By global standards of ministerial responsibility, Malaysia’s performance leaves much to be desired.

Does the décor of our homes say anything about us? Our columnist explores how we construct our identities – and those of others. [First published in the Sunday Star on 10 February 2008]

MALAYSIANS who find Singapore largely congenial and who have settled here - I’m talking about myself, yes, but also half a dozen others whose names I’d happily reveal if subpoenaed - find the whole subject of Singapore-Malaysia relations enormously tiresome when it comes up, say, at dinner parties.