On Heng Swee Keat’s Committee
Heng Swee Kiat Just as in previous committees, I don't think they will get what they hope for. Such exercises are done in many places with confident managements but they almost always end up as hubris. The future is unpredictable and we are foremost price takers. So why bother? What are the possible real reasons for such exercises?...
Dean of LKY School of Public Policy gets a pie in his face
Dean of LKY School of Public Policy, Kishore Mahbubani The Dean of LKY School of Public Policy, Kishore Mahbubani, writes an opinion piece in the prestigious Financial Times [Link]. Singaporeans must be really proud of his defence he mounted on behalf of Standard Chartered Bank against that "rogue regulator", Benjamin Lawsky,...
Permanent measures of Olympic achievement
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 14 Aug 2012 letter “Permanent measures of Olympic achievement” by Dr Yik Keng Yeong. Dr Yik says that the athlete’s sacrifice and devotion to the arduous process of attaining the Olympic medal makes its attainment uplifting and edifying to the national psyche. But when the attainment...
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