One wept at the birth of our nation while firecrackers thundered

Aug. 8 | By Yeo Toon Joo, Peter Singapore’s mercantile High Street-Hill Street district thundered with the blast of exploding fire crackers, more deafening than any Chinese New Year eve fire cracker duels. The most exuberant was at the Chinese Chamber of...

Wee Shu Min, Li Hongyi…nothing is sacred anymore with the net

Jul. 24 | By Yeo Toon Joo Does the internet and its speed and openness change the way we communicate? Of course, the internet has drastically altered the norms and practices of open communication, and even private conversation. It opens a pandora’s box!...

How to stay gainfully retired

Jul. 10 | By Yeo Toon Joo, Peter (thoughts in January 1996 on early retirement) At 30, I resolved to retire from work by age 35. Needless to say, I failed to meet that target. Humbled, I shifted my planned retirement age to a more realistic 45, then 50. Today,...

Retire later, die earlier

Jul. 7 | By Yeo Toon Joo, Peter Retire early and die young. That was what I had been led to believe some years ago. But now another study says the later you retire the shorter your life. Statistics, including Boeing Aerospace’s, support the second conclusion,...

Is this the start of Singapore’s decline?

May. 4 | Article and open letter to our government by an ex-journalist By Yeo Toon Joo If the People’s Action Party were to call a general election now, chances are it would lose a good number of seats to the opposition, that is, if you could find able candidates...

Questionable benchmarking formula

Apr. 6 | This is filed under “Letters To TOC”. Firstly, I cannot understand or accept the PM’s and MM’s logic or rationale for the incredible pay hike for our cabinet ministers. Why do they want us to believe that our cabinet ministers are that...