The Scholar in White
The Scholar in White (白衣秀士) is not an idiom referring to those scholars selected by the PAP to be its candidates for general elections. It is actually the kungfu nickname of Wang Lun (王伦), a character in the famous Chinese novel, The Water Margin（水浒传）. To understand the character Wang Lun, it is necessary...
18 Ways to reduce the Income Gap
With the gap between rich and poor widening, financial advisor and commentator Leong Sze Hian argues that new government policies are needed in several key sectors. But that Singaporeans need to change their mindset as well. “We need to tweak our labour policies, then automatically wages will rise,” Sze Hian told a packed...
SUTD leads the way to offer more scholarships for S’poreans
More scholarships are now available for Singaporean undergraduates at the new university, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Committing more than $1 million to five scholarship programmes, SUTD hopes to award the scholarships to 100 Singaporeans from its second batch of students, who will be starting their...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- The Saint on Tan Chuan Jin has picked up himself from the affair saga
- OMEN 1505 on The grandstanding of PM Lee Hsien Loong
- OMEN 1505 on The grandstanding of PM Lee Hsien Loong
- 孔乙己 on Tan Chuan Jin has picked up himself from the affair saga
- Singaporean R Free Rider on Looking “white” in the face
- Singaporean R Free Rider on Scoring brownie points using K2 students’ graduation
- fpc on Tan Chuan Jin has picked up himself from the affair saga
- SINGAROAR on Looking “white” in the face
- PAP mandate strong on Israel proceeds to invade Rafah while the world watch on the sidelines
- Justsayonly on The pomposity of PM Lee Hsien Loong’s career achievements
- Oyangfen on Lawrence Wong has taken the less than conventional pathway
