TR EMERITUS

In the first instance, it would seem as though the PAP is openly, if unwittingly, making a mockery of the farcical political system that it has created. In the second instance, the PAP is showing itself to be unable to conceal its anxieties. Its behavior makes it seem like a petulant kid who has a lot of growing up to do. Furthermore,... 

With the presidential election less than two weeks away, it is worrying that non-PAP supporters are split among three candidates other than Tony Tan. While most of us have lent our support to Tan Jee Say, a significant minority will be voting for Tan Cheng Bock and Tan Kin Lian which will inevitably present victory to Tony Tan... 

I long for my Singapore of the '60s and '70s (we were living in Everton Park then). I had a neighbour family of 10 belonging to the Hokkien dialect group, another family of 4 Straits Born Chinese whom we affectionately call Baba, then it was us a Sikh family of 5 and in the corner house a south Indian family of 16 children plus...