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by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen
Suc blatant disregard for taking responsibility can and will only do further damage to the government's claim that it is a government of integrity.
by Lee Lilian, The Itch To Write
To me, it's the 5th time mistakes as such had happened.
by Patrick May, San Jose Mercury News
"We've monitoring the case very closely," a representative of the U.S. Embassy said. "Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we believe an individual should be able to peacefully exercise fundamental human rihts, especially freedom of expression, regardless of frontiers."
The Embassy representative described U.S.-Singapore relations as "generally very healthy. They're not an ally, but we consider them a close partner."
by Channel NewsAsia
A Singapore government-led committee proposed on Tuesday that a new publicly-funded university be established as part of wide-ranging efforts to retain local and foreign talent.
by Mr Wang Says So
The last time round, our finance minister missed his budget estimate by $7,100,000,000. In percentage terms, what makes you think Swee Say will do any better?
by I Made Andi Arsana, Jakarta Post
Put simply, there are now some outstanding pending boundary segments that these three neighboring states need to settle.
by Mr Wang Says So
You know what will happen next, don't you?
by The Star
Institute of Policy Studies senior research fellow Tan Tarn How said maintaining credibility was important to ensure continued patronage. "Most Singaporeans feel that newspapers can be trusted and don't feel they need to find the truth elsewhere. That is why the internet does not play an important role, unlike in Malaysia," he said.
by Carolyn Quek, Straits Times
He checks in at Changi, clears immigration and gets on Tiger Airways jet to Vietnam.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Via lonelysandwich, George Carlin on life.
by Bernard Leong, Simple Is The Reason Of My Heart
Technologies and social practices change and the same kind of deterrence can falter against the backdrop of innovation in the internet.
by Arun Mahizhnan, Journalism.sg
There is a sharp distinction between what is rational - rational even to political leaders - and what is politically expedient.
by Lin Yanqin, Today
Singapore employers ranked 12th out of the 27 countries and territories when it came to worryig about the brain drain, and third from the bottom in their concern that government and businesses were not doing enough to slow the outward migration.
by Denis Distant, Today
There are still seven weeks left to save that expensive jet fuel.
Seriously, why not cancel the parade too? I won't miss it.
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