TR EMERITUS

Tharman said yesterday, 24 August 2023:- I think Singapore is ready anytime for a non-Chinese PM Where was he when Lee Hsien Loong and others in the PAP said that Singapore was not ready for a non-Chinese PM? Did you hear a pip squeak from Tharman then to correct these fallacious claims? No! And my fellow Singaporeans, that... 

Many friends have told me that they will cast blank votes or spoilt votes in this coming presidential election. They cannot agree to a system that favours the elites. It is all a wayang (a show, usually quite dramatic as in a Chinese opera). They oppose the onerous conditions imposed on a person who wishes to qualify as a candidate... 

I'm reading ancient Greek literature and history as our Presidential election campaign enters its last weeks. I now have some doubts about how we choose candidates. The Greeks had a clearer vision than we have. For instance, they observe that failure does not imply ineptitude. Think about Oedipus. He serves as the prototype...