In 2005, Dr Thum Ping Tjin, a former national swimmer who represented Singapore at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, became the first Singaporean as well as the first Oxford graduate to swim the English Channel. He trained for almost a year to accomplish this feat. On 6 Aug 2005, he plunged into the cold waters of the Channel and attempted …

by Colin Chua I am normally part of the silent majority but I now feel extremely compelled write on the matter. I find that these hearings are achieving nothing and the government is oversimplifying the matter. From what I can observe, the panel already has an established idea of what they want to achieve and is debating it instead of …

by Kwok Fangjie Last week, I had argued that we were already mid-way into the current Parliamentary term and the People’s Action Party (PAP) did not do well in terms of bread and butter issues. This week, I will look at things from a different angle – the quality of today’s political leaders. As Dr. Gillian Koh from the Institute of Policy Studies noted, the …