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The hypocrisy of Calvin Cheng’s “Politicised presidency danger”

The hypocrisy of Calvin Cheng’s “Politicised presidency danger”

I refer to the 16 Nov 2015 Straits Times letter “Dangers of a politicised elected presidency” by Calvin Cheng. Calvin wrote: The problem with the elected presidency goes beyond the quality of the candidates - the problem is that the process has been politicised. It is clear from the previous presidential election that candidates... 

Singapore’s private debt highest at 250% of GDP?

Singapore’s private debt highest at 250% of GDP?

The world’s debt crisis I refer to the article “Pulled back in - The world is entering a third stage of a rolling debt crisis, this time centred on emerging markets” (The Economist, Nov 13). S’pore’s private debt highest at 250% of GDP? The chart shows that Singapore has the highest “emerging market private debt... 

S’pore faces tricky Sino-US balancing act

S’pore faces tricky Sino-US balancing act

“Malaysia faces tricky Sino-US balancing act”* was the headline of an ST story on an inside last Friday. Actually the headline should be changed to “S’pore” and put on the front page to commemorate president Xi’s visit. After all, we are a forward base for the US navy in all but name what with “Two US Navy (USN)... 



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