Creativity and willingness to go against the tide got us where we are today: Heng
Creativity is not something that is often used to describe Singaporeans. Yet, we would not be where we are today if not for creativity, DPM Heng said at The NUS115 Distinguished Speaker Series on 13 August 2021. Our creative capacity and our willingness to go against the tide is our strength, he said. This creativity […]
$2.9m raised in 10 days; the spirit of giving is more than a ray of hope
I was late to the campaign. By the time it appeared in my newsfeed, the campaign had already achieved its target. 10 days was all it took to raise almost $2.9 million. More than 29,000 people came together and from their kindness and generosity, they gave hope to Devdan and his family. According to Ray […]
Singapore’s strategy of staying open to MNCs to attract good jobs
In recent years, more surveys have shown that youths in Asia, including Singapore, show a marked preference for working in MNCs compared to local companies. It’s not hard to see where the allure lies, as millennials and Gen Z-ers are more attracted to a vibrant workplace culture. MNCs often offer flexibility and an interactive workplace […]
Good news – Singapore’s GDP grew 14.7% in Q2 2021!
Good news from the Ministry of Trade & Industry! The performance of the Singapore economy for the first half of 2021 was “stronger than expected”. The full-year gross domestic product (GDP) forecast is also upgraded to between 6.0 and 7.0 per cent. With our vaccination programme on track, Singapore’s economy is expected to continue to […]
Home-based learning no longer default; a targeted risk-based approach to be adopted
Home-based Learning or HBL will no longer be the default if there is a COVID-19 infection. To keep schools safe while ensuring that students can continue learning without disruption, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will adopt a more sustainable, risk-based targeted approach towards school cases, as we learn to live with COVID-19 as an endemic […]
Help people without snapping their photo to post; the last thing you should do is take away their dignity.
In any country and society, there will always be people who fall behind the rest of the population and fall through the cracks of the social welfare network for whatever reasons it may be. Even economy powerhouses today like America and China still have people living in poverty, homeless and rough sleepers. It is the […]
Delivering on promises: Punggol Digital District turns from vision to reality
Look no further than Punggol Digital District (PDD) for the possibilities for Singapore as a smart nation. What the Singapore Government envisioned is turning to reality. In 2007 at the National Day rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled the plans for Punggol 21. 10 years later, the plans became reality. Three years ago, Prime […]
Raeesah says Police ‘part of the solution’ after alleging police’s mishandling of rape survivor
Parliament sat on 3rd August and passed a motion to commemorate 200 years of the SPF in Singapore. 69 visitors were present. They included Singapore’s Commissioner of Police Hoong Wee Teck, in-service officers, full-time national servicemen, Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) officers, civilian officers, retired police officers and two family members of an officer who was […]
MP Yeo Wan Ling: “Women Have Once Again Risen to The Occasion”
Labour MP, Yeo Wan Ling shared in a Ministerial Statement earlier this year that she once met with a rather distraught constituent who was very stressed out about managing her caregiving responsibilities at home. This lady’s husband suffers from OCD and she has three young ones with the youngest one being a child with special […]
River Valley High School tragedy spotlights the importance of mental wellness in youths and workplaces
I remember what it felt like when news first broke of the River Valley High School incident on Monday afternoon. Chat groups were going afire, and I was furiously refreshing the news article for updates. One thing rang loudly in all our minds, “How can such a thing be true? How could it have happened […]