TR EMERITUS

A recent FT article about the changing face of LOndon’s “Chinatown” reminded me of all the “China” towns in cities I’ve lived in for longish spells: the ones in Sydney and “Melbourne”. They were all “Hongkie” towns. But it seems the China towns in South Africa must be different different. From another FT... 

I refer to the article “New Speaker urges lawmakers to remain accessible, relevant” (Straits Times, Sep 12). It states that “Newly elected Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday called on MPs to work with him to make Parliament the institution that “reflects the voices of the people so that we can query, answer... 

Gilbert Goh has called for a silent sit-in protest (text below) against the reserved presidential election today from 4.30PM to 6.30PM at Hong Lim Park. I usually don’t do protests or solidarity. But in solidarity, I posted yesterday a post on Hali’s inauguration speech that implies we are racists. And later today and...