The thin line between education and propaganda
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! said: Reading what Law Minister K Shanmugam is proposing for our education system, the alarm bells went off in my head. He’s proposing to educate Singapore students about politics,...
View ArticleA round-up of Singapore's Blogosphere for 2009
Singapore Short Stories said: As the year draws to a close in less than a week’s time, let us recall some of the important and sensational events, which occur in Singapore’s Blogosphere in year 2009....
View ArticleHumiliation of the poor...
Lucky Tan said: "I've applied with the govt before. It always comes to nothing." - Mother "Where do you go to apply" - Christopher Lee "The fourth floor of HDB inToa Payoh. I don't understand much...
View ArticleInvestigating and prosecuting sexual offences.
The Poultrygeist said: As someone who has faced drunken molestation and heckling in clubs and other public places several times, I can tell you that it's demeaning, embarrassing and offensive. It's not...
View ArticleSon of Poindexter’s “TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS” Singapore
Sharon Weinberger said: Nearly four years after Congress pulled the plug on what critics assailed as an Orwellian scheme to spy on private citizens, Singapore is set to launch an even more ambitious...
View ArticleSave the trees, say NO to junk mails from SingPost
Alvinology said: In a Sunday Times article yesterday on junk mail at HDB doorsteps, I was surprised to read that SingPost offers a service to help advertisers to deliver their fliers through a bulk...
View Article10 Grossest Foods in Singapore
CNN Go said: It's the local version of the "Fear Factor" taste test as we round up the nastiest dishes around... Deep-fried scorpions It takes guts to crunch that shiny black carapace complete with...
View ArticlePrying a Cake from OCBC's Cold, Hard Fingers
kitchen tigress said: Yesterday, I went to OCBC Bank, the one at Marine Parade, and asked for a birthday cake. According to the bank's advertisement, their customers get a cake on their birthday,...
View ArticleSingapore Courts mass-recruiting Malaysians in JB next Monday to fill...
The Temasek Review said: Furniture retail mart Courts will be launching a mass recruitment in exercise in Johor Bahru on 18 January 2010 for Malaysians to fill various positions in Singapore according...
View ArticleDesperate Call for Help: Loanshark…
Sassyjan said: My dad passed away on 31 Oct 2009 [...] (On 13 January 2010) night, my dad’s handphone rung umpteen times. Eventually, I picked it up. The guy claims that my dad owed them $6K and we...
View ArticleResorts World Sentosa - An Inside Look [Pictures]
Sparklette said: Are you wondering what it is like on the inside? We take you on a tour through this highly anticipated attraction. Even before the Universal Studios theme park, the country’s first...
View ArticleSingaporeans for Haiti
Aloysius Low said: Well, if the government only wants to donate US$50,000 for Haiti, and we Singaporeans think it's too little, then how about we do something about it and donate so that we hit at...
View ArticleSingapore Memories: Singapore Singers & Songs
QuaChee said: Ho Yeow Sun, the wife of the Pastor Kong from City Harvest Church came out with a few Chinese albums and I bought her first. There were lots of hype for the album and controversies too....
View ArticleMediaCorp adds 4 new radio stations to their iPhone app
punchfire said: "I just noticed this update: MediaCorp has added 4 new radio stations to their iPhone application. You remember that initially they started with only 2. Loving this setup." Recommended...
View ArticleSingapore Post Lost My Wife’s US$400 Parcel And Does Not Care
Groovygenie said: The parcel, with a total purchase value of US$385.16, had been declared ‘lost’ by Singapore Post. And this happened while it was in its care! It is painfully obvious from our...
View ArticleWE NEED SUPPORT FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS.....
Decade said: Singapore music has been here for along time, so why are we not getting the support. Observations from trips like Thailand, Indonesia and Japan tells me that locals there strongly support...
View Article10 things you shouldn't miss at the Singapore Air Show 2010
Klik.TV said ... Thinking of visiting the Singapore Air Show this weekend (6 and 7 February 2010)? Then check out the 10 things you shouldn't miss at the biggest aerospace exhibition in Asia. Oh yes,...
View ArticleBest and Cheapest Snack of Singapore
Singapore Short Stories said: Day after day, night after night, year after year, the relentless firm kneads of perfectly elastic and flawless dough, the adroit pulling and twisting of the dough into...
View ArticleFirst plane solemnisation in Singapore
Alvinology said: Rachel and I are the first couple in Singapore to have our solemnisation ceremony on board an airplane – how cool is that? :) It happened at 5.50am on 2 February, 2010, on board...
View ArticleTemasek sets up its own hedge fund
TradecoHoldco said: Sounds like they are setting up a prop desk. Word on the street is that they will still pay their people very little. Also given Temasek’s traditional top down approach, I wonder...
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