Singapore’s edge as a manufacturing hub

Mar. 10 | Andrew Ong Despite an expected slow recovery from the recession and the rise of business costs, it seems manufacturing in Singapore remains a vibrant and relevant industry. This article aims to present Singapore’s edge as a manufacturing hub that has...

Re-thinking our economic expectations

Dec. 19 | Andrew Ong Recent news have been filled with retrenchments, retrenchments and more retrenchments. It is quite disturbing to read how companies have heartlessly ‘axed’ their employees whom they deem as “excessive” in order to ride through the slowdown. Judging...

Nation-building or party-building?

Oct. 28 | Andrew Ong / Writer Last Saturday, I came out from a Grassroots Induction Programme feeling intoxicated after being overly-fed with PAP-ganda. This was a session organised by the People’s Association (PA) and I was there to discover more about the...

My future as a Singapore citizen

Jan. 23 | By Andrew Ong Much attention has been on Singapore‘s greying population and it will likely remain a perennial national challenge for many years to come. According to the United Nations, population ageing will be most significant in Asia. By year...

Ministerial salaries – 2nd upward revision soon

Nov. 27 | By Andrew Ong and Andrew Loh On the 9th of April 2007, Minister in charge of the Civil Service, Teo Chee Hean, announced in Parliament: “Salaries at the MR4 Grade are currently at 55% of the benchmark. Given the large gap, it is not realistic...

Playing an active part as Singaporeans

Sep. 15 | By Andrew Ong After casual exchanges with friends over some local socio-political issues, I have to say that generally, majority of us Singaporeans take a very passive if not an apathetic approach when it comes to Singapore socio-political issues. I...