Singapore ruling party faces increasingly vocal electorate
Singapore’s biggest protest in decades on Saturday shows that the ruling party for over half a century is facing a more vocal electorate and must…
Youths turning their backs on "Singapore Dream"
There is a growing number of young Singaporeans who are turning their backs on the material joys of the long-cherished "Singapore Dream," summed up…
Singaporeans protest against government’s immigration policies
SMU Assistant Professor of Law, Eugene Tan commented on the public protest at Hong Lim Park last Saturday, 16 February. He said that such a high…
Singapore seethes over population plan
Commenting on the recent protests that were sparked by the White Paper population projections, SMU Assistant Professor of Law Eugene Tan described a…
Do you really understand risk?
Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at SMU research fellow Hamish Macalister noted that very few people have a strong grasp of what…
Do you really understand risk?
Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at SMU research fellow Hamish Macalister noted that very few people have a strong grasp of what…
Marina Bay Sands donates $144,000 to The Singapore Association for the Deaf to hire sign language interpreters
SMU alumnus Zuratun Nafisah Rantasalmi, who is working as a sign language interpreter, said that on average, she would receive three to four calls…
The rocky road to future growth
Somewhere along the way in the White Paper's journey from policymakers to the people, there was a breakdown in communication. The Government's…
A difference in approach, and not just numbers
Even as the People's Action Party (PAP) and the Workers' Party (WP) traded comparison tables and barbed comments in Parliament, a casual onlooker…
Only 35 & over need apply
Modelling agency Carrie Models International has started a new division called Carrie Elegance which hires only women aged 35 and older. SMU…