Tackling preschool challenges in Singapore
The Straits Times, July 20th 2012 Improving Singapore’s preschool environment can, over time, help to boost birth rates, reduce social inequalities and better prepare people for work in a knowledge...
View ArticleOur work at The Economist Group
Many people, particularly in Singapore, have asked me what exactly happens at The Economist Group, both globally and in the Singapore office. I think this is partly because quite little is known about...
View ArticleBook interview: The Kent Ridge Common
Dear friends, a student reporter from The Kent Ridge Common, an independent online publication run by NUS students and alumni, came to interview me the other day. In his words, we “chatted for a little...
View ArticleThe problem with the national conversation: information asymmetries
Dear friends, as long as there are significant information asymmetries in the government-citizen relationship, Singapore will never be able to have a completely fair and open national conversation....
View ArticleCNA – Views on the News Jan 24th 2013
Dear friends, I appeared on CNA earlier this morning to talk about David Cameron’s proposed EU referendum, India’s decision not to apply the death penalty to rapists, and, best of all, Beyonce’s...
View ArticleCNA – Views on the News Feb 21st 2013
Dear friends, I appeared on CNA earlier this morning to talk about Apple/Foxconn, the horsemeat scandal and proposed football goal-line technology. Click here to watch. Note to self: Stop swinging in...
View ArticleCNA – Views on the News Mar 19th 2013
Dear friends, I appeared on CNA earlier this morning to talk about the proposed deposits levy in Cyprus, press regulation in the UK and, best of all, the return of David Bowie. Click here to watch.
View ArticleCNA – Views on the News Jul 30th 2013
Dear friends, I appeared on CNA earlier this morning to talk about the Cambodia’s recent election, racism in Italy, and Twitter. Click here to watch.
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