Addressing the issue of bullying in schools and our vulnerable young
The heart-wrenching story of a 13-year-old girl who overdosed on painkillers after being bullied in school brought bullying in school to the fore once again. There is a sense that her pleas have fallen on deaf ears and in that sense, the school has let her down. No case of bullying in school should be […]
PSP’s Brad gets sharp rebuke from teammate and COVID survivor for irresponsible conduct
In a glaring display of ignorance, PSP’s Brad Bowyer questioned the need to wear a mask and to maintain safe distancing given that ‘we have virtually NO COVID left in the country‘. Even a primary school kid will be able to tell by now that ‘zero cases detected’ does not equal to ‘no COVID cases […]
Social justice warriors, respect the privacy of the vulnerable please!
Respect the privacy of vulnerable people including the homeless. Homeless persons are already without a physical shelter. To take even their dignity from them has got to be one of the worst robberies. The last thing a homeless person wants is to have his or her photo plastered all over social media and become the […]
Route to Phase 3 where there is light at the end of the tunnel
At last, we are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. Singapore is ready to progress to Phase 3 which will begin in two weeks’ time, on 28 December. From 1000 cases a day to mostly zero cases on most days. Singapore can be proud of how far we have come, PM […]
Elderly woman says she collects cardboard to pass time and exercise
The sight of an old and frail elderly person collecting cardboard never fails to move people. After all, we are people of compassion. So it was that when a story was posted of a tired, elderly cardboard collector almost knocked down by a Porsche SUV, it went viral. In his Facebook post on Monday (Dec. 7), […]
TraceTogether programme wins international award on Innovation
Government Technology Singapore’s TraceTogether programme for contact-tracing has won the 2020 Gartner Government Eye on Innovation Award for Asia-Pacific, beating three other finalists, two from Taiwan and one from India. Launched in March 2020, the agency’s TraceTogether program is the first nationwide Bluetooth contact-tracing solution. It was developed in-house by engineers and rolled out for […]
MHA disappointed with UN’s decision on cannabis. Netizen reacts.
Many countries, losing the battle against Cannabis abuse, have decided to decriminalise its use instead. Overnight, the problem disappeared with one stroke of the pen. The UN Commission voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis from the list of most dangerous drugs such as heroin. Responding to this, MHA said that this could send a wrong […]
The Charlie Hebdo cartoonists would have been arrested in Singapore: Shanmugam
The Charlie Hebdo type of cartoons is the result of a hands-off approach by the State, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said. “What has happened in France has restarted the debate on what freedom of expression means, how much you can say, and what is the boundary between free expression and your obligation […]
Moving towards Phase 3 in Singapore
In the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak, there were two schools of thought on how the virus should be dealt with. As Singapore moves closer towards Phase 3, let’s have a quick recap on what worked around the world. Imposing a lockdown One approach would be to impose a lockdown to contain the virus […]
Transparency and accountability: PSD rectifies errors in $10 million compensation
This is how transparency and accountability look like. When an error is discovered, it is not swept under the carpet. The organisation takes efforts to assess the extent of error and steps to rectify it. And this was what PSD did. In the course of upgrading the Civil Service’s HR and payroll IT systems, the […]