TR EMERITUS

By Patrick Barta and Tom Wright from Wall Street Journal, 13 January 2010 For years, this rich city-state has marketed itself as one of the world's most open economies. But as Singapore recovers from recession, its residents are questioning a key part of the country's economic model: its long-standing openness to foreigners. Singapore... 

 By Damon Yeo  Government Investment Corp (GIC)’s massive S$1 billion loss on their Stuyvesant Town investment is shrouded in much mystery. Before the news of a default broke out, very few outside of the GIC framework actually knew that our national sovereign wealth fund actually had an open position in this upmarket New... 

OPINION [Cartoon source: Portalite Studios] The Singapore government, particularly the police has received much flak for the past few weeks over its seemingly inept handling of the "escape" of Romanian diplomat Dr Silviu Ionescu, a prime suspect in the double hit and run accident at Bukit Panjang a month ago which has already...