News  11 Nov 2019 [T1 2020 Wk2]

An insight into the minds of teens

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/confessions-pages-where-students-reveal-their-innermost-thoughts-and-troubles-and

Homelessness is real

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/about-1000-homeless-people-sleeping-rough-singapore-first-ever-study-finds

What to do when there's too much homework?

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/homework-curfew-china-debate-school-tuition-packed-schedule-12068534

Rethinking our relationships with mobile phones

https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/gen-y-speaks-i-am-millennial-trying-not-be-glued-my-phone-how-about-you?cid=tdy%20tg_tg-am_social-msging-free_09102018_today

News  4 Nov 2019 [T1 2020 Wk1]

We are amongst those with fastest internet speed

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/the-world-s-fastest-and-slowest-internet-speeds

Singaporeans advised to defer travels to HK

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/singaporeans-advised-defer-non-essential-travel-hong-kong-mfa

E-scooters banned from footpaths

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/e-scooters-banned-footpaths-fines-jail-pcn-bicycles-12060932?fbclid=IwAR15WbhfcTa95o5mucNClu9DRUALVGiFGNlHgag2t-9e41ok9KfAwYK5QJo

As maids become a necessity for many Singaporean families, festering societal issues could come to the fore

https://www.todayonline.com/big-read/big-read-hiring-maids-no-longer-luxury-longstanding-issues-could-snowball-if-unchecked?cid=tdy%20tg_tg-sunday_social-msging-free_09102018_today

News 28th Oct

Driverless vehicles to be tested in western Singapore
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/trial-area-driverless-vehicles-be-
expanded-whole-western-singapore

Clothes for the disabled and finding acceptance in the design industry
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/clothes-disabled-fashion-
design-will-and-well-elisa-lim-12038618?cid=fbcna

How easy is it for young Singaporeans to be bilingual? (op-ed)
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/mother-tongue-language-
bilingual-education-parenting-learning-12027710

Singapore's street food is #1
https://www.tripzilla.com/singapore-worlds-best-city-for-street-
food/97139?fbclid=IwAR2SKw1TpHmGCgnqpt2-
0kVSWl8RFkcZtX6qZm2rI6qoc55l1XT4ufvmljk

No more crab claw machines
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/no-more-live-crabs-house-seafood-fills-
claw-machine-boxes-exchange-dishes-ceo-bows-apology

Diwali spat on $10 parking fee (Tharman weighs in)
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/mps-call-extension-harassment-laws-
better-protect-security-guards-condo-video-goes-viral

News 21 Oct 2019

Epigram Founder wants Singaporeans to read more Local Lit but it's a hard business
https://www.facebook.com/SingaporeBusinessOwners/videos/2586219024795593/?
v=2586219024795593

Ex Chief Justice calls for repeal of S377A--2 article
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/former-chief-justice-chan-sek-keong-calls-for-review-of-section-12005804?fbclid=IwAR1va5__0gMCESeUATwzEWC46zgYrbTd8jEGS9ZV3gxIOhoza3zNeEudLi0

News 14 Oct 2019

Dyson shutters e-car project in SG: More details on Dyson's plans
https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-
economy/dyson-kills-singapore-electric-car-project-with-closure-of-auto-
division%3famp

A mother's thoughts on the PSLE (opinion piece):
https://tdy.sg/2q7vmLZ

News 7 Oct 2019

Singaporean teen stopped studying for e-sports
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/e-sports-sea-games-galvin-
kang-meracle-dota-2-singapore-11962484

What SG students' timetable looks like today
https://www.ricemedia.co/current-affairs-opinion-typical-primary-school-students-
schedule/?fbclid=IwAR1osmOOYysSb7p1YpoFORgfjVNdFO-
4uL_PC2QxC5JlEV0HXmpR3iesjck

Struggles of the sandwich generation
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/being-sandwiched-dilemma-filial-piety-
young-parents

SG government pushes for a healthy lifestyle
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/high-sugar-drinks-to-carry-
unhealthy-label-on-pack-advertisements-banned-next-year

News 30 Sept 

SG: What is Tuition Really Costing Us
https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/s14-billion-question-what-tuition-really-
costing-singaporeans

NUS undergrad who molested woman gets probation
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/university-student-who-
molested-woman-gets-probation-for-minor-intrusion

Can work-life balance be a realistic goal?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/citizens-panel-session-work-life-
harmony-first-11952808

 News 23rd Sept

Singapore is becoming more inclusive.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=358619891748170

Singaporeans show up for climate change
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/youths-young-11-lead-way-singapores-
inaugural-climate-rally

Singapore ranked most religiously diverse country in the world
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/pm-lee-accepts-award-in-new-
york-recognising-singapores-religious-
harmony?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=STFB&utm_source=Facebook#Echob
ox=1569294686

News 16 Sept

Terrorism has no place in Singapore
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/second-singaporean-charged-terrorism-
financing-after-giving-over-s1000-foreign-radical

Fee Hikes in 2020 across Childcare acentres
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/childcare-centres-preschools-
raise-fees-next-year-ecda-
11910024?fbclid=IwAR1giFQmhPVWEq6VvtJaZ5PvalG6EuHseAodEXb4wCs6Rhwxs-
Yqp45chg4

News 9 Sept

Thief of Mobile Phone gets Jail Term
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/crime-woman-samsung-note-9-
mobile-phone-tampines-point-
11874992?cid=fbcna&fbclid=IwAR2r4FPH0OgsxuFyYrIYVgJiUlyK4T04cyfi4595itjVJTK
FjQphhw2jSac

News 2 Sept

New rules on surrendering NRIC
https://www.straitstimes.com/askst/personal-data-protection-guidelines-who-can-
and-cannot-collect-
nric?fbclid=IwAR1CWzC2srHspaYgqGCWOlGgeSFWbfkkG3UPnThcnbF7ywblh1L9GUQ
QIr0

How a 21 year-old successfully sued parents for failing to fund university education.
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/explainer-how-children-above-age-21-can-
sue-their-parents-education-costs

Singapore is a true Garden City
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-green-corridor-to-connect-singapores-
three-national-gardens

Now that the EOYs are approaching, let's focus on how to finish well
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mindset-change-needed-on-
how-society-views-exams-ong-ye-kung-11849124

August 

Climate change and rising sea levels will cost SG $100b
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/it-will-cost-s100b-or-more-over-next-50-to-100-years-protect-singapore-against-rising-sea-levels-pm-lee

On water sustainability in SG
​https://www.facebook.com/7746841478/posts/10156296723816479/

Recycling E-Waste in SG
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=402940980322180

Budget 2019 and Retirement Ages
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ndr-2019-retirement-re-employment-age-cpf-contribution-11819174?fbclid=IwAR0XnC-5Zy8whjaK2kvfZ-_F4ykQby2QJJF3CxRtaPWNfmNWM8KippnGsFo

NDP speech highlights
​https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/national-day-rally-2019-8-things-to-know-about-pm-lee-hsien-loongs-speech

SG to ban domestic ivory trade
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/singapore-to-ban-domestic-trade-in-ivory-11801826

On Brown facing in SG—a perspective
​https://www.facebook.com/688375943/posts/10157263197025944?s=100001355610538&sfns=mo

Abusers of domestic helper gets years in jail--landmark case
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prosecution-tay-wee-kiat-chia-yun-ling-moe-moe-than-maid-abuse-11776158?fbclid=IwAR2exOrtc4Yn0K6Xdd8XXNJvYeMUY3btdoVFiUFoI5QvvnVwzN06jeRRnpE

In another case: jail term for abuser who knocked out helper's teeth
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/maid-abuse-woman-hammered-maids-teeth-worst-recent-case-11772958?fbclid=IwAR1oUtVvmU_lTcabVS_GyjrATXBGB7Qk_3KngXuR8BEllt59UZguD7l2FIE

July

Brown face controversy highlights racial sensitivities
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/brownface-controversy-society-needs-do-better-tit-tat-not-way-say-govt-and-community

Singaporeans are generally cohesive, but there are still kinks that need to be
worked out
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/greater-trust-among-races-but-perception-workplace-discrimination-minorities-higher-than-in-2013-ips-survey

Wild Rice’s Shakespeare-inspired new theatre
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/wild-rices-new-theatre-boasts-singapores-only-thrust-stage-modelled-after-one-shakespeares

PSLE 2021 FAQs
​https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/psle-scoring-system-changes-answers-to-faqs-from-parents

New through-train for poly students
​https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/new-through-train-route-for-poly-students-to-get-university-degree-and-find-work

Wanted: Public feedback on how to reduce Singapore’s carbon emissions beyond
2030
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/public-feedback-wanted-how-reduce-singapores-carbon-emissions-beyond-2030

Singaporeans respond to poll on social classes
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/how-tell-if-someone-high-or-low-class-poll-gets-interesting-replies-singaporeans

Why is it tough to 'follow your passion' in Singapore, and what can you do about
it?
​https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/gen-y-speaks-when-pursuing-your-passion-burns-you-out

Attracting Tech Talents—takes time
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/377a-will-be-around-some-time-will-not-inhibit-how-spore-attracts-tech-talent-pm-lee

June

SG Millennials: The standard narrative of "study hard, get good qualifications, get
a good job" no longer applies in uncertain times
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/amid-economic-uncertainty-singapore-graduate-millennials-11648980

SG Youths Afraid to Be Kind
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-youths-are-afraid-to-be-kind-survey-kindness-movement-11655826?fbclid=IwAR0u33EY2wUkxQCE-SXjXKf2AwtLQ7eF0nR-DbZUox4kYCddIHYPMG33N_w

SG Teachers work more hours than Global Average
​https://sg.news.yahoo.com/teachers-in-singapore-younger-and-better-trained-than-global-peers-survey-091105351.html

When Failure Leads to Reclusiveness
​https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/failure-can-lead-to-people-becoming-reclusive

PUB Fines Bread Talk among others for Illegal Sewage Discharge
​https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2019/06/11/pub-fines-38-companies-including-breadtalk-for-illegal-waste-disposal-into-public-sewers/

4G leaders will work with Singaporeans to design, implement public policies
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/heng-swee-keat-4g-leaders-will-work-with-singaporeans-policies-11629932

Singapore is the fifth most likely country in the world to face extremely high
water stress by 2040
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/thirsty-singapore-taps-innovation-secure-its-water-future

Probation for arts school student involved in all-girl group attack on teen
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/probation-for-arts-school-student-involved-in-all-girl-group-attack-on-teen?fbclid=IwAR1YVQXn_stxYT5K_IYoslZTDAQX8feWdJ3uWhwLMO8wrahm34UdXKhOlbQ

May

SG's firm stance on the Death Penalty. No Clemency despite 3 Pleas from
Malaysian government
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/msia-has-made-3-requests-stop-executions-it-not-possible-spore-govt-oblige-shanmugam

The New Mandai Eco Resort comes with treehouses
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mandai-eco-resort-rooms-treehouses-banyan-nature-11557908?fbclid=IwAR0MVSG_7M6_wCPMWsoLQvaTfHhchoBXigpvpwiP-PwLs9rzNrOZJQEGcwQ

Should Singapore decriminalise suicide? MPs divided
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/parliament-mps-divided-views-regarding-move-decriminalise-suicide

How much do you think we spend on Defence?
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2162957657091693

The Big Read: Singapore’s voyeurism problem – what’s wrong with men, or the
world?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-voyeurism-problem-spy-cam-sex-harassment-monica-baey-11487244

April

NUS Voyeur
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nus-undergrad-filmed-children-in-toilet-11482048?fbclid=IwAR2XnECYCUGPGL7aUHjWUSa1YYfSRcf3kEYqcDWbZtiFHnGT2ZCLHhNLTkY

The full details on Monica Baey's story
​https://observer.news/featured/understanding-conditional-warnings-in-spore-and-why-some-bad-guys-get-away-scot-free/ (link is broken)

Toward a zero tolerance stance on sexual misconduct in education institutions
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/nus-sexual-misconduct-zero-tolerance-toilet-filming-monica-baey-11472002?fbclid=IwAR0L8lCDa373_AAfA18YAQdSnvVLQbRyrJ4Nl2QIS0Ufa9sWHd_XHKR3zkI

ICJ's letter urging Singapore’s government to refrain from passing into law the
Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill 2019 (‘Online Falsehoods
Bill’) in its current form
The ICJ indicated that its provisions present a real risk that it can be wielded in
an arbitrary manner to curtail important discussion of matters of public interest in
the public sphere, including content critical of the government.
​https://www.icj.org/singapore-icj-calls-on-government-not-to-adopt-online-regulation-bill-in-current-form/?fbclid=IwAR3ik0NsSyyRV4Qklw1ngFI0p3nSHPs3QI5t6pGeXp8QUEe6T1fh01S5CuA

Gurkha children are born in Singapore and study & graduate in our local schools,
but are not allowed to stay and work in Singapore. They have to leave our
country after their fathers have served our country for 25 years.
​https://sg.news.yahoo.com/news/dad-gurkha-growing-nepalese-singapore-050455316.html?fbclid=IwAR0opwLxsHQB8721tDVDbgIj5o2xQTAne-dihfz94u6IyR5xaMidX5GVUI0&guccounter=1

PSLE 2021[with Video]
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/10-things-know-about-changes-psle-scoring-system

SBB [with Videos]
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/streaming-secondary-schools-o-n-levels-ong-ye-kung-11312252

The invisible poor in SG
​https://mustsharenews.com/singapore-invisible-poor/

What the ‘fake news’ Bill actually means
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/all-you-need-know-about-singapores-proposed-fake-news-law

Ministers to decide what constitutes fake news
​https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Headlines/ministers-to-decide-what-is-fake-news-under-proposed-law?fbclid=IwAR1XrHkhLcog_pa3vtKdBpE_Nr5F8AxOzO9-6tbPsBRdvxRaZjMtkcRbK3A

Minister: Elderly not ready for a PM of Minority Race
​https://sg.news.yahoo.com/many-older-singaporeans-not-ready-minority-race-pm-says-heng-swee-keat-reports-035630904.html?fbclid=IwAR0vi5voyJsJ1enXv2WI48AatiANXW_VtM-RSyJD9W1U82AtIhK69pvmPBo

But Survey says Tharman is Favourite
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/most-singaporeans-would-choose-tharman-1523976433713206.html?fbclid=IwAR0HDCytxufbywzcxtLSeA_m78vkbIS8JBJsT6wiWDT5XgU1BU5nOo89MRA

March

Remembering LKY: he did what he did in the best way he knew how.
​https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/he-changed-my-life-my-father-and-our-founding-father?fbclid=IwAR3N5jJdFYDEJpE8sBneIsbpmiXjtKdrVEwZ5JNWdFr4wfKo0Pp3Abx7vTg

On that Watain Concert--MHA was consulted before MDA granted permit
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/watain-concert-mha-consulted-before-classification-imda-11334674?fbclid=IwAR1LjAnkwnH8QuvFeOkb6JijNnFcXHH59yGKfIYCz1jDgEC43n8FmEo6MPk

On the Watain ban—Shanmugam
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/shanmugam-watain-singapore-concert-cancelled-11327984

Tech improves our quality of life
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/cutting-edge-tech-new-material-repairs-itself-when-scratched-slashed

Technology for the little ones: is it too much too early?
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sporean-children-get-first-internet-device-age-8-among-youngest-worldwide-google

Future Homes in SG
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=536226780231974

Legislation—Cleaner vehicles on SG
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/brandstudio/hyundai/legislation-and-the-push-for-cleaner-vehicles-in-singapore-11309916

On gender discrimination
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1341513745997844
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=324790898382041

Sit down protest by unpaid foreign workers
​https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sit-down-protest-cbd-workers-demand-unpaid-salaries-close-s300000
The Elderly need not die alone
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/lim-hang-chung-lonely-elderly-poor-life-death-cheng-hong-welfare-11306574

MOH to ban trans fat
​https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/moh-to-ban-partially-hydrogenated-oils-7-things-to-know-about-trans-fat?xtor=CS3-17&utm_source=STSmartphone&utm_medium=share&utm_term=2019-03-08+13%3A02%3A28

4 local brands that succeeded internationally
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1037802736422811

The teen behind Straw-Free SG
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=318377228801754

Feb

The Budget 2019--At a Glance
​https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/fy2019_budget_in_brief_eng.pdf

The NEA says Singaporeans wasting food on colossal scale
​http://theindependent.sg/nea-says-singaporeans-are-wasting-food-on-a-colossal-scale/

More schools to keep out sugary drinks
​https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/more-primary-schools-keep-out-sugary-drinks

Spate of lapses such as the SingHealth data breach, leak of HIV patient data and NS
training deaths: Heng Swee Keat on how leaders are not shirkers
​https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/leaders-will-do-what-it-takes-to-put-things-right-heng?fbclid=IwAR0TatfEjAGesvSwSz4ztlB-KdDZC4MPrMKlg4qHDzm1w6qh4ii84cKxWkE

Culture and heritage: a teen’s rare interest in Teochew Opera
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=764629537229933

Jan

Singlish: it's Creole and has a grammar structure
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=555773554909304

SG's Urban Farms
​https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/with-farms-atop-malls-singapore-gets-serious-about-food-security

Meritocracy and its toll on students
​https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/meritocracy-and-its-toll-on-our-students?fbclid=IwAR3lUa1otvmz0YJTzXQMsTKatf5ErqmfLtRvwBuwQ09Z8vICJf1oY3dBWaA

Follow up and final judgement allows same sex fathers to adopt surrogated son
​https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-allows-same-sex-fathers-041610544.html?fbclid=IwAR3qctbbCAYs4uHkmQGjD-HBUOa525xgsWnN0Zq0mmgyABsonnGLBNbayg0&guccounter=1

Sleepless in SG: The Singaporean, as well as his counterparts in the modern world,
faces a paradox: Sleep is simultaneously a necessity we desperately require, and a
luxury we cannot afford.
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/sleep-deprivation-singapore-work-study-long-hours-insomnia-11055638
SG is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, repercussions and solutions
--the rising temperatures is attributed to global warming and the Urban Heat Island (UHI)
effect – caused by the heat generated from human activities and trapped by urban
surfaces such as buildings and roads.
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/singapore-hot-weather-urban-heat-effect-temperature-humidity-11115384

Can we carve out a car-free zone permanently on our tiny island?
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1522564424513240