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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...

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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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Besides experts, there are observers…Cannot do some reporting to get some facts on what happened? Need to resort to getting ‘views’ instead? Views are...

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I was in town on Thursday afternoon and wondering why I was fighting my way through Takashimaya. Then it dawned on me that it...

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I was interested to read my ex-colleague Chua Mui Hoong’s piece on how Hougang’s choice is not reflective of general voter sentiment. Hougang is...

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I wrote the column below on Friday for publication in print on Saturday. Until someone thought maybe not, since its cooling off day etc and...

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I have to say I love the Png Pong going on in Hougang. Leaked minutes sent by someone called Secret Squirrel! Accusations and counter-accusations....

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I sometimes think that writing stuff about the Prime Minister puts journalists into a state of semi-paralysis. So it is today with ST’s page...

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Today has something interesting. It posed the same five questions to the two Hougang candidates and published their replies. I thought it was a...

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The trouble with press statements on someone stepping down/up is that they are so nice. I guess you have to be to persuade people...

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My nephew will be three tomorrow and my brother is already eyeing a primary school for his kid. “What do you think,” he asked...

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!