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Mr Yaw Shin Leong Dear Mr Yaw, Just a month ago, you wrote on your blog: "Since we are imperfect beings, we must have the courage to admit mistakes. For the courage to admit mistakes, to apologize and to take corrective actions are the hallmarks of personal leadership... Likewise, if you think you have made mistakes, talk to... 

I read his interview in Today and shook my head as I found out how he ended up in his unhappy state. First he was passed over and sidelined for a coaching job in Singapore. The job has been given to an FT although he has all the credentials and experience to do it. Even the greatest soccer talent in our history has to concede... 

Dr Michael Barr Australians looking at Singapore as a model for pulling the poor up by their bootstraps (such as Noel Pearson in The Australian) will be disappointed. Singapore's success is not replicable or desirable. Singapore had its economic take-off by turning itself into a regional manufacturing and exporting base while...