Tag: Straits Times
How did the sports boss get it so wrong?
By Tan Bah Bah
The failure of Ng Ser Miang to win the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, the most powerful position in international...
The way we see it
The Independent's view of the news
SAME SAME, AGAIN?
This newspaper hopes that today's sitting of Parliament will not cover old ground, as has happened so...
Ah Singapore! Sweet relief
Look who is loosening up. Singapore wants freedom of speech – on s***.
No offence meant. While the four-letter word, usually fudged by asterisks in...
Confessions of an editor
By P N Balji
Editor, The Independent Singapore
A reluctant editor, I have been called a newsroom chameleon and now find myself a digital virgin.
The transformation...
Singapore myths
By Tan Bah Bah
Five Political Myths
1. Lee Kuan Yew was the architect of post-colonial Singapore
Not quite. Lee Kuan Yew led a remarkable team of...
M’sian politician campaigning in S’pore – why only an “assessment” by S’pore police?
On 16 May, filmmaker Mr Martyn See filed a police report about the alleged electioneering activities of Malaysian politician, Mr Abdul Ghani Othman, on...