TR EMERITUS

Speculations abound of a by election in Hougang plus one or plus two GRCs. Technically Tanjong Pagar is due for a by election and so is Marine Parade. One candidate is time to exit and one still a big liability. Talks of Hsien Loong vacating Ang Mo Kio is too far fetched. He cannot afford to put his head on the chopping block.... 

Tan Jee Say Professor Lim Chong Yah's "shock therapy" proposal brought back fond memories of my time at the heart of national economic and manpower planning in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. It was the early 1980's. I was the secretary to the late Dr Albert Winsemius, Singapore's economic adviser, who visited us about two... 

I met a Pakistani Phd student during my holiday abroad at a friend's event. He was sharing with me that he has a lot of friends  from Pakistan who have moved to Singapore to pursue university education because of the abundance of funding and scholarships that are available. He was singing so many praises of Singapore system. Each time...