TR EMERITUS

I refer to my recent post on LHL saying that we cannot outsource national security. LHL's statement triggered some questions in my mind. The thoughts behind my post was whether the presence of the Gurkha Contingent (GC) detracted from LHL's statement, why the Government has retained the GC and whether we still need the GC in... 

Click to enlarge “We cannot outsource our security and defence to anyone else; we have to defend Singapore ourselves.” – LHL QUESTIONS: Why does the Singapore Government retain an army of Gurkha soldiers? Being paid soldiers, aren’t they mercenaries? Being mercenaries, aren’t they loyal only to their paymasters and... 

Statement from Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat which was first published on Straits Times in response to the editorial from Zaobao about accountability of public services. Is complacency the cause of our recent spate of distressing failures - from training deaths in national service to the SingHealth cyber attack; from power...