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Talking honestly about race
Dear friends, I published an Op-ed on Yahoo! today about the arrest of a Singaporean cartoonist last week. It’s depressing that the authorities continue to resort to harsh action to suppress commentary...
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Cheeky Harry cartoon from Malaysia, 1983
Dear friends, given the recent hullabaloo over the arrest of a Singaporean cartoonist, and the fact that it’s Labour Day, I thought I might share a somewhat naughty cartoon that pokes fun of Lee Kuan...
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Why has Singapore failed to prepare its citizens adequately for the knowledge...
One of China’s main challenges is “cultural habits that limit imagination and creativity, rewarding conformity….China will inevitably catch up to the US in GDP. But its creativity may never match...
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Why has Singapore failed to prepare its citizens adequately for the knowledge...
This is Part 2 of 2. To read Part 1, click here. The Singapore model—why it struggles to produce knowledge workers If we accept the argument that the average Singaporean worker will, compared to...
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Second book launch: Hard Choices
Dear friends, I just wanted to share some thoughts from my second book launch this past Tuesday. If you want to find out more about the book’s content and cover, please see my earlier post here. I...
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Nepal, Singapore, Gurkhas
It seems like Nepal has faded quickly from our thoughts. More than 5,000 have died and one million children are in urgent need of help following a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit on April 25, 2015....
View Articlea piece on the Lee Family Oxley Road saga
Dear reader, I recently published something on the brouhaha involving Singapore’s Lee Family in Foreign Affairs. I’m allowed to republish the first 250 words here; for the rest one must visit the site...
View ArticleThe battle over Lee Kuan Yew’s last will
This is my final piece on this site. From now on, please follow my work at Jom, a weekly digital magazine covering arts, culture, politics, business, technology and more in Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew...
View Articlea response to Teo’s response to the book
As Teo Chee Hean noted in Parliament today, the book, The battle over Lee Kuan Yew’s last will, is the product of a year of research by my team of researchers and me. It does not include any primary...
View ArticleThe problems with Teo Chee Hean’s MC on Oxley
Over the past few days, I’ve had to respond to some misrepresentations of my work last Thursday in Parliament. I’ve done so through one statement here on Thursday night, and three posts on Facebook. I...
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