'Next the ISD story. It involved Tharman, then 35, and director of the economics department of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. It also involved Patrick Daniel, BT’s editor, Manu Bhaskaran, economics research director of Crosby Securities, and Raymond Foo, a Crosby analyst. Kenneth James, BT economics correspondent, was also questioned' - Tan Bah Bah
In a just-published book by a group of former Times House journalists, two chapters caught my attention. One was on The Curious Vanishing Act Of The SNUJ . The other was “The Day The ISD Walked Into The BT News Room” by Margaret Thomas, a former BT journalist. Another title could have been “What Happened To Tharman Shanmugaratnam In 1992”. Tharman, as we all know , is aiming to be our next President.
Past SNUJ committees, especially the late Ismail Kassim, Straits Times Kuala Lumpur Correspondent, had worked hard to make SNUJ/CAJ quite respected. Ivan Lim took over at a difficult, inopportune time. Things were starting to stir within the People’s Action Party as Lee Kuan Yew began paying more attention to the local press, especially The Straits Times. I will elaborate on the relationship between the government and the media in my own upcoming book.
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