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In this excerpt from her chapter in Why Not? Thinking about Singapore's tomorrow, sociologist Teo You Yenn discusses the conditions that will enable people to exercise choice, autonomy, and ethical agency as they live the lives they want.

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New Pew survey reaffirms our affinity for China and Xi Jinping; Singapore Aquatics' Quahgmire; Miss Universe Singapore to include “even women who are married, divorced or have children”; Vivian Balakrishnan's dubious historical arguments; that beleaguered samsui woman; Love, Bonito, and more

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Protect Singapore and Pink Dot; male fertility and parenthood; the dangers of screen time; the passing of Syed Husin Ali, a scholar and man of the left; Charmaine Toh at the Tate; the sluggishness of SGX; and more

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Students on the internship hamster wheel, IS adherents across the Causeway, a spiritual swindler, dirty oil spills on to our beaches, the travels and travails of Tempo magazine, CITRUS fest, and more

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