A growing number of young, single Singaporeans are moving out in search of freedom and independence. For many the benefits of renting outweigh that of home ownership, especially as property prices keep rising. What does this mean for the nation's approach to housing?
Even with secondary school streaming in Singapore set to be abolished by 2024, it'll take more than a policy change to uproot entrenched attitudes towards competitive learning and innate intelligence.
We still live with the consequences of the illegal, ill-fated invasion, including jihadis like ISIS. Though other democracies have publicly interrogated their actions 20 years ago, Singapore never has.
Given Singapore's size and system of government, MPs here have a uniquely broad remit with an accompanying intense workload. And yet, even with their bumper pay packets, almost all choose to have second jobs.
It's neither crime nor the weather that's on writer Myle Yan Tay's mind as a student in Chicago. It's booze. Yan tracks his relationship with alcohol and newly made friends in the "Windy City", as a frigid winter approaches.
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