plans to have the court rule the case in private.
Opinion
GE Issue: Accountability — PAP's Broken Promises
Marina South Pier Let Down By Poor Public Transport System
Forget Budget, Go High-End?
Let the terminal service charters or private jets, if it can't go truly low-cost.
Monday, June 26, 2006
News
Casino Bidders Warned Of Bad Vibes
Bidders for Singapore's second casino resort on Sentosa island were warned not to ignore the site's bloody World War II past.
Singapore Set For Bigger Bite Of Info Economy
A measure of how far behind Australia is running in the great global broadband race lies in an ambitious plan by Singapore's equivalent of Senator Helen Coonan, the city-state's Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Lee Boon Yang.
Concern That Senai Will Lose Out
The Senai airport continued to be a hot topic at the state assembly meeting recently with concerns that the airport would lose out to its Singaporean counterpart if AirAsia took over all domestic routes.
Big Savings For Cabbies
The 400-odd taxi drivers plying the Johor Baru-Singapore route can now save by not having to renew their passports so frequently, thanks to a new immigration ruling.
World Cup Seen Free Via 'Loophole'
A 9am Wish Come True
More sleep and flexibility for Kuo Chuan students thanks to launch of 'Manic Mondays.'
Opinion
Who's Afraid Of Big Bad Baby Lee, The Angry Asian Autocrat?
Dear Xiao Lee, you're turning out a bully just like your old man. But maybe after the PAP's worst election result ever, you too are "a little bit scared."
SDP: Once More Into The Breach
Why is the SDP continuing to use civil disobedience when it is not producing results and winning votes?
Bring It On!
Even if there isn't these GLCs, there would be rival companies doing the same business except that they are headquartered in foreign country.
Ad Unfairly Portrays The Disabled
Update MDA If Status Of TV Licence Changes
We would like to take this opportunity to remind our licensees to update MDA promptly on any change in their TV licence.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Entertainment
More Free Channels Via Digital TV
Singapore is expected to switch off analogue TV broadcasts and go fully digital some time in the next four to nine years, in a move that will offer consumers more free channels over the air and on the paid cable network.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
News
Four-Month Reprieve For Restricted Passports
Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad thanked the Republic for acceding to Malaysia's request for an extension of the validity of the RP.
Singapore Extends Deadline For Malaysian Restricted Passports Use By 4 Months
Singapore is allowing the use of Malaysian Restricted Passports for at least 4 more months up to end October. The agreement came in a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng and the Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad.
"Rain" In Novena MRT
It is not everyday that you step out of the MRT, and "plosh"!
Opinion
NSman Didn't Respond To ICT Notifications
He did not acknowledge any of these notifications. His call-up notice was sent to his residential address by registered mail, but it was not claimed.
Friday, June 23, 2006
News
Press Freedom Group Criticizes Singapore Over Blogger
Singapore's police investigation of an internet blogger who posted cartoons mocking Jesus Christ shows the city-state has scant regard for media independence, a rpess freedom group says.
Opinion
Seletar Hills Mart Should Have Been Retained
The entire exercise — pulling down a market, leaving the land empty for two years and building a new market as a stop-gap measure — is a waste of public resources.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
News
Spotless Singapore To Upgrade Toilet Cleaners To "Restroom Specialists"
Singapore, famous for its spotless streets, is stepping up its campaign against filth in the restroom with a training program to boost the status and skills of the city-state's toilet cleaners, a newpaper reported Thursday.
Single Party Rule 'Best For Singapore'
Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's prime minister, has criticised Australia and New Zealand's lberal democratic practices, suggesting that Singapore's system, under which a single party has ruled since independence, is more efficient.
Temasek's Undue Diligence
Several recent investments raised hard questions about whether the secretive Temasek is conducting enough due diligence before entering politically sensitivie blockbuster deals across the regsion.
Opinion
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
News
Singapore Goe Ga-ga Over Krrish
In the run-up to the release of Hrithik Roshan's latest movie, the Singapore Tourism Board this week launched a Krrish tour package to attract Indian tourists.
'Relationship Has To Be Constantly Nurtured'
Outgoing Singapore High Commissioner Ashok Kumar Mirpuri leaves for his next posting, also in an Asean nation, a happy man. For him, the people-to-people relationship has proved successful in maintaining bilateral relations despite the occasional hiccup.
Opinion
Why 'Media 21' Doesn't Mean Anything
Don't Abuse The Right To Park
In the case of the writer, he can always ask his friend to momentarily drop him off at the designated disability lot to facilitate his movement. The driver can then park at any other parking lot at the same car park. That the designated lots for persons with disabilities are not occupied some of the time is a resonable expectation?
MediaCorp Shouldn't Air Programme Which Shows Feast On Endangered Species
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Ramblings
Read this reply by Lim Kee Ee, General Manager for Jalan Besar Town Council, and you'll discover that he never did reply why funeral wake are not allowed in the town's multi-purpose hall. The only statement that is closest to a reply is this: "Some of our multi-purpose halls are not suitable for funeral wakes as they are sited too near adjacent blocks." (Nothing specific to Mrs Tan-Wee Yin Ping's question.)
So, if you cannot hold wakes in halls are not too near adjacent blocks, where can you hold them? Lim Kee Ee has the answer: "Our town council would urge that funeral wakes be held in surrounding void decks, whenever available."
So, let me see if I get the logic here: cannot hold in halls, because it is too close to flats, so must hold inside the flats.
Somehow, I don't get a single sense of integrity from this man.
News
SDP's Dr Chee Slapped With 8 Charges Of Speaking In Public Without Licence
Carriers Reject No-Frills Terminal
Singaore-based budget carriers Jetstar Asia and Valuair have decided against operating from Changi Airport's no-frills Budget Terminal, an aviation official confirmed yesterday.
Divided Views Over Police Checks On Blogger
Netizens do not believe bloggers should be prosecuted for offensive material, but religious leaders believes the law should intervene.
Opinion
No ICT Notice, Work Projects Affected
No explanation was given, and, of couse, no apologies.
Most HDB Halls May Be Used For Funeral Wakes
Why Plants, Reflexology Footpath Were Replaced
Mr Wang's Not Stomping
STOMP's "star bloggers" just can't be themselves if they have to subject themselves to the editorial directions and marketing approach of a corporate organisation like the Singapore Press Holdings.
Freedom Of Choosing Religion?
Why do we all have to believe in the thinking of Christians?
GE Issue Lift Upgrading
What PAP government is doing right now is to correct past mistake; it is not really about political gain but it is about fixing up past mistakes.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Ramblings
In Singapore, we have this state of mind: if I give out this little advantage, and everyone starts to take advantage of me, I'll die.
And that's why we often punish the innocents so that the one guilty person doesn't get away with it.
A.k.a. red-tape.
News
Sporting Agree To Pay Players More, Offer Better Accomodation And Meals
Government Stands Clear Of Singapore Rights Dispute
New Zealand is opting to keep out of a freedom of speech dispute in Singapore, with Prime Minister Helen Clark passing up a chance to raise the matter with her Singaporean counterpart during his official visit to Wellington.
RI Halts Sand Exports To Singapore
Indonesia has moved to freeze exports of sea sand to Singapore, long a lucrative business sen as endangering not only the environment but also tiny islands off the eastern coast of Sumatra.
Singapore PM Calls Political Rival "A Liar And A Cheat"
Singapore PM Defends Island's Democratic Freedoms During New Zealand Visit
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday argued that his tightly controlled island state enjoys political freedom, saying his government has no reason to restrict democratic rights.
Singaporean PM Arrives At Parliament
New Airport Seen As Regional Contender
When Thailand unveils its new airport, Suvarnabhumi, towards the end of the year, it is expected to give Singapore's Changi Airport a run for its money.
Opinion
Singaore Void Deck Beatup Video Clip: The Blindspot Of Stomp.com.sg?
Singapore: Place Or Nation?
What makes a country a home? Is it emotional ties or purely economic self-interest?
Have An Open Mind
Dr Mahathir did not want a full bridge. He wanted a half-bridge.
Disabled Parking Out Of Reach
Red tape and strange requirements for parking labels immobilise disabled.
Entertainment
Much Ado In Singapore
There's an unmistakable air of anticipation and vigour over the ongoing Singapore Arts Festival.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
News
Radzi To Discuss With Singapore Government On Using MyKad As Travel Document
The decision to use international passport and MyKad as travel documents by 100,000 Malaysian workers who entered and exited Singapore daily will be announced after a minister-level meeting soon.
Singapore's Most Famous Ape Celebrates 46th Birthday
Singapore's furriest celebrity turned 46 Sunday, to raucous cheers from her fans and a delicious "cake" made of tropoical fruits.
A Hotel For Citizens And Foreign Talents
In an increasingly "borderless" world, Singapore is finding it harder to shake off the image that it is more "a hotel" than a nation.
Opinion
The Night Safari
One of the cleverest tourist activities in Singapore is, in my opinion, the Night Safari.
What The Gals Eat
Sometimes, it even feels like the only thing Singaporean girls want to eat is chicken rice.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Opinion
The Local Music Scene: Now Bigger And Better
There Must Be Distinction Between State And Party
How blind and misguided this kind of thinking can be.
White Elephants In Singapore Art
Why was last year's most important public art installation not done by an artist?
Entrapment Necessary For Law Enforcement
No TV Set But Fine Stays
Is this how our government departments work? They penalise you for not telling them what you don't have.
Upgrading Is A Unique Programme By Government
The upgrading of our older public-housing estates is over and above the basic obligations of the government.
Friday, June 16, 2006
News
At The Johor State Assembly Yesterday: Proposal To Build An Alternative Bridge
An alternative bridge should be build now that the "scenic bridge" has been scrapped, State Assemblyman Dr Abdul Rashid Abdul Mokti has proposed.
Correction
There was a trial in open cour tbefore the High Court awarded damages of $500,000.
Opinion
Thursday, June 15, 2006
News
Laws Proposed To Keep Research Data Private
Immigrants: The Pay's The Thing
Singapore and Switzerland treat their "guest workers" very differently. But they both employ strategies to keep foreign workers from undermining local wages.
Hopes Dashed In Singapore
Six months ago, 22 Africans arrived in Singapore hoping to use football as an escape route from poverty. But those dreams have become a nightmare in the city state, with barely enough money to make ends meet.
Opinion
Lees Thinking Of Avoiding Open Trial
Have Panel Examine Use Of Public Funds
I raised my concerns with my MP, yet such wastage went on unabated.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
News
Australia Rebuffs Singapore PM On Airline Rights
Austrlia Transport Minister Warren Truss said extra rights for Singapore Airlines were of little vale to Australia, which is seeking more landing rights in key destination sin Europe, Britain and Japan.
Singapore Blogger Investigated For Christ Cartoons
Singapore police are investigating allegations that a man published offensive caricatures of Jesus Christ on his web site, reports and police said Wednesday.
PM, MM To Apply For Summary Judgment Against Chee Siblings
Singapore PM Pushes For Open Skies
Australia's contentious open skies policy should be part of the free trade agreement with Singapore, the island state's prime minister says.
Death Penalty Will Stay In Singapore: PM
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has made it clear his country has no plans to abolish the death penalty.
Who Owns The Johor Causeway?
In a report today, national news agency Bernama said that credible evidence are found in historical documents to show that Malaysia might not have the absolute right to dismantle the causeway.
'We Will Tell All On Singapore'
The Foreign Ministry will "tell all," including declassifying documents pretaining to controversial agreements and correspondence with Singapore, to clear any confusion over issues raised by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Opinion
Seletar Singapore Airport
Seletar has a bright future; so does Singapore.
How About Going The Extra Mile For Locals?
I was having lunch at the Chatterbox in Meritus Mandarin Hotel in Orchard Road a few weekends ago when I encountered an unpleasant incident.
By Jove, I Don't Think We've Got It
English must be taught recognising that for most, it's a second language.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
News
Opinion
Review And Amend Rules On Entrapment To Address Fears About Misuse Of Police Authority
PAP Policy Belies 'Staying Together, Moving Ahead'
Ruling Party's Fiduciary Duty Is To All Singapoeans
Smile For The IMF!
I mean, it's so... manufactured, isn't it?
The Most Absurd Policy I Had Ever Seen
If opposition wards can provide lift upgrading for free to their residents, why does PAP wanna stop them from doing it?
Another Singapore Campaign
A mural from the country's heart might be an interesting way to welcome an international crowd.
Monday, June 12, 2006
News
Judgment Reserved OnA ttorney General's Petition To Dismiss Chee's Suit On GE
Singapore's Foreign Minister Reiterates One-China Policy
Singapore PM To Visit Australia For Trade Talks: Howard
Aviation routes are likely to figure prominently in discussions between the two leaders.
Wah! So Grainy!
Why mess with my RTM 1 channel? That was the question that some irate Singapore viewers asked when they switched on their TV sets and found grainy, shaky pictures on the Malaysian channel.
Opinion
Why Charge Extra To Phone For A Cab?
Instead it's roadside flagging which should incur surcharge to defray fuel cost of cruising.
Technology
Have Laptop Will Travel
The notebook computer is increasingly becoming the ideal essential travel companion — whether to cure boredom on the plane, to blog or simply to surf the net.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
News
Upgrading For All Wards, But PAP Ones First
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said that lifts in opposition wards will be upgraded by 2015 at the latest, but PAP wards will still get priority.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
News
Importers Must Make Sure Not To Bring In 'Harmful' Books
The Media Development Authority requires importers to only offer books that do not alienate racial or religious groups.
Opinion
Part Of Seletar's Heritage Could Be Saved
We will endeavour to seek a balance between economic development and preservation of our heritage in the development.
Friday, June 9, 2006
News
Legal Application Made To Include All Former NKF Directors In Civil Suit
Lawyers for former NKF directors Richard Yong and Loo Say San have applied to include all the former NKF directors in the civil suit being filed by the new NKF.
Las Vegas, Singapore
Moshe Safdie and Associates has been selected to design what is most likely its largest project to date: a new resort in Singapore that will include three 50-story hotel towers and a 1,000-foot-long public sky garden.
Lim Boon Heng Says CPF Cuts Should Not Be Restored For Long Term Competitiveness
Singapore Shares Fall To New Lows
Singapore shares fall for the fourth consecutive session to lowest level this year.
Opinion
Things That Would've Killed Apple In Singapore
Why We Are Unhappy Even In Good Times
Reasons For Parliament's Nov Opening
Major renovations for security reasons; other factors include National Day, S2006 meetings.
Singapore System Not To Be Sniffed At
Singaporeans have access to one of the world's best health-care systems, and they do not even realise it.
Thursday, June 8, 2006
News
A Lesson Or Two On Singapore's School System
What do educators and citizens of Singapore do that we can think further about here? Try in-depth learning and the courage and wisdom to invest in teachers' pay and professional development.
For SDP, The Writing Is On The Wall
Now, Loansharks Spam Debtors' Neighbours
Singapore Open To Request For Troops
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will consider sending troops to help stabilise East Timor as soon as he gets a formal request from the East Timorese government.
Opinion
RTM1 Disruption - Was It Starhub's Doing?
The reception to RTM1 has been disrupted just as the FIFA world cup draws near.
Singapore's Elusive Identity Quest
Singapore is actively destroying not merely the local roots that alone can generate a distinctive national identity, but also the potential imaginative engagement of a younger generation with Singapore place and society.
What Singapore Lacks? Discussion Spaces?
A Gandhi In Singapore
How can Singapore have anything to teach India?
Entertainment
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
News
PM And MM Win Defamation Suit Against SDP
The High Court ruled in favour of the two leaders after the SDP failed to file a defence for defamatory remarks made in the January edition of its newspaper.
All Dressed Up, No House To Go To
Singapore's 11th Parliament will convene only in November even though its 10th was dissolved in April. The time lag of more than six months between two sessions of Parliament is the longest since Singapore's independence in 1965.
Opinion
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
News
One Jump Ahead, Jewel Box Goes From Peak To Peak
SDP Members Served Summons For Giving Public Speeches Without LIcence
Police said they were acting upon complaints from the public. In these incidents which occurred between November 2005 and April 2006, police officers "observed that Dr Chee and other SDP related persons were giving extended speeches and not merely making a sales pitch to sell their publications."
Opinion
Don't Durian
Sme fruits are forbidden for a reason.
Ironic If Innocent Poor Has No Legal Recourse
How could an innocent man spend months in jail and then be faced with a massive finanical burden just to have his name cleared?
How Many Errant Cyclists Have Been Booked This Year?
Give Opposition MPs And Wards Their Dues
To use 'upgrading' as a carrot is insulting to Singaporeans.
Monday, June 5, 2006
Ramblings
Michael Palmer, MP for Pasir Riss-Punggol GRC: "We need to see how we can attract [younger voters]... We need to bring them in even if it means getting the MP to do a bit of dance to show that we are normal people as well, and you can always come down and talk to us."
NO! Please don't pull a Creative: don't wayang for wayang sake.
If you want real communication, you've gotta have real communication. No amount of wayang is going to help if you don't have any real communications.
For a start, all MPs should start a blog. A real blog, with comments and trackback and real activity. Don't repeat party line; rather, as my primary school English teacher would say, use your own words. Or, updated to the 21st blog century, use your own real words.
Start a community newspaper. Don't rely on the Forum Page of the Straits Times. Start your own Forum Page.
But, most importantly, never wayang. Everyone can see through that. Your audience is going to be much more clever than you.
So Much For Writing This Letter
If you are going to argue for a point, like this writer writing in today's Today (sorry), it helps if you do some research and get your facts right first before you write.
You are not going to persuade me very much further, if you are already wrong right at the opening.
"Not everyone has a surname but certainly everyone has a first name and I would say a last name."
There are people who do not have a surname or last name.
Anyway, my opinion is that the existing situation is fine, and any changes as proposed by the writer is going to make life much more difficult for some people, than this little inconvenience this writer faces.
News
MOE's New Office Holders Detail Area Of Focus
Engaging Younger Voters Key To Meeting Future Aspirations: New PAP MPs
PAP MPs who received a strong mandate in the recent elections are wooing younger Singaporeans to hear how they want their constituencies shaped.
Government Responds To IHT Commentary
Press secretary K. Bhavani said that Mr Bowring 'has an axe to grind.' She noted that he defamed PAP leaders in an IHT article in 1994, which resulted in the paper having to apologise and pay damages.
DBS To Use 'Tokens' To Make I-Banking Safer
Customers will get pager-like devices in 2-step identity check programme.
Opinion
Speech By Mr Teo Chee Hean, Minister For Defence, At 5th Shangri-La Dialogue, 4 June 2006, 9.30 AM At Shangri-La Hotel
Disneyland On Acid
It's one thing to threaten that if you misuse books or waste food that your body will be sawn in two, and it's another to show you the tragic fate that awaits.
The Political Maturity Of Singaporeans
Free, Yet Faced With A Mountain Of Debt
A person should not have to choose between a wrongful conviction and personal bankruptcy. There is no cogent reason why a person found innocent should have to bear the costs of his defence.
Entertainment
Adventures In Singapore
From art deco to Victoriana, from 80s functionality and cost cutting brashness, to 1930s accomodation of the depression, Singapore has many face.
Sunday, June 4, 2006
News
Talks On Entry Pass Ongoing
With less than a month before Malaysian restricted passports cease to be valid, negotiations are still going on with Singapore over the use of a smart card.
Challenge Of Creating More Space
To squeeze out more land for a proposed population of six or seven million, futuristic-minded Singapore has not only been pushing the sea back, but also digging deep into the bowels of the earth to create space.
Opinion
Saturday, June 3, 2006
Ramblings
Let's Spend Another $100 Million
Is the PAP pulling a Creative? Hey, it's not the product that sucks, it's a marketing problem.
News
PAP Rethinking Strategy For Potong Pasir, Hougang: SM Goh
"For the time being... do what is minimal. That is what the opposition have been doing — do minimal, only criticise and have been able to get support. See what happens for the time being. At least half way through, may change tactic."
PAP Must Soften Its Image: MP
PAP Needs to overhaul its "arrogant image", observed Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Indranee Rajah.
Raffles Students Lend A Hand
A total of 134 students from the renowned Raffles Institution of Singapore congregate at the scenic town of Kuantan to carry out community work recently.
GE 2006: The Other Answers To What Voters Care About
The cost of living, the job situation and upgrading were found not to be issues of primary concern. Personal 'pocketbook' issues were not even among the top five issues of concern.
Singapore's Political Parties Take Stock, Gear Up For Next Polls
The Workers' Party wants to build up its pool of candidates, while the Singapore Democratic Alliance wants to merge its component parties.
Opinion
What Next For Citizen Journalism?
Are Town Councils Spending Wisely?
Why do we waste money this way?
Friday, June 2, 2006
News
Singapore Luxury Apartment Price Sets New Record
A Singapore developer sold a luxury apartment in the city-state for a record price on Thursday, breaking an 11-year-old mark set in a property boom before the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis.
Corporate Kindness
It may be a dog-eat-dog world out there, but it's not all take, take, take. Some companies also boast big hearts.
Making A Point With Rubbish
This 1.5m-high trash cylinder is part of a new anti-littering campaign by NEA.
Singapore Rejects Candian Charges Of Biased Judiciary
Singapore's Law Ministry has roundly rejected allegations about a "biased Singapore judiciary," which has come under intense scrutiny in a case in Canada.
Opinion
Think Again On Travel Documents
Surely the rule can be relaxed in view of the fact that the restricted passport is akin to a border pass. A shorter period of say, three months should suffice.
Bank Replies To Customer About Charge For Investigating Cheque Transactions
Our staff are empowered to look at each situation and advise on the charges accordingly. In Mr Goh's case the customer service officer should not have charged Mr Goh for his request.
Downsides Devalue Singapore Inc
It is as if Singapore is more a ruthless corporation than a country with a civil society, its people more employees than citizens, and its broadsheet, the Straits Times, more like a staff bulletin than a newspaper.
Thursday, June 1, 2006
News
At Least 9 Banks Bid To Lend Money For Singapore's First Integrated Resort
Singapore "No Threat" To Swiss Foreign Banks
Singapore's financial market will not drain money away from Swiss banks, Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland vice-chairman Eduardo Leemann said.
Singapore May Allow Use Of MyKad
Home Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said Malaysians, however, will have to ring along their international passports.
Opinion
Disney - Singapore Is Pissed Off?
After the Disney's possible Johor venture announcement by the Malaysian government, the Singapore's propaganda machine began taking emergency actions.
Ballooning
What I enjoyed most was when the balloon swayed from one side to another: a smooth sideways movement that's not jerky and helped you move slowly along the panorama that is the Singapore skyline.
Protests Before And After September 2006
Will the government become mature enough to handle peaceful non-disruptive protests in Singapore?
Boon Yang's Speech
Yes, Boon Yang, the issue being parodied was indeed the issue of intention and integrity. And whose intention and integrity was in question then? Don' ask me. Don't ask Mr Brown. Don't even ask James Gomez. If you stil haven't got the point yet, you probably never will.
It's Alright To Poke Fun At Opposition Politicians
Chiam Does Not See Beyond His Ward
TV Mobile Drops Hot Show For 'Diva'
We have dropped "Desperate Housewives" from our programming schedule.
POSB GO Card Can Do More Than ATM Card
We have advised our staff to make it clear to customers the difference between a POSB GO card and the standard POSB ATM card.
