TR EMERITUS

REMEMBER HOW THE leadership in the erstwhile Soviet Union was passed from Leonid Brezhnev to Yuri Andropov to Konstantin Chernenko to Mikhail Gorbachev? Each change of the leader was accompanied by much pomp and circumstance – and not little anticipation. Here's how the New York Times described one of the changeovers: “...when... 

The CPF scheme has been abused by PAP for decades. A few years before CPF was used to fund public housing, long-term CPF rates were higher than 12-month deposit rates (image below). As they should be. But after the Public Housing Scheme  was introduced in 1968, PAP began to depress long-term CPF rates. From 1968 to 1981, 12-month... 

Could Malaysians in Singapore wield the crucial votes to bring about systemic change of Malaysia? This is a possibility if the analysis of one political scientist were correct. The Malaysian General Elections GE14 is due to be called anytime from now, but no later than 24th August. Goodies such as cooking oil with the ruling...