TR EMERITUS

I’ve got about an hour to bash out my usual blog summary about the year 2021. This year, is the first year that I spent the better part of the eve at home. Didn’t have a restaurant gig to earn me a few extra bucks and there are no parties for me to go to. What I do have, however, is a comfortable home and I’m enjoying... 

I have just turned 95 and living on borrowed time waiting to be called home by the Lord. There are some misrepresentations about me that I have to resolve before I go. I was a victim of a very grave injustice by the late Lee Kuan Yew when he was prime minister. In his iniquitous way he created a vicious myth about my lack of... 

1. I am a 74-year old native-born tertiary-educated Pioneer Generation Singapore Citizen. 4 years older than PM Lee; 7 years older than SM Teo Chee Hean. ( In Cantonese lingo, I would have "eaten more salt" than both had "eaten rice" ) 2. Completed full-time National Service ( amongst early batches ). 3. Eldest Son and only...