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Talking honestly about race
Dear friends, I published an Op-ed on Yahoo! today about the arrest of a Singaporean cartoonist last week. It’s depressing that the authorities continue to resort to harsh action to suppress commentary...
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CNA – Views on the News May 14th 2013
Dear friends, I appeared on CNA earlier this morning to talk about a transsexual being allowed to marry in Hong Kong (yay!), Nawaz Sharif’s election as PM of Pakistan, and Alex Ferguson’s retirement....
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Why has Singapore failed to prepare its citizens adequately for the knowledge...
This is Part 2 of 2. To read Part 1, click here. The Singapore model—why it struggles to produce knowledge workers If we accept the argument that the average Singaporean worker will, compared to...
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Will Singaporeans live in economic ghettoes?
This article was first published by Yahoo! See here. Will Singaporeans be happy living in a country comprised of economic ghettoes? That was my enduring thought as I reviewed the animated rebuttals,...
View Articlemy talk on identity at The Economist’s Open Future Festival
Dear friends, click below to watch my ten-minute talk on identity and multiculturalism in Asia at The Economist’s Open Future Festival in Hong Kong on October 5th. I cite the different approaches to...
View Articlea longform on Hong Kong vs Singapore
With Joshua Wong, secretary-general of pro-democracy party Demosistō. We were both speaking at The Economist’s Open Future Festival in Hong Kong on Oct 5th 2019. Dear friends, I just published a piece...
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