Sense And Nonsense

Singaporeans must now be quite familiar with Progress Singapore Party’s Leong Mun Wai’s ability to get on the nerves of People’s Action Party leaders in Parliament. He has had a number of entanglements with them since he became an...

There is a disconnect between what the government is trying to project and what some Singaporeans believe – that they are becoming bit players in a foreigner-packed future. Manpower Minister Tan See Leng announced the special Overseas Network and Expertise...

Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilisation” of 300,000 citizens to fight his stalled invasion of Ukraine will be watched with much interest by many observers, including the Singapore government. The Russian leader is asking for this number to reinforce about 170,000...

The F1 is back - and I have changed my mind a bit about its non-value for Singapore, at this juncture. But the government should do more to make sure ordinary Singaporeans relate better to the event and are...

I am taking a small break in format from the usual longish column. This may become an irregular series, simply suggesting or pointing out 10 things which can help make life better. Here goes. These are simple 10 things we can...

Singaporeans have much to thank the late and last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for setting off a chain of events which ended the instability in South-east Asia following the fall of Saigon in 1975. The dissolution of the Soviet...

It was a political master stroke. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s announcement on Aug 21 that the government will repeal S377A coupled with unusually inclusive words of support for gay Singaporeans as an integral part of the community was...

Every morning around 9.30am I am witness without fail to an epic journey undertaken by an elderly man. This senior, disabled with a leg problem, struggles to cross a particular road near my HDB block. Step by agonising step,...

Three iconic images made their way to the Singapore consciousness in the last two weeks. They reminded us of the various ways and journeys to being Singaporean, sometimes unexpectedly, sometimes spontaneously and sometimes in a moment of realisation and...

Singapore celebrates its 57 years of independence on Tuesday Aug 9. PM Lee Hsien Loong will probably spell out some of the challenges confronting us in a world grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, US-China tensions and the Russian invasion...