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When I saw the title of the book of essays on the Nominated MP scheme, Are unelected voices still necessary in Parliament?, I did...

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I have been waiting to read news reports about responses to the upcoming Forward Sg exercise. Since its launch last month, I can recall...

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The silence in Catholic circles is to be expected. No Catholic wants to recall  the sex scandal which led to the the conviction earlier...

Reading

One of the first things that struck me about The Last Fools was how thin the book was. The book on the eight pioneering...

Chin Chai Lah

Chin Chai Lah

On New Year’s Eve, young people broke all social distancing rules partying at Clarke Quay. Should they punished or dismissed as indulging in hi...

Chin Chai Lah

The United States invited more than half the countries around the world for President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy, but in a glaring omission,...

Chin Chai Lah

Chin: We should reduce the number acronyms ASAP! Chai: Why? I am sure WFH and HBL are now in the Singapore vocabulary. One is...

Chin Chai Lah

Chin: You think we should say something about the Yale thing? Chai: No need lah. Already booked slot for ministerial statement in Parliament. It’s...

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The headline is the most important part of any news report. Readers decide if the rest of the report is worth reading based on...

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Speculation is rife over Bertha Harian’s agenda. I have been receiving a slew of signals that is making me (a little) irate. I am...

Money

I am a little puzzled by this story on how Experts see ECs as a good buy. http://www.straitstimes.com/Money/Story/STIStory_807976.html What is the point of this story?...

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The debate over the Sticker Lady is getting real interesting. Whether it’s art – or not – is one point. The second question is...

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Because I might be making my home in University Town, I was interested to read about the cyber attacks on a University Scholars Programme...

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I scanned through ST’s coverage of the Shangri-La dialogue expecting to see a standalone report on Singapore’s position. The reasons for my expectation: a)...

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When Warren Buffett starts buying newspapers and is now saying that they might have still have a life….I can hear journalists round the world cheering....

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My favorite graphics of the day are in BT. (Go buy a copy and raise circulation!) So the owner of a Chery QQ here can get...

Bertha Henson
Bertha Henson

This morning, May 10, 2012, my newspapers didn't hit my doorstep and it dawned on me that I am no longer officially a journalist. But what the heck! I can still report, write and give my views. And there's no one hovering behind me either!