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Mr Bilahari Kausikan Former Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Mr Bilahari Kausikan’s remarks at the fifth and final lecture of his IPS-Nathan Lecture Series titled Dealing with an Ambiguous World: Can Singapore Cope? revisited an intractable pessimism and lack of confidence about the approach of the opposition in Singapore... 

So I've been thinking about the standard English versus Singlish debate and questioning the government's assumption that for some people at least, speaking Singlish "crowds out" or limits their ability to master standard English. It's an alluring and plausible assumption, but I'm not sure it's correct. Even if it's possible... 

Below are some frequently asked questions about Mr Chiam See Tong's departure from the SDP and why we are raising the issue now. I answer them here: Why rehash the past over the split with Chiam See Tong? Aren't there more important issues to discuss? Many of you are sick of this matter and you don't want to hear any more of...