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Aljunied residents content with running of estate

In the Sunday Times today (12 Jul), journalists Chong Zi Liang and Rachel Au-Yong have written a fair report on the Workers' Party’s running of Aljunied GRC ('Aljunied constituency report: Can WP hold Aljunied as PAP fights to regain it?'). They wanted to know if Aljunied residents would continue to back WP, or if they would...

ESM Goh receives highest honour from NUS

President Tony Tan, who is NUS chancellor, conferring an honorary Doctorate of Laws on ESM Goh on 6 July 2015. ESM Goh Chok Tong, who was Prime Minister from 1990 to 2004, was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Laws by the National University of Singapore on Monday (6 Jul) for his contributions to public service. This is...

Stark differences between HK’s MTR and SG’s MRT

Mr Jacob C. Kam, MTR operations directorEarlier this year, CNN looked at why Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is so successful. CNN described MTR as the "most envied metro system" in the world ('Hong Kong's MTR: Taking a ride on the world's most envied metro system'). MTR was established as a public entity in 1973-74 before...