TR EMERITUS

1. "PAP Report Card" is full of shameless self-serving self-praise ["ownself praise ownself"] and spiced with super-generous superlatives like "talented/ exceptional/ extraordinary" (quote from Lee Kuan Yew). i.e. where the FEW achievements are constantly trumpeted but the MANY screw-ups/cock-ups/fiascos/blunders are conveniently... 

1. I am a 74-year old native-born tertiary-educated Pioneer Generation Singapore Citizen. 4 years older than PM Lee; 7 years older than SM Teo Chee Hean. ( In Cantonese lingo, I would have "eaten more salt" than both had "eaten rice" ) 2. Completed full-time National Service ( amongst early batches ). 3. Eldest Son and only... 

Someone said: I thought China progress is because they abandoned the communism and adopted the reform and opening policies unlike North Korea today still upholding the communism ? TKL replied: This is how I see the issue: 1. China adopted reform and opening up. It allows foreign investors to do business in China, under a set...