The great divide
New citizens The tv talk show posed the question - Citizen-PR gap: Have we widened it too much? When the talking heads were done, 67.8% said no, 32.2 % said yes. In the light of latest developments, one could almost sympathise with the newcomers. "A" moved from Malaysia to continue his studies for the A-Levels. Got his degree...
Alienation of the oldies
Teletext will cease operations from 30 Sep 2013 Many of our parents and grandparents were ostracized or sidelined when dialect was banned from SBC, from radio or TV broadcast. Their world just closed down on them and they would have to go around finding people who could talk to them in dialects. The grandchildren would be distant...
Prof Tyler Cowen on S’pore’s healthcare system
Prof Tyler CowenThis is oversimplifying of course, but you can think of the Singaporean system as “2/3 private money, 4/5 public provision,” with private hospitals on the side. You can think of the UK system as “public money, public provision.” Again with some private supply on the side. The US system is “lots of...
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