TR EMERITUS

* This article first appeared in TRE on 22 August 2012. Perhaps, the heat at the ground is simply too strong. Perhaps, there are areas which he is not familiar. Or perhaps, health may not permit him to stand or speak for too long. So this Sunday, he will be dragging three of his lieutenants to join him on stage. For this, he... 

Mr Leong Sze Hian Worse than I initially envisaged? After writing “HDB: 2-room BTO only $16,000 – Really?” in the evening of 30 July, when I woke up to read the newspapers on 31 July, it dawned upon me that it may   actually be worse (for singles) than I what I had originally thought a few hours earlier. Up to $30,000... 

In 2011 I wrote about how Singaporeans snubbed the ruling PAP regime by refusing to fly the National flag on National Day. Two years on, Singaporeans are still in a snubbing mood. With less than a fortnight to go before National Day on 9 August, most people in the heartland and private estates still refuse to fly the National...