While many Western media are critical of the "autocratic" style of the Singapore Government and lament the lack of civil liberties conscious among its population, they could not but admire the swift, effective, though draconian, measures in restraining the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the island republic.

I, too, applaud and salute our government's handling of the SARS crisis, but I could not but notice how much power our government can wield in such situation.

Thursday, May 29, 2003

Situated in the heartland of an urban residential area, the oldest Buddhist monastery in Singapore, Shuang Lin temple, sits in stark contrast with the surrounding modern high-rise concrete buildings. Strangely, the temple blends well with the bounding landscape by softening the cold, sharp, imposing, box-like structures everywhere.

Monday, April 28, 2003

Software piracy, despite what the official media claim, has contributed much to the development and progress of many developing countries like India, China and the East Asian nations. Far from robbing people of jobs, depriving government of fiscal revenue, and deterring foreign investors, software piracy has done exactly the opposite.

Wednesday, March 12, 2003