Temasek Review to launch “Project Kasih” to help elderly street scavengers
From our Correspondent The Temasek Review team has decided to launch a long-term social welfare programme under its auspices named "Project Kasih" to help those elderly who needs to scavenge for used cardboards, papers and cans in the streets for a living. "Kasih" means "Compassion" in the Malay language. Our elderly have dedicated...
Chia Thye Poh: Singapore’s gentle revolutionary
By Barry Porter from South China Morning Post, 1998 CHIA Thye Poh, a willowy, softly spoken, 57-year-old bachelor, leads a quiet, simple life these days in a spartan third-storey flat on one of Singapore's sprawling suburban public housing estates, dutifully looking after his elderly parents, both in their 80s. He rarely goes...
China Xinjiang chief survives political firestorm
By Henry Sanderson from Associated Press As leader of the volatile far western Xinjiang territory for 15 years, Wang Lequan is the closest China has to a regional strongman. So it's little wonder a recent purge of lower-ranking officials over a spate of bloody unrest has done nothing to clip his authority, underscoring both...
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