RP: Don’t address issues by only looking at symptoms

Jan. 25 | Donaldson Tan / Photo courtesy of Boris Chan Panellists – from left to right – Tony Tan, Hazel Poa, James Gomez, Justin Ong, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Peter Li, Jason Soh Last Saturday, the Reform Party’s Seminar on Education attracted a...

Asian universities court students nearby

Sep. 27 | The following is an excerpt from The New York Times. Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong all want to attract thousands more international students. Malaysia wants 100,000 foreign students by the next academic year, compared with the current 71,000. Singapore...

Meritocracy – without the transparency

Jul. 8 | When I asked the university to confirm that my daughter’s grades were below the cut-off point, the reply was that the ranking of results was confidential and that it was not obliged to answer my question. The university added that my daughter did...