AS SOMEONE who spends two-thirds of my time in London, teaching as a professor of intellectual property (IP) law at King's College and practising as an IP solicitor, and the remainder mostly in Singapore but also elsewhere in Asia (in my capacity as external director of IP Academy Singapore), I read with interest the Review article on Monday, 'Success makes it a scapegoat'.
'The success of Singapore is a product of the vision of its leaders, who did not merely believe in chasing the dream but in catching it to make it a reality.'
I HAVE just returned home to Britain, after spending a few weeks in Singapore enjoying the sights, sounds and food.
April 21, 2008
Mas Selamat: Here's how he escaped
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng unveiled further details to the daring escape of JI fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari in Parliament on Monday when he released the Executive Summary of the Committee of Inquiry's report. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his take on Government accountability over the issue. We bring you both speeches in full.
Gone in 49 secs
That's how long it may have taken Mas Selamat from the time he jumped out of an unsecured toilet window at the Whitley Road Detention Centre till the time he scaled a double perimeter fence, to his freedom. Mr Wong, who's also Deputy Prime Minister gives a detailed timeline of the JI leader's prison break
Duration: 32 min 24 secs | Filesize: 37.1 MB
The COI's recommendations
The Government has accepted a slew of recommendations put forth by the Committee of Inquiry (COI). Among them - centralising the command and control of the Whitley Road detention centre under the Internal Security Department and building a new detention facility in Changi Prison for political detainees.
Duration: 10 min 28 secs | Filesize: 12 MB
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