Banks and post offices remain open through the weekend in Shenzhen. That’s right, they are open seven days a week. Back home in Singapore, this level of service is unheard of. Banks, post offices and many other public institutions are open at most six days a week. The funny thing is, some months ago, I… Read More »
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No, this exchange did not occur in a Hollywood movie, a la The Devil’s Advocate. Instead, it came during the cross-examination of Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong by opposition politician Chee Soon Juan in a defamation suit brought on by the Lees for an allegedly defamatory article published in SDP’s publication “Demokrat” in April… Read More »
Ars Technica recently ran an article on George Bush’s lost e-mails, in which it quoted from a Congressional report about how the Bush adminstration archives White House e-mails. According to the report, “a White House staffer or contractor would collect from a ‘journal’ e-mail folder in the Microsoft Exchange system copies of e-mails sent and… Read More »
In the aftermath of Malaysia’s election, a blogger by the name of Lee Lilian asked in one of her posts (“A new Malaysia, when will it be our turn?“): Will this election change Singaporeans’ perception/ mindset? Will it have a positive impact for the opposition in Singapore? Has it awaken our people and make them… Read More »