
One former Prime Minister returns to glory, the other turns deadweight
Dr Mahathir Mohamad turns 93 next month. Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong recently turned 77. While one has become Prime Minister of Malaysia for the second time, the other former Prime Minister of Singapore (youthful by comparison) has been relegated to the sidelines. Seeing ESM Goh being sidelined and consigned to “watching...

ST Editor-at-large: PAP Ministers out of touch with the ground?
On Sunday (3 Jun), Straits Times editor-at-large Han Fook Kwang, wrote an opinion piece entitled “Ministers, please speak plainly to the people”. While he acknowledged that the recent parliamentary speeches by the 4G leadership were good, he also opined that he is “not sure they connect well to the man in the street… They...

Survey finds that Singaporeans are more dissatisfied with their quality of life and level of democracy
In a survey that was conducted by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and released last Thursday (31 May), Singaporeans felt that they have a decreased sense of achievement, less democratic rights and are less satisfied with their overall quality of life when compared to previous years. Interviewing 1,503 Singaporeans...
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