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by Green W
Tah Chung Emporium - one of those department stores that any person living in Queenstown would remember.
My memories of Queenstown include the public library, where an old librarian will walk around and telling people to "shhh!", and the dim sum restaruant on the third floor which was narrow and crowded.
by The Tom!
by Kaustubh Kulkarni, Business Standard
Singapore is trying to position itself as the destination of choice for Indian students. The country wants Indian students to enrol in its institutes, from the higher secondary or the junior college level onwards.
by Aaron Khoo, Channel NewsAsia
Industry watchers said the telco sector is poised for greater competition, following SingTel's announcement that it has signed an agreement to bring the iPhone into Singapore.
They said the timing is crucial as mobile number portability is set to kick in next month, allowing subscribers to keep their numbers even when switching service operators.
by Insane Polygons
by Terence Lee, theonlinecitizen
by Vincent Lingga, Jakarta Post
To the laymen, the Cenral Jakarta District Cout's ruling Friday that the Singapore government-owned Temasek holdings and its subsidiaries breached anti-competition laws through minority cross-ownerships in PT Indosat and PT Telkomsel is both a worrisome and confusing logic.
by Bamboo Rain:Through His Eyes
In flavor, I think that in many cases the local coffee is better than a Starbucks, especially in the price.
by Ian On The Red Dot
History is filled with cautionary tales about empires that expand beyond their means and who rely on foreign talents/labour to sustain the expansion.
by Tan Mingjuan, Yawning Bread
If Singapore wants both to retain and attract talent, it must give its people a say in how our country is going to be developed.
by Suman Balani, Nets Singapore, Today
We discovered that the number of complaints have risen in tandem with the growth in the ERP gantries and extended hours of ERP operations.
That is the wrong metrics to measure, I believe. It should be the number of ERP users that Nets should be benchmarked against, not the number of ERP use.
by Timothy Ouyang, Channel NewsAsia
Another landmark near Orchad Road may soon get a facelift. Channel NewsAsia understands that Shaw Organisation is considering a major redevelopment of Shaw House and its neighbouring Shaw Centre. According to sources, plans are in the pipeline to expand Shaw Organisation's Lido Cineplex, and to add more retail space.
by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia
On Monday, the High Court adjourned the hearing to give SDP and its lawyers more time to prepare their arguments.
by Channel NewsAsia
Singapore Telecomunications (SingTel), Bharti Airtel, Globe Telecom, and Optus announced on Monday that they have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Singapore, India, the Philippines and Australia later this year.
by Mr Wang Says So
As I see it, either the Aljunied Town Council has suddenly changed its plans about the index, or the Straits Times made a big error in reporting the story the first time around.
by Lydia Lim, Straits Times
Officials from Singaproe and Malayisa met recently ahead of next week's verdict on the sovereignty dispute over Pedra Branca, to discuss ways to ensure a 'smooth and problem-free' enforcement of the judgement to be handed down by the world court, deputy prime minister S Jayakumar said on Monday.
by Itchy Traveller
Here is a walk where I can guarantee that you will experience one of the most memorable nature adventures by the eastern shoreline.
by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen
It is preplexing for CASE's executive director to explain the disparity by saying that "only NTUC FairPrice had told the consumer watchdog of its uniform pricing."
This is esepcially bewildering because CASE was supposed to have done a survey of all the supermarkets - instead of waiting for the supermarket chains to tell it about their uniform pricing.
by Hedy Khoo, New Paper
Forget the red-light district. The way rents are going, Geylang is now the red-hot district.
The demand for properties between Lorong 1 and 25 is so hot that rents have shot up, and some long-time businesses are being forced to move out.
by Bernama
by Cowboy Caleb
by Jinny Koh, Today
The LTA is in discussions with cab companies to see if they can provide rebates for their cabbies, even as it considers extensions to the operating hours of existing ERP gantries.
by Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia
by Maria Almenoar, Straits Times
Five new gantries to go up in Singapore River area, but retailers should not worry, says Ministry.
And the rest of the article does not even tell us where the five new gantries will be.
by Songs Of Innocence And Experience
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
by Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives
by Singapore Life And Times
by Urbanrant
Why is the matter so difficult?
by Sun Bin
by My Very Own Glob
by Feed Me To The Fish
by Zaihan Mohamed Yusof, New Paper
It's never been this bad, said stallholders at the food centre near the Causeway.
by Musings
Should Channel 5 have challenged MDA's fine in court?
by Mr Wang Says So
by Ian Tan, Empty Vesel
It's basically a rewritten version of an old official response, but it's positioned in a way that pushes all the wrong buttons in our battered Singaporean male psyche.
by Under The Willow Tree
Not only are the industry's most respected analysts holding diametric opinions to you, the world's most respected investors have also made the opposite investment decisions compared to you.
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
Despite a growing disenchantment at home, tiny Singapore has attracted scattered admiration in countries keen to follow its way of solving problems.
Those involve mostly economic and management systems that were well crafted and implemented by a purposeful and hard-working population — rather than its form of politics.
by Jermyn Chow, Straits Times
After four years of decline, the consumption of shark's fin spiked last year, with more than 470 tonnes eaten despite pleas from environmental groups for consumers to cut down.
See Also: The Brutal Business Of Shark Finning, by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
by Sayoni Speak
by Kiapura
At least they get the food right. Damn do they get ghe food right.
by Seth Mydans, New York Times
It miht seem late for a fresh start, but that is the story of J. B. Jeyaretnam's life, a political intruder who refuses to stay away.
Last month he was back again after six years of political banishment, the grand old man of political opposition ready to joust again with Singapore's immovable political establishment.
by Glenda Chong, Channel NewsAsia
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) expects the management of foreign exchange reserves to be more difficult in the coming years due to economic uncertainties and market volatility.
Is this an admission that GIC had made a few bad investment lately?
by Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
by Trash Served Fresh
You know what, pui!
by Jan Dahinten, Reuters
Singapore's sovereign fund GIC, one of the world's biggest state-owned investors, warned on Friday that risks to the global economy could rise in the next 12 months due to falling house prices and a spike in energy costs.
by Jennifer Tan, Reuters
Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia), a unit of state investor Temasek Holdings, said on Friday it would challenge an Indonesian court's decision to uphold the anti-trust ruling on its parent.
by Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia
A shopper at a FairPrice supermarkt told Channel NewsAsia he was not allowed to buy more than three packets of rice. FairPrice said the restriction is to protect consumer interest.
Hmmm... there are two numbers thrown out in the article: 3 packets and 5 packets.
by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia
by Channel NewsAsia
A Jakarta court has turned down an appeal by Temasek Holdings and ruled that the Singapore investment company must sell or reduce its stakes in two Indonesian telcom companies.
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
Fairness is a discipline. No matter how monstrous we think a person is, morality demands that we treat him fairly. Tacking on an additional charge under Section 377A of the Penal Code is an act of discrmination.
by The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod
by Jessica Lim, Straits Times
Shop N Save, Giant and FairPrice ensure items are priced the same at all outlets.
I wonder, though, that when I purchase stuff from the neighbourhood supermarket, which happens to be a FairPrice store, by the way, am I "subsidizing" part of the higher rental of a supermarket in a shopping mall or MRT? Why is this one-price policy a good thing?
by Singapore Life And Times
When competition truly does comes, then the CCS ceases to be relevant.So why isn't it doing anything when it is relevant today?
by Chia Ti Lik
by Sudi Piggott, Time
Chili crab, Singapore's unofficial national dish, is not meant to be consumed politely — covered in a gloopy sauce, the crab is usually served whole and eaten with your hands. But with gastronomic trendspotters declaring utensil-less dining the next big thing, I sought out the best of these tasty crustaceans on a recent trip to Singapore.
by Teo Xuanwei, Today
by A Xeno Boy In Sg
There is something fundamentally wrong in Singapore if we have to standin line for a kilo of rice from Tua Pek Kong while 30% of the conservancy charges we pay every month feeds nobody.
by Rachel Kelly and Jonathan Peeris, Channel NewsAsia
Inflation is a more serious problem for Singapore and other Asian economies than an economic slowdown in the United States, according to HSBC's senior Asian economist, Robert Prior-Wandesforde.
by Yang Huiwen, Straits Times
If your latest power bill gave you a jolt, you'd better get used to it because there is more to come.
by CLessThanThreeC
by Global News
by Gladys Tay, The Star
Invite your Malaysian friends over.
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Just as currency speculators are clueless as to how much money the Singapore government has, Singapore citizens are just about as clueless.
by Vincent Su, Straits Times
by Alicia Phua, Straits Times
by Cherian George, Journalism.sg
by Angelne Lee, Today
This more benign approach of waiting for the LTA to create competition rather than taking independent pre-emptive action may be instructive of its policy approach as competiition regulator in Singapore.
by Musings
There are miles to go before we sleep.
by Leong Sze Hian and Choo Zheng Xi, theonlinecitizen
Why are we being constantly told that Fairprice is the cheapest, when even Case's surveys seem to indicate otherwise?
by Ivan Chew, Rambling Librarian
by Simply Jean
Retrun to Singapore after graduating from a GMS overseas probabl meant that I'd be treated as a 3rd class citizen and 3rc class doctor anyway.
by Zakir Hussain, Straits Times
A group of bloggers has submitted 20 pages of propsals on internet freedom to the government, which says it will consider their ideas.
by Saeed Azhar and Kevin Lim, Reuters
by Singapore Government
by Leong Sze Hian and Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
Instead of charging more, how about reducing S & CC for the cleaner precincts instead?
by ieatishootipost
I just wish that some of the good old hawker centres can be put on the heritage list so that they can be preserved for our future generations.
by Anonymous_X
by Yesterday.sg
by secretsatsixth
Basically, the competition had a bake theme... to bake anything that has a green ingredient. I did a green bean tea-ramisu and a creamed spinach quiche.
by TheBachelorGirl.com
by Ivan Chew, Rambling Librarian
by Mollymeek
by Singapore Government
On behalf of the government and people of Singapore, I would like to extend our condolences to the families and friends of the victims, with the hope that they will find the strength to recover from their grief and loss. (Note: PDF document.)
by Jinny Koh, Today
by Ng Jing Yng, Today
by Ivan Chew, Rambling Librarian
by Feed Me To The Fish
by Melvin Tan, A Sampan On Singapore Soil
Singaporeans would not wish to pay the government higher salaries to think of new ways to make more money from them.
by DK
by Reuters
Singapore's prime minister said on Tuesday that its sovereign wealth fund GIC will not move to the same level of financial disclosure as its sister fund Temasek.
"We do not want to tell people exactly how much we have, so people can take a run on the Singapore dollar."
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
We are already living the reality of a digital space that is borderless. Fitna is easily accessible, and there is more porn available from a two-click websearch than any of us have time to watch. The pigeons are among us. Why do we still want to undermine respect for the law by using it as a shaggy scarecrow?
by The Moley Prophet
by theonlinecitizen
The opposition needs someone who combines the ruthlessness and iron-will of Margaret Thatcher and with the kind of clear, sweeping vision that Franklin Rosevelt brought to an America in crisis.
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!
by Nicholas Loh, Straits Times
I am disappointed that MP Seng Han Thong, assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)), responded by challenging the WP to 'not allow its contractors to employ foreigners', instead of addressing the issues raised.
by Yeo Khee Quan, Straits Times
FairPrice, being a cooperative, pays no corporate taxes and is under no obligation to show a profit.
by Jorn Madslein, BBC News
Water shortages are making waves all over the world, with supplies increasingly seen as an issue of national security. In Singapore, they have boiled it down to economics.
by The Fiji Times
Public Service Commission chairman Rishi Ram says the civil service in Singapore, though small in size, is efficient. Mr Ram says the commissiion feels that model would be beneficial for Fiji's civil service.
by Zubaidah Nazeer, New Paper
Customer service officers at a social services centre have come under fire for allegedly raising their voices at those who approach them, and for exhibiting what appeared to be unprofessional behaviour.
Residents who have been to a branch of the North West community development council (CDC) at Woodlands Civic Centre were observed to have been rudely served.
by Mr Wang Says So
In 2006/2007, Aljunied Town Council could have spent double the amount they actually did, on cleaning works, and still have money left over.
by Under The Willow Tree
I seriously think there's no debate.
by My Very Own Glob
What happened to the "Swiss Standard of Living" Goh Chok Tong talked about in the 90s? Left it in Switzerland?
by Insane Polygons
I ended my subscription to The Straits Times. If I was going to have shit shoveled into my face, then goddamnit I should be at least be paid.
by The Biz Walk
by Blowin' In The Wind
Is Lee Kuan Yew one of the foremost thinkers of our time? He is among the top 100 public intellectuals listed by Foreign Policy magazine. It is asking people people to choose the world's five foremost thinkers.
by Ian Lim, Straits Times
Singaproeans want the government to take a more proactive and consultative approach to setting priorities and making decisions, and be accountable for public spending, according to a survey released on Monday.
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!
I was wondering if Madam C. Suwarin, HSA deputy director, could share any evidence that these drug companies are "paying for editorial coverage in the newspapers, magazines or radio". Such sweeping statements, not only affect the integrity of the publication, but that of the journalist too.
by Singapore Life And Times
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by I Have Succumbed To Peer Pressure
Assuming that the ST will never regain its credibility until an overhaul takes lace first at the level of the state, I think the onus is now on the Singaporean New Media to build up its credibility in terms of discussion and debate.
by Melvin Tan, A Sampan On Singapore Soil
Why a PAP MP couldn't fathom a Workers' Party statement.
by Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times
How could this be? We are a great power. How could we be borrowing money from Singapore?
by Sgpolitics.net
by M. Bakri Musa
Oppression is still oppression no matter ow seemingly sophisticated the guises and excuses. Singapore effectively controls its citizens through inane and intrusive rules as well as punitive laws like its libel statutes. South Korea's General Park justified his on the pretext of economic efficiency and national security. It worked only temporarily in South Korea; it will be the same with Singapore. Sooner or later citizens' yearning for freedom will emerge. Once the flame of freedom is lighted, it can be doused only temporarily.
by AFP
Finance mnisters of 13 Asian nations agreed on Sunday to set up a foreign exchange pool of at least 80 billion dollars to be used in the event of another regional financial crisis. China, Japan and South Korea will provide 80 percet of the funds, with the rest coming from the 10 members of ASEAN.
by Rob McKay, New Zealand Herald
Singapore is full of novel ideas that make the city so safe and prosperous. The place is run like an efficient organisation. Why? Because Singapore has an over-riding policy of "zero tolerance for poor performance and bad behaviour".
by Lincoln Tan, New Zealand Herald
by Douglas Wong and Haslinda Amin, Bloomberg
Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore, predicted that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations eventually will allow people and money to move freely within the region like the European Union.
by Lai Yew Chan, Today
It must remain our long-term goal to empower Singaporeans with the comparative advantage when seeking a service job, or any job for that matter.
by Loh Chee Kong, Today
by Ng Jing Yng, Today
Gaming cafes register as clubs to get around rules restricting entry for young patrons.
And this is different from students skipping school to go to the nearby long kang to catch fish, how?
by SM Ong, New Paper
$200 is supposed to help me cope with the 2 per cent GST increase in July last year. Now, a mere 10 months later, we seem to need mor than a GST Offset Package.
by Mr Wang Says So
It seems that the police authorities want the NEA to take on an additional role - deal with opposition politicians who cannot be prosecuted for unlawful assembly or illegal outdoor demonstrations.
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
At least Ding was vindicated on appeal. But it has been a long-drawn and expensive trial for him. He has to pay his own legal costs; the state is not going to compensate him for the homophobic panic of its officers.
This is another example of how the state wrongs its own citizens through a homophobic climate in the very corridors of power.
by he Kway Teow Man
by Singapore Angle
by AFP
Singapore may be one of Asia's wealthiest nations but soaring food prices have hit its poor hard, as can be seen by the queues at the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, which serves daily free vegetarian meals.
With inflation at a 26-year high, charities say more people are joining queues for free meals.
by Faizis
by Insane Polygons
There was a time when our leaders was truly worthy of emulation and admiration.
These days in return for a couple of million dollars, all we get are a bunch of middle managers with delusions of grandeur and a diminised sense of responsibility. Who when push comes to shove would have the lapdog media do the dirty work for them rather than own up to their mistkes and shortcomings.
by The Biz Walk
by DPA
Peddlers from China and Vietnam are hawking bootleg cigarettes openly in Singapore and even stopping cars to sell their stash, The Sunday Times said. The cigarettes are smuggled in on board cargo ships which dock at Jurong Port.
by Tara Tan, The Star
It is a tiny film from a tiny island. But it has made the big time. Singapore film My Magic is competing with the world's biggest names in film-making for the prestigious Palme d'Or (Golden Palm), the highest accolade at the coming Cannes Film Festival.
Days after the news, director Eric Khoo was still pinching himself.
by Ho Choon Hiong, Bishan Busy Body
by Shuli Sudderuddin and Samantha Eng, Straits Times
Experts say outright ban may have effect of making unhealthy food more desirable to pupils.
by Queer Rant
Despite being a developed country and having one of the highest concentration of queers in the region, are the people so this closed minded about things like this?
by Bright Lights
by Gerald Giam, Singapore Patriot
When some amoeba civil servant comes up with a great idea, the government mouthpieces boast that "minister Cin Tua Liap mooted the idea". But if a disgraceful prison break occurs, the blame is contained within the detention centre and no higher.
by Joel Tan, Daily Backtrack
The government has to learn that the sentiment of 377A is not politically expedient anymore, that it is one part of the caustic erosion of the wall between the state and those who wish to exert their dogma on it.
by Urbanrant
So what do I expect from our police? Not much, but they are pretty good at showing up whenever Chee Soon Juan turns up.
by Journalism.sg
by Ng Yi-Sheng, theonlinecitizen
Minister of home affairs Mr Wong Kan Seng, do please keep your boys and girls in blue focused on important affairs like missing alleged terrorists and rapists and murderers and, oh, maybe even a little effort on petty crime would be a good idea. Why send them over to rough up a sauna? Let them behave with a little dignity.
by Ng Yi-Sheng, theonlinecitizen
WHat the show revealed was that gay families exist, which they patently do. For MDA to manically hide such facts from your average viewer is tantamount to fraud: a policy of lying. For its own reasons, the group wants Singapore audiences to be innocent and ignorant - in a word, stupid.
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
Dangers lurk when a government begins to rely on their ability to get the media dog to jump at their bidding. Instead of doing right, it may at times become more tempting for those in power to do quiet. Today, it's a detainee's escape that is "no longer topical", tomorrow it might be a bread-and-butter issue that resonates more widely with ordinary voters. Would the government bulldoze its way through and rely on its editors to ignore popular feeling and "move on"?
by Under The Willow Tree
There are direct links between ministerial responsibility and the recapture of Mas Selamat. Netizens, bloggers, MPs and the opposition would do well to focus on these links.
by Wooden Dino
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
The republic is paying a high price for becoming a global city of fine living comparable to the likes of Paris, New York or Tokyo. It has created something more than high inflation: A permanent high-cost structure — from property to taxi fares and restaurants.
by The Biz Walk
by Straits Times
by Bryan Murphy, Daily Campus
by Haslinda Amin and Liza Lin, Bloomberg
Soaring rice prices are less likely to cause instability in China, India and other major Asian economies because they are buffered by domestic production of hte cereal, Singapore's minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew said.
by Neo Chai Chin, Today
by Richard Hartung, Today
Instead of size, developing a welcoming environment that nurtures talent and enables it to flourish seems more likely to drive growth than just pouplation increases.
by Anrul John, New Paper
Having such a statute ensures that the accused person's right to a fair trial is not undermined because of loss of evidence or gaps in the memory of witnesses.
by Loh Chee Kong, Today
"The question by the prime minister is an unnecessary question. I have not called for the resignation of the minister. Is that not an obvious answer to you?" he told Weekend Today.
by he Kway Teow Man
If the government tired to regulate, it's probably going to scew it up - because MAS won't be able to do it right.
by Ian Tan, Empty Vesel
Xenophobia's been around for a long time but to need to have the Gahmen constantly telling us to stop fretting about foreign workers in our midst? C'mon people. We're made of tougher stock than that.
by Gandhi Ambalam, Singapore Democratic Party, theonlinecitizen
Our workers became victims of big business, including govenment and Temasek-linked companies.
by Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia
by Yaw Shin Leong, The Workers' Party
For the record, the staff of HGTC are all Singaporeans. However WP recognizes the contribution of foreign workers and is not against their employment. FOr instance, HGTC does not object to its contractors deploying foreign workers in the estate.
The issue here is not of foreign workers' employment per se but rather how the Singapore government ahd the labour union will ensure that the dignity and societal position of Singaporeans workers are not compromised in view of globalization and labour mobility.
by Alfred Siew, Straits Times
Starhub raised the bar on Friday on internet deals by giving its home broadband subscribers free wireless access on the go as well.
by Blowin' In The Wind
I know the Straits Times means well and didn't want to spoil the holiday mood, but does it have to look only on the bright side? It's a newspaper after all, not a get-well card!
by Daniel's Adventures In Adultland
Singapore might not be the most complicated country in the world but it's certainly not the land of simpletons New York Times like to believe it is.
by Faith's Transient Life
by THomson Financial
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'AAA/A-1+' sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Singaore, to reflect its enduring fiscal and external strengths and competitive economy, while factoring in the challenges it faces as a small open economy.
by theonlinecitizen
Without a more progressive agenda to alleviate inequality, lower-income groups are likely to languish despite Singapore's continued growth.
by Ian On The Red Dot
by Aidil Omar, Sheep City
by SGFRAC
by Walter Lim, Cooler Insights
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!
by New York Times
It's a welcome sign that Washington is committed to playing a sustained and constructive role in a vital and cmpetitive region where China is determinedly cultivating a growing influence.
by Zul Othman, Today
Nearly $2,000 worth of groceries were given away to about 780 one- and two-room homes during the three-hour exercise, which was co-organised with charity group Red Star Community Service.
by Lin Yanqin, Today
Yesterday, Mr Seng Han Thong, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) assistant secretary-general, challenged the WP to set an example on the issue of foreign workers.
"According to their statements, I propose that they start with their Hougang Town Council by ensuring that all their workers and employees are Singaporeans only. That's the best way to start."
Sure, why not. In fact, Hougang Town Council should even go one step further: hire Hougang residents first.
by Diary Of A Singaporean Mind
by Journalism.sg
by theonlinecitizen
by Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia
The opposition Singapore Democratic Party marked May Day by distributing flyers and getting SIngaporeans to sign two petitions.
by Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times
Lee Hisen Loong, and his party, has missed the problem, in my opinion. In this particular case of the coffee shop, the local worker cannot even earn a decent living with one job: rather, she has to do two jobs to get a decent living wage. What happens to a decent day of work for a decent day of wage?
by Unique-Frequency
by George Thomas, CBN News
Singapore is one of the cleanest places in the world — where you can be fined or arrested just for spitting, littering or selling chewing gum. As CBN News discovered, Singaporeans don't mind the strict laws one bit.
by Today
Both workers and employers have to take into account the uncertain economic outlook when negotiating their wages this year, said prime minister Lee Hsien Loong in his May Day Message yesterday.
by A Singaporean
by Martyn See, No Political Films Please, We're Singaporeans
Six video documenting a recent spate of public protests in Singapore were submitted to the Board of Film Censors yesterday by filmmaker Ho Choon Hiong.
by The Kway Teow Man
Just look across the causeway and see what happens when you subsidize necessities.
And take a look down south too.
by Tim Hooker, Sushi Tuesday
by Channel NewsAsia
by Singapore Angle
by Joel Tan, Daily Backtrack
The two journos sought to clarify the 'myth' surrounding the ST as a sycophantic mouthpiece of the government. Though their largely sterile, uninformative and sometimes condescending waffling, I think they merely reinforced it, and also explained the paper's institutional arrogance - it is staffed by many highly-educated, bright young minds, the type of minds, as we know, most likely to be impatient and adverse to the swarm of middle-class sensibility.
by Gerald Giam, SIngapore Patriot
by Diary Of A Singaporean Mind
Mas Selamat has decided to move on from our newspapers...
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