The Stupidity of Linguistic Chauvinism
I ran into a British Born Chinese girl at an event organized by my sister tonight. The conversation inevitably turned to the topic of growing up between East and West. Both of us admitted to being Chinese illiterate and she talked about how everyone in Hong Kong called her a Banana (Yellow on the outside but white on the inside),...
The Elected President
Many Singapore citizens look at the election of the President as an office to keep a check on the government and to protect the reserves. I do not share their enthusiasm. Right from the start, when the first President was elected in 1991 under the revised constitution, I looked at the office as being unnecessary, wasteful and...
The Reserves Are Never Going to Benefit You While PAP Remain in Power
A few days ago Temasek announced that it was very sorry for screwing up with the FTX investment and losing your money. It admitted losses of US$275 million ($374 million) but without transparency we can’t be sure that that is the full story as earlier funding rounds in which Temasek participated do not appear to be accounted...
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