Intro to international human rights law

United Nations
The webpage above gives a good rundown of all the international instruments relating to human rights.

A quick discovery while checking out the links. It seems that Singapore, a multi-racial society that prides itself on equality among races, is not a signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).

sgwatchDOG will follow up by detailing what international human rights instruments Singapore has signed, and what it hasn't.

Women and an ASEAN Human Rights Body

Maruah:SINGAPORE WORKING COMMITTEE FOR THE ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISM
A forum on 29th March 2008, organised by MARUAH. Hope to see you there.

HDB introduces Resale Checklists for Housing Agents

HDB InfoWEB : Press Release

Good move by HDB to curb the tactics of some of the "black sheep" in the estate agent business. Hopefully, buyers and sellers will have less worries after this scheme kicks in.

Google for Non-Profits

Google for Non-Profits
sgwatchDOG already uses many Google tools to disseminate info. Google recently set up a website dedicated to non-profit organisations.

Beware of Scams

Consumer Portal: MoneySENSE Alert
Scams just don't seem to go away. The latest scams are getting more and more sophisticated.

Getting our priorities right

Ethical Living - Guardian Unlimited
With the current fad for everything "green", it's very easy to start to do stuff that is easy to do, yet "green" in ideal. However, should that be the way? It seems we are choosing the easy bits and forgetting the more important (but often more difficult) issues...

New company added to MoneySENSE Investor Alert List

Apollo International Wealth Management Co. Ltd has just been added to the MoneySENSE Investor Alert List.

Consumer Reports' Secret Shoppers Have Lots of Explaining to Do

Wired Magazine
A quirky report on mystery shoppers and testers working for Consumer Reports.

The other casualty of the Great Escape: mainstream media credibility

journalism.sg
A good analytical article from Cherian George revealing the failure of the mainstream media to ask the right questions regarding the escape of the JI detainee.

Acceptance of ichqs put on hold

ichqs.com - Home
sgwatchDOG remembers that the ichqs programme had some problems a few years ago also. Anyway, the public notice by ichqs contained an interesting portion

Due to the termination of our telesales team, a few disgruntled ex-employees may have contacted you via sms. We apologize for the inconveniences caused.

sgwatchDOG wonders if the recently released MAS tips on stored value facilities has anything to do with ichqs being put on hold.