Singlish vs Standard English: I say, RELAK, lah!
Confession: I possess no PhD in English Literature or, for that matter, a MA, Int’l Relations or a BA (Hons), Sociology & Int’l Relations (the last 2 from UK universities, no less). But I do speak and write fairly decent English – and communicate in Singlish as and when. It is no surprise to me how Chang Li Lin,...
Totally baffled by ELD’s police reports
The Elections Department (ELD) has made police reports against a website and two individuals for “for allegedly publishing online articles and postings on Cooling-Off Day and Polling Day of the Bukit Batok By-election.” The two individuals are Roy Ngerng and Teo Soh Lung. The posts by Teo Soh Lung range from a prosaic...
Bilahari Kausikan caustic speech at a policy forum in Tokyo
Bilahari Kausikan (Photo: FMT) Singaporeans should take umbrage to Bilahari Kausikan's speech as Singapore's ambassador at large at a policy forum in Tokyo. If he was speaking in his personal capacity it was bad enough. But he was speaking as Singapore's official representative and that was a disaster . Singapore officials should...
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