- LONG before Mr Wee Kim Wee became President of Singapore, he was one of The Straits Times' top reporters. His forte was political and diplomatic reporting. Straits Times readers became used to seeing his reports from far-flung locales. Among his coups: a 1966 world exclusive interview in Jakarta with Lieutenant-General Suharto, during the Malaysia-Indonesia confrontation. The scoop Mr Wee ...ourstory.asia1.com.sg/merger/lifeline/weekw.html