TR EMERITUS

“Although faith in Meritocracy is weakening, the ideology will remain a key principle for recognising individuals in Singapore. Though meritocracy is under siege, it has not failed. In the last few years, meritocracy has taken on a negative overtones due to its association with elitism and there has been an ongoing debate... 

Dear Singaporeans, Ever since the merger of Grab and Uber, the service standards of Grab drivers have fallen to atrocious levels. In the past, it was common for taxi drivers to blatantly not pick up passengers right before midnight and during rainy days, when passengers need them most, as they wish to earn additional surcharges... 

Advertisement by NETS An advertisement created to encourage e-payment in Singapore featured a Chinese actor in brownface, dressed up variously as an Indian man with a curly wig and a Malay woman in a headscarf. It was widely, and rightly, condemned as racist. Mediacorp, the agency responsible for the advertisement, gave a half-hearted...