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Dr Poh Soo Kai SAID ZAHARI was my comrade in Changi in our long years of imprisonment without trial when we were both arrested under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance on 2 February 1963. The reason for our arrest, code-named Operation Coldstore, was because the British wanted to preserve the efficiency of the military... 

Earlier this month, I had argued that we were already mid-way into the current term of government and the People's Action Party (PAP) did not do well in terms of bread and butter issues (Part 1) and the quality of their political leaders (Part 2). In Part 3, I will analyse how PAP policies are causing increasing struggles... 

Something is seriously amiss with our budget statements. Table below shows the manpower budget for ‘political appointments’ of different ministries as well as names of political appointees. ** Click to enlarge Under ‘MFA’, the budget for Minister Vivian + 1 SMS + 1 MOS = $1.11 million. Assuming SMS Maliki and MOS Sam...