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Singapore’s policy is ‘to be close to all great powers’

Prof Tommy Koh says that Singapore’s policy is “to be close to all great powers”, but that we pursue a policy of non-alignment. (ST, 8/4/22) He quotes our first foreign minister, Mr S Rajaratnam in his inaugural speech at the UN in 1965. In that speech, Mr Rajaratnam said that we do not side with “narrow power bloc...

Let’s see beyond the mainstream media’s praises of Lawrence Wong

As expected, the mainstream media (ranked 160th in the world) has started to sing praises about the incoming Prime Minister! One article said that was seen as down to earth and friendly by his residents, and another article said that he had displayed leadership in crisis! Don’t you find it very ironic that the mainstream media...

The potential Prime Minister wannabes

CCS is smartest but unwise & foolish at times. 聪明反被聪明误。 TCJ is most honest but too straight to the point of naivety. We term it as Angmo teed, 不懂得转弯，直冲直撞。 OYK is most ambitious without enough ability. Ambition outweighs ability, 野心大过能力，何德何能。 HSK is the political...