The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew had specified in his will that the house he shared his late wife on Oxley Road be demolished after his death, and this wish will be “administered strictly”, said his children Dr Lee Wei…
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Hours before the Ministers and VIPs arrived at 9am, the marching contingents stood in neat rows under the morning sun at the Padang. Some 23,000 took part in the National Day Parade in 1966, just a year after Singapore’s independence….
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Background Story: PROTESTERS SEEN HOLDING PLACARDS OUTSIDE THE ISTANA TODAY TRS got in contact with the two men who were involved in the peaceful protest outside the Istana on Saturday afternoon and found out why they chose to do what they…
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Dear Amos, Wow, I am impressed. What a beautiful video and what an amazing delivery. I don’t think I have ever seen an 8 minute video with such am impact. Of course, the outpour of criticism your piece has caused,…
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The day was Sep 26, 1958. The late Mdm Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, received a puzzling telegram from her husband. It read: “ARRIVING TODAY BATTLESHIP = LEEKUANYEW”. It was sent from Sibu in…
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