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Prime Minister Khaw? During PM Lee’s Japan vacation from 19 Dec to 31, MOT Minister Khaw will be Acting PM till Christmas. Today For Khaw to be appointed Acting PM – even for one day – he must have been rated highly by PM Lee.  Why bother to have 2 DPMs when none could be in the acting role when boss is away? Singaporeans... 

The idea that generals can do no wrong is so pervasive in Singapore that we ought to worry where it will take us. It’s no secret that the SAF has become a prodigious breeding ground for high fliers and PAP politicians. Year after year, dozens of high-ranking officers, many of them generals, emerge to take up key positions... 

Or dither and miss another open goal? Singapore’s first reserved presidential election will weigh on the minds of voters when the next general election comes around, said former presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock yesterday. ST Well he would say that wouldn’t he? But even the constructive, nation-building ST said President...