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Yahoo! Singapore News, 22 Dec 2011. A man has been found dead inside a toilet cubicle at VivoCity shopping mall. Deryl Ang, commander of auxiliary police force Certis Cisco told Yahoo! Singapore that the deceased is a ...
Deryl Ang, commander of auxiliary police force Certis Cisco told Yahoo! Singapore that the deceased is a 25-year-old Certis police officer from Malaysia.
He had been deployed as a security officer in a bank at the shopping mall and had been with the company for three years. It's believed the toilet was locked from the inside.
SGtrains forum SMRT chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa 's latest words have once again raised the ire of netizens and commuters. In a Straits Ti...
inSing.com, 22 Dec 2011 Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Seng Han Thong's comments on a recent television programme have raised eyebrows and angered many...
The Online Citizen, 21 Dec 2011 In a blogtv programme MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC Seng Han Thong admitted that part of the problem with the SMRT ...
The bottomless monetary contribution of Singaporeans - Singaporeans are continuously supporting the country with their monetary contributions but no one seems to appreciate this great sacrifice. The amount that e...
Racist Seng Han Thong! - "I would say there are two aspects. First the staff are not trained for this emergency preparedness, they know how to prevent terrorist but even this one, ...
You Huak Restaurant: White Bee Hoon! - *White Bee Hoon $12* This Cze Char place is famous for the White Bee Hoon! White Bee Hoon? Never heard of White Bee Hoon? Well, I don't blame you, beca...
Comics this week - Justice League #4- As one of the main man at DC, writer Geoff Johns seems to have drips on which character to show off. As the writer of Aquaman, I guess i...
Blog story of a Madam Cabbie - Number of View: 26 I?m finally a licenced Cabbie! In Point of View on March 22, 2011 at 2:13 pm My journey to get a licence to drive a cab has finally come...
Punch Drunk Americans - Don't these high profile American have a sick sense of humour? Take a look at the series of video clips. Self explanatory. 60 Minutes Kroft To Joking Obam...
The Great Corporate Tax Dodge - new website - Bloomberg has a new and excellent-looking website, called The Great Corporate Tax Dodge, featuring Jesse Drucker. Enjoy. We will post it as a permanent lin...
Ministerial Salary Review still awaiting - Last month Hsien Loong mentioned that the Review will be ready in early December. We are nearing Christmas and nothing is seen nor heard. The ST has a repo...
Racing away from racism - Seng Han Thong?s mis-speech has provided all the justification the People?s Action Party government ever needed for a cooling-off day prior to polling day....
A Band-Aid, Not a Bazooka - Link to my one-on-one interview last night with CNBC?s Brian Sullivan on the European Central Bank: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?
LTA investigation into North-South Line disruptions begun - the following is a media release by the Land Transport Authority: ? The Prime Minister has announced that a Committee of Inquiry (COI) will be set up to de...
the mrbrown show: a clarification about the SMRT breakdown - MP for Ang Mo Kio, Mr Sing Harn Tong, clarifies what he said about the MRT breakdowns on TV. Youtube link: http://mrbrwn.
One in ten Singapore blogshops earn beyond S$2,000 a month: LiveJournal - That's 5,000 blogshop owners who can potentially do it full-time.
Looking at SMRT breakdowns from a Macro View - People connected to substantial shareholdings of the SMRT do not usually take the public transport, but they are the ones who decide if the company has per...
Singapore. Desperate Singaporeans turn to violence. The caged animal syndrome - Ladies and Gentlemen, One thing that appears to become alarmingly common in Singapore; unprovoked and unpredictable violence on the increase. Sometime ago,...
There?s enough real racism in Singapore ? TOC needn?t cry wolf - Seng Han Thong's slip could have been due to political naivety rather than racism. There is enough genuine racism in the country; TOC doesn?t help by cryin...
Is it only about SMRT? - I am getting quite fed up. Not long after PTC announced that fares on buses and MRTs are going up, ComfortDelgro announced fare ?revisions?. This is on...
A World Of Difference - Jerusalem has a Light Rail system, the first of several rapid transit lines planned for the city. The clean smooth 6.5 km ride from Mount Herzel through th...
There's enough real racism in Singapore ? TOC needn't cry wolf - As an MP (and NTUC leader representing workers), Seng Han Thong can certainly be faulted for not distancing himself explicitly from the view he was citing....
System breakdown goes beyond the MRT.... - There is a lot of anger now with SMRT CEO Saw Paik Hwa and there are calls for her to resign. The Chinese tabloids fed the fury of the readers by publishin...
Why sometimes I feel bad being a born and bred Singaporean of Chinese descent? - When another Singaporean of Chinese descent said, ?I notice that the PR mention that, some of the staff, because they are Malays, they are Indians, they ca...
Be reasonable?, like commuters elsewhere - Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 21 Dec 2011 letter by Ms Anju Tiwari. Having lived in many countries, Ms Tiwari wonders if Singaporeans know that they l...
Video : Dr Chia Thye Poh - Detained without trial by Lee Kuan Yew's government for 32 years, Dr Chia Thye Poh was the longest-serving political prisoner of Singapore. This video do...
The U.S. Senate votes to suspend habeas corpus and jail people with no trial - The National Defense Authorization Act makes it legal for people to be arrested in the U.S. and be held indefinitely without trial. [...]
Poetry by the People - *Moving Words* was a literary project that launched in Singapore earlier this year. I was one of the 12 featured poets in Phase One, which meant that a poe...
Shin Leong's Keynote Speech at The Book Launch of Veteran Chinese Author Tan Mui Hua - KEYNOTE SPEECH BY YAW SHIN LEONG, AT THE BOOK LAUNCH OF VETERAN CHINESE AUTHOR TAN MUI HUA ON 18TH DECEMBER 2011 (SUNDAY), 2.15PM, AT 115, KENG LEE ROAD SI...
The SMRT Debacle - The name SMRT has become synonymous with chaos and confusion as evidenced by its worst breakdown in its 24-year operating history in train stations across ...
Is MRT incompetent more live threatening than Terrorism? - A hundred thousand passengers had been affected by MRT train disrruption of 5 hours yesterday in famiLEE LEEgime's so called First World's Best Land Transp...
Media release: 400 copies of Singapore Sucks! have been held from entering Singapore - (Update ? 17 Dec 2011): The organizers of the ?Singapore Sucks!? book launch appreciates that the MDA has come forth with a statement in My Paper dated 16t...
Health Sciences Authority's high cost of registering medical devices needs urgent review - Dear Friends, I was ( and still am) extremely concerned that certain of HSA?s (Health Sciences Authority) regulations can potentially cause great harm to Sin...
No ban on Lee Kuan Yew?s book, says Malaysian minister - The Hard Truths and Islam controversy hasn?t quite died down yet. Now the book is banned in Malaysia, or is it? AsiaOne: The Department of Islamic Develo...
Online Casino Gaming for Singapore? - 9th Dec 2011 Fri News & Commentary By: Professional Ground casino experts panel SO, WHY SINGAPORE SHOULD NOT GO FOR ONLINE CASINO GAMING Yesterday?s Lion...
The Essence of Timing - I had the good fortune of having more time to spend on myself recently. This circumstance did not come about by chance. It was a product of deliberate acti...
Additional Buyer?s Stamp Duty Calculator - MND and IRAS have just announced an Additional Buyer?s Stamp Duty (ABSD) for all private properties ? including condominiums, private apartments and landed...
Lease Buyback Scheme - Recently, National Development minister Khaw Boon Wan announced that MND was reviewing the Lease Buyback Scheme to include 4-room and 5-room flats. I?m gla...
Six Months After a Watershed Election: How Is The Dust Settling? - The uniqueness of the General Election (GE) in May 2011, surely never before seen in the electoral history of Singapore, both in the shock of a chastised P...
Formation of the Singapore Interfaith Network on Aids - ?The Singapore Interfaith Network on Aids (SINA) was formed recently by an inter-religious group concerned with the issue of HIV/Aids. It has established l...
Sick joke? - I read the recent article by ChannelNewsAsia "Smaller flats do not mean lower quality of living: HDB CEO" (link here). The first question that popped into ...
Advantages And Disadvantages of Structured Settlements - A structured settlement is a scheme where, instead of a lump sum amount of cash, which granted applicant have agreed a tax-free payment magazine. Structure...
MEI Visiting Research Professor Peter Sluglett Named President of MESA - The Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, is pleased to announce that Visiting Research Professor Peter Sluglett has been named Presid...
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...
Deepest Sympathies & Synonyms (My next exhibition) - Hi everyone, you're all invited to Deepest Sympathies & Synonyms, the latest exhibition by Seelan Palay & Shikin Ali, opening on 19th Oct. Deepest Sympath...
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 traine...
Chinese premier issues debt forgiveness to Wenzhou businessmen aka speculators borrowing from loan sharks - Really, you can?t make this stuff up. There has been a steady news stream about Wenzhou businessmen who ? not being able to get funding from banks thanks t...
Ads make headway onto Sengkang LRTs - Light Rapid Transit (LRT) trains, which have been operating in the town since 2003, now bear sleek advertisements for a condominium project near the town c...
Diving into the Deep - Exploring waters unknown is a thrill to Joel Simon, a part-time scuba diving aficianado, and full-time adventure seeker. By Foo Min Valerie ?I really like ...
The Most Cock Piece of 'Reporting' Yet - I was at the dialogue session yesterday where dolphin activist Ric O'Barry shared his thoughts with an audience of over 500 at the Grand Copthorne Hotel, i...
Who should I vote for? - For an election that is not going to make a great deal of difference in our political power structure, the Presidential Election has surprisingly placed me...
Face to Face 2 challenged all preconceived beliefs about the Presidential Candidates - This first appeared on The Online Citizen on 22 August 2011 (and I take no credit for, and am not guilty of the clunky headline!). Face to Face 2 challeng...
Why ?Cherry-Picking? Is Good For Commuters - Date: 1 August 2011 Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew argues that the National Solidarity Party?s proposal for more competition in bus services would lead to...
Our Emperor Fetish - One of the key differences between a monarchy and an elected government is the source of legitimacy. In monarchies, the King or the Emperor enjoys moral an...
Bersih 2.0 and Electoral Reform in Malaysia - Elections in authoritarian or semi-authoritarian countries are different from those in established democracies. Some, including Stanford University?s Lisa ...
New Cabinet a start, but public must continue scrutiny - PM Lee promised to make real changes to his government. Having looked at the list of names making up the new cabinet, here are some thoughts I have. *Mr Te...
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) ...
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...
Chapter Two: Reload - If there?s anyone still following this blog, you would know that I no longer actively write on this blog other than to do some maintenance from time to tim...
Ride It Right, Take Away The Aches - by Dr Jason Chia ?I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like? ~ Queen, ?Bicycle Race? The me...
Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign Message - Just helping to spread the word. My personal view is that drugs destroy families and lives. The trafficking of drugs is not a small matter, but mandatory d...
Lee Kuan Yew?s last election as PM - The 1988 parliamentary elections were the last fought by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew as prime minister of Singapore. He had been prime minister since June...
Review 2010 ? Group blogging experiences - And so 2010 draws to a close. 2010 began when some of us joined the New Asia Republic (NAR) in its nascent state. What I found unique about NAR was the fac...
I've moved! - Hi neighbors. I've moved my blog to TypePad. You can now visit me at http://according2ed.typepad.com/blog/. You can follow me on TypePad by visiting my pr...
Using grace in creating a gracious society - Having just returned to Singapore, I was driving on the roads when I kept seeing these 5 Olympic circles on certain lanes on roads, especially on expresswa...
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...
No Boobies Please, We?re Singaporeans - A nightclub in Singapore offering free drinks to women according to the cup size of their bra is making world headlines. Read all about it from Malaysia?s ...
Hate Crime in Malaysia - It sucks to be a non-muslim in Malaysia. Muslim fanaticss in Malaysia can do whatever they want (oppress other religion) and then when people ask them why ...
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...
been busy this while, - but i will be back, like mas selemat. i was up to seditious activities to bring down the State. ISD officers spying everywhere, i was just joking. and fare...
Cash grant for buyers of HDB flats - The Hammer The Workers? Party Issue No: 0802 Once again, Singapore is seeing an upswing of the property market, with private property prices surging 31%, a...