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....
How Tourism Affects Our Population Numbers
THE ANNOUNCEMENT that water prices will be hiked by 30% in Singapore, and the message that the government wants the population to be more careful with water use, revived talk...
The Plain Vanilla Budget
PEOPLE make fun of vanilla, but it’s an extremely versatile and enduring flavour. When everything looks colourful and there are too many decisions to be made, vanilla is the faithful...
Growing CPF Returns…Work In Progress
A LONG-STANDING gripe against the financial industry comes from retail investors who often pay fees for products that do not deliver returns as promised.
This is common in the mutual...
Need A Licence To Surf The Internet?
SHOULD you be required to have a licence to use the Internet?
You wouldn't let someone drive a car without being licensed because of the potentially immense damage they could...
Start-Up Fever
THE FUTURE is uncertain. But we still have to eat.
Two companies related to the food and beverage business have taken on the incumbents to develop business models that they hope...
Teaming Up At Start Up To Avoid Break Ups
IN RECENT years, the annual listing of start ups to watch in Singapore have focused on their ability to pull in investors' cash.
According to a local top 20 start-up list...
The Game Of The Name
JAMES Bond is staring out at me from the page of a glossy magazine, promising style and refinement. In an elegant tuxedo, his wrist sports the latest Omega timepiece, only...
Not The Magnificent 7 — CFE Report
AFTER one year of talking about it to over 9,000 stakeholders, the future of Singapore has been boiled down to seven strategies that could easily be likened to a rojak...
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...