Sense And Nonsense

  With the shamelessly choreographed election of President Halimah Yacob now over, has the government won the battle but lost the war for the hearts and minds of thinking Singaporeans? It may have. No script master can anticipate every audience...

  Is Tan Chuan-Jin’s appointment as Speaker of Parliament a downgrade? The Straits Times Opinion Editor Chua Mui Hoong thinks not. She sees it as an upgrade, that is, if the outgoing Social and Family Development Minister carves out a...

  And so, Farewell, President Tony Tan. There would be two opposing sets of reactions to seeing the end of his presidency  -  Thank You or Thank God. With all due respect, I would lean to the latter. Mainstream media has...

  The past week started off for me on Sunday (August 20) on a rather unpromising note. I had to endure a couple of hours listening to a speech which sounded like one crafted by a group of group-thinkers for...

There is no other sporting event more important to us in Southeast Asia than the SEA Games. The games is an integral part of this region’s development - political, economic and social. So let us celebrate the 26th SEA...

This is the yearly take-a-deep-breath pause between National Day and the ND Rally. After what the cinema industry people would describe as a sneak preview in the August 8 ND message,  the real political show will premiere on August...

As we observe our 52nd year of independence on Wednesday, three developments these last two weeks give us some cheer as well as a sense of déjà vu. But there is hope. The expulsion of Dr Huang Jing has restored...

Singaporeans are beginning to have a love-hate relationship with their mass rapid system otherwise known as MRT and also Khaw Boon Wan’s nightmare. But first, a bit of story-telling about the origin of the MRT.  Never been told, I promise....

Between now and sometime in September, we will have three presidents. Nothwithstanding Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s bid to stop Presidential Election 2017 from being a Malays-only affair, we do know who the first two of the trio are. Incumbent...

Two parallel debates are going on over the Presidential Election in September. They will shape public perception of the next President of Singapore – not necessarily for the better. The first debate is linked to Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s continuing...