ST opinion says Ah Seng is not ungrateful just for disagreeing with the Government, and netizens couldn’t agree more

In a typical Parliamentary session, Hokkien is hardly uttered, but when Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Bee Wah mentioned si gui kia to describe ungrateful...

Kiara Xavier

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Is there a more indispensable and irreplaceable one than Ho Ching?

With Ho Ching stepping down as chairman of Temasek International from 1 April, there are those who speculate that the time might come for her to...

Augustine Low

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Netizens question Changi Airport Group Vice-President Poh Li San’s intention to contest in next GE, draw parallels with President Halimah Yacob’s statement prior to PE

Following Changi Airport Group Vice-President Poh Li San’s statement regarding her intention to contest in the next General Election (GE) under...

Danisha Hakeem

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制度“隔离”与中国社会乱象

最近四川成都七中实验学校食品安全事件成为中国的特大社会新闻，在社会各阶层产生了巨大的反响。但这实在是说不上新闻，只是这样的事情再次发生。这些年来不知道已经发生过多少次类似的事件，食品、药物、幼儿园、医院等等很多领域，随时都会发生类似的安全问题。每发生一次，社会就躁动一次，但平息下来之后，...

郑永年

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The Jewel in Changi's crown: While adding retail attractions is important, Changi is also thinking ahead to Terminal 5 and using smart technology

Equipped with more than 200 shops and restaurants, a hotel, a multi-screen cinema and 14,000 sq m of indoor air-conditioned gardens, Changi...

Jochen Wirtz For The Straits Times

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Forget self-driving cars - bring back the manual transmission

I was backing my wife's car out of our driveway when I realised I wasn't watching the backup camera, nor was I looking out of the rear window. I...

Vatsal G. Thakkar

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欧盟对华战略变脸再敲警钟

中国对外经济关系已被两次敲警钟，一次是中美贸易战，另一次是欧盟对华战略大变脸。警钟的含义是指西方国家向中国发出质疑政府主导经济的信号。 2019年3月12日，欧盟发表名为《中欧战略展望》的文件，重新定义了中欧战略关系，认定中国在某些政策领域是欧盟的“合作伙伴”，又是欧盟寻求利益平衡的“谈判伙伴”，...

朱颖

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思考破旧立新的新经济

研究时序经济，探索时间经济规律，揭示经济效果与时间的内在联系的“时间经济学”（Economy of...

容振声

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Can leaders advocate volunteerism without walking their talks?

by Joseph Nathan I remain flabbergasted lately, each time l read about some of our political leaders in Singapore advocating for our youth to be...

The Online Citizen

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Continued innovation the key to Singapore-US infrastructure tie-up

SINGAPORE'S plan to work with the United States on infrastructure projects across South-east Asia will strengthen the economic corridor, but the...

Tony Cripps

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The SGX and the new capital market

WE bemoan the lacklustre stock exchange and complain that the government isn't doing enough. We point to greener trading pastures in Hong Kong. Is...

Stefanie Yuen Thio

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Daggers drawn for Democratic 2020 race

THE potential release to the public of the Mueller report, at least in partial form, may not be the only development shaking up US politics in...

Andrew Hammond

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'We just want out': Brexiters start to embrace idea of no-deal exit from EU

LONDON • Three years ago, as Britons were preparing to vote in a referendum on whether to leave the European Union, Conservative Party lawmaker...

Ellen Barry

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欧盟对华新战略背后的深度焦虑

美国将中国视为战略对手，奥巴马时代就有了地缘政治叠加地缘经济的双重施压，即亚太再平衡战略和跨太平洋伙伴关系协定（TPP）。特朗普时代直接对华实施贸易战，且瞄准中国高科技企业华为和中兴，就是为了阻遏中国发展，维持美国绝对领先地位。现在，欧盟对华战略也开始变化，开始重点审视中国且重构中欧关系。...

张敬伟

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National champions are not the way to compete with China

Corporate concentration has been growing in the United States. According to the McKinsey Global Institute, profits and losses among both US and...

Rana Foroohar

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对赖清德参选四点观察

3月18日，赖清德在民进党党内初选登记的首日就出来领表参选，震撼了全台，这既削弱了蔡英文执政的正当性，又严重冲击了绿蓝白2020的大选布局，现在大概是包括大陆和美方在内的各方面都很头疼。笔者提炼四个要点，略谈一些个人观察。首先是“乘势”。法家有言“用智莫如乘势”，大意是要顺势而为、借势而进、...

刘臻

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The dangerous shifting cultural narratives around suicide

The suicide of Princeton economist Alan Krueger earlier this month is a reminder that self-harm remains an American health crisis and that...

Julie Phillips

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Could a full-fledged Airport Reit work?

MAYBANK Kim Eng's recent suggestion of setting up an airport real estate investment trust (Reit) to monetise the existing three Changi terminals so...