Contributed by ANDY WONG – Hawker Rentals Are Sky High, So What Can We Eat? With another massive rent-hike, another cheap local eatery goes out of business. The government has made a point of telling us that while cost of ...
Contributed by RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO – Schizophrenia is the most distressing of all mental disorders. Doris had battled schizophrenia for 44 years – 4 years before I married her and 40 years after I took her as my wife. It is an illness ...
Contributed by RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO – The Government’s recent societal shift to allow non-graduates to have equal opportunities with graduates so that the latter can move up the corporate ladder is welcome news During the recent live television forum, Ask ...
Contributed by RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO – Neighbourhood Watch Groups, MPs and grassroots leaders must reach out to the mentally ill to build an inclusive society Minister of Social and Family Development (MSF), Minister Chan Chun Sing mentioned in Parliament on 8th ...
Contributed by SINGAPORE ARMCHAIR CRITIC – What comes to mind when you think of Hong Kong’s housing? Dark, cramped, dingy and tiny spaces tucked away in decrepit buildings, or less dreary but equally tiny and exorbitantly-priced shoebox apartments in chopstick-like skyscrapers? Either ...
Contributed by SINGAPORE ARMCHAIR CRITIC – On 2 September, the local Shin Min Daily News picked up the story of a Chinatown cardboard collector that first appeared online The 67-year-old woman, who has been collecting cardboard in Chinatown for around 18 years, ...
Contributed by SINGAPORE ARMCHAIR CRITIC – In a move that took many industry players by surprise, American regulators recently opened a probe on the hiring practice of JPMorgan Chase in China. Ongoing investigation seeks to establish if the investment bank’s ...
Contributed By MICHAEL HENG PBM – Racial Harmony Or Peaceful Co-Existence In Singapore? A nagging question persists in my mind: Do we have true racial harmony and integration, or do we merely coexist peacefully with one another? When did you last ...
Contributed by MICHAEL HENG PBM – Singapore University NTU has secured top placing as the world’s best young universities, according to London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), one of three major international university ranking systems So, what exactly does QS Ranking mean? And of ...
Contributed By MICHAEL HENG PBM – DO NOT Trust University Rankings: “Useless” – Official Study Slams THE University Rankings THE World University Rankings Decomposed and Discredited Singapore’s NUS and NTU were recently ranked at the top by major international World ...