TR EMERITUS

In 1994, Nobel laureate for Economics, Paul Krugman, published a provocative article, “The Myth of Asia’s Miracle”. He noted that the Singapore economy was no different from the Soviet economy of the 50s and 60s. The Soviet economy expanded very fast for a long period but then growth eventually slowed to a trickle as it... 

It is a VERY BAD response given by Minister Ng. He can't stand provocation and just went off tangent to give such diplomatically inappropriate reply. Our national interests rely heavily on being the intermediary middle man role and "not taking side". In fact, just a few hours ago, ASEAN was positioned as the "bridge" between... 

I am proud that our country, Singapore, has once again successfully hosted the Shangri-la dialogue. This is a testament that we, a small country, can contribute in meaningful and tangible ways toward regional and global exchanges and understanding and hopefully to help reduce suspicions, tensions, misunderstandings, miscalculations...