Askmelah note: PAP has meddled with the political system so much that it creates a whole new set of problem that are even more difficult to solve and detrimental to the long term political development of Singapore. The fact that…
Category: Articles and Speeches
This category captures some of my favorite articles related to Singapore be it famous speeches, opinions, commentaries, poets etc.
Fix the economy? Focus on education and culture
Source: The Straits Times 1 Nov 2015 Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, the sky turned even greyer. No, I’m not referring to the wretched haze. It’s the economic outlook that took a beating last week, with one…
What 18-year-olds tell us about Singapore’s future – Eddie Teo
Source: The Straits Times Oct 10, 2015 As chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC), Mr Eddie Teo interviews 350 young people vying for scholarships each year. In this excerpt of a speech at an Overseas Singaporean Unit event in…
Lee Kuan Yew’s daughter: I’m a Martian anyway
Dr Lee Wei Ling with her mother, Madam Kwa Geok Choo, in England in 1971, on the occasion of her father receiving honorary doctor of laws degrees at Liverpool and Sheffield universities.PHOTOS: COURTESY OF LEE WEI LING Source: The Straits…
To what end, all the President’s Scholars?
Eight of 11 President’s Scholars from the class of 1972 are seen here with then President Benjamin Sheares (centre) at the Istana. They are (from left) Lim Hng Kiang, Lim Teik Hock, Chan Seng Onn, Lee Wei Ling, Lee Bee…
Dr Lee Wei Ling on honouring the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew: ‘Honour the spirit of what Papa stood for’
That would be the best response to his passing, says Lee Kuan Yew’s daughter Source: The Straits Times Apr 19, 2015 That Mr Lee Kuan Yew did not want his house preserved is obvious from his will, says Dr Lee…
Singapore could have become ‘one country, two systems’ within Malaysia, not sovereign country
Source: The Straits Times Jan 28, 2015 Fifty years ago today, our future was uncertain. We didn’t know it then, but on January 26 1965, the Singapore Cabinet debated a paper that Mr Lee Kuan Yew had written on possible…
Address root causes of anti-foreigner sentiments
Source: The Straits Times Oct 07, 2014 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called upon Singaporeans not to be overly distracted by internal issues while losing sight of the bigger picture (“PM calls on S’pore to look outwards and…
PAP elitist, don’t feel for the people – Ngiam Tong Dow
Source: The Online Citizen By Andrew Loh on October 1, 2013 The following is an extract of the transcripts of an interview held by Dr Toh Han Chong (THC) of the Singapore Medical Association News (SMA News) newsletter, with former…
Inderjit Singh’s Facebook post on Singapore’s policy missteps
Askmelah: 12 years after that earth-shattering speech by ex-speaker of parliament Mr. Tan Soo Khoon, people has been bemoaning that PAP MPs these days are just a bunch of YESmen and YESWomen and career seeking politicians, civil servants and paper…
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