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China fought a brief but bloody border war with Vietnam in the spring of 1979. After crossing the border, PLA made swift advances meeting little resistance from the Vietnamese border troops. As Chinese troops advanced towards Hanoi, battle hardened regular soldiers of the Vietnamese Army who...

May be someone can go ask Christopher Lee the Singapore-based Malaysian actor the reason for his refusal to give up his Malaysian citizenship after having stayed and worked in Singapore for almost three decades.

I Know his younger brother. Humble upbringing. Very smart, the study type. Teochew speaking. Now fat but was very fit while at OCS.

Seat was won by C V Devan Nair.

His father passed away yesterday.

Character like him will be labelled Chinese chauvinists by the government a generation ago and get into all sorts of trouble. Today he is free to talk cock everyday in this forum and proclaim how great China is. Times have changed indeed.

When war broke out, officers from the SAF are supposed to lead their men to fight the enemy in order to protect lives and properties So what is wrong in letting them enjoy some benefits during peace time?

This Siao Ting Tong must be a complete and utter moron to post in this manner in the forum. Trying hard she did but alas she has only a rudimentary grasp of the subject matter that she is sharing or trying to impress. Her england is also not beri good for someone presumably with a tertiary...

Fujian settlers may be the first to arrive on the island but Taiwan experienced industrialization and rapid economic growth only after the arrival of KMT and mainland Chinese from North/Central China. The mainlanders provided the impetus for overall growth in the country. And even before when...

After nearly four decades of KMT strongman rule by Chiang father and son, power was transferred from the Mainlanders to the native Taiwanese in 1988. From its first native President Lee Teng Hui to the current leader Tsai, ROC has been headed by a Hakka leader. A bit like Sinkieland where though...

The ancestors of hokkiens were the Min Yue who are a sub-group of the tribal Baiyue people the original inhabitants in southern China. In a way, the southern Chinese are not of pure Han stock but a mixed people from centuries of intermixing between Han settlers from north/central China and the...

Hokkiens are the early settlers in Taiwan and is the biggest group but they are still being looked down by the mandarin-speaking mainlanders who is a minority group and having arrived on the island only after 1949. The mainlanders find the hokkien language crude and have very low regard for...

Old timers must have heard of the book entitled Socialism that works - the Singapore way compiled and edited by my hero C V Devan Nair. Those who are interested can go library borrow the book and read it to gain some insight.

As long as PAP is able to continue delivering a clean and efficient goverment, Oppo cannot make much headway at the polls. Most voters are not unduly concerned about issues such as transparency, accountability, meritocracy, high pay of ministers and even influx of FTs. And PAP arrogance and...

Ordinary folks are not too concerned about whether they are living in a meritocratic society or whether political leaders & top government officials are drawing sky high salary. As long as they perceive the government to be clean with no corruption at the low and middle levels, they are happy...

Re: Fucking WP Doesn't Give Up! Still Want To Make Trouble In Parliament For Mdm Prez Attending funeral wakes, having regular trade fairs in your estate and organising durian trips to Johor is not going to be good enough. They have to when need be speak up forcefully in parliament on issues...

This deeply religious people do not enlist in the army as they do not believe in going to war with its Arab neigbours. In fact they do not believe in the creation of the Zionist state. They do not work at all and believe that wealth accumulation and material things in life are unimportant. Their...

Our chief envoy to KL all these years have been Indian, wonder why?

My former colleague, a Malaysian-born Indian, once reminded me that we should all be grateful to the ah neh foreign construction workers for it is them that help built the mrt system in Singapore.

Agreed and unless come one day when we are able to witness poverty and widespread unemployment, PAP will not be toppled at the polls. Voters who are gainfully employed invariably will support the ruling party. Public sector employees generally are also beholden to vote for PAP and the government...