DPM Teo plays up the Scary Bogeyman to justify ISD and big defence spending
DPM Teo (Photo: ST) Every nation that spends big on defence will justify that with some external phantom enemy that has to be warded off. At the same time, it will cite security concerns to silence dissidents against their over-expenditure. America played up the Big Bad Commies as the bogeyman during the Cold War. Today, it...
Indonesian: Wrong to assume that Singapore is the obstacle to our fight against corrupt Indonesian offcials
When reading the statement by Singapore’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday that said one of Indonesia’s most wanted fugitives, Nazaruddin, had left Singapore before the Corruption Eradication (KPK) declared him a suspect in a sports facility development project, I remembered a recent conversation with a chauvinistic friend. The...
Goh Meng Seng: I wrote the article hoping NSP and WP could see future potential conflicts
I thank TRE for putting up a better report on my article than the two Chinese evening papers which has chosen to quote out of context. I have done a translation of my FULL article, which includes the analysis on Mr. Low Thia Khiang’s strategic bluff and PAP’s strategic misstep as well. On top of that, the rational why Nicole...
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