Ben Bland
- Bio
- A freelance journalist formerly based in Singapore, I roam around Southeast Asia, reporting for publications such as The Daily Telegraph, The Economist, the FT weekend magazine, Monocle, Asia Sentinel and the British Medical Journal. Previously a business reporter at The Daily Telegraph and Dow Jones Newswires in London, I have an MA in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of London's inimitable School of Oriental and African Studies. Contact me at theasiafile@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter @benjaminbland.
- Joined
- 11/10/2009
Popular Posts
- The de-humanisation of domestic workers in Singapore
- How dare rich Vietnamese drive Maseratis or Rolls-Royces. Let them ride bicycles
- The grim reality of judicial corporal punishment
- Singapore government dodges Malay education issue again
- Worrying times for human rights in Southeast Asia
- Singapore government starts to rein in casinos
- Taxi boy and the taxi girls
- The man who called Lee Kuan Yew a dictator to his face
- More on loan sharks in Singapore
- Singapore sees (some) sense over loan shark problem
- Singapore government starts to rein in casinos
- Malaysia seeks clemency for drug mule facing gallows in Singapore
- The grim reality of judicial corporal punishment
- More on loan sharks in Singapore
- Singapore government dodges Malay education issue again
- Britain did not give aid to Singapore
- How dare rich Vietnamese drive Maseratis or Rolls-Royces. Let them ride bicycles
- The de-humanisation of domestic workers in Singapore
- Life before Lee: When Singapore had a history
- Singapore casino crimes may be a taste of things to come




