As SG gets richer, more people are left behind
Singapore Dec 23 (Reuters) - Every day, through eyes clouded by glaucoma, Peter witnesses the spending power generated by Singapore's economic success, knowing he can only afford to look. The 54-year-old shopping mall security guard is part of Singapore's hidden problem - a growing number of poor living on the margins in one...
How I figured out my racism
(6 Dec) - In response to the fracas over underlying racial tensions in American politics currently underway between Jonathan Chait, Quin Hillyer, Ross Douthat, et al, here's a (not sufficiently) brief parable. In 2000 I moved to the West African country of Togo for a few years, and it helped me figure some stuff out. While I...
India must attend to needs of unskilled labourers abroad
Riot in Singapore's Little India district, Dec 8(21 Dec) - It’s a question of class. No trace of the anger that fuels India’s reaction to the outrageous treatment of Devyani Khobragade can be found in the response to the December 8 riot in Singapore’s Little India. Yet the episode’s cause and effect bear on thousands...
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- Singaporeans R Free Riders on Good Governance
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