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Self-Censorship: Singapore’s Shame (2nd edition) – with double the SHAME PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 17 March 2009

It has been ten years since I wrote and self-published Self-Censorship: Singapore`s Shame in 1999.

 

Then in 1999, I printed 1000 copies and then soon after in two months another 2000 as demand was quick and brisk.  Self-Censorship: Singapore`s Shame has been out of stock for quite a few years now. All copies have since been sold out, mostly through local bookshops, in spite of the initial (pardon the pun), self-censorship.


 
Online Civil Disobedience in Singapore PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 05 March 2009
That there has been online civil disobedience is a fact. Vivid evidence of it has been present with the blog positing of articles and rally pictures in particular during GE 2006.

Yet during the Institute of Policy Studies forum “Getting Their Hands Dirty: Recent Developments in Singapore’s Political Blogosphere” on 4 March 2006, its researchers,  in particular Ms Tan Simin, went out of the way to persuade the audience present that what we have now in Singapore is “online civic participation”.

 
WELCOME PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 04 March 2009
Dear friends welcome to the new JGN Blog. This site has gone live from 4 March 2009.

 
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