TR EMERITUS

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour and decimated the American Pacific Fleet, Britain’s esteemed Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill popped open a champagne and made a toast. He knew that the Americans’ entry into WWII means Hitler and his thugs will be defeated. It was no longer a question of HOW but a question of WHEN.... 

I was confronted with this question recently when my last CPF dollar - my own money generously allowed by our government to be withdrawn from my CPF account after reaching retirement age - bid farewell to me. An eureka moment! It took me a while to realise my stubborn anti-government stance was wrong and hugely detrimental to... 

It's said politics is a game of numbers. Make no mistake, it's really the numbers that any party especially the PAP looks at, in formulating its policies and electoral plans. The PAP has always been focused with statistics and data collection. Of course it's not possible for them to pander to each and every want of the people,...