One word cannot describe what being Singaporean means
I refer to the 9 May 2013 Straits Times report of its current events talk at VJC [1]. In response to a question about preserving national identity, Ms Zuraidah from the Straits Times asked the audience to say in one word what it meant to be Singaporean. From the multiple responses she obtained, Ms Zuraidah highlighted that being...
A failed attempt at classifying nations
I refer to Mr Mahbubani’s 8 Jun 2013 Straits Times article “So, what is a Singaporean?” Mr Mahbubani classifies France, Russia, China and Spain as old nations based on such descriptions as a common culture, common language, common history and relative ethnic homogeneity. The common culture description is not valid for...
Haze: Is this allegation true?
This caught my attention,"From Facebook posts, there were people who collapsed or died of heart attack or asthma attack."; a sentence from a long piece by a reader to TOC and posted by TOC. I've read similar allegations by TRE readers then who went on to castigate our govt for allowing these things to happen, and our"constructive",...
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