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My Singapore News

Blinken the devious joker aka the liar - Blinken is now in China, claiming that he was invited by China. The reception he was getting said otherwise. Anyone invited by China as a state guest woul...
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Thoughts of a Cynical Investor

America is Great Again -
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Salary.sg - Your Salary in Singapore

Understanding The Costs of Salary Transfers from Singapore - Moving funds from one country to another was far from the common person’s conundrum a decade or two ago. Not only has the world moved towards internation...
2 days ago
geraldgiam.sg

Sheltered walkways outside condos - I filed related Parliamentary questions to the Minister for Transport and the Minister for National Development, which were answered on 2 April 2024. This ...
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Senang Diri

Wall Street Journal video on Singapore's defences - Yes, you might have seen a familiar face in this video. Yes, I do look tired: The Wall Street Journal team interviewed me in January, and I had recently ...
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The Online Citizen

Gutzy Weekly Digest 2024: Week 5 Highlights - This week in Singapore: LTA increases COE quota by 2%; ICA plans Woodlands Checkpoint expansion; FAS dismisses football head coach Nishigaya; concerns ra...
2 months ago
mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore

Asia-Pacific Number One Voice Artist too - The Golden Lady is mine! I am this year’s Asia-Pacific winner for Best Voice Artist 2023 at the Asian Academy Creative Awards, for playing Uncle Dong in Do...
4 months ago
The Heart Truths

Why Is Social Support Important for Weight Loss? - Many people aiming for better wellness and health have a common objective of losing weight. While food and exercise are important factors in the weight los...
6 months ago
Balding's World

บาคาร่าที่เชื่อถือได้ มีระบบการเงินที่มั่นคง มั่งคั่งที่นี่ที่เดียวเท่านั้น - บาคาร่าที่เชื่อถือได้ ของทางเรา ได้การรับรองว่ามีระบบการเงินที่มั่น คั่งมั่นคง ที่สุดบนแพลตฟอร์มนี้ ซึ่งมีผู้เล่นเข้าใช้บริการทั่วทุกมุมโลก จึงทำให้เว็บไ...
7 months ago
Lee Kuan Yew Watch

วัดพระศรีสรรเพชญ์ จังหวัดพระนครศรีอยุธยา - วัดพระศรีสรรเพชญ์ สำหรับในบทความนี้เราจะมาพูดถึง […]
1 year ago
Getting at the truth

Virginia Thomas, and Husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Side of Jan 6 Rioters - Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Shortly after the 2020 election, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clar...
2 years ago
Kaffein-nated

Trusting God - Trusting God can be one of the most easiest and hardest thing in my walk with Him. I hear it in various forms: "Put your trust in God", "Surrender your a...
2 years ago
Singapore Entrepreneurs

Animoca pockets $65m in funding from Ubisoft, Sequoia, others - Animoca will use the funds - raised at a valuation of US$2.2 billion - for investments, acquisitions, and licenses for popular intellectual properties.
2 years ago
Rachel Zeng's blog

The Online Citizen and a movement worth fighting for - (Background: On Thursday 16 September 2021, one of Singapore’s oldest political website The Online Citizen suspended its website and social media account u...
2 years ago
Ravi Philemon

Durian diplomacy gone wrong and the failed high speed rail project - Yesterday, I asked the Transport Minister to be more transparent and accountable to Singaporeans as to why the High-Speed Rail project failed. The Transpor...
3 years ago
Hazel Poa

My Maiden Parliamentary Speech on 2 Sep 2020 during the Debate on the President's Address - Mr Speaker, Sir 1. I welcome the President’s message that there will be permanent shifts in our approach towards social safety nets. 2. P...
3 years ago
Reinventing the Rice Bowl

Inventor from NY Unveils World’s First Oral Nutraceutical Pouch - Peter St. Lawrence (“Saint”) is an American inventor and entrepreneur (inventurepreneur) who has invented the World’s first patent pending oral nutraceutic...
4 years ago
My Thoughts...

COVID-19 in New Zealand - Lockdown Data Looks Promising - One week into the national lockdown to contain the Coronavirus pandemic and the people of New Zealand are coping reasonably well. Economically, there are ...
4 years ago
Support site for the unemployed

Unemployed Singaporean chanced upon a bridging program in NTU meant for foreigners from China - Hi Gilbert Thanks for your reply. This was information that I obtained when I went for an interview for the position [thinking it was for locals]. My under...
4 years ago
Singapore Recalcitrant

Could this be portrayed as a many-splendored thing? - A many-splendored thing can normally happen only in a dream or a fiction.For it to happen to two love-lorn dreamers who are so far apart in Singapore and t...
4 years ago
My sketchbook

PMD device should come with complimentary fire extinguisher - Subscribe to My sketchbook
4 years ago
nofearSingapore

Singapore is more than ready to accept a minority race PM - Dear Friends, In a recent forum at NTU attended by more than 700 students, Minister Heng Swee Keat tried to convince Singaporeans why we are not ready ...
5 years ago
Seelan Palay's Blog

Arcade Fire - Modern Man - So I wait my turn, I'm a modern man And the people behind me, they can't understand Makes me feel like Makes me feel like So I wait in line, I'm a modern ...
5 years ago
Yawning Bread Sampler 2

Cantonese speech and food in Kuala Lumpur: culture shock - The photo above is of Kuala Lumpur all dressed up to celebrate Merdeka Day. The Federation of Malaya gained its independence on 31 August 1957. That was al...
5 years ago
Veritas

Singapore Airlines recovers her USA capacity - Recently Singapore Airlines announced the launched of direct flight to seattle starting from September 2019. From then onwards, she will recover her seat ...
5 years ago
Sgpolitics.net

Henry Kissinger: ‘We are in a very, very grave period’ - Lunch with the FT Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger: ‘We are in a very, very grave period’ The grand consigliere of American diplomacy talks about Putin, the...
5 years ago
npTribune

[CONTEST] WIN a copy of Hello, my name is Joseph Schooling - The UrbanWire will be giving away 5 copies of Hello, my name is Joseph Schooling! The post [CONTEST] WIN a copy of Hello, my name is Joseph Schooling ap...
5 years ago
TR EMERITUS

Time for change in SAF - The recent passing of CFC Dave has sparked fierce online debates on the treatment of National Servicemen-Full Time (NSFs). An online account allegedly writ...
5 years ago
Hard Hitting in the Lion City

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5 years ago
the kent ridge common

The Influence of Toxic Masculinity on Religious Extremism - Former president of the American Sociological Association, Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, remarked in 2006 “that the boundary based on sex creates the most fundame...
6 years ago
Professional Ground DECODER » Doubtful? The Lion City IR & Casinos

Why Genting Singapore Casino Performes Badly - The above news report exactly highlights the following big weaknesses of Genting Singapore Casino: – Very weak in managing the IMA ( internal marketing age...
7 years ago
catherinelim.sg

The Next PAP Leadership: More Of The Same Or A Whole New Game? - On 22 February 2016, I was one of the participants at an event organised by Singapore Arts Museum, entitled ‘Roundtable@SAM Big Ideas of a Small Nation: Pe...
8 years ago
Temasek Hedge

Secura: kena tackle by bear market - Despite the best efforts of the issuers to create a great marketing story around Secura Group’s IPO (detachable calls to purchase at 35 cents within 3 year...
8 years ago
Singapore Social and Political Thoughts

12 September 2015 - A Tsunami for Singapore Opposition - The people had spoken, since almost 70% voted yes to PAP, giving them almost 10% improvement, so be it..... So do not complain ok?
8 years ago
Singapore Notes

We Wuz Robbed - The Singapore version of September 11 is a tragedy comparable to happened at America in 2001. There, jihadists flew jet planes into the North and South t...
8 years ago
Only "objective" and "factual" political films please, we're Singaporeans

2011 - 2015 : A Chronology of Authoritarian Rule in Singapore - *Apr/May 2011 (General Elections):* A year before elections, PM Lee Hsien Loong announced a "24-hour cooling-off" before polling day, stating that no ele...
8 years ago
SpeakSpokeWriteWrote

Embrace Life - We were having dinner the other day when my dear cousin Doreen made mention of the pain she is having. I smiled and asked her, “Are you talking to me about...
9 years ago
ieatishootipost Blogs Singapore Best Food

Sliced Grouper with Ginger and Spring Onion recipe - Stir fried sliced grouper is one of those classic dishes that you order at the restaurants as well as the Cze Char. It is also one of those dishes that yo...
9 years ago
Tax Justice Network

The new Tax Justice Network website and blog is now live - We have a completely new website! It's in the *same place as before*. Please take a look. From now on our blog will be integrated into the new site. We ...
10 years ago
Chia Ti Lik's Blog

My Grown Up Christmas List - It’s the time of the year when it’s the end of the year. The usual things that occupy me would be squeezing time and space to do an area cleaning of my off...
10 years ago
Siew Kum Hong

An unexpected email 6 years later - I received this email a few days ago from someone I don't know -- let's call her Kit. The letter is self-explanatory. I'm glad that Kit now feels better a...
10 years ago
Mr Wang Says So

Gilbert Koh's Miscellaneous Poetry Updates - Just for my own records. Before I forget where, when or how my poems pop up. *Little Things: A Poetry Anthology* Ethos Books is coming up with a new antho...
10 years ago
BLUTA-log

Mitigating Interest Rate Risks in Your Properties. - In our earlier blog entry on Who will be Hardest Hit by 3.5% Interest Rate, we identified the homeowners most likely to be affected by the interest rate un...
10 years ago
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

It is the govt that has to be regulated not the online news ... - It is almost a month since my last posting. It is a bit hard to explain why I have not written as much as I did in the past. There are no major changes in ...
10 years ago
Simply Gab

MDA Licensing Outcry – is it an overreaction? - The ‘blogging community’ is up in arms over MDA’s new licensing framework for online news sites. I use air quotes to describe this community as they are ...
10 years ago
Feed Me To The Fish

More Singaporeans Should Be The Ripples That We Are! - Robert F. Kennedy said, “F*ew will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numbe...
11 years ago
groundnotes

What a scoop! - We all try a little too hard sometimes. The Straits Times today (16 March 2012) ran a feature piece entitled “The ‘engage and consult’ route in policy revi...
12 years ago
New Asia Republic

Personality politics plagues Singapore - Let’s face it: Singapore politics is full of personalities, from Lee Kuan Yew, J.B. Jeyaretnam, Chiam See Tong, Chee Soon Juan to Kenneth Jeyaretnam.
12 years ago
Military Life: Memoirs of a Conscript in the Lion City

Tio NDP - [Source: http://sporesays.blogspot.com/] How apt.
12 years ago
Jacob 69er

At last, the new normal gives way to the old abnormal - At last, the new normal gives way to the old abnormal – Martyn See Police investigate technology-enabled ISA discussions, James Gomez, 14 Oct 2011 The Sing...
12 years ago
BEYOND SG

Why I know the Singapore economy is coming down - One of the privilege in working in the Monetary Authority of Singapore is you get to see the port activity when you look out the windows. When I was a trai...
12 years ago
SNA Election News

As Singapore Gets Ready to Vote, New Media Amplifies Voice of Opposition - Time.com, 6 May 2011 Singapore is one of the most wired countries on earth. Nearly every resident of the city state carries a mobile phone (some carry two) ...
12 years ago
Alas, a blog! Live life, like you give a damn!

This blog has moved to harishpillay.wordpress.com - Looks like I did not post here that I've moved my blog from livejournal to workdpress. Please see: https://harishpillay.wordpress.com Thanks for continu...
12 years ago
To Fix a Mocking Peasant

Livejournal Spam - Livejournal is an official spam sponge. Argh.
13 years ago
Chee Siok Chin's Blog

Exposing the truth scares the PAP - I managed to finish reading Alan Shadrake’s book the afternoon that it was launched in Singapore on Saturday. The book tells of criminal offenders who have...
13 years ago
Singaporean Skeptic

sigghh...Non-Singaporeans do not get it. - Spoke to someone from China today about opportunities in Singapore. The person was a former PRC and now a PR doctor in the US. I was asked why I didn't wan...
14 years ago
Cavalierio

Reflections on the guillotine - Some compelling words by Albert Camus in his eloquent 'Reflections on the Guillotine'. The original essay is much longer, and worth its every word. I'll l...
14 years ago
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