time wasting

Doctors, Aren’t Patients Clients…2?

UPDATED About a month after my last visit, and the feedback I’d given the eye specialist, I went back for a follow up. The appointment was for 9.15am;  the second appointment...
Resilience Budget,

A Generous Helping Hand

THE Resilience Budget achieves two objectives at one time. It helps companies most affected by the crisis while, at the same time, it prevents employees from being laid off and...

Think Before Tossing Your E-Waste

EVERY year, Singapore generates 60 million kilograms of e-waste. That's like every single person in Singapore throwing away eight MacBook Airs a year.As rapidly advancing technology increases the pace...
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...
Ricky Tay Vollkswagen

Brand Not Important In Sharing Economy

WHILE THERE is a lot of talk about electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles, not everybody wants to go down the electric vehicle route, says Ricky Tay, Managing Director, Volkswagen...

Mobility Megatrends – Threats And Gains

THE megatrends of the automotive world are heading towards being Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electrified (C.A.S.E. for short). These megatrends are taking place slowly, since each of the components...
Datuk Seri Najib Ali

How Will Changes In Malaysia Affect Singapore?

  IT IS hard to imagine the Datuk Seri Najib Razak was Prime Minister of Malaysia just over two months ago. His fall from grace has been rapid, and he...

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...

Battling It Out On Social Media

COMPLAINING — Singapore’s favourite pastime. Train delay — complain to SMRT. Unhappy at work — complain about the boss. Lunch not up to scratch — complain to coffee shop uncle....
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...