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By Augustine Low Everyone has an idea of what’s cool about Singapore and what isn’t. I’ll have a go at making my top two picks of each. Cool Singlish: Love it or hate it, Singlish is here to stay so we might as well...

By Robin Low When I was studying in Singapore, I too had felt the stress of exams. I did what everyone else was doing -- memorizing notes, regurgitating textbooks, mugging through “10 year series assessment books” -- and got good...

By Richard Philip You may have noticed that some commonly prescribed drugs for long-term conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure cost more in Singapore than across the Causeway in Malaysia, or other parts of the world. There are...

SINGAPORE 30th August 2013: Russian diplomats did not respond with love when gay activist  Vincent Wijeysingha and his friends went to present a petition, “To Russia with Love” on Friday. They were refused entry into the Russian embassy. Fourteen...

By S. Bala The primary school education system formally ends with a high-stake national examination (Primary School Leaving Examination) which streams the pupils based on their ability in four core subjects. Those who do well in the examination can go...

Poor Eduardo Saverin. The Facebook co-founder, Singapore’s eighth richest man in 2012, according to Forbes, was dissed by an Independent reader. The reader wrote: “PM Lee said, ‘Billionaires bring business, they will bring opportunities, they will open new doors,...

By Lim Wee Kiat What if Public Service Commission (PSC) scholarship holders, upon graduating, didn't have to serve their bonds in the civil service? What if they could also start their career in the nonprofit sector and local small and medium...

By Janice Seah Teo Perth Not in a million years when I lived in Singapore did I ever think my husband and I would ‘go into business’. Risk adverse and short on liquid cash, we just lived as the majority of Singaporeans...

By Alfred Dodwell  Many are of the view in Singapore that the people are her only resource. There has been much emphasis on education and some would say not always with best results. There is a feeling that the tinkering...

By Vignesh Louis Naidu -  The government tries its best to make cars unaffordable and yet we stubbornly insist on buying them. In this year’s budget the government announced another round of measures to increase the cost of a car...