Population – Hello!

Singapore’s baby campaigns, Microsoft hauls Google to EC, perspectives of rape in India

Singapore wants more babies, but is it doing it right? Microsoft hauls Google to the European Commission together with 14 other companies for antitrust concerns which is somewhat familiar for the former. Rape in India is a far more complex topic than the media have portrayed it to be. Here’s an in depth look at a problematic social issue. Diablo 3 …

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Integration: Real solutions for immigration concerns.

Integrating Immigrants into the Singapore Society

Current Affairs / By Dave Junia

In the heart of the population debate lies the issue of immigration. Immigrants provide essential support for Singapore’s economy to lean on. With a growing population, residents in the country are feeling the squeeze and it is not just space. Competition for spots in preferred schools and jobs are just a few of the growing list …

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The Story of Our Current Home

Memories / By Dave Junia

In the midst of the continual negativity around population and housing issues, I thought it’ll be refreshing to share something different. My family moved from a 64 sqm three room flat to a 105 sqm four room apartment almost exactly 13 years ago. In this move, we experienced continual assistance from HDB and two MPs. …

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Making of The Hobbit, first real protest, free 100GB storage

Snippets / By Dave Junia

‘Making of’ videos are always interesting and if you have 4 minutes to spare, you can take a quick look at how ‘The Hobbit’ was created. Singapore finally saw her first large protest in decades. 3,000 may sound like a small number but that’s a big jump in Singaporean terms. Free network storage is great and …

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A cramp Singapore can be better managed.

How to Support 6.9 Million in Singapore

Current Affairs, Economics / By Dave Junia

Singapore’s population is going to grow and there’s no stopping it. We can slow down the growth rate but we cannot turn back. With the current long term policies in place, reversing our population figures will do more harm then good. It is possible to maintain our standard of living with population decline but not …

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What lies beneath glass, concrete and steel.

Singapore Badly Needs Her Soul

Current Affairs, Values / By Dave Junia

Soaring housing and car ownership prices, diminishing personal space and intensely cramp public transport services have led to a series of outcries from Singaporeans. We feel threatened and smothered with little space to move. As the population white paper was routinely passed after some fanfare in parliament, the result is the same. We are focused …

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The movies lied, have a Nacho, PS4 launches in Feb.

Snippets / By Dave Junia

Snippets is a new category of posts. On days without editorial styled content, snippets will share interesting articles, photos or videos around the web that pertain to economics, news, technology and football. Or just plain entertaining and intriguing links such as debunking the wrong survival skills that Hollywood taught you. The football deadline transfer day sees Arsenal …

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