South Asia’s poor quality education a setback
(6 Jul) The poor quality of education in South Asia, as reflected in low learning levels, traps many of its young people in poverty and prevents faster economic growth and shared prosperity, the World Bank said in a report. In the first comprehensive study to analyse the performance of South Asian educational systems in terms...
Singapore passes amendment to anti-piracy law
(8 Jul) This morning Singapore became the latest in a line of countries to crack down on copyright infringement via web blocking. Fresh amendments to existing law will allow content owners to obtain injunctions from the High Court to block sites said to be engaged in widespread copyright infringement. Top of the list: The Pirate...
SDP: Tharman affirms what SDP has been saying all these years
Singapore needs to turn to intrinsic incentives to stimulate innovation and raise productivity, and not just depend on a state-driven dollars-and-cents approach, DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam said at the DBS Asian Insights Conference 2014 last Friday. “At the end of the day, we need a less dollars and cents approach to this,”...
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