THE TEMASEK REVIEW

EDITORS’ NOTE: Just when you think things cannot get worse, our tourist icon – the Merlion was struck by lightning ! In ancient China, natural disasters are usually a harbinger of a change in the “mandate of heaven”. A devastating earthquake flattened the Chinese city of Tangshan in 1976 just a... 

By Eugene Yeo In a previous article, I wrote about how the Singapore’s media had the uncanny ability to sugarcoat the truth to make bad news sound good. Now let me showcase another classic example of the unique “Asian spectacles” of Mediacorp to distort reality and perpetuate an outright blatant lie in... 

Translated from Lianhe Wanbao Singapore People Party’s Secretary-General Mr Chiam See Tong lashed out at talks of him retiring by retorting that he will only consider doing so after he wins a GRC. A few days ago, a reader wrote in to The Straits Times Forum expressing his concern that SPP MP Chiam See Tong is still... 

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Excerpts from Malaysiakini In a dramatic reversal, the government has decided to suspend toll hikes of up to 33 percent for five major highways in Klang Valley announced yesterday. The decision was made by the cabinet at its weekly meeting today chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak. Outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah... 

Translated from Lianhe Wanbao Edison Chen changed his flight from Hong Kong to Singapore in the last minute to evade reporters in Singapore ! Local journalists first got wind of Edison Chen’s flight a few days ago when he was still in Canada. He was supposed to arrive here at 12.50pm in a Cathay Pacific flight. Just... 

By Fang Zhi Yuan At the Singapore Tripartism Forum last Sunday, Prime Minister Lee was asked by a business leader to comment on the performance of Temasek and GIC in the wake of the stunning revelation of its recent losses. He replied straight in the face that “these are very respectable figures” based on the... 

By Elizabeth Looi, Malaysia Correspondent Businessman publishes letter in newspaper ad, asking politicians to put nation first KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian businessman took out a full page advertisement in The Star newspaper yesterday asking Malaysian politicians on both sides to stop trying to topple each other, and to focus... 

Still reeling from the effects of the subprime meltdown, I view the news of job losses in the developed world and also on the local scene are no less depressing. In both Singapore and abroad, talks of people needing help during this downturn, has been nothing short of depressing. I however must say that this was expected.... 

By Darkness 2009 from The Brotherhood, Guest Columnist Recently when Channel Neuter Asia, celebrated its 10th anniversary year, Mr Lee floated the idea there is a need for a news provider which did not wear what he termed “Western spectacles”. He went on to add, in this emerging informational landscape; there was scope...