*****2011.12.29 (Thu)
***360wowSpace: 字述一年 - 白马非马的和联合早报的
*review of year 2011
*E103M
*****2011.12.19 (Mon)
***YB: Some Policies Change As PAP Government Paddles Furiously
*policy vs Politics *PAP Government
***sgpolitics: Does SMRT value its property over the well-being of commuters?
or singaporelifetimes: The take-charge minister
or FB Kwan: Saw Phiak Hwa (Miss) - Resignation of SMRT Corporation's CEO
*SMRT *retail business vs transport business *LTY *minister *Saw Phiak Hwa
***ST: Analysts question if maintenance regimes were followed properly
*SMRT *maintenance vs cost vs distraction
*****2011.12.17 (Sat)
***mysingaporenews: It was not a crisis, or need not be
*public transport *MRT *crisis vs emergency *excerpts: ... What failed badly and turning a power failure into a fiasco is the poor
execution of an emergency evacuation plan. Presumably there is a plan to
evacuate the commuters in a situation like this, then the failure is leadership.
Who is to decide that it is a crisis and the emergency plan be activated?
Apparently everyone was trying to do something but evacuating the commuters was
not in their minds ...
***CNA: MRT Breaks Down Again
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *North-South Line *2011.12.17
*****2011.12.16 (Fri)
***TOC: Give Up Your Seat .. TOC Takes To Speakers' Corner
*Event 2011.12.17 Hong Lim Park 4pm to 6pm
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *North-South Line *2011.12.15
***chants: SMRT Has Lost Their Focus
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *North-South Line *Circle Line *2011.12.14 *2011.12.15
*E103C
***sgpolitics: Singaporeans need Accountability for Train Breakdowns
**public transport *MRT *SMRT
***omy tech: 再谈谈地铁停驶事故
*public transport *MRT breakdown *workable solutions vs non-workable solutions
Saturday, December 17, 2011
SGLC - 2011.12.01 to 2011.12.15 - Society and Politics
*****2011.12.15 Thu
***YouTube: Breakdown on North-South MRT Line 14-Dec-2011 (Channel NewsAsia)
or YouTube: 新加坡12月15日SMRT地铁南北线故障
or LHZB: 南北地铁线瘫痪 地铁故障突如其来 混乱中 有人晕倒有人砸窗
or LHZB: 交通部长吕德耀：地铁事故“极其严重”
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *North South Line *2011.12.15
or FB LTY: MRT Breakdown
or Yahoo: ‘Someone took a fire extinguisher to break open the glass’
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *North-West Line *2011.12.15 *transport minister *Lui Tuck Yew
||
***CNA: MRT breakdown "extremely serious": Lui Tuck Yew
excerpts: ... Mr Lui said he has decided not to let SMRT alone handle the post-mortem ...
*****2011.12.14 Wed
***Stomp: Confusion reigns as thousands get stranded by Circle Line breakdown
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *Circle Line *2011.12.14
*****2011.12.09 Fri
***sgpolitics: Taxi fare hikes show how broken the Singapore System is
*Taxi *trasponrt *taxi fare
***YouTube: Breakdown on North-South MRT Line 14-Dec-2011 (Channel NewsAsia)
or YouTube: 新加坡12月15日SMRT地铁南北线故障
or LHZB: 南北地铁线瘫痪 地铁故障突如其来 混乱中 有人晕倒有人砸窗
or LHZB: 交通部长吕德耀：地铁事故“极其严重”
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *North South Line *2011.12.15
or FB LTY: MRT Breakdown
or Yahoo: ‘Someone took a fire extinguisher to break open the glass’
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *North-West Line *2011.12.15 *transport minister *Lui Tuck Yew
||
***CNA: MRT breakdown "extremely serious": Lui Tuck Yew
excerpts: ... Mr Lui said he has decided not to let SMRT alone handle the post-mortem ...
*****2011.12.14 Wed
***Stomp: Confusion reigns as thousands get stranded by Circle Line breakdown
*public transport *MRT *SMRT *Circle Line *2011.12.14
*****2011.12.09 Fri
***sgpolitics: Taxi fare hikes show how broken the Singapore System is
*Taxi *trasponrt *taxi fare
Monday, November 14, 2011
SGLC - 2011.11.01 to 2011.11.15 - Society and Politics
*****2011.11.14 (Mon)
***mysingaporenews: Big War Coming to Asia
*war *USA
*E103M
*****2011.11.12 (Sat)
***TOC: Quality of Living Not Lowered Despite Smaller Flats. Really?
*HDB *public housing *quality of living *size - floor area and height
***mysingaporenews: Big War Coming to Asia
*war *USA
*E103M
*****2011.11.12 (Sat)
***TOC: Quality of Living Not Lowered Despite Smaller Flats. Really?
*HDB *public housing *quality of living *size - floor area and height
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
SGLC - 2011.10.16 to 2011.10.31 - Society and Politics
*****2011.10.31 (Mon)
***chinapost: Singapore must get used to slower economic growth over the next 10 years: prime minister
or lhzb: 李显龙总理：我国经济仍需几年才会好转
*economic growth *LHL
***lhzb: 李总理谈国会辩论感想：国会不是剧院
*parliament *speech *LHL
*****2011.10.24 (Mon)
***thinkhappiness: REACH needs new chief
*REACH *Amy Khor *BYK Baey Yam Keng *parliament *speech *excerpts: ... All communication media are neutral and social media is no exception. It is just another milestone in the evolution of media landscape. It is up to us to adapt and leverage on them ... Netizens expect their government to engage with finesse, diplomacy and sincerity ...
***TOC: Criticise only when you have alternatives?
or sgwritings: 张从兴：唐太宗不纳谏之患
*parliament *speech *debate *alternative proposal *criticism
***sgwritings: 刘程强解读‘得失论’
*parliament *speech *debate * LTK *trade-off
***razor: Punggol The New Waterfront Town
or YT market2garden: Punggol Waterway and Fiesta
or YT li345feng: PM Lee and PA Chief at Punggol Waterway
*Punggol Waterway *fiesta *LHL
*E103M *E103N
***ayummysliceoflife: Electoral System Reform
*electoral system *inclusive - economically, socially and politically
*****2011.10.23 (Sun)
***sgwritings: 从两个烂寓言谈开来…
*parliament *speech *CSM *LSS *debate
***singaporenotes: Master Class
*parlament *speech *LTK *LSS *debate
***lhzb: 从革命电影 谈到电视革命
or sgwritings: 王永炳：本地连续剧的“四多四少”
*revolutionary movie *SG TV *political landscape *LYS Lee Yi Shyan
*****2011.10.22 (Sat)
***WP: Low Thia Khiang’s speech (Debate on President’s Address)
*parliament *speech *WP *LTK Low Thia Khiang
***ST: PAP MPs' knee-jerk rebuttals unproductive
*parliament *speech *debate *Cedric Foo
***reach: Lee Hsien Loong's Speech (Debate on President's Address)
or mha: Teo Chee Hean's Speech (Debate on President's Address)
or mica: Yaacob Ibrahim' Speech (Debate on President's Address)
or mnd: Khaw Boon Wan' Speech (Debate on President's Address)
or moe: Heng Swee Kiat's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
or mcys: Chan Chung Sing's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
or pap: Tan Chuan Jin's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
or pap: Sam Tan's Speech (Debate on President's Address) - English; Mandarin
or pap: Lawrence Wong's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
*parliament *speech *cabinet *CCS *HSK *KBW *YI *TCH *LHL *TCJ *Sam Tan *Lawrence Wong
*****2011.10.21 (Fri)
***atans1: Question for Charles Chong
*Charles Chong *social assistance *excerpts: ... “We shouldn’t…be telling everyone that there’s this help available. It’s quite a process to go through to get the vouchers. A person with dignity won’t do it unless he’s in genuine trouble.” ...
***kirstenhan: Netizen? That’s not what my passport says…
*netizen *Singaporean
***Yahoo: PM Lee calls for ‘more open approach’
or asiaone: Singapore cannot have low-key government: PM Lee
or chinapost: Singapore must get used to slower economic growth over the next 10 years: prime minister
*parliament *speech *LHL *core principles *digital judgement *governance
***everythingalsocomplain: Bhutanese are not all happy people
*happiness *GNH vs GDP *SG vs Bhutan
***politicalwrtings: PAP: Stay Arrogant, Stay Clueless
*parliament *speech *debate
*E103C
*****2011.10.20 (Thu)
***WP: Pritam Singh’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech)
*parliament *speech *WP *PSingh Pritam Singh
***transitioning: Only One Singaporean PhD Student in NUS Economics Faculty!
*education *university *Economics *research
*E103C
***pijitailai: 对牛弹琴，还是不值一提，幸福指数到底是什么？
*GNH Gross National Happiness *governance
***mysingaporenews: Debate in the Parliament
or blinkymummy: “君子”和而不同
*The worrisome things said by opposition MPs
*parliament *debate *speech *YSL *CSM
*E103C
*****2011.10.19 (Wed)
***WP: Chen Show Mao's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
or WP: Gerald Giam’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech)
or WP: Yaw Shin Leong’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech)
or Yahoo: Opposition MPs' maiden speeches in Parliament
*parliament *speech *WP *CSM Chen Show Mao *GG Gerald Giam *YSL Yaw Shin Leong
| |
***singaporerecalcitrant: Tribute to a Passionate Patriot with Lofty Principles
*CSM *parliament *speech
***piaroh: Paper Gain
*university cohort particpation rate *education *excerpts: ... First, what qualifies as a bubble? Simple. It is a boom which is not supported by fundamentals. And just as importantly, it is something which no one (in a position to do anything about it) sees coming ... Exclusivity confers value, and accessibility is precisely what has eroded the value of the degree ...
*****2011.10.18 (Tue)
***WP: Sylvia Lim’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech as Elected MP) (Not Maiden Speech in the House)
or WP: Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech)
or heresthenews: Sylvia Lim, PAP MPs spar over happiness gauge
or atan1: Cedric Foo: Talking Rubbish Again
*parliament *speech *WP *Sylvia Lim *MManap Muhamad Raisal Bin Abdul Manap *PAP *Cedric Foo
*E103P
***TOC: Lina Chiam's Parliamentary Speech (Maiden Speech)
*parliament *speech *Lina Chiam *SPP
*E103C
***mysingaporenews: Would there be real change in govt policies?
*parliament session *policy vs style vs mindset
*E103C
***Everything Also Complain: Occupy Raffles Place is a joke
or piaroh: Effort
or transitioning: Passive Singaporeans Not Ready For Occupy Raffles Place?
*occupy raffles place *protest *SPH *SPF Singapore Police Force *MSM
*E103C
***PAP: Government Parliamentary Committees (12th Parliament)
*GPC Government Parliamentary Committee
***Addenda to President's Address (12th Parliament)
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS)
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
Ministry of Information, Communications and The Arts (MICA)
Ministry of Law (Minlaw)
Ministry of National Development (MND)
Ministry of Education (MOE)
Ministry of Finance (MOF)
Ministry of Health (MOH)
Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
Ministry of Transport (MOT)
Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)
National Climate Change Secretatriat (NCCS)
National Population and Talent Division (NPTD)
National Research Foundation (NRF)
*President's Address *12th Parliament * Addenda
***chinapost: Singapore must get used to slower economic growth over the next 10 years: prime minister
or lhzb: 李显龙总理：我国经济仍需几年才会好转
*economic growth *LHL
***lhzb: 李总理谈国会辩论感想：国会不是剧院
*parliament *speech *LHL
*****2011.10.24 (Mon)
***thinkhappiness: REACH needs new chief
*REACH *Amy Khor *BYK Baey Yam Keng *parliament *speech *excerpts: ... All communication media are neutral and social media is no exception. It is just another milestone in the evolution of media landscape. It is up to us to adapt and leverage on them ... Netizens expect their government to engage with finesse, diplomacy and sincerity ...
***TOC: Criticise only when you have alternatives?
or sgwritings: 张从兴：唐太宗不纳谏之患
*parliament *speech *debate *alternative proposal *criticism
***sgwritings: 刘程强解读‘得失论’
*parliament *speech *debate * LTK *trade-off
***razor: Punggol The New Waterfront Town
or YT market2garden: Punggol Waterway and Fiesta
or YT li345feng: PM Lee and PA Chief at Punggol Waterway
*Punggol Waterway *fiesta *LHL
*E103M *E103N
***ayummysliceoflife: Electoral System Reform
*electoral system *inclusive - economically, socially and politically
*****2011.10.23 (Sun)
***sgwritings: 从两个烂寓言谈开来…
*parliament *speech *CSM *LSS *debate
***singaporenotes: Master Class
*parlament *speech *LTK *LSS *debate
***lhzb: 从革命电影 谈到电视革命
or sgwritings: 王永炳：本地连续剧的“四多四少”
*revolutionary movie *SG TV *political landscape *LYS Lee Yi Shyan
*****2011.10.22 (Sat)
***WP: Low Thia Khiang’s speech (Debate on President’s Address)
*parliament *speech *WP *LTK Low Thia Khiang
***ST: PAP MPs' knee-jerk rebuttals unproductive
*parliament *speech *debate *Cedric Foo
***reach: Lee Hsien Loong's Speech (Debate on President's Address)
or mha: Teo Chee Hean's Speech (Debate on President's Address)
or mica: Yaacob Ibrahim' Speech (Debate on President's Address)
or mnd: Khaw Boon Wan' Speech (Debate on President's Address)
or moe: Heng Swee Kiat's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
or mcys: Chan Chung Sing's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
or pap: Tan Chuan Jin's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
or pap: Sam Tan's Speech (Debate on President's Address) - English; Mandarin
or pap: Lawrence Wong's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
*parliament *speech *cabinet *CCS *HSK *KBW *YI *TCH *LHL *TCJ *Sam Tan *Lawrence Wong
*****2011.10.21 (Fri)
***atans1: Question for Charles Chong
*Charles Chong *social assistance *excerpts: ... “We shouldn’t…be telling everyone that there’s this help available. It’s quite a process to go through to get the vouchers. A person with dignity won’t do it unless he’s in genuine trouble.” ...
***kirstenhan: Netizen? That’s not what my passport says…
*netizen *Singaporean
***Yahoo: PM Lee calls for ‘more open approach’
or asiaone: Singapore cannot have low-key government: PM Lee
or chinapost: Singapore must get used to slower economic growth over the next 10 years: prime minister
*parliament *speech *LHL *core principles *digital judgement *governance
***everythingalsocomplain: Bhutanese are not all happy people
*happiness *GNH vs GDP *SG vs Bhutan
***politicalwrtings: PAP: Stay Arrogant, Stay Clueless
*parliament *speech *debate
*E103C
*****2011.10.20 (Thu)
***WP: Pritam Singh’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech)
*parliament *speech *WP *PSingh Pritam Singh
***transitioning: Only One Singaporean PhD Student in NUS Economics Faculty!
*education *university *Economics *research
*E103C
***pijitailai: 对牛弹琴，还是不值一提，幸福指数到底是什么？
*GNH Gross National Happiness *governance
***mysingaporenews: Debate in the Parliament
or blinkymummy: “君子”和而不同
*The worrisome things said by opposition MPs
*parliament *debate *speech *YSL *CSM
*E103C
*****2011.10.19 (Wed)
***WP: Chen Show Mao's Speech (Debate on President's Address) (Maiden Speech)
or WP: Gerald Giam’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech)
or WP: Yaw Shin Leong’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech)
or Yahoo: Opposition MPs' maiden speeches in Parliament
*parliament *speech *WP *CSM Chen Show Mao *GG Gerald Giam *YSL Yaw Shin Leong
| |
***singaporerecalcitrant: Tribute to a Passionate Patriot with Lofty Principles
*CSM *parliament *speech
***piaroh: Paper Gain
*university cohort particpation rate *education *excerpts: ... First, what qualifies as a bubble? Simple. It is a boom which is not supported by fundamentals. And just as importantly, it is something which no one (in a position to do anything about it) sees coming ... Exclusivity confers value, and accessibility is precisely what has eroded the value of the degree ...
*****2011.10.18 (Tue)
***WP: Sylvia Lim’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech as Elected MP) (Not Maiden Speech in the House)
or WP: Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap’s speech (Debate on President’s Address) (Maiden Speech)
or heresthenews: Sylvia Lim, PAP MPs spar over happiness gauge
or atan1: Cedric Foo: Talking Rubbish Again
*parliament *speech *WP *Sylvia Lim *MManap Muhamad Raisal Bin Abdul Manap *PAP *Cedric Foo
*E103P
***TOC: Lina Chiam's Parliamentary Speech (Maiden Speech)
*parliament *speech *Lina Chiam *SPP
*E103C
***mysingaporenews: Would there be real change in govt policies?
*parliament session *policy vs style vs mindset
*E103C
***Everything Also Complain: Occupy Raffles Place is a joke
or piaroh: Effort
or transitioning: Passive Singaporeans Not Ready For Occupy Raffles Place?
*occupy raffles place *protest *SPH *SPF Singapore Police Force *MSM
*E103C
***PAP: Government Parliamentary Committees (12th Parliament)
*GPC Government Parliamentary Committee
***Addenda to President's Address (12th Parliament)
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS)
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
Ministry of Information, Communications and The Arts (MICA)
Ministry of Law (Minlaw)
Ministry of National Development (MND)
Ministry of Education (MOE)
Ministry of Finance (MOF)
Ministry of Health (MOH)
Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
Ministry of Transport (MOT)
Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)
National Climate Change Secretatriat (NCCS)
National Population and Talent Division (NPTD)
National Research Foundation (NRF)
*President's Address *12th Parliament * Addenda
Saturday, October 01, 2011
SGLC - 2011.10.01 to 2011.10.15 - Society and Politics
*****2011.10.15 (Sat)
***Yahoo: NTUC, employers tussle over foreign workers issue
*NTUC *measures to reduce employers' reliance on foreign workers *labour movement
*****2011.10.14 (Fri)
***piaroh: Try Harder
*real income over ten-year time frame *inflation *GDP growth
***transitioning: Political reasons why our government restricting graduate enrolment?
*university cohort participation rate *employment *political reasons?
*****2011.10.12 (Wed)
***reach: President's Address (12th Parliament) (Theme - A Home We Share .. A Future We Build Together)
*parliament *presidents' address *TTKY
***lhzb: 雨树雨中倒下 压毁路过德士
or asiaone: Taxi driver trapped by fallen tree at Lower Delta
*lower delta rd *strong wind *heavy rain
***singstat: Singaporeans in the Workforce
or lhzb: 国人实际月入中位数10年增11％ 但收入最低20％全职受雇者几乎没增长
*employment rate *income *excerpts: ... The growth in individual income, coupled with an improving employment rate, also boosted incomes of citizen-headed employed households. The median monthly household income from work per household member grew by 40% or 3.4% p.a. in nominal terms and 20% or 1.8% p.a. in real terms from 2000 to 2010. Households at the bottom 20th percentile had flatter but still positive growth of 34% or 3.0 % p.a. in nominal terms and 8.1% or 0.8% p.a. in real terms ...
*****2011.10.10 (Mon)
***TOC: Of politics and policy, canvassing and engagement
or 360.wow.space: 写在新国会会期前和在民选总统选举之后 - Part 2
*parliament 12th *politics vs policy *party interest vs national interest vs electorate's interest *excerpts: ...And if you take a closer look at the Facebook activity of many Members of Parliament, it is clear that they continue to be elections-driven, playing up grassroots activities and interactions with residents through meet-the-people sessions. If our elected representatives are permitted to do some naval-gazing online, these pages best describe it. The problem is, these ramblings are too painfully obtuse to even be amusing ...
*E103M
***atan1: Ironies of the reopening of revolutionary’s villa
or YT li345feng: Trace The Footsteps of Dr. Sun Yat Sen 探索孙中山之足迹
*revolution *violence vs non-violence *Sun Yat Sen *Francis Seow *PAP
*E103N
*****2011.10.07 (Fri)
***asiaone: Monkey attacks at Hort Park rampant, spark search
*monkey attacks *southern ridges *hortpark *closed since last Thursday - 2011.09.29
*****2011.10.05 (Wed)
***TOC: Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong and 4 others step down from PAP CEC
*PAP *CEC *LKY *GCT *LBH *GY *WKS *LHH
*****2011.10.03 (Mon)
***YT market2garden: Circle Line Discovery 2011 - Stations (HarbourFront to Caldecott) and Circle Line Art
or singaporedesk: The Circle Line of Life
or todayonline: Circle Line Art! The final destination(s)! A sneak peek!
*circle line *MRT *circle line discovery *art and commuter *HarbourFront to Caldecott
*E103M
***globalpublicsquare: Overturning Lee Kuan Yew's legacy in Singapore
*election *presidential *general *PAP *politics and policies
***sonofadud: Fat Tails and Unknown Unknowns
*pulau bukom *shell petroleum complex *fire *explosion *conflict of interest
*E103C
*****2011.10.01 (Sat)
***wildshores: A glimpse of Bukom after the fire
or gccapitalideas: Oil Refinery Fire, Bukom Island, Singapore
or chinapost: Crews battle blaze at Singapore Shell refinery
*pulau bukom *shell petroleum complex *fire *explosion
***Yahoo: NTUC, employers tussle over foreign workers issue
*NTUC *measures to reduce employers' reliance on foreign workers *labour movement
*****2011.10.14 (Fri)
***piaroh: Try Harder
*real income over ten-year time frame *inflation *GDP growth
***transitioning: Political reasons why our government restricting graduate enrolment?
*university cohort participation rate *employment *political reasons?
*****2011.10.12 (Wed)
***reach: President's Address (12th Parliament) (Theme - A Home We Share .. A Future We Build Together)
*parliament *presidents' address *TTKY
***lhzb: 雨树雨中倒下 压毁路过德士
or asiaone: Taxi driver trapped by fallen tree at Lower Delta
*lower delta rd *strong wind *heavy rain
***singstat: Singaporeans in the Workforce
or lhzb: 国人实际月入中位数10年增11％ 但收入最低20％全职受雇者几乎没增长
*employment rate *income *excerpts: ... The growth in individual income, coupled with an improving employment rate, also boosted incomes of citizen-headed employed households. The median monthly household income from work per household member grew by 40% or 3.4% p.a. in nominal terms and 20% or 1.8% p.a. in real terms from 2000 to 2010. Households at the bottom 20th percentile had flatter but still positive growth of 34% or 3.0 % p.a. in nominal terms and 8.1% or 0.8% p.a. in real terms ...
*****2011.10.10 (Mon)
***TOC: Of politics and policy, canvassing and engagement
or 360.wow.space: 写在新国会会期前和在民选总统选举之后 - Part 2
*parliament 12th *politics vs policy *party interest vs national interest vs electorate's interest *excerpts: ...And if you take a closer look at the Facebook activity of many Members of Parliament, it is clear that they continue to be elections-driven, playing up grassroots activities and interactions with residents through meet-the-people sessions. If our elected representatives are permitted to do some naval-gazing online, these pages best describe it. The problem is, these ramblings are too painfully obtuse to even be amusing ...
*E103M
***atan1: Ironies of the reopening of revolutionary’s villa
or YT li345feng: Trace The Footsteps of Dr. Sun Yat Sen 探索孙中山之足迹
*revolution *violence vs non-violence *Sun Yat Sen *Francis Seow *PAP
*E103N
*****2011.10.07 (Fri)
***asiaone: Monkey attacks at Hort Park rampant, spark search
*monkey attacks *southern ridges *hortpark *closed since last Thursday - 2011.09.29
*****2011.10.05 (Wed)
***TOC: Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong and 4 others step down from PAP CEC
*PAP *CEC *LKY *GCT *LBH *GY *WKS *LHH
*****2011.10.03 (Mon)
***YT market2garden: Circle Line Discovery 2011 - Stations (HarbourFront to Caldecott) and Circle Line Art
or singaporedesk: The Circle Line of Life
or todayonline: Circle Line Art! The final destination(s)! A sneak peek!
*circle line *MRT *circle line discovery *art and commuter *HarbourFront to Caldecott
*E103M
***globalpublicsquare: Overturning Lee Kuan Yew's legacy in Singapore
*election *presidential *general *PAP *politics and policies
***sonofadud: Fat Tails and Unknown Unknowns
*pulau bukom *shell petroleum complex *fire *explosion *conflict of interest
*E103C
*****2011.10.01 (Sat)
***wildshores: A glimpse of Bukom after the fire
or gccapitalideas: Oil Refinery Fire, Bukom Island, Singapore
or chinapost: Crews battle blaze at Singapore Shell refinery
*pulau bukom *shell petroleum complex *fire *explosion
GVLC - 2011.10 to 2011.12 - Society and Politics
******2011.10.31 (Mon)
***lhzb: 南方朔：台湾大选再出现两党消长！
*TW *election *opinion polls
***newser: USA Congress' New Approval Rating Low: 9%
*USA *congress *approval rating
******2011.10.17 (Mon)
***chinapost: Ma, Tsai face off in dueling rallies
or BBC: 蔡英文全台造势行程抵达台北总统府
*TW *election campaign *MYJ Ma Ying-jeou *TIW Tsai Ing-wen *KMT *DPP *远见民调
*****2011.10.13 (Thu)
***wiki: Occupy Wall Street
or wiki Timeline of Occupy Wall Street
or sgwritings: 占领华尔街 打出孙中山“天下为公”的标语
or truth-out: "American Autumn" Will Depend on People, Not Parties
*USA *Occupy Wall Street *American Autumn *corporate greed *peaceful demonstration *protest
***stnn: 远见民调突然打烊 宣称不再做任何政治议题
or ifeng: 远见民调负责人预测：2012大选蔡赢马4%-6%
or chinatimes: 遠見民調，何以無預警熄燈？
or libertytimes: 遠見民調中心「轉型」有無「政治」介入？
*TW *遠見民調中心
***chinatimes: 參選搶馬選票？ 宋楚瑜：皇帝好壞 決定丐幫多寡
*TW *James Soong *election *presidential *governance
*****2011.10.08 (Sat)
***udn: 李光耀：没有國家支持台獨
or udn: 李光耀：宋參選奪馬選票
*TW *presidential election *JS *MYJ *LKY
*****2011.10.01 (Sat)
***politicalwritings: What Makes A Great Nation?
*great nation *greatness *UK *USA
***lhzb: 南方朔：台湾大选再出现两党消长！
*TW *election *opinion polls
***newser: USA Congress' New Approval Rating Low: 9%
*USA *congress *approval rating
******2011.10.17 (Mon)
***chinapost: Ma, Tsai face off in dueling rallies
or BBC: 蔡英文全台造势行程抵达台北总统府
*TW *election campaign *MYJ Ma Ying-jeou *TIW Tsai Ing-wen *KMT *DPP *远见民调
*****2011.10.13 (Thu)
***wiki: Occupy Wall Street
or wiki Timeline of Occupy Wall Street
or sgwritings: 占领华尔街 打出孙中山“天下为公”的标语
or truth-out: "American Autumn" Will Depend on People, Not Parties
*USA *Occupy Wall Street *American Autumn *corporate greed *peaceful demonstration *protest
***stnn: 远见民调突然打烊 宣称不再做任何政治议题
or ifeng: 远见民调负责人预测：2012大选蔡赢马4%-6%
or chinatimes: 遠見民調，何以無預警熄燈？
or libertytimes: 遠見民調中心「轉型」有無「政治」介入？
*TW *遠見民調中心
***chinatimes: 參選搶馬選票？ 宋楚瑜：皇帝好壞 決定丐幫多寡
*TW *James Soong *election *presidential *governance
*****2011.10.08 (Sat)
***udn: 李光耀：没有國家支持台獨
or udn: 李光耀：宋參選奪馬選票
*TW *presidential election *JS *MYJ *LKY
*****2011.10.01 (Sat)
***politicalwritings: What Makes A Great Nation?
*great nation *greatness *UK *USA
Friday, September 16, 2011
SGLC - 2011.09.16 to 2011.09.30 - Society and Politics
******2011..09.28 (Wed)
***kkzy14" The Popular Example
*nation building *character building *education
***razor: Punggol - The New Waterfront Town
or YT market2garden - Punggol Waterway and Fiesta
*punggol waterway *fiesta *LHL PM
***PMO: Population in Brief 2011 (as at end June) (pdf file)
*population
***lhzb: 下月8日通车 西环线本星期日开放 公众可免费乘坐
or CNA: Sneak preview of Circle Line stations on Oct 2
or CircleLineDiscovery
*circle line *excerpts: ... 环线开放日将从上午10时开始至下午6时，公众可参观介于加利谷和港湾站的12个新地铁站，也可从任何一个站免费乘坐地铁 ...
*****2011.09.26 (Mon)
***GoodMorningYesterday: The Tg. Pagar Station As Seen by A Six-Year Old Boy – Peter Chan
*KTM railway *Tanjong Pagar Station
*E103M
***TOC: Tan Jee Say: Prepare for a broad-based non-PAP Government
*governance *leadership *TJS *coalition government *broad-based government
*****2011.09.23 (Fri)
***rayhope8: DJ Glenn Ong’s insensitive and hurtful comments have deeply hurt psychiatric patients and their caregivers
*Glenn Ong *comments *behaviour
*E103C
***mywangsaysso: Friends, Romans and Countrymen
*stages of life cycle *blog - general to socio-political to personal (general)
*E103C
*****2011.09.21 (Wed)
***thinkhappiness: Maybe, PAP Ministers not so talented – Part 2
*PAP *governance *leadership *excerpts: ... I, like many Singaporeans, are rightly concerned about this business as usual attitude of the PAP government. If the PAP government does not indeed change from within, this serious lack of ideas and the continuance down the same path from last 5 years are quite a worry for our country ...
***YB: On a high horse called Truth and Right, PAP lost in a changing world
*PAP *governance * general direction of policy vs policy making vs policy execution *excerpts: ... The very fact that they see agreement with their own policies as the default position (in the absence of a rabid internet) , indicates that underlying this is a belief that they own the truth and that their policies represent the obvious right thing to do. I call this a “universality complex” ... Clinging on to this illusion means that the government will fail to re-examine its policies with sufficient thoroughness. It might examine a policy’s execution, but it would be hard to question its starting assumptions, for doing so would undermine its own universality complex ...
*E103M
*****2011.09.19 (Mon)
***furrybrowndog: Some thoughts on Temasek Review and the Presidential Election
*TR *PE2011 *TTKY *TOC
***TOC: That ‘ghettoising’ comment
*ghettosing *excerpts: ... the survey shows ‘firstly, there are not that many people who are indulging (just) in the Internet, secondly, it is complementary’. ‘These people are not ghettoising themselves,’ he said.” ...
| | |
***lhzb: 因为也接触主流媒体 上网观政不会“自我激进化” (2011.09.16)
*MSM *alternative social media *self-radicalized *political cynics
***dfdaily: 李光耀治理新加坡的“硬道理” (2011.08.21)
*LKY *hard truths *excerpts: ... 以新加坡的例子，笔者相信“高薪”之能“养廉”，与有无上权威的李光耀“上梁端正”即绝不贪渎及治贪腐绝不手软的示范和阻吓作用亦有关 ...
*****2011.09.17 (Sat)
***sginsight: 分化新加坡的政治文化
*PAP *government *governance *inclusive vs divisive *LKY *excerpts: ... 一个没有政权更迭的社会，由于长期的排除异己会最终导致国家分裂。一个无法通过政权和平转移来磨合不同观点的社会。在本质上是一个不稳定的分化社会，随时会出现国家动乱的局势 ...
***NAR: MHA defends the Internal Security Act
*ISA Internal Security Act *detention *political rival *political ideology
***pijitailai: Visionary Singapore May Not Necessarily Be Led By PAP
*vision *Singapore Pledge *leadership *Singapore Inc *Singaporean *PAP *political party
*****2011.09.16 (Fri)
***YJJ: The Finnish Education Model – Should Singapore emulate it?
*education system *purpose of education *Finland vs SG
*E103M
***nparks: Parks Festival 2011
or World Parks Day 2011 (The 4th World Parks Day - Sep 17, 2011 Sat)
or lhzb: 让你荡掉忙碌 乌节路摆放九个秋千
*nature *park and garden *outdoor *world parks day
***TOC: Lee Hsien Loong: Singapore “will consider scrapping ISA if KL does so”
or chemgen: Malaysia Abolishes the ISA and Eyes on Singapore
*ISA *PAP government *MY
***kkzy14" The Popular Example
*nation building *character building *education
***razor: Punggol - The New Waterfront Town
or YT market2garden - Punggol Waterway and Fiesta
*punggol waterway *fiesta *LHL PM
***PMO: Population in Brief 2011 (as at end June) (pdf file)
*population
***lhzb: 下月8日通车 西环线本星期日开放 公众可免费乘坐
or CNA: Sneak preview of Circle Line stations on Oct 2
or CircleLineDiscovery
*circle line *excerpts: ... 环线开放日将从上午10时开始至下午6时，公众可参观介于加利谷和港湾站的12个新地铁站，也可从任何一个站免费乘坐地铁 ...
*****2011.09.26 (Mon)
***GoodMorningYesterday: The Tg. Pagar Station As Seen by A Six-Year Old Boy – Peter Chan
*KTM railway *Tanjong Pagar Station
*E103M
***TOC: Tan Jee Say: Prepare for a broad-based non-PAP Government
*governance *leadership *TJS *coalition government *broad-based government
*****2011.09.23 (Fri)
***rayhope8: DJ Glenn Ong’s insensitive and hurtful comments have deeply hurt psychiatric patients and their caregivers
*Glenn Ong *comments *behaviour
*E103C
***mywangsaysso: Friends, Romans and Countrymen
*stages of life cycle *blog - general to socio-political to personal (general)
*E103C
*****2011.09.21 (Wed)
***thinkhappiness: Maybe, PAP Ministers not so talented – Part 2
*PAP *governance *leadership *excerpts: ... I, like many Singaporeans, are rightly concerned about this business as usual attitude of the PAP government. If the PAP government does not indeed change from within, this serious lack of ideas and the continuance down the same path from last 5 years are quite a worry for our country ...
***YB: On a high horse called Truth and Right, PAP lost in a changing world
*PAP *governance * general direction of policy vs policy making vs policy execution *excerpts: ... The very fact that they see agreement with their own policies as the default position (in the absence of a rabid internet) , indicates that underlying this is a belief that they own the truth and that their policies represent the obvious right thing to do. I call this a “universality complex” ... Clinging on to this illusion means that the government will fail to re-examine its policies with sufficient thoroughness. It might examine a policy’s execution, but it would be hard to question its starting assumptions, for doing so would undermine its own universality complex ...
*E103M
*****2011.09.19 (Mon)
***furrybrowndog: Some thoughts on Temasek Review and the Presidential Election
*TR *PE2011 *TTKY *TOC
***TOC: That ‘ghettoising’ comment
*ghettosing *excerpts: ... the survey shows ‘firstly, there are not that many people who are indulging (just) in the Internet, secondly, it is complementary’. ‘These people are not ghettoising themselves,’ he said.” ...
| | |
***lhzb: 因为也接触主流媒体 上网观政不会“自我激进化” (2011.09.16)
*MSM *alternative social media *self-radicalized *political cynics
***dfdaily: 李光耀治理新加坡的“硬道理” (2011.08.21)
*LKY *hard truths *excerpts: ... 以新加坡的例子，笔者相信“高薪”之能“养廉”，与有无上权威的李光耀“上梁端正”即绝不贪渎及治贪腐绝不手软的示范和阻吓作用亦有关 ...
*****2011.09.17 (Sat)
***sginsight: 分化新加坡的政治文化
*PAP *government *governance *inclusive vs divisive *LKY *excerpts: ... 一个没有政权更迭的社会，由于长期的排除异己会最终导致国家分裂。一个无法通过政权和平转移来磨合不同观点的社会。在本质上是一个不稳定的分化社会，随时会出现国家动乱的局势 ...
***NAR: MHA defends the Internal Security Act
*ISA Internal Security Act *detention *political rival *political ideology
***pijitailai: Visionary Singapore May Not Necessarily Be Led By PAP
*vision *Singapore Pledge *leadership *Singapore Inc *Singaporean *PAP *political party
*****2011.09.16 (Fri)
***YJJ: The Finnish Education Model – Should Singapore emulate it?
*education system *purpose of education *Finland vs SG
*E103M
***nparks: Parks Festival 2011
or World Parks Day 2011 (The 4th World Parks Day - Sep 17, 2011 Sat)
or lhzb: 让你荡掉忙碌 乌节路摆放九个秋千
*nature *park and garden *outdoor *world parks day
***TOC: Lee Hsien Loong: Singapore “will consider scrapping ISA if KL does so”
or chemgen: Malaysia Abolishes the ISA and Eyes on Singapore
*ISA *PAP government *MY
This Web Space - Links 2011.09.16
Add
another 1 to "Links (Soceity and Politics)" -
*安娜私房话 Anna's Closet
Add 1 to "Links with Title of Most Recent Item":
*HeresTheNews
Remove 1 from "Links with Title of Most Recent Item":
*Temasek Review Emeritus http://www.temasekreview.com/
And Total Links List = 3,
i.e. Links with Title of Most Recent Item; Links (Entertainment & Electronics); and Links (Society and Politics)"
My plan (no change) is to maintain eventually total 25 links, no more no less. In the process, I may add some remove some, relocate some as and when I feel necessary.
*安娜私房话 Anna's Closet
Add 1 to "Links with Title of Most Recent Item":
*HeresTheNews
Remove 1 from "Links with Title of Most Recent Item":
*Temasek Review Emeritus http://www.temasekreview.com/
(obsolete due to suspension of the web site - try to connect on 2011.09.13) (Latest information was TR actually inaccessible started from 2011.09.09)
Total links = 15 (existing) + 2 (new) - 1 (remove) = 16.
Total links = 15 (existing) + 2 (new) - 1 (remove) = 16.
i.e. Links with Title of Most Recent Item; Links (Entertainment & Electronics); and Links (Society and Politics)"
My plan (no change) is to maintain eventually total 25 links, no more no less. In the process, I may add some remove some, relocate some as and when I feel necessary.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
SGLC - 2011.09.01 to 2011.09.15 - Society and Politics
*****2011.09.15 (Thu)
***pijitailai: 儿子太笨，老爸辛苦，无奈的不得已
*PAP *poltical party *talent *LHL *LKY
*****2011.09.11 (Sun)
***feedmetothefirsh: PA (And Everything Else in S'pore?) Belongs to PAP. Triple Confirmed!!!
*PA *PAP *LHL *excerpts: ... . "I cleared those letters so I think that is the position"... Nothing but a Fixer and a Buyer! ...
*E103C
***heresthenews: Governing in the new normal
*politics *policy *LHL *excerpts: ... to get our policies right, we must first get the politics right ...
*****2011.09.09 (Fri)
*** flâneurose: Fear-mongering before the next immigration surge
*policy *immigration *excerpts: ... PRs generally start leaving once they are past the prime of their working life, in their 40s and over. That's hardly surprising. People are here for the economic opportunities and the money. They are not here for the yawning income inequality, the stressful lifestyle, the astronomical property prices and difficulties in starting a family, and all the things that we ungrateful locals complain about ...
*****2011.09.08 (Thu)
***FB Say No: A frank, candid and insightful commentary on the PAP, its mediocre ministers, kiasu policies and ‘atas’ attitude, A must read.
*PAP *cabinet line-up *leadership and vision
***SG-Quitters: 35% of vote made President – only in Singapore. No run-off despite winning by a narrow margin of less than 0.4% of votes.
*election *run-off
*E103C
*****2011.09.07 (Wed)
***pijitailai: National Divide in Singapore is the Result of Unfair Practices Created by the PAP
*PAP *political divide *nation divide *fairness *political awareness
***themalaysianinsider: Learn A Lesson - Sin Chew Daily
*GE2011 & PE2011 *political landscape *MY *excerpts: ... There is no eternal regime in the world. But there are definitely political power that wish to rule forever ...
*****2011.09.05 (Mon)
***TOC: PAP: From ‘divide and conquer’ to the ‘prisoner’s dilemma’
*future of political landscape *PAP *divide and conquer *prisoner's dilemma
***singaporebloggersroundtable: #1: The Narrow Victory of Dr Tony Tan over Dr Tan Cheng Bock Means ..
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *Implication after PE2011
*E103C
***ryangoh: Thoughts on Tan Kin Lian’s post-PE press statement
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL *Analysis of Results *Delusion/Cognitive Dissonance
***feedmetothefish: PA Belongs To PAP. Double Confirm??
*PA *PAP
*E103C
***thinkingbetterthinkingmeta: The Grassroots of the “Neutrality” Problem
*PA *grassroot organization and advisor *neutrality vs fairness vs plurality
***singaporelifetimes: PAPolitical Association
*PA *PAP *excerpts: ... Perhaps history will record this PA incident to be a turning point in politics in Singapore. Faced with a near lost election and government inertia, erstwhile fence-sitters and moderate conservatives will switch their allegiance to Opposition Parties staking moderate and sensible views ... And the tragedy will be that the PAP does not know what hit them.
*****2011.09.04 (Sun)
***lhzb: 从两次选举看未来政制发展
or lhzb:分化还是多元化两场选举后的思考
*political system *political landscape *PE2011 *GE2011 *diversity vs division
***lhzb: 不再纯粹的动机
*political system *fairness *PAP *political party *instrumental rationality vs value-oriented rationality *excerpts: ... 不知道给反对党空间发展，或是让选民失望，哪一个对行动党的杀伤力更大些？笔者认为，在目前传播方式由网络媒体引领的时代，后者更大些 ... 行动党如何重拾国民的信任在很大程度上与反对党表现的好坏关系甚微，根本因素在于对行动党的信任 ...
*****2011.09.03 (Sat)
***chinapost: With weakened mandate, Singapore swears in new president
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***sginsight: 新加坡开启三分天下新政局
*political lanscape after GE2011 and PE2011 *PAP *political party *the third political force
***sammyboy: What's with the fucking anti TJS posts?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *TJS
*****2011.09.01 (Thu)
***elections: Voting for Presidential Election 2011 - Final Tally
*election *presidential *PE2011 *results
***Benjamin Cheah: Building Nations, Dividing People
*PA People's Assciation *grassroots *Slogan "Brining People Together"
***pijitailai: 行动党是朝派系政治发展还是分裂成两个政党
*PAP *faction *split *parties within party
***singaporekopitok: Why I am not a “PAP die hard”
or singaporegirl: Having a political background matters!
*election *presidential *PE2011 *not a PAP die hard but voted for TTKY
*E103C
***pijitailai: 儿子太笨，老爸辛苦，无奈的不得已
*PAP *poltical party *talent *LHL *LKY
*****2011.09.11 (Sun)
***feedmetothefirsh: PA (And Everything Else in S'pore?) Belongs to PAP. Triple Confirmed!!!
*PA *PAP *LHL *excerpts: ... . "I cleared those letters so I think that is the position"... Nothing but a Fixer and a Buyer! ...
*E103C
***heresthenews: Governing in the new normal
*politics *policy *LHL *excerpts: ... to get our policies right, we must first get the politics right ...
*****2011.09.09 (Fri)
*** flâneurose: Fear-mongering before the next immigration surge
*policy *immigration *excerpts: ... PRs generally start leaving once they are past the prime of their working life, in their 40s and over. That's hardly surprising. People are here for the economic opportunities and the money. They are not here for the yawning income inequality, the stressful lifestyle, the astronomical property prices and difficulties in starting a family, and all the things that we ungrateful locals complain about ...
*****2011.09.08 (Thu)
***FB Say No: A frank, candid and insightful commentary on the PAP, its mediocre ministers, kiasu policies and ‘atas’ attitude, A must read.
*PAP *cabinet line-up *leadership and vision
***SG-Quitters: 35% of vote made President – only in Singapore. No run-off despite winning by a narrow margin of less than 0.4% of votes.
*election *run-off
*E103C
*****2011.09.07 (Wed)
***pijitailai: National Divide in Singapore is the Result of Unfair Practices Created by the PAP
*PAP *political divide *nation divide *fairness *political awareness
***themalaysianinsider: Learn A Lesson - Sin Chew Daily
*GE2011 & PE2011 *political landscape *MY *excerpts: ... There is no eternal regime in the world. But there are definitely political power that wish to rule forever ...
*****2011.09.05 (Mon)
***TOC: PAP: From ‘divide and conquer’ to the ‘prisoner’s dilemma’
*future of political landscape *PAP *divide and conquer *prisoner's dilemma
***singaporebloggersroundtable: #1: The Narrow Victory of Dr Tony Tan over Dr Tan Cheng Bock Means ..
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *Implication after PE2011
*E103C
***ryangoh: Thoughts on Tan Kin Lian’s post-PE press statement
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL *Analysis of Results *Delusion/Cognitive Dissonance
***feedmetothefish: PA Belongs To PAP. Double Confirm??
*PA *PAP
*E103C
***thinkingbetterthinkingmeta: The Grassroots of the “Neutrality” Problem
*PA *grassroot organization and advisor *neutrality vs fairness vs plurality
***singaporelifetimes: PAPolitical Association
*PA *PAP *excerpts: ... Perhaps history will record this PA incident to be a turning point in politics in Singapore. Faced with a near lost election and government inertia, erstwhile fence-sitters and moderate conservatives will switch their allegiance to Opposition Parties staking moderate and sensible views ... And the tragedy will be that the PAP does not know what hit them.
*****2011.09.04 (Sun)
***pijitailai:没有失掉铁票, 行动党在这次总统选举中可以说是固票成功
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***lhzb: 从60.1%到35.2%
*analysis of results - GE2011 and PE2011 *principal vs agent *political landscape *confidence level *leadership *PAP *excerpts: ... 人民支持率的“缩水”，除了基于选政府和选总统性质的不同以及对切身影响程度有别外，从另一角度来看，更实实在在地反映出民间对执政党的有所保留；当除去了个人选区的利益考量后，这种反抗情绪的泄洪而出不能不叫执政党认真深思和反思 ...
***lhzb: 从两次选举看未来政制发展
or lhzb:分化还是多元化两场选举后的思考
*political system *political landscape *PE2011 *GE2011 *diversity vs division
***lhzb: 不再纯粹的动机
*political system *fairness *PAP *political party *instrumental rationality vs value-oriented rationality *excerpts: ... 不知道给反对党空间发展，或是让选民失望，哪一个对行动党的杀伤力更大些？笔者认为，在目前传播方式由网络媒体引领的时代，后者更大些 ... 行动党如何重拾国民的信任在很大程度上与反对党表现的好坏关系甚微，根本因素在于对行动党的信任 ...
*****2011.09.03 (Sat)
***chinapost: With weakened mandate, Singapore swears in new president
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***sginsight: 新加坡开启三分天下新政局
*political lanscape after GE2011 and PE2011 *PAP *political party *the third political force
***sammyboy: What's with the fucking anti TJS posts?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *TJS
*****2011.09.01 (Thu)
***elections: Voting for Presidential Election 2011 - Final Tally
*election *presidential *PE2011 *results
***Benjamin Cheah: Building Nations, Dividing People
*PA People's Assciation *grassroots *Slogan "Brining People Together"
***pijitailai: 行动党是朝派系政治发展还是分裂成两个政党
*PAP *faction *split *parties within party
***singaporekopitok: Why I am not a “PAP die hard”
or singaporegirl: Having a political background matters!
*election *presidential *PE2011 *not a PAP die hard but voted for TTKY
*E103C
This Web Space - Links 2011.09.01
By enlarging the scope and range of the below links -
rename "Links (SG Society and Politics)" to "Links with Title of Most Recent Item"
rename "Links (GV Entertainment & Electronics)" to "Links (Entertainment & Electronics)"
And add One "Links (Society and Politics)".
Add another 2 to "Links (Soceity and Politics)" -
*Singapore Recalcitrant
*When Bears Roam Free
*否极泰来 Piji Tailai
And Total Links List = 3,
i.e. Links with Title of Most Recent Item; Links (Entertainment & Electronics); and Links (Society and Politics)"
My plan (no change) is to maintain eventually total 25 links, no more no less. In the process, I may add some remove some, relocate some as and when I feel necessary.
This blog, to a certain degree, a blog aggregator, mainly to serve my needs. Attracting public attention is not my focus.
rename "Links (SG Society and Politics)" to "Links with Title of Most Recent Item"
rename "Links (GV Entertainment & Electronics)" to "Links (Entertainment & Electronics)"
And add One "Links (Society and Politics)".
Add another 2 to "Links (Soceity and Politics)" -
*Singapore Recalcitrant
*When Bears Roam Free
*否极泰来 Piji Tailai
Total links = 12 (existing) + 3 (new) = 15.
And Total Links List = 3,
i.e. Links with Title of Most Recent Item; Links (Entertainment & Electronics); and Links (Society and Politics)"
My plan (no change) is to maintain eventually total 25 links, no more no less. In the process, I may add some remove some, relocate some as and when I feel necessary.
This blog, to a certain degree, a blog aggregator, mainly to serve my needs. Attracting public attention is not my focus.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
SGLC - 2011.08.21 to 2011.08.31 - Society and Politics
*****2011.08.31 (Wed)
***yahoo: 1,000 gather to petition against dolphin enclosure
*Hong Lim Park *RWS *dolphin
***mrbrown: A facetious letter from the People’s Association
*PA *Aljunied GRC *partisan / non-partisan *grassroots adviser
***YB: The Perfume of Emollient Moderation
*election *presidential *PE2011 *lesson learn from the election campaign
*E103C
***tankinlian: Statement from Tan Kin Lian on the Presidential Election
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL
*E103C
***stngiam: Flash results – Micropolling results of Presidential Elections 2011
or twandjo: Can You Hear The People Sing?
or FB Gem Mkb Philip: Lessons from PE 2011
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *Importance of One-Person-One-Vote
***sginsight: 选举票数打了政府一巴掌
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *excerpts: ... 有些人会认为，这表示人民行动党得更努力适应这种反对势力较强的「新常态」，但有些人也会持相反意见，认为新加坡人已经忘了谁才知道做什麽对他们最有利。
*****2011.08.29 (Mon)
***sammyboy: Cheng Bock: There is a SPLIT within the PAP
*PAP *split or faction *analysis of PE2011 results
***singaporelection: Opposition involvement in PE2011
or sammyboy: The Curse of the Presidential Election 2011 ! All must read!
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***Yahoo: "Genie is Out of Singapore Political Bottle"
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *excerpts: ... And finally, the most difficult task: A re-look at every policy that is grounded in the ideology of the old. The arguments for high growth, anti-welfarism culture, control of media, one-party system, a Chinese-only Prime Minister...they all need to be re-examined in the context of the signals the voters are sending ...
***nowhere: Random Discourse – Post Presidential Election
or udn: 星政治覺醒 恐難回頭
or nofearSingapore: Real Winners and Losers of Presidential Election 2011
or wiki: Tactical Voting
or atans1: “Divining tonite’s results”: where it all went wrong
or anonymousxwrites: My forecast was fairly ‘almost there’ – Dr Tony Tan won with 35.19% of total votes!!
or YJJ: Hard truths from the PE; Analysis of PE2011 Result
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***economist: Tantamount to a humiliation
or mysinchew: Singapore vote a 'wake up call' for ruling party
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *excerpts: ... "Only one in three voters chose the winner who is closely associated with the government. Two out of three chose somebody else and that's quite telling." ...
***mysingaporenews: The EP election is over; The silent revolution
or tankinlian: Post Portem on Presidential Campaign
or Musings From the Lion City: A Narrow Win (& what it means)
or blogging4myself: Some advice from Tan Cheng Bock
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *first-past-the-post *run off
*E103C
*****2011.08.28 (Sun)
***sgwritings: 一场意外之喜的鸡肋之战
or singaporeelection: Results
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***heresthenews: What the voters were saying
or NAR: A Comprehensive Post-Presidential Election 2011 Analysis
or sginsight:新加坡总统大选结果揭晓
or udn: 星總統 前副總理陳慶炎險勝
or pijitailai: 从政治层面看，工人党或许只这次总统选举的赢家
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***logos-pistis: PAP! Why you no provide leadership! Or, How the PAP can yet help themselves (and Singapore!) and Ideological Questions
*PAP leadership *future of Singapore
E103C
*****2011.08.27 (Sat)
***The Sketch Times: Crash or Survive?
or Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Divining tonite’s results
or YYJ: Whatever the PE2011 outcome, Singaporeans are already winners
or udn: 星選總統 深夜揭曉
or kementah: Presidential Election 2011: Close of polls
*election *presidential *PE2011
*****2011.08.25 (Thu)
***Yahoo: Singaporeans on the Cabinet’s first 100 days
*PAP government *governance *First 100 days
***desperateBeep: The Vote for What?
or mysingaporenews: Latest poll numbers
or pijitailai: 行动党政府不会因为总统选举结果而倒台，但是我国政治版图将会出现变数
or maverickbuzz: Power to Decide in Voters Hands
*election *presidential *PE2011 *prediction of results
*E103C
*****2011.08.24 (Wed)
***singaporenewsalternative: Pictures: Estimated 30,000 attended Tan Jee Say's rally at Toa Payoh Stadium
or udn: 星總統選舉 首見萬人政見會
or Youtube: Search Results for Tan Jee Say Presidential Election Rally
or lhzb: 冷静温和的第一炮
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS *election rally *Toa Payoh Stadium
*E103N
***buildingdeep: Singapore Presidential Election – Understanding the People’s Mentality
or harishpillay: Presidential Elections is August 27
or NAR: Will Dr Tony Tan suffer a voter backlash?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *diverse views
*****2011.08.23 (Tue)
***sginsight: 探索独立和背书总统的含义
or 360.wow.space: Singapore Presidential Election 2011 竞选期 Part 2 - 李总理间接的放话
*election *presidential *PE2011 *LHL PM
*****2011.08.22 (Mon)
***TOC: PE An Unsatisfactory Election
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... the elections is fast becoming a case of voting for who we object to least rather than who we really want for many Singaporeans ... The game plan, it seems, is to vote for the leading candidate to boost his chances of winning. How they will know which of these three Tans to bet on is going to be challenging ...
***wp.sg: Media Release on Use of Public Sites at Aljunied GRC
or siewkumhong: Leopards and Spots
or atans1: Why did PA take so long to complain?
*Aljunied GRC *WP *PAP *PA *HDB *political harmony *national solidarity
***jeannettechongaruldoss: Tan Jee Say - Man with the Passion to Serve
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS *TTKY *operation spectrum *Maxist Conspiracy
***mrbiao: Getting a Reality Check – Cost of Basic Survival in Singapore – S$20 a day
*cost of living
***kohsl88: The Elected Presidency – Vote For The Right President.
*election *presidential *PE2011 *analysis of candidates
*E103C
***mollymeek: Rational and Pragmatic for PAP Supporters to Vote against Tony Tan
*election *presidential *PE2011 *rational and pragmastic voters *excerpts: ... Given how easily the Constitution can be changed, I actually wonder if 2011 could be the last time Singaporeans get to vote for a President. Or perhaps the Constitution can be changed such that only someone who has been a minister is eligible.
***abdillahzamzuri: Presidential Candidates Symbolic Meanings
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TCB *TKL *TJS *TTKY *symbols and colours
***sgpolitics: The day curry became political
or eastcoastlife: Cook and Share A Pot Of Curry Day
or raviphilemon: I cooked a pot of curry
or razortv: Curry Day
*curry *politics *xenophobia *adaptability *social and racial harmony *curry day 2011.08.21
***maverickbuzz: Key considerations in final leg of PE race
*election *presidential *PE2011 *shifting the emphasis of concerns
*****2011.08.21 (Sun)
***TOC: Face to Face 2: Presidential Forum video Part 1; Part 2
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TCB *TKL *TJS *TTKY *fourm 2011.08.18
***sgwritings: 总统权限风波
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... 民选总统候选人退党后立即没有政党色彩，自欺欺人相信的不是白痴，便是愚民了。民选总统权限出现争议，显示人民政治思想日趋成熟和觉醒，因为民选总统必须依照宪法行事，而宪法又并非因循守旧一成不变 ...
***mysingaporenews: Paya Lebar CCC banned MP Chew Show Mao
*PA *CCC *CC *CSM *Aljunied GRC
*E103C
***singaporemind: Reasons for Growing Interest in PE
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... Voters start to question not just PAP policies but whether the govt's interests are aligned with their own. Even the Straits Times wrote about a "lost of trust" in the PAP govt. For this reason, voters look for candidates that are truly independent and will proactively seek to address the concerns of Singaporeans surrounding the management of our reserves. I see little point of voting for a PAP endorsed candidate who will do what the govt recommends and limits his own role - people don't want another President Nathan at this point in time ...
***yahoo: 1,000 gather to petition against dolphin enclosure
*Hong Lim Park *RWS *dolphin
***mrbrown: A facetious letter from the People’s Association
*PA *Aljunied GRC *partisan / non-partisan *grassroots adviser
***YB: The Perfume of Emollient Moderation
*election *presidential *PE2011 *lesson learn from the election campaign
*E103C
***tankinlian: Statement from Tan Kin Lian on the Presidential Election
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL
*E103C
***stngiam: Flash results – Micropolling results of Presidential Elections 2011
or twandjo: Can You Hear The People Sing?
or FB Gem Mkb Philip: Lessons from PE 2011
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *Importance of One-Person-One-Vote
***sginsight: 选举票数打了政府一巴掌
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *excerpts: ... 有些人会认为，这表示人民行动党得更努力适应这种反对势力较强的「新常态」，但有些人也会持相反意见，认为新加坡人已经忘了谁才知道做什麽对他们最有利。
*****2011.08.29 (Mon)
***sammyboy: Cheng Bock: There is a SPLIT within the PAP
*PAP *split or faction *analysis of PE2011 results
***singaporelection: Opposition involvement in PE2011
or sammyboy: The Curse of the Presidential Election 2011 ! All must read!
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***Yahoo: "Genie is Out of Singapore Political Bottle"
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *excerpts: ... And finally, the most difficult task: A re-look at every policy that is grounded in the ideology of the old. The arguments for high growth, anti-welfarism culture, control of media, one-party system, a Chinese-only Prime Minister...they all need to be re-examined in the context of the signals the voters are sending ...
***nowhere: Random Discourse – Post Presidential Election
or udn: 星政治覺醒 恐難回頭
or nofearSingapore: Real Winners and Losers of Presidential Election 2011
or wiki: Tactical Voting
or atans1: “Divining tonite’s results”: where it all went wrong
or anonymousxwrites: My forecast was fairly ‘almost there’ – Dr Tony Tan won with 35.19% of total votes!!
or YJJ: Hard truths from the PE; Analysis of PE2011 Result
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***economist: Tantamount to a humiliation
or mysinchew: Singapore vote a 'wake up call' for ruling party
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *excerpts: ... "Only one in three voters chose the winner who is closely associated with the government. Two out of three chose somebody else and that's quite telling." ...
***mysingaporenews: The EP election is over; The silent revolution
or tankinlian: Post Portem on Presidential Campaign
or Musings From the Lion City: A Narrow Win (& what it means)
or blogging4myself: Some advice from Tan Cheng Bock
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results *first-past-the-post *run off
*E103C
*****2011.08.28 (Sun)
***sgwritings: 一场意外之喜的鸡肋之战
or singaporeelection: Results
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***heresthenews: What the voters were saying
or NAR: A Comprehensive Post-Presidential Election 2011 Analysis
or sginsight:新加坡总统大选结果揭晓
or udn: 星總統 前副總理陳慶炎險勝
or pijitailai: 从政治层面看，工人党或许只这次总统选举的赢家
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Analysis of Results
***logos-pistis: PAP! Why you no provide leadership! Or, How the PAP can yet help themselves (and Singapore!) and Ideological Questions
*PAP leadership *future of Singapore
E103C
*****2011.08.27 (Sat)
***The Sketch Times: Crash or Survive?
or Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Divining tonite’s results
or YYJ: Whatever the PE2011 outcome, Singaporeans are already winners
or udn: 星選總統 深夜揭曉
or kementah: Presidential Election 2011: Close of polls
*election *presidential *PE2011
*****2011.08.25 (Thu)
***Yahoo: Singaporeans on the Cabinet’s first 100 days
*PAP government *governance *First 100 days
***desperateBeep: The Vote for What?
or mysingaporenews: Latest poll numbers
or pijitailai: 行动党政府不会因为总统选举结果而倒台，但是我国政治版图将会出现变数
or maverickbuzz: Power to Decide in Voters Hands
*election *presidential *PE2011 *prediction of results
*E103C
*****2011.08.24 (Wed)
***singaporenewsalternative: Pictures: Estimated 30,000 attended Tan Jee Say's rally at Toa Payoh Stadium
or udn: 星總統選舉 首見萬人政見會
or Youtube: Search Results for Tan Jee Say Presidential Election Rally
or lhzb: 冷静温和的第一炮
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS *election rally *Toa Payoh Stadium
*E103N
***buildingdeep: Singapore Presidential Election – Understanding the People’s Mentality
or harishpillay: Presidential Elections is August 27
or NAR: Will Dr Tony Tan suffer a voter backlash?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *diverse views
*****2011.08.23 (Tue)
***sginsight: 探索独立和背书总统的含义
or 360.wow.space: Singapore Presidential Election 2011 竞选期 Part 2 - 李总理间接的放话
*election *presidential *PE2011 *LHL PM
*****2011.08.22 (Mon)
***TOC: PE An Unsatisfactory Election
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... the elections is fast becoming a case of voting for who we object to least rather than who we really want for many Singaporeans ... The game plan, it seems, is to vote for the leading candidate to boost his chances of winning. How they will know which of these three Tans to bet on is going to be challenging ...
***wp.sg: Media Release on Use of Public Sites at Aljunied GRC
or siewkumhong: Leopards and Spots
or atans1: Why did PA take so long to complain?
*Aljunied GRC *WP *PAP *PA *HDB *political harmony *national solidarity
***jeannettechongaruldoss: Tan Jee Say - Man with the Passion to Serve
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS *TTKY *operation spectrum *Maxist Conspiracy
***mrbiao: Getting a Reality Check – Cost of Basic Survival in Singapore – S$20 a day
*cost of living
***kohsl88: The Elected Presidency – Vote For The Right President.
*election *presidential *PE2011 *analysis of candidates
*E103C
***mollymeek: Rational and Pragmatic for PAP Supporters to Vote against Tony Tan
*election *presidential *PE2011 *rational and pragmastic voters *excerpts: ... Given how easily the Constitution can be changed, I actually wonder if 2011 could be the last time Singaporeans get to vote for a President. Or perhaps the Constitution can be changed such that only someone who has been a minister is eligible.
***abdillahzamzuri: Presidential Candidates Symbolic Meanings
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TCB *TKL *TJS *TTKY *symbols and colours
***sgpolitics: The day curry became political
or eastcoastlife: Cook and Share A Pot Of Curry Day
or raviphilemon: I cooked a pot of curry
or razortv: Curry Day
*curry *politics *xenophobia *adaptability *social and racial harmony *curry day 2011.08.21
***maverickbuzz: Key considerations in final leg of PE race
*election *presidential *PE2011 *shifting the emphasis of concerns
*****2011.08.21 (Sun)
***TOC: Face to Face 2: Presidential Forum video Part 1; Part 2
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TCB *TKL *TJS *TTKY *fourm 2011.08.18
***sgwritings: 总统权限风波
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... 民选总统候选人退党后立即没有政党色彩，自欺欺人相信的不是白痴，便是愚民了。民选总统权限出现争议，显示人民政治思想日趋成熟和觉醒，因为民选总统必须依照宪法行事，而宪法又并非因循守旧一成不变 ...
***mysingaporenews: Paya Lebar CCC banned MP Chew Show Mao
*PA *CCC *CC *CSM *Aljunied GRC
*E103C
***singaporemind: Reasons for Growing Interest in PE
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... Voters start to question not just PAP policies but whether the govt's interests are aligned with their own. Even the Straits Times wrote about a "lost of trust" in the PAP govt. For this reason, voters look for candidates that are truly independent and will proactively seek to address the concerns of Singaporeans surrounding the management of our reserves. I see little point of voting for a PAP endorsed candidate who will do what the govt recommends and limits his own role - people don't want another President Nathan at this point in time ...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
SGLC - 2011.08.11 to 2011.08.20 - Society and Politics
*****2011.08.20 (Sat)
***thestar: No Tan-tative winner in sight
*election *presidential *PE2011
***Blogging for Myself: Why is Tan Cheng Bock the wisest of the four
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TCB *excerpts: ... Those who are thoughtful and there must at least be thousands of us, will see this was TCB's real purpose behind his suggestion of relocating the PMO ...
*****2011.08.18 (Thu)
***mysingaporenews: An embarrassing moment repeating?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TTKY *GY
***NAR: A trivia about Singapore’s Presidency
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Comparison on small matters
***blinkingmummy: Singapore Presidential Elections 2011: An Idiot-Proof Guide
*election *presidential *PE2011
***blogging4myself: Juggernaut: A book this government would wish you avoid
*governance *political parties
***singaporekopitok: The Election Dilemma and the President Idol
*election *presidential *PE2011 *prisoners' dilemma *Asia Idol
***CNA: PE: Candidates unveil election symbols
*election *presidential *PE2011 *campaign symbols
*****2011.08.17 (Wed)
***yahoo: Can Singapore wean itself off cheap foreign labour? (Ho Kwon Ping)
*HKP Ho Kwon Ping *excerpts: ... Ho acknowledges that there is a legitimate economic argument to putting a cap on the number of foreign students at the universities. "Our schools, our universities are heavily subsidised, so it's justifiable that taxpayers' money should go towards the children of taxpayers," he said. Yet, he believes that there is a qualitative argument for retaining a significant number of foreign students at the schools. "A society that does not welcome diversity is going to be a very brittle society," he said ...
***NAR: ST Presidential Roundtable
*ST *Roundtable Discussion *PE2011 candidates
***udn: 史上最激烈 新加坡4人角逐總統
*election *presidential *PE2011
***asiasentinel: A Rare Contentious Election in Singapore
*election *presidential *PE2011
***cnn: Singaporeans will vote for Tan, but which one?
*election *presidential *PE2011
***yoursdp: Tony Tan is the problem, not the solution - Part 1; Part 2 (2011.08.19)
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TTKY
***FB PE2011 Candidates - 4 Tans: TKL (Tan Kin Lian)
TCB (Dr Tan Cheng Bock) TTKY (Dr Tony Tan) TJS (Tan Jee Say)
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS * TCB *TTKY *TKL
***YB: Presidential elections nomination day
*election *presidential *PE2011 *nomination day 2011.08.17 Wed *TJS * TCB *TTKY *TKL *candidates *supporters
***TOC: TOC’s exclusive interview with Tan Kin Lian
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL
***chinapost: Singapore tightens rules for hiring foreigners
*rules for hiring foreigners *excerpts: ... Foreigners currently account for about 35 percent of the 5.1 million people in Singapore, which serves as a regional headquarters for many banks and multinational firms ...
***CNA: PE: PM Lee on what Presidential Election is about
*election *presidential *PE2011 *LHL PM
*****2011.08.16 (Tue)
***Youtube wendyneo: Singapore Presidential Election 2011: HOW TO VOTE 101
*election *presidential *PE2011 *what's the most important task Singaporeans wants the EP to do? And who's the best person for the task?
***article14: Three Tans and The TAN
*election *presidential *PE2011 *percentage of winning votes
*****2011.08.15 (Mon)
***TOC: Forget the Constitution, it’s the people’s choice, stupid!
*election *presidential *PE2011 *roles, responsibilities and power of EP
***FB Albert Lim Sze Kiong: Why this Presidential Election is the real watershed fearless independence election ever since
*election *presidential *PE2011 *no fear of anything *excerpts: ... A low percentage for their preferred candidate will only tell the real statistically hard truth fact of how Singaporeans are really unhappy with the current government. They will really need to live up to their promises they made during the GE2011. And they will need to work more assertively than the previous 5 years. No party is forever and the current government is really trying very hard to prove us wrong ...
***lhzb: 当“PAP”成为包袱……
*election *presidential *PE2011 *candidate - 4 Tans *PAPness
***pap: National Rally Speech by Lee Hsien Loong - English; Mandarin
*national rally speech *PM LHL
*****2011.08.13 (Sat)
***sginsight: 水中捞月的国庆日许愿
*the overall national interests *party interests *governance *PAP government *excerpts: ... 让各个政党公平的去竞争执政权力，当政权可以和平的转移，那新加坡就可以在一个制度化的环境内，包容社会里的不同政经观点 ...
*****2011.08.12 (Fri)
****TR: Minister Shanmugam Forced to eat His Words
*election *presidential *PE2011 *EP, PM and PAP government *the office of EP *one person one vote
*****2011.08.11 (Thu)
***singaporeelection: Singapore is actually bankrupted by the GIC and Temasek
or FB Davian Lee: Rebutting Temasek Review’s “Singapore is actually bankrupted by the GIC and Temasek” (2011.08.15)
*GIC *TH *national reserves *CPF funds *privatisation *stratetic assets
***elections.gov.sg: Cerfificates of Eligibility issued for Presidential Election 2011
or reuters: Singapore says four qualify for presidential election
or TOC: Breaking news: All four Tans receive the Certificate of Eligibility
or CNA: PE: 4 get Certificates of Eligibility for presidential polls
*election *presidential *PE2011 *certificate of eligibility - TJS, TKL, TCB, TTKY
***thestar: No Tan-tative winner in sight
*election *presidential *PE2011
***Blogging for Myself: Why is Tan Cheng Bock the wisest of the four
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TCB *excerpts: ... Those who are thoughtful and there must at least be thousands of us, will see this was TCB's real purpose behind his suggestion of relocating the PMO ...
*****2011.08.18 (Thu)
***mysingaporenews: An embarrassing moment repeating?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TTKY *GY
***NAR: A trivia about Singapore’s Presidency
*election *presidential *PE2011 *Comparison on small matters
***blinkingmummy: Singapore Presidential Elections 2011: An Idiot-Proof Guide
*election *presidential *PE2011
***blogging4myself: Juggernaut: A book this government would wish you avoid
*governance *political parties
***singaporekopitok: The Election Dilemma and the President Idol
*election *presidential *PE2011 *prisoners' dilemma *Asia Idol
***CNA: PE: Candidates unveil election symbols
*election *presidential *PE2011 *campaign symbols
*****2011.08.17 (Wed)
***yahoo: Can Singapore wean itself off cheap foreign labour? (Ho Kwon Ping)
*HKP Ho Kwon Ping *excerpts: ... Ho acknowledges that there is a legitimate economic argument to putting a cap on the number of foreign students at the universities. "Our schools, our universities are heavily subsidised, so it's justifiable that taxpayers' money should go towards the children of taxpayers," he said. Yet, he believes that there is a qualitative argument for retaining a significant number of foreign students at the schools. "A society that does not welcome diversity is going to be a very brittle society," he said ...
***NAR: ST Presidential Roundtable
*ST *Roundtable Discussion *PE2011 candidates
***udn: 史上最激烈 新加坡4人角逐總統
*election *presidential *PE2011
***asiasentinel: A Rare Contentious Election in Singapore
*election *presidential *PE2011
***cnn: Singaporeans will vote for Tan, but which one?
*election *presidential *PE2011
***yoursdp: Tony Tan is the problem, not the solution - Part 1; Part 2 (2011.08.19)
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TTKY
***FB PE2011 Candidates - 4 Tans: TKL (Tan Kin Lian)
TCB (Dr Tan Cheng Bock) TTKY (Dr Tony Tan) TJS (Tan Jee Say)
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS * TCB *TTKY *TKL
***YB: Presidential elections nomination day
*election *presidential *PE2011 *nomination day 2011.08.17 Wed *TJS * TCB *TTKY *TKL *candidates *supporters
***TOC: TOC’s exclusive interview with Tan Kin Lian
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL
***chinapost: Singapore tightens rules for hiring foreigners
*rules for hiring foreigners *excerpts: ... Foreigners currently account for about 35 percent of the 5.1 million people in Singapore, which serves as a regional headquarters for many banks and multinational firms ...
***CNA: PE: PM Lee on what Presidential Election is about
*election *presidential *PE2011 *LHL PM
*****2011.08.16 (Tue)
***Youtube wendyneo: Singapore Presidential Election 2011: HOW TO VOTE 101
*election *presidential *PE2011 *what's the most important task Singaporeans wants the EP to do? And who's the best person for the task?
***article14: Three Tans and The TAN
*election *presidential *PE2011 *percentage of winning votes
*****2011.08.15 (Mon)
***TOC: Forget the Constitution, it’s the people’s choice, stupid!
*election *presidential *PE2011 *roles, responsibilities and power of EP
***FB Albert Lim Sze Kiong: Why this Presidential Election is the real watershed fearless independence election ever since
*election *presidential *PE2011 *no fear of anything *excerpts: ... A low percentage for their preferred candidate will only tell the real statistically hard truth fact of how Singaporeans are really unhappy with the current government. They will really need to live up to their promises they made during the GE2011. And they will need to work more assertively than the previous 5 years. No party is forever and the current government is really trying very hard to prove us wrong ...
***lhzb: 当“PAP”成为包袱……
*election *presidential *PE2011 *candidate - 4 Tans *PAPness
***pap: National Rally Speech by Lee Hsien Loong - English; Mandarin
*national rally speech *PM LHL
*****2011.08.13 (Sat)
***sginsight: 水中捞月的国庆日许愿
*the overall national interests *party interests *governance *PAP government *excerpts: ... 让各个政党公平的去竞争执政权力，当政权可以和平的转移，那新加坡就可以在一个制度化的环境内，包容社会里的不同政经观点 ...
*****2011.08.12 (Fri)
****TR: Minister Shanmugam Forced to eat His Words
*election *presidential *PE2011 *EP, PM and PAP government *the office of EP *one person one vote
*****2011.08.11 (Thu)
***singaporeelection: Singapore is actually bankrupted by the GIC and Temasek
or FB Davian Lee: Rebutting Temasek Review’s “Singapore is actually bankrupted by the GIC and Temasek” (2011.08.15)
*GIC *TH *national reserves *CPF funds *privatisation *stratetic assets
***elections.gov.sg: Cerfificates of Eligibility issued for Presidential Election 2011
or reuters: Singapore says four qualify for presidential election
or TOC: Breaking news: All four Tans receive the Certificate of Eligibility
or CNA: PE: 4 get Certificates of Eligibility for presidential polls
*election *presidential *PE2011 *certificate of eligibility - TJS, TKL, TCB, TTKY
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
SGLC - 2011.08.01 to 2011.08.10 - Society and Politics
*****2011.08.10 (Wed)
***socialpr: How to apologise to the Nation of Singapore
or FB Penny Low: http://www.facebook.com/mspennylow/posts/231240433585520
or feedmetothefish: How Dare You, Penny?
or blog.dk.sg: MP Penny Low has no respect for the National Anthem
*National Anthem *PAP MP Penny Low
***TOC: How much of the Reserves has been really used?
*national reserves *excerpts: ... It states that “President S R Nathan’s office has been approving the use of past reserves to fund land reclamation projects since 2001 and land acquisition for the Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers) since 2002” ...
***wherebearsroamfree: History of the Birth of the Elected Presidential System
*election *presidential *PE2011 *history of presidential system
***tanchengbock: Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s response to Minister Shanmugam’s comments on presidential candidates:Quality is what counts (Straits Times 8 Aug 2011)
*election *presidential *PE2011 *quality of candidates *TCB *Shanmugam
*****2011.08.08 (Mon)
***mysingaporenews: The Bickering Two Party Systems
*American politics *political system *serving self interests *excerpts: ... One party system, multi party system, dictatorship, communism, monarchy, all will end with the same fate, with the same set of problems, all because of human greed. No system can survive the greed of man, no matter how good the system was when it was first formulated. All systems will end up with systemic rot, with the smell of human stench ...
*E103C
*****2011.08.07 (Sun)
***mollymeek: The Presidential Election or the PAP Election?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... perhaps—just perhaps—the Elected President may be able to be more than just an expensive rubber stamp. The multiple reminders we are getting about the role of the President may seem like a lowdown way of pushing the people to vote for the candidate endorsed by the PAP ... it would actually be wise for the PAP to just shut up. The more anxious the PAP appears, the more the people get the idea that they are afraid of an Elected President who wants to check their powers. And the more they seem to be afraid, the more faith we have in such a President ...
***YB: As President, ‘I will be the conscience of the nation,’ says Jee Say
*election *presidential *PE2011 *roles, responsibilities and power of EP
***feedmetothefish: Dumb President Plays 5 Stones and PAP Paints Itself Into A Corner!
*election *presidential *PE2011 *PAP *excerpts: ... Please stop insulting citizens of Singapore with the PEC to pre-select the candidates for us. We are not that daft! Stop treating us like idiots. We are not what ex-MM thinks we are! ...
*****2011.08.06 (Sat)
***tankinlian: Statement from Tan Kin Lian - Can the President Speak?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL *soft power of EP
***mysingaporenews: I dunno What to say
or 360.wow.space: 谁应主导和深植新加坡在国际社会的定位和方向
*election *presidential *PE2011 *roles of EP *IPS forum *SMG *PAP government *LHL *TTKY
*E103M
*****2011.08.04 (Thu)
***NAR: What the Presidential Election would reveal
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... Why is the Presidential election a better reflection of PAP versus non-PAP support, despite the official rule of non-alignment with political entities? This is because there are factors affecting voters’ decision during General Elections that are absent during Presidential election ... Thus, under such circumstances, it will be a very good achievement for Tony if he can achieve Ong’s 58.7% ...
***elections.gov.sg: Presidential Election 2011
ST: Polling Day for Presidential Election: Aug 27
or elections.gov.sg: Subsidiary Legislative Change under Presidential Elections Act
*election *presidential *PE2011 *polling day *nomination day *cooling-off day
***Yahoo: Comprehensive review on bus service levels: Lui Tuck Yew
*public transport *quality of service *PTC *LTY *excerpts: ... PTC will also need to audit and regulate more tightly to ensure these standards are met ...
*****2011.08.01 (Mon)
***atans1: “little disappointment”: Tony Tan to TOC
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TTKY *Patrick Tan *PR *excerpts: ... Berkeley argued that there are no material objects, only minds and ideas in those minds. He summarised his theory with the motto “esse est percipi” (“To be is to be perceived”). In modern PR-speak, this translates into,“Perception is reality”, one of the major tenets of the PR and public communication industry...
***socialpr: How to apologise to the Nation of Singapore
or FB Penny Low: http://www.facebook.com/mspennylow/posts/231240433585520
or feedmetothefish: How Dare You, Penny?
or blog.dk.sg: MP Penny Low has no respect for the National Anthem
*National Anthem *PAP MP Penny Low
***TOC: How much of the Reserves has been really used?
*national reserves *excerpts: ... It states that “President S R Nathan’s office has been approving the use of past reserves to fund land reclamation projects since 2001 and land acquisition for the Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers) since 2002” ...
***wherebearsroamfree: History of the Birth of the Elected Presidential System
*election *presidential *PE2011 *history of presidential system
***tanchengbock: Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s response to Minister Shanmugam’s comments on presidential candidates:Quality is what counts (Straits Times 8 Aug 2011)
*election *presidential *PE2011 *quality of candidates *TCB *Shanmugam
*****2011.08.08 (Mon)
***mysingaporenews: The Bickering Two Party Systems
*American politics *political system *serving self interests *excerpts: ... One party system, multi party system, dictatorship, communism, monarchy, all will end with the same fate, with the same set of problems, all because of human greed. No system can survive the greed of man, no matter how good the system was when it was first formulated. All systems will end up with systemic rot, with the smell of human stench ...
*E103C
*****2011.08.07 (Sun)
***mollymeek: The Presidential Election or the PAP Election?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... perhaps—just perhaps—the Elected President may be able to be more than just an expensive rubber stamp. The multiple reminders we are getting about the role of the President may seem like a lowdown way of pushing the people to vote for the candidate endorsed by the PAP ... it would actually be wise for the PAP to just shut up. The more anxious the PAP appears, the more the people get the idea that they are afraid of an Elected President who wants to check their powers. And the more they seem to be afraid, the more faith we have in such a President ...
***YB: As President, ‘I will be the conscience of the nation,’ says Jee Say
*election *presidential *PE2011 *roles, responsibilities and power of EP
***feedmetothefish: Dumb President Plays 5 Stones and PAP Paints Itself Into A Corner!
*election *presidential *PE2011 *PAP *excerpts: ... Please stop insulting citizens of Singapore with the PEC to pre-select the candidates for us. We are not that daft! Stop treating us like idiots. We are not what ex-MM thinks we are! ...
*****2011.08.06 (Sat)
***tankinlian: Statement from Tan Kin Lian - Can the President Speak?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL *soft power of EP
***mysingaporenews: I dunno What to say
or 360.wow.space: 谁应主导和深植新加坡在国际社会的定位和方向
*election *presidential *PE2011 *roles of EP *IPS forum *SMG *PAP government *LHL *TTKY
*E103M
*****2011.08.04 (Thu)
***NAR: What the Presidential Election would reveal
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... Why is the Presidential election a better reflection of PAP versus non-PAP support, despite the official rule of non-alignment with political entities? This is because there are factors affecting voters’ decision during General Elections that are absent during Presidential election ... Thus, under such circumstances, it will be a very good achievement for Tony if he can achieve Ong’s 58.7% ...
***elections.gov.sg: Presidential Election 2011
ST: Polling Day for Presidential Election: Aug 27
or elections.gov.sg: Subsidiary Legislative Change under Presidential Elections Act
*election *presidential *PE2011 *polling day *nomination day *cooling-off day
***Yahoo: Comprehensive review on bus service levels: Lui Tuck Yew
*public transport *quality of service *PTC *LTY *excerpts: ... PTC will also need to audit and regulate more tightly to ensure these standards are met ...
*****2011.08.01 (Mon)
***atans1: “little disappointment”: Tony Tan to TOC
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TTKY *Patrick Tan *PR *excerpts: ... Berkeley argued that there are no material objects, only minds and ideas in those minds. He summarised his theory with the motto “esse est percipi” (“To be is to be perceived”). In modern PR-speak, this translates into,“Perception is reality”, one of the major tenets of the PR and public communication industry...
Monday, July 18, 2011
This Web Space - Links 2011.07.18
Add another 5 to "Links (SG Society & Politics)" and 1 to "Links (GV Entertainment & Electronics)" -
Links (SG Society & Politics)
*My Singapore News
*Your SDP
*SGPolitics.Net
*新加坡文献馆 SGInsight
*Singapore News Alternative
Links (GV Entertainment & Electronics)
*综艺巴士 ZYBus.Net
Total links = 6 (existing) + 6 (new) = 12.
My plan (no change) is to maintain eventually total 25 links, no more no less. In the process, I may add some remove some as and when I feel necessary.
Links (SG Society & Politics)
*My Singapore News
*Your SDP
*SGPolitics.Net
*新加坡文献馆 SGInsight
*Singapore News Alternative
Links (GV Entertainment & Electronics)
*综艺巴士 ZYBus.Net
Total links = 6 (existing) + 6 (new) = 12.
My plan (no change) is to maintain eventually total 25 links, no more no less. In the process, I may add some remove some as and when I feel necessary.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
SGLC - 2011.07.16 to 2011.07.31 - Society and Politics
*****2011.07.31 (Sun)
***convexset: On Fairness in National Service
*Patrick Tan - Son of TTKY *NS national service *nepotism
*****2011.07.28 (Thu)
***thelongnwindingroad: Plans for Public Engagement on the Rail Corridor
or URA: Rail Corridor Feedback (Official)
*rail corridor *KTM railway *public feedback
***Singapore Notes: SMRT Breaks Even
*public transport *profit or break-even *service provider *SMRT
*****2011.07.27 (Wed)
***Yahoo: NSP : More Competition Needed in Public Transport
*public transport *model of competition *NSP
***Yahoo: Ministry website provides information on reserves
or Ministry of Finance SG: FAQs - Protection of Reserves
*Ministry of Finance *national reserves *EP
***flâneurose: What a Non-PAP elected President Means
*election *presidential *PE2011 *possibility of a non-PAP EP *excerpts: ... The worst outcome would be a popular and vocal President, with a centrist position that is not in concord with the PAP’s policies, and who has excellent oratorical skills and is not afraid to use them ...
***mysingaporenews: Two Party System Will Ruin Singapore
*political system *political life cycle *party life cycle *LKY *one-party system *two-party system *excerpts: Really, every system is good and every system is bad. It all boils down to the goodness of the leader.
***Ministry of Finance SG: FAQs (Point 3 - What Kind of Information that President has access to?)
*EP *full access of information *excerpts: (The answer) The President is entitled to all information that the Cabinet and the boards of the 5th Schedule statutory boards and companies are entitled to.
The President is entitled to ask Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and senior public officers and any of the board members, directors or CEOs of the 5th Schedule statutory boards and companies for such information. When asked, all these persons are duty bound to supply the information requested. The President has full information about the size of the reserves (including physical assets like land) and the performance of the investment entities.
*****2011.07.25 (Mon)
***andrewlohhp: Enter the PM
*public transport *quality of service *service provider *LHL *PTC
*****2011.07.22 (Fri)
***thesatayclub: Time to Shake Up the GLC Monopolies
*public transport *other industies *downsides of nationalisation *downsides of privitisation
***otterman: Breaking The Link - Cutting and Removing The KTM Railway Line
*KTM Railway
***Speech by Mr Lim Boon Heng at the appreciation dinner for retired PAP [PDF]
*election *election results *PAP *LBH
*****2011.07.20 (Wed)
***singaporemind: Revisiting the decision to privatise our power stations
*conventional power plant *nuclear power plant *electricity *strategic asset
***mysingaporenews: If We Do Away With The President
or 360.wow.space: Singapore Presidential Election 2011 - Part 6 (竞选前哨的氛围5-民选总统制的最后一次选举的可能) (2011.07.17)
*election *presidential *PE2011 *get rid of elected president *get rid of president the office
*E103M
*****2011.07.19 (Tue)
***FB: Quality of Service Is The Real Challenge (Lui Tuck Yew's Facebook)
*public transport *quality of service *LTY Lui Tuck Yew
*****2011.07.18 (Mon)
***de-levathan: Visit to Bukit Timah Railway Station and a Walk with Tan Kin Lian on the KTM Railway Track
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL *KTM railway
***nohardfeelingsmemoir: What Is At Stake?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *round 2 *candidate *excerpts: ... The question that I have often asked myself is: Why is the PAP so obsessed with high rates of growth to the extent that it was willing to open the flood gates to anyone with the money or the desired skill or the right ethnicity to come in? My guess is that it arises from the almost pathological insecurities of the PAP inner circle to what they consider as geopolitical realities ...
***yoursdp: We Need Leaders Not Just Politicians
*leader vs politician *national reserves *excerpts: ... Many think that we are well on our way to democracy where we will elect more opposition MPs in the next GE and some more in 2021 until we displace the PAP as government. That's the theory. The reality is that the PAP still retains all the power and can change the rules ever so easily ... If a crisis that has a direct impact on our financial reserves hits us, we will find ourselves completely helpless in a matter of weeks for we have absolutely no control over the reserves. The SDP has been urgently calling the people's attention to this insanely risky position. Unfortunately, the mass media continue to lull the people into a dangerous state of political stupor ...
*****2011.07.17 (Sun)
***CNA: Three presidential hopefuls join railway buzz
*election *presidential *PE2011 *hopeful *KTM railway *TCB *TJS *TKL *KBW
***mysingaporenews: The People's Prayer Answered
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS *candidate *excerpts: ... When you can choose between black and white, there is no need to compromise by choosing another shade of grey. When a situation is murky, when awkward explanations and justifications are needed, it is best to go for one that is clear and free from adulterated reasonings ...
***TOC: President Must Be Potent Symbol Multiracial Ethos
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... The very essence of the Presidency as an expression of our inter-ethnic unity carries less weight today than it was during the years before the scheme was introduced, since the ethnic factor is not as relevant a consideration now in the presidential selection process...
***sgwritings (forum): 陈如斯领取总统候选人合格证书申请表格
*election *presidential *PE2011 *candidate *analysis of candidate *excerpts: ... 两害相权取其轻，反之就是两利相权取其重 -- 在选择总统这回事上，咱们新加坡人可得仔细想想，谁能够为新加坡人民带来最大的利益！...
*****2011.07.16 (Sat)
***TOC: No Longer Content to Murmur Our Dissent
*election *power and control *collective mindset * MSM *online and internet *distrust and alternative views *excerpts: ... the single, biggest contributing factor for this sudden overt manifestation of viewpoints can be best described by the Arabic proverb “the straw that broke the camel’s back”. It was not a single major incident that turned the tide but rather, an accumulation of being ridden roughshod over years that pushed people over the edge, such that seemingly inconsequential events ignited furious anger ... word spread that such blogs and websites provided information not provided by the mainstream media and people logged on to get a piece of the action. This in turn linked them up to other like minded individuals and suddenly, people realised that they were not alone in their disapprobation ... Respect and authority must be earned. It cannot be forced. This is especially so in the age of the internet and the proliferation of social networking sites ...
***convexset: On Fairness in National Service
*Patrick Tan - Son of TTKY *NS national service *nepotism
*****2011.07.28 (Thu)
***thelongnwindingroad: Plans for Public Engagement on the Rail Corridor
or URA: Rail Corridor Feedback (Official)
*rail corridor *KTM railway *public feedback
***Singapore Notes: SMRT Breaks Even
*public transport *profit or break-even *service provider *SMRT
*****2011.07.27 (Wed)
***Yahoo: NSP : More Competition Needed in Public Transport
*public transport *model of competition *NSP
***Yahoo: Ministry website provides information on reserves
or Ministry of Finance SG: FAQs - Protection of Reserves
*Ministry of Finance *national reserves *EP
***flâneurose: What a Non-PAP elected President Means
*election *presidential *PE2011 *possibility of a non-PAP EP *excerpts: ... The worst outcome would be a popular and vocal President, with a centrist position that is not in concord with the PAP’s policies, and who has excellent oratorical skills and is not afraid to use them ...
***mysingaporenews: Two Party System Will Ruin Singapore
*political system *political life cycle *party life cycle *LKY *one-party system *two-party system *excerpts: Really, every system is good and every system is bad. It all boils down to the goodness of the leader.
***Ministry of Finance SG: FAQs (Point 3 - What Kind of Information that President has access to?)
*EP *full access of information *excerpts: (The answer) The President is entitled to all information that the Cabinet and the boards of the 5th Schedule statutory boards and companies are entitled to.
The President is entitled to ask Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and senior public officers and any of the board members, directors or CEOs of the 5th Schedule statutory boards and companies for such information. When asked, all these persons are duty bound to supply the information requested. The President has full information about the size of the reserves (including physical assets like land) and the performance of the investment entities.
*****2011.07.25 (Mon)
***andrewlohhp: Enter the PM
*public transport *quality of service *service provider *LHL *PTC
*****2011.07.22 (Fri)
***thesatayclub: Time to Shake Up the GLC Monopolies
*public transport *other industies *downsides of nationalisation *downsides of privitisation
***otterman: Breaking The Link - Cutting and Removing The KTM Railway Line
*KTM Railway
***Speech by Mr Lim Boon Heng at the appreciation dinner for retired PAP [PDF]
*election *election results *PAP *LBH
*****2011.07.20 (Wed)
***singaporemind: Revisiting the decision to privatise our power stations
*conventional power plant *nuclear power plant *electricity *strategic asset
***mysingaporenews: If We Do Away With The President
or 360.wow.space: Singapore Presidential Election 2011 - Part 6 (竞选前哨的氛围5-民选总统制的最后一次选举的可能) (2011.07.17)
*election *presidential *PE2011 *get rid of elected president *get rid of president the office
*E103M
*****2011.07.19 (Tue)
***FB: Quality of Service Is The Real Challenge (Lui Tuck Yew's Facebook)
*public transport *quality of service *LTY Lui Tuck Yew
*****2011.07.18 (Mon)
***de-levathan: Visit to Bukit Timah Railway Station and a Walk with Tan Kin Lian on the KTM Railway Track
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL *KTM railway
***nohardfeelingsmemoir: What Is At Stake?
*election *presidential *PE2011 *round 2 *candidate *excerpts: ... The question that I have often asked myself is: Why is the PAP so obsessed with high rates of growth to the extent that it was willing to open the flood gates to anyone with the money or the desired skill or the right ethnicity to come in? My guess is that it arises from the almost pathological insecurities of the PAP inner circle to what they consider as geopolitical realities ...
***yoursdp: We Need Leaders Not Just Politicians
*leader vs politician *national reserves *excerpts: ... Many think that we are well on our way to democracy where we will elect more opposition MPs in the next GE and some more in 2021 until we displace the PAP as government. That's the theory. The reality is that the PAP still retains all the power and can change the rules ever so easily ... If a crisis that has a direct impact on our financial reserves hits us, we will find ourselves completely helpless in a matter of weeks for we have absolutely no control over the reserves. The SDP has been urgently calling the people's attention to this insanely risky position. Unfortunately, the mass media continue to lull the people into a dangerous state of political stupor ...
*****2011.07.17 (Sun)
***CNA: Three presidential hopefuls join railway buzz
*election *presidential *PE2011 *hopeful *KTM railway *TCB *TJS *TKL *KBW
***mysingaporenews: The People's Prayer Answered
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS *candidate *excerpts: ... When you can choose between black and white, there is no need to compromise by choosing another shade of grey. When a situation is murky, when awkward explanations and justifications are needed, it is best to go for one that is clear and free from adulterated reasonings ...
***TOC: President Must Be Potent Symbol Multiracial Ethos
*election *presidential *PE2011 *excerpts: ... The very essence of the Presidency as an expression of our inter-ethnic unity carries less weight today than it was during the years before the scheme was introduced, since the ethnic factor is not as relevant a consideration now in the presidential selection process...
***sgwritings (forum): 陈如斯领取总统候选人合格证书申请表格
*election *presidential *PE2011 *candidate *analysis of candidate *excerpts: ... 两害相权取其轻，反之就是两利相权取其重 -- 在选择总统这回事上，咱们新加坡人可得仔细想想，谁能够为新加坡人民带来最大的利益！...
*****2011.07.16 (Sat)
***TOC: No Longer Content to Murmur Our Dissent
*election *power and control *collective mindset * MSM *online and internet *distrust and alternative views *excerpts: ... the single, biggest contributing factor for this sudden overt manifestation of viewpoints can be best described by the Arabic proverb “the straw that broke the camel’s back”. It was not a single major incident that turned the tide but rather, an accumulation of being ridden roughshod over years that pushed people over the edge, such that seemingly inconsequential events ignited furious anger ... word spread that such blogs and websites provided information not provided by the mainstream media and people logged on to get a piece of the action. This in turn linked them up to other like minded individuals and suddenly, people realised that they were not alone in their disapprobation ... Respect and authority must be earned. It cannot be forced. This is especially so in the age of the internet and the proliferation of social networking sites ...
Monday, July 04, 2011
GVLC - 2011.07 to 2011.09 - Society and Politics
*****2011.09.12 (Sun)
***udn: 霸主地位告終 金磚4國崛起
*BRIC *911 *USA *soft power and hard power
*****2011.08.31 (Wed)
***udn: 解歷史糾結 大陸出版「中華民國史」
*TW *CN *historical perspective *publishing
*****2011.08.15 (Mon)
***chinapost: High-speed train crash sparks commuter caution
*CN *Wenzhou Crash *Beijing-Shanghai Line *Jul 23, 2011
***udn：籌劃2年 小英十年政綱16日出爐
*TW *DPP *蔡英文
*****2011.08.02 (Tue)
***udn: 台塑六輕體檢 聘多國團隊進駐
or lhzb: 台塑欲从新加坡 引进技术员整顿改造
or udn: 1年7把火 台塑魚骨理論也著火
or udn: 外資：塑化業 缺料危機將浮現
*TW *petrochemical *FPG *supply of commodity plastics *public safety
***udn: 10個跡象 衰退潮又來了？
*USA *signs of recession
*****2011.08.01 (Mon)
***chinapost: Deal agreed to prevent US default
*USA *republicans and democrats *the deadline to avoid a U.S. default on payments to investors in Treasury bonds, recipients of Social Security pension checks, those relying on military veterans benefits and businesses that do work for the government.
***chinapost: Ma Expresses Concerns after 6th FPG Blaze
or Youtube: 2100週末開講 20110731 part 4/7
or udn：政府要求出事廠全面停工！震撼台塑集團
or wiki: Formosa Plastics Group
*TW *Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) Petrochemical Complex in Yunlin County *corporate responsibility *safety at the manufacturing compound *台塑 *六轻
*E103C
*****2011.07.31 (Sun)
***udn:高政治：馬英九的大患不在親民黨
*TW *马英九，执政团队和总统选举竞选团队 *public sentiments
*****2011.07.25 (Mon)
***The Star: The beginning of a new era
*singapore-malaysia relationship after returning of KTM railway line land back to Singapore *global competition
*****2011.07.21 (Thu)
***lhzb: 台湾反贪廉政署成立
*TW *anti-corruption agency *反贪廉政署
*****2011.07.12 (Tue)
***guidanceblog: 用身體歌謠記台灣行政區
*TW *administrative district
*北北基 桃竹苗 桃竹苗 中彰投 雲嘉南 高屏澎
***NAR: EXPOSE: Najib’s Press Directive on BERSIH 2.0
*Malaysia *Najib *Bersih *Protest
*****2011.07.08 (Fri)
***sina: 2011年全球十大金融中心城市排名点评
or wiki: Financial Centre
*economics of life *global financial centres *全球金融中心 *SG - 4th in Global Financial Centre Index
***chinatimes: 華府看天下－雙英都非選民好抉擇
*TW *election *presidential candidate *馬英九 *蔡英文 *excerpts: ... 蔡英文最缺少的是草根性和本土性 ... 其實以馬現在的地位，他只須表現其英雄本色即可，大可不必帶著原罪似的低聲下氣 ...
*****2011.07.02 (Sat)
***reuters: Hong Kong police arrest over 200 anti-govt protesters
*HK *Jul 01 *street protest *excerpts: The turnout of protests on Friday, the 14th anniversary of the British handover of the territory to China, was the highest in seven years with organisers claiming 218,000 people participated and police saying only 54,000 joined ... "The main objective of today's rally is to protest against property developers' control over the Hong Kong economy. Secondly we are asking the chief executive to step down. Thirdly and most importantly, this is for universal suffrage in 2012," ....
***udn: 霸主地位告終 金磚4國崛起
*BRIC *911 *USA *soft power and hard power
*****2011.08.31 (Wed)
***udn: 解歷史糾結 大陸出版「中華民國史」
*TW *CN *historical perspective *publishing
*****2011.08.15 (Mon)
***chinapost: High-speed train crash sparks commuter caution
*CN *Wenzhou Crash *Beijing-Shanghai Line *Jul 23, 2011
***udn：籌劃2年 小英十年政綱16日出爐
*TW *DPP *蔡英文
*****2011.08.02 (Tue)
***udn: 台塑六輕體檢 聘多國團隊進駐
or lhzb: 台塑欲从新加坡 引进技术员整顿改造
or udn: 1年7把火 台塑魚骨理論也著火
or udn: 外資：塑化業 缺料危機將浮現
*TW *petrochemical *FPG *supply of commodity plastics *public safety
***udn: 10個跡象 衰退潮又來了？
*USA *signs of recession
*****2011.08.01 (Mon)
***chinapost: Deal agreed to prevent US default
*USA *republicans and democrats *the deadline to avoid a U.S. default on payments to investors in Treasury bonds, recipients of Social Security pension checks, those relying on military veterans benefits and businesses that do work for the government.
***chinapost: Ma Expresses Concerns after 6th FPG Blaze
or Youtube: 2100週末開講 20110731 part 4/7
or udn：政府要求出事廠全面停工！震撼台塑集團
or wiki: Formosa Plastics Group
*TW *Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) Petrochemical Complex in Yunlin County *corporate responsibility *safety at the manufacturing compound *台塑 *六轻
*E103C
*****2011.07.31 (Sun)
***udn:高政治：馬英九的大患不在親民黨
*TW *马英九，执政团队和总统选举竞选团队 *public sentiments
*****2011.07.25 (Mon)
***The Star: The beginning of a new era
*singapore-malaysia relationship after returning of KTM railway line land back to Singapore *global competition
*****2011.07.21 (Thu)
***lhzb: 台湾反贪廉政署成立
*TW *anti-corruption agency *反贪廉政署
*****2011.07.12 (Tue)
***guidanceblog: 用身體歌謠記台灣行政區
*TW *administrative district
*北北基 桃竹苗 桃竹苗 中彰投 雲嘉南 高屏澎
***NAR: EXPOSE: Najib’s Press Directive on BERSIH 2.0
*Malaysia *Najib *Bersih *Protest
*****2011.07.08 (Fri)
***sina: 2011年全球十大金融中心城市排名点评
or wiki: Financial Centre
*economics of life *global financial centres *全球金融中心 *SG - 4th in Global Financial Centre Index
***chinatimes: 華府看天下－雙英都非選民好抉擇
*TW *election *presidential candidate *馬英九 *蔡英文 *excerpts: ... 蔡英文最缺少的是草根性和本土性 ... 其實以馬現在的地位，他只須表現其英雄本色即可，大可不必帶著原罪似的低聲下氣 ...
*****2011.07.02 (Sat)
***reuters: Hong Kong police arrest over 200 anti-govt protesters
*HK *Jul 01 *street protest *excerpts: The turnout of protests on Friday, the 14th anniversary of the British handover of the territory to China, was the highest in seven years with organisers claiming 218,000 people participated and police saying only 54,000 joined ... "The main objective of today's rally is to protest against property developers' control over the Hong Kong economy. Secondly we are asking the chief executive to step down. Thirdly and most importantly, this is for universal suffrage in 2012," ....
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