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Goh's soft spot for PAP rebels | The Independent Singapore News


By Toh Han Shih
In the second volume of his biography, former Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed his soft spot for two former stalwarts of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), the late Ong Teng Cheong and Dr Tan Cheng Bock, even though these two men opposed the PAP after leaving the party. In the book, Standing Tall, Mr Goh expressed warmth and admiration for these two men whom he called friends, in contrast to his dislike for opposition politicians Chee Soon Juan and Tang Liang Hong.
The book, which details Mr Goh’s tenure as Prime Minister from 1990 to 2004, hit the bookstores earlier in May. It is a sequel to the first volume, Tall Order, which covered Mr Goh’s youth, working life and earlier political career. ....

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Former SDP chairman Ling How Doong, who was Bukit Gombak MP, dies at age 85


The Straits Times
Former SDP chairman Ling How Doong, who was Bukit Gombak MP, dies at age 85
Mr Ling How Doong served as MP for Bukit Gombak SMC from 1991 to 1997 after beating PAP candidate Seet Ai Mee in a shock election victory.PHOTO: ST FILE
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Sri Lanka's economy hemmed in by COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions


11 January 2021
Author: Dushni Weerakoon, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
The unprecedented disruptions of COVID-19 are causing a geopolitical reset and as the global order is redrawn, small emerging market economies like Sri Lanka are vulnerable to the fallout. Sri Lanka straddles vital shipping routes and is at the centre of diplomatic spats between China and the United States, who called on Sri Lanka to make ‘difficult but necessary choices’ over its growing economic and political ties to China.
In December 2020, a US grant offer of US$480 million under its Millennium Challenge Corporation was withdrawn and any further assistance under the US Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act has been made conditional on Sri Lanka containing China’s influence. China in turn denounced what it considers as US pressure on countries ‘to pick sides’. The challenges are many for Sri Lanka’s newly elected government to sidestep global rivalries and m ....

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