The Riot That Wasn't
The oft quoted racial riots cited as excuse for being booted out of Malaysia took place in 1969. In that sense, the Little India uprising of 2013 was a 1-in-50-year event. Close enough anyway, since...
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Expensive English Tuition
Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen's explanation for spending $25,900 on a language challenged People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officer makes you wonder if he was dropped on his head when he was a child. Or...
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A Judgement Call
Would you buy a used car from this guy?Lee Kuan Yew once admitted that being a politician made him wary of people, especially those who might use their relationship with him for their own gain (LKY,...
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Out Of Country
Japan has seen more changes in political leadership than most decent folk change their underwear. Yes, the yen has been trending down, giving tourists more bang for their buck, but that doesn't seem to...
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Sight For Sore Eyes
This has to be sorriest picture to see print history.For years President John Fitzgerald Kennedy suffered from severe back pain. He took pills and received shots regularly to numb the pain, according...
View ArticleHot Money, Greased Palms
So last Friday's lunch time stabbing in broad daylight at Raffles Place was a occupational hazard, we are told. Apparently the victim was just another money courier, en route to the Arcade where bags...
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Onward With The Fare Hikes
What's wrong with collecting more money?Last year in November the Public Transport Council (PTC) proposed fare increases by 6.6 per cent in 2 phases - 3.2 per cent from April this year, and 3.4 per...
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We're Number 16
The big news is that the World Talent Report 2014 from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) has ranked Malaysia 5th position, while Singapore trails a distant 16. The IMD World...
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A Difference Of Art
Like Ford's Model T, available only in blackDefinitely a more colourful alternativeThe first piece of "art" won her $32,500 in the UOB Painting of the Year 2014 Competition. Ms Om explained that the...
View ArticleRunning Out Of Smart Ideas
The Prime Minister's Office has appointed Minister for Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan to oversee the "Smart Nation Programme Office". Not exactly the smartest of moves, given the...
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Going To War
When Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali showed up at the induction at the Old Post Office building in Houston, one pace forward would have meant acceptance of the call-up to serve in Vietnam."Why should...
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Paper Qualifications
The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking® is reputed to be the most widely read university comparison of their kind. In addition to exploring the world's top 800 universities overall, you...
View ArticleIn Good Company
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was honoured at a dinner held by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Tuesday night. Among the 105 attendees present at its Senior Police Officers' Mess, it must be...
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The Power Wheel
Last Wednesday Singapore banned US-based “pick-up artist” Julien Blanc from entering the country to conduct seminars. For a guy reputed to be the "rock-star" of the dating game, he's should have been...
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The Scholar System Is Broke
On 24 January 2009 at about 11pm, a scholar gained notoriety by strolling down Lorong Mambong in Holland Village on a crowded Saturday evening with nothing on but her birthday suit.An alumni of the...
View ArticleAnother Bites The Dust
Fresh from exacting its pound of flesh from the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC), the National Environment Agency (NEA) homed in on Colorzon Events and Design for organizing an...
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Stand Your Ground
The shameful cul-de-sac encounterKen Kwek will always have a place in our hearts for refusing to divulge the names and standing his ground as a journalist to protect his sources. Lee Kuan Yew (then...
View ArticleLessons From Hong Kong
"Singapore is at a crossroads. How the country moves forward will depend on the choices that the people and their leaders make today. The incentives that those in power build into the system will...
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Another Unnecessary Death
Was Dinesh taken down like this?“We have allowed our criminal justice system to get off balance,” presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton told reporters, “And I personally hope that these tragedies give...
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Intersex Wars
In 2009, law professor and former Nominated Member of Parliament Thio Li-Ann cancelled a planned teaching stint at New York University's School of Law, after the school's students, alumni and faculty...
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