Marc Yong
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Singapore minister: ‘right of passage’ through Hormuz non-negotiable #Echobox=1775611068-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scmp.com/news/asia/sout…


I always weep reading the Wikipedia pages of senior Singaporean politicians. The general career path seems to be: Excel at school and secure a scholarship to study some super difficult subject, like maths or physics, at Cambridge University. Excel at university and get a scholarship to do a post-grad degree in governance or an MBA at Harvard. Join the Singaporean military and excel. Reach at least the rank of Brigadier or General. Enter politics. Excel even compared with others who have similar CVs, rise to become a senior position. Compare that with the career path of the average senior British politican. Get the same results as every other middle class child at school. Do PPE or straight up politics at university. Leverage your contacts to become a SPAD for a cabinet or shadow cabinet member. Get a column writing gig at the Spectator, Economist or New Statesman Become a more senior SPAD. Run in an impossible to win seat to prove you really want to be in parliament. Get parachuted into a safe seat as a rising star. Get a junior ministerial position in the first reshuffle after the election. Get made a cabinet member after the next election. Now, why is Singapore an extremely well run country and we are not?





Singapore, Australia vow uninterrupted fuel supply amid global energy shock #Echobox=1775866948" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scmp.com/week-asia/econ…



Leader of Taiwan's historic Kuomintang party Cheng Li-Wun has learnt the lesson of Ukraine and prefers Chinese unity to becoming yet another sacrificial pawn in a proxy war for US hegemony. Hence her recent visit to Beijing. channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/chin…










