More LKY legacies falling
Late Lee Kuan Yew I wrote about the meritocracy legacy of LKY at the verge of being dumped by including race as a key factor in the election of the EP. Under the present criteria, though very, actually extremely elitist, it still has the hallmark of LKY in it, ie meritocracy. The EP will be chosen on merit and elected by the...
Tan Jee Say on his encounters with the late SR Nathan
My interactions with S R Nathan I first met the late Mr S R Nathan 40 years ago. I had returned from overseas studies in the UK a few months earlier and was doing my National Service in the army when I received a call to see him. He was then the Director of the Security and Intelligence Division (SID) of MINDEF. As soon as I...
The lack of a welfare system has left our elderly in a vulnerable position
Bumped into this 70-year-old uncle who was collecting drink can when we were carrying out our charity event at Chinatown earlier today. Gave him a $50 angpow and saw that he has only collected 5 to 6 cans in his big nylon sack. Each used drink can fetches about five cents and he says its tougher now to collect them due to intense...
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