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		<title>Farewell to gutsy Anthony Yeo</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/farewell-to-gutsy-anthony-yeo</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
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We will miss a Singaporean like Anthony Yeo.
Here is an old letter from him. 
On the other hand, for certain Singaporean such as journalists that act like prostitutes, we will not miss them.
Yes? No? Huh?? So?? ]]></description>
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		<title>A woeful omission by the ST</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/a-woeful-omission-by-the-st</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/a-woeful-omission-by-the-st#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I caught on a link that my friend posted on Facebook, a report by the BBC about the woeful working conditions in Singapore concerning the upcoming IR at Marina Bay.
According to the report, workers at the Marina IR were being subjected to oppressive conditions, forced to meet crushing deadlines while their monthly/OT pay was being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and the Internet</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/politics-and-the-internet</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/politics-and-the-internet#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 07:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jas</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://civicadvocator.net/?p=1650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Weekend Xtra recently commissioned a telephone survey conducted by Media Research Consultants to study the local political cybersphere. Chief findings:

Out of 584 Singaporeans called randomly, 343 or almost six in 10 said they go online to read news, commentaries or postings about local politics or policies.
Out of this group, nearly 56 per cent log on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wayang Party and Choo Zheng Xi, relax bros</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/wayang-party-and-choo-zheng-xi-relax-bros</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/wayang-party-and-choo-zheng-xi-relax-bros#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Online Citizen]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://civicadvocator.net/?p=1554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayang Party and Choo Zheng Xi (Chief Editor of The Online Citizen) are quarreling in public.
We even see a person coming out publicly to disassociate himself from Wayang Party. Maybe Ng E-Jay has no choice but to take side with KJ, who is now writing as a columnist at TOC?
We are sad to see this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore court holds Kirkpatrick ’73 in contempt</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/singapore-court-holds-kirkpatrick-%e2%80%9973-in-contempt</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/singapore-court-holds-kirkpatrick-%e2%80%9973-in-contempt#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw the following on Jacob&#8217;s weblog.
&#8216;Dow Jones, to its immense credit, fights these cases even though we assume we’ll lose,&#8217; she added. &#8216;Other publications settle out of court, not wanting to go to the expense or trouble of litigation.&#8217;
She added that she believed the “biggest losers” in these cases were the Singaporean people, who &#8216;have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mourning 25 years of the demise of a free and independent press</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/mourning-25-years-of-the-demise-of-a-free-and-independent-press</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/mourning-25-years-of-the-demise-of-a-free-and-independent-press#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1984 marked the official demise of a free and independent press in Singapore though the nail was hit into its coffin way back in 1975 with the introduction of the Newspaper and Printing Act to control the ownership of news printing firms.
SPH is the biggest stumbling block to the emergence of a credible alternative party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amendments to the Films Act: A bad law just got worse</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/toc-editorial-a-bad-law-just-got-worse</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/toc-editorial-a-bad-law-just-got-worse#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Films Act as it stands is notorious for its lack of enforceability. These amendments add complexity and naked political motivations to the law, while completely ignoring the contextual reality of a changing technological landscape.
Source: The Online Citizen
We agree. Therefore, we say, thank you Internet.
Yes? No? Huh?? So?? ]]></description>
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		<title>Why traditional media likes to &#8220;rubbish&#8221; anonymous blog sites like ours</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/why-traditional-media-likes-to-rubbish-anonymous-blog-sites-like-ours</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/why-traditional-media-likes-to-rubbish-anonymous-blog-sites-like-ours#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://civicadvocator.net/?p=1167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Because Civic Advocator is part of the new media, and people like Mary Meeker (from Morgan Stanley) argues that advertising spending will go to new media.
See pages 128, 129, 131, 135 of her presentation slide.  
Yes? No? Huh?? So?? ]]></description>
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		<title>Civic Advocators to remain credible</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/civic-advocators-to-remain-credible</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/civic-advocators-to-remain-credible#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://civicadvocator.net/?p=1151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported in ST, the Nanyang Technological University professor who was stabbed by a final year student earlier this month has broken his silence to respond to vicious talk on the Internet.  Prof Chan was &#8220;bewildered by nasty speculation over his character and sexual inclination&#8221; in the aftermath of the stabbing attack by Indonesian student [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hi Eve, we are a great #Singapore fan of Twitter</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/hi-eve-we-are-a-great-singapore-fan-of-twitter</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/hi-eve-we-are-a-great-singapore-fan-of-twitter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: eveyap@sph.com.sg
From: Civic Advocator
Dear Eve
We came across your article titled &#8220;Twittering about nothing&#8221; on Digital Life today. Although not many will care about people&#8217;s mundane update, some of the kei po (inquisitive) types might have nothing to do and like to go around checking what others are telling the world.
In any case, we are certainly [...]]]></description>
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