Tay Jing En
Singapore’s recent woes with the MRT system have once again surfaced questions over the suitability of former military generals to decision-making roles in civilian life.
The Lee family outside their home in happier times. From left to right, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Hsien Yang, Lee Wei Ling and Kwa Geok Choo.
The Lee Family
Why does Oxley Road Matter?
Thum Ping Tjin
PJ Thum explains the contours of the dispute between the Lee family siblings and why Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road house matters so much to them.
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Thum Ping Tjin
With Singapore’s first racially reserved Presidential election looming, historian Thum Ping Tjin observes that the government’s much vaunted “Chinese-Malay-Indian-Others” model of managing race has historically increased racial tension and strife. So why do they cling to it?
