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 alternativ​es?
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
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***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