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Singaporean youths at United Nations Climate Change Conference
Nov. 29 | The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference begins today in Cancún, Mexico, and ends in 10 December 2010. Environmental Challenge Organisation (Singapore), or ECO Singapore has sent a 8-member team to be engaged in the Conference of Youths. Below...
Youth for Second Chances
Sep. 24 | We Believe In Second Chances is a youth-led, youth-oriented campaign in Singapore focusing on being young, enjoying life and being allowed to try again when we fail. The Youth for Second Chances video was created during Yellow Ribbon Month 2010. Young...
“Free Education for All” – students protest in London
Feb. 27 | TOC International guest writer, Elaine Toh, who is doing her MPhil/PhD in London, witnessed the protest and gives her personal take on it. (Article updated) Elaine Toh The muffled rumblings of a gathering, the scene of students holding banners and standing...
What is public service?
Feb. 24 | Low Hansiong In November 2008, the Economic Development Board (EDB) announced in the Straits Times its intention to market Singapore as regional hub for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and Non-Profit Organisations (NPO). This brings me to an...
TOC International: Spaced-out in Singapore!
Feb. 17 | Gilbert Goh I had returned to Singapore from Sydney some weeks back. I was away for only a few months and was shocked at the drastic transformation in Singapore. The first thing that struck me when I reached home was the sheer number of people that I...
TOC International : Is our politics any different from China’s?
Feb. 12 | TOC International is our new column and is made up of a group of Singaporeans who are currently living, studying or working abroad. From countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and China, they’ll write about their experiences,...
Join the student campaign and help out!
Feb. 11 | The following is a call from Bernard Chen, one of the organizers of the student campaign for fairer transport fares for polytechnic students. Hi everyone, It is with great delight that this campaign is embarking on its recruitment drive as it continues...
An alternative to the Job Credits Scheme
Feb. 7 | By Arixion / Writer SOME THINGS just do not change. This fact was well-illustrated In the recently-announced Budget for 2009. As usual, the bulk of the Budget goes towards defence, a low priority at a time where our neighbouring countries are suffering...
Student group proposes new formula for student’s transportation fares
Feb. 5 | A STUDENT GROUP, called the National Petition for Fairer Transportation Fares for Polytechnic/ Tertiary Students, will be gathering signatures for their petition this coming Saturday (7 February), 2-5pm outside the Plaza Singapura Starbucks café. The...
Tough times ahead for graduate job seekers
Feb. 4 | BY YAMADA KEI, THE CAMPUS OBSERVER — WITH THE global economy on the rocks, the local job market for recent graduates looks to be slowing down. One of the employment worries of job applicants is that they might have to settle for a position they...
Litter at the Istana — on Chinese New Year
Jan. 28 | By Terence Lee / Youth Editor 27 JANUARY — NO PRIZE for guessing where this is — nope, this is not your typical hawker centre or HDB block, but THE Istana. Imagine: people littering indiscriminately at the White House. I wonder what would...
Stop training low-level workers, WDA
Dec. 22 | By Eddie Choo / Youth Writer Has anyone seen the recent Workforce Development Authority (WDA) advertisement? It is the one which showed a middle-aged man in his forties with his wife, as well as a group of friends of various races, sitting together in...
Studying for passion, not preparation
Dec. 12 | By Eddie Choo / Youth Writer IT USED TO be that whenever I meet new friends, I would ask them about their education, about what they were interested in, and what their future job might be. I used this topic as a convenient conversation starter, and if...
Opposition parties: No time to cross swords
Dec. 7 | Singapore Citizen The recent furore over whether a multi-party system or a single-party system would be better for Singapore has led to a renewed interest due to recent rumours about upcoming snap elections. I assume, for the sake of this commentary,...
The tissue issue
Nov. 18 | Clarence Chua Cultivating social graces at the lunch table must start from the base, not by covering up the cracks. Measuring just four-by-two inches, the rather flat tissue packet rises larger than life. Loved by some who use it to claim tables at packed...
An extreme suggestion for an extreme age
Nov. 12 | Arixion / Youth Writer It has been two months since the Advisory Council for the Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS) released its report. Its report was standard government fare except for a major point that has got everyone talking: the need for the...
Awaiting Singapore’s moment of change
Nov. 6 | Dhevarajan Devadas / Guest Writer On November 4, we all witnessed history being made. The US elected its first ever black president. A nation that once regarded its black citizens as slaves has elected an African American to the nation’s highest...
Unwrapping the global financial crisis
Oct. 31 | Donaldson Tan / Writer Although the immediate outlook for the world economy looks grim, the historical experience of the emerging markets pulling the world economy along will point the way forward when recovery gets under way. As the global financial...
Undergraduates help married couples bond
Oct. 27 | Lee Yen Nee / Writer Instead of helping the elderly, a group of undergraduates decided to engage in a different sort of community service – helping married couples bond. Held last Saturday, “Project M” is an event organised by six first-year students...
Turning 21 – what next?
Oct. 25 | Eddie Choo / Writer Turning 21 in Singapore means a lot of things – one of which is that I have the right to vote and the ability to choose the political leadership that I want for the community and the country. On another note, it also means that I...
TOC Youth Week: Get out of town
Oct. 23 | Joel Tan / Writer The minute something interesting and distinctive begins to develop in the heart of town, we pull out our guns and go “shoot the eyesore”. A few weeks ago, I opened up the Lifestyle section of the Straits Times on Sunday to read...
TOC YOUTH WEEK: Don’t blame the education system – speak up!
Oct. 23 | Thank You: We would like to thank all our visitors for the record number of hits yesterday here on TOC. We breached the 20,000 hits for a single day mark on 21 October and overall, we are crossing the 2 million hits mark as well. We thank you for your...
TOC YOUTH WEEK: Yes to elites but no to elitism
Oct. 20 | TOC’s Youth Week kicks off with this article by 15-year old student Pearl Lee. She writes on the issue of elites and elitism in schools and why Singapore’s school system breeds elitism, particularly the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) and...
