TR EMERITUS

The headlines scream "$6.6 billion bonanza" for households in the various forms of cash handouts, tax rebates and top-ups to help them battle the tsunami of rising costs waiting round the corner. What they don't put on the front pages is that Minister Teo Chee Hean is getting 5.4% extra for his Defence budget, a $620 million... 

Gilbert Goh I have been called names like “Silly fool” to “Out of your mind” when I told them that I will be back in Singapore for at least the whole of this year. Some may even sacrifice a finger to be in my position. Many friends have complained to me that during weekend, they do not know what to do or where to go.... 

“If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who’s very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine gun unit, that’s a very tricky business. We’ve got to know his background… I’m saying these things because they are real, and if I don’t think that, and I think even if today the Prime Minister...