http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/ News, opinions, and ramblings en-us webmaster@myapplemenu.com (Heng-Cheong Leong) webmaster@myapplemenu.com (Heng-Cheong Leong) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/time-for-new-driver-singapore/ <p>The Online Citizen</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Time+For+Someone+New+To+Drive+Singapore+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Ngr020000-33be5db846d5771a+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT 20100314-gr020000-33be5db846d5771a http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3486-pap-nervous-about-new-media-introdcues-qguidelinesq <p>John Tan, Singapore Democrat Party</p><p>The proposed changes to the election rules announced in Parliament yesterday are just another ploy by the PAP to instill fear in the people. As far as the Internet is concerned, citizens should be free to campaign for whichever party and candidate they choose.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=PAP+Nervous+About+New+Media,+Introduces+"Guidelines"+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr040000-b63015e8d99296b4+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT 20100313-gr040000-b63015e8d99296b4 http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100313_029.shtml <p>林诗慧 萧洁盈, 联合早报</p><p>教育部降低选修华文B的门槛，受访学生大都表示欢迎，一些学者则对这调整有所保留。</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=教育部降低华文B门槛+学生欢迎学者反应不一+http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100313_029.shtml+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT 20100313-gr040000-308e75e8da43d5ff http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/2010/03/13/IM030037/ <p>Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu</p><p><i>Yay! MDA have effectively banned exclusivity in the pay television market. I can now watch whatever I want on whichever operator I choose.</i></p><p>Not really.</p><p><i>Why? SingTel cannot sign any contract with the content owner that forbid StarHub from showing the same content.</i></p><p>I own the content. I have the leverage. I decide how I want my content to be shown.</p><p><i>But it's the law, man. You want to do business here, you have to obey our laws.</i></p><p>Fine. I'll structured my licensing fees such that the first operator, if it so chooses to pay a larger fee, will get -- let's just call it first-comer-privilege -- a promise from me that the licensing fee for subsequent operators will be so expensive that no second operator will be able to pay and carry my content.</p><p><i>Oooh ooh ooh, loophole. MDA can simply 'fine-tune' the law that forbids content owner from charging different prices and different terms to different pay TV operators.</i></p><p>You do realize that this will effectively wipe out any new entrants and small players in the pay-TV market, right?</p><p><i>So be it. You can't dictate the terms, you powerful content-owner, if you want to do business here in Singapore.</i></p><p>Fine. I'll just treat the entire Singapore's pay television market as one operator since it doesn't matter who I talk to anymore, and I'll just raise my prices to take account into that. I'll treat all pricing negotiation effectively as though you are licensing my content exclusively.</p><p><i>You can't do that! We'll just not pay for your content. You'll lose our market.</i></p><p>Fine. You are just a tiny red dot with a tiny population. I'll rather have my lawyers spent their negotiation time with the Chinese government.</p><p><i>We'll grow our population by importing foreign talents so that you can't ignore us. 6.5 billion? 10 billion? 20 billion? No problem!</i></p><p>Have you heard of the internet? We'll start selling our content exclusively on the internet. You want to be first country in the world to ban my website? And I'll charge whatever I want, without any middleman in your country to get any part of my revenue.</p><p>...</p><p>Honestly, from where I am sitting, this whole pay-tv content-sharing policy from MDA looks drafted by a bunch of technocrats with no real-world experience, and no real vision on where the whole market is going. And when SingTel realizes it can't use exclusivity as a loss-leader, consumers will have to continue to pay hefty prices for entertainment from big name content owners.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Who+Do+You+Think+You+Are?+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2MIM030037+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:00:37 GMT 20100313-IM030037 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/singapore-bling-is-the-citystate-ready-to-party-1920194.html <p>Simon Calder, Independent</p><p>If you can create a gambler's paradise amid the Mojave Desert, the thinking goes, you can create a casino amid a straitlaced state. Move over, Vegas; viva Sentosa.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Singapore+Bling:+Is+The+City-State+Ready+To+Party?+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr020028-28b174bc613c9af8+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:00:28 GMT 20100313-gr020028-28b174bc613c9af8 http://silenteloquence.suryaonline.org/2010/03/12/singapore-the-misunderstood-child/ <p>Silent Eloquence</p><p>The next time someone talks to me about Singapore, I just wish they would talk about not just the concrete buildings or the super clean streets or the democracy that doesn’t seem to be, but something less superficial.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Singapore,+The+Misunderstood+Child+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr020028-65c153723d0f6879+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:00:28 GMT 20100313-gr020028-65c153723d0f6879 http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_501680.html <p>Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times</p><p>The internet community's reaction to the hoax by former Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair last weekend has been a good example of how it can self-regulate.</p><p>Acting minister for information, communications and the arts Lui Tuck Yew yesterday praised local netizens for being sceptical about the blog post claiming that minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew had suffered a heart attack.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Netizens+Can+Self-regulate+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr020001-97f984758879c79d+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:00:01 GMT 20100313-gr020001-97f984758879c79d http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_501677.html <p>Grace Chua, Straits Times</p><p>Leisure anglers may soon have to pay for a licence before they can drop their line and bait into Singapore waters.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Licence+To+Fish+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr020001-6d27f283d28c9935+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:00:01 GMT 20100313-gr020001-6d27f283d28c9935 http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_501673.html <p>Yeo Shang Long, Straits Times</p><p>In a clear warning to those who sublet their flats illegally, the Housing Board (HDB) has moved to take back three apartments linked to a real estate agent who owns five private properties.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=HDB+To+Repossess+3+Flats+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr020001-a2f6aa127360dc8d+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:00:01 GMT 20100313-gr020001-a2f6aa127360dc8d http://singaporeanskeptic.blogspot.com/2010/03/some-singaporeans-are-real-bastards.html <p>Singaporean Skeptic</p><p>Watching the way Singaporeans treat their maids made me think that some Singaporeans are real bastards. Even the maid agency is crazy.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Some+Singaporeans+Are+Real+Bastards.+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr020001-8d3f9506ddebac58+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:00:01 GMT 20100313-gr020001-8d3f9506ddebac58 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/press-muse-singaporeans-dreaming/ <p>The Online Citizen</p><p>Selective vision, perhaps? That’s understandable. As far as the <i>Straits Times</i> are concerned, we’ve well on our way riding off into a glorious Gattaca-esque sunset and living meritocratically ever after.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Singaporeans+Dreaming+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr030000-c84e11dcb5133023+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT 20100313-gr030000-c84e11dcb5133023 http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100313-0000104/The-Opposition-on-electoral-changes <p>Zul Othman, Today</p><p>Several opposition parties without a current presence in Parliament have expressed concern over some of the proposed rule changes on Internet elections advertising, which were tabled in Parliament on Thursday.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=The+Opposition+On+Electoral+Changes+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr000057-d0e2509da7fac39f+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:57 GMT 20100313-gr000057-d0e2509da7fac39f http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100313-0000031/Pushed-to-the-side(walk) <p>Richard Hartung, Today</p><p>Clutter-free sidewalks for pedestrians seem to be a disappearing sight in many parts of Singapore.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Pushed+To+The+Side(walk)+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr000057-034d642cc8c380dc+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:57 GMT 20100313-gr000057-034d642cc8c380dc http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/coe-another-solution-that-may-make-more-money-but-may-not-solve-the-problem/ <p>Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen</p><p>Normally, most countries have to spend money to solve a problem, but in Singapore, too often, the solution makes more money instead, and the problem never seems to go away!</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=COE:+Another+Solution+That+May+Make+More+Money,+But+May+Not+Solve+The+Problem?+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr000057-51e4fbd2e558c813" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:57 GMT 20100313-gr000057-51e4fbd2e558c813 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1043263/1/.html <p>Desmond Wong, Channel NewsAsia</p><p>The changes in rules for pay-TV services in Singapore could help improve the business climate for SingTel and StarHub. That's according to industry-watchers speaking to Channel NewsAsia.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Changes+In+Rules+For+Pay-TV+Services+Could+Help+Improve+Business+Climate+For+SingTe...+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr000057-9d7c82d798b443d5" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:57 GMT 20100313-gr000057-9d7c82d798b443d5 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043234/1/.html <p>Ng Lian Cheong & Evelyn Choo, Channel NewsAsia</p><p>In an effort to discourage retailers from selling cigarettes, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) could increase retail licence fees for tobacco by September.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Licence+Fees+To+Sell+Cigarettes+Could+Increase+In+Sept+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Mgr000057-9fc06777b05ba79e+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:57 GMT 20100313-gr000057-9fc06777b05ba79e http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043205/1/.html <p>Channel NewsAsia</p><p>Singapore's Information, Communications and the Arts Ministry said there's no evidence MediaCorp has engaged in anti-competitive behaviour that warrants functional separation of its business units. The acting minister in charge was responding to Nominated MP Calvin Cheng's suggestion to separate MediaCorp's broadcast and production functions to allow for competition.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=No+Evidence+That+MediaCorp+Engages+In+Anti-competitive+Behaviour:+MICA+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr130046-cec0d63f0185b669" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:46 GMT 20100312-gr130046-cec0d63f0185b669 http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/03/ipad-preorder/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29 <p>Alexander Vaughn, App Advice</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=iPad+Pre-Orders+Are+Now+Live!+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr130046-8f49d5999cdff22c+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:46 GMT 20100312-gr130046-8f49d5999cdff22c http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043233/1/.html <p>Channel NewsAsia</p><p>The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority stopped accepting walk-in customers for passport services at 3.40pm on Friday. ICA said it was experiencing an overcrowding situation at its Passport Section due to overwhelming demand for ICA passport services.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=ICA+Stops+Accepting+Walk-in+Customers+For+Passport+Services+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr140000-0d123f490ccb2038+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT 20100312-gr140000-0d123f490ccb2038 http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_501270.html <p>Straits Times</p><p>In a hard-hitting speech in Parliament on Friday, NMP Calvin Cheng did not mince his words, asserting that Singapore is the 'only country in Asia with such an overwhelming hang-up with what is Western,' based on his own observations and experience in the media, entertainment and media scene.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Don't+Be+A+Western+Wannabe+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr120001-51bed1dfc33335da+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:01 GMT 20100312-gr120001-51bed1dfc33335da http://www.imerlion.com/2010/03/dbs-has-mobile-banking-plans-seriously.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSingaporeIphoneGuide+%28The+Singapore+iPhone+Guide%29 <p>Jimmy Yap, iMerlion</p><p>We're glad that DBS finally noticed that there are a few people in Singapore have iPhones and that these people would like to do online banking on their phones.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=DBS+Has+Mobile+Banking+Plans.+Seriously.+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr120001-e706bbf41459cd5f+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:01 GMT 20100312-gr120001-e706bbf41459cd5f http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043204/1/.html <p>Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia</p><p>With immediate effect, Pay TV providers which acquire exclusive broadcast rights to any programme, must cross-carry each other's content. This applies to any contract signed or renewed from March 12. It does not affect existing contracts.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Pay+TV+Retailers+Now+Required+To+Cross-carry+Exclusive+Content+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr120001-673d303e7f3a1065+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:01 GMT 20100312-gr120001-673d303e7f3a1065 http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2010/03/transpot-minister-vs-hdb-minister.html <p>Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives</p><p>Both public transport and public housing are <i>basic social services</i>. Entities that provide these basic social services have more social responsibility that just mere private enterprises. </p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Transpot+Minister+Vs+HDB+Minister+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr070000-dbc9fc3c80df5fd4+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT 20100312-gr070000-dbc9fc3c80df5fd4 http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3483-protesters-pledge-to-continue-fight-for-singaporeans-rights <p>Singapore Democrats</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Protesters+Pledge+To+Continue+Fight+For+Singaporeans'+Rights+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr070000-897f70ef6b1f4c51+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT 20100312-gr070000-897f70ef6b1f4c51 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/apply-tc-logic-to-worker-wages/ <p>The Online Citizen</p><p>Just as the costs for town councils will vary according to factors such as age, location and background, so too will the Singaporean with a family of 4 to feed need a higher wage as compared to a young unmarried foreigner living alone here – immaterial of the ease or difficulty of the job concerned.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Why+Not+Apply+‘Town+Council+Logic’+To+Worker+Wages?+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2LIM040007+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:07 GMT 20100312-IM040007 http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_501173.html <p>Cai Haoxiang, Straits Times</p><p>Central Provident Fund (CPF) members with $60,000 in their retirement accounts when they turn 65 will be automatically included in the CPF Life annuity scheme, manpower minister Gan Kim Yong announced yesterday.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Automatic+CPF+Life+At+65+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr040000-87beabf0f1ee14ce+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT 20100312-gr040000-87beabf0f1ee14ce http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/getting-into-bed-with-jack-neo/ <p>Lee Song Kwang, The Online Citizen</p><p>Did I read it right? Is the MP actually saying that it is fine to sexually harass if you are successful? Why were Mr Yeo and Mr Lim so quick to jump to the defence of Jack? Is it because Jack himself is an elite in his own field much like the minister and the MP?</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Getting+Into+Bed+With+Jack+Neo+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr040000-dce15fcfdddb8dc9+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT 20100312-gr040000-dce15fcfdddb8dc9 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OnPU/~3/lEWXxjdZxmA/tale-of-local-talent.html <p>http://military-life.blogspot.com/2010/03/tale-of-local-talent.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOnPU+%28Military+Life%29, Military Life</p><p>The more the mainstream media sings the Government's tune of "integrating foreigners" into Singapore, the more I feel saddened for those Singaporean men who died for their country without any of one outside of their immediate family knowing and sharing with their grief.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=The+Tale+Of+The+(Local)+Talent+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr040000-5f78337d3d3fbad5+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT 20100312-gr040000-5f78337d3d3fbad5 http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=3905 <p>Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net</p><p>Sgpolitics.net salutes <i>Tak Boleh Tahan</i> protesters for championing the right of all citizens to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly, which are fundamental human rights as well as essential cornerstones of any true democracy.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Sgpolitics.net+Salutes+Tak+Boleh+Tahan+Protesters+http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=3905+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:33 GMT 20100312-gr000033-22e8cf3c9eb1e511 http://www.bradleyfarless.com/2010/03/aggressive-bicyclists-are-disregarding.html <p>Brad Farless</p><p>Singapore is a country with low crime, and as such there isn't a very visible, active police force. Unfortunately, it seems as though bicyclists are taking full advantage of this fact to do whatever they want without fear of repercussions.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Aggressive+Bicyclists+Are+Disregarding+Laws+And+Endangering+Pedestrians+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr000033-6f2f14fdf7595df3" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:33 GMT 20100312-gr000033-6f2f14fdf7595df3 http://geraldgiam.sg/2010/03/sylvia-lim-increase-size-of-cohort-entering-local-universities/ <p>geraldgiam.sg</p><p>I agree that we need to maintain standards in university admission. However, over the years, many students who were rejected by our local universities were admitted to reputable foreign universities and did well. But this route is available only to those whose parents could afford it.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Sylvia+Lim:+Increase+Size+Of+Cohort+Entering+Local+Universities+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr000033-507b60a7a6a7838f+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:33 GMT 20100312-gr000033-507b60a7a6a7838f http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100312-0000131/Another-push-for-concessions-for-disabled-on-public-transport <p>Neo Chai Chin, Today</p><p>The request has been rejected repeatedly, but Members of Parliament are still trying to get the Government to change its hands-off approach in extending concessions to the disabled and elderly.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Another+Push+For+Concessions+For+Disabled+On+Public+Transport+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr000033-a168634b478891d8+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:33 GMT 20100312-gr000033-a168634b478891d8 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043039/1/.html <p>Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia</p><p>The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall will be closed later this year for a makeover that will take at least three years.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=One+Last+Show+Before+Victoria+Theatre+Closes+For+Makeover+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr000033-5e943c0e7c5fb708+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:33 GMT 20100312-gr000033-5e943c0e7c5fb708 http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_500947.html <p>Chiang Bak Hoi, Straits Times</p><p>The danger posed by cyclists will get worse if the authorities are not serious in taking enforcement action against those who flout the rules and in stepping up the building of separate cycling paths.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Arrest+New+Road+Bully+Problem+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr000033-2eef1649baf8e1f5+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:33 GMT 20100312-gr000033-2eef1649baf8e1f5 http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_500945.html <p>Michael Teo, Straits Times</p><p>I was even run down by a cyclist at a pedestrian crossing once. Not only did the cyclist not stop, he swore at me and warned that I would suffer more injuries if I did not give way.</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Cyclists+Ignoring+Road+Rules+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr000033-8fe9bbf058f4a87a+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:33 GMT 20100312-gr000033-8fe9bbf058f4a87a http://www.asiancorrespondent.com/thetransitcafe/“yoursingapore”-whipping-up-the-chatter <p>Yeoh Siew Hoon, Asian Correspondent</p><p>The launch of STB's new brand and digital strategy has gotten travel bloggers talking. Some call it innovative, one wonders whether it is too whizzy. The proof is in the durian pudding, as we may say in "YourSingapore".</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=“YourSingapore”+Whipping+Up+The+Chatter+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2LIM000032+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:32 GMT 20100312-IM000032 http://yu-kym.blogspot.com/2010/03/singapore-government-supports-animal.html <p>Yu-Kym's Blog</p><p>We've all heard about how cruel animal testing can be. We've all seen the email circulated with lists of products to avoid. But do you know that Singapore is a huge advocate for animal testing, i.e. we support it?</p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Singapore+Governmen+Supports+Animal+Testing.+Do+You?+http://myapplemenu.com/a?K2Lgr000001-25353f6eb18bcde5+(Via+MyAppleMenu)" target=_blank><small><small><i>Tweet</i></small></small></a></p> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT 20100312-gr000001-25353f6eb18bcde5