TR EMERITUS

很多人对社会事件的看法，实际上是受执政党的宣传机器通过主流媒体直接影响的。这号人物，美国政治术语叫做spin doctor，有些网上字典就直接翻译成“旋医生”，不过我觉得“师爷”最直接和传神。 就好比许连碹主持的民情联系组，到了最近SMRT中国籍巴士司机罢工的事件，就露出它的狐狸尾巴。以一个数量小到可怜的电话调查，全国人民就“被代表”了。她说： “调查显示，人民对非法罢工的评论已从最初的负面反应，到现在的较正面回应。由此可见，人民是支持政府的决定以及不姑息非法罢工的立场。... 

Sunny Verghese: "Who's questioning my ability as a bean counter?" As a writer, I relish the many ways I can pun the headline when commenting on an issue such as this. As a Singaporean, I'm not sure this is the time to get all nationalistic about it. Here’s a summary if you haven’t been following the saga.... 

For some time, I have been writing about the financial and accounting inconsistencies in Temasek Holdings, GIC, and the public records of Singapore. Even the International Monetary Fund is confused enough to re-state and then re-re-state the accumulated government surplus of Singapore. To briefly recap the questionable finances...