Gopalan’s Famous Last Words

“I repeat the threat that Lee Kuan Yew had made on day two of the show trial during the last 3 days in the High Court. When asked by Dr. Chee whether he will sue those who write on the Internet defamations against him, I mean defamations in the Singaporean sense, his definitive unequivocal answer [...]

Chee Never Stops, Never Surrenders, Never Surprises

Dr Chee fashions himself more as a civil disobedience activist rather than a politician. The more he feels he is cut off from mainstream politics because of the media and government’s actions steered by the PAP, the more Dr Chee subscribes to civil disobedience antics. Everything he does now has to be loud and colourful [...]

GIC and Temasek have a blank cheque!

The problem with Tharman’s brush off explanation is that GIC and Temasek are government-controlled and its stakeholders also include us citizens, informed or otherwise on the merits of capital injections by GIC and Temasek. Hence, as stakeholders, we want a damn good explanation on what is happening with GIC and Temasek. Taking Temasek’s shrugs [...]

Lee Kuan Yew is a man who says what he wants

Anytime, anything, anyhow might be ways to describe former PM Lee Kuan Yew’s shoot from the hip comments. With his frank words that Suharto does not deserve enough recognition, critics would jump on the band of authoritarian brothers innuendo. I won’t be surprised if the Indonesians would also pick up on this comment and whip [...]

Entertainment Democracy and Asian Idol

As a proud Singaporean, I am very delighted our very own Hady Mirza won the Asian Idol title last night. The five other contestants were from Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and India, countries which paid for the rights to host the Simon Fuller talent quest in their respective countries. However, I want to be objective [...]