TR EMERITUS

Lately I have been thinking about the nature of political leadership. What is the difference, I ask myself, between good leaders and great leaders and between the former and those regarded as average, ‘’Ok, can-do or so-so’’ leaders? I think we can all agree that good leaders are good managers. They are relatively hard-working,... 

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, if you have not already noticed, has a tendency (in the news recently) to pontificate: pointing out the fault and short-comings of others with a stiff finger and a firm upper lip - following in the foot steps of his Father. He does this not only to world leaders but also to his Singapore citizens... 

After successfully tweaking EP rules to prevent a non-PAP candidate from becoming President, PAP has now trained its eyes on the NCMP scheme – another PAP brainchild – to further entrench its power. Like the GRC system, the NCMP scheme was implemented to serve PAP and merely gives a semblance of democracy: an NCMP does not...