THE TEMASEK REVIEW

After watching the National Day Rally 2010 for the 3rd time, I am very positive of how insecure PM Lee is feeling right now. This is probably what you get for having an educated people empowered with worldly knowledge no thanks to the Internet. PM Lee is really clueless. Yes, he is aware of the rising unhappiness, but he... 

I refer to your article on Straits Times dated 26 Aug 2010.   On the basis of your intuition, you said the opening of the two integrated resorts is related to the spectacular rebound in economic growth. We need reports based on facts and evidence, not intuition.   You said the resorts have added jobs and helped propel... 

The Straits Times, the government propaganda mouthpiece, as expected, has been giving glowing news coverage to the Youth Olympic Games(YOG). But true to its colour, it chose to withhold incidents of inferior food supply to the thousands of volunteers and consequent food poisoning among some of them from its reporting. The... 

Pity our young and eligible Singaporeans. They just can’t do something on their own and now I am beginning to think that they have lost the plot in life. From childhood to adulthood they are guided by parents, by teachers, by government. Now, having reached the nubile stage of life, they need one more nudge to overcome... 

By Douglas Chua If we look around us, from office to home to neighbourhood to even coffeeshops, does it look like anyone is interested in the YOG? If you don’t read the news, perhaps you wouldn’t even know this event is happening right here in Singapore. Actually there is really no need to look further. You... 

It was reported on the 6 Aug 2010 that Temasek Holdings will contribute $165 million to honour five of Singapore’s pioneering leaders – Rajaratnam, Hon Sui Sen, E W Barker, Tay Eng Soon and David Marshall. But there have been so many notable pioneers that came before them. Lim Bo Seng, Tan Kim Seng, Lim Boon... 

I refer to the Straits Times forum letter by Mrs Ivy Singh-Lim dated 9 Aug 2010. Mrs Singh-Lim found Mr Alan Shadrake’s assertion that Singaporeans mostly have to grovel to the government to lead a normal life inaccurate and insulting. She used her own example as a proud, first generation Singaporean who has never... 

I refer to the Review article dated on Straits Times dated 12 Aug 2010. It was said in the article that the government cannot dream for us but can only create conducive conditions that underscore certain cherished values. But the government has created conditions for property prices to suddenly shoot up by $100,000 over... 

Alan Greenspan, Stock Market Perspectives, Warren Buffet and Contrary Views. Post my last write up “Update Global economies heading for turbulence, are we in trouble going forward?” published on  Temasek Review 24 July 2010, stocks again flew up north in the direction of Arctic  as the economic weather vane pointed... 

I refer to the letter by Dr Wilfred Chan dated 11 Aug 2010 to the Straits Times. Dr Chan was reportedly moved to tears by the tremendous achievements of Singapore. He would be similarly moved to tears if he considers the similarly tremendous achievements of Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. Dr Chan is mind boggled when...