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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Going Dark Until Dec 10

Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu

There will be minimal updates until Dec 10, 2009 (Thursday), as I will be away for work. Tweet

Singapore Lane Springs To Life

Gisela WIlliams, New York Times

Haji Lane has become a meeting place for the city’s anti-mall crowd. Tweet

Why Singapore Hides The Human Face Of The Death Penalty

Ben Bland, Asian Correspondent

The Singapore government occasionally speaks out in defence of the death penalty, insisting that it is necessary to keep crime down and claiming that capital punishment has overwhelming public support.

But, paradoxically, the government is afraid to open the issue up to debate, trotting out its hackneyed argument about how controversial subjects such as the death penalty, religion or race relations should not be discussed in public for fear of fanning the flames of social tension. Tweet