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Our economy is maxed out so said PM Lee Hsien Loong in 2015. Before their contrite confessions of how they cannot go on with more foreign workers (FT) over the span of this year, they were rabid in their defense of an economy that is maxed out. And I repeat this again, the PM had called opposition to this uncontrolled influx... 

The move by Duterte to patch up relations with China, to lean closer to China is now touted as unsettling to Asean. When the Philippines were leaning to the USA, be the barking dog of the USA, raising tension in the South China Sea, that was not unsettling to Asean. What this new slogan is saying is that Asean should be leaning... 

In his campaign message in the last general elections, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made no bones about what he thought of himself and his party: “Exceptional leadership made a big difference for Singapore." And based on this observation, he justified the staggering salary levels that he and his cabinet colleagues awarded...