TR EMERITUS

It is well known that if Ong Teng Cheong had stood against Nathan he would have won. One of the reasons he didn’t do it was because his beloved wife was dying, and he felt the President should have a First Lady. He was adamant about doing his job and he rubbed LKY and Goh Chok Tong and the Civil service the wrong way, at... 

I refer to PM Lee’s 2016 NDR speech. As with previous NDR speeches, it was yet another occasion for shameless self praise and, of course, propaganda. In his 2015 NDR speech, PM Lee went as far as claiming we were already one people, bragging about our “good government”, government’s “honesty when it comes to policies”,... 

Singapore will have another state funeral with the passing of SR Nathan at the age of 92. There are not many of such ancients of a passing era left in Singapore. This is another man that had lived a very good life and passed away peacefully leaving behind a big family and family wealth that would last for generations. Nathan...