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I have read what Health Minister Gan Kim Yong told Parliament: that he rejects any allegations that his ministry sought to cover-up the data leak from the HIV incident. I am sorry to say that I do not believe him. Gan puts it all down to his so-called "judgement call" and said that MOH's decision not to go public was weighed... 

In the past (1997), Lee Hsien Loong complained that "the Civil Service had hardly terminated an officer for poor performance", and warned civil servants to "buck up or lose your job." 11 years later, when Mas Selamat escaped, calls were made to hold Wong Kan Seng accountable and for him (WKS) to resign. Lee Hsien Loong, who... 

This afternoon, my phone has been going off constantly with endless messages from friends and acquaintances from all walks of life, alerting me to the blackouts this afternoon in some parts of Singapore. The common thread in all these messages is that things are no longer working in Singapore and that all these breakdowns which...