Mao’s grandson: Family factor aided promotion
I refer to the 6 Aug 2010 Straits Times report on the recent promotion of Mao Zedong's grandson, Mao Xinyu. Mao Xinyu reportedly said that family background was definitely a factor and that this is an objective fact that you can't avoid. Chinese leaders are upfront about the advantages that come with their family backgrounds...
SM Goh urges S’poreans to re-think priorities for new S’pore Dream
Dear SM Goh, I refer to your speech at Marine Parade's National Day dinner as reported by Channel News Asia on 7 Aug 2010. You asked Singaporeans to live the Singapore Dream rather than the 'Singapore Gripe'. You used your own example of how you didn't 'gripe' even though you couldn't fulfil your dream of becoming a professor...
Reaching out cuts both ways
I refer to the letter by Mr Toh Cheng Seong to Straits Times dated 28 Jul 2010. Mr Toh has applied the often quoted but rarely questioned rhetoric of the highly competive global economy as reason for denying job protection to citizens. But the global economy is no reason for saying that a coffee shop that primarily services...
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