Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand Rejects Emulation by Thailand of Singapore’s One Party Rule
EDITORS' NOTE: Abhisit is only half right. Singapore is not just a one-party system, it is fast becoming a ONE-FAMILY system if not already one ! A one-party system is DETRIMENTAL to Singapore in the long run because it is completely devoid of any internal checks and balances. All we need is a nutcase like Hitler to turn Singapore...
The Tan Yong Soon cooking fiasco: what lessons it hold for both the government and blogosphere
By Fang Zhi Yuan, Senior writer It was supposedly an innocuous travelogue about his family holiday in Paris, France. When Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources Mr Tan Yong Soon accepted the Straits Times' invitation to write about his experiences at the prestigious french cooking school, 'Le...
Is it so difficult for our leaders to say a simple ‘sorry’ ?
By Fang Zhi Yuan, Senior writer The recent Tan Yong Soon fiasco has drawn polarizing opinions from two different camps. While the majority of netizens lampooned and condemned Tan for being insensitive and callous in flaunting his wealth in a national paper, some defended his travelogue as an innocuous sharing of one's unique...
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