Politicians should take the lead and stop giving lip service
The Straits Times article “CECA is not a four-letter word” (18 Jul 2021) by Senior Political Correspondent Ms Grace Ho is a great display of allegiance to the government’s standard narrative on the wonders of FTAs in expanding Singapore’s economic space and creating good jobs for Singaporeans. Her article wasn’t...
Why Is Temasek So Massively Overexposed to Chinese Regulatory and Market Risk?
The last few days have seen a savage sell-off in Chinese tech stocks that has wiped hundreds of billions of dollars off their market capitalisation. The Hang Seng Technology Index has fallen some 24% since the date of Temasek’s year end valuation and by 43% from its peak. While there is no transparent market in pre-IPO and...
Has our lives become a game of cards, played by the not-so-skilled 4G?
I refer to the article "Singapore restaurant owners vent frustration as dine-in shutters" (Bloomberg, 24 Jul) In a 1980 rally, the late Lee Kuan Yew famously said: “This is not a game of cards! This is your life and mine!” One of the reasons that made those 13 words so famous is that these words encapsulate the very social...
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