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In October 2013 the Court of Appeal dismissed my argument that the PAP government’s US$4 billion line of credit to the IMF needed Parliamentary and Presidential approval as required under Article 144(1) of the Constitution. The learned judges ruled that I had failed to make a prima facie case and that furthermore I lacked... 

PM Lee An editorial in TRE titled ‘PM: You’ll be sorry too if I send all FTs home’, a follow up to Hsien Loong’s talk to NTU students, has drawn more than 100 comments and growing. The main point it seems is that the netizens just could not understand or agree with what Hsien Loong said. Not sure if the message gets... 

老一辈的福建人喜欢用“趣味”来做为择友的标准；比如，他会说：“这个人‘真趣味’，可以和他交朋友。”——可见“趣味”二字已经远远超越其表面意义，涵盖了所有人际关系必需的条件。同样地，要和人绝交，也是祭出“趣味”这道金牌：“这个人‘无趣味’，还跟他做什么朋友！” 行动党自2011年大选出了坏成绩之后，痛定思痛，决定做个新加坡人“真趣味”的“亲故”（韩语好朋友的意思），于是乎就开展了一系列“我们的新加坡对话...