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Is suing a fellow citizen the Prime Minister’s signature act of the year?

Is suing a fellow citizen the Prime Minister’s signature act of the year?

It would appear to be so because there is no other act of his that is more noteworthy in 2018. The problem for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is that by stooping to sue blogger Leong Sze Hian over a Facebook share, he inadvertently re-opened old wounds by making himself a target of sniper fire by his brother in exile. Lee Hsien... 

Is Singapore a police state?

Is Singapore a police state?

“Willy Sum” not his real name, is under police investigation. He is alleged to have committed criminal defamation with just one letter to TOC that contained the word “corruption”. He uses this pen name because he does not wish to be mistaken for a foreigner. For that, the police had ruined his holiday in Taiwan. It was... 

From Shiny Shoes to Seat Warmer: the Career Progression of a PAP Apparatchik

From Shiny Shoes to Seat Warmer: the Career Progression of a PAP Apparatchik

When I was studying economics at Cambridge in 1980 I remember one occasion when I invited a group of Singaporeans studying Economics round to dinner at my college, Queens’. Most of this group were Government scholars that included Shaun Seow, who later became the head of Mediacorp. I did not benefit from a Government scholarship... 



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