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Koh Boon Hwee People will no doubt be familiar with the saying "If you love something, set it free." This is a saying most often used in the context of romantic relationships but I would think it can apply to anything. If you love something, that love should transcend self aggrandizement and personal power. Many of those within... 

It’s a common refrain nowadays, one which was recently parroted by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong: if we don’t pay ministers enough, it will be hard to find men and women who will serve the country. It is unfortunate that when we speak of public service now, it is invariably tied-in with how much money one will be... 

Juan Peron I have been watching a series of documentaries on Eva Peron of Argentina and it made me think of our situation in Malaysia and Singapore. Our histories and politics are so different from Argentina because of our social class structure origins. Argentina was colonised by a European elite class, underpinned by their...