books and authors

Does The Library Support Local Literature Enough?

ARE our writers encouraged to dip into their well of creativity and produce local literature that can showcase our talent? If we look at the number of local books in...
FIFA World Cup 2018, VAR

RoboRef Calls The Shots

A CLEAR winner in the unfolding World Cup in Russia is working its magic off the field of play. The Virtual Assistant Referee (VAR) has heightened the sense of drama...
Jewel Changi Airport

Jewel – Orchard Road With A Waterfall

ORCHARD Road has a sparkling new competitor. The tired shopping street with all the major brands has already taken some battering in recent years as online and overseas shopping habits eat...

Readying The Arrows

THE methods may change, but the end game is still the same; the need for Cupid to let loose that arrow straight for the heart. In the age of commercialism...

Can Singapore Cultivate Music Talent?

Is Singapore the right stage for local musicians to show off their talent  and thrive? STORM talks to members of the music community for their views. In recent weeks, the Internet...
Resilience Budget,

Resilience Budget: Impressive … But Wait For The Details

THE Resilience Budget serves to calm nerves as a covert storm infiltrates the world and a perfect storm envelopes Singapore. In a year when talk was about an upcoming election...

Heritage Week or Heritage Weak?

  ARE OUR ties with our past still strong? Will our heritage straddle generations? For a small nation, barely past the half-century mark, many would argue we are still in the process...

Stand Up For What’s Right

YOU don’t have to pick on specific incidents to see that there is a general uprising against the expected norms. In the business world, the word “disruption” is bandied about, sometimes...
philipp von Hirschheydt, Continental, UX

Riding In Tomorrow’s Cars

AS car companies head towards a yet-to-be-determined autonomous future, the preparations are nevertheless charging forward at speed. Tomorrow’s traffic should be free-flowing with none of that start-stop movement that consumes...

Singapore Among The World’s Least Active Societies

WE ARE not moving enough. And we are moving too fast. The issues of mobility and movement come to a head as a result of technology. We are slowing down...