Singapore’s human rights record under the universal periodic review
Dear United Nations Human Rights Office, I refer to the 7 May 2011 Straits Times report of my country's representation of its human rights record to the UN by our ambassador, Mr Ong Keng Yong. Mr Ong highlighted Singapore's economic progress and other achievements. If economic progress can substitute for human rights, then China...
A random conversation with a PAP loyalist
A random conversation with a PAP loyalist threw up many indignations of the other kind. He asks who is Nicole Seah? How is a 24 year old going to speak to Banbang Yudhoyono as an equal? But Nicole Seah was only campaigning to be a member of parliament. She wasn't campaigning to be a foreign minister. She only needs to be able...
First-rate, not First World, MPs and govt
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 3 May 2011 letter by Professor Augustine Tan. Professor Tan is worried that with competition from China and India, we would rapidly de-industrialise and be reduced to depending on healthcare, financial services, construction and government jobs. Wouldn't Mr Tan therefore think that it is imperative...
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