Graduating not just once. Students must acquire mindset to learn, unlearn and relearn, says Chan Chun Sing
A mindset shift is never easy but it is necessary if we are to keep up with change. In an interview with the Straits Times, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said that the pace of change is so rapid, it will push students to keep updating their knowledge and building new skills. Increasingly, subjects like […]
Are we rich? We should manage our critical Reserves with a founder’s mindset and be careful not to chip it away.
Our Reserves are a critical resource and society, as a whole, must be wise in how we manage this resource so that it is not eaten away over time. The calls to spend more from our reserves is not a new one. Twenty years ago, there were already calls to stop accumulating reserves and to […]
Do not kill the hen (reserves) that lays golden eggs. Fatten it instead, says Goh Chok Tong
Aesop’s fable on “The Goose that lays the golden eggs” tells the story of a farmer whose goose lays one golden egg a day. Wanting to get all the eggs at once, the farmer kills the goose, only to find that he has lost the source of golden eggs. ‘To kill the goose that lays the […]
Focus on surpassing yourself, not on outperforming others, says Chan Chun Sing
Rather than trying to outperform others, the focus for a student should be to do his best to surpass himself, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said. In an enlightening interview with Berita Harian (15 Dec), reported by the Straits Times, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said that Singapore must not have just one narrow yardstick […]
Why Singapore has the best healthcare and the importance of being insured
Eddy Edvaldo Chua’s father was hospitalised for a heart condition and had to go for a heart bypass surgery. He recovered well for the first two days but after being transferred out to the High Dependency Ward, he suffered from a heart attack and was sent back to the ICU where he suffered another two […]
Singapore needs strong culture that condemns lies and corruption to keep going strong
In the ongoing saga on the lies of Raeesah Khan and the WP leadership’s handling of the lies, one thought that comes to mind is this: to keep Singapore going strong for many more years, Singapore needs a strong culture that condemns corruption and lies, a strong culture that demands the highest standard of integrity. […]
Committee of Privileges issues summons to Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim and Faisal Manap
The Committee of Privileges looking into the lies of Raeesah Khan said in its fifth report that it has issued a summons each to Mr Pritam Singh, Ms Sylvia Lim and Mr Faisal Manap. The Committee had previously asked the three leaders of the Workers’ Party to produce documents including internal correspondence between senior leadership […]
Police: significant resources dedicated to investigate into Ms Khan’s claims
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) noted that Mr Pritam Singh had minimised the impact of the false claims made against the police by Raeesah Khan Mr Singh had said at the COP that no wrong had been done to the Police by reason of the false claims made against the Police, and questioned the amount […]
In 2006, WP candidate James Gomez staged a wayang in front of TV crew to discredit the PAP and ELD
Back in 2006, Mr James Gomez, a Workers’ Party candidate, displayed ‘blatant dishonesty’ in his conduct over his minority certificate application. It was GE2006. On April 24 2006, Mr Gomez went twice to the Election Department (ELD) with Ms Sylvia Lim. The first time, they collected some political donation forms. The second time, after they […]
I could not ask their sons to fight and die for the properties of the wealthy: Lee Kuan Yew
A newly independent Singapore needed to be able to defend herself. To this end, Mr Lee Kuan Yew decided to build a national service armed force. “If we could not defend ourselves, nobody, not even our people, would have faith in our future,” Mr Lee said in a speech made in 2000 made at the […]