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Tharman would be worthy successor to Lagarde at IMF

Tharman would be worthy successor to Lagarde at IMF

Tharman Shanmugaratnam has what the IMF needs in a managing director – equal doses of technocratic and political skills. (Photo: AP) (22 April)   Singapore's finance minister has the right skills while it's time for a non-European to take charge. Christine Lagarde is more than halfway through her tenure as managing director... 

Reform Party May Day Message

Reform Party May Day Message

Reform Party notes the NTUC chief and PAP Minister Lim Swee Say’s May Day message to the workers of Singapore. As usual with PAP government messages, it made little or no economic sense. It contained nothing new and was the familiar mixture of simultaneously telling our workers to work harder (the “Cheaper Better Faster”... 

Singapore’s caning punishment

Singapore’s caning punishment

Singapore's justice system also sentences convicts to be caned.(Photo: Reuters) (29 April)   Singapore's justice system is notorious for its use of the death penalty, but it also sentences convicts to be caned. Eligible offences include drug trafficking, vandalism, rioting and overstaying a visa by more than 90 days. Only... 



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