Press Muse – Ivory tower irony in last-gasp YOG pitch

Jul. 27 | Spiegel - The Straits Times yesterday (26 July) ran a curious little piece on its review pages. Tucked into a bottom left, quarter-page slot, an NUS academic asked in an op-ed, with discomfiting earnestness: “The YOG is coming. Are you excited...

Universities increase fees: $677m net investment loss?

Mar. 24 | By Leong Sze Hian I refer to media reports about all three Singapore public universities raising fees for the incoming cohort of students. For example, the National University of Singapore (NUS) will raise fees by four to ten per cent. Since NUS’s...

Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum: The Lion, the Young and the Orchestra

Oct. 20 | Khairulanwar Zaini / Photos by Damien Chng They clamour for his wisdom: O Father, whither Singapore in 50 years? The patriarch smiles and holds up a mirror: the minds and hearts in the auditorium his masterpiece, the technocratic utopia will persist,...