*****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
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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
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