Blog Timeline.SG

Intelligent Singaporean Closed Down

2007-08-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

InSpir3D has ended Intelligent Singaporean, the manual aggregator for social political blogs.

Contributed by BL.

Legal threat against Tomorrow.sg

2007-05-23T00:00:00.000+08:00

Grand Seasons International, through its legal representative, Gurdip & Gill, issued Tomorrow.sg with a demand to remove an entry entitled "Grand Season International-TimeShare Scam Company". It also demanded to know the identity of a comment author, "GECKO".

Contributed by Yuhui.

Self-regulation

2006-12-05T00:00:00.000+08:00

Dharmendra Yadav opines in a TODAY column that bloggers should self-regulate. Subsequent discussion divides bloggers between those who support self-regulation through a Code of Ethics and those who don't.

Contributed by Yuhui.

MDA survey on Internet usage

2006-11-09T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Media Development Authority released results of a survey about Internet use in Singapore. It found that about a third of Singaporean Internet users aged 15 to 49 years old are creating their own online content.

More results:

About 50% of 15-19-year-olds and 46% of 20-24-year-olds create content. (The numbers are greater if occasional bloggers/podcasters are taken into account.)
65% of 15-49-year-olds use the Internet in their daily lives.
55% rated themselves as at least moderately able to analyse and discern information on the Internet (four or above on a scale of seven). Teenagers rated themselves more highly.
36% of 39-49-year-olds are at least moderate users, compared to 70% among teens.

MDA surveyed about 1,000 people face-to-face between July and August.

MDA will use the results to get more people to be savvy and comfortable users of new media.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Wee Shu Min

2006-10-19T12:00:00.000+08:00

Netizens criticised Wee Shu Min for her arrogant reply to an entry by Derek Wee, ending her entry by telling him to "get out of my elite uncaring face." The two blog entries are reproduced on Sam's Alfresco Coffee Shop.

Derek, who works in a multinational company, had written a response to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's call on the young to be more involved in Singapore's development. He lamented that he did not feel secure about Singapore's future and was worried about various issues, including the influx of foreign talent.

Shu Min is a former Gifted Elective Program student and now studying in Raffles Junior College. Her father is Member of Parliament Wee Siew Kim of the People's Action Party. She responded to Derek's post by saying that he was complaining about nothing and had benefited from Singapore's system.

Shu Min has since removed her blog.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Reach

2006-10-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

Reach, formerly the Feedback Unit, launches a blog, "Blog Us", in conjunction with the unit's relaunch.

Any member of the People's Forum is allowed to post in the blog.

Contributed by Yuhui.

P65

2006-10-05T00:00:00.000+08:00

The group of post-1965 Members of Parliament begin writing on their blog, P65.

Contributed by Yuhui.

BlogTV.sg

2006-10-04T00:00:00.000+08:00

Channel NewsAsia produces a documentary, BlogTV.sg, about blogging. It features discussions with local media personalities, including radio DJ The Flying Dutchman.

The companion website provides more in-depth discussion and an area for members of the public to post their opinions.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Minister George Yeo

2006-08-30T00:00:00.000+08:00

George Yeo Yong Boon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, becomes the first government minister to blog. He guest blogs for Ephraim Loy, a Young PAP member.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Blog registration unneeded

2006-07-06T00:00:00.000+08:00

The National Internet Advisory Committee (NIAC) concluded that there is no need for local blogs to be registered with the Media Development Authority under the Class Licence Scheme.

In its report, the NIAC compared blogs to web-based discussion forums for the public to read and write comments.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Ping.sg

2006-07-04T00:00:00.000+08:00

New aggregator Ping.sg launches. It aims to create a database of local bloggers and blog entries of local interest. Its wider aim is to create a community of Singapore bloggers to promote their writings.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Stomp

2006-06-19T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Straits Times launches Stomp (Straits Times * Online * Mobile * Print), a news portal aimed at youths. It features a blog co-written by Xiaxue, Dawn Yang, MTV Asia VJ's May and Choy, journalists Nick Fang and Ju-Len, and "Kway Teow Man".

Part of its content comes from consumer-generated media. These include photos, videos and news tips from the public.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Char

2006-06-14T00:00:00.000+08:00

Police announce that they are investigating a blogger, Char. He had been accused under the Sedition Act of posting cartoons that depict Jesus Christ offensively.

Char reported that police had contacted him in March, following complaints by a member of the public. He removed the complaints one week before the investigation was announced. He also reported his experience in the matter in an online mailing list for youths.

More information from The Straits Times. (by way of AsiaMedia)

Update: 21 July 2006

Char was let off with a "stern warning" by the police on 6 July 2006. More information from Today.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Blogging during elections reviewed

2006-05-31T00:00:00.000+08:00

Dr. Lee Boon Yang, Minister of Information, Communication and the Arts, said that Government will work towards a "lighter touch" at Internet content, blogs and podcasts in the next general election.

He was speaking at the annual PR Academy Conference.

Contributed by Yuhui.

PAP and "negative Internet"

2006-05-23T00:00:00.000+08:00

Ms Denise Phua of the People's Action Party mentioned the need for the party to manage the "negative Internet". She was concerned about the potentially negative image that blogs portrayed about the General Elections.

She was speaking at an election post-mortem organised by the National University of Singapore Society.

More information from Today.

Contributed by Yuhui.

CNA accused of falsification

2006-05-14T00:00:00.000+08:00

Channel NewsAsia is accused of falsifying its screen grabs of Singapore Election Watch. Titles of two entries had supposedly been removed in the news broadcast.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Blogging activity up on elections

2006-05-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

Blogging activity about the elections increased significantly, with a huge jump during the nine-day election period.

On average, there were about 40 elections-related blog entries a day, up from the average 20 entries. During the election period, this number went over 190.

This analysis was reported by NexLabs.

More information from Channel NewsAsia.

Contributed by Yuhui.

SDP podcast removed

2006-04-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Returning Officer for the General Election ordered the Singapore Democratic Party to remove its podcast. This is because of a ban on podcasts during the elections period under the Parliamentary Elections (Election Advertising) Regulations.

In his podcast, "Chee Podcast: Show Singaporeans You're Really First World, Debate SDP", Dr Chee Soon Juan, Secretary General of the SDP, had accused the People's Action Party of "going all out to crush the SDP".

More information from Channel NewsAsia.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Blogging and elections

2006-04-03T00:00:00.000+08:00

Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts Balaji Sadasivan clarified in Parliament the guidelines for blogging and podcasting during elections.

Podcasting is not part of a "positive list" of activities allowed by the Election Advertising Regulations. Therefore, it will not be allowed during the elections by any entity.

Individual bloggers who "persistently propagate, promote or circulate political issues relating to Singapore" are required to register with the Media Development Authority under the Class Licence Scheme.

More information from Channel NewsAsia.

Update: 6 July 2006

Blogs will not need to be registered for now. More information.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Singapore GaGa

2006-03-07T00:00:00.000+08:00

Tan Pin Pin organises a special screening of her documentary, Singapore GaGa, for bloggers only.

Attending bloggers were encouraged to blog about it before mainstream media reviews were published.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Tammy NYP

2006-02-19T00:00:00.000+08:00

A stolen handphone video of a young couple having sex is circulated through blogs, forums, and word-of-mouth.

For a few days, the phrase "Tammy NYP" and its variations take over Technorati's top searches, causing foreign bloggers to write about this phenomenon.

Background

Contributed by Yuhui.

Youth.SG Mystery Blogger contest

2006-02-01T00:01:00.000+08:00

Youth.SG, a blog targeted at young Singaporeans, runs a Mystery Blogger contest.

Those who guess the correct answer are entered into a draw for a 4-day/3-night travel package to Melbourne for two. The first five persons to submit correct entries also stand to win a $100 Heeren shopping voucher each.

The closing date is 23 February 2006.

Update: 1 March 2006

The mystery blogger is revealed to be Ronald Susilo, national badminton player and Youth.SG ambassador 2006.

Contributed by Yuhui.

SG Rally

2006-02-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

SG Rally: The Singapore Elections Rally Archive launches to aggregate amateur reports of elections and party rallies.

Contributors are encouraged to upload their recordings to Google Video. The links to these recordings should then be sent to SG Rally for posting.

Contributed by Yuhui.

NUS Blogfest 2006

2006-01-31T00:00:00.000+08:00

The NUS Students' Arts and Social Sciences Club organises Blogfest 2006. It is supported by the Communications and New Media Department. There are three categories: Best NUS Blog, Most Creative Blog, and Funniest Blog.

The judging guidelines state that there will be little to no censorship in terms of language and topics (except for sensitive topics like race and religion).

Update: 12 April 2006

The competition ended on 30 March 2006. The winners are:

Best NUS Blog: Nuraishah Hamza, No Recess
Most Creative Blog: Hong Wanting, Lord, can you tell me… How far is Heaven?
Funniest Blog: Al, Alcoholic Inspirations

Contributed by Yuhui.

Overheard in Singapore

2006-01-19T00:00:00.000+08:00

Overheard in Singapore begins collecting overheard conversation snippets in Singapore.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Xialanxue versus Xiaxue

2006-01-11T00:00:00.001+08:00

Xialanxue accuses Xiaxue of impersonating him/her in a hate site against Blinkmummy.

Update: 22 February 2006:

Xialanxue (xialanxue.blogspot.com) has since been shut down.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Song licence for bloggers

2006-01-11T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS) announces that bloggers can licence up to 10 songs for S$1,000 to use on their blogs.

Bloggers can apply at COMPASS' new one-stop centre for licensing music for digital distribution. The one-stop centre licenses music from all of the major music publishers.

More information from Channel NewsAsia.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Singapore Idol

2006-01-02T00:00:00.000+08:00

A fan of Singapore Idol launches The Unofficial Singapore Idol Blog. It contains news and information about the local variety show, Singapore Idol.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Publishing La Idler's blog

2005-12-06T00:00:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow.sg solicits donations to maintain La Idler's blog, idledays.net, and publish excerpts of her blog for her family. This causes a heated debate about La Idler's posthumous right to privacy, her family's wishes, and the rights of Tomorrow's editors to carry out these tasks.

La Idler, also known as biks and fembot, passed away on 1 December 2005.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Days Were The Those

2005-11-18T00:00:00.000+08:00

Days Were The Those, a blog of NS-related experiences, is temporarily pulled at the request of the Ministry of Defence. The reason given is that classified or sensitive information may be released accidentally through anecdotes or pictures.

The blog has since resumed publishing contributions.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Joey the Lion Heart

2005-11-13T12:00:00.000+08:00

After an exposé by The New Paper, primary school teacher "Joey the Lion Heart" pulls her blog (formerly at lionheart26.blogspot.com).

The New Paper reported that she had allegedly sold adult sex toys on her blog.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Dawn Yang

2005-11-10T00:00:00.000+08:00

Dawn Yang's claim in a The New Paper report that she has not had plastic surgery causes a ruckus in the blogosphere.

Before-and-after photographs of her are posted by bloggers to show the differences in her appearance.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Virtual Insanity

2005-10-30T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Barflies of Cowboy Bar organise a Halloween party at Cocco Latte.

Part of the raised funds is used to support Women Make a Difference's (WMD) beneficiary, HOME.

Update:
Amount raised for WMD/HOME : $428
Amount raised for Liquidblade : $338

Contributed by Yuhui.

Crossfire (针锋相对)

2005-10-24T12:00:00.000+08:00

Channel U's Crossfire (针锋相对) talk show discusses the responsibilities of bloggers.

The panelists are:

Lan Guo Qing (蓝国庆) (lawyer)
Li Hui Min (李慧敏) (radio programme producer)
Xia Xue (下雪) (blogger)
Zhao Ling Mao (赵令茂) (secondary school teacher)

It is hosted by Wang Di Cong (王帝璁).

English-translated transcript

Contributed by Yuhui.

Suspended students

2005-09-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Straits Times reported that five female junior college students were suspended from school for blogging offensive remarks about two teachers and a vice-principal.

The suspension lasted three days in August 2005. The remarks have since been removed. The newspaper article was written by Sandra Davie and Liaw Wy-Cin.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Charged under Sedition Act

2005-09-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

Benjamin Koh Song Huat and Nicholas Lim Yew are charged under the Sedition Act for posting racist remarks in online forums and their blogs.

Update: 9 October 2005

Koh is jailed for one month. Lim is jailed for one day and fined the maximum $5,000.

Update: 27 October 2005

Gan Huai Shi, 17, pleads guilty to two charges of making seditious and inflammatory remarks about Muslims on the Internet. His case has been adjourned till November 23.

Update: 24 November 2005

Gan is sentenced to 24 months of supervised probation. He will:

undergo psychological evaluation and follow-up to address the death of his brother,
attend counselling sessions to correct his misguided dislike of Malays,
post a $10,000 bond to ensure good behaviour, and
perform 180 hours of community service.

More information:

Contributed by Yuhui.

RJC GP Exam

2005-08-29T00:00:00.000+08:00

Raffles Junior College's 2005 General Paper preliminary examination features an essay question on blogging and podcasting:

"6. Blogging and podcasting have little worth beyond allowing the individual to indulge in narcissistic exhibitionism. Do you agree?"
(Copyright © 2005 Raffles Junior College)

Contributed by Yuhui.

Uniquely Singapore clipper

2005-08-26T00:00:00.000+08:00

The crew of the Uniquely Singapore clipper start blogging about the race.

The clipper is participating in the Clipper 05/06 Round the World Yacht Race. The crew comprises of Singaporeans and foreigners. It is led by Richard Falk, 37, an Australian.

It has a scheduled stop in Singapore from 15 to 27 January 2006.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Straits Times podcast

2005-08-21T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Straits Times Podcast is launched, the first by a mainstream medium.

The podcast is launched in time with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's second National Day Rally speech.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Singapore Democratic Party

2005-08-17T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Singapore Democratic Party announces that it is working on using videoblogging (vblogging) to expand its communication with Singaporeans.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

Blog Timeline.SG

2005-08-14T00:00:00.000+08:00

Blog Timeline.SG is launched. It keeps track of significant events in the Singapore blogosphere.

Contributed by Yuhui.

SG Entrepreneurs

2005-07-22T00:00:00.000+08:00

SG Entrepreneurs is founded by Bernard Leong, Gwendolyn Tan and Lai Weichang. A public and moderated blog, it invites fellow entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business plan competition organisers to blog about their experiences on entrepreneurship and enterprise in Singapore. It also talks about intrapreneurship and social entrepreneurship.

Contributed by Bernard Leong.

Hacked blogs

2005-07-21T00:00:00.000+08:00

Xiaxue's blog is hacked into, the first-known case of such a crime.

Wonkytong's blog is also later found to be hacked into. This site is now kept hidden from public view.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Bloggers.SG

2005-07-16T00:00:00.000+08:00

Bloggers.SG, Singapore's first bloggers' convention, is held at DXO.

Contributed by Yuhui.

NKF on Technorati

2005-07-14T00:00:00.000+08:00

The top search phrase on Technorati, a search engine for worldwide blogs, is "NKF", at the height of the National Kidney Foundation-Singapore Press Holdings lawsuit.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Rockson and T T Durai

2005-07-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

Rockson Takumi Tan's entry about the pay of the National Kidney Foundation's former chief executive officer, T T Durai, becomes the most read blog entry (allegedly in the five-digit figures), receiving more than 800 comments.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Library of Congress (Jakarta)

2005-07-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Library of Congress Office, Jakarta starts listing blogs as electronic resources.

It also includes blogs from the other countries in Southeast Asia.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

Today's blog column

2005-06-22T00:00:00.000+08:00

Today, a free newspaper, starts a weekly column on blogging, written by Mr Miyagi.

Update: 10 July 2006

Mr Miyagi announces that he has resigned from Today.

Contributed by Mr Miyagi.

Sarong Party Girl nude photo

2005-06-07T00:00:00.000+08:00

Sarong Party Girl posts a nude photo of herself, attracting the attention of the mainstream media and general public.

Contributed by Yuhui.

READ! Singapore

2005-06-02T00:00:00.000+08:00

The National Library Board encourages members of the public to blog about their reading experiences at the READ! Singapore blog.

This is part of its nation-wide reading initiative, READ! Singapore.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

National Interschool Blogging Championship

2005-05-20T00:00:00.000+08:00

The Ministry of Education announces the first National Interschool Blogging Championship, co-organised with SingTel.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

Penny Low

2005-05-16T00:00:00.000+08:00

Penny Low, a People's Action Party member, becomes the first Member of Parliament to blog.

Update: 18 April 2006

She announces that she has stopped moblogging.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

A*Star-AcidFlask incident

2005-04-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

A*Star, a government agency, forces the closure of Caustic Soda by Chen Jiahao a.k.a. AcidFlask, the first-known shutdown of a personal blog due to external pressure.

Update (9 March, 2007)
Aaron Ng posted an official clarification from A*Star regarding the AcidFlask incident. It included the defamatory remarks. It also clarified that Jiahao was asked to delete the offending remarks only, not shut down his entire blog.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Infantile

2005-04-21T12:00:00.000+08:00

Steven McDermott labels local blogs as infantile (in general).

mrbrown subsequently retitles his blog as "mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore".

Contributed by Yuhui.

Tomorrow.sg

2005-04-21T00:00:00.000+08:00

Launch of Tomorrow.sg, a repository of public recommendations of blogs and news about Singapore.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Chua Cheng Zhan

2005-04-10T00:00:00.000+08:00

Chua Cheng Zhan, a Public Service Commission scholar, posts an entry that insults Indians, drawing comments and criticism from the blogosphere and mainstream media.

The entry has since been removed.

The site, www.chengzhan.net, has since shut down.

Contributed by Yuhui (on behalf of an anonymous contributor).

Goh Meng Seng

2005-04-06T00:00:00.000+08:00

Goh Meng Seng, a Workers' Party member, launches his blog, a first by an opposition party member.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

Tan Kin Lian

2005-03-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

Tan Kin Lian, chief executive officer of insurance company NTUC Income, posts his first entry, becoming the first local chief executive to blog publicly.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

Freedom Blog Award

2005-03-23T00:00:00.000+08:00

Singabloodypore is nominated for the Freedom Blog Award organised by Reporters Without Borders.

Altogether, 60 blogs from around the world are nominated.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

Xiaxue-LocalBrand endorsement deal

2005-02-26T00:00:00.000+08:00

Xiaxue announces her endorsement contract with LocalBrand, a T-shirt company, the first-known blogger-corporate deal.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Pilot n' Jo Show

2005-02-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

Niraj and Johal start the first-known podcast, The Pilot n' Jo Show.

Update: 5 May 2006

The site shuts down.

Contributed by mordecai.

eGen official launch

2005-01-29T00:00:00.000+08:00

Official launch of eGen, touted as the first blogging community in Singapore for youths.

It is managed by Fei Yue Community Services.

Contributed by Yuhui.

"browned"

2005-01-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

First use of this word by Project Maya.

Its meaning is similar to "slashdotted" to indicate a website that is hyperlinked by another, usually heavily trafficked, website (mrbrown, in this case). This results in something similar to the Slashdot effect.

Contributed by Yuhui.

From A Singapore Angle

2005-01-08T00:00:00.000+08:00

Loy Hui Chieh renames his blog to From A Singapore Angle to cover Singaporean issues, particularly political ones.

Originally, he had set it up as "Tsunami Relief Singapore", following the devastating tsunami on 26 December 2004. It was used to chronicle the efforts of the disaster recovery work from a Singapore perspective.

Update: 26 June 2006

The blog moves to its new location under the name, Singapore Angle. It is co-written initially by 10 bloggers to "promote civil and reasoned discussions of Singapore affairs and other related issues of interest."

Contributed by Ivan Lian.

Den's Life

2004-08-04T00:00:00.000+08:00

Denise Tan starts chronicling her life in the first-known blog comic.

Contributed by Yuhui.

National Day moblogs

2004-06-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

The National Day Parade 2004 Organising Committee includes moblogs in the NDP website, written by five selected mobloggers.

Contributed by Yuhui.

sgselltrade

2004-03-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

sgselltrade opens its doors for bloggers to buy, sell and trade with one another directly.

Contributed by Yuhui.

eGen

2004-03-18T00:00:00.000+08:00

First eGen blog: ~ PeeK a BoO! ~ by kk.

(If you know of an older eGen, please let us know.)

Contributed by Yuhui.

MyDreamD8

2004-02-19T00:00:00.000+08:00

SingTel and its Australian subsidiary, Optus, jointly launch MyDreamD8, a reality blogging contest. It is apparently the first of its kind in the world.

The site, www.mydreamd8.com, has since shut down.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Singapore Internet Research Centre

2003-10-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

First post in The Internet in Asia, a blog by Singapore Internet Research Centre at Nanyang Technological University to record its Asian research.

Update: 15 June 2005

It moves to its new location.

Contributed by Mr Wang.

mrbrown and Today

2003-06-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

mrbrown crosses over from blogging to the mainstream media by writing a column for Today, a free newspaper.

Other bloggers who will also cross over include Xiaxue (for The New Paper) and Mr Miyagi (also for Today).

Update: 6 July 2006

The column is suspended following a criticism by K Bhavani, Press Secretary to the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts. She claimed that mrbrown had engaged in partisan politics in his article, "S'poreans are fed, up with progress!".

Contributed by Yuhui with assistance from mrbrown (from a suggestion by Mr Wang).

Xiaxue

2003-04-23T00:00:00.000+08:00

Xiaxue launches her blog, which eventually becomes a revenue generator for her.

It also attracts thousands of readers who either love or hate her.

Contributed by Yuhui.

DeadJournal

2002-05-08T00:00:00.000+08:00

First Singaporean DeadJournal blog: ::Monochromatic Dreams:: by shadowmoon.

(If you know of an older Singaporean DeadJournal, please let us know.)

Contributed by Shadowmoon Yun.

Life! This Weekend

2002-04-26T00:00:00.000+08:00

First-known mainstream media-mention of blogs (sg_ljers) in Life! This Weekend, a newspaper.

Contributed by Yuhui.

sg_ljers Greet Meet Up

2002-02-23T00:00:00.000+08:00

First sg_ljers Greet Meet Up at Bboss, the first-known blog-community offline meetup.

There would be two other GMUs before dying out.

Contributed by Yuhui.

sg_ljers

2001-05-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

First post in sg_ljers, one of the oldest (or is it the oldest?) blog communities for Singaporeans.

There was another community, singapore, but it has since shut down.

Contributed by Yuhui.

Diaryland

2001-03-16T00:00:00.000+08:00

First Singaporean Diaryland blog: Alfian's Secret Wank Shed by Alfian Sa'at.

(If you know of an older Singaporean Diaryland, please let us know.)

Contributed by Molly Meek.

LiveJournal

2000-09-05T00:00:00.000+08:00

First Singaporean LiveJournal blog: let me dissect your mind by runny.

(If you know of an older Singaporean LiveJournal, please let us know.)

Contributed by Yuhui.

mrbrown

1997-02-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

mrbrown launches his personal website. It is acknowledged generally by academics to be a blog (before the term was popularised).

Together with Xiaxue and Mr Miyagi, he is considered as one of Singapore's trinity of celebrity bloggers.

Update: 14 July 2004

mrbrown revamps his blog using TypePad.

Contributed by Yuhui.