
Role of state media in making Singapore leaders appear better than they are (Part 2)
OPINION In a developed nation where the press is relatively free of government control, journalists are not obliged to serve the interests of the country's leaders. As such, news are reported fairly accurately without the usual spins and propaganda to mislead the public. Furthermore, with a diversity of views from various sources,...

Co-opting Philip Jeyaretnam: A PAP masterstroke to counter the Jeyaretnams’ lingering appeal
OPINION The recent appointment of Mr Philip Jeyaretnam as a member of the Public Service Commission was announced amid much fanfare by the state media with the Straits Times highlighting the fact that he is the "son of the late opposition leader Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam" in its opening paragraph. It was not revealed who the...

回顾庄竹林的南大发展计划
作者:《新加坡文献馆》 09年5月的一份亚洲大学排名榜上香港中文大学名列第2。从香港中大的学术成就回头看看新加坡的华文教育历史,难免不会令人感叹南洋大学的命运是何许悲惨。香港中大成立于1963年是香 港政府资助并获授权颁发学位的高等学府。回顾南大历史,1963年正是南大面临多事之秋的年代,大学领导和师生倍受李光耀的人民行动党政府的百般刁难。探讨新加坡历史的学者必然会追究,为何香港的白人政府会让中大生存并成长,而华裔李光耀在新加坡却是反其道而行极力防止南大的正常发展? 中大创校校长李卓敏解释取名中文大学是意指传扬中国文化的大学。李校长在1978年的19届毕业典礼上发言时指出:凡是大学都不可能脱离本身民族的背景。因此,中国或海外华侨创办的大学都是中文大学…每一所大学都是沟通本国和外国文化的桥梁…那是理所当然的。在这一文化层面上,历史学者也必然会追究为何对香港中大是件理所当然之事,对南洋大学却是那么的有违常理? 近日新加坡华文媒体大篇幅报导王庚武的呼吁:让新加坡成为东南亚的中国...
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