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作者：中國報 （新加坡27日讯）美国著名时评专栏作者及政治与传媒教授普雷特（Tom Plate）撰写的“亚洲巨人系列”的书籍，下一位人物将是马来西亚前首相敦马哈迪医生，之后将是联合国秘书长潘基文。 1994 年，当18岁的美国学生麦克菲，因在新加坡涂鸦而被判坐牢四个月及鞭打四下后，几乎所有美国报纸都铺天盖地地批评新加坡，只有普雷特独排众议，认为新加坡... 

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad gave a rare acknowledgement of the achievements of Singapore’s octogenarian leader Lee Kuan Yew in a book on the latter. Launched two days ago, the book titled ““Conversations With Lee Kuan Yew” is written by American columnist Tom Plate, which contains... 

PAP strongman and Singapore’s octogenarian leader Lee Kuan Yew will be featured in a new book, billed by Channel News Asia as the “first extended conversation with a Western journalist” The book, titled “Conversations With Lee Kuan Yew” is written by American columnist Tom Plate. According... 

Yet another EPL season has passed and yet another season of disappointment for long suffering Liverpool FC supporters. The pain this season is harder to stomach for the Liverpudians as they were touted as title challengers at the start of the season but ended the season seventh without a single piece of silverware. How... 

In a Channel NewsAsia report, four government agencies, the Media Development Authority (MDA), Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), Ministry of Education (MOE) and Mindef have been singled out for errors in the way their finances are managed. According to the latest Public Accounts Committee report issued, there were three... 

The recent demise of Goh Keng Swee, widely regarded as the brains behind the success of Singapore’s economic success has left the propaganda mouthpiece of PAP, The Straits Times working overtime in sprouting numerous publications of his glorified contributions to Singapore. Nevertheless, two fundamental questions are... 

PAP ministers who have a penchant for indulging in shameless self-praise have taken their “art” to new heights this time by trumpeting their “accomplishments” to the international community. NTUC Secretary-General and PAP minister without portfolio Lim Swee Say will be sharing his unique “upturn... 

Singapore’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, GIC, said it converted its UBS (UBSN.VX) notes into ordinary shares, suffering a paper loss of about $5 billion. The Government of Singapore Investment Corp [GIC.UL] had invested 11 billion Swiss francs ($10.22 billion) in mandatory convertible notes in UBS to support the... 

Oil spilled from a tanker collision off Singapore’s shore reached a naval base but has so far spared the rest of the city-state’s coast, authorities said on Wednesday. Officials have deployed oil dispersants, 15 boats, 120 personnel and 3,300 meters (10,800 feet) of containment booms in a bid to keep the... 

 Readers of TR,   I believe I am not the only person doing his best to balance between reservist, work, family and study life. The government encourages us to study and so I did a part-time degree in UniSim with government grant.   However I am experiencing such difficult and unreasonable situations with my reservist...