Last year I published a highly popular article in which I explained why Mahathir must step down. It was no laughing matter then - the new Malaysian government kicked off its term with several controversial moves against its little neighbour, Singapore - threatening water deals that quench the city-state'
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 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
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
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?
