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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...
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: Young S’poreans’ sense of entitlement
Oct. 21 | Eddie Choo / Writer I had ended my morning jog when I saw my childhood friend walking to the bus stop. I was in a bit of a surprise, since I thought he would be at school studying or working. So we chatted a bit about ourselves and what we were doing...
Why NS didn’t make me patriotic
May. 29 | Eddie Choo Why? Because in NS, it really goes like this: I pretend to be a soldier, and you pretend to treat me like a soldier. NS has become so ritualised that serving the nation has lost its meaning. When something becomes a ritual, it loses its meaning,...
So here I am at Seletar
Mar. 15 | By Eddie Choo So here I am, at Seletar, to witness the transformation taking place here in this relatively not-developed part of Singapore. The reason I use the term ‘not-developed’ is because it is not that Seletar is undeveloped, it is that there...
The thoughts of an NSman to a friend
Nov. 12 | By Eddie Choo There is the dreary boredom that saps the life out of us, the hours merely standing and waiting for things to happen, where the only thing that keeps us sane is that far-off hope that everything is going to be over soon – that being...
A brief encounter with a Chinese woman
Oct. 25 | By Eddie Choo This evening I had quite a conversation with an elderly day nurse. She’s from China and she was asking me for directions. I don’t know her name, never asked for it, for convenience lets just call her Xiaomin. I first noticed...
Singapore’s many weaknesses
Mar. 15 | By Eddie Choo Our global orientation and openness is our great strength but our greatest weaknesses as well. Despite the administration’s many attempts in minimising the weaknesses, it is inevitable that Singapore will still suffer from any global slowdown...
Global City – Reviving the Singapore Spirit
Feb. 24 | By Eddie Choo The Integrated Resorts in Marina Bay and Sentosa, 7% GST, Baby Bonus, parades, charades, CPF adjustments, so on… The list isn’t exhaustive, and it grows with every year, as the government implements new measures ‘to adjust to the challenges...
Climate change – the other terrorism facing Singapore
Feb. 14 | By Eddie Choo What are the chances of an act of terrorism – 9-11 style, occurring? And what are the chances of major climate change occurring? How does America prepare for the former, and how does America prepare for the latter? The study of America...
