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 …

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 …

Given the recent trial on Durai and friends, I thought it will be relevant to publish a slightly revised version on my thoughts on the NKF issue and how it relates to our electoral process. The importance of accountability and transparency has never been so evident in the minds of Singaporean because of the NKF debacle. Due to the incorruptible track record of our government, …

Almost a year and a half ago, I wrote about the everyday forms of resistance in Singapore on Singapore Angle. In recent months however, I began to take more interest in the other side of the coin, which is more troublesome to think and write about but perhaps far more intriguing - the issue of collaboration or participation in Singapore. This has been partly inspired by Dr. …

This is the first of a three part series written more than ten years ago together with a friend for the 1997 issue of the History Journal, published by the NUS History Society. (I am to be blamed for most of the first two parts while Mr. Wee Liang Tong deserves credit for most of the third). Part 1 is about certain conceptual issues to do with "history" and Part 2, "nation", …

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 …

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 …

The image of a helicopter lifting off from the rooftop of the US Embassy in Saigon is indelibly associated with the US's most serious defeat. Nonetheless, it also highlights how the US did eventually extract its forces from the Vietnam quagmire and how its massive physical capabilities in air and sea lift made it possible. Experience of that event must have been a formative …

On certain matters, the process by which one's position is decided may be as important as the position itself. The death penalty is one such issue.It is easy to take a position when consid …

The topic of healthcare insurance is an interesting issue. Health insurance is something that few would argue against but based on my knowledge of economics, I believe there is an inherent conundrum in the health insurance industry that makes health insurance unable to meet the rising healthcare costs for the individual. Tim Hartford, in his book, The Undercover …