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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

"Kingmaker" and "PAP-Breaker" - Political and Proud of It?

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On 3 Nov 2001, Singapore held its general election. A few months earlier that year, the milestone Sintercom website was approached by the au...
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Monday, December 06, 2010

Singapore Cyberattacked and Cyberspied On

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The Straits Times reported it during the weekend, and Yahoo has a more detailed story of how Singapore was cyberattacked during the APEC s...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Cablegate and Singapore

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Since MM Lee Kuan Yew's frank opinions were revealed in Cablegate , what more will be revealed and just as interesting, what won't b...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

The SLA "Heist"

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How deep does the rabbit burrow go? Singapore Land Authority technology and infrastructure department staff Koh Seah Wee and Lim Chai Meng f...
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Saturday, September 04, 2010

Lau Peng Forgotten and Lau Peng Won't Forget

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"You should leave no man behind" The National Day Rally did cause a stir with its pledge to give out all serving NSF and NSmen up ...
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Sunday, August 08, 2010

Happy National Day Singapore

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In the Singapore story, we have come a long way because of the hard work by our forefathers and glorious "nation before self" firs...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Alan Shadrake Self-Pwnage

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Alan Shadrake is now a popular name. He is being pictured as an opponent of the death penalty being persecuted by the regime. This is a clev...
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Saturday, July 03, 2010

The Parental Leave Question from Sweden to Singapore

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Vivian got it right this time! A few days ago, MCYS Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan mused that representing maternity leave as parental leav...
Friday, April 30, 2010

Muigai, Mugai, Why You Like That?

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UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of Racism, Racial discrimination, xenophobia and Related Intolerance Githu Muigai might possibly...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Pastor Rony Tan

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Lighthouse Evangelism pastor Rony Tan's incident has again put the spotlight on religious harmony in Singapore. After getting a call fro...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Khan-not Enter

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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) was recently held up at a US airport for 2 hours, apparently because of his surname. Perhaps SRK was mi...
Thursday, May 07, 2009

Pearls before Swine (flu)

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Recent reports suggest that the threat of the swine flu pandemic is on the decline. There is also reason to suggest that swine flu is not a...
Tuesday, May 05, 2009

In the Name of Christianity

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The media and blogosphere was awash with reports of the coup by Josie Lau and some of her fellow members at the Church Of Our Saviour (COOS)...
Monday, April 13, 2009

The Year of Online News Competition?

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2008 was the year of the blogger-activist . The Online Citizen was in everyone's minds when one mentions blogger-activist. But what woul...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Not Keeping Mum at MOM

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Just a few days ago, the premises of the Ministry of Manpower was yet another venue for grouses. This time it was not Chinamen about their w...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Win some, lose some

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I disagree with Sai Kor’s diatribe on how Town Councils invest their funds. First, we should understand why Town Councils have large amount...
Friday, November 21, 2008

DBS retrenchments – Broken social contract or misplaced loyalty?

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The media is awash with reports and commentary on the recent retrenchment of 500 DBS staff in Singapore, and the blogosphere /grapevine is ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Gambling in the Town Councils?

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I am shocked to realise that Holland-Bukit Panjang and Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Councils invested and probably lost a combined S$12 million in...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Et Tu Brute?: Ravi and Betrayal

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Betrayal in politics is not unexpected as self-preservation in the play for power is the priority. Decisions on alliances based on mutual in...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

$1 Million Bounty For Capture Of Mas Selamat – Why The U-Turn?

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I am left pondering the rationale behind the seeming government endorsement of the $1 million cash reward (supposedly from two anonymous bu...
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