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Singapore Government faces the New Web

singaporean — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:23:18

Have a look on the interesting article published on 22 May 2009, by ZDNet Asia : "S'pore govt needs holistic Web approach". http://www.zdnetasia.com:80/news/internet/0,39044908,62054304,00.htm?scid=nl_z_ntnd

According to this paper, the Governement :

- Needs "to be in sync with an increasingly tech-savvy population". Which means it is not today.

- Should consider the experience of President Obama' s campaign, which used the web to attract electors. But what does that mean in Singapore? Probably that the government must use the new Web 2.0 as a new capability to communicate its message. The one who is able to dominate the web has the capability to govern.

- "The government will need to be mindful of the fact that new media is more about participation than it is about managing or controlling". Let's wait and see what will the Government in Singapore do with such hypothesis.

Singapore and the Risks and Threats to the Security, to the Stability, to Daily Life...

singaporean — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:27:57

Singapore is a safe place to live, really. Never feel insecure while staying at Spore.

Rats in Orchard: "Oh rats! This is Orchard Road". January 2009. http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20090127-117413.html
Dengue Pandemic in Malaysia, just a few miles away. 2008-2009. http://www.thenutgraph.com/dengue-in-msia-worse-than-swine-flu
Terrorism: from the MacDonald House bombing in 1965 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacDonald_House_bombing) to the arrest of militants of Jemaah Islamiyah in 2001 and 2002, and the fight against islamic militants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-terrorism_in_Singapore)
Pirates (piracy at sea): http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1479280,00.html
cyber attacks, cybercrime: which is a challenge in Asia.
H1N1 virus. Even if there is no victim in Singapore (may 2009), the spread of the virus in the world could catch the country
Pandemics : http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/37VolNo6Jun2008/V37N6p470.pdf
Economic Crisis : 2008, 2009... http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/01/05/riding-the-global-economic-crisis-in-singapore/
Communism : from the late 1940s to the 1980s (according to the Internal Security Department). http://www.mha.gov.sg/isd/ct.htm
Racial Riots : in the 1950s and in 1964. http://www.mha.gov.sg/isd/ct.htm
Espionage : http://www.mha.gov.sg/isd/ct.htm (arrests in 1982, 1998)
Dirty bombs (radiological threats): 2009. http://www.asiansecurity.org/articles/2009/mar/19/singapore-dirty-bomb-poses-major-threat/
Tsunami? according to a recent study, Spore should be safe from such a threa (16 dec. 2008)http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20081216-108275.html even if "some of Singapore's beach areas are still potentially vulnerable to tsunami inundation in the scenario of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake at the Manila Trench"
Tigers : the "killer white tiger" is in the Singapore Zoo. Do not try to touch the animal! Novembre 2008. http://www.blogtactic.com/2008/11/killer-white-tigers-at-singapore-zoo.html
Marine fishes of Singapore : stinging fishes, biting fishes, poisonous and electric fishes. http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/marinefish/text/108.htm
Crisis and conflicts with neigbouring countries. Because "for decades, Singapore has relied on importation from Malaysia to supply half of the water consumption in Singapore" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_resources_of_Singapore

Images of Singapore by Daniel Ventre

singaporean — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:27:29

Images of Singapore by Daniel Ventre

singaporean — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:23:46

Images of Singapore

singaporean — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:10:21