Hijack: What has happened to our Maritime security?
RSN patrol vessel This morning, there was a hijack which is believed to have taken place. The vessel was just outside Singapore, between the mainland and the well-known Horsburgh Lighthouse. At around 1000 hours, the vessel lost communications with the owner. The owner tried for about 2 hours before calling 999. To be fair,...
Are civil servants supposed to make political comments?
Jacky Foo [The following comment from a reader first appeared in TRE Editorial 'Catherine Lim refutes SG Consul-General Jacky Foo'.] What is this Foo character doing? A civil servant and he comes tally ho! to defend Pinkie and his PAP party! Isn’t there a conflict of interest in what he is doing? Does the civil service allow...
Equating top schools with elitism
Mr Delane Lim ("RI students not 'elitist'"; June 3) has misunderstood the thrust of my remarks in Parliament on May 30 on the debate on the President's Address. While I fully endorse the policy goal of keeping upward pathways open to all, I asked whether our education system acts as a source of inequality and reinforces social...
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