TR EMERITUS

The recent surge of nudity, streaking and promiscuity, signs of a more liberal generation, has everyone scratching their heads in this once prudish city. A USEFUL message to greet the New Year today in Singapore could have read something like this: “Caution! Visitors to this island are advised to be careful of a mysterious... 

While Singaporeans largely blame WikiLeaks, a minority is attributing the underlying cause of recent problems to a “condescending attitude” towards friends and neighbours less successful than them. A WORLD where diplomatic secrets can become tomorrow’s Page One news is posing special problems for any country but more... 

 A “battle royal” appears to be brewing between Singapore and Australia. And as always in the sometimes testy relationship with Down Under, most of the angst usually revolves around issues of sovereignty amidst a subtext of supposed “economic imperialism”. The latest shot across the bow is a proposed Singapore plan...