Something truly amazing happened last Thursday (or so it seemed). Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, announced approval for the Rail Transit System between Johor and Singapore. Malaysia, he said, would proceed with the project! However... ...it also requested it to be an LRT, not an MRT system, ostensibly to
Singapore's favourite "oppressed" child, Kirsten Han, published a response to many allegations circulating about her and her buddies. In it, she paints herself as a victim of state bullying and that her and her companions' words were taken out of context and manipulated to paint
Singapore's location, coupled with reasonable, friendly governance, has long attracted foreign business to the island. But, as it has grown in prosperity and importance, it has also brought lots of attention - not always welcome. And with increasingly tighter international interdependencies between countries around the globe, the pursuit
This may be my most controversial article yet (at least to some) - but precisely because it may be considered controversial, I believe it is important to publish it. So, let's begin with a both baffling and bold statement: LGBT supporters and their opponents are both right. Impossible?
It's been almost a year since Mahathir took back the reins of his country, inspiring hopes for a positive change after a decade under corrupt Najib. Unfortunately, however, as months go by, he keeps indulging his old vices not only in the arena of foreign affairs but domestic
Whenever I think that Malaysian politicians have, perhaps, concluded their barrage of ludicrous assaults against their most valuable neighbour, they reignite controversy with another thoughtless comment - with the main culprit often being the prime minister himself. Millions of people on both sides of the border must have been rather
The never-ending spectacle of Malaysian provocations, which has been going on for the past months, is increasingly less worrying and more entertaining - even if it's a completely irrational waste of time. Does anybody know what Malaysia actually wants? That's the question I keep asking myself
I freely admit that what you're about to read borders on political fiction. There's absolutely no realistic chance of a non-Malay taking over the reins as Malaysia's leader right now. However, it may also be why the country is still likely to suffer considerable
Condescension in reports about Asia is nothing new in the Western world. But one is forced to recognize things are getting out of hand if articles published in one of Britain's leading magazines on global affairs keep prompting frequent rebuttals from Singapore's High Commissioner in the
I wasn't planning on writing another article about the tensions between the two neighbours within little over a week. But just when I thought the situation was going to wind down, that the posturing and the tension imposed by Putrajaya were fizzling out a bit, it then decided
Why, dear Malaysia, why? Why do you keep doing this? To Singapore - and to yourself. Why the repeated attacks over completely meaningless issues?
Unfortunately for all those who hoped that the old fox had mellowed over the years, Dr M needed just a few months to drag everybody back to the 80s and 90s. Given his reconciliation with Anwar, many people - me included - thought that Mahathir had learned from his past
