TR Emeritus

Last updated

TR Emeritus (TRE, formerly Temasek Review Emeritus) is a socio-political blog and one of the alternative media that emerged in Singapore in the 2000s. While Malaysian newspaper The Star recognised it to have Opposition sympathies, [1] [2] according to SPH-owned The New Paper , "News website Temasek Review has earned a reputation for its sharply critical views of the Government," [3] and the Jakarta Globe described the Temasek Review as "one of Singapore’s few independent web sites". [4]

Contents

Changes of name

It was founded in 2004 [5] as Wayang Party, and renamed Temasek Review in 2009, [6] using an old name for Singapore. In late 2010, it was involved in a dispute with government-linked corporation Temasek Holdings over its name. Temasek Holdings argued that Temasek Review had been used as the name of the company's annual report since 2004 and that the Javanese word Temasek was "indisputably associated with Temasek [Holdings]" and that the website "was just trying to capitalise on the goodwill and reputation" linked to it. [6] [7] The website was renamed Temasek Review Emeritus on 25 May 2011. After a period offline, it was relaunched as TR Emeritus in December of that year. The shortened name was chosen to avoid trademark complications with Temasek Holdings. [8]

Closure and relaunch in 2011

Facing restrictions in both income and contributors, and unable to upgrade hardware to cope with increasing demand, the site's editor Amanda Tan announced on 7 April 2011 that it would close in July. [5] She acknowledged the existence of pressure from the Government, but said that its effects were minimal and there had been no direct official request to close. Ang Peng Hwa, professor of journalism at Nanyang Technological University, described the closure as "definitely a loss for the blogsphere and also for critical discourse in Singapore". [5] [9]

In late April 2011, Temasek Review complained that it had been hit with a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack during the height of the 2011 general elections campaign coverage. [10] [11] Another online site, The Online Citizen, made a similar announcement. [12] Temasek Review was recorded by Experian Hitwise as receiving a significant proportion of internet traffic from search engines during the campaign. [13]

In August 2011, Tan announced that the website had gained additional financial support and that the team behind it intended to keep it running for at least five years. She also pledged "to improve and try to balance the articles on our site to cater to readers from all camps," aiming to be "by Singaporeans for Singaporeans". [14]

Temasek Review Emeritus was taken offline without explanation on 5 September 2011. [15] It returned as TR Emeritus on 18 December 2011 with a new banner describing the site as TR Emeritus: The Voice of Singaporeans for Singapore. [8]

Related Research Articles

Temasek Holdings Private Limited is a Singaporean holding company, owned by the Government of Singapore. Incorporated on 25 June 1974 as a Commercial Investment Company, Temasek owns and manages a net portfolio of $313 billion, with S$28 billion divested and S$24 billion invested during the year, and 66% exposure to Asia – 26% Singapore and 40% Asia ex-Singapore. It is an active shareholder and investor, and its investments are guided by four key themes – transforming economies, growing middle income populations, deepening comparative advantages and emerging champions. Its portfolio covers a broad spectrum of sectors including financial services, telecommunications, media and technology, transportation and industrials, life sciences and agribusiness, consumer and real estate, energy and resources, as well as multi-sector funds. Headquartered in Singapore, Temasek has a multinational team of 800 people, in 11 global offices including two offices in Beijing, and one office in each of Shanghai, Mumbai, Hanoi, London, New York, San Francisco, Mexico City, Washington, D.C., and Sao Paulo.

Aetos Security Management

AETOS Security Management, now known as AETOS Holdings Pte Ltd, provides total security solutions and security services to a wide range of clientele. The company is officially an auxiliary police force permitted to be armed under regulations from the Police Force Act 2004.

Suppiah Dhanabalan, born 8 August 1937), also known as S. Dhanabalan, is a former Singaporean politician. He was a high-profile political leader in Singapore in the 1980s and held several cabinet positions in the 1980s and early 1990s under prime ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong.

Sri Temasek official residence of the Prime Minister of Singapore, designated a national monument in 1992

Sri Temasek is a two-storey detached house built in 1869 which is sited within the grounds of the Istana in Singapore. During the island's colonial era, it served as the residence of the Colonial Secretary or Chief Secretary. Since the establishment of the State of Singapore in 1959, it has been the official residence of the Prime Minister of Singapore, though none of Singapore's Prime Ministers have ever lived there. Together with the Istana, it was gazetted a national monument on 14 February 1992.

Dasmond Koh Singaporean host and Radio DJ

Dasmond Koh is a Singaporean actor, television host, radio DJ and businessman. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1995 to 2015. In 2015, He left Mediacorp to concentrate on NoonTalk Media which he co-founded in 2011.

No U-turn syndrome

No U-Turn Syndrome (NUTS) is a term first coined by Singaporean entrepreneur Sim Wong Hoo to prominently describe the social behaviour of Singaporeans having a mindset of compliance to higher authorities before proceeding with any action. He makes a comparison of traffic rules in Singapore to those found overseas, to describe the phenomenon. In Singapore, drivers are not allowed to make a U-turn unless a sign specifically allows them to do so, while in some other countries drivers may make U-turns freely so long as a "No U-turn" sign is not present. Following that, this analogy is used to explain the red tape he has encountered with hard-nosed bureaucrats, which in turn stifles the very creativity that the Singaporean government has been trying to promote in the recent years.

2011 Singaporean general election 2011 parliamentary general election in Singapore

Singapore's general election to form its 12th Parliament was held on 7 May 2011. The Parliament of Singapore's maximum term is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President of Singapore and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution of Singapore. Voting is mandatory in Singapore and is based on the first-past-the-post system. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department, which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister’s Office. On 19 April 2011, President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament. Nomination day was held on 27 April 2011, and for the second election in a row, the PAP did not officially return to power on nomination day, but it did return to power on the polling day. This election also marked the first and the only three-cornered fight since 2001 in Punggol East SMC before it increased to four-cornered fight on a by-election held two years later.

Nicole Seah Singaporean politician

Nicole Rebecca Seah Xue Ling is a Singaporean politician and advertising executive.

2011 Singaporean presidential election 4th presidential election in Singapore, polling day for which was 27 August 2011

The Singaporean presidential election of 2011 was the fourth Singaporean presidential election, held on 27 August 2011 after president S. R. Nathan term ended in September 2011. Nomination Day for eligible candidates was held on 17 August 2011.

Hazel Poa Singaporean politician

Hazel Poa Koon Koon is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman who previously served as vice chairman of the Progress Singapore Party. She was formerly the Secretary-General of the opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP).She is a Non-constituency Member of Parliament of the 14th Parliament of Singapore since 16 July 2020.

Tan Jee Say politician, businessman, civil servant

Tan Jee Say is a Singaporean investment adviser, politician and former civil servant. He was a member of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) from April 2011 to July 2011, in which he shortly resigned to stand for the 2011 Singaporean presidential election and finished in third place out of four candidates with 25.04% of votes. He founded Singaporeans First, in which he led as Secretary-General from 25 May 2014 up until its dissolution on 25 June 2020. He had since returned to the Singapore Democratic Party.

Alex Tan Zhixiang is an anti-government self-exiled Singaporean political dissident who sought Australian asylum. Tan was a former editor of Temasek Review, a now-defunct socio-political website that mainly produced articles on Singapore. With effect from 7 May 2020, his Facebook pages and website are officially banned in Singapore by the government in accordance with its fake news law, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA).

Desmond Tan is a Singaporean actor and was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill.

Viddsee

Viddsee is a video entertainment platform that drives distribution and marketing of short premium content, founded by engineer-filmmaking duo Ho Jia Jian and Derek Tan.

A Sustainable Population for a Dynamic Singapore: Population White Paper, or simply known as the Population White Paper (PWP), is a controversial white paper released by the government of Singapore in January 2013 that projects Singapore's population as 6.9 million by the year 2030.

Prima Taste

Prima Taste (Simplified Chinese: 百胜厨 Bǎishèngchú, is a Singaporean food and beverage brand managed by Prima Food Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Prima Limited. The brand was designed for Singaporean expatriates living abroad. Its Laksa sauce kits were recommended by Singaporean chef, Janice Wong, as foodie souvenirs to take home during the 2018 North Korea–United States summit.

Senoko Energy Singaporean electric utility company and retailer

Senoko Energy is a Singaporean electric utility company and retailer. It is the largest power generation company in Singapore, accounting for approximately 20% of the nation's electricity supply. It also operates the Senoko Power Station, the nation's largest power plant by generation capacity. Since 2008, it has been owned by Lion Power, a consortium led by Japanese trading company, Marubeni.

References

  1. ↑ Nee, Seah Chiang (15 January 2011). "Newbies a rising force". The Star . Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  2. ↑ PANDIYAN, M.VEERA (21 April 2011). "Polls – From S'wak to S'pore". The Star . Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Ng, Wan Ching (11 October 2011). "Is he the man behind Temasek Review?". The New Paper. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "For Singapore Elections, More Space for the Dissenting View". Jakarta Globe . 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 "Socio-political website to shut down". Yahoo Singapore. 7 April 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Temasek Review dispute unresolved". Business Times (Singapore). 23 October 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  7. ↑ Chang, Rachel (20 October 2010). "Temasek Review Renamed". The Straits Times . Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Thank you for your support!". TR Emeritus. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Temasek Review to shut down after July". ChannelNewsAsia. 7 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Singapore debates the PAP's future". Asia Sentinel . 25 April 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  11. ↑ http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=21174&page=2
  12. ↑ Nee, Seah Chiang (16 January 2010). "Readying for the real cyberbrawl". The Star . Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  13. ↑ "CNA most visited site in lead-up to GE". ChannelNewsAsia. 10 May 2011.
  14. ↑ "Temasek Review Emeritus to continue operations". Yahoo News Singapore. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  15. ↑ Tan, Lediati (28 September 2011). "Temasek Review website down". The New Paper. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.