TR EMERITUS

The Education minister's stand of limiting tertiary education to only 30% of each cohort has seriously damaged the employment opportunities of local Singaporeans. The official chief reason for bringing in talented foreigners is because we have a skill shortage among our locals which is directly tied to our inept educational... 

Constitutional Commission hearing in 2016 (Photo: Today) The Elected President scheme was created to give the President the moral authority, by winning in an election with a majority, to check on the govt. What if you have a case like in 2011, where the winner (Tony Tan) did not garner a majority of the vote (he received only... 

Credit should be given to PM-potential Minister Ong Ye Kung for having the guts to speak the truth about our education system at the 47th St. Gallen Symposium in Switzerland. [ link ]  Ong has in his own subtle way admitted that the PAP had blundered. The over-emphasis on academic qualifications had started decades ago...