Monday, July 04, 2011

SGLC - 2011.07.01 to 2011.07.15 - Society and Politics

*****2011.07.15 (Fri)

***yoursdp: Tan Jee Say To Throw Hat into Presidential Race
or mysingaporenews: 3 Tans and One More Tan
or TOC: Presidential Hopeful Tan Jee Say
or thesatayclub: A Spanner in the Works
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TJS Tan Jee Say *SDP *excerpts: ... On what he would do as President if elected, Mr Tan said that he would want to know how much there are in the reserves and if they had been put to good use, and if more money is needed to invest in the people, to use the second key to open up the reserves ... *excerpts: ... n fact, some netizens have expressed that they will vote for the candidate who is most likely to “create trouble” for the PAP ...

***lhzb:  售价低于上一批 建屋局新推7预购组屋项目
*public housing *housing price *HDB *excerpts: ... 7月份这批组屋的售价会比之前稍低。博纳集团企业通讯经理陈家扬说,比较5月份相似的项目地点和单位类型,这次推出的单位售价低约5%到10% ...

***NAR: A Mathematical Quirk of Our Electoral System
*election *electoral system *seats and votes *total seats and total votes *mathematically possible scenario

*****2011.07.12 (Tue)

***TR: PAP Bishan-Toa Payoh to use town hall meetings to ‘engage’ residents
or yoursdp: PAP MP wants Town Hall Meeting .. Sounds Familiar?
*PAP *town hall meeting *engage group vs engage individual

***sgpolitics: Dr Wong Wee Nam's Hike through the KTM Railway
*KTM *WWN *walking/hiking *railway from Sunset Way to Bukit Timah
*E103C

*****2011.07.11 (Mon)

***yoursdp: Are We Rich or Are We Bankrupt Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (2011.07.19)
*fiscal position *domestic purchasing power DPP *national reserves *debtor and creditor *GIC *TH *CPF *excerpts: ... But why, if we are generating budget surpluses, would the Government need to borrow money and go into debt? At last count the amount of debt is upwards of $200 billion. And, equally important, who are we borrowing from? ...

***YB: IPS - Post GE 2011 Survey Part 1 Part 2
*election *GE 2011 *IPS *Analysis of Survey

*****2011.07.09 (Sat)

***singapore2025: IPS - Post-Election forum Speech on Party Renewal
*election *GE2011 *IPS *forum *WP *PS

***thesatayclub: Why is the PAP Losing Credibility
*PAP *credibilty *trust *talent *IPS *irreducible core

***bigtalksingapore: End of Singapore Tanjong Pagar Railway Station .. Bigging of New Singapore Mighty Green Belt
*KTM *railway *walking *green corridor

*****2011.07.08 (Fri)

***thegreencorridor: Walking The Railway Together 9 Jul
*KTM *railway *walking *TCJ *green corridor

***SMU: Soft Power of A President by Ho Kwon Ping
*EP Elected President *soft power *excerpts: The problem is in defining independence. It may well mean to be adversarial when necessary, but also quietly cooperative when appropriate.

*****2011.07.07 (Thu)

***udn: 新加坡總統選舉 - 企業家挑戰前官員
or TR: Q&A Session with Tan Kin Lian (Press Conference)
or tankinlian: Media Conference by Tan Kin Lian Videos
*election *presidential *PE2011 *TKL *TTKY *political baggage *independant thinking *media conference *video

*****2011.07.05 (Tue)

***The Satay Club: A Shining Example of How Politicians Should Be
or justrambling: The most iconic moment of GE11? 
*CSM *MP *political salary *excerpts: Using money as the main carrot isn’t going to solve the problem; it is only going to make the problem worse because the wrong sort of signals are being sent, and the wrong sort of people are going to be lured.

***eastwestcenter: Soul Searching Singapore’s 2011 General Election by Bridget Welsh
*election *GE 2011 *analysis of results *direction *policy *growth plus other factors *PAP

***TR: Don't Throw Stones Offer Better Ideas
*policy *PAP *CCS *governance *dialogue / lecture

***rot: Chan Chun Sing So Far
*CCS *PAP *dialogue / lecture *poor communication *excerpts: Does anyone really think that using language like ‘throw stones, cast doubt and tear down institutions’ is going to win over the people he needs to win over?

***piaroh: Apologetic
*CCS *dialogue / lecture *socratic dialectic

*****2011.07.03 (Sun)

***TR: Winning back public trust after GE
*election *public trust *Ngiam Tong Dow *NTD *PAP *governance *public policy *political salary *national reserve

***TR: MG (NS) Chan Chun Sing Pleae, Shut Up and Listen
*CCS *dialogue *one-way communication *dialogue / lecture

***lhzb: 政党的跑步机
*political party *life cycle *political health and sustainability *survival of the fittest

***Yahoo: Does it matter who becomes President of Singapore?
*election *presidential *significance of the office of EP