TR EMERITUS

The dramatic advent of the first democratic government in Singapore was by a landslide victory in the general election in 1959 by the People's Action Party (PAP) led by the dynamic leader Lee Kuan Yew. This brought a flush of lofty euphoria to the people of Singapore as it ended a long reign of British colonial rule. The PAP... 

I wish to give my views about state control of the media - whether it is in Singapore, China or other countries that are given a bad name for not allowing "freedom of the press". I find it acceptable for a country to have control over the media for the following reasons: a) The people should have clear access to the thinking... 

Try this and see what happens: Take your spouse’s money, buy her a gift and then proclaim to her: “Promise made. Promise kept.” I don’t know about yours, but mine would get into an absolute fit and return me the gift – in the form of a projectile. But that’s exactly what Mr Lawrence Wong did. In December 2020, the...