Building bridges across communities through inter-faith dialogues is one of Pope Francis’ main priorities, said Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam. The President said this is an area where Singapore can “share its experience with the Vatican”, during a briefing…
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The election of the Philippines’ President-elect Rodrigo Duterte signals an important shift in the country’s internal politics. A lot has been made of Mr Duterte’s tough-speaking, no-nonsense approach to crime in Davao. His two decades as mayor of Davao City…
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I find the discussion on ways to ensure a minority President a little unnecessary. Not because i believe in the infallibility of meritocracy, as many of those who do not understand the concept of majority privilege do (just look at…
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Reviewing the last Presidential Election 2011. In the last Presidential election I lost narrowly to the current President Tony Tan by a mere 0.34%. . Last month the government appointed a Constitutional Commission to study and make recommendation on specific…
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I welcome the proposal by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to tighten the criteria for the Elected Presidency (“Key changes to refresh political system”; Jan 28). But I believe it is superfluous to force a rotation among the races for…
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