Insight Down South
Hitting the brakes on foreign force
In the face of widespread public resentment, the island republic will cap the number of foreign workers as well as cut down on subsidies extended to permanent residents.
A credible challenge emerging
A surging tide of young professionals is giving growing strength to the opposition as it readies to mount a serious challenge to the ruling PAP.
Singapore seeing more public demonstrations
Singaporeans, long conditioned to a passive existence, are getting a lesson in being pushy from new arrivals who believe that laws are not everything.
Readying for the real cyberbrawl
Many tech-savvy Singaporeans expect the next national election to be fought mainly in cyberspace, hopefully through superior logic rather than using high technology to silence the other.
Local talents take a beating
Like a relentless tsunami, high-tech gimmicks from abroad keep flooding Singapore to the detriment of homegrown innovative capabilities.
Nightmare for soccer junkies
Singaporeans may have to make travel plans to watch World Cup 2010 matches on TV. Nevertheless, diehard fans are hoping for a government-engineered solution.
Anguish over bilingualism
There’s renewed debate over the decades-old language grind after surprising remarks by the architect of the republic’s bilingual education policy.
Polls fever rises as Yuletide nears
Instead of wintry Christmas, temperatures — political one, at least — are rising in Singapore. And the PAP believes a bit of cooling off is needed to make sure the voters cast their ballots ‘rationally’.
Testing time for migrant policy
A proposed pre-citizenship test has stirred controversy, and the intense debate has divided Singaporeans over the future direction of the republic’s immigration policy.
Upper middle class folks are living in style
Singapore’s wealth is fast spreading to its middle class, turning them into families who now enjoy a lifestyle close to that of the millionaires in the republic and, perhaps, elsewhere in the region.
Education for the real world
Government plans call for developing school pupils in other than academic pursuits, with less emphasis on exams, to equip young people better for life. But some parents still baulk at the change.
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