S’pore has manufactured meritocracy, not true meritocracy
While meritocracy as a fundamental value of society is a given, the way it is set up in Singapore deserves examination ("'If not meritocracy, then what?'"; Monday). Meritocracy's underbelly reveals an elite group that has been bred in Singapore, where teenagers, at the age of 18, are given prestigious scholarships on account...
SMRT strike – it’s about employees, not nationalities
The government's online feedback portal, REACH, reported that "over seven in 10Singaporeans surveyed felt that… SMRT's China bus drivers were wrong to have staged last week's illegal strike." Today newspaper reported the findings as such: "The majority of Singaporeans thought that the Chinese bus drivers involved in last week's...
COE prices: Worry over hawker parents’ transport needs
LAST Thursday's article ("Two COE prices hit record high") made me worry me about how my parents can afford another commercial vehicle after their current certificate of entitlement (COE) expires in three years' time. My parents are hawkers and my father must set off as early as 5.30am daily from Sengkang to Ang Mo Kio to...
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