Some measures to overcome shortage, high resale prices
Political observer and law lecturer Eugene Tan suggested taxing permanent residents who make a profit from selling their HDB flats as a way to…
Observers: use non-economic factors to measure success
Assistant Professor Eugene Tan suggested that factors such as divorce rates, level of volunteerism and charity by Singaporeans could be used to…
Zainul Abidin: no plans to run for president
Assistant Professor Eugene Tan said that grounds may not be favourable for former MP Zainul Abidin to run for president because he is a losing PAP…
Trend of wikipedia teaching in classrooms
Adept in using wikipedia as a teaching tool, Assistant Professor Michael Netzley would require his students doing Asia digital media to set up a wiki…
Educating a young nation
Former Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew built Singapore's education system with foresight and controversial policies. Eugene Tan, Asst Prof at SMU's…
A shelter, a bulwark
Former Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew's legacy for quality, affordable housing lives on. Economist, Prof Phang Sock Yong, interim dean at SMU's…
Suggestions to cool market, up supply
Political observer and law lecturer Eugene Tan commented that while HDB's methodology for calculating new flat prices has worked well, it may be out…
New Findings in Financial Economics
Assoc Prof Mitchell Warachka and his team has found that the disparity between long-term and short-term analyst forecasted earnings growth is a…
Reversal of a 20 year rule: MPs may now rent office space in void decks to conduct Meet-the-People sessions
Asst Prof Eugene Tan believes that this move could assuage the anger that people have felt towards the unfair treatment of opposition MPs.
Post-GE opinion study: 80% of respondents are well-disposed towards the PAP
In a lunchtime talk organised by SMU's Wee Kim Wee Centre in association with the SMU School of Social Sciences, results of a latest poll conducted…
