
Don’t negate the social roles of elderly Singaporeans
By Fang Zhi Yuan, Chief Editor Speaking at Singapore's first Retirement Conference on Thursday (read report), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested raising the retirement age from 62 to 65 to keep more elderly workers in the workforce. The aim is to help the elderly work as long as they can. It is unlikely that Mr Lee's message...

Credibility: an inverse relationship between the New and Old media
By Fang Zhi Yuan and Lim Siow Kuan In an article published on The Straits Times on 3 January entitled ‘Political challenges in 2009‘, ST Political Editor Ms Chua Lee Hoong expressed her reservations about the credibility of what is published on the New Media. “The problem with the Internet is reliability”, she wrote. ”To...

The Singapore Change – Real or Illusion?
Written by Dr Wong Wee Nam 04 Jan 2009 Singapore is slowly opening up and liberalizing. So we are told. Censorship in the Arts has been relaxed, demonstrations are now allowed in Speakers’ Corner and making of some kinds of political films will not be banned. Yes, nowadays there are some doses of political jokes in the local...
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