Singapore pays tribute to former late president
(18 Aug) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that a new mosque, a professorship and a research centre would be named in honour of the country’s first president, the late Yusof Ishak. Lee said the late Yusof will be honoured for his contributions and sacrifices in steering Singapore through its tumultuous years...
Singapore’s ‘mid-life crisis’
PM Lee (17 Aug) - At Singapore's 49th National Day parade last week, the loudest cheers weren't for the dazzling fireworks or for the fine military displays. They were reserved for the arrival of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Lee, who turns 91 next month, was prime minister from 1965 to 1990 and transformed...
£90,000 plus expenses wasn’t enough for Tory MP
Tory Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) (11 Aug) - “What you don’t understand, Chris, is that no Tory MP can survive on £33,000 a year,” one of the grander Conservative MPs (and a multimillionaire to boot) remarked to me as we were queuing in the members’ tea room. Much to my embarrassment,...
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