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Archive for the ‘Current Affairs’ Category

Why I disagree with Josephine Teo’s assessment on the retail industry

I disagree with Josephine Teo's comments that the retail industry in Singapore is far from being a sunset industry. Worldwide, the X'mas season is usually a busy time for the retail trades and also a time when companies employ more part-time staff to help cope with the expected business increase. In Singapore, our retail industry...

The courage to abide by truths and to stand up for what matters is what make ordinary leaders most extraordinary

I have always admired Suu Kyi. She is (or was?) my hero. But recent events have blown a cognitive fog my way and I am now struggling to reconcile what is reported thus far. The Nobel Peace Laureate defended Myanmar’s military crackdown against the Rohingya in August 2017. She told the UN’s International Court of Justice...

Lessons from the landslide victory of the British conservative party

Early this morning, Asia woke up to the news that the Conservative government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on course for a landslide victory in the general elections. This victory will enable him now to take Britain out of the EU, the very reason why he called the elections. There is a very simple reason for Labour’s...

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