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Tales From The Crypt
Toh was founder Chairman of the People's Action Party in 1954For those who are better informed, this is going to be one helluva gruelling week. Already the state television channels are playing the...
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The Soft Portrait
Whoever was responsible for the funeral arrangements, he deserves to be shot. The photograph chosen for the once in a life time event lacks gravitas, hardly the best portrait of a strong man who fought...
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The Last Lap
Nice digs, staff of 90, $4 million to upkeepAha, the gun carriage denied to Ong Teng CheongGlass panels for climate control?No ordinary land rover, must be a MercedesLooks like it's downhill all the...
View ArticleI Come To Praise Caesar, Not Bury Him
Henry Kissinger hailed him as a great man. And he was a close personal friend, a fact that Kissinger considers one of the great blessings of his life. A world needing to distill order from incipient...
View ArticleCry Babies
Kwa Geok Choo was once caught on a hot mike, wondering aloud why her husband who was so widely admired, was also widely hated. Some of the victims of Operation Cold Store may venture their theories,...
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Shades Of Stockholm Syndrome
It was Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who castigated Singaporeans by pointing out the trash that was left behind at the Laneway music festival (mostly Ang Moh fans) and contrasted it with how Myanmar...
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Je Suis Amos
Contrary to popular misconception, the word liberally peppered in his powerful diatribe is not of Anglo-Saxon origin. The f-word is of Germanic origin, related to Dutch, German, and Swedish words for...
View ArticleOnly You
Only youCan make this world seem rightOnly youCan make the darkness brightOnly you and you aloneCan thrill me like you doAnd fill my heart with love for only youShe must have had the Johnny Mathis...
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Horrible News
Vivian Balakrishnan once "revealed" that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had asked him if he would have bid for the YOG if he had known it would cost more than S$300 million. To this, Balakrishnan said...
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After The Shock
If you were one of those at risk of having brains turned into mush by the endless deluge of mindless docu-dramas broadcasted ad infinitum by the state media, an excellent counter measure would be to...
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Humour Is In Short Supply
On April Fools’ Day Google’s various divisions outdo themselves by creating more practical and impractical jokes than any other tech firm. This year they have Pac-Man mode for Google Maps on desktop...
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Two Sides Of The Coin
Steve Jobs was alive when he handpicked Walter Isaacson to write his authorized biography. He told Isaacson, who had written biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, he wanted his children...
View ArticleThe Two Men Rule Applies
It's official, the first record of a 2-men assembly. Two men between the age of 24 and 25 were arrested by the police on the afternoon of Saturday April 4 for turning up in front of the Istana with...
View ArticleBy-Election Rumbles
"Whenever the seat of a Member, not being a non-constituency Member, has become vacant for any reason other than a dissolution of Parliament, the vacancy shall be filled by election in the manner...
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Put It To Rest, Please
Eugenics: his social philosophyDr Lee Wei Ling should really stop telling tales. She may not realise it, her frank candor could unravel the intricate tapestry of pagan worship being crafted by the...
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Singapore Police Brutality
We were house hunting for the company's branch office in Manila, when the Chinese Filipino agent told us to contact the condominium security in event of need for assistance - never, never call the...
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Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong may refer to the announced changes to his Cabinet as "part of continuing leadership renewal", but it sure looks like a children's playground round of musical chairs.Lim...
View ArticleWe're Rich
Microsoft’s global tax chief Bill Sample, under investigation by the Australian Taxation Office, admitted that huge revenue figures from Australia were booked in Singapore, where the corporate tax rate...
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Father Knows Best
It was a kopi-tiam argument that tested the best of friendships - at stake was the erudition of a Cambridge scholar. We had to pipe down quickly before being accosted by plain clothes law enforcers for...
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