TR EMERITUS

I have lived abroad for some years and in many different places. I start to reflect the people from these countries and Singapore. I do notice a lot of resemblance in oppressive regimes such as Cambodia, Vietnam and especially China. In those places, the government officials, their friends and relatives are all in power and... 

“Before our father’s death, Loong insisted that the gazetting of 38 Oxley Road was “inevitable”. Lee Kuan Yew wrote to all his children, “Loong as PM has indicated that he will declare it a heritage site.” [email of 3 October 2011] In light of this false impression given by Loong, Lee Kuan Yew was forced to consider... 

Unsurprisingly, a Straits Times op-ed has characterised revisionist approaches to Singaporean history as a threat to the civic commitment of future generations. This view is puzzling for a number of obvious reasons. To start with, as Leon Perera points out in a recent post, it's not at all clear that civic commitment is incompatible...