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Press Muse – K Shanmugam, literary gymnast
Nov. 11 | Spiegel - So newly minted Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam (who is concurrently Law Minister) has been hitting the lecture circuit again, sharing with the world finer intricacies of running Singapore Inc. You may recall his earlier venture in October...
Straits Times – “accurate, timely and balanced”?
Jul. 14 | Andrew Loh – On 10 July 2010, the Straits Times published a report – “Law Ministry rebuts lawyer’s claim”, by Zakir Hussain. The report is essentially a regurgitation of the Law Ministry’s statement in response to earlier remarks made...
Rebutting Law Minister K Shanmugam
Jan. 13 | Donaldson Tan Sometimes, one can’t help wondering if the Law Minister K Shanmugam is eyeing the the Education Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen’s job. After all, the Ministry of Education is seen as a crucial stepping stone to senior ministerial position...
Challenge of communication
Jan. 9 | K Shanmugam K Shanmugam is Singapore’s Minister of Law. This article is the editorial of the Nov/Dec 2009 edition of PETIR. The PAP has become one of the most successful political parties in history. But even as we acknowledge its exceptional...
Why must we join the ‘war’ for talent?
Dec. 14 | Fiona Lim I refer to the Straits Times article “Singapore ‘must join the war for talent” (11th Dec 2009). Singapore government’s unabashed enthusiasm for the State’s alliance with foreign capital does not present itself more clearly than...
Singapore Police Force – stretched and fatigued
Nov. 23 | Andrew Loh Government admits Home Team is stretched but what has been done so far? The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has its work cut out for it, looking at the way things are going. While Singapore’s crime rate remains low, at 684 cases per 100,000...
Sucking demigods’ toes
Nov. 12 | I sometimes wonder why people don’t seem to feel embarrassed. They hold high positions; they can’t be stupid to have gotten to where they are. Yet they kowtow to their political masters so low, they not only kiss their feet, but suck their...
Singapore neither a nation nor a country – Ministers
Oct. 31 | Here is a report by Channelnewsasia in July 2009 on MM Lee saying that Singapore is not yet a nation: Despite achieving harmony amongst all races in Singapore, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Saturday that the country is still a work-in-progress...
Are you a lawyer? Only if the minister says so
Jul. 21 | The Law Ministry is proposing that the Minister now be the one with the power to approve a person as legally qualified. Today
Why proper oversight of police powers is important
Apr. 19 | Andrew Loh Two articles from The New Statesman and The Economist show that abuse of powers by the police can happen if left unchecked. How does our new Public Order Act square up to this? After the demonstrations during the recent G20 summit in London,...
