Temasek Review Shut Down

last SG · 2010-10-12T20:55:02+00:00

erm what is the outcome now of temasek review?

the Bear SG

10 bucks their closure will be reported in the newpaper tomorrow.

i refuse to take bets which i will lose

sbst275 SG

They, I think, wont even bother to listen to feedback for they have their own scholars to make decision for them. So, why public feedback, for them it is noise in their ears.

Well i can openly state tat it can take a few correspondence before they can realise what the actual problem is at for complicated matters.

It's like e distance fare. But this system itself was an complicated switch.

But seriously, all it takes is you know how to tackle them.

sbst275 SG

seriously e scholar issue, if u know the things tat are done could be done better, go figure out wat could be done and wat cannot, evaluate before feedback.

They're huamans after all, they've to listen to suggestions.

For one I managed to get buses 133M into MBS during F1. It's something that was never planned until I feedback in realising e MRT bridging service could still serve MBS.

If the buses could not make a proper u - turn, I wouldn't have suggested.

fudgester SG

As much as I have my issues with the ruling party, I have to say that Temasek Review is just way too extreme with how they handle things.

Reading their articles, it seems as though they want to pick a fight with the ruling party for every single little thing even when there is really nothing to fight about.

One classic article I remember was one where they took the weather service to task for wrongly predicting that there would be a thunderstorm over the weekend. Eh hello, weather also want to take issue ah? Don't they realize that there is always a significant amount of uncertainty in weather forecasting? What do they expect NEA to do - get real-time weather forecast updates from God?

I'm not telling them to kiss the toes of people they don't like and to throw bouquets at them. All I'm saying is, don't just oppose for the sake of opposing, and don't try picking fights just because you don't like the other fella.

Sorry, TR. Reading your site, I don't know whether to LOL or to facepalm......

Vote PAP OUT to Save SG SG

I prefer Temasek Review to PAP state propaganda mouthpieces like Straits Times.

dotaro SG

As much as I have my issues with the ruling party, I have to say that Temasek Review is just way too extreme with how they handle things.

Reading their articles, it seems as though they want to pick a fight with the ruling party for every single little thing even when there is really nothing to fight about.

Sorry, TR. Reading your site, I don't know whether to LOL or to facepalm......

yes, I guess TR or other alternative sites need to bring out the important issues to task and light, rather then the example you sited. TR and alternative sites need people like you who know how alternative views should be presented in order not to disgust the silent majority. Perhaps you can write in to TR when they are back and offer your views.

They need feedback to improve you know.

fudgester SG

They need feedback to improve you know.

Well, if TR is permanently down, as the TOC site has said, then it's a bit too late for that, no?

By all means discuss about real and proper issues instead of taking NEA to task for not predicting the weather correctly, or taking SCDF to task for their (I quote TR) 'patriachical approach' towards Mustafa Center's fire safety violations. So, if Mustafa Center went up in flames and got lots of casualties from violating fire safety codes, I suppose TR will thank SCDF for not being so 'patriachical'?

By the way, the correct term is 'paternalistic', not 'patriarchical'. Their attempt to sound cheem has failed.

On a more serious note, articles like those have convinced me that they are unable to walk the middle path of objectivity and careful analysis, and just make a lot of noise for the sake of making noise.

If I see a little kid trying to pick a fight for the most trivial of reasons, I would call him a bully. So where does that leave Temasek Review?

dotaro SG

Well, if TR is permanently down, as the TOC site has said, then it's a bit too late for that, no?

Articles like those have convinced me that they are unable to walk the middle path of objectivity and careful analysis, and just make a lot of noise for the sake of making noise.

If I see a little kid trying to pick a fight for the most trivial of reasons, I would call him a bully. So where does that leave Temasek Review?

It's never too late, even if they are down, there are other alternative views sites which you can contribute.

The fact that you bothered to visit TR, bothered and perturbed by some of their articles, and yet presumely, you DID not even bother to write in to TR to express your views to them to report issues that matter?

I mean, why raise this in this thread when you could have voiced it to TR earlier?

fudgester SG

It's never too late, even if they are down, there are other alternative views sites which you can contribute.

I mean, why raise this in this thread when you could have voiced it to TR earlier?

Why? Because that's what I did.

I wrote pretty much what I just told you in the comments section of those articles. And so did a few other readers.

In the end, I just gave up on that site. If they did raise a few good points, then unfortunately, it got lost in all the noise they created alongside it.

dotaro SG

Why? Because that's what I did.

I wrote pretty much what I just told you in the comments section of those articles. And so did a few other readers.

In the end, I just gave up on that site. If they did raise a few good points, then unfortunately, it got lost in all the noise they created alongside it.

Hmm......

dotaro SG

Let's just hope they are not down for good, and hopefully it's really down due to technical issues, not shut down by authorities which is too high handed in my opinion.

Posting "noise" is by no means a reason for it to be "shut down".

Netizens have the right and the intellect to judge its objectivity or not.

Junyang700 SG

Let's just hope they are not down for good, and hopefully it's really down due to technical issues, not shut down by authorities which is too high handed in my opinion.

Posting "noise" is by no means a reason for it to be "shut down".

Netizens have the right and the intellect to judge its objectivity or not.

Agree with you. Hopefully it will be up and running tml... =)

Vote PAP OUT to Save SG SG

Hope they didn't fall victim to sabotage by PAP or PAP supporters.

I heard the state media launched a smear attack against owner of Temasek Review.

Vote PAP OUT to Save SG SG

SDP: Stop harrassment of Temasek Review

The report in The New Paper (TNP) about the Temasek Review and Dr Joseph Ong Chor Teck is an attempt to curtail the growing influence of the popular website and to curb growing dissent on the Internet.

Temasek Revew, or TR, has been gaining traction among netizens who find the website a channel for them to bring up issues and discussions that would otherwise not see print or broadcast in the state controlled media. The portal has in the recent past become a centre for breaking news in the socio-political sphere to the extent that the mass media has been forced to cover sensitive stories.

It also carries analyses and opinion pieces of writers who remain largely anonymous. This anonymity allows a wide range of articles to be published which are crtitical of the ruling regime, often focusing on matters that are embarrassing for members of the PAP and the cabinet.

The Goverment is beginning to feel the heat of the growing discontent of Singaporeans who are turning to the Internet for news and bypassing the traditional media. The coming general elections will see more Singapreans turn to cyberspace for the "other side" of the story.

The newspaper also revealed that Dr Ong has been questioned by the police for posting up unflattering flyers of PAP MP Lee Bee Wah who had attracted much scorn from the Internet community for her involvement and remarks over the Singapore Table-Tennis Association saga a few months ago. TR says that Dr Ong is not part of its editorial team.

The Internet is the latest and boldest frontier which Singaporeans are using to resist the authoritarian control of the PAP. The ruling clique is trying to contain the growing influence of e-samizdat. The police questioning of Dr Ong and the information leak is a disturbing development.

Given the nature of the beast the PAP will not succeed in stopping discussion of issues on the Internet.

The hydra-like qualities of the technology, coupled with the increasing frustration of Singaporeans in wanting to see a transaparent and accountable government, will see more pro-democracy portals set up. For every TR that closes down, ten more will emerge.

In this day and age where free speech is crucial to progress, suppression of free and open debate in cyberspace must be resisted.

The Singapore Democrats call on the authorities to leave Dr Ong and TR alone regardless of whether they are related.

http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4224-sdp-stop-harrassment-of-temasek-review

tranquilice SG

TR is now up and running. Laughing

Corrupt Database Caused Prolonged Site Downtime

http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/10/12/corrupt-database-caused-prolonged-site-downtime/

tranquilice SG

Posting the message here in case it gets shut down again. Laughing

Corrupt Database Caused Prolonged Site Downtime

Temasek Review went offline from Monday 2200 hours to Tuesday 2200 hours due to a corrupted database caused by a failed upgrading of our wordpress.

We had originally scheduled an upgrading of our wordpress on Monday 2200 hours and it was expected to be completed within an hour.

However, the upgrading did not went well due to the incompatibility of our present customised theme and certain plugins. The failed upgrading created a serious security breach on our site, allowing any registered users full access to our administrative backend. Our tech had to shut the site down immediately. We later learnt that the failed update had corrupted the database. Since our servers are sync in real time, our mirror server suffered the same fate.

As it was already midnight, we were unable to grab hold of the programmer who customised the theme for our site to work with support personnel from our service provider to restore the corrupted database (a corrupted database).

Our service provider originally suggested restoring the site from the previous day’s database but we decided against it as hundreds of posts would have been lost. We decided to salvage the corrupted database and try to restore it as fully as possible and this was achieved today with our programmer and service provider working in tandem.

Fortunately for us, the large chunk of data corrupted were subscriber’s information and previous site archives from 2008. Other than that, all data remains intact.

If you are a registered subscriber to our site and you find that you are no longer able to login with your existing username, try executing a password retrieval and if it fails, then please re-register yourself. Contributors, Authors and Editor’s data are all intact.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our host RTG (Asia) Network and our programmer for their professional service, for restoring our database and modifying the theme to suit the latest wordpress version.

Additionally we would also like to apologise to our readers for this unexpected downtime and thank you for your patience and understanding.

trolol SG

It's still down for me.

tranquilice SG

It's still down for me.

I can still view the main page just now, but cannot access now.

ditzy SG

So thd DSO hacking unit is up amd running.

likeyou SG

Ok it is a technical fault not really 'they' wanted to shut it down.

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