TR EMERITUS

It is often said that talent should rise to the top, regardless of background. But can you have equality of opportunity when the gap between the haves and have-nots is wider than ever? A meritocracy sounds positively utopian. After all, what could be fairer than a society in which status is defined by achievement rather than... 

That was my tot when I read on FB Singapore may fight fake news in the same way as drugs: Puthucheary (Constructive, nation-building headline last week) My FB avater commented: Hang convicted people isit? Terry Xu u have been warned. TX: I am always prepared to die for what I am doing. So not much of a threat. My avater: Respect. Seriously,... 

I refer to “Khaw flags ‘glitches and delays’ on NSEWL as signalling tests extend to operating hours”.  (Today) As advised by the MOT minister, MRT commuters should expect our MRT system to remain unreliable for the time being. Nowhere in any other cities are millions of MRT commuters used as guinea pigs to test a new...