TR EMERITUS

'Singapore cannot allow doubts or erosion of public trust of institutions to take root'- Edwin Tong (ET). That was the crux of what ET said at the opening keynote address of this year's CNA Leadership Summit. That man, ET, true to his legal training was totally at ease at uttering politically correct stuff but when I ponder... 

Isn’t it weird that while many Singaporeans take pride in believing that we have arrived as citizens of an advanced economy, the irony is why are there still so many among us who could not think critically? Take the upcoming PE2023 as an example, isn’t it like an arranged marriage when all the candidates must be screened... 

Not surprisingly, the Americans are outpacing the Chinese when it comes to buying properties in Singapore. According to Ms Christine Sun, OrangeTee & Tie’s senior vice-president of research and analytics, “Mainland Chinese were the largest group of foreign buyers in Singapore from 2017 to 2022 and in the first quarter...