Is Singapore a better place without foreigners?

Nov. 21 | The following is a comment posted on TOC by “AAA”, under the article, “How Singapore appreciates a PRC who tried to integrate”. The author of the comment describes himself as a “PRC scholar”. TOC tried to get in touch with him but our email...

New immigrants’ loyalty to S’pore – SM Goh’s amazing conclusion

Nov. 16 | Dr Wong Wee Nam At a grassroots event recently, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong confidently declared that “new immigrants to Singapore can become Singaporeans in outlook and loyalty within a generation.” He apparently reached this amazing conclusion...

Strangers in our own land

Sep. 24 | I do not want to sound alarmist but a recurring nightmare of mine is that someday we will find ourselves strangers in our own land. Former senior civil servant, Ngiam Tong Dow (Straits Times, 24 Sept)

The fallacy of “growth at all costs” (part two)

May. 14 | Rajiv Chaudhry / Writer In this four-part series, Rajiv contends that Singapore’s current economic model of high growth, which has served the nation well in the past, is unsustainable for the future as it will undermine Singapore’s ability...

Singapore sees abortions rise amid recession

May. 11 | From AFP: Every night for a week, Mazlinda Majlam had the same nightmare. “It’s a silhouette of a baby sitting down, and he will just be looking at me. The baby has no eyes, but he will be looking at me,” she said. The horrifying dreams...

Sardine City

Mar. 27 | As it is, many of my peers have expressed a sincere wish to emigrate, not because of the high cost of living or the stressful lifestyle. It is primarily because they are appalled by how Singapore has been transformed into a city where it is difficult...

Population and national investments – missing numbers

Sep. 29 | Leong Sze Hian / Columnist I refer to the Department of Statistics’ reply “Number of S’pore citizens growing” (ST, Sep 20) to Michael Eng’s letter “Is the population of Singapore citizens shrinking” (ST, Sep 18). It states that: The number...

Feeding our babies to the economy monster

Jul. 23 | Andrew Loh / Deputy Editor This article is inspired by what Mr Wang wrote on his blog – a very thought-provoking entry titled, “Human rights and the Government baby incentives, Part 1”. It led me to wonder why exactly Singaporeans would want to...