Singapore

  • Society

    Singapore denies entry to ‘extremist’ Indonesian preacher

    By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN   SINGAPORE: On May 16, an Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara travelled from neighbouring Batam island by boat and arrived at Tanah Merah Ferry Point in Singapore. The cleric, who had been known to the authorities for his extremist religious views, was “interviewed”…

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  • Politics

    Singapore has a Prime-Minister-in-waiting

    By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN   SINGAPORE: He is Finance Minister Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai. A career civil servant-turned- politician, he has been designated as the new leader of the fourth generation (4G) cohort of the ruling People’s Action Party(PAP). It is a spectacular rise for the…

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  • Politics

    Upshot of the July 11, 2020 General Election in Singapore

    By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN  SINGAPORE: In 2020, politics in Singapore threw up some surprises. Despite misgivings, the government went ahead, in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic, to hold a general election in which conventional door-to-door campaigning and open-air party rallies had to be replaced by…

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  • Politics

    An existential issue, says Singapore dubbing foul invasion of Ukraine

    By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: Singapore has stood out among its Asean partners to boldly call out Russia for its invasion of its next-door neighbour Ukraine on Feb 24 that has shaken up the world. The city-state has followed up its condemnation of Moscow with…

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  • Politics

    Tripped in race to lead Singapore, but Heng Swee Keat still in limelight

    By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN    SINGAPORE: “Good Luck.” That’s what “Heng” means in Singapore’s local dialect. So, once-kampong boy Heng Swee Keat considered it his good fortune that he has had a crack at high office. Not by luck but by the dint of his credentials.…

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  • South East Asia

    Safeguard yourselves against Covid-19, government tells Singaporeans

    By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN    SINGAPORE: “YOU are on your own, lookout”  That’s the new order of the day as Singapore pushes ahead as one of the first Covidean states to pivot towards living with the Coronavirus. Since late September, the city-state of 5.45 million has gone…

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  • Politics

    Covid deaths spike, but Singapore stick to re-opening plans

    By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN  SINGAPORE: The figures tell a staggering story that smacks of a runaway pandemic. However, the authorities are looking at the bigger picture and taking the explosion of the Delta mutant cases in stride. Since mid-September, new daily caseloads have hovered between…

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  • East Asia

    Rise of Eco-cities:  An Asian model of sustainable development

      By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE:  The search for an Asian eco-culture is in line with the international discourse on a new global ethical agenda for the New Millennium, focusing on religion, language, values and rights of minorities and indigenous people. It is marked by…

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  • Politics

    Singapore keeps an eye on Kabul after aiding refugee pull-out

    By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN  SINGAPORE: During the last acts of the United States’ precipitous retreat from Afghanistan in mid-August, Singapore got a piece of action -helping in the historic, if chaotic, airlift of thousands of Americans and Afghans fleeing the Taliban forces closing in on…

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  • People

    Funding-surge for blogger in Singapore PM’s defamation case

      By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: Critics have decried the outcome of a defamation case in which a political blogger has been found to have impugned the reputation and integrity of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in an article. Mr Terry Xu, chief editor of…

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