Singapore Airline’s new Singapore Girl campaign
Some preview videos have gone online for Singapore Airlines new campaign, and they’re beautiful! SingaporeAirlines11 describes them as:
Join us as we go behind the scenes to trace the romantic journey of the Singapore Girl around the world.
The complete journey with Singapore Airlines’ timeless icon unveils 5 February 2011.
Check out her journey through a few Asian countries:
Update: Check out this final cut, a single video featuring Singapore Girl assisting folks from various countries in one breathtaking, dizzying take!
Singapore Restricts Citizen-Blogger’s Rights
The Republic of Singapore is forbidding political podcasts during their elections. What kind of elections are those?
To quote the primary source:
As a measure against the use of new Internet technologies during hustings in Singapore, Channel NewsAsia reported from a Parliamentary hearing on Monday that “Podcasting is not allowed during elections.”
Not allowing any kind of expression is contrary to the ideals of Democracy. It’s also strange that a government is in touch enough with cutting edge web 2.0 technology like blogging and podcasting to ban it, rather than encourage and foster its growth a medium for political discussion.