Given Singapore's size and system of government, MPs here have a uniquely broad remit with an accompanying intense workload. And yet, even with their bumper pay packets, almost all choose to have second jobs.
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Jom has scrutinised PAP remarks and the WP’s 2019 housing paper. We believe it certainly did.
It's neither crime nor the weather that's on writer Myle Yan Tay's mind as a student in Chicago. It's booze. Yan tracks his relationship with alcohol and newly made friends in the "Windy City", as a frigid winter approaches.
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Throughout his life the boss of hedge fund Quantedge has had to grapple with questions around privilege, tokenism, and meritocracy. They inform his view of the just, equitable and race-neutral Singapore that he is striving to help build.
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Activists in Singapore have found ways to continue their advocacy without running afoul of the law. But some worry that these softer strategies of resistance only serve to strengthen existing power structures.
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After 62 years, Fosters Steakhouse has closed its doors, leaving its regulars feeling a deep loss. As Singapore's landscape continues to shift and change, what does it mean to belong?
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