The history of Special Branch and the Emergency
My name is Yoong Siew Wah and I was a former director of ISD (Internal Security Department), the name adopted after Singapore became independent to replace Special Branch to divest the department from its colonial connotation. The Malayan Secret Service had no executive power and was replaced by Special Branch with executive...
New year greetings
Some people think it's too "Chinese Chauvinist" to greet others " Happy Chinese New Year" because other places like Korea and Vietnam also celebrate this "Lunar New Year". Thus we should use " Happy Lunar New Year". This assertion is fundamentally wrong. The Chinese calendar is NOT a purely Lunar Calendar but an "Agricultural...
An alternative way to operate the electricity market
1. I wish to suggest an alternative way to operate the electricity market in Singapore. 2. This is my understanding of how the electricity market operates at present: a) There are several power producers. They generate electricity and offer them to the market at their prices. The authority (EMA) accepts the offers based on the...
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