Hong Lim Park – Bertha Harian

Our stolid young people

I asked my class of undergraduates this morning if they knew about the happenings in Hong Kong. They knew there were demonstrations but didn’t...

berthahensonSeptember 29, 2014

Trying to understand a complicated G policy is like trying to put together a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle (which happens to be one of my...

berthahensonJune 13, 2014

People are getting all worked up these days. I wasn’t at Hong Lim Park for the Return My CPF protest but I gather it was quite...

berthahensonJune 9, 2014

No one would want to be in Mr Lui Tuck Yew’s shoes today. He’s in Singapore’s hot seat, driving the transport portfolio. He’s probably...

berthahensonJanuary 27, 2014

So the old standby/enduring Singapore icon, the Merlion, is now stamped onto the face of a $1 coin, as part of the Monetary Authority...

berthahensonFebruary 22, 2013

There is this piece in ST’s Opinion pages today, by a German journalist and urban design expert, that resonated with me. He talks about...

berthahensonFebruary 18, 2013

Something big happened in Singapore yesterday and it was on the front page of….the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. The kindest thing...

berthahensonFebruary 17, 2013