Why elections this year?
Much happened since the turn of the year - a new president was inaugurated in the USA, the global economy has not recovered despite the trillions of dollars that have been poured into it, and Singaporeans are gearing up for the biggest challenge to their living standards in recent memory.
Many people have already been laid [...]
Money matters
Have you ever signed on the dotted line at a bank for an investment plan that you did not really understand? Or bought an insurance policy without thinking much about what it covers?
Many of us end up like 62-year-old Mrs Ong, whose story appeared in The New Paper over the weekend. She put $50,000 into [...]
Foreign Attitudes
Emotions usually run high when Singaporeans discuss foreigners, but irrationality has reared its silly head in the ongoing debate involving the Serangoon Gardens housing estate.
Many residents are against a plan to house foreign workers at a disused school, which will be converted into a dormitory, in the estate. Given that I live nearby and have [...]
What price glory?
So the Beijing Olympics will end with Singapore having a solitary silver, the first medal of any hue since the 1960 Rome Games when this was not even an independent country.
Identifying Singapore
Just a week after Singapore celebrated National Day the country’s table-tennis players reached the final of the women’s team competition at the Beijing Olympics. Despite guaranteeing Singapore’s first Olympic medal since 1960, the country is not yet in the grip of Olympic excitement.
Many families have been here for two or three generations, enough to reinforce [...]