Contributed by EUNICE LI DAN YUE – What’s The Point of Gender-Stereotyping? Of late, there has been much discussion on the topic of gender stereotyping. However, they are not without issues. Issues with gender stereotyping Traditionally, the female stereotypic role is ...
Contributed by LITERALLY KIDDING – Not too long ago a Briton named Anton Casey sparked off a nationwide outrage because he mocked “poor people” who took public transport. The public fury that ensued was totally understandable because his remark was completely condescending ...
Contributed by LITERALLY KIDDING – Why Are NSFs Drawing So Much Flak For Sitting On Trains? I’m writing to refute a Lye Khuen Way’s opinion on why NSmen in uniform should stand in crowded trains. I first saw this on my ...
Contributed by EUNICE LI DAN YUE – Implications Of An Ageing Population Due to our ageing population, greater longevity must translate into more years at work instead of retirement (“Economic impact of ageing population”; Forum Online, Straits Times, Oct 23). Why ...
Contributed by EUNICE LI DAN YUE – Do Couples Who Are Considering Remarriage Know What They Are Getting Themselves Into? REMARRIAGE, particularly when children are involved, is very challenging (“Discord in step-families: More seek support”; Straits Times, Sept 26). Common issues ...
Contributed by RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO – An Unnecessary Fare Increase With a fare review on the cards, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew in a Facebook post, has urged the Public Transport Council (PTC) to study whether it is possible to ...
Contributed by EUNICE LI DAN YUE – I am really surprised to read in the Straits Times of 2 recent judgements which concerned motorists who caused death through negligent driving (“2 motorists get fines, driving ban over deaths” (Aug 27) and ...
Contributed by EUNICE LI DAN YUE – Keep The Death Penalty in Our Country While I agree with the writer of “Crucial to substantiate deterrent effect of death penalty” (Oct 6, Today), I am against the idea that such a form ...
Contributed by RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO – Two heart-rending reports in the Straits Time caught my attention on Tuesday morning. The first report was on a beautiful young American woman, Ms Brittany Maynard who at 29 years suffered brain cancer in ...
Contributed by RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO – A Lack of Business Ethics? It is absolutely outrageous that the mobile phone retailer Mobile Air had stooped so slow as to humiliate Vietnamese tourist PhamVan Thoai into going on his bended knees and ...