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…
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)…
S'pore brands' medical edge
Private health-care providers in Singapore are stretching their wings to capitalise on the strength of markets such as China, Mongolia and Abu Dhabi…
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…
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.
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…
Dilemma of a two-track economy
Professor Tommy Koh has proposed we have a rational discussion on the pros and cons of a minimum wage in Singapore. His arguments have largely been…