TR EMERITUS

I tuned in to the PM’s National Day Rally speech hoping to hear something of significance, like more help for hard pressed Singaporeans trying to make ends meet and provide for their children. True to form, LHL said nothing that was of any help and instead talked about his grandiose plans to transform Singapore some twenty... 

In any society, but especially in one as diverse as ours, both culturally and religiously, balancing individual liberty against the ideal of equality presents daunting challenges. Perhaps Mr. Tong can explain large-scale moral and political change of this sort (repeal Section 377A), without having to evoke the efficaciousness... 

Four years after being turfing out its ruling party-in-perpetuity, Malaysia did the unthinkable – it sent its former Prime Minister, Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak to prison on charges of corruption. Mr. Najib, had until that point been regarded as something of an untouchable figure, even though he...