The whole world comes as tourists to look for jobs?
How did we decide “on the fine balance in deciding” how many Singaporean job seekers to leave behind?
Education
National day focus: Something very wrong with preschool help? (Part 2)
We need to give more help to parents to have children.
National day focus: Something very wrong with preschool help?
We should do more to help particularly lower income families to raise their children.
So many world renowned universities in Singapore have left?
We refer to the article “SUTD ends its education partnership with MIT but will continue collaborating on research” (Straits Times, Jun 23). It states that:…
What do university rankings mean?
I refer to the article “NTU overtakes NUS in latest QS university rankings” (Channel NewsAsia, Jun 8). It states that “+Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was…
$735m surplus – increase uni fees; 41% foreigners?
I refer to the article “government should not keep two set of statistics on foreigners, something amiss” (likedatosocanmeh, May 10). It states that “has the statistics…
Uni graduates 30%: 35% foreigners, tourists seeking jobs, new citizens/PRs?
After writing “Uni graduates 30-40%: 35% foreign students?” – I spoke to a professor at a public university in an Asean country. 95% citizen students…
Uni graduates cap 30-40%: 35% foreign students?
I refer to Yeoh Lam Keong’s article “Ex-GIC chief economist blasts Minister Ong’s education policy of capping local university graduates as “unimaginative”” (The Independent, May…
A “1 of its kind” school” for your child?
I visited the Sekolah Alam Bandung, a “one of its kind only’ school, in Bandung, Indonesia. It is for childten frim 4 years old to…
Childcare: Stingy $50m – $5.2b Budget surplus?
I refer to the article “What the new playing field for pre-school offers” (Sunday Times, Mar 19) It states that “The median monthly fee fell…