Spending $4m for S’pore Day is an expensive exercise in futility
Singapore Day at New York in 2011 I AM one of thousands of happy Singaporeans based in the United States who will be making their way by plane, car or bus to New York City today for Singapore Day. But I am also embarrassed to discover that the event will cost $4 million ('New York to draw 4,000 on S'pore Day'; last Saturday). Much...
It’s Not Over Till The Fat Lady Sings
Once upon a time, at a distance time, on a distant island lived 1,000 natives. They were the only islanders practicising the correct and true form of democracy in the region. Everybody on the island knew this to be true because it was folklore: stories passed through generations by word of mouth but mainly through the public...
Preventable deaths at traffic junctions
[Note from the writer: The letter below has been sent to ST Forum for publication. Earlier on, a more detailed version was emailed to LTA Minister-in-charge Lui Tuck Yew, copied to Minister of State Josephine Teo and LTA CEO Chew Hock Yong. By the Civil Service's 3-working day response deadline, there was no response from Minister...
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