Is fear of politics keeping worthy Singaporeans from public office ?
By Fang Zhi Yuan, Chief Editor In his speech two days ago on "Social justice and fairness", ex-NTUC INCOME CEO Mr Tan Kin Lian said he is not keen to run for public office as he does not want any "trouble" at his age. Friends have also warned him that what happened to the late Jeyaretnam, Singapore's long-suffering opposition...
The scourge of terrorism is poverty, not idealogy
By Eugene Yeo, Senior writer My thoughts have been with Hoei Yen and her husband Michael these few days. Though we have never met each other in real life, I believe our lives must have crossed before. Such is the beauty of living together as a cohesive community on a small island where one's friend is always a friend or acquaintance...
Is Tan Kin Lian going to burn his bridges with the PAP soon ?
By Fang Zhi Yuan, Chief Editor First, it was the unsolicited "apology" to Dr Chee Soon Juan for a post made more than a month ago. Now, it was a "letter" from a reader about a speech made by the late David Marshall in 1994 criticizing the exorbitant pay packages of PAP leaders. (read the post here) Whereas his posts are previously...
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