Stop Denying Our Public Sector’s Culture of Learned Helplessness

Rice Can We Please Stop Denying Our Public Sector’s Culture of Learned Helplessness? Grace Yeoh 27 March 2018 In May 2017, I left the public service after two years of being a public servant. It may have been a brief stint, but it was long enough for me to get comfortably acquainted with both the … Continue reading Stop Denying Our Public Sector’s Culture of Learned Helplessness

We Don’t Care About Thaipusam, We Just Resent White People

Rice We Don’t Care About Thaipusam, We Just Resent White People Rachel Lau 20 March 2018 Why is live music banned for Thaipusam but not for St Patrick’s Day? This was the question on everyone’s mind when the police issued a ‘public entertainment license’ for last weekend’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations permitting the playing of … Continue reading We Don’t Care About Thaipusam, We Just Resent White People

Trump Supporters React to Amos Yee

Mothership.Sg Trump supporters welcome Amos Yee with open arms, finds out what he said, doesn’t want him anymore Thet Nyi Nyi 28 March 2017 Amos Yee was recently granted asylum in America. This has prompted comments from all quarters, including a passive-aggressive statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Well, one subsection of America that … Continue reading Trump Supporters React to Amos Yee

The Imam Issue: A Look at the Singapore Muslim Community

The Online Citizen The Singapore Muslim Community and the Imam Issue Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir 6 March 2017 It is well-known that Singapore is a multi-religious society. The 2014 report by Pew named our city-state as the most religiously diverse among the 232 countries studied. What is assumed in this discourse is that all religions are … Continue reading The Imam Issue: A Look at the Singapore Muslim Community