
Two ministers in one ministry, one minister in two ministries
Singapore has a strange system. PM Lee appoints two minister to run one ministry and one minister to run two ministries. For example, Josephine Teo is minister for manpower and second minister of home affairs. Lawrence Wong is minister for national development and second minister for finance. Why is there a need to have this...

While mothers can’t lose their sons, can Ministers afford to lose their jobs?
Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen is the most disarming of Ministers. He is solemn and straight talking yet quick to turn the tables on anyone in his path. Replying in Parliament to Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh, who said that in the light of a spate of training deaths, the SAF’s zero-fatality goal was unrealistic, Dr Ng...

Jialat for economy, PAP/ Voters will get back more of their money
China’s lunar new year spending growth slowest since 2005 Consumption ebbs as weakening economy hits sentiment and fuels worries over retail sales Headline of FT article today China’s economic growth could slow to the weakest level on record (since records began in the early1990s)in the first quarter, reported the Economic...
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