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This deeply religious people do not enlist in the army as they do not believe in going to war with its Arab neigbours. In fact they do not believe in the creation of the Zionist state. They do not work at all and believe that wealth accumulation and material things in life are unimportant. Their...

Our chief envoy to KL all these years have been Indian, wonder why?

My former colleague, a Malaysian-born Indian, once reminded me that we should all be grateful to the ah neh foreign construction workers for it is them that help built the mrt system in Singapore.

Agreed and unless come one day when we are able to witness poverty and widespread unemployment, PAP will not be toppled at the polls. Voters who are gainfully employed invariably will support the ruling party. Public sector employees generally are also beholden to vote for PAP and the government...

LHL already said he will step down as PM after next GE. The man himself could be eyeing the President post after HY has finished serving her one term appointment.

Boycotting or not, one-on-one or a 3-corner fight, the PAP-endorsed candidate will win because the ruling party continues to receive support from the public sector employees, Malay voters, womenfolk, new citizens and low wage earners who are collecting monthly cash payout from workfare.

If long term survival of SG is not attainable, may have to consider the merger option with MY. For the younger ones among us, it may happen during their lifetime.

Should not blame the British or opium traders. The blame should squarely be on the weak and disunited Han Chinese people who could have seized the opportunity to overthrow the declining alien Qing dynasty after the end of the long reign of Emperor Qianlong. Manchus made up no more than 2% of the...

People of Asia have to be mindful of the dangerous warmongers game the Western media constantly play by pitching one nation against another. There must be no war in Asia as peace is of paramount importance to the continent's forward march towards catching up with the West. Nehru coined the...

South Africa-born Hakka.

The last time China bullied its smaller weaker neighbour was in the spring of 1979 when Chinese troops crossed the frontier border with north Vietnam and meeting with little resistance was soon moving menacingly towards Hanoi the Vietnamese capital. The Vietnamese border militiamen simply were...

Hindus do not worship cows although they are deeply respected and held in high esteem. Yes, the ancient Indians contributed greatly to the early development of astronomy, mathematics, philosophy and of course religion where Hinduism is the oldest in the world. Long before Abraham and his tribe...

LSW currently is a junior fellow and will be appointed assistant professor with Harvard next fall. This paled in comparison with the late great American economist Paul Samuelson who at the age of 32 was already a full professor at MIT. Maybe the comparison is not fair if we consider that they...

Halimah (like Dr M) is considered a Malay in Malaysia since she speaks Malay habitually, practise Malay custom and she being a Muslim. Not too sure though what the definition of Malay is in the Singapore Constitution.

Prof Lim was the head of the Econs Dept at that time, so how can he possibly be the supervisor to Ravi, not even a masters student at that, for his Hons thesis? Also you said Ravi is trained in econometrics but my understanding is that all econometricians are PhD holders.

China was once the sick man of Asia, a nation with the greatest drug problem. After Mao and the Chinese Communist swept to power in 1949, they wasted no time in solving the drug problem by eradicating the production and distribution of drugs all over the country and hence stopped the consumption...

Not true in our case; the legacy the British bequeathed to Singapore in the bureaucracy, legal system, education system, the port, the botanic gardens and various other institutions, remains one of the most notable accomplishments of any colonial master.

For those who are very free, can read up the book 'Socialism that works ... the Singapore way' written by C. V. Devan Nair published in 1976.

The southern Chinese as a group (not just the Hokkiens) has achieved quite a lot and deserved more recognition and respect especially from the Mandarin speaking northern Chinese. However, the northerners are feeling superior all the time and consider their northern language and customs to be...