TR EMERITUS

In 2009, President S R Nathan surpassed Benjamin Sheares to become Singapore's longest serving President, and as of September 2010, has served a total of 11 years in office. I've recently had concerns about whether he should be running for a third term. The real issue for the electorate is whether his decision to do so is good... 

Five years ago, would anyone have envisioned being able to stage protests, have bands perform for human rights, and conduct pre-election rallies at the Speakers' Corner? Indeed, ten years ago, would anyone have thought that there would even be a Speakers' Corner? And yet today, the Speakers' Corner has been used by a wide range... 

Since the 1997 Asian Financial crisis, critics of the ruling PAP (People’s Action Party) regime were unhappy with the resident unemployment rate. This rate combined citizens and SPRs (permanent residents). In Jan 2008, the Ministry of Manpower published a report Employment of Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and Foreigners,...