Precious porcelain

31Mar09

A telling anecdote about how Singapore’s media and government are inextricably entwined.  AsiaOne: WHEN President S R Nathan took over as the chief of The Straits Times Press in 1982, then prime minister Lee Kuan Yew told him that it was a precious piece of porcelain. Mr Lee said: ‘Nathan, I’m giving you The Straits […]

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