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Ravi Menon "We need to resolve this affective divide...Singapore cannot afford to be seen either as lacking in opportunity for our own citizens or unwelcoming of foreigners"- Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) chief Ravi Menon/ page B2, ST, 15 July 21. I agree with all of Ravi Menon's views except his wish of wanting Singapore... 

Click to enlarge WP's Sengkang GRC MP He Tingru asked in February for details on the number of people allowed into Singapore under the Familial Ties Lane scheme. Law & Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam replied that those allowed to enter under the scheme include those "reuniting SCs and PRs with their foreign family members... 

Should the state disaggregate data by race? Does such data disaggregation reinforce racial stereotypes or help to uplift disadvantaged groups? Shannon Ang, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, proposes three principles for deciding how and when to release race-based data: (1) recognize...