A fair starting line?
Rapid development may have propelled widespread growth of incomes and educational and occupational attainment in the past, but Singapore may have…
Minding the CEO, average worker pay gap
Jeremy Goh, an associate professor of finance at SMU, says that the widening CEO-to-average worker pay ratio is a ?disturbing statistic, but market…
Better chance with no PAP ties?
Asst Prof Eugene Tan says that the move by some candidates to distance themselves from the ruling party is motivated more by a desire to assert their…
Easy money if you work hard
SMU alumni Christopher Zhuo, 30, who graduated with top honours in business management and is now a trader with investment company Seatown Holdings…
Psyched up to study
Doing well in school and finally graduating with top honours in social science at SMU in 2008 won Siti Syuhada Faizal a scholarship to do a master's…
When hostel beats hotel
Student hostels have come a long way from back in the 1990s when they were basic rooms and often with small windows. For students living at SMU…
Local firms need to improve service fast
In order to manage customer satisfaction, services firms need to take a multi-pronged approach, says Mr Lee Yi Shyan. He was speaking at the…
Improve your running
SMU undergraduate Ashley Liew, currently the second fastest marathoner in Singapore, completed the Gold Coast Airport Marathon earlier this month at…
Teachers get longer break if presidential elections on Aug 27
Assistant Professor Eugene Tan felt that a longer interval between the general elections and the presidential elections would help prevent any…
Tan Jee Say to be non-PAP candidate for president
Assistant Professor Eugene Tan pointed out that with the desire for more opposition voices, many well-qualified candidates have stepped forth for…
