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Kishore Mahbubani It has been a while since Kishore last expounded his ideas on the pages of the Straits Times and it is refreshing to hear him again. The doyen of the Lee Kuan Yew School has returned and speaking again after a heart problem put him out of action for a while. What I thought would be another enlightening essay... 

He could be the best thing since sliced bread. Let me explain The FT magazine has a column called “Undercover Economist” written by a really smart man Tim Harford, a paid-up member of the Western liberal elite, even if he has an, open lively mind. On 9th November he wrote when a group of very smart people with similar perspectives... 

Hsien Loong is pushing ahead with the ratification of the TPP and it was reported in the ST that the legislation will be amended to bring TPP into effect next year, with or without the USA, with or with lesser members in the pact. Hsien Loong’s position is very clear and very principled. The TPP is the magic to save Singapore’s...