摘要：很多人不知道新加坡是專制獨裁政權，其反對黨常常受到政府的擠壓，若想要批評新加坡的法律與制度，還得先搞清楚是否因此會受到新加坡的懲罰．
第一篇原文網址: http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-11/17/c_12783851.htm
著书污蔑司法 英国作家新加坡获刑
2010年11月17日 09:29:37 来源： 新华网
新加坡一家法庭１６日判处一名英国作家６周监禁、２万新元（约合１.５４万美元）罚款，原因是他在一本关于死刑的新书中污蔑新加坡司法制度。
英国作家艾伦·沙德雷克现年７６岁，在一本新书中批评新加坡死刑制度缺乏公平。
这本书在新加坡售出６０００册，但已遭禁售。沙德雷克今年７月来新加坡参与新书宣传活动时遭逮捕。
法官昆廷·洛说，对沙德雷克的处罚是新加坡法庭针对蔑视司法罪名判处的最高刑罚。如果他无法支付罚款，还将追加两周监禁。
洛说，沙德雷克的行为“全然不顾事实真相”，他仅对触犯司法敏感话题而道歉，却拒绝因这本书的内容道歉。
第二篇原文網址: http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=329412
新加坡超越效率，建構文化特色
2011/07/08
Moving Beyond Efficiency, Singapore Takes to the Arts
【By NAOMI LINDT／陳世欽譯】
Called a “cultural desert” too many times to count, Singapore is seen as a bastion of sanitized, chewing-gum-free efficiency, admired for its modernity and order in otherwise chaotic Southeast Asia. It’s a place where creativity hasn’t been cultivated.
新加坡素有「文化沙漠」之稱，在外國人眼中是一個處處整潔，街頭不見口香糖的高效率社會，更是整體外觀混亂無序的東南亞國家當中，現代化與井然有序人人稱羨的異數。然而，這也是個創意尚待培育開發的國度。
The Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas infamously used Singapore to illustrate his term the “generic city” in a 1996 interview, and even Lee Kuan Yew, the former prime minister, said that a Singaporean culture was unlikely to emerge anytime soon.
荷蘭建築師庫爾哈斯1996年接受訪問時，以新加坡為負面例子，用來代表他所說的「無品牌」城市；就連新加坡前總理李光耀也曾表示，具新加坡特色的文化短期內不太可能出現。
True to its hands-on, centralized nature, the government believes it can change this image. With the stated goal of turning Singapore into a “global arts city” by 2015, it has invested more than a billion dollars over the last 20 years in new museums and cultural institutions like the $487 million performing arts center, Esplanade, and SAM at 8Q, a space dedicated to cutting-edge work at the Singapore Art Museum.
事必躬親且中央化的新加坡政府自認可以扭轉這種形象，並已設定2015年之前使新加坡一躍成為「全球藝術之都」的目標，過去20年間計已投入10億美元以上興建博物館與文化設施，包括耗資4億8700萬美元的Esplanade濱海藝術中心，以及新加坡藝術館新設專門展示最前衛藝術作品的分館8Q SAM。
It has lured star architects like Moshe Safdie and Norman Foster to build glittering new hotels like the Marina Bay Sands and the Capella Singapore, and recruited the art world icon Lorenzo Rudolf to organize Art Stage Singapore, an event that debuted in January. Some 32,000 visitors showed up to see works by artists including Anish Kapoor, David LaChapelle and Takashi Murakami.
新加坡吸引了沙夫迪耶、福斯特等知名建築師前來設計光彩奪目的飯店，包括濱海灣金沙酒店與新加坡卡佩拉酒店，同時禮聘藝術界大師魯道夫籌辦今年一月揭幕的「藝術登陸新加坡博覽會」。參展的知名藝術家包括卡普爾、拉查裴里、村上隆等人，大約吸引了3萬2000人次的參觀人潮。
Meanwhile, many involved in the independent cultural scene are working to create an authentic cultural identity for the citystate.
另一方面，許多涉足獨立文化領域的人士正積極努力，為這個城市國家打造真正屬於自己的文化身分。
“Many Singaporeans are playing with new ways of examining themselves, and I wanted to create a platform for that,” said Torrance Goh, an architect who founded Rojak, a biannual gathering of artists. “The system doesn’t allow for spontaneity, so we are bypassing the patronage network and doing it ourselves in overlooked, public spaces.”
新加坡Rojak（為馬來語，華語稱羅惹或羅雜，是星馬一種涼拌菜，也就是沙拉，此字本身有大雜燴之意）馬來語藝術雙年展創辦人托倫斯‧高（譯音）說：「許多新加坡人正嘗試以各種新方式檢視自己。我想為他們搭建一個平台。新加坡的社會體制沒有為自發性設想。所以我們必須迴避官方系統，在受到忽略的公共空間自己動手。」
Locations for the six-year-old Rojak have included the offices of an ad agency and a backstreet in the Little India neighborhood.
Rojak展開辦至今已有六年，展演的地點包括一家廣告公司的辦公室，以及小印度社區內的一條僻巷。
A group show organized by the Valentine Willie Fine Art gallery, entitled “Beyond LKY ” examined life after Mr. Lee . The exhibition featured works by 20 Singaporean artists exploring controversial topics like the death penalty, immigration and national identity, subject matter that can incur fines and prosecution.
華倫汀‧威利藝廊所籌辦名為「LKY（李光耀）之後」的團體展，探討後李光耀時期的新加坡生活面貌。參展的新加坡藝術家共有20人，作品觸及多項爭議性話題，包括死刑、移民與國家認同。在新加坡，公開討論這些話題足以招來罰款與起訴。
“I was waiting for the Media Development Authority to show up,” said the gallery owner, Valentine Willie, referring to the government agency that oversees public content. “But no one came.”
新加坡媒體發展管理局負責監督公共展出的內容，藝廊負責人威利說：「我一直在等該局官員找上門，然而始終不見人影。」
The gallery anchors Singapore’s newest arts area, which has grown to include about a half-dozen galleries in the last few years . Housed in a bustling warehouse only 10 minutes by taxi from the central business district, the unadorned space with its freight elevators and exposed pipes certainly looks right for the part of an avant-garde art hub.
這家畫廊是新加坡最新藝術區的重鎮；這個新藝術區幾年來陸續出現了六家左右的藝廊。它座落在一間喧鬧的倉庫內，距離市中心商業區坐計程車只要10分鐘，沒有裝潢的空間、載貨電梯、外露的管子，作為前衛藝術中心顯得十分搭調。
Visual art isn’t the only cultural realm that is expanding. Young Singaporeans are striking out on their own to begin independent boutiques and fashion labels .
視覺藝術並不是正在擴張的唯一文化領域。新加坡年輕人已經開始推出獨立的精品店，同時建立自有的時尚品牌。
“In Singapore, creativity is no longer frowned upon,” said Kenny Leck, who abandoned a career as an accountant and opened Books- Actually in 2005 with Karen Wai, his business partner. Filled with vintage typewriters, cameras, accordions and toys, the shop is the kind of place that can’t keep magazines like Monocle and Granta on the shelves. With the goal of fostering a salon-type atmosphere, BooksActually regularly invites emerging artists, authors and playwrights to hold events and readings at the shop.
2005年，雷克放棄原來的會計生涯，與生意夥伴卡倫‧衛（譯音）共同開辦BooksActually書店。店內陳列各種充滿懷舊風的打字機、照相機、手風琴與玩具，無法與Monocle（有設計感又綜括全球時事、文化設計和創意等內容的當紅雜誌）、Granta（英國知名的的文學與文化研究類雜誌）之類的雜誌同時陳列。它試圖營造一股沙龍氣氛，並經常邀請新銳藝術家、作家與劇作家前往出席各種活動與朗讀會。
BooksActually’s story inspired Mike Foo and Shannon Ong to open Woods in the Books, a whimsical children’s bookstore stocked with pop-up books and graphic novels.
BooksActually的例子使傅‧麥克與王‧珊儂（皆譯音）獲得開辦Woods in the Books的靈感。這家充滿奇想的童書店陳列各種立體書（附有立體圖片的書）與繪本小說。
With its batik shops and headscarf- clad women, the Malay neighborhood of Kampong Glam would seem an unlikely match for couture — but reasonable rents and a prime location have turned the vibrant enclave into a smallscale center for up-and-coming designers. Blackmarket, in a century-old shophouse on Jalan Pisang, is an essential first stop, stocking more than 30 Singaporean labels, from promising newcomers to current stars.
馬來族聚居的甘榜格南社區店面放眼望去盡是蠟染店，婦女戴著頭巾，乍看下似乎與女裝設計搭不上邊，然而由於租金合理又位於黃金地段，這個充滿生氣的地方已經成為正待嶄露頭角的設計師聚會的小園地。「黑市」位於賈蘭比桑區一家已有百年歷史的臨街店屋（通常一樓開店，樓上是住家）內，是必訪的第一站，展售出自新銳與名家之手的30多種新加坡自有品牌。
A handful of young Singaporean labels are even going international, like Jo Soh’s Hansel, which caused a minor media frenzy last year when Katy Perry donned one of her bustier-inspired, polka- dot dresses . Ms. Soh recently opened her own boutique on Orchard Road.
少數新加坡新品牌甚至已經進軍國際，例如知名服裝設計師蘇祖兒的Hansel。去年，歌手凱蒂佩芮穿著蘇祖兒設計的一款圓點布料、像內衣的緊身上衣公開亮相時，在媒體界造成了一定程度的轟動。蘇祖兒最近在烏結路開設了自己的時裝店。
“People are now buying local and realizing that what makes Singapore special is what Singaporeans make and create,” Ms. Soh, 35, said. “When I’m 60 and look back on this time, I will see that I was part of a pioneering group that helped to change society. ”
35歲的蘇祖兒說：「人們已經開始選購本地品牌，而且開始明白，新加坡製造、創造的一切才是讓它具有特色的關鍵。當我60歲並回首今日時，我一定會看到，我是改變社會的先驅之一。」
【2011-07-05/聯合報/G9版/UNITEDDAILYNEWS】
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