June 28th, 2007 Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister of Malaysia turned iconic freedom fighter, spoke on the closing day of the AMIC annual conference in Singapore. Listen to audio recording Partial recording of…
by JUSTIN ZHUANG June 27th, 2007 The need to pursue quality journalism and keep faith with its sources are why The Straits Times will continue to “vigorously resist” pressure to disclose its confidential sources, said…
by JUSTIN ZHUANG AND LIN JUNJIE June 27th, 2007 While the Internet has opened up unprecedented opportunities for dissent, Singaporeans have not exploited it, said panelists at a media conference yesterday. “Singaporeans just do not…
by JUSTIN ZHUANG June 25th, 2007 Singapore’s most powerful newspaper publisher admits that “the days of easy growth… are behind us”. But, “unique and differentiated content” plus “credibility and trust” will help newspapers continue to…
by JUSTIN ZHUANG June 25th, 2007 Singapore’s national newspapers must operate within out-of-bounds markers, but the “fairways are wide enough†for quality journalism, the country’s top editor said today. Patrick Daniel, editor in chief of…
by ALEX AU June 23rd, 2007 Alex Au argues for a Freedom of Information Act to improve the level of transparency in Singapore. We have known nothing but a ruling class that sees itself as…
by LEE SU SHYAN June 22nd, 2007 The Straits Times, 31 May 2007, p. 42 -– THE news was that one company had sued its rival for poaching staff. But what might have been a…