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Monthly Archives: April 2005

My words quoted in Today

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Found on Today:
As noted in the Tomorrow Bulletin of Singapore Bloggers:
“Calling for his head, or asking for his scholarship to be revoked, serves no purpose. If he is truly racist, doing those things would not change his views. What it would do, however, is to make him hide those views.
“From a broader perspective, making an [...]

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What it means to be Singaporean

Thursday, April 28, 2005

As a student living in a foreign country, I often speak to fellow Singaporeans about home. When I ask them what is it they miss the most, they invariably mention their family, their friends, the shopping, and always, the food. I have always found it curious that the love, memories and things that overseas Singaporeans [...]

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Lack of appeals does not mean better quality judgments

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Update2:
I found an interesting article from some time back. You guys might like want to have a read and see what you think. Here[PDF].
Update:
A post from a real lawyer at Singapore Legal Mumbo Jumbo Demystified.
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From Todayonline:
Speaking to about 300 court administrators and judges, the CJ noted that the quality of judgments have improved, based on [...]

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Jumping on bandwagons is a bad idea: Part infinity

Saturday, April 23, 2005

Found on ChannelNewsAsia:
Computer audio equipment maker Creative Technology Ltd posted a 72 percent fall in quarterly net profit due to increased competition and lower selling prices of digital music players.
Nasdaq-listed Creative said it had net profit of US$15.9 million for the three months ended March 31, its fiscal third quarter, including a $14.8 million investment [...]

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Private exercise of market power is not easy

Friday, April 22, 2005

The bloggers at the aseanist have a reply on my policy suggestion of weak anti-trust laws and weak ‘intellectual property’ restrictions.
They cite a case decided by the Supreme Court of the USA (commonly known as SCOTUS) from 1941: FASHION ORIGINATORS’ GUILD v. FEDERAL TRADE COM’N, 312 U.S. 457 (1941).
I shall quote the case summary from [...]

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