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The “Singaporean Dream” is for Foreigners

CHUA CHIN LENG: I am not calling this the Singaporean Dream for good reason. Some Singaporeans have their dreams fulfilled and living...

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Headlines

CDAC, SINDA, Eurasian Community to Raise Contribution Rates While Taking More Government Grants

Three more self-help groups will receive an increase in matching grants from the government. The Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) will get...

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Letters

More Technical Degrees Rather Than Blind Paper Chase Please!

VICTOR ONG: Singaporeans are a realistic people. And while the success stories of non-graduates in the news recently were inspiring, these may...

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Change in Employer’s Mindset Needed, Or All this “Equal Opportunities” Talk is Hot Air

SURESH: The government and the Ministry of Education deserve praise for their ASPIRE recommendations. But without opportunities, polytechnic and ITE graduates won’t...

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Singapore in Brief

Do Not Call – Or Get Hammered for $80,000!

Star Zest Tuition agency and its director Lam Han Wai were fined a total of S$80,000 yesterday (Aug 27) for breaching the...

Stevie Wander: Not exactly the apple of any teachers' eye

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Academic Success Doesn’t Necessarily Guarantee Success in the School of Life

TATTLER: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are two glaring examples of how to be successful without benefit of a university degree. Forbes...

7th month was the perfect time to learn the art of wayang

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Kopi Politics

SDP: Why Singaporeans are Losing Trust in the PAP

In his 2014 National Day Rally, PM Lee Hsien Loong stressed that having relevant and deep skills rather than degrees can lead...

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Buyer Beware: Online Scammers Cheat Family of Thousands in Holiday Booking

For Chris and Annie, a two-week break in the France is the perfect way to unwind. The couple and their two little...

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Headlines

SAF Soldiers to Get New “Attas” Ng-Approved Adidas and Zoot Shoes

In the first three decades of National Service, soldiers wore thin-soled black gymnasium shoes. But by the end of this year, Singapore...

don't cow beh to a man when he's playing games, Catherine

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Letters

Catherine Lim Warned Goh Chok Tong About the Singapore “Great Divide” 10 Years Ago

PATRICK LOW: Why didn’t ESM Goh listen to Catherine Lim in 1994? If he had done so he would not be lamenting...

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Headlines

So Many “Study Mamas”? Government Immigration Policy to Blame

FEI: I read the story with sadness about a daughter complaining that a China study mama wrecked her family. The problem I...

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Is the PAP Clouded by Groupthink?

OSMAN SULAIMAN: Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1972), occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures...