The Straits Times looks at what politicians, and the politically related, are up to in this weekly series. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - The Straits Times looks at what politicians, and the politically related, are up to in this weekly series.
In this edition, we look at"postcards" from MPs travelling far and wide for work, politicians pounding pavement despite downpours, and shows they are watching to unwind.Postcards from abroad With Covid-19 restrictions easing around the world, Singaporeans have been scratching the travel itch by visiting other countries.
So have our local MPs, though many have been overseas in recent weeks for work trips, which have now ramped up. On Thursday, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan shared on Facebook a video montage by a staffer of his time in New York where he attended the annual United Nations General Assembly and a series of meetings on the sidelines, while Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen shared photos of him on board a warship and a Chinook helicopter while visiting Australia for Exercise Wallaby and Exercise Trident.
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