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Laid Off? Move to Singapore!

The following email was sent by the deputy editor of The Straits Times, an English language newspaper in the only growing market for print papers left: Asia. Singapore, specifically. The editor would like to know if maybe anyone who is going to get laid off from the New York Times would like to go work in a country whose "press freedom ranks below Nigeria and just ahead of Russia." They are in dire need of copy-editors, apparently! The last couple were maybe caned? Email below, via Thomas Crampton.

From: Warren Fernandez Jude
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:50:15 +0800
Subject: Fw: and the misery continues...

Would you know anyone within the NYT who could help us put out the word that we would be happy to take on some copy-editors, which we are in dire need of.

Ideally, they would operate in our newsroom in Singapore, but we are open to the idea of some working in the US, as Paul Zach does.

Many thanks

Warren Fernandez
Deputy Editor
The Straits Times
Tel: 63195343/63195312
Fax: 63198274
email: warren (a t) sph.com.sg

1:32 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Pareene
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depardoo at 01:44 PM on 04/17/08
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The Straights Times is of little interest to the vast majority of Gawker commenters.
Ha Ha Sound at 01:48 PM on 04/17/08
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I'd be interested, but I just got hired to be the Ombudsman for the Tuvalu Freeman Ledger.
Colonel Mustard at 01:55 PM on 04/17/08
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I'm too homosexual for Singapore. On reflection, however, if this guy is ending sentences with 'of' then he isn't kidding about needing copy editors.
mattymcd at 01:58 PM on 04/17/08
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Canings and child prostitutes doesn't seem too far of a stretch for Times writers.
NinaHagen at 01:59 PM on 04/17/08
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@Colonel Mustard: I chew too much gum but enjoy caning.
Calraigh at 02:16 PM on 04/17/08
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I want my/I want my/I want my NYTEEEEEEE......
Botswana Meat... at 02:19 PM on 04/17/08
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You don't even want to know what the punishment for a dangling participle is in Singapore.
riskybusiness at 02:23 PM on 04/17/08
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We sail tonight for singapore; Don't fall asleep while you're ashore.
Mediahohoho at 03:04 PM on 04/17/08
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@riskybusiness: In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Pussy Galore at 04:09 PM on 04/17/08
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Dare I ask what a Singapore Sling is?
bobloblog at 04:38 PM on 04/17/08
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On the plus side of Singapore, there's amazing eats and it's really clean. The crazies always ask before they try to make out with you and you can see somebody being cremated in a public park. Plus I'm kind of onside with banning gum and caning stupid dink kids.

But yeah, the lack of press freedom and air conditioning abuses are troubling.