Another contribution by our reader.  Download it here (in mandarin).

I earlier posted an article calculating the Bank of America $ loss per Singapore resident. Thanks to Chee Wai for pointing out that it should be $934 per person, instead of $934,000.

I apologise sincerely to all for my error.

Put in this perspective, the Temasek investment loss is not that significant. On the otherhand, the $3.4 billion that is lost in the stock market could have been used to buy something better for Singapore.

Arthur

To: philip.jeyaretnam@rodyk.com

Dear Mr Philip Jeyaretnam

We forward you an email from one of us at Civic Advocator. Thank you.

 

Dear Philip

I have just finished reading from cover to cover the book, Make It Right for Singapore, written by your father.

I now feel as if he had risen from the grave and gave me a couple of good slaps on my face. I thought you should know this.

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To: TEO_Ho_Pin@pa.gov.sg
cc: LIM_BOON_HENG@PMO.GOV.SG
cc: tanph@stengg.com

We forward you an email from one of us at Civic Advocator, for your kind attention.

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Could you forward my email below to Dr Teo, Minister Lim and Chairman WDA? Thanks.

Dear Dr Teo Ho Pin
cc Minister Lim Boon Heng
cc Mr Tan Pheng Hock

I caught your interview on TV last night. You talked about how you being the political appointee and therefore were not aware of the bonuses of your CDC staff, who are from either PA or WDA. Because market is bad and I have a lot of time these days to surf the net, I believe you could be responding to rumours circulating on the internet regarding the 7 months of bonuses received by two staff at Northwest CDC.

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Mr C called. “Hey, are you guys still collecting signatures for petition for Tan Kin Lian?”

I told him I believe so, since there is a bunch of us doing different things.

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We help ourselves. Don’t expect others to help

Tom Wright painted a bleak picture of Singapore’s property sector going forward at The Wall Street Journal. His article ended with the following:
“I’m yet to see the light at the end of the tunnel [for Singapore],” says Mr. Tan, the high-end broker.
We would expect people to continue to dig the dirt and tell it to [...]



Our skin isn’t as thick as it should be

The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) organised a seminar on March 4 to discuss Singapore’s political blogosphere.  Tan Tarn How, Senior Research Fellow and Research Assistant Tan Simin presented their paper on trends observed in the blogosphere.  As reported in the TOC, the researchers identified the following limitations:

The online-offline firewall, while somewhat alleviated by offline [...]



Singapore and Lee Kuan Yew – The answer to the African problem?

Recently, I followed a thread “Democracy and Economic Growth” which started in PoliticsForum.org.   Apparently, members there often question the role of democracy in a developing nation. “During the wave of democratization in Africa during the 90s, many people had renewed hope for the continent, immediately equating newly established democracies to economic growth. Are these democracies [...]



Tell Singapore government: Ask them a question or give a suggestion

We informed people about the “Tell Singapore Government” subsite and have received some interesting reaction at some forums.
See: 3in1 Kopitiam, Sam’s Alfresco Coffee, Singapore Kopitiam, SgForums
Our responses to some of the comments are listed below. If we are not answering some other specific questions, that is because we do not know how.
 

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