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28 September 2017

Breaking the presidency and Singapore, straw by straw

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The radical changes to the presidency that the People's Action Party mooted and enacted in 2016 have angered a public originally resign...
25 September 2017

Before the reservation: The internal contradictions of Singapore's elected presidency

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Lee Hsien Loong's People's Action Party (PAP) government began in 2016 its radical reforms to the elected presidency, a rush job of ...
23 September 2017

Understanding Singapore's 2017 reserved presidential election: an introduction

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We extend our thanks to Dr Tony Tan for his service to the nation, and to Mdm Halimah Yacob for making history as the first female president...
15 September 2017

No kiss and make-up: Sonny Liew and Singapore's National Arts Council

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After Sonny Liew won several Eisner awards for the graphic novel which the National Arts Council (NAC) of Singapore has previously denounce...
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28 August 2017

Au revoir, Auf wiedersehen, Goodbye Huang Jing

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Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently accused Prof. Huang Jing, an American IR academic and lobbyist at its Lee Kuan Yew S...
19 August 2017

Sonny Liew's Eisner win and the future of arts censorship in Singapore

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When we wrote a mini-review of Sonny Liew's presentation of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye almost 2 years ago, we remarked that the ...
07 August 2017

Is Track II Diplomacy Dead in Singapore?

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According to industry analysts, Singapore is the worst place to be a property developer , the worst place to be a tech start-up , and the wo...
27 July 2017

The Apothesosis of Lee Kuan Yew VI

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Can we remember Lee Kuan Yew without creating a cult? A statue of Turkmenbashi, not a statue of Lee Kuan Yew
14 July 2017

Singapore's Speak Mandarin Campaign clown show moment

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A funny thing happened on the launch of the 2017 edition of the Speak Mandarin Campaign. The poster, unveiled at the official launch by a...
23 June 2017

Why the National Archives was no Friend of the Court

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Earlier last year, we commented on the case of Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang vs Attorney-General that due to their specialist knowledge a...
30 May 2017

Racism in Singapore comedy? Goodness gracious me!

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Youtube influencer Shrey Bhargava attended an audition for the next installment in Hack Neo's "Ah Boys to Men" NSploitation...
15 May 2017

Date with High Court, Cha-cha with Cheng Bock

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It was clear from Dr Tan Cheng Bock's press conference on 31 March 2017 that the good doctor would mount a challenge to the reserved pr...
24 April 2017

Beware the FAS scandal offside trap!

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FIFA's 2015 reform package to improve transparency and accountability in the sport includes a call to remove government appointees from ...
31 March 2017

Tough Questions with Tan Cheng Bock

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On the morning of 31 March 2017, Dr Tan Cheng Bock held a press conference on the upcoming presidential election. During this conference, th...
22 March 2017

Playing politics with diasporic communities: Southeast Asia's lessons for the EU

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make Turkey great again! Mr Recep Erdogan has been organising, in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austri...
03 March 2017

Hard Talk with the Prime Minister: Singapore loses the plot

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HARDTalk  interviews are hardly a fireside chat Did prime minister Lee Hsien Loong " do us proud " yesterday, or did he stutt...
24 February 2017

We need to reconsider how Singapore remembers WW2

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Yes, the Syonan Gallery has been renamed to the less offensive and traumatising " Surviving the Japanese Occupation: War and its Legac...
17 February 2017

The Syonan Gallery Clown Show

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The Omnishambles so far... On 10 February 2017, Singapore's National Library Board (NLB) unveiled the new name for the Old Ford ...
17 October 2016

Copyfight! What happens when copyright meets official secrets?

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In his judgement, the honorable Tay Yong Kwan appears to have made a Solomonic decision: the Attorney-General gets his Official Secrets Act...
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13 October 2016

Memories, Official Secrets, and the National Archives: A matter of governmental judgment or archival discretion?

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In the case of Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang vs Attorney-General , the honorable Tay Yong Kwan has ruled that the transcripts of the late ...
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