TR EMERITUS

The recent scandal involving the “inflation” of circulation figures at SPH Media Trust reminds me one of my first working experiences when I joined the Old Rogue, who was then in the process of starting his magazine. We had clicked and he asked if I could help out in driving circulation. As it turned out, the printed figure... 

On Wednesday Jacinda Ardern, who was lauded by many, including a large number of liberal and vocal (at least until it came to criticising their own government) Singaporeans, for her decision to shut New Zealand off from the rest of the world during the early stages of the pandemic and thus almost reduce Covid-19 deaths to zero... 

1. This article in the Mothership website provide an interesting and colorful background on the Keppel bribery scandal. 2. Many multinational companies were involved in the Car Wash operation. KOM (Keppel Offshore Marine) was only one of them. It appeared to be a common practice to provide “bribes” to get contracts...