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OPINION PIECES

OPINION PIECES

  1. Tan, K.P. (2025) “Podcasts didn’t decide GE2025, but they changed how Singaporeans engage with politics”, Channel News Asia, 9 May.


  2. Tan, K.P. (2023) “In post-Lee Kuan Yew era, governance in Singapore must adapt to changing times”, South China Morning Post, 15 September.


  3. Tan, K.P. (2020) Foreword to Yee, J.J., Journey in Blue: A Peek into the Workers’ Party of Singapore, World Scientific.


  4. Tan K.P. (2020) “Clothes don’t maketh a man: An ode to freedom from the tyranny of workwear in a post-pandemic world”, The Hindu, 15 August.


  5. Tan, K.P. (2020) “A king you can’t ignore”, The Hindu, 8 August.


  6. Tan, K.P. (2020) “When a pandemic entered working-class dorms”, The Hindu, 9 May.


  7. Tan, K.P. (2017) “Resisting authoritarian populism: Lessons from/for Singapore”, Global-is-Asian, 5 July.


  8. Tan, K.P. (2017) “Resisting authoritarian populism: Lessons from/for Singapore”, Today (newspaper), 22 May.


  9. Tan, K.P. (2016) “How Singapore is fixing its meritocracy”, The Washington Post, 17 April (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/04/16/how-singapore-is-fixing-its-meritocracy/).


  10. Tan, K.P. (2013) “Biggest success may lie in nurturing habit to speak up, listen”, Today (newspaper), pp. 14-17, Singapore.


  11. Tan, K.P. (2013) “Nurturing the habit to speak up and listen will be a mark of OSC’s success”, Reflections of Our Singapore Conversation, p. 14, Our Singapore Conversation Secretariat.


  12. Tan, K.P. (2012) “Political salaries in Singapore: Paying for talent”, Global-is-Asian, no. 13, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

     

  13. Tan, K.P. (2012) “Public engagement: The gap between rhetoric and practice”, Ethos, pp. 36-42. Civil Service College (Singapore).


  14. Tan, K.P. (2009) “Equal voice”, The Straits Times, Singapore.


  15. Tan, K.P. (2009) “Pragmatism today: I think, therefore I do”, The Straits Times, Singapore, 14 May.


  16. Tan, K.P. (2009) “Singapore’s active citizens: Finding a way between dogmatism and uncritical pragmatism”, Global-is-Asian, no. 4, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.


  17. Tan, K.P. (2005) “Help, not tame, the arts”, The Straits Times, Singapore.

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