TR EMERITUS

The “degree of training” that Singapore’s leaders go through before moving up the ranks is what sets them apart from leaders of other countries. This was highlighted by Minister K Shanmugam in an interview with the South China Morning Post last weekend. However, that’s only half the story. To get the full story, we have... 

Prime Minister-still-in-waiting In this country, you are called the Prime Minister-in-waiting for good reason – you need to wait and wait for your turn. In the case of Heng Swee Keat, his turn never came despite all the waiting. He emerged as the PM-in-waiting after a long and winding process. Then he waited while he got tested... 

How many times in the past year have you seen celebratory headlines in the MSM proclaiming ever more family firms being set up in Singapore to manage the funds of the super-rich? We were even told in the past that if 10 more billionaires migrated to Singapore and increased the Gini coefficient, well that was not a bad thing...