The Women’s Charter 1961 can be further improved, a lawyer argues, by awarding spousal maintenance based on fairness and not gender; and by using a gender neutral name for the Charter. But, contrary to popular belief, the maintenance provision to wives has evolved and is fair and relevant today.
Society
The Singapore government’s clampdown on demonstrations related to Israel’s war on Gaza elicited imaginative ways of showing support and creating community.
Singapore’s primary education system is riddled with problems and is fundamentally unsuited to 21st century demands, writes the co-founder of an NGO calling for far-reaching reforms.
A conventional “success” story reflects on her experience in the GEP programme, and what it says about the Singaporean education system.
A primer on the structural issues that dictate the government’s approach to our CPF, our reserves, and our retirement.
The end of horseracing in Singapore has brought with it an avalanche of urgent questions: Where will the horses go? Who will pay for their repatriation? Will they be cared for? It should also evoke deeper considerations of our millennia-old relationship with these majestic creatures.