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Singapore took the chair of ASEAN in 2018. PM Lee wanted to make a significant impact. He set it as a priority for that year. (At least this was the impression that I had). He could not achieve much during the year as chair of ASEAN. It was disappointing. He did try his best. I do not blame him for failing failing in this mission.... 

The Issue Remember what the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said as part of his swearing-in speech in 2004, “We should have the confidence to engage in robust debate, so as to understand our problems, conceive fresh solutions, and open up new spaces” So how does that reconcile with our space for civic discourse today, especially... 

It's deeply ironic these Tan Chuan-Jin remarks: (1) He wrote: I guess [Vietnam] can choose to define the past as they see fit. This doesn't change the past as many view it. Irony because: The Singapore PAP government distorts the past the way they see fit too, regardless of how many others view the past. (2) He wrote: The strange...