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Singapore at 60 (SG 60): A Time for Choosing
For fans of foreign affairs and students of public policy, a kind of Rorschach test is to ask them about Singapore and wait to see their...
Mark Chin
Feb 1711 min read


Remembering a True Lady
In the early hours of Tuesday morning last week, a lady of 81 passed quietly from this world to the next. Over the course of...
MC
Sep 13, 20175 min read


The Vertical Kampong: Thoughts On SG 52
The air is heavy, not just because this is Singapore and humidity is forever present. Standing fans whirr gallantly, offering fleeting...
MC
Aug 8, 201710 min read


A Disturbance in the Force: SG 51+ Sustaining the Miracle
Like all old places steeped in death and history, Bukit Brown, the old Chinese cemetery, is filled with an aura of profound, dilapidated...
Mark Chin
Dec 13, 20169 min read


Insurrections of the Spirit
After eighteen months of personal attacks, invective, distortions of the truth and outright lies, the dispiriting 2016 US presidential...
Mark Chin
Nov 23, 201610 min read


A Disturbance in the Force: SG 51+ (The Optimism Deficit)
In George Lucas’ ‘Star Wars’ universe uncertainty or foreboding is usually announced by a character intoning the portentous phrase, “I...
Mark Chin
Nov 3, 20166 min read


A Disturbance in the Force: SG 51+ (The Happiness Deficit)
Singapore should be a happy place. It has low crime rates, clean streets, and an integrated transport system that puts much of the...
Mark Chin
Oct 24, 20163 min read
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