Gerrymandering in the Lion City
Gerrymandering is as old as politics itself. The term refers to the drawing of legislative district lines in such a way as to thwart opposition victory or to enhance the power of a political party. The word was originally coined by an American newspaper in the 1800s by Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry, who passed a law...
Let’s thank Trump and Xi for rowing
Big league conference moved here from Beijing Fallout from the trade war between the United States and China has prompted billionaire media executive Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, to relocate a conference of global business and political leaders from Beijing to Singapore. The event, touted as a rival...
Singapore exile Tan Wah Piow meets Mahathir; says M’sia is a beacon for democracy
Tan (center). with Thum (left), & Hishamuddin. (Photo: MSN) Singapore exile and former student activist, Tan Wah Piow, met with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed on Thursday and invited him to speak at an upcoming conference on democracy next year. The meeting with Tan, along with Singaporean historian Thum Ping-tjin,...
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