source: The Straits Times 10 Nov 2015
Married, childless and happy
A new generation that was brought up in affluence, consumerism and abundance, there is this worrying trend of a generation that is self-centered, gadget and travel-loving, lack of responsibility to their parents and their country. Another very good article…
Fix the economy? Focus on education and culture
Source: The Straits Times 1 Nov 2015 Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, the sky turned even greyer. No, I’m not referring to the wretched haze. It’s the economic outlook that took a beating last week, with one…
The flawed transportation system in Singapore – Go beyond infrastructure in fixing transport woes
4 years after my original post calling for an urgent overhaul to the flawed transport system, the latest to add to the call for privatisation comes from none other than Professor Kishore Mahbubani, the Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew…
Coney Island Park opens to the public
Nature haven on Coney Island is accessible via two bridges linked to Punggol and Pasir Ris source: The Straits Times 11 Oct 2015 A slice of rustic island nature, complete with a free-roaming bull, is now open to the public,…
What 18-year-olds tell us about Singapore’s future – Eddie Teo
Source: The Straits Times Oct 10, 2015 As chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC), Mr Eddie Teo interviews 350 young people vying for scholarships each year. In this excerpt of a speech at an Overseas Singaporean Unit event in…
All you want to know about de-registering and scrapping a 10 year old car
Car ownership in Singapore is limited to the validity of COE which last you for only 10 years. You can scrap or export the car at the end of the 10th year or anytime before that. This article will give…
Lee Kuan Yew’s daughter: I’m a Martian anyway
Dr Lee Wei Ling with her mother, Madam Kwa Geok Choo, in England in 1971, on the occasion of her father receiving honorary doctor of laws degrees at Liverpool and Sheffield universities.PHOTOS: COURTESY OF LEE WEI LING Source: The Straits…
How bad is the haze condition in Singapore?
Enough said. Click the picture below to see the real impact of Haze on the Singapore landscape.
Online Search for cheapest hawker food in Singapore
Singaore Government has compiled a list of the cheapest hawker food across the island in an online directory . The pilot portal features 22 popular dishes, including chicken rice, economical rice, mee goreng and roti prata, found in hawker centres…
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