CONTENT
Highlights on
Singapore
Politics
Social
compact
Becoming unworkable
Two foreigners comment on Singapore politics;
adding on local pressure on Lee Hsien Loong.
More
Oct 24, 2005
Public
protests
On the rise
Small, mild by others' standards, but they're
taken seriously in Singapore. More
Sept 19, 2005
Economy
Remaking
Singapore
Still far to go
Strictly assessed, only education has been totally
restructured, not much else. More
Nov 21, 2005
Singapore's
Rising poor
Although economy improves,
government is still bugged by widening rich-poor
gap. Fabio Scarpello. Asia Times. More
Dec 7, 2005
Lifestyle
Prudish
Singapore
To loosen up - just a little
When it comes to sex,
things are not going very well. More
Dec 5, 2005
People
Singapore's
New generation
So tech-savvy and smart,
yet so apathetic and dependent, an obstacle
to building the future. More
Nov 14, 2005
National
Development
Property
A
picture of contrasts
In private market demand is for posh-expensive,
but HDB buyers favour smaller units. More
Sept 12, 2005
Fault
lines
Beginning to show
In new unpredictable era,
government mistakes creep in to rattle hard-earned
image. By Seah Chiang Nee. More
May 23, 2004
Health
Singapore
A personal history
South East Asia’s first heart transplant
patient fetes 20th anniversary. By Martin Abbugao.
AFP. More
Oct 12, 2005
Careers
Protecting
Unglamorous jobs
To create jobs, government wants people to take
over lower, unpopular work from foreigners,
but 'foreign talent' policy unaffected. More
Nov 7, 2005
Education
Scholar
system
may become obsolete
Like China's imperial
exam, Singapore's way of selecting top scholars
will outlive its usefulness in a changed world.
By Seah Chiang Nee. More
Nov 27, 2005
Foreign
Affairs
Asean:
a Singapore perspective
'We're not doing
too badly'
Summit Day's coming, people may again talk about
its slow pace but not someone who hailed from
1967. More
Dec 10, 2005