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Tackling the Malay-Muslim underclass issue

The moment I thought about writing on the topic of the Malay-Muslim underclass issue after reading this article by Zul Othman in TODAYonline, I knew that I’m going to have to walk the tightrope really carefully. Some people might not take kindly to someone of an ethnic group commenting on the problems of another. So, [ READ MORE ]

Why Singaporeans need to generate more babies

The most common reasons cited by Singaporeans for not wanting to have more children are that they are too busy with building a career and that it is expensive to raise kids in Singapore. It is clear that economic realities of living in modern day Singapore makes couples think a lot more about having kids. [ READ MORE ]

The thin line between education and propaganda

Reading what Law Minister K Shanmugam is proposing for our education system, the alarm bells went off in my head. He’s proposing to educate Singapore students about politics, and while he has added a disclaimer that he is not in favour of championing a political system over another, it seems to me that ultimately, the [ READ MORE ]

HDB flats and the illusion of wealth

The escalating prices of HDB flats is in the spotlight once again with MM Lee’s remarks about HDB flats increasing in price since independence, and that the upward climb will continue into the future. The Singapore government, from time to time, uses the rising prices of HDB flats as an indicator of the rising affluence of [ READ MORE ]

Our One-Party Democracy

The title of this entry was copied word for word from the headline of Thomas Friedman’s op-ed column on the New York Times a few days back, and the reason for borrowing his headline word for word is because it aptly describes the situation here in Singapore too, although there are definitely some differences. In his [ READ MORE ]

Tolerance versus understanding

This year’s National Day Rally speech is interesting because of the amount of time devoted to the topic of racial and religious pluralism in Singapore. There is no doubt that many people are still concerned about the state of the economy, and the prime minister would do well to dwell on that issue at length, [ READ MORE ]

From iron fist to velvet gloves to boxing gloves

Ever since changes to Singapore’s political system was announced a few months back, I’ve been thinking about why the Lee Hsien Loong government has decided to do all these when it is obvious there’s little tangible gain to the PAP from taking a small, liberal step towards reforming our political system. Reactions that followed the [ READ MORE ]

The meaning of death

I’m supposed to be working hard on my Masters thesis, but for the past week, I’ve been spending some time pondering the meaning of death because my wife’s co-supervisor at MIT, Professor David Schauer, suddenly passed away. I’ve not had the chance to know him very well, but the few times I’ve met him and talked [ READ MORE ]

No frills housing? Don’t have upgrading lor.

The recent discussions in Parliament had two pretty interesting topics that I’ve been wanting to write about, but I’ve not gotten down to doing so because of the whole JCS debate. The first one is the no-frills HDB flat, which I will address in this entry, and the second is the proclamation that Singaporeans are [ READ MORE ]

Depressionomics SOP needed

Plenty of smart people (unlike me) have been posting comments online about the JCS and it’s fascinating to read all the comments. Unfortunately, it does makes the head ache and the eyes hurt after a while. While I think the JCS is worthy of a shot, I am not unaware of its problems. I don’t think [ READ MORE ]

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