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Opinion
- Sunday, 19 February 2012
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Time for strict Olympus probe
THE Olympus Corporation's massive cover-up of losses allegedly was carried out for more than 10 years with the approval of successive top executives.This abominable action runs contrary to maintaining fairness in the marketplace, and prosecutors...
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Islamabad-Kabul talks spring nothing new
ALL the familiar noises are emerging from the Pak-Afghan talks in Islamabad. President Karzai termed Afghanistan and Pakistan twin brothers who should be working together towards stability in both countries.Pakistan reiterated its support for a...
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Match-fixing rows mar Seoul sports
IN JULY last year, prosecutors indicted 37 football players on charges of fixing matches in the nation's top professional football league. The associations of other sports should have learned a lesson from the scandal, but they did not. Now they are...
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An amazing player worth emulating
JEREMY Lin, the first-ever Taiwanese-American NBA player, has become a household name after miraculously coming off the bench to lead the New York Knicks for a season-high seven-game winning streak.With his amazing performances averaging 20-plus...
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Social safety: Some ideas too costly?
AN AGEING population puts pressure on the health-care system. Economic restructuring sees workers left behind and bereft of jobs.What is a government to do?In the face of such trends, there are two ways the Singapore government might respond, says...
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Jingoism is no answer to UK's ebbing power
JINGOISM is a particularly British strain of belligerent nationalism. It comes decked not only in the union flag, but with a long trail of imperial relics meant to signify that we are still a world power.You could hear it in David Cameron's speech...
- Saturday, 18 February 2012
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Israel-Iran standoff: Thailand needs to tread cautiously
THAILAND is caught in the midst of a global power play.This follows three bomb blasts in Bangkok on Tuesday allegedly involving Iranians, one of whom blew off his own legs during an attack on police who were in pursuit. The police now indicate that...
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One year after revolt, Libya still insecure
LIBYANS took to the streets on Friday to celebrate the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, but some rued the insecurity and disorder that still stalk a country preparing for its first free election.Flag-waving crowds...
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European Union must also help itself
CHINA is putting flesh on the bones of its commitment to work together with the European Union to address the evolving European sovereign debt crisis.Both President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao assured visiting EU leaders that the country...
- Sunday, 12 February 2012
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China's urban bottleneck
ACCORDING to the 2011 data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China's urban population has reached 51.27 per cent of the total, thus exceeding the rural population for the first time in history.This is a critical point for China's...
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China's urban bottleneck
ACCORDING to the 2011 data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China's urban population has reached 51.27 per cent of the total, thus exceeding the rural population for the first time in history.This is a critical point for China's...
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China for peaceful solution to Syria
RATHER a lot of megaphone diplomacy followed the recent UN vote on Syria. Confusion and anger flowed from British and western media. So why did Russia and China veto the UN security council draft resolution on Syria? As Chinese ambassador in the UK...
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Greece and the euro: the crisis continues
WHAT'S Greek for constructive dismissal? Because that's an apt term to describe how Greece is being treated by the other members of the eurozone. Consider: party leaders in Athens have spent days agonising over how to make €3b (£2.5b) of...
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Maritime unity in S Asia
ENERGY security and trade between the economies in East Asia and ASEAN depend extensively on maritime security in the critical passages of the Malacca Strait and the South China Sea.The Sunda Strait and the Lombok Strait are important secondary...
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Fixing Thai education woes
THAI politicians still believe that throwing money at the problem will bring improvement in our schools, and help them line their own pockets.The failure of Thai educational reform does not lie in a lack of money, but in the failure to spend that...
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US-Pakistan: Crafting new ties
NOTWITHSTANDING the hard-line positions adopted by some lawmakers and sections of the media on both sides, subtle messages seem to convey a positive mood in Islamabad and Washington. Being the aggrieved party, Pakistan has maintained a rigid stance...
