TR EMERITUS

President Tony Tan I refer to President Tony Tan’s opening address for the 2nd session of the 12th Parliament. Dr Tan said that every Singaporean can take pride in our survival and prosperity against long odds since independence. Dr Tan cannot be more wrong; Singapore had been thriving and prospering for more than a hundred... 

I refer to the 12 May 2014 TR Emeritus article “What’s so special about downtown Orchard Rd, Gilbert?” by Cynical Investor. Mr Investor dismisses Mr Gibert Goh’s claim that our sovereignty will be threatened by the Filipino’s celebration of Independence Day at Orchard Road on the basis of his belief that the Filipinos... 

I refer to the 23 Apr 2014 TR Emeritus article “Opposing pinoy I-Day event isn’t xenophobic, it’s racist!” by Susu Besar. Mr Besar used the examples of the public celebration of Mexican National Day in US, Italian flags supposedly flown ‘everywhere’ in New York’s Little Italy and the public display of the Taiwan...