The PAP government should not be playing Santa Claus to foreign students when locals are struggling
I have little to argue with Ong Ye Kung's explanations about our sponsoring of foreign students' education in Singapore because I can see the many benefits vs the downsides. However, there are a few points that I wish to highlight and I hope that the Ministry of Education (MOE) can pay attention to. The amount that our MOE...
Typical Chinese reaction to ‘brownface’ ad
If you are familiar with the comments made (Letter to ST’s Forum) skip it and read the rest of my piece. Promise you it’s worth reading. When I first saw the “brownface” advertisement, my initial reaction was that it was a rather interesting (and perhaps even intelligent) advert, in that it was trying to show that whether...
Increase in suicide rates among young people
There was a recent report on increase in suicide rates among young people. This is wasteful. It is bad for society. The underlying cause is a stressful and competitive education system. Those who cannot cope with this system find a bleak future. They prefer to take their own lives. To overcome this problem, we need to reduce...
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