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Rushing to the defense of Lui Tuck Yew who faced a barrage of criticisms from Singaporeans after he warned that bus and train fares would have to increase to pay for higher salaries of drivers, Teo Chee Hean said yesterday: "Whether it is the bus service, whether it's conservancy and maintenance, whether it's the water department,... 

LG (NS) Desmond Kuek, SMRT President and CEO When problems begin to show up in our transport system, they appointed a former rear admiral (navy's version of general) to be the transport minister. When the SMRT trains broke down and all confidence in CEO Saw was lost, they appointed ex-general Desmond Kuek. Shortly after the... 

[Video of Dr Chee and KJ speaking at Yale at bottom of article also] Dr Jim Sleeper Is the Tide Running Out on Liberal Democracy? In his immodestly titled and even more immodestly influential book of 2007, The Future of Freedom, the journalist and Yale trustee Fareed Zakaria advanced the belief of Margaret Thatcher and the late...