NS50 celebrates 50 years of National Service, but conveniently forgets its past discrimination against Malays
OPINION — Despite all our gripes and grouches about National Service (and its yearly reservist call-ups) it’s widely regarded as A Good Thing for a variety of reasons: Singapore has too small a population to rely on citizens volunteering for the military, it forces people from different backgrounds to assimilate, etc. etc. It’s been 50 years since
Ticket scalpers: How a broken system makes losers of artists and fans
This story was first published on Dollars and Sense The recent outrage over scalpers of Ed Sheeran tickets were the perfect convergence of things that set Singaporeans off –...
A Tale of Pirate Taxis: Why government regulations won’t help enterprising companies innovate
This article was first published on Libertarian Society Singapore Story by Davin Chee Here’s something that you might’ve missed if you haven’t been...
Are Singapore’s taxi companies ganging up against local commuters?
This article first appeared on Dollars and Sense At the beginning of March, several taxi companies applied to the Public Transport Council (PTC) to introduce “surge pricing”...
Lions Among Us: Singapore’s fuzzy Furries tell all
Story by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray; Editing by Benita Lee, Ilyas Sholihyn Circle of life It’s just another quiet Wednesday night. Two lovebirds stroll arm-in-arm along the...
Explainer: The big hullabaloo over the naming of Syonan Gallery
70 years on since the events of World War 2, Singaporeans in general have pretty much adopted a “forgiven, but not forgotten” mentality for the war crimes inflicted by the...
In Bloom: How Edible Garden City is turning Marina Bay Sands’ coffee waste into sustainable gold
Like the mushrooms they produce, this movement survived the odds to become the country's foremost sustainability
Explainer: Why HDB doesn’t allow flat owners to keep pet cats (and how to avoid evicted kitties)
TL;DR: If little Maomao poses no problems to your neighbours, it poses no problem to
Why banks are cutting jobs in Singapore, and why they’re unlikely to return
Are you banking on the right job right
The truth about the abuse of Burmese domestic workers in Singapore
Our laws may be well-intentioned — but they aren't necessarily
