We have just been alerted to the existence of our site, Temasek Review Emeritus (former Temasek Review) being featured on Wikipedia.
According to the entry:
The Temasek Review is a self-appellated online newspaper and is one of the most visited members [1]of the alternative media that emerged in Singapore as a reaction to censorship in the state press.
Though it declares itself to be neither “pro-Opposition” or “pro-Government”, the Malaysian newspaper The Starrecognises it to have Opposition sympathies.[2][3] According to SPH-owned The New Paper, “News website Temasek Review has earned a reputation for its sharply critical views of the Government.”[4] According to the Jakarta Globe, the Temasek Review is “one of Singapore’s few independent web sites”.[5]
It was founded in 2004[6] as Wayang Party and renamed Temasek Review in 2009.[7] In late 2010, it was involved in a dispute with government-linked corporation Temasek Holdings (TH) over its name, arguing that the Javanese word Temasek was “indisputably associated with Temasek” and that the website “was just trying to capitalise on the goodwill and reputation” linked to it.[7][8]
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.[6] 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”.
According to the entry:
The Temasek Review is a self-appellated online newspaper and is one of the most visited members [1]of the alternative media that emerged in Singapore as a reaction to censorship in the state press.
Though it declares itself to be neither “pro-Opposition” or “pro-Government”, the Malaysian newspaper The Starrecognises it to have Opposition sympathies.[2][3] According to SPH-owned The New Paper, “News website Temasek Review has earned a reputation for its sharply critical views of the Government.”[4] According to the Jakarta Globe, the Temasek Review is “one of Singapore’s few independent web sites”.[5]
It was founded in 2004[6] as Wayang Party and renamed Temasek Review in 2009.[7] In late 2010, it was involved in a dispute with government-linked corporation Temasek Holdings (TH) over its name, arguing that the Javanese word Temasek was “indisputably associated with Temasek” and that the website “was just trying to capitalise on the goodwill and reputation” linked to it.[7][8]
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”.
