The Tailor and The Taxi Driver
Singapore is a country made up of two kinds of people: generalists and specialists. When a commuter steps into a local cab the taxi driver is likely to give a running commentary of what ills Singapore until the destination is reached. In this sense the taxi driver is a generalist. If the government frowned upon this in the...
Letter highlighting flaws in TB screening of Foreign Workers rejected for publishing
[Following is a rejected letter to Today. The writer believes that it was not published because it reveals another serious social and public health consequence of allowing too many foreigners into Singapore via a lax immigration policy.] According to Today’s article "Don't ignore TB in foreigners: Experts," between 2004...
Beyond populism
Singapore’s retention of the Internal Security Act’s (ISA) ‘detention without trial’ powers can be seen as delaying the process of national maturation. While Malaysia has decided on some form of repeal of its own ISA which it admits has been misused against dissidents, Singapore clings tightly onto its colonial hand-me-down. It...
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