Boo Kok Chuon (巫国俊) is the founding editor of Iconomy Bookcase and Group CEO of Iconomy. His articles examine Singapore law, corporate governance, valuation, investment decisions, economics and public policy from the perspective of a corporate problem solver.

This page collects selected essays and analysis published on Bookcase. It is an editorial reading guide, not a catalogue of consulting services. For the editor’s background and writing philosophy, read A Note From the Founding Editor; for Iconomy’s advisory work, visit Iconomy Consulting Group.

Singapore law, justice and governance

• Does Murder Always Carry the Death Penalty in Singapore? Understanding Section 302 and the Meaning of “Shall Be Liable”
• Both Lawyers Agree, Yet the Court Says No: What Edmund Chen’s Case Teaches About Sentencing Discretion
• Why S$230,000 Was Justified: Understanding Defamation Damages Through Shanmugam v Bloomberg
• When Does an Unwanted Touch Become a Crime?
• The Risk I Missed: Bandar Utama and My Plea-Bargaining Thesis
• The Abby Choi Murder Trial: Guilty of Disposing of a Body, But Not Guilty of Murder?
• Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and the Enforceability of Prenuptial Agreements in Singapore
• DIY Your Will With AI. The Cheaper Disaster You’re Creating.
• The Women’s Charter: 65 Years of Gender Equality

Business, corporate governance and valuation

• Debt in Name, Equity in Substance: What the True Fitness Collapse Reveals About Shareholder Loans
• If I Were a Minority Shareholder of True Fitness
• SIA, Air India and the US$1.5 Billion Question: A Shareholder’s Capital-Allocation Test
• Two Lamborghinis, 15% Returns and One Question: What Exactly Are You Buying?
• 2025 AIS Reform: Has IRAS Expanded Your Employer Filing Obligations?
• Borrowing at 1%: Have We Finally Discovered Free Money?

Economics, public policy and institutions

• Move the Fence, Do Not Demolish It: My Submission to the COE Public Consultation
• Indonesia’s Gas Cut to Singapore: Two Perspectives Behind the Headline
• What I Got Right, What I Missed, and What Tariffs and DeepSeek Tell Us About Economic Adaptation
• Could SAFER See Trevor? What an Eight-Month-Old’s Death Tells Us About Early Detection of Child Abuse
• Beyond Headcount: Leveraging Enterprise Theory to Solve the 0.97 TFR Crisis
• Will the RTS Fill Johor Bahru? Here’s What the Numbers Say
• Will the RTS Link Empty Woodlands? Here’s What the Numbers Say

Reflections and essays

• On Criticism, Kindness, and the Ethics of Words
• 独家视角：DeepSeek背后的“捭阖之道”
• Oil, War, and the Currency of Power: Why the Iran–Venezuela Theory Is Hard to Ignore
• Is Living Across the Causeway Really a Cost-of-Living Hack?

Explore further essays and contributions through the Bookcase Research Topics index. New articles are published on Iconomy Bookcase.