TR EMERITUS

PM Lee with President Obama During the heydays of the British Empire, they rewarded their subjects with OBEs, KBEs or GCBEs and a chance to kneel before the Queen of England to be knighted. In modern day diplomacy, Empires still reward their allies and individuals for their contributions to the Empire but in different ways.... 

Mediacorp is no private company: it is funded by taxpayers and belongs to every Singaporean. Singaporeans were outraged when told by none other than MCCY Minister Fu there would be no ‘live’ broadcast of the Rio Olympics. But of special importance to Singaporeans are our fellow citizens participating in swimming, shooting,... 

Singaporeans by now are getting used to faulty train lines, weekly murders and crowded malls. Nothing can shock us anymore and we somehow recover very fast after each adverse incident. Maybe our adversity quotient is very high, trained by the establishment to trust the very ones that we have put our faith in. Things have deteriorated...