Minimum skills, not minimum wage
Like academics as well as prominent citizens such as Professor Tommy Koh and [SMU chairman] Mr Ho Kwon Ping, SMU Professor of Economics (Practice)…
Men still rule boardrooms
Associate Professor Jeremy Goh, who teaches corporate governance, thinks Singapore should let free market, not quotas, dictate the number of women on…
New accounting rules a blessing for SMEs
Associate Professor Themin Suwardy observed how the amount of changes to accounting standards have led many to feel overwhelmed and that financial…
It'll take more than rules to rule the schoolhouse
Deloitte partner David Chew said during a recent Singapore Management University forum on banking governance, there is ?a risk of lulling people into…
Too Chinese-focused? Not true?
NTU president Su Guaning, ambitious yet sanguine, amiable yet direct, believes in honouring his university's past while looking on to the future. He…
Parental maintenance: Where there's a will, let's respect it
Assistant Professor Jack Lee had suggested that the Maintenance of Parents Act be amended to provide an avenue for parents needing financial support…
Our new generation of entrepreneurs ? Can they make it big?
[SMU Chairman] Ho Kwon Ping writes that he often meets young Singapore entrepreneurs who have started their own businesses or have dreams of doing so…
Singapore: A shift from science to humanities
Referring to the need for education to be linked closely to economic goals, Associate Professor Kirpal Singh believes liberal arts education will be…
Channel 5
Assistant Professor Eugene Tan joins the talk show and discusses if Singaporeans are expressive of their views and if they are more vocal online.
Sylvia Lim: NCMPs have no real power
Opposition party NCMP Sylvia Lim said that NCMPs have no real power. Assistant Professor Eugene Tan, a keen political observer, said: ?It's true that…
