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September 20th, 2006

Thailand: Situation on the street

lingua → zht · zhs

Thailand under military rule day one looks like a regular day here albeit there were fewer people on the street. Banks and schools are closed, and most of the offices too. Internet and cellular connection are all fine. CNN and BBC broadcast were blocked until this afternoon, but then has been available ... 3 comments · read »

April 8th, 2006

East Asia

Zuco's Blog reports on Temasek Holdings's document that mistakenly sent out as attachment to some journalists. The document entitle “2006-03 Taurus Q&As” was a list of question and answer that designed to help its executives answer media enquiries.

March 30th, 2006

East Asia

Blogkadahan tells story of Jolo, a small town in the southwest of the Philippines which she remembers as once one of the most beautiful place in the country. Now, she says, after 30 years of neglect by the government, being torn apart by war, prejudice, and opportunistic vultures, Jolo is transformed: “…from being a place of hope, it has become a place of fear.”

East Asia

At Diary of A Lucky Singaporean Lucky Tan satirises the pledge of Singaporean politicians by applying its wording of justice, equality and democracy to their actions. He finds the pledge should not be taken for granted.

East Asia

Ryang Wong doubts that telling people to work hard on their marriage is sufficient to prevent divorce. Statistics show that half of the marriages in Singapore these days do not last more than 10 years, and he writes that the changing nature of societal pressures means peoples mindset toward marriage has to change.