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24 August 2009

The Actionscript Conference 2009 (Flash Camp S’pore)

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Warning – this is not an event for the un-geeky and uninitiated.
Currently into its second year, The Actionscript Conference (TAC) is a community conference with the focus on Flash Platform.  According to the site, attendants will see themselves immersed in a day of learning, knowledge exchange, and networking.  TAC aims to bring topics on Actionscript [...]

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23 February 2009

Singapore Tripartism Forum 2009

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I had the rare opportunity to get up close to our Prime Minister when I attended the the recent Singapore Tripartism Forum 2009, held at One Marina Boulevard.  Other than being the Stanford Daily photo editor on duty when John Edwards visited Stanford in 2006, this was the nearest I ever got to any big [...]

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25 October 2008

Singapore, in the words of Mr. Taxi Driver

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I was on a taxi heading back to town after a board meeting at Yishun yesterday afternoon, and was privy to some ‘grassroot sentiments’ from my 61-year old taxi driver uncle that I thought I’d share and comment upon.
The gahmen (poorly pronounced Singlish, read as government) will collect 10 times what they need (fines, fees, [...]

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12 October 2008

NTUC embarks on bold IT Transformation Project

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Back in early September, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) of Singapore held a pre-procurement briefing to a conference room full of vendors to announce its upcoming tender for its IT transformation project. Chief Information Officer Kwong Yuk Wah gave the group of 70-odd attendees a brief presentation to set the context, and underlined NTUC’s key considerations [...]

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