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Turning misfortune into triumph: Lee Kuan Yew’s enduring legacy

Turning misfortune into triumph: Lee Kuan Yew’s enduring legacy

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: In September, Singapore marked the 100th anniversary of Mr Lee Kuan Yew (born 16 September 1923) in full-throated praise for an iron-willed Prime Minister who turned a frightful misfortune into a dazzling success story of nation-building. A British colony given self-government in 1959, Singapore was […]

A spell of grim aura for Singapore’s ruling party

A spell of grim aura for Singapore’s ruling party

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: Will the House of Lee stay unscathed after the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) was rocked by a series of political peccadilloes, including corruption charges against a minister? The political edifice that Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first Prime Minister, built on a rock-solid foundation […]

Shanmugaratnam elected Singapore President

Shanmugaratnam elected Singapore President

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: The president-elect of Singapore is brimming with ideas and plans to ensure Singapore is “more than just another small nation”. I will strive to create a “future where we are taken seriously in the world, we are a partner of choice, and where we can […]

General election mode in Singapore’s presidential race

General election mode in Singapore’s presidential race

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: As Singaporeans go to the polls on Sept 1 to elect a new President, a non-partisan office, the electioneering is shaping into an opposition versus ruling party fray of sorts. As the nine-day campaign enters its final stretch, “maverick‘ candidate” Mr Tan Kin Lian began […]

Octogenarian Phey preaches Gospel of Papaya to Singaporeans

Octogenarian Phey preaches Gospel of Papaya to Singaporeans

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: “Trade-unionist-at-heart’’ Phey Yew Kok, 89, is embarking on a green project with missionary zeal. A renowned labour organiser at oner time, he is preaching the gospel of papaya, a.k.a. pawpaw, foraging gracefully. “All The Goodness of nature is wrapped up in this soft and succulent […]

Singapore set to repeal homosexual law

Singapore set to repeal homosexual law

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE:  A contentious decades-old law that criminalises sex between men but not women will be axed as the Singapore authorities found it increasingly legally untenable in the face of  challenges to its constitutionality. The repeal of Section 377A of the Penal Code will, however, be accompanied […]

Ire among some in Singapore over Sri Lankan Terminator’s stay

Ire among some in Singapore over Sri Lankan Terminator’s stay

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: The unexpected arrival in Singapore of former Sri Lankan strongman Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 73, on July 1, has caused anger among some people in the Republic and raised inconvenient questions for the authorities here. Critics, overlooking the fact that he tendered his resignation the following day, […]

Shinzo Abe’s murder raises troubling questions

Shinzo Abe’s murder raises troubling questions

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN  SINGAPORE: The tragic untimely death of Shinzo Abe at the hands of an assassin has raised some troubling questions. One: Is there a shortcoming that in a robust democracy like Japan citizens still have to resort toviolence to resolve their grievances against politicians? The former Japanese […]

Flak and some praise for Singapore Press Club’s Hall of Fame

Flak and some praise for Singapore Press Club’s Hall of Fame

By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN   SINGAPORE: An initiative by the Singapore Press Club in setting up a Hall of Fame for media personalities has received some praise, but the flak it drew was unhesitating because of its noticeably exclusive approach in choosing candidates. Fifty people made the inaugural list, drawn from […]

Singapore denies entry to ‘extremist’ Indonesian preacher

Singapore denies entry to ‘extremist’ Indonesian preacher

By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN   SINGAPORE: On May 16, an Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara travelled from neighbouring Batam island by boat and arrived at Tanah Merah Ferry Point in Singapore. The cleric, who had been known to the authorities for his extremist religious views, was “interviewed” by immigration officials and then […]

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