Author: Ivan Lim
UN convention to enforce mediation settlements across borders named after Singapore
By Ivan Lim Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: An international rules-based mechanism for resolving commercial disputes between countries has been named after Singapore in recognition of the key role the […]
New party for Singapore tsunami?
By Ivan Lim Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: In 2018, the political sphere in Singapore was abuzz with talk of the opposition replicating the “Malaysia tsunami” effect to sweep the […]
Determined to thwart risk of becoming “Sinkapore”, Singapore prepares for perfect storm peril
Singapore: Climate Change has conjured up apocalyptic images of low-lying island states, going under in a matter of decades. With unabated greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, triggering melting ice sheets, […]
Euphoria, optimism as Singapore celebrates 200th anniversary
Singapore: From a distance, you spot this eye-catching artistic display at an open ground of the Macpherson housing estate. Close-up and you see red, green and blue heart symbols painted over […]
Asean wary of being used as pawn in Washington-Beijing jostling
[Singapore] Despite the personal rapport between Donald Trump and Xi Jing-ping, Sino-US rivalry has been escalating over trade, technology, and security issues. As Trump puts it: “I am President of United […]
Singapore editor Balji launches tell-all book
[Singapore] A new book has shed more light on how Singapore’s authoritarian leader Lee Kuan Yew rapped the knuckles of independent-minded journalists whom he deemed to have failed to toe […]
Education system in Singapore
This year, Singapore celebrates its bicentennial of its founding in 1819 by Englishman Sir Stamford Raffles who set up the first premier school named after him. Raffles Institution (RI) is […]
Singapore COUNTRY REPORT: Professional Ethics Still a Media Imperative
In the internet age, some people brush aside the need for conventional full-time journalists or media organizations to give us our daily news. “That is already passe,” said a former […]
Press Watch – Singapore:
Singapore’s leader Lee Kuan Yew, who dominated the political scene from 1959, when he first came to power, till his death on March 23rd, 2015, corralled the press as an […]
Press Watch – Singapore: Reporter Warned Over Leakage of Official Secrets
It was a what is being described as a state secret that Janice Tai, a young reporter of The Straits Times (ST), Singapore’s premier mass-circulation daily, stumbled upon while chasing […]