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The Malaysian Insider, 24 May 2010 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong agreed today to relocate to Woodlands the 78-year-old Tanjong Pagar railway station operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB). The relocation, to take place on July 1 next year, marks a major step... 

OPINION Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany once said: “The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly – it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.” Goebbels must be proud that... 

Referendum. It meets to seek support, and in political terms, it means to conduct a public vote to determine whether or not to implement a particular policy. This because highly controversial policy proposals may not be supported by the people and may even have unforeseen negative consequences by the ministers proposing... 

OPINION There was an active debate in Parliament last week on the proposed changes in the Criminal Procedure Code to allow more sentencing options by the court for minor offences other than just jail terms and fines. While the move is laudable, it does not address the inherent weaknesses in Singapore’s criminal... 

Coming short after a blaze of daily propaganda in the state media to instill a “feel-good” sentiment among unsuspecting Singaporeans, PAP minister Teo Chee Hean is now claiming credit for Singapore’s economic turnaround on behalf of the public service which he is in charge of. During a speech made at... 

OPINION It was reported in the Straits Times a few days ago that fewer foreigners were given Singapore PRs and citizenships in the last 12 months. There was a drop in the number of PRs by almost 20,000, but the decrease in the number of new citizens is minimal. “The growth in the number of new immigrants in recent years... 

At an advanced age when most leaders would have retired and spend their remaining days at home with their families, PAP strongman Lee Kuan Yew continues to tour the world dishing out his “advice” to other leaders and teaching them how to run their countries. During a symposium in Tokyo where he is currently... 

Chosun Ilbo, 21 May 2010 North Korea on Thursday threatened “all-out war” if South Korea takes punitive action over the sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan on March 26. The South Korean government in an official report the same day announced that the shipwreck was caused by a North Korean torpedo... 

By Lee Wei Lian from The Malaysian Insider The author of a hot-selling political biography on Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said many issues hampering Malaysia had come from the ex-prime minister’s tenure. Former Asian Wall Street Journal editor, Barry Wain, whose book “Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in turbulent times”,... 

Law Minister Shanmugam has rejected calls by MPs to allow an arrested person access to a legal counsel when he/she is being questioned by the police which is the standard practice in many first world countries such as Australia, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. “From the perspective of the law enforcement agency, we...