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Tommy Koh wrote a piece titled ‘What China misunderstands Singapore’ in the ST on 21 Oct 16. Before dealing with the content of what he said, let me just take a broad view of what the article is trying to say. My first point, is the author assuming that the Chinese are not that clever and did not understand what Singapore... 

Minister after minister has kept making unverifiable statements to prepare Singaporeans for a severe economic downturn. Unsurprisingly, PM Lee claims “we are pursuing the right strategies” but he does not know if the “right strategies” will work wonders in a year, a decade or a century. The problem with our “right... 

Perfecto Yasay Separation from the US means breaking away from a “mindset of dependency and subservience”: Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay. Duterte now says he only said “separate” not “sever” ties. “It is not severance of ties. When you say severance of ties, you cut diplomatic relations....