TR EMERITUS

OK, Putin in 1991 when he was working for the mayor of St Petersburg. Harry believed in the iron fist but in 1991 Putin said it would lead to  “totalitarianism”. “But the danger lies not in the law enforcement organs, nor in the state security services nor in the police – and not even in the army. The danger lies in... 

While our ang moh tua kees are KPKBing about hanging drug mules, detention without trial , LGBT rights and other ang moh preoccupations, they are missing something that will soon come here. Beijing wants to give every citizen a credit rating for everything.  Citizens’ ratings are to be linked with their identity-card numbers.... 

When LKY passed away in 2015, my first concern is about Singapore's diplomacy. Observing how his son had conducted himself in various occasions, like visiting Taiwan right before he assumed the position as Prime Minister and how he unwittingly joked about smoke in Beijing right in front of the US President, I feared very much...