The Youth Olympic Games: Complacency in the PAP Governance Model?
A couple of stories over the past few weeks on the recently organized Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore caught the eye. All centered around the Ministry of Youth Sports’ (MCYS) management of YOG volunteers and the MCYS Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s response to the inflated YOG budget in parliament. On 21 Sep 2010,...
Singaporeans should be wary when Minister Mah make some new suggestion
“One may argue that the Singapore of today is very different. But the huge oversupply experience not so long ago taught us many valuable lessons – that oversupply is as bad as undersupply, and that we need to manage the building programme carefully, including allocating new flats in a fair, cost-effective and efficient way.” * Why...
母仪天下? Lianhe Wanbao journalist needs to wake up his bloody idea
I am dumbstruck by Lianhe Wanbao's report on the unfortunate passing of Madam Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of MM Lee Kuan Yew. The chinese evening daily had dedicated an entire 8 pages to Madam Kwa and proclaimed her as the "First Lady of Singapore" and "母仪天下", taken to mean literally as the "mother of Singapore". The...
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