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ESM Goh Chok Tong has said that I had gone to Williams College where he was awarded an honorary degree in 1995 to “slam” Singapore. Allow me to set the record straight. Williams College faculty members, headed by a Prof George Crane, had protested against the decision. New York Times columnist, William Safire (deceased),... 

Our National University of Singapore (NUS) conferred an honorary doctorate on Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed on 13 November 2018. This was in recognition of his outstanding leadership of Malaysia and his enduring contributions to the longstanding bilateral relations between Singapore and Malaysia. I welcome that. Before his current... 

In another sign that GE will be next yr, the PAP govt is showing that it does listen, even if the agitation for a change in policy started in Terry’s Online Channel. I’m talking about Hawkergate. The qyiet, underground grumbling about the so called “not-for-profit hawker centre model” which some unhappy hawkers and foodies...