TR EMERITUS

Someone sent me this advertisment. It was put up by MOE on a Malaysian newspaper, offering ASEAN scholarships for secondary and pre-U studies in Singapore to Malaysian students: School fees will be fully paid for. Free board and lodging are included. On top of these, an annual allowance of $2,200-2,400 and other benefits like... 

Soldiers from the Singapore army march past the city financial district during a rehearsal for the Singapore National Day celebrations. If arms imports are a measure of a region’s dominance, then the balance of power has definitely shifted in Asia’s favor. It shouldn’t be a surprise that India, South Korea, Pakistan and... 

(The writer emailed this article to both TRE and the Straits Times. We published it in full here. It remains to be seen if ST is willing to do the same.) I refer to this Straits Times article on 9th March 2012, "He earns $850 and owns a two-room flat": http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_775642.html. This...