
No tragedy, crisis or ministerial boo-boo can be a wake-up call to the government – only one thing can!
After the death of actor Aloysius Pang, training tempo was lowered and a committee of inquiry formed. Subsequently, it was announced that an Inspector-General’s Office would be set up to oversee safety practices. We know the script by now. With every tragedy and every lapse, with every case of mishandling and mismanagement,...

Time to open the archives
Click to enlarge "They came to the coffee shop in Joo Chiat where I was working at 2am. About five or six officers came, and they took me to Outram [police station], where there were already many people. I was detained for four and a half years. I was a Singapore citizen but I lost my citizenship; they took me to the border....

Manufactured political-leadership is a serious malice to Singapore (Part 1)
Looking at MINDEF’s handling of the recent death of Aloysius Pang, it is obvious to anyone who has an engineering or Operational Health & Safety background to see the accident as one that is highly preventable. I see the panel of generals fronting the media as simply fronting another media brief except for the Chief of...
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