Stories about Singapore from August, 2007
Singapore: Unlikely Allies
Little Bridge finds African students taking the side of Chinese students in a campus fight with Mongolian students.
Singapore: Bloggers Slam ISP
Singapore bloggers are angry with one of their ISPs for revealing customer data to a company. The company was trying to find out people who had allegedly downloaded anime from the internet.
Singapore: Getting A Mac to Access Internet Over GPRS
Singapore tech blogger James Seng has instructions on how to access the internet on a Mac via your mobile phone.
South East Asia: Ghost Month
The Travellers Tale blog explains the origins of the Chinese Ghost Month feast.
Singapore: North Korean Trip
Singaporean blogger Oikono meets a North Korean tour guide who shares the blogger's interest in Economics.
Singapore: Hungry Ghost Festival
Culture Shiok writes about the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival “14th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is when the gates of hell open and the dead will again walk among the living.” The blogger describe how the relatives of the departed people try to appease the souls.
Singapore: Meeting Mohammed Yunus
Singapore's foreign affairs minister describes his meeting with Mohammed Yunus, the Nobel laureate Bangladeshi banker. The minister also points to a micro-credit initiatives in Singapore.
Singapore: Senseless Records
DK is not amused by the world records that Singaporeans are happy breaking.
Singapore: Happy Birthday to Singapore from Thailand
Bisean posts national day greetings for Singapore from Thailand. “They have proven us that a little tropical island can attain world-class status. They have shown us what discipline is all about. They have given us a new meaning to shopping, how an airport should look like, how to cook our...
Singapore: A Country Worth Fighting For
Singapore celebrates its national day this week. Gerald Giam says “Our country might have its flaws, but if we take an honest look at the state of our nation, most of us will agree Singapore is still a wonderful place to live in, and little red dot worth fighting for.”
Singapore: Battle of the Classifieds
Rana looks at the recent history of two biggest media companies in Singapore and how classified ads forms the latest battleground for the two companies.
