· April, 2006

Stories about Citizen Media from April, 2006

Indonesia vs. China

  14 April 2006

Sarapan Ekonomi argues that Indonesia's acheivements in economic growth and family planning are not too bad when compared to those of China's.

Historical fort restoration

  13 April 2006

Wormie wants a recently excavated colonial fort in Singapore to be turned into a national monument. The authorities are planning to re-bury the fort as they don't expect the restoration to be economically viable.

Happy year 2549

  13 April 2006

Today is the first day of the year 2549 in some South East Asian countries. Lao ocean girl describes the calendar system used in these countries.

Coinciding festivals

  13 April 2006

Toe, a Filipino blogger now living in Cambodia tries to figure out why the holy week, the Cambodian new year and several other events from different cultures coincide around the same time of the year.

Malaysia-Singapore bridge

  12 April 2006

KTemoc discusses the surprise Malaysian decision to halt the construction of a controversial bridge between Malaysia and Singapore.

Songkran fun in Chiang Mai

  12 April 2006

Greg at Vagabonding begins! joins the Songkran festivities in Chiang Mai. Songkran is also known as Water Festival and it marks the Thai new year.

A trip to Brunei

  12 April 2006

Saifulrizan from Labuan, Malaysia takes a ferry to nearby Brunei and blogs about his experiences there.

Crime in Johor

  12 April 2006

The blogger at Frus and Fuss asks if something can be done to reduce the rising crime rate in the Malaysian state of Johor.

Call centre outsoursing woes

  12 April 2006

Filipino blogger J. Angelo Racoma questions the logic behind a bill that the US Senate Commerce Committee is considering. The bill requires that call centre employees disclose what country they are in.

Blogging 101 for librarians

  12 April 2006

Filipino Librarian blogs about a presentation titled “Blogging 101 for Librarians” that he gave at a gathering of Southeast Asian Librarians.

Smog in Santiago

  11 April 2006

Photo by pura naturaleza Santiago is a very beautiful valley. The mountains are very impressive. That is, if you have the chance to see them. Smog is a permanent problem that has no solution yet. In winter, between May and August the situation is critical. We have three statuses for...

Travelling in rural Laos

  11 April 2006

Scruffydan is travelling through Laos and he encounters the rural life and a river that flows through a 7.5 km cave.