This note is submitted by two students Pearly Quek and Derek Tan from NTU for their final year project. We are a group of final-year students from Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. For our final year project, we are conducting an academic study of online practices and perceptions of Singaporeans and would like to invite you …

"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."- Mark TwainIn an earlier article, we discussed the Gini index in detail and suggested an alternative to measure inequality with data pertaining to consumption rather than income. We queried earlier whether the Gini coefficient computed by the Department of Statistics …

The author and his articles can be found at his blog "Fearfully Opinionated". He can be reached at fearfullyopinionated-at-gmail.com.The title was paraphrased from a comment by Ben on KTM's blog:Q: What does whybegay, KTM, Legal Janitor and Loy (Ephraim? Huichieh? Both?) have in common? A: They are all accused of being PAPanons!Ron Artest is an NBA basketball player. On 19th …

The "No Pork" podcast URL was forwarded to me some days back. At the time, I refrained from blogging on the matter, because I did not want to confer publicity upon such material.Events have since overtaken this resolution. Xiaxue posted the podcast on her blog. Her mention of it, in turn, was cited in a Forum letter to the Straits Times. Other bloggers have also weighed in.I …

The author and her articles can be found at her blog http://kitana.wordpress.com . She can be reached at angelkitana@gmail.com.Who would have thought that a 21-year-old Nigerian boy who rarely got much of his name in the news would have sparked off so considerable a debate that by this time, a number of us may now spell his name out by heart?Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi. His case …

One of the most quoted line from the judgment at the trial of Amara Tochi was the following:There was no direct evidence that [Amara Tochi] knew the capsules contained diamorphine. There was nothing to suggest that Smith had told him they contained diamorhine, or that he had found that out of his own. (Paragraph 42 of [2005] SGHC 233)Though the line is often quoted, the …

Dato Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, identified backwardness as the greatest threat to Muslims and Muslim societies. Speaking at the IISS, on the topic of 'The West and the Muslim World: Defusing the Defining Tension of our Time', Badawi argued that tension between the West and the Muslim world would be greatly reduced if the issues of …

Introduction1. The current bus fare structure is based on fare stages, the further one travels, the more one pays. In comparison, commuters in London pay a flat fare. Both cities have had recent fare increases so this proposal is not about cost per se. It considers whether flat fares may be a better way to eliminate fare cheating and it might increase the geographic reach of …

This article also appeared in todayonlineBut where will the funding come from? THAT Singapore is considering setting up a liberal arts college is great news. Education Minister Tharman Sha …

Saturday's Straits Times ran a useful piece - "Small Hike, Big Change", about the former NTUC chief's annoucement that an increase in employer CPF contribution is in the works, an about turn from his previous statement months ago that there would not be any partial CPF restoration. The piece focused on the right timing of the increase in employer CPF contribution rate, that …