Live updates and public reaction via twitter on the Singapore election results. Voting closed at 8.00pm and results are due from 9.30pm. Singapore election results
May 072011
May 052011
It’s just two more days to polling day in Singapore – and the democratic awakening sweeping across the world has not left the island republic untouched. “Singapore is a country – not a company,” says private teacher Michelle Lee, speaking at an opposition SDP rally
Mar 112011
The ending of this animated version may be different from George Orwell’s classic, but it is no less compelling. If the sound on this version is too faint, try this copy.
Mar 102011
Well, well, well, what can I say? Shahnaz A Majid, the estranged wife of Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, the son of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud, is seeking RM300 million as her share of assets in a divorce settlement and RM100 million in compensation.
Feb 102011
When it comes to the question of the chain of command in political matters, I am reminded of the 12th century story of Thomas Becket. Authoritarian leaders of nations these days don’t like to get their hands dirty. Instead, they tend to surround themselves with sycophants who can almost read their minds and then go out of their way to fulfil what they believe to be the leaders’ desires. So when some dirty deed is done, the head honcho can then say, “I didn’t order it, it wasn’t me; it was the army or the police who fired at the crowd/tortured dissidents/detained political opponents without trial, etc.”