Review of ‘The Media Enthralled, Singapore Revisited’ by Francis T Seow
The Media Enthralled, published in 1998, is a meticulous documentation of how the free press was subverted and enslaved. Not only was the local press with powerful private ownership brought to its knees, the foreign press too were subjugated. Like other books of the author, I read The Media Enthralled with a dictionary by my...
GIC suffers 60% loss as it invests in Vietnamese taxi company during a time when ride-hailing apps are on the rise
According to an article in the Tiền Phong newspaper, Singapore’s Government Investment Corporation (GIC) had realised a 60% loss over 4 years after it sold 5.4 million shares in Vietnamese taxi operator Vinasun. The taxi operator was operating a fleet of 5,000 taxis and was mainly concentrated in Ho Chi Minh City, where...
Malaysians enjoy sponsored World Cup, Singaporeans sponsor Trump-Kim summit
Singaporeans cannot be faulted for casting envious glances at our neighbours and wondering what on earth is happening. They threw out their government after 61 years and suddenly national pride has shot up and euphoria is running high. To add to their joy, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng announced to Malaysians that they will...
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