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Singapore’s consistently dizzying PISA rankings point to the latent potential in the nation’s children. But is the system set up to nurture it to its fullest?
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Education Ministry refuses to share controversial Israel-Gaza slides, police given more powers to apprehend people with mental disorders, opposition MPs drill down on job numbers, the new Changi Heritage Trail, fresh perspectives on familiar artworks at new National Gallery exhibitions, and more.
Dear reader, In “Singapore This Week”, we start by critically examining two social media posts this past week. One is a video put out by our rising influencer of a president, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. How visible on social media should our president be? And which issues and personalities should he be...
Proposed amendments to laws will give the police greater powers to arrest those who are “mentally disordered”. One mental health researcher and advocate warns about the risks of these well-meaning changes.
Government asks Israeli Embassy to remove Facebook post, Tharman films himself approving Budget, foreign domestic workers turn to gold to help with precarity, Singapore’s the happiest place in Asia, poets gather for another round of SingPoWriMo, bike-sharing market shrinks, and more.
Dear reader, In “Singapore This Week”, we analyse the event that’s enlivened some Singaporeans, and enraged others, in a possible general election (GE) year: the Attorney-General’s Chambers has charged Pritam Singh, the Workers’ Party chief and leader of the opposition, with two counts of lying to a parliamentary...
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