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My name is Yoong Siew Wah and I was a former director of ISD (Internal Security Department), the name adopted after Singapore became independent to replace Special Branch to divest the department from its colonial connotation. The Malayan Secret Service had no executive power and was replaced by Special Branch with executive... 

Some people think it's too "Chinese Chauvinist" to greet others " Happy Chinese New Year" because other places like Korea and Vietnam also celebrate this "Lunar New Year". Thus we should use " Happy Lunar New Year". This assertion is fundamentally wrong. The Chinese calendar is NOT a purely Lunar Calendar but an "Agricultural... 

I had the unpleasant experience of telling a young man that he was royally screwed. It’s the second time in my dealings that I’ve told him that life has f** him good and hard. Goes without saying that he wasn’t happy. I did tell him that he was f**ed in our initial conversation because his employer has just gone into liquidation...