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...
Let us mindful of the potential pitfalls ahead while being grateful for what we have
By Fang Zhi Yuan, Senior writer I am heartened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's call for families to draw closer together during these hard times. For far too long, we have been so pre-occupied with the rat race that we have neglected our families and friends. (Read Prime Minister's speech here) In order for us to spend...
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